| 11 American Contractors Injured in Kabul Explosion Posted: 31 May 2017 08:42 AM PDT  80 people were killed in an attack on Afghanistan's capital. 300 more were wounded; 11 Americans were among them, but are not thought to have life-threatening injuries.
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| Laptop Fire On JetBlue Flight Raises Concern About Laptop Ban Posted: 31 May 2017 08:38 AM PDT  While the proposed laptop ban would force plane passengers to check electronics larger than a cell phone, safety experts are now concerned about the risk of an on-board fire in the belly of the plane.
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| FBI arrests 19 accused New York mobsters linked to Lucchese family Posted: 31 May 2017 11:52 AM PDT ![FBI arrests 19 accused New York mobsters linked to Lucchese family]( "FBI arrests 19 accused New York mobsters linked to Lucchese family") Defendants with nicknames including "Paulie Roast Beef" and "Joey Glasses" were among 19 people charged with crimes ranging from murder to the illegal sale of cigarettes, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said in a statement. The most prominent defendants were Matthew Madonna, 81, a suspected street boss for the Lucchese family, Steven Crea Sr., 69, also known as "Wonder Boy," who is a suspected underboss, and suspected consigliere Joseph DiNapoli, 81.
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| Eyeing growth boost, Kenya opens Chinese-built railway Posted: 31 May 2017 12:37 AM PDT  Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday inaugurated a Chinese-built railway, the country's biggest infrastructure project since independence that is aimed at cementing its role as the gateway to East Africa. Dancers and a military band entertained passengers and dignitaries from Kenya and China shortly before they, and Kenyatta, were to take the maiden journey from a gleaming new terminal in the port city of Mombasa to Nairobi. "Today we celebrate one of the key cornerstones to Kenya's transformation to an industrialised, prosperous, middle-income country," Kenyatta said at the launch.
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| Private Space Billionaire Says He's 'Absolutely Convinced' Aliens Live Among Us Posted: 31 May 2017 09:18 AM PDT  Robert Bigelow, the founder of Bigelow Aerospace, won a $17.8 million contract from NASA in 2013.
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| Tired of losing? Fox News expert says you too can have Trump’s ‘winning temperament’ Posted: 31 May 2017 01:27 PM PDT  During the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump famously declared, "I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. Dr. Keith Ablow, "a psychiatrist and member of the Fox News Medical A-Team," per the latter's website, has undertaken the task of advising readers about how to emulate the president.
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| 'Am I going to die?' Gay man testifies at church trial Posted: 01 Jun 2017 03:18 PM PDT  RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man thought he was "going to die" when members of his evangelical church beat and choked him for two hours to expel his "homosexual demons," he testified Thursday.
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| Trump is pulling the U.S. from Paris Agreement: 'I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh not Paris' Posted: 01 Jun 2017 01:31 PM PDT  President Trump announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change Thursday afternoon. He described the move as a re-assertion of American sovereignty.
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| Ohio sues five drug companies over opioid crisis Posted: 31 May 2017 11:19 AM PDT  The state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major drug manufacturers, accusing them of misrepresenting the risks of prescription opioid painkillers that have fueled a sky-rocketing drug addiction epidemic. The suit, filed by Attorney General Mike DeWine, comes as a growing number of state and local governments are suing drugmakers and distributors, seeking to hold them accountable for a deadly and costly opioid crisis. Opioid drugs, including prescription painkillers and heroin, killed more than 33,000 people in the United States in 2015, more than any year on record, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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| Philippines President Duterte launches foul-mouthed tirade at Chelsea Clinton and mentions Monica Lewinsky Posted: 31 May 2017 02:15 PM PDT  Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has insulted Chelsea Clinton for criticising remarks he made about his soldiers potentially assaulting women. Mr Duterte had returned to his home city of Davao on Wednesday to celebrate the 119th anniversary of the Philippine Navy. "When your father, the president of the United States, was screwing Lewinsky and the girls there in the White House, how did you feel?
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| Horrifying Video Shows Intense Moments Car Dealership Shootout That Left 3 Dead Posted: 01 Jun 2017 01:53 PM PDT  Two bounty hunters and an accused drug dealer were killed in the terrifying exchange of gunfire.
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| Do Event Horizons Really Exist Around Black Holes? Posted: 31 May 2017 01:14 AM PDT  Astronomers decided to put Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to test with an experiment to verify one of the basic principles of black holes.
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| It's official: the Obamas are Washington homeowners Posted: 31 May 2017 08:52 PM PDT  Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle initially decided to stay in Washington once he left the White House so their daughter Sasha could finish high school. The couple paid $8.1 million to buy the mansion in Washington's swank Kalorama neighborhood that they have been renting since January, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The eight-bedroom, nine-and-a-half-bath home is in the same neighborhood as the home of President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner.
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| For second time, U.S. to withdraw from major climate treaty, this time the Paris Agreement Posted: 31 May 2017 07:48 AM PDT  For the second time since 2000, the U.S. is poised to pull out of a major climate treaty that the country itself fought hard for. Unlike the last time this happened with the Kyoto Protocol in 2001, however, the Paris Climate Agreement, which President Donald Trump is preparing to pull the U.S. out of, is widely viewed as the last, best chance the world has to avoid potentially catastrophic global warming. Also unlike Kyoto, the new agreement is entirely voluntary, making a withdrawal even more extreme. Scientists think that global climate change, if left unchecked, could bring withering droughts, more intense storms, devastating sea level rise, and more frequent and severe heat waves to many parts of the globe. SEE ALSO: U.S. could be 'left behind' if Trump exits the Paris Climate Agreement In removing the country from the Paris Climate Agreement, which went into force in 2016, the Trump administration would fulfill the worst fears of climate advocates and international allies worldwide. It would also leave the U.S. as an island of climate recalcitrance worldwide, joining only Syria and Nicaragua in rejecting the treaty. And considering that Nicaragua stayed out because its diplomats viewed the agreement as too timid, that means the U.S. is in a climate denial alliance only with Syria. Officials celebrate the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement in December 2015.Image: Mori/AP/REX/ShutterstockIn other words, even the governments of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un signed this agreement. With the Paris agreement pullout, which multiple news reports, citing White House officials, say is coming this week, the U.S. will effectively cede leadership on climate and renewable energy to China, India and other rapidly developing economies that are investing billions in solar, wind and other renewable technologies. A Paris withdrawal also ignores the calls of business leaders ranging from the CEOs of Google, Apple, Salesforce, and Microsoft to well-known personalities like Elon Musk of SpaceX. It also would overrule the arguments put forth by the Trump's own daughter, presidential advisor Ivanka Trump, who was widely reported to be in favor of the agreement. Trump said in a tweet on Wednesday morning that he will be announcing his decision this week, implying that his mind is already made up but that the announcement is still being planned. The tweet also implies that Trump's decision is based on his view of how the agreement will affect the U.S. economy, rather than the country's standing in the world. I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017 However, numerous economic studies have shown that unchecked global warming will have a huge negative effect on the economy, dwarfing the costs of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. Climate change is projected to put a major dent in U.S. economic output by the middle of this century, with even bigger losses projected throughout the developing world. For example, a 2015 study published in the journal Nature found that U.S. gross domestic product could drop 5 percent by 2050 without climate action. The Paris Agreement commits the world to keeping global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels through 2100. It is the first treaty to bring developing and developed countries together to commit to taking action on global warming after decades of acrimonious negotiations over who was more responsible for climate change and who should pay for its damages. The U.S. is the world's second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, but the biggest historical emitter. Under Paris, former president Barack Obama's administration committed to slashing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The Paris agreement contains no mechanism to punish America (or any country, for that matter) for failing to meet its emissions goals or revising them. 2016 was the warmest year on record since 1880.Image: nasa gissThe voluntary and non-punitive nature of the agreement was a major reason why it was so successful in getting countries to sign onto it after decades of frustrating climate talks. However, Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and others in Trump's orbit nevertheless viewed the treaty as legally binding. This may have triggered the withdrawal, especially since Trump, along with many of his cabinet picks, does not believe that greenhouse gases are the main cause of global warming, which runs contrary to the scientific consensus on this issue. On Tuesday, White House spokesman Sean Spicer was asked whether Trump views fossil fuels as a contributor to climate change and responded: "Honestly, I haven't asked him that." Climate scientists widely view the 2-degree goal as ambitious — if not impossible to adhere to — given recent global warming trends. Studies have shown that unless massive cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are made worldwide beginning in the next few years, there may be little chance of meeting the Paris target. Trump has been under heavy pressure by conservatives and the fossil fuel industry to leave the agreement, while business interests in Silicon Valley, European leaders, and others have sought to keep the U.S. within the fold of this landmark treaty. Much depends on what happens next and exactly how the U.S. seeks to exit the agreement. If President Trump decides to withdraw from the agreement unilaterally, that would not be able to take place until 2020 at the earliest. However, there are speedier ways of doing this, albeit more extreme. Also, a U.S. departure could spur other nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions pledges, which in turn would make global warming more severe since it would increase the concentration of greenhouse gases worldwide. It's unlikely this would engender good will toward the U.S. from our allies and enemies alike, experts say. "The president's exit from Paris would be read as a kind of "drop dead" to the rest of the world," said Todd Stern, who was the Obama administration's climate envoy at the Paris talks, in an op-ed for The Atlantic. "Bitterness, anger, and disgust would be the wages of this careless act." Assuming the Trump administration follows through with a Paris Agreement withdrawal, it would also be a staggering repudiation of Obama's legacy of environmental protection. Without Obama's hands-on involvement throughout his second term, the treaty would not have been adopted. It would also ignore the will of the American people, with polling showing that majorities in every state — including those represented by anti-Paris senators — favor remaining in the agreement. Trump is scheduled to meet with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil, on Wednesday. Tillerson is thought to be in favor of staying in the Paris Agreement, though it appears Trump's mind was already made up going into the meeting. WATCH: It's official, 2016 was Earth's warmest year on record
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| 16-year-old girl accused of hacking Uber driver to death Posted: 31 May 2017 02:33 PM PDT ![16-year-old girl accused of hacking Uber driver to death]( "16-year-old girl accused of hacking Uber driver to death") LINCOLNWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl walked out of a suburban Chicago Walmart holding a machete and knife she'd stolen, climbed into an Uber car and began hacking at the driver, prosecutors said at a hearing on Wednesday. The driver died of his wounds Tuesday after giving police a description of the attacker that led to her arrest.
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| Paper animal cutouts Posted: 01 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT ![Paper animal cutouts]( "Paper animal cutouts") These are some of the world's most endangered species, beautifully captured in delicate paper. The beautiful cutouts perfectly capture the fragile futures these animals face. The intricate works of art, which take 10-15 days each to create, are intended to raise awareness of species that are dying out.
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| Hillary Clinton says Russians had to have help from Americans to influence election Posted: 31 May 2017 02:08 PM PDT  At the Code Conference on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton made the forceful claim that Russia could not have influenced the 2016 election without help from Americans who knew how to release stolen campaign emails and fake news clips to greatest effect.
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| Dads' Brains React Differently to Sons and Daughters Posted: 01 Jun 2017 07:53 AM PDT  Dads with toddler-age daughters interact differently with their kids than fathers with toddler-age sons, a new study suggests. In addition, their brains' responses to their tots' pictures differed from those of dads with sons, according to the findings, which were published May 22 in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience. The findings indicate that gender-based differences in fathers' behaviors appear to show up while children are very young, said lead study author Jennifer Mascaro, an assistant professor of family and preventive medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
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| Malaysia Airlines flight returns to Melbourne after passenger tries to enter cockpit Posted: 01 Jun 2017 03:22 AM PDT  By A. Ananthalakshmi and James Regan KUALA LUMPUR/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Passengers and crew on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur tackled a fellow passenger who attempted to enter the cockpit shouting he had a bomb, authorities and witnesses said on Thursday. The 25-year-old man, a Sri Lankan national, was tied up with seatbelts and the flight diverted back to Melbourne following the incident shortly after takeoff late on Wednesday. Arif Chaudhery, a passenger on board MH128, told Reuters that about 30 minutes into the flight a male passenger attacked a female member of the cabin crew who screamed for help.
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| Rolls-Royce’s Latest Car Costs $12.8 Million Posted: 31 May 2017 09:03 AM PDT  Inspired by a yacht, the Sweptail is the most expensive Rolls-Royce ever built
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| As NKorea threat grows, US plans next anti-ICBM test in 2018 Posted: 31 May 2017 11:10 AM PDT  The US military will follow up its experimental shoot-down of an intercontinental ballistic missile by firing two interceptors simultaneously at an incoming dummy warhead in a "real world" test next year, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. The high-tech, extremely costly tests of US missile defenses come as North Korea continues to push ahead with development of potentially nuclear-tipped ICBMs. Wednesday's first-ever success at knocking a mock-up ICBM out of the sky as it headed toward the United States was called a "critical milestone" in firming up the country's missile defenses.
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| Ex-Top Military Officer Suspected Of Leaking White Information: Report Posted: 01 Jun 2017 01:44 AM PDT  The Department of Justice also got the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to issue a warrant for carrying out electronic surveillance on journalists, who have received the inside information, the report added.
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| The Latest: Gay congregant testifies at minister's trial Posted: 01 Jun 2017 10:34 AM PDT RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a North Carolina minister who is accused of assaulting and kidnapping a gay church member (all times local):
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| Never-Driven 964 RSR Sells for $2.25 Million Posted: 31 May 2017 11:44 AM PDT  The race-ready 911 RSR is one of the rarest 964 variants in existence. This example has only driven six miles since new.
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| McDonald's has made this secret burger hack an official menu item Posted: 30 May 2017 08:42 PM PDT  Seems like McDonald's has been keeping track of how you've been messing with its food. It's figured out that Aussies have been swapping out the Big Mac's beef patties with chicken. So it did the only logical thing and put the often-requested burger on the menu. SEE ALSO: Five Guys beat In-N-Out as best burger chain, proving there really is no justice in the world Predictably it's called the Chicken Big Mac, and features all the other ingredients you'd get on the burger — lettuce, cheese, special sauce, on a sesame seed bun — but with McChicken patties instead. Image: mcdonald's australiaOf course the Chicken Big Mac isn't a purely Australian thing. The Chicken Big Mac is sold in Qatar, Egypt, the UAE and the Netherlands — but for the rest of the world you'll have to spend a little more time explaining your order. Also launching in Australia are the cheeseburger Shaker Fries, which have a seasoning that combines the taste of "beef, onions, pickle, ketchup, mustard and cheese" — you know, like a cheeseburger. Shaker Fries are oddly a big thing Down Under — a dude who was selling a bag and a sachet of the seasoning for A$1,000 (US$744) back in 2014. "It's very limited edition," Vandi Huynh told The City at the time. "It comes out less frequently than the Olympics, like once every six years." Image: mcdonald's australiaYep, Australians are also pretty weirdly obsessed with fast food. WATCH: Someone has invented a simple wheelchair that gives users the freedom to move upright
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| Arista wins round in Cisco patent fight over network technology Posted: 01 Jun 2017 02:09 PM PDT  Arista had asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review the validity of a patent it granted to Cisco relating to network device security. A week earlier, the Patent Office invalidated claims in a different Cisco patent on a way to improve processing in network devices.
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| Serial killer who murdered and raped teenage girls now volunteers at her children's school Posted: 01 Jun 2017 12:30 AM PDT  A Canadian woman who was convicted over the rape and murder of three teenage girls in the 1990s has been spending time volunteering at the school her children now attend, it has emerged. Karla Homolka, 47, was jailed for manslaughter over her role in torturing, raping and killing schoolgirls Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy - as well as her own 15-year-old sister Taffy - with her then-husband Paul Bernardo in 1993. Parents at Greaves Adventist Academy, a private Christian school in Montreal, noticed Holmolka dropping off and picking up her children at the premises, but were alarmed to find out she had been spending time in classrooms, local media reported.
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| Your Car Could Be the Next Ransomware Target Posted: 01 Jun 2017 03:02 AM PDT  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. The recent "WannaCry" ransomware attack that crippled computer systems around the globe has highlighted the digital vuln...
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| Philippine crisis deepens as air strike on rebels accidentally kills 11 soldiers Posted: 01 Jun 2017 07:37 AM PDT ![Philippine crisis deepens as air strike on rebels accidentally kills 11 soldiers]( "Philippine crisis deepens as air strike on rebels accidentally kills 11 soldiers") By Tom Allard and Neil Jerome Morales MARAWI/MANILA (Reuters) - An air strike on Islamist rebels holed up in a southern Philippine city has killed 11 government troops, the armed forces said on Thursday, in a major blow for a military struggling to end its biggest internal security crisis in years. The accident happened on Wednesday when one of two planes bombing rebel positions missed its target in the heart of Marawi City, where ground troops took on pro-Islamic State militants in a tenth day of fierce street battles. Accidents happen, like this," Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told a news conference.
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| Vietnam and US sign new deals worth $8 billion Posted: 31 May 2017 09:48 PM PDT  Vietnam and the US have signed $8 billion in deals, including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget carrier famed for its bikini-clad air hostesses, officials said. The deals were announced during a visit by Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to the White House Wednesday, a trip aimed at drumming up trade ties after US President Donald Trump pulled out of a massive Asia-Pacific trade pact earlier this year, decrying it as a "job killer". Vietnam, which stood to gain enormously from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) before the US pullout, has been aggressively courting Washington to bolster business ties, and Phuc is the first Southeast Asian leader to visit Trump's White House.
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| Witnesses report gunshots, explosions at Philippine mall Posted: 01 Jun 2017 12:18 PM PDT  Gunshots and explosions rang out early Friday at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila's international airport in the Philippine capital, sparking a security alarm amid an ongoing Muslim militant siege in the country's south.
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| Pentagon missile defense program scores direct hit Posted: 31 May 2017 09:31 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. interceptor scored a direct hit and appeared to result in the "complete obliteration" of a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean in what the Pentagon said Wednesday was a realistic test that mirrored the missile threat from North Korea and Iran.
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| Suspect In Portland Stabbing Is A Known 'White Supremacist' Posted: 30 May 2017 09:28 PM PDT  The suspect Christian has been charged with one count of attempted aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of second-degree intimidation and one count of first-degree assault, and three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, CBS News reported.
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| UPDATED: Starbucks Has Officially Added This Stunning Ombre Drink To Its Menu Posted: 01 Jun 2017 09:24 AM PDT  You *have* to try it.
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| Recent immigrants to the U.S. are better educated: report Posted: 01 Jun 2017 02:08 PM PDT  Nearly half the recent immigrants to the United States have college degrees, reflecting a steady increase in educational attainment fueled largely by growing numbers of people from Asia, a study released on Thursday showed. Rising immigration from countries such as India, China and the Philippines helped increase the share of arrivals with a bachelor's degree to 48 percent between 2011 and 2015 from 27 percent in the five years through 1990, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington-based nonpartisan think tank. The findings followed comments by President Donald Trump in March that the United States had "lower-skilled immigration" and should switch to a "merit-based" system to attract people who could support themselves rather than strain public resources.
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| 2017 Subaru Impreza Review: Small but Mighty Posted: 01 Jun 2017 03:00 AM PDT   The Impreza has always been a smart, practical choice. Thanks to competitive fuel economy and a redesign that addressed its few deficiencies, the 2017 model is now our top-rated compact sedan. It...
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| 2017 Range Rover Sport Supercharged V-8 Posted: 31 May 2017 03:30 PM PDT  An SUV with the goods.
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| Jeremy Corbyn hints he could delay Donald Trump’s contentious state visit to Britain Posted: 31 May 2017 10:22 AM PDT  Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, has hinted he could delay Donald Trump's contentious state visit to Britain later this year if he is elected Prime Minister in seven days' time. In an interview with The Independent, Mr Corbyn said he was "very concerned" about the speed in which Mr Trump received the honour by Theresa May – just seven days after the political neophyte took office. The President's predecessor, Barack Obama, was extended the invitation by the former Prime Minister David Cameron over 800 days into his administration.
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| Kuwait court condemns 7 to death for raping disabled boy Posted: 31 May 2017 06:20 AM PDT  A Kuwaiti appeals court on Wednesday sentenced seven young men to death for the abduction and rape of a disabled 13-year-old boy, the victim's lawyer said. Prosecutors found the videos on the phones of some of the defendants. The ruling is not final as the case must go to the Kuwaiti supreme court whose verdicts are final.
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| Russia fires cruise missiles, targets IS positions in Syria Posted: 31 May 2017 12:17 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Russians warships in the Mediterranean Sea have fired four cruise missiles at the Islamic State group's positions in Syria, the Russian defense ministry said on Wednesday.
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| Could Jinger Duggar Be Expecting? Posted: 31 May 2017 06:42 AM PDT  A recent video of Jinger Duggar has some TLC viewers speculating she is pregnant with her first child.
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| Australia’s unconventional rural mailboxes Posted: 01 Jun 2017 10:40 AM PDT ![Australia's unconventional rural mailboxes]( "Australia's unconventional rural mailboxes") A variety of odd mailboxes — including old washing machines, refrigerators, car engines, beer kegs, and even a microwave — found along roads in rural areas of New South Wales, north of Sydney. (Reuters)
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