| Video Shows Man Beaten by Officer, Police Dept. Says It’s Unacceptable Posted: 12 Apr 2017 08:40 AM PDT  Nandi Cain tells NBC Nightly News that he thought he was "going to be the next Trayvon Martin" when a Sacramento Police officer stopped him for allegedly jaywalking and beat him to the ground.
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| Power from California sun turns wholesale electricity prices negative Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:15 PM PDT  The amount of solar power generated by California sunshine has been driving wholesale electricity prices down to zero and even into the negative at times.
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| Andrea Mitchell: Trump Now More Negative About Russia Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:33 AM PDT  NBC's Andrea Mitchell offers analysis on President Trump' response to a question about Russia's role in being on the Syrian airbase believed responsible for a chemical attack on Syrian citizens.
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| Cop Charged In Shooting of Autistic Patient's Unarmed Caregiver Posted: 13 Apr 2017 05:54 AM PDT  The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office is pursuing a case against North Miami Police Officer Jonathan Aledda.
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| United continues to take hits from stocks, loyalty members and fellow airline Posted: 12 Apr 2017 02:42 AM PDT  Stocks have plunged at United Airlines, frequent flier members are cutting up their loyalty cards, a competing airline has thrown shade at United in a bold new ad, and the incident has traveled around the world and reached the highest levels of governments. On April 11, Emirates posted a snarky and rather audacious video on Twitter, getting back at United CEO Oscar Munoz who is cited as having said "Those [Gulf] airlines aren't airlines," back in March.
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| Sessions announces revamp of immigration law system. Will it help? Posted: 13 Apr 2017 12:21 PM PDT ![Sessions announces revamp of immigration law system. Will it help?]( "Sessions announces revamp of immigration law system. Will it help?") While President Trump's promises to crackdown on illegal immigration have put his administration at odds with immigrants and their advocates, a new Justice Department policy could bring additional resources to an overtaxed legal system burdened with a backlog of cases. At a Tuesday visit to the US-Mexico border, Attorney General Jeff Sessions called for a revamping of the immigration law system, including an $80-million plan that would add 75 additional teams of judges to immigration court system. Today, the average detainee might wait 677 days for a hearing, leading officials to go around the court system in some cases, opting to expedite the deportation and send immigrants back to their countries of origin without a day in court.
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| A Timeline Of Sean Spicer Controversies Posted: 11 Apr 2017 06:35 PM PDT  Sean Spicer's comparison of Adolf Hitler to the Syrian president was just the latest verbal flub from President Donald Trump's White House press secretary.
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| Airplane maker ATR signs $536M, 20-aircraft deal with Iran Posted: 13 Apr 2017 01:57 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — European airplane manufacturer ATR said Thursday it sealed a $536-million sale with Iran Air for at least 20 aircraft, the latest aviation firm to strike a deal following Iran's nuclear accord with world powers.
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| Spicer responds after U.S. drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:35 AM PDT  Press secretary Sean Spicer said United States forces used GBU-43 bomb on "a system of tunnels and caves that ISIS fighters used to move around freely" in Afghanistan.
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| Nigeria seizes $43 million cash stash in Lagos house Posted: 13 Apr 2017 08:09 AM PDT  Nigeria's anti-graft agency seized over $43 million in cash during a raid on a Lagos apartment in what it hailed as a victory for President Muhammadu Buhari's war on corruption following a string of setbacks. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement issued late Wednesday it discovered the "humongous" amount of money in an apartment in Ikoyi, an upscale district of Lagos. "She comes looking haggard, with dirty clothes, but her skin didn't quite match her appearance, perhaps a disguise," said the anonymous source quoted in the EFCC statement.
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| Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia returned to Saudi Arabia Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:15 AM PDT ![Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia returned to Saudi Arabia]( "Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia returned to Saudi Arabia") By Katie Paul RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi woman claiming she sought asylum in Australia was stopped on a layover in the Philippines and returned to Riyadh on Wednesday. Dina Ali Lasloom said in self-recorded videos the Philippine authorities had held her at the Manila airport and confiscated her passport. "My name is Dina Ali and I'm a Saudi woman who fled Saudi Arabia to Australia to seek asylum," she said in one video, adding she feared violence from any relatives who came to bring her back home.
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| Man dragged off United flight plans to sue: lawyers Posted: 13 Apr 2017 03:05 PM PDT  The man dragged off a United Airlines flight, sparking an international uproar, suffered a broken nose and concussion, his lawyer said Thursday, adding that he is planning to sue. David Dao was released from the hospital overnight and was at a "secure location," attorney Thomas Demetrio said at a news conference during which a member of Dao's family spoke out for the first time. United remained under a spotlight Thursday as representatives of the carrier faced tough questioning at a city council hearing in Chicago, where the airline is headquartered and where the incident occurred.
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| Education Secretary DeVos Withdraws Protections for Student Loan Borrowers Posted: 11 Apr 2017 06:20 PM PDT  Relatively new federal guidelines intended to make the student loan repayment process more accurate and transparent have all been rescinded today by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos—a move that...
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| Bill O'Reilly Takes A Break From Fox News Posted: 12 Apr 2017 02:33 AM PDT  The Fox News anchor, who has been involved in a sexual harassment scandal, told his viewers on his show "The O'Reilly Factor" Tuesday night that he is going on a vacation for a few days.
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| Report: US sought to monitor Trump adviser last summer Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:55 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of Carter Page, an adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump, because the government had reason to believe Page was acting as a Russian agent, The Washington Post has reported.
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| Experts say police who dragged passenger had other options Posted: 13 Apr 2017 05:45 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Airport police officers called to remove a passenger who refused to leave a United Express flight essentially walked into what law enforcement experts say was a no-win situation: enforcing a business decision by a private company.
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| Republican Sen. Ben Sasse takes on ‘alt-right’ movement Posted: 12 Apr 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Republican Sen. Ben Sasse from Nebraska took aim at the "alt-right" movement and said, "American exceptionalism was an understanding about the historical moment in which the American founding flipped on its head the relationship between rights and government."
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| Ex-Iranian President Ahmadinejad submits his name for presidential election Posted: 12 Apr 2017 03:02 AM PDT  By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) - Ex-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad submitted his name on Wednesday for registration as a candidate in Iran's presidential election in May, state media reported. Although the move by the former hardline president was seen as an attempt to bolster the candidacy of an ally, it was also a challenge to the authority of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ordered him not to run. Registration for the May 19 election started on Monday and will last five days, after which entrants will be screened for their political and Islamic qualifications by a vetting body, the Guardian Council.
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| Teacher Accused of Kidnapping 15-Year-Old Student Running Out of Prescription Medication: Authorities Posted: 12 Apr 2017 05:42 PM PDT  The 50-year-old teacher accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old former student may be catastrophically low on blood pressure meds.
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| Killer whales toss boats like toys while hunting a sea lion Posted: 13 Apr 2017 12:01 PM PDT  A couple of boaters found themselves directly in the middle of a pod of orca whales hunting a sea lion off of the coast of Bowyer Island in British Columbia, Canada. According to Viral Hog, the man filming the incident spotted a few whale watching boats and went to go check out the action. After observing the orcas from a distance for 30 minutes, things took a turn when a sea lion sought refuge under one of the boats. The orcas bashed the boats like toys in a bathtub while trying to hunt the sea lion. The boaters were fearful that they would harm the animals with the propellers on their boats if they tried to get away, so the boats stayed put until a guide on the whale watching boat suggested that they move closer to the island so the sea lion could get to safety. Thankfully for the sea lion, the tactic worked. "The sea lion was safe in the end, though clearly a little injured," the boater told Viral Hog.
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| The secret software Uber once used to keep Lyft drivers off the road Posted: 13 Apr 2017 06:16 AM PDT 
The more one reads about Uber's leadership and the manner in which it goes about conducting business and treating its employees, the harder it becomes to give the company the benefit of the doubt when a new bombshell report emerges. Indeed, it seems that we can't even go a few days without seeing Uber appear in the news for all the wrong reasons. The latest black mark on Uber's reputation comes from Amir Efrati of The Information who writes that the ridesharing company, from 2014 through 2016, utilized a top-secret piece of software called "Hell" which was designed to keep the number of Lyft drivers on the road as low as possible.
Citing an employee who claims to have worked on the software, "Hell" was able to track the location of Lyft drivers looking for passengers. Further, the software was also able to identify which drivers also happened to work for Uber as well. With that information in tow, requests for rides were more likely than not routed to Uber drivers who also operated as Lyft drivers, even if other Uber drivers were closer to a passenger's designated pickup location. The rationale behind the software was simple: if individuals working for both Uber and Lyft were constantly kept busy picking up riders via the Uber app, it would necessarily diminish the number of available Lyft cars on the road. Axios adds: In addition to using fake passenger accounts to see driver locations, Uber noticed that it could track each driver's habits, and even figure out which ones were driving for both services by matching their locations. Uber then targeted these dual drivers with additional promotions to get them to shift more time to Uber, and routed rides to keep them busy and not picking up Lyft passengers.
While this allegation may seem outlandish at first glance, remember that Uber is the same company that had employees make and then cancel 5,560 Lyft rides in order to decrease driver availability, and in turn, make Lyft seem like a less appealing venture relative to Uber.
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| Taiwan bans eating dogs and cats Posted: 12 Apr 2017 03:33 AM PDT  Taiwan has banned the eating of dogs and cats, lawmakers said Wednesday. The bill also hiked the penalty for killing or abusing animals to a maximum two-year jail term and a stiff fine of Tw$2 million, more than doubling that for repeat offenders. "This shows that Taiwan is a society with advanced animal welfare," said lawmaker Wang Yu-min who proposed the amendment.
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| Tillerson goes to Russia and more: April 12 in photos Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:32 PM PDT ![Tillerson goes to Russia and more: April 12 in photos]( "Tillerson goes to Russia and more: April 12 in photos") U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia; Hooded penitents from "La Paz" brotherhood take part during a Holy Week procession in Cordoba, Spain; and, Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, left, is presented with an honorary Canadian citizenship by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
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| Spicer apologizes for 'insensitive' reference to Holocaust Posted: 11 Apr 2017 07:22 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologized Tuesday for making an "inappropriate and insensitive" comparison to the Holocaust in earlier comments about Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons — remarks that drew instant rebuke from Jewish groups and critics.
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| New Details Emerge In Tennessee Teen's Missing Case Posted: 12 Apr 2017 05:26 AM PDT  Wednesday would mark 30 days since Tennessee student Elizabeth Thomas disappeared following which an Amber Alert was issued.
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| Tesla jumps after Elon Musk teases commercial truck, pickup Posted: 13 Apr 2017 11:38 AM PDT  By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Tesla jumped nearly 3 percent on Thursday after Chief Executive Elon Musk said the electric car company expects to unveil its planned commercial truck in September. Musk last year announced plans for electric vehicles ranging from a commercial truck called the Tesla Semi to a public transport bus, a "new kind of pickup truck" and a compact sport utility vehicle. "Tesla Semi truck unveil set for September.
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| 8th Grader Tells 911 Dispatcher the Man Inside Him Killed His Dad's Girlfriend: Report Posted: 12 Apr 2017 02:13 PM PDT  "He sometimes takes control and I have no control," the boy said. "I have no control over him. It's not fair."
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| Mosul zoo's last two animals reach safer ground in Jordan Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:57 AM PDT  The last two surviving animals from Mosul's dilapidated zoo arrived this week at an animal shelter in Jordan, after months of malnutrition and a long journey out of Iraq that included being stuck at the border for 12 days. Simba the lion and Lola the bear lived in a once-peaceful animal park that has been destroyed by months of fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants. The park, located in Eastern Mosul, was retaken by Iraqi forces earlier this year. Amir Khalil, a vet from animal charity Four Paws who saw the animals in Mosul in February and organized their transfer to Jordan, said the animals were in a dire state.
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| Jaguar wins World Car of the Year Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:20 AM PDT  On the eve of the 2017 New York International Auto Show, Jaguar's first-ever SUV, the F-Pace, has been named the 2017 World Car of the Year.
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| The Latest: Trump says US-Russian ties at 'all-time low' Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:47 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to Moscow (all times local):
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| Marshals nab last of 'cocaine cowboys,' on lam for 26 years Posted: 13 Apr 2017 12:59 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — A quarter-century after he vanished on the eve of a major drug indictment, the last of Miami's fabled "cocaine cowboys" was in custody Thursday, nabbed on a suburban bike ride with his wife near Disney World.
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| What Does A Black Hole Look Like? We May Soon Find Out Posted: 12 Apr 2017 09:29 PM PDT  After five nights of observations, astronomers associated with the Event Horizon Telescope project said Wednesday that they may have succeeded in snapping a photograph of Milky Way's supermassive black hole.
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| Teen Accidentally Shoots, Kills Self on Instagram Live as Friends Watch Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:21 AM PDT  Malachi Hemphill was just 13 when his mom believes he died while playing with a gun in his bedroom.
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| What changes under Turkey's new constitution plan Posted: 11 Apr 2017 09:05 PM PDT  Turkey on Sunday votes in a landmark referendum on a new constitution that would grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expanded powers. While critics say the move is part of a grab by Erdogan for one-man rule, supporters say it will simply put Turkey in line with France and the United States and is needed for efficient government. The current constitution was adopted in 1982 after the 1980 military coup.
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| Wall Street's 'Charging Bull' artist challenges 'Fearless Girl' sculpture Posted: 12 Apr 2017 12:13 PM PDT  The sculptor of Wall Street's "Charging Bull" statue is seeing red over New York City's decision to keep in place the "Fearless Girl" sculpture that now stares it down, saying the adjacent art has changed the meaning of his work and violated his legal rights. The city's ruling to let the bronze depiction of a defiant girl remain until February 2018 just feet from the bull's flaring nostrils should be reviewed, said a lawyer for sculptor Arturo Di Modica. "How did the process happen and should permits be revoked?" the attorney, Norman Siegel, said in an interview on Wednesday, adding that his client ought to have been consulted.
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| 13 New Lunch Items Were Added To The Starbucks Menu Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:02 AM PDT  All of the lunch items are freshly prepared.
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| U.S.-Russia tensions over Syria will not 'spiral out of control': Mattis Posted: 11 Apr 2017 05:27 PM PDT ![U.S.-Russia tensions over Syria will not 'spiral out of control': Mattis]( "U.S.-Russia tensions over Syria will not 'spiral out of control': Mattis") By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tensions between the United States and Russia will not "spiral out of control" following last week's U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday, describing it as a one-off response to Syria's use of banned chemical weapons. President Donald Trump, in his biggest foreign policy decision since taking office in January, ordered the strikes after concluding that Syria waged a nerve gas attack in rebel-held territory that killed 87 people, many of them children. Russia, which has advisers on the ground aiding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, warned the U.S. strike could have serious consequences.
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| The Latest: Little new information in unsolved killing of 8 Posted: 13 Apr 2017 09:22 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the unsolved killing of eight family members in southern Ohio (all times local):
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| Spicer says Hitler comment 'inexcusable and reprehensible' Posted: 12 Apr 2017 10:20 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that his attempt to compare the Holocaust and Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons was "inexcusable and reprehensible" and was made all the worse by this being a holy week for Christians and Jews.
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