| Lindsey Graham says Trump's 'shameless' abandonment of Kurds will revive ISIS terrorists Posted: 09 Oct 2019 10:12 AM PDT  Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Trump's strongest allies, on Wednesday said Kurdish fighters in Syria had been "shamelessly abandoned by the Trump Administration" in its sudden decision to pull U.S. troops from northern Syria.
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| Opioid makers' latest legal woe: West Virginia handyman Posted: 09 Oct 2019 10:47 AM PDT  A small home-improvement company in West Virginia is taking on the nation's opioid giants in a lawsuit blaming the drugmakers for a rise in insurance costs. The handymen at Al Marino Inc. filed the federal class-action suit last week in U.S. District Court against Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson and a host of other companies. The case claims the drug businesses created a public health crisis that increased the need for expensive medical treatments, leading to skyrocketing health insurance costs in West Virginia.
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| Protests over Bangladesh student death as PM vows to punish killers Posted: 09 Oct 2019 08:06 AM PDT  Bangladesh's prime minister on Wednesday vowed to mete out the "highest punishment to the killers" of a university student who died after he criticised a deal the leader made with India. The killing of 21-year-old Abrar Fahad on Monday, allegedly by members of a student branch of the country's ruling Awami League party, has sparked two days of protests in Dhaka and other cities. Some 13 students, including 10 from the Awami League branch, have been detained by police over his death.
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| Minneapolis mayor fires back at Trump: Doesn’t have time to be ‘tweeting garbage out’ Posted: 08 Oct 2019 01:59 PM PDT  After President Trump criticized Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over security costs for a campaign rally on Thursday, Frey said he doesn't have time to be "tweeting garbage out."
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| See Photos of the 2021 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Posted: 08 Oct 2019 03:23 PM PDT |
| Why Do the Yemeni Houthi Rebels Have North Korean Missiles? Posted: 08 Oct 2019 01:51 PM PDT  A strange tale.
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| No Sports Car Icon Is As Important As The Porsche 356 Posted: 10 Oct 2019 07:16 AM PDT  "I looked around and could not find quite the car I dreamed of, so I decided to build it myself." - Ferry PorscheThe Porsche 911 is maybe the greatest sports car of all time. For more than 50 years the 911 has been defining how a sports car should drive and perform, consistently setting the benchmark for driver engagement and enjoyment. The 911 was not the first car Ferdinand Porsche created though. The true heritage of the 911, and the Porsche brand as a whole, can all be traced back to one machine. This is the Porsche 356 Pre-A. As a machine on its own, the 356 doesn't get as much recognition or attention as the legendary 911, but don't let that relative obscurity dampen its impact and legacy. With a rearward-mounted flat four-cylinder engine and humpbacked profile, the DNA of the 911 is evident. The 356 was also the starting point for many of Porsche's future traditions. The car was the first machine to wear the Carrera nameplate that adorns 911s today, and the 356 was used extensively in motorsport.In short, the 356 is in many ways the birth of what we consider a "true" sports car today. And now you have a chance to own one. Canepa is currently offering a near factory-perfect 1953 Pre-A 356 1500 Coupe. It's a numbers matching car that is fresh off of an extensive restoration that won several awards. This particular car took top honors in the Concours Restoration Group at the 2018 Porsche Parade, won the Gmund Achievement with a near perfect score of 299.8 points, and it was scored first in the Class Restored Category. This is conclusively and objectively one of the nicest Porsche 356 cars in existence.But owning this 356 would be about so much more than meticulous restoration and winning awards. You would be the steward of history and heritage. Every Porsche in this world today owes some semblance of its existence to this car. You will be the keeper of a legend so impactful that its influence will be felt for hundreds of years from now. Just as Henry Ford redefined what the automotive business could be with the Model T, It was Ferry Porsche and the 356 that launched a performance icon.Become part of that history and that lineage with this 1953 Porsche. Just make sure you treat it as the great Ferry himself envisioned, and keep driving it on public roads so that the rest of the world can bask in its glory. Related Articles: * 2017 Ford GT Sells for $1.54 Million, Proving Rising Prices * Roast Some Ponies With A 1969 Chevy Camaro SS
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| Squirrels' stash of winter walnuts causes car chaos Posted: 09 Oct 2019 01:04 AM PDT  Holly Persic was driving to a library in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, when she noticed the car seemed strange. "My wife called me from Northland Library and said that her car smelt like it was burning, and was making a weird sound," Chris Persic said in a Facebook post that has since gone viral. Holly opened the hood to find an engine full of walnuts neatly packed in grass, presumably stored there by squirrels over the weekend, when the vehicle had been parked in the open.
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| Majority of Americans back impeachment inquiry, new polls show Posted: 09 Oct 2019 08:37 AM PDT  The White House says the impeachment inquiry into President Trump is "baseless" and "unconstitutional." But five new national surveys find most Americans support the probe. And a Fox News poll shows a majority support his removal.
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| 'A victim of their own failure': Why PG&E's massive power shutdown in California was inevitable Posted: 10 Oct 2019 07:51 AM PDT  Months after declaring bankruptcy, California's primary utility, PG&E;, has once again raised the ire of residents and politicians alike.
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| Evidence from ex-Dallas cop's murder trial fuels mistrust Posted: 09 Oct 2019 07:17 PM PDT  Evidence from the trial of a former Dallas police officer convicted of killing her neighbor has fueled new questions about whether accused officers are treated differently than other suspects, including testimony that a camera in the cruiser where the officer sat after the shooting was flipped off and that her sexual text messages with her partner were deleted. It also has led Dallas Police Chief U. Reneé Hall to announce the internal affairs department would look into the deleted texts and deactivated camera. The Dallas County District Attorney's Office declined to comment Wednesday on whether it is also investigating.
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| Kashmir hotels empty or shut as tourist restrictions lifted Posted: 10 Oct 2019 07:31 AM PDT  India lifted on Thursday restrictions on tourists visiting Kashmir, but for hotels around the picturesque lake in Srinagar two months into a lockdown it was still far from business as usual. A few days later on August 5 New Delhi scrapped Indian-administered Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status, sent in tens of thousands of extra troops and imposed a lockdown. "Lifting the restrictions on tourists coming will not help until communications are restored," Vishal Sharma, general manager of the five-star Taj Vivanta hotel told AFP.
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| Ready for War: Iran Is Bristling with Missiles Posted: 09 Oct 2019 09:55 PM PDT  A real threat.
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| Europe Says It’s Ready for a Trade War If Pressured by the U.S. Posted: 10 Oct 2019 01:19 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. France's finance minister said he doesn't want the European Union to become the latest front in the global trade war, but that the bloc would hit the U.S. with sanctions if a settlement isn't reached in a long-running dispute over aircraft aid."We are all aware of the dramatic consequences of this trade war between China and the U.S. on the level of growth,'' minister Bruno Le Maire told reporters in Luxembourg on Thursday. "Do we really want to add a trade war between the U.S. and Europe to the Chinese and American trade war?''The World Trade Organization gave the U.S. the go-ahead as soon as this month to impose tariffs on about $7.5 billion of European exports annually in retaliation for illegal government aid to Airbus SE. The EU has said that it will retaliate against any Airbus-linked tariffs when the WTO rules early next year on a similar dispute over subsidies the U.S. supplied to Boeing Co.And while the EU's top trade negotiator, Cecilia Malmstrom, said she's hopeful a settlement can be reached that would avoid a tit-for-tat tariff escalation, the bloc has already published a preliminary list of U.S. goods -- from ketchup to video-game consoles -- being targeted in a $12 billion plan for retaliatory levies related to the Boeing case."I'm still in favor of a settlement,'' Le Maire said. "But the American administration must be aware that if there is not a settlement, Europe will not have any other choice but to retaliate and to put sanctions.''"It's not in the interest of Europe to enter into a trade war with the U.S. and I strongly believe too that it's not in the interest of the U.S.,'' he said.\--With assistance from Viktoria Dendrinou, Nikos Chrysoloras and Caroline Connan.To contact the reporters on this story: Maria Tadeo in Madrid at mtadeo@bloomberg.net;Stephanie Bodoni in Luxembourg at sbodoni@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Ben Sills at bsills@bloomberg.net, Richard Bravo, Nikos ChrysolorasFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Off the rails: Hanoi closes trackside cafes thronged by selfie-seeking tourists Posted: 09 Oct 2019 12:27 AM PDT  It's the kind of shot every Instagram connoisseur yearns for: century-old railway tracks cutting through dusty backstreets, flanked by tourists drinking beer or iced tea mere inches from the slow-moving trains. The sight has become such a draw in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi that authorities have set a weekend deadline for the removal of dozens of cafes that have cropped up, citing safety concerns. It's crazy, and completely different to anywhere I've been before," said Australian tourist Laura Metze, after a train rumbled by.
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| Nation's intelligence officers are resigned to serving a president who doesn't trust them Posted: 09 Oct 2019 02:00 AM PDT  While two intelligence officers have taken the rare step of formally reporting concerns about President Trump's activities, others employed throughout the government's intelligence community are putting their heads down and hope to stay out of the political fray.
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| 10 Cheapest New Cars for 2020 Posted: 09 Oct 2019 02:05 PM PDT |
| Philippine police arrest over 500 mostly Chinese for fraud Posted: 09 Oct 2019 10:36 PM PDT  Philippine police and immigration authorities said they have arrested more than 500 illegally working foreigners, mostly Chinese involved in telecommunications and investment scams, in one of the biggest such mass arrests this year. The 542 foreigners, who were arrested Wednesday night in a raid on their company premises in metropolitan Manila, did not have work permits and were involved in defrauding victims mostly in China by blackmailing or tricking them into sending out money, said Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente and other officials. The Chinese government provided information that led to the arrests of more than 400 Chinese and other workers from Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Indonesia, said police Maj. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar.
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| Social Security cost-of-living increase to raise benefits 1.6% in 2020 Posted: 10 Oct 2019 06:56 AM PDT  Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment will raise benefits 1.6% in 2020. That's down from 2.8% in 2019 and in line with modest gains past decade
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| The candidates who have qualified for the next Democratic debate Posted: 09 Oct 2019 06:37 PM PDT  The Democratic National Committee announced its fifth presidential debate will be held in Georgia in November
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| The Marines Are Changing the Way They Do Business Posted: 10 Oct 2019 08:22 AM PDT  With possible wars looming, the Marine Corps of the future will be smaller, help defend Navy ships, and rely more on drones.
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| Did American-Built Patriot Missiles Fail to Protect Saudi Arabia? Posted: 08 Oct 2019 11:02 PM PDT  What can this mean?
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| EPA: Our goal is to improve California’s air quality Posted: 09 Oct 2019 01:14 PM PDT  'If the EPA disapproves ... that triggers statutory clocks for highway funding sanctions. ... We request a response from (California) by Oct. 10'
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| UK police charge Pakistan MQM founder Hussain with terrorism offense Posted: 10 Oct 2019 07:03 AM PDT ![UK police charge Pakistan MQM founder Hussain with terrorism offense]( "UK police charge Pakistan MQM founder Hussain with terrorism offense") British police said on Thursday they had charged the London-based founder of Pakistan's MQM movement, Altaf Hussain, with a terrorism offense in connection with a speech delivered in Karachi three years ago. Violence erupted in Karachi after the speech by Hussain was relayed over loudspeakers in the southern Pakistani city in August 2016. Hussain, 66, who lives in Mill Hill, north London, was charged under the Terrorism Act 2006.
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| Turkey Contradicts Trump on Custody of Jihadists Jailed in Syria Posted: 10 Oct 2019 09:09 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Turkey will take custody of Islamic State prisoners only in areas of northern Syria where Turkish troops are trying to create a buffer, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, contradicting a key claim made by President Donald Trump.With Turkey's incursion now in its second day, it will only assume responsibility for the militants held under arrest in the "safe zone" it plans to create, Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara. If the camps or prisons housing the militants are outside the zone, Turkey is "not responsible," he said.Those places "will be under the responsibility of Americans and others, or the regime," the minister said. "I can't take the responsibility for terrorists that are not in our area."It wasn't clear if there are any detainees in the planned buffer, and the biggest prisoner camp lies farther south of the zone.Turkey plans to establish a buffer 480 kilometers (298 miles) wide and about 30 kilometers deep in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly last month. In an Oct. 6 statement, the White House said Turkey would be "responsible for all ISIS fighters in the area captured over the past two years in the wake of the defeat of the territorial 'Caliphate' by the United States."In two tweets on Monday, Trump also said that "they must, with Europe and others, watch over. ...the captured ISIS fighters and families."SDF WarningWarning that a Turkish incursion would "reverse the successful effort to defeat" Islamic State, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have said earlier that about 12,000 Islamic State militants and about 70,000 of their family members, who are currently in jails or camps, may be freed by "ISIS cells."Cavusoglu also said Turkey's military operation will be "limited, proportionate and measured." The aim is to "stabilize the region, bring peace and ensure the territorial integrity of Syria," he said.(Updates with Trump's comments in sixth paragraph.)To contact the reporters on this story: Selcan Hacaoglu in Ankara at shacaoglu@bloomberg.net;Firat Kozok in Ankara at fkozok@bloomberg.net;Jennifer Jacobs in Washington at jjacobs68@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Onur Ant at oant@bloomberg.net, Paul Abelsky, Michael GunnFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| 'Dumbest' judge Neely seeks WVa Supreme Court seat again Posted: 10 Oct 2019 04:17 AM PDT  A former West Virginia Supreme Court justice who once joked that he was "America's laziest and dumbest judge" announced Wednesday that he'll seek a seat on the court again next year. Richard Neely was elected to the court at age 31 in 1972. Neely, 78, said he'll seek a 12-year term for the seat currently held by former House of Delegates Speaker Tim Armstead.
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| Khamenei says nuclear weapons forbidden for Iran Posted: 08 Oct 2019 05:53 PM PDT  Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Iran could have taken the step to develop nuclear weapons but will not because their use is "haram", or forbidden in Islam. "Although we could have taken steps on this path, based on Islamic ruling we firmly and bravely said we won't take this path," Khamenei said. "If we had a nuclear weapon, it would have been obvious that it would have been impossible for us to use anywhere," said the Iranian leader.
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| A conservative newspaper slammed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for getting a $300 haircut, but that's actually a pretty good deal for DC Posted: 10 Oct 2019 06:28 AM PDT  The Washington Times appeared to shame AOC by reporting she spent $80 on a haircut and $180 on lowlights, but a survey of DC area salons shows it is base.
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| India seeks safeguards in China-led trade pact Posted: 10 Oct 2019 04:23 AM PDT  India wants safeguards to be built into a China-led trade pact to prevent a sudden surge in imports, the Indian trade ministry said on Wednesday as a new round of talks begin in Thailand. Negotiators for the 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are in Bangkok this week for talks aimed at finalising the giant free trade zone by the end of the year. Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has been holding talks to allay fears of a flood of Chinese imports if New Delhi joined the agreement, the ministry said.
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| Trump renews attacks on Fox News after poll found 51% of voters support impeachment, removal Posted: 10 Oct 2019 07:11 AM PDT  Once a frequent guest on the network, Fox News has now taken a string of hits from Trump. The president lamented "the good old days" on Thursday.
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| Delaware man attacks Walmart cashier in Florida Posted: 09 Oct 2019 06:24 AM PDT  Raw video: The man faces multiples charges after attacking the cashier without any provocation.
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| Teacher at Elite Boarding School Used Nightly ‘Check-In’ System to Molest Sleeping Students, Cops Say Posted: 09 Oct 2019 11:01 AM PDT  Nelson Almeida/GettyA teacher at an elite boarding school in New Jersey used his position as a dorm "duty master"—who is responsible for nightly check-ins with students—to molest two teens while they slept, police said.Dominic Brown, a 23-year-old history teacher and water polo coach at The Lawrenceville School, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said in a Monday press release.But an affidavit filed by the prosecutor's office and obtained by NJ.com shines more light on the allegations. Brown used his position as "duty master" to enter a 15-year-old student's room around 3 a.m. and touch the sleeping teen, who awoke to see Brown trying "to fall to the floor to hide from me," according to the affidavit. Police Officer Told Victim That Men's College Doesn't 'Generally' Expel or Suspend Rapists, Lawsuit ClaimsThe teacher also allegedly claimed that the teen hadn't checked in to the dorm that night, and he was making sure he was in his room. (The Lawrenceville School student handbook stipulates that students must report in person to the "duty master" each night before bed.)About an hour later, a 14-year-old boy was similarly awakened by hands touching his body, and he found Brown "crouching partially under the side of his bed," the affidavit alleges. Though Brown reportedly left the room after the student confronted him, the teen told police that he peered back inside a short time later. The students, who were reportedly in a group Snapchat message together, relayed their similar experiences and then told campus security, who notified police.Brown has since been fired, NJ.com reported. Prosecutors said he will remain in jail until a Thursday morning detention hearing. Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| California governor signs law capping rent increases Posted: 08 Oct 2019 04:56 PM PDT  California will limit rent increases for some people over the next decade after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday aimed at combating a housing crisis in the nation's most populous state. Newsom signed the bill at an event in Oakland, an area where a recent report documented a 43% increase in homelessness over two years. Sudden rent increases are a contributing cause of the state's homeless problem, which has drawn national attention and the ire of Republican President Donald Trump.
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| America Needs Turkey More Than It Needs to Stay in Syria Posted: 09 Oct 2019 05:03 AM PDT  Perhaps Washington has finally realized that it can no longer be an effective player in the Middle East without Ankara.
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| China’s Trade Practices Have ‘Gotten Worse,’ Wilbur Ross Says Posted: 09 Oct 2019 07:44 PM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. China's trade practices have deteriorated and U.S. tariffs are forcing China to heed American grievances, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said in a speech in Sydney.Every country in the world would benefit if China followed global trade rules, Ross said in prepared remarks on Thursday."China has refused to change its behavior," Ross said. "In fact, its global trade practices have only gotten worse."We do not love tariffs, in fact we would prefer not to use them, but after years of discussions and no action, tariffs are finally forcing China to pay attention to our concerns," Ross said.To contact the reporters on this story: Angus Whitley in Sydney at awhitley1@bloomberg.net;Jason Scott in Canberra at jscott14@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Ruth Pollard at rpollard2@bloomberg.net, Angus Whitley, Jon HerskovitzFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| The migrant caravans: Deportation divides father and son Posted: 10 Oct 2019 04:00 AM PDT ![The migrant caravans: Deportation divides father and son]( "The migrant caravans: Deportation divides father and son") More than a year after heading to the United States with his son, Jose Caceres is back where he began, barely eking out a living in the fields of wealthier farmers - but without the boy. Caceres has returned to picking beans and corn in one of the most murderous parts of a country with among the highest homicide rates in the world. "It kills you, the depression," Caceres, now 32, told Reuters, days after returning to his grandmother's property to live in a nearly-empty cinderblock house with no electricity.
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| Pay freeze at the UN? Trump administration owes the United Nations $1 billion Posted: 09 Oct 2019 12:15 PM PDT  Trump brushed aside a warning from the U.N. that the organization risks being unable to pay its staff and bills if member countries don't chip in.
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| Grassley Seeks Update after Asking DOJ to Investigate Swetnick and Avenatti’s Kavanaugh Allegations Posted: 09 Oct 2019 06:31 AM PDT  Senator Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) on Tuesday asked the Justice Department for an update on his criminal referrals of several people suspected of lying to investigators regarding accusations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.Grassley, who chaired the Judiciary Committee during Kavanaugh's acrimonious confirmation process a year ago, recommended the DOJ conduct criminal investigations of four individuals, including Julie Swetnick, who accused Kavanaugh of being part of gang rapes during his high school years, and her attorney Michael Avenatti ."While most of those individuals appear to have contacted the committee in good faith, some did not," Grassley wrote in a letter addressed to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray."When individuals intentionally mislead the committee, they divert important committee resources during time sensitive investigations and materially impede its work," the The Iowa Republican wrote. "Such acts are not only unfair; they are potentially illegal. It is illegal to make materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to congressional investigators. It is illegal to obstruct committee investigations."The other two individuals Grassley referred for potential criminal prosecution were a man who accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting a friend on a boat in Rhode Island in 1985 and a woman named Julie Munro-Leighton who accused the judge of raping her multiple times, but later said she made the accusation "as a way to grab attention."Grassley also expressed concern for the future of the judicial confirmation process, saying such "false" allegations simply bog down the committee and waste resources."The next Supreme Court nominee should not have to defend himself or herself against baseless and fabricated allegations, and committee staff should not have to spend valuable time investigating them," Grassley said.
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| Conor McGregor's entourage have been accused of forcing a nightclub bottle service girl into their car after a booze-fueled evening in LA Posted: 08 Oct 2019 05:06 PM PDT  Insider uncovered the story while investigating Los Angeles nightlife company The H.wood Group, which is popular among celebrities.
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| California eases mandatory sentences, restricts body cameras Posted: 08 Oct 2019 10:12 PM PDT ![California eases mandatory sentences, restricts body cameras]( "California eases mandatory sentences, restricts body cameras") California will soon end some mandatory sentences, make it easier to expunge old criminal records, bar charging inmates for medical care and ban police from using facial recognition software on body cameras under more than two dozen criminal justice bills that freshman Gov. Gavin Newsom announced signing into law late Tuesday. The measures continue the state's march away from get-tough measures that once clogged California prisons, prompting a federal court-ordered population cap. Among the measures are two that remove mandatory sentences.
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