| Green groups denounce Trump’s ‘all-out assault’ on climate regulations Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:28 AM PDT  President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday afternoon, following through on his campaign promise to roll back Obama-era environmental protections intended to combat climate change. The Trump administration's "Energy Independence" order essentially begins the process of dismantling the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which limits greenhouse gas emissions from coal-burning power plants. It was former President Barack Obama's signature legislation for restricting the carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.
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| Embattled Nunes Paralyzes House Intel Committee Posted: 27 Mar 2017 06:20 PM PDT  Congressman Jim Himes, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Committee Chairman Devin Nunes has not kept the committee updated on intelligence he talked with the media and White House about and more.
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| Video of 13-Year-Old Boy’s ‘Excessive’ Pat Down at Dallas Airport Goes Viral Posted: 28 Mar 2017 08:34 AM PDT  The TSA is facing a public backlash on social media after a mother filmed her son being patted down at a security checkpoint at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
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| Clashes in Kashmir: Civilians killed in protests against Indian rule Posted: 28 Mar 2017 08:57 AM PDT ![Clashes in Kashmir: Civilians killed in protests against Indian rule]( "Clashes in Kashmir: Civilians killed in protests against Indian rule") Three civilians were killed and 28 other people were injured in anti-India protests that erupted Tuesday following a gunbattle between rebels and government forces that killed a rebel in disputed Kashmir, police and witnesses said.
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| 3 Iraqis living in US accused of hiding ties to kidnapper Posted: 28 Mar 2017 02:06 PM PDT ![3 Iraqis living in US accused of hiding ties to kidnapper]( "3 Iraqis living in US accused of hiding ties to kidnapper") ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Adil Hasan and his wife, Enas Ibrahim, came to the U.S. in 2008 as refugees from Iraq, and have been living peacefully in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., ever since.
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| Boeing airliner catches fire in Peru, no serious injuries reported Posted: 28 Mar 2017 06:05 PM PDT ![Boeing airliner catches fire in Peru, no serious injuries reported]( "Boeing airliner catches fire in Peru, no serious injuries reported") A Boeing jet operated by Peruvian Airlines caught fire on Tuesday while landing at an airport near the Andean town of Jauja in central Peru after it swerved on the runway, but there were no serious injuries, a government minister said. Peruvian Airlines said in a statement that the Boeing 737-300 jet drove off the runway for unspecified reasons during the scheduled landing, after swerving to the right. Authorities are investigating the incident, which occurred about 4:30 p.m., involving the Boeing 737-300 jet at the high-altitude airport in an agricultural valley some 265 kilometers from Lima, the capital.
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| Pricey New Drug Promises Eczema Relief Posted: 28 Mar 2017 08:42 AM PDT  The FDA has approved a new drug to treat serious cases of the skin condition, but the twice-per-month injections come with a big price tag: $37,000 per year for patients.
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| Argentinian Immigrant Blasted After Shaming Trump in Facebook Post That Shows She Pays Her Taxes Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:55 PM PDT  She received several hate messages afterward.
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| ‘I am a child of refugees’: New Yorkers stage tent protest of Trump travel ban Posted: 29 Mar 2017 09:02 AM PDT  Trump's initial travel ban was met with a swift backlash and stymied by the courts. "We're spending just one night here and we can always go inside if we get cold, if we get wet, but refugees don't have that option available to them," said Amaha Kassa, executive director of African Communities Together, as rain began to beat down on the makeshift tent city. "Trump's executive orders are going to cut the heart out of these programs," said Kassa, who came to the U.S. from Ethiopia at age 4 as an asylum seeker.
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| Democrat Adam Schiff, probing Trump-Putin ties, has gone up against Russia (and Stephen Colbert) before Posted: 28 Mar 2017 02:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON — Congressman Adam Schiff, increasingly the Democratic point man on the investigation into allegations of overly cozy ties between President Trump and Russia, is a soft-spoken former federal prosecutor and a critic of government surveillance who may be the only lawmaker ever to draw blood from comic Stephen Colbert — literally. Now Schiff is locked in a tense, headline-making standoff with the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes, over how to proceed with a multi-tiered investigation into Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 election, a probe that the White House sees as a dagger aimed at Trump's legitimacy even though Schiff hasn't drawn blood yet.
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| White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's daily briefing on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Posted: 29 Mar 2017 10:07 AM PDT  On Wednesday, March 29, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer holds his daily press briefing with the White House press corp.
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| British soldier's sentence for killing injured Taliban cut Posted: 28 Mar 2017 03:22 AM PDT  A British court on Tuesday cut a soldier's sentence for killing an injured Taliban fighter to seven years after his murder conviction was reduced to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Veterans hugged, cheered and waved flags bearing former Royal Marine Alexander Blackman's image outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London after the ruling, which means he could be released within weeks. Blackman was sentenced in 2013 for shooting the fighter at close range in Afghanistan's Helmand Province on September 15, 2011, after the man was seriously injured by fire from an Apache helicopter.
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| Search For Missing Teen Allegedly Kidnapped By Teacher Continues Posted: 28 Mar 2017 03:06 AM PDT  Law enforcement officials believe 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas' teacher Tad Cummins kidnapped her. A warrant has been issued against him for kidnapping and having sexual contact with her.
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| Brain implant lets paralyzed man feed himself using his thoughts Posted: 28 Mar 2017 08:02 PM PDT  By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A paralyzed man in Cleveland fed himself mashed potatoes for the first time in eight years, aided by a computer-brain interface that reads his thoughts and sends signals to move muscles in his arm, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. The research, published in the journal Lancet, is the latest from BrainGate, a consortium of researchers testing brain-computer interface technology designed to give paralyzed individuals more mobility. Prior tests of the technology allowed paralyzed people to move a robotic arm or a cursor on a keyboard just by using their thoughts.
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| Special Ed Teacher Arrested Over Alleged Relationship With Student at All-Boys Middle School: Cops Posted: 28 Mar 2017 10:50 AM PDT  Rebecca Goerdel, 28, was arrested Friday for the alleged relationship with an unnamed boy.
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| How to Stop ISPs from Selling Your Private Data Posted: 29 Mar 2017 05:15 AM PDT  The Internet may seem like an apolitical entity, but the fact is, the United States government has a great deal of influence over it. On Thursday (Mar. 23), the U.S. Senate voted to overturn an important broadband privacy rule instituted under the Obama administration. Your ISP will continue to be able to collect and sell your online data with reckless abandon, and frankly, unless you're willing to kneecap your own Internet access, you can't do much about it.
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| Trump's climate order puts 'China first' in clean energy Posted: 28 Mar 2017 02:40 PM PDT  President Donald Trump is vowing to put "America First" — just not when it comes to the global clean energy race. The president on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order that experts say could leave the United States lagging behind China and other nations as manufacturers and investors throw trillions of dollars into renewable energy projects. The order will start unraveling the Obama administration's key efforts to address climate change. Flanked by coal miners and cabinet officials, Trump vowed to revamp fossil fuel production and erase "job-killing" restrictions on power plants and pipelines. SEE ALSO: Looking for hope on climate change under Trump? Cities are where the action is. "Together we are going to start a new energy revolution," Trump said, after outlining his plan that favors centuries-old fuel sources: coal, oil and natural gas. He declined to mention any type of renewable energy, or acknowledge the existence of human-driven global warming. President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence (left) and EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. Image: ron sach-pool/Getty Images "We will create millions of good American jobs, so many energy jobs, and really lead to unbelievable prosperity all throughout our country," the president claimed. Trump's executive order kicks off a lengthy process to undo the Clean Power Plan, which curbs carbon emissions from the electricity sector. It also lifts a moratorium on the sale of new coal leases on federally owned land, and it scraps mandates for reducing leaks of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — at oil and gas well sites. While the U.S. chases fossil fuels, however, China is aggressively rolling out solar plants, wind farms, electric vehicles and other low-carbon technologies. As the world's most populous nation — and the No. 1 emitter of greenhouse gases — China is particularly poised to fill the leadership vacuum that Trump created this week, energy experts said. Image: REN21 "China sees a strong economic interest in making this transition with regards to air pollution, but also it wants to build an industrial base for clean energy technologies that can dominate the world market," said Paul Bodnar, who oversaw international climate issues at the National Security Council during the Obama administration's second term. "Chinese leadership is pretty confident this is a long-term, irreversible trajectory toward clean energy, and it creates a big market opportunity that they want to capture," he said. China's energy agency in January said it would invest 2.5 trillion yuan, or $361 billion, in clean electricity projects by 2020 as part of a broader effort to shift away from coal-fired power plants. A technician from Yingli Solar prepares solar cells in Hebei Province, China. Image: kevin frayer/Getty Images Although coal has helped drive China's manufacturing growth in the past decade, the facilities have also created a slew of public health crises, including dangerous smog and toxic water pollution. China is now shuttering coal plants near Beijing and has scrapped plans for new ones. China's National Energy Administration said about half the country's new electricity generation will come from installed solar, wind, hydropower and nuclear projects by 2020 — an effort that should create more than 13 million jobs in the sector. The United States has also made substantial strides on clean energy, thanks to a wide mix of federal and state policies, private sector investment, and broader market forces — namely the plunging price of natural gas and falling technology costs for solar and wind power. China is doubling down on clean energy, while the Trump administration is eyeing coal. Image: kevin frayer/Getty Images In 2015, the U.S. public and private sectors together committed $44.1 billion to the sector. Only China invested more in clean energy, committing $103 billion to renewables that year, according to annual global estimates. U.S. clean energy jobs have also ticked up. Last year, the nation's solar power workforce grew by 25 percent, to about 374,000 people, compared to 2015, the Department of Energy reported in January. Wind industry employment rose by 32 percent, to 102,000 jobs. Overall, "low carbon emission" sectors employed about 800,000 workers last year, while 1.1 million people worked in the traditional coal, oil and natural gas industries, the department said. Image: U.S. Energy information administration This clean energy progress can still continue under the Trump administration. But the pace could be substantially slower — particularly when compared to renewables-hungry nations like China. "The U.S. power sector is getting cleaner every year, thanks partly to state and federal policies, but largely to market forces that the Clean Power Plan is designed to accelerate," Bob Perciasepe, president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, via email. "Withdrawing federal leadership will only jeopardize this promising clean energy transition and the jobs that go with it." WATCH: China's big, beautiful, green 'vertical forests' will suck up toxic smog
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| Sean Spicer to journalist April Ryan: ‘stop shaking your head’ Posted: 28 Mar 2017 12:09 PM PDT  During the daily White House press briefing Tuesday, press secretary Sean Spicer got into a heated exchange with April Ryan, a White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks. Ryan asked Spicer about the investigation into Russia's involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, to which Spicer said, "At some point, April, you're going to have to take no for an answer."
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| South Korean media slam government over ferry 'remains' Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:46 AM PDT  South Korean authorities faced a deluge of criticism Wednesday for announcing that human remains had been found from the sunken Sewol ferry, only to correct itself within hours to say they were animal bones. Newspapers said relatives of the missing had been put through "heaven and hell", and accused the maritime ministry of recklessness. The maritime ministry raised their hopes Tuesday when it said that human remains had been found by workers and were "suspected to be one of the missing victims".
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| DNC Chairman Tom Perez Asks For Staff Resignations Posted: 28 Mar 2017 02:58 PM PDT  Perez is in the midst of trying to rebuild the party in the wake of November's stunning election defeat.
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| 'Carlos the Jackal' sentenced to life for 1974 attack Posted: 28 Mar 2017 08:34 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — A French court on Tuesday convicted the man known as "Carlos the Jackal," once the world's most-wanted fugitive, of a deadly 1974 attack on a Paris shopping arcade and sentenced him to life in prison for the third time.
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| Amazon sets mass layoffs at Quidsi products unit after losses Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:53 PM PDT  The e-commerce giant plans to terminate 263 employees in New Jersey this summer, according to a notice filed with the state's Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Quidsi operates Diapers.com and other websites. "We have worked extremely hard for the past seven years to get Quidsi to be profitable, and unfortunately we have not been able to do so," an Amazon spokeswoman said in a statement.
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| Female Honor Student Allegedly Plotted School Shooting: Cops Posted: 28 Mar 2017 01:15 PM PDT  Nichole Cevario's father told officials the teen posed a threat to student safety.
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| How to Build Your Budget in Retirement Posted: 28 Mar 2017 07:02 AM PDT ![How to Build Your Budget in Retirement]( "How to Build Your Budget in Retirement") The earlier you look at how much you will need during retirement, the more time you will have to adjust your current routine. Conventional wisdom is your spending will go down in retirement. For most, spending stays the same or increases, especially at the start of retirement, says Thomas J. O'Connell, president of International Financial Advisory Group in Parsippany, New Jersey.
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| Trump’s Russian Headaches Continue With Congressional Allies Under Fire Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:27 AM PDT  Allegations that the White House may have squelched testimony from former acting Attorney General Sally Yates ratchet up pressure on Rep. Devin Nunes.
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| Did an astroid strike a Martian ocean and create a cataclysmic tsunami? Posted: 27 Mar 2017 06:01 PM PDT 
There's no shortage of theories about what Mars was like billions of years ago. The prevailing guess is that water was abundant, and there may have even been enough to form huge oceans. New research into an existing geographical feature on the red planet could provide new evidence of not only the existence of a massive body of water, but also an astroid impact that could have generated multiple devastating tsunamis.
Evidence that water existed on Mars is ample, and many researchers believe that telltale signs of tsunamis are also present. In an effort to explain how a tsunami might have been generated, scientists have been looking for the spot (or spots) on the Martian surface where an astroid or other celestial object could have come crashing down. One particularly interesting spot on the planet, which NASA describes as "thumbprint-looking," was long thought to be the result of mud or other debris sliding downward after being pushed up by a glacier or other geographical shift. It's called the Lomonosov crater, and new research supports a very different theory as to how it got there. Instead of being simply the result of gravity pulling dirt downhill, scientists now believe it could very well be the last remaining mark of an astroid that violently struck Mars billions of years ago. What's more, the characteristics of the crater support the idea that when the rock struck the planet, the spot it hit was actually an ocean, leading to multiple huge tidal waves as the displaced water was pushed from and pulled into resulting crater.
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| OAS discusses Venezuela crisis, Caracas protests Posted: 28 Mar 2017 06:38 PM PDT  The Organization of American States held a special meeting on the crisis in Venezuela on Tuesday, triggering a furious reaction from the Venezuelan government and its staunchest regional allies. It comes after 14 countries in the OAS, including the United States, urged Venezuela's leftist government last week to release political prisoners and "reestablish democracy" by holding elections. In a sign that Venezuela is increasingly cornered, a total of 20 countries voted to open Tuesday's special session of the OAS Permanent Council in Washington.
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| China Southern, American Airlines announce tie-up Posted: 28 Mar 2017 12:15 AM PDT  China Southern Airlines said Tuesday it would sell almost a one-tenth stake to American Airlines in a $200 million tie-up that could see two of the world's biggest carriers cooperate in a range of areas. American Airlines is the world's largest carrier by scheduled passengers carried, while China Southern is fourth globally and the biggest in Asia, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The deal could give American a foot in the door of China's rapidly expanding air transport market, while China Southern said the move would support its own ambitions of expanding its global presence.
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| Rising Sea Levels Threaten South California Beaches Posted: 27 Mar 2017 11:38 PM PDT  A study by researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey said 31 to 67 percent of the beaches in Southern California could be completely eroded by 2100 if the sea rose 1 to 2 meters.
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| Ex-Christie aides to be sentenced in New Jersey bridge case Posted: 29 Mar 2017 08:14 AM PDT  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two former aides to Gov. Chris Christie will be sentenced Wednesday for their roles in the 2013 George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal, the closing chapter of a traffic jam that sank the Republican's presidential aspirations.
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| U.S. attorney general escalates pressure on 'sanctuary' cities Posted: 27 Mar 2017 06:33 PM PDT  Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened on Monday to cut off U.S. Justice Department grants to cities that fail to assist federal immigration authorities, moving the Trump administration closer to a potential clash with leaders of America's largest urban centers. Sessions' statements were aimed at a dozens of cities and other local governments, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, that have joined a growing "sanctuary" movement aimed at shielding illegal immigrants from stepped-up deportation efforts. Police agencies in those jurisdictions have barred their officers from routinely checking on immigration status when making arrests or traffic stops.
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| Storm Chasers Killed in Collision While Tracking Tornado Posted: 29 Mar 2017 09:41 AM PDT  All three men involved - Kelley Gene Williamson, Randall Delane Yarnall and Corbin Lee Jaeger - were pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
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| 2017 Ford Transit Connect Wagon LWB Posted: 29 Mar 2017 03:10 PM PDT  It's a van called a wagon that drives like a car.
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| Lafarge loses Paris 'beach' deal over support for Trump wall Posted: 28 Mar 2017 11:33 AM PDT  The city of Paris on Tuesday dumped French-Swiss group LafargeHolcim as supplier of sand for the makeshift "Paris Plages" beach over the company's readiness to supply cement for US President Donald Trump's controversial border wall. "We will do without their services," Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's deputy Bruno Julliard told the city council, citing Lafarge's readiness to "work on the nefarious project" of a wall along the US-Mexico border.
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| Central European leaders vow not to be blackmailed by EU on migration Posted: 28 Mar 2017 10:06 AM PDT  By Pawel Sobczak WARSAW (Reuters) - The leaders of four Central European countries vowed on Tuesday not to be blackmailed by threats of financial punishment from Brussels if they don't join in the relocation of thousands of Middle Eastern and African refugees. Austria also said it will seek an exemption from having to accept more asylum-seekers, arguing that it has already taken in its fair share during Europe's migration crisis. The prime ministers of the Visegrad Group (V4) -- Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic -- said they have a sovereign right to decide how to deal with the migrants who have flooded into the continent mainly from the war in Syria.
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| iOS 10.3 fixes a nasty Safari bug and includes hundreds of other security fixes Posted: 28 Mar 2017 01:55 PM PDT 
Apple yesterday released iOS 10.3 for the iPhone and iPad, an update that brought with it a number of interesting new features, including a new "Find My AirPods" feature and a brand new file system dubbed APFS (complete with full disk encryption) that Apple originally introduced at WWDC last year. Lurking beneath the surface of iOS 10.3, however, are a number of important security updates worth highlighting. iOS has always been a rather robust OS, but as the recent CIA leak from Wikileaks demonstrates, there are always hackers and government agencies dead set on unearthing and exploiting iOS security holes.
As a prime example, iOS 10.3 fixes a Safari security vulnerability that allowed hackers to prevent affected users from browsing the web (via an endless stream of pop-ups) without ponying up some cash in the form of an iTunes gift card code. Lookout, the security firm which first discovered the attack a few weeks ago, writes of the patch: Lookout found this attack in the wild last month, along with several related websites used in the campaign, discovered the root cause, and shared the details with Apple. As part of the iOS 10.3 patch released today, Apple closed the attack vector by changing how Mobile Safari handles website pop-up dialogs, making them per-tab rather than taking over the entire app.
All told, iOS 10.3 introduces hundreds of security fixes, a tally which makes iOS 10.3 an update you'd be well advised to download sooner rather than later. While some of the fixes are rather obscure, a good number of them address exploits that allow for arbitrary code execution with root privileges. A full list of Apple's numerous security fixes in iOS 10.3 can be viewed over here.
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| McConnell criticizes Iran nuke deal as 'windfall' for Tehran Posted: 28 Mar 2017 05:49 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to prove their commitment to Israel, senior U.S. lawmakers are backing bipartisan legislation that would slap Iran with new sanctions while maintaining rigorous enforcement of the landmark nuclear deal.
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| Hong Kong-style waffles make their way to American weddings Posted: 29 Mar 2017 03:26 AM PDT  ABC News' Charli James discovers a new sweet treat taking weddings and social media by storm.
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| ICE Raid Shooting Victim Was Wrong Person, Lawyer Says Posted: 28 Mar 2017 07:29 AM PDT  A spokesman for ICE said ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents had an arrest warrant and burst into the home.
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| How to make $10,000 traveling the world and staying in luxury homes Posted: 29 Mar 2017 03:37 AM PDT  It's the final stretch for a competition that comes with a $10,000 jackpot and the chance to travel the world and stay in million-dollar luxury vacation homes around the world.
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| Activists who filmed Planned Parenthood workers charged in California Posted: 29 Mar 2017 09:02 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Two anti-abortion activists were charged in California with filming Planned Parenthood workers without their consent while the pair posed as representatives of a fake company seeking to buy fetal tissue, prosecutors said. David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were charged with 15 felonies on Tuesday on suspicion of illegally filming the healthcare workers in Los Angeles, San Francisco and El Dorado counties from October 2013 to July 2015, State Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement. "The right to privacy is a cornerstone of California's Constitution, and a right that is foundational in a free democratic society," Becerra said.
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| 14-Year-Old Dies After Being Pinned Under Log at Beach While Snapping Pictures With Friends Posted: 28 Mar 2017 02:18 PM PDT  Her family believes she broke her neck.
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| Virginia's 'Dr. Doolittle' gives amputated animals new lease on life Posted: 29 Mar 2017 07:21 AM PDT ![Virginia's 'Dr. Doolittle' gives amputated animals new lease on life]( "Virginia's 'Dr. Doolittle' gives amputated animals new lease on life") Angel Marie the pony was stepped on by her mother shortly after she was born. Her front legs were so severely damaged, she was too crippled to walk.It was a challenge Derrick Campana, the so-called "Dr. Doolittle" of Animal prosthetics, was ready to tackle. The certified orthotist at Animal Ortho Care in Sterling, Va., fashioned prosthetic front legs using highly durable, medical grade plastics.He says watching Angel Marie take her first steps was emotional. "Seeing her walk, and having her here today walking is just a dream come true. A miracle. ...
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| First lady helps present courage awards to 13 women Posted: 29 Mar 2017 01:55 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump helped present State Department awards Wednesday to 13 women from around the globe who were recognized for demonstrating courage and leadership in the face of adversity, a group she praised as "true heroes."
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| Tesla Model 3 range higher than Bolt EV, hints Musk Posted: 28 Mar 2017 05:45 AM PDT  The Chevrolet Bolt EV has a range of 238 miles and can be bought today for $37,500. Later this year, Tesla will launch its Model 3 which is promised to deliver at least 215 miles of range for $35,000. The hint came from Musk's post "Oh so little faith," which was made in response to a fan pleading for the Model 3 to have more range than the Bolt EV.
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