| Trump's Base Sticks With Him, Except in the South Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:42 PM PDT  New polling data shows that changes spotted during the 2016 election might become permanent.
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| What's Next for Health Care After GOP Plan Failed? Posted: 30 Jul 2017 01:40 AM PDT  HHS Secy. Tom Price and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) join Chuck to break down the latest on the GOP's health care plan after their failed vote. Plus, Corey Lewandowski joins to talk West Wing shake-ups.
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| Nearly 150 smuggled Central American migrants rescued in Mexico Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:11 AM PDT  Nearly 150 Central Americans being smuggled to the United States were rescued Saturday in Mexico after traveling tightly packed in a poorly ventilated truck. The rescue was initially described by authorities in eastern Veracruz state as a near-tragedy with chilling similarities to an incident last week in Texas in which 10 would-be migrants to the US perished. Authorities said a total of 147 people were found in the town of Tantima in Mexico's Veracruz state.
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| Trump to sign Russia sanctions, Moscow retaliates Posted: 28 Jul 2017 08:09 PM PDT  By Eric Beech and Andrew Osborn WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will sign legislation that imposes sanctions on Russia, the White House said on Friday, after Moscow ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and said it would seize two U.S. diplomatic properties in retaliation for the bill. The U.S. Senate had voted almost unanimously on Thursday to slap new sanctions on Russia, forcing Trump to choose between a tough position on Moscow and effectively dashing his stated hopes for warmer ties with the country or to veto the bill amid investigations in possible collusion between his campaign and Russia.
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| Hamburg supermarket attacker was 'known Islamist' Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:29 PM PDT  The suspect who killed a man with a knife in a Hamburg supermarket was a known Islamist with psychological problems but his motives remain unclear, German officials said Saturday. Identified as a 26-year-old Palestinian, he arrived in Germany in 2015 from Norway but was due to be deported as his application for asylum was rejected. Friday's assault risks reopening a bitter debate over refugees two months before general elections, putting pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel over her decision to open Germany's borders in 2015 and let in more than a million asylum seekers.
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| China's Xi calls for building elite forces during massive military parade Posted: 30 Jul 2017 12:37 PM PDT  Chinese President Xi Jinping told the military on Sunday to transform itself into an elite force, as he oversaw a parade with flybys of advanced jets and a mass rally of troops to mark 90 years since the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
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| Two Babies Die in Hot Car Deaths in Phoenix Just One Day Apart Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:28 AM PDT  Temperatures in Phoenix rose above 100 degrees.
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| Report: Wells Fargo Forced Unwanted Insurance On More Than 800,000 Borrowers Posted: 29 Jul 2017 09:16 AM PDT  The New York Times obtained a consultant's report that showed that more than 800,000 people who took out car loans from Wells Fargo were charged for auto insurance they did not need, and some of them are still paying for it.
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| Judge Blocks Arkansas From Enforcing 4 Abortion Restrictions Posted: 29 Jul 2017 07:42 AM PDT  Three were set to take effect Tuesday
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| Is Trump On Track for a Successful Presidency? Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:48 PM PDT  A diverse set of voices, from George Will and Anne Coulter, to Tahara Amhad and Eddie Glaude, Jr. weigh in on Trump's early legacy.
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| 1.3 million Ford Explorers are under investigation for poisoning drivers Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded a probe into potential carbon monoxide poisoning being caused by Ford Explorers. The NHTSA said it is aware of 2,700 complaints and three crashes potentially linked to carbon monoxide poisoning in the vehicles' cabin.
An initial investigation was opened last year into more than 638,000 vehicles, and the NHTSA has now upgraded that investigation into an "engineering analysis," a necessary step before the agency can force Ford to recall any vehicles. Ford has acknowledged some kind of problem, issued numerous service bulletins, and told Reuters that it has a dedicated team "to investigate reported issues and solve them." It was reported this month that the police department in Austin, Texas, pulled more than 40 Ford Explorers from its fleet after a half-dozen officers reported ill with carbon monoxide poisoning. The NHTSA said the reported injuries include "loss of consciousness, with the majority indicating nausea, headaches, or light-headedness." It should be emphasized that so far, the NHTSA has "no substantive data or actual evidence...supporting a claim that any of the alleged injury or crash allegations were the result of carbon monoxide poisoning." Although working out if a car cabin is full of carbon monoxide might sound like an easy task, the massive number of variables and different driving conditions makes it harden than you'd imagine. For now, the NHTSA has not issued a recall or guidance for owners, but if you've got a Ford Explorer, maybe think about driving with the windows down a little more.
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| African Union troops ambushed in Somalia, al Shabaab says 39 dead Posted: 30 Jul 2017 04:13 AM PDT ![African Union troops ambushed in Somalia, al Shabaab says 39 dead]( "African Union troops ambushed in Somalia, al Shabaab says 39 dead") Somalia's al Shabaab insurgents and troops from the African Union peacekeeping mission clashed on Sunday, a senior military officer said, while the group said it had killed 39 soldiers. The al Shabaab fighters ambushed a convoy carrying troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Col. Hassan Mohamed told Reuters.
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| 93-year-old Mugabe says 'not dying' as health concerns mount Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:21 AM PDT  Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, declaring "I am not dying," sought Saturday to brush aside growing concerns about his health after his wife urged him to name a successor. Mugabe's medical trips to Singapore have become frequent in recent years, fuelling questions about his health. Recently, doctors were actually surprised by the strength of my bones," Mugabe said.
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| Suspect in killing of Navajo girl expected to change plea Posted: 30 Jul 2017 04:06 PM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A suspect is expected to change his plea in the kidnapping, sexual assault and killing of an 11-year-old girl in a remote part of the largest American Indian reservation that prompted an effort to expand the Amber Alert system into tribal communities across the U.S.
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| Russia shows off its largest warships at Navy Day parade as tensions with West heighten Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:38 AM PDT  Forty warships and submarines, including two of Russia's largest nuclear-powered vessels, were on show at the Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg on Sunday, the biggest naval show Russia has put up in recent years. Attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the parade was described by the state-run media as "the first principle naval parade in the newest Russia history." The event comes amid heightened tensions with the West, on the heels of the US Senate approving new sanctions against Russia, and is aimed at reminding the rest of the world that Russia is a maritime force the be reckoned with. Defence minister Sergei Shoigu, president Vladimir Putin, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia at a Navy Day reception Credit: Alexei Nikolsky\\TASS via Getty Images Russia's history is marked by numerous victories of the country's "fearless navy," Mr Putin said at the parade. "The country's status as a mighty maritime power was earned by the courage of seamen and navy officers," he said. "Today the navy not only tackles tasks traditional for it – it also rises to new challenges and contributes to the fight against terrorism and piracy," Mr Putin said at the parade. The event featured the flagship of Russia's Northern Fleet, the nuclear-powered battlecruiser Petr Veliky, and the last of Russia's Soviet-built Typhoon-class nuclear missile submarines, the Dmitry Donskoi. Both were designed in the Soviet Union for long-range, deep-water operations and both are the largest of their kind in the world. The Chuvashia missile boat is seen on Neva river Credit: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Petr Veliky is an active duty combat vessel. It weighs in at up to a reported 28,000 tons displacement. Dmitry Donskoi, currently not an active duty combat vessel, belongs to the largest class of nuclear missile submarines ever built, the Typhoon class. Those submarines were decommissioned in the 1990s and 2000s. The Donskoi currently serves for testing new submarine-launched nuclear missiles, as well as training new crews. The two legendary vessels paraded alongside newly built ones, such as frigates Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Marakov. There were many other new ships on display, says Andrei Frolov, editor in chief of the Russian magazine Export Vooruzheny ("Arms Export"). "We saw peak concentration of the new vessels, the ones built in the post-Soviet era, and that made this year's parade stand out," Mr Frolov told The Telegaph. A Russian Navy's minesweeper Kovrovets fires missiles Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov The expert pointed out that this year's Naval Day parade was hardly the first one in Russia's history. There were at least two of them in the 1990s, and several of them in the 2010s in different Russian cities. The scale and the pomp of this year's parade was down to the looming 2018 presidential election and Mr Putin's campaign. "There is no big anniversary or any other memorable date this year" that could warrant such grandeur, he says. In addition, a little more than a week earlier, Mr Putin signed the new naval doctrine that outlines government policies regarding the country's navy up to 2030. According to Mr Frolov, the document mostly consists of "slogans" rather than concrete decisions and is aimed at protecting the navy from potential funding cuts. Russian servicemen take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol Credit: REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov The government is currently working on the next phase of the State Armament Program, covering 2018-2025, and the navy might fall victim of redistributing funds in favor of aviation and ground forces, Mr Frolov says. "This document is a way of showing the navy that the president is with them," the expert said.
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| Indian coast guard makes record 1.5 tonne heroin bust Posted: 29 Jul 2017 05:01 PM PDT  India's coast guard announced Sunday it had seized 1.5 tonnes of heroin worth almost $550 million from a merchant ship in what maritime authorities are calling their largest-ever drug bust. The ship was intercepted Saturday off the western state of Gujarat, the coast guard said in a statement. An undisclosed number of suspects were detained for questioning by coast guard officials, police and intelligence agencies.
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| The 'suicidal robot' that drowned in a fountain didn't kill itself after all Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:02 AM PDT  A security robot called Steve did not commit suicide by falling into a fountain in Washington DC, but due to a tragic accident. After retrieving data from Steve the roboguard's black box discovered that the accident was caused not by suicide but by skidding on a "loose brick surface", according to the machine's manufacturer, Knightscope. A technical error led to the K5 robot's demise when an algorithm did not detect the uneven surface, leading to Steve tumbling into the fountain and drowning.
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| Newborn Twins and Daughter Orphaned After Mother Dies the Same Day as Their Father’s Funeral Posted: 29 Jul 2017 02:08 PM PDT  The couple leaves behind newborn twins and a 2-year-old daughter
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| Donald Trump threatens to end insurance payments if no agreement reached on health care bill Posted: 29 Jul 2017 03:07 PM PDT  Donald Trump has threatened to end government payments to health insurers if Congress does not pass a new healthcare bill and goaded them to not abandon their seven-year quest to replace the Obamacare law. In a Twitter message on Saturday, Mr Trump said "if a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!" The tweet came a day after Senate Republicans failed to muster enough votes to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's signature healthcare bill commonly known as Obamacare. The first part of Mr Trump's tweet appeared to be referring to the approximately $8 billion in cost-sharing reduction subsidies the federal government pays to insurers to lower the price of health coverage for low-income Americans. McCain votes down Obamacare repeal measure 00:32 The second part of the tweet appeared to be a threat to end the employer contribution for members of Congress and their staffs, who were moved from the normal federal employee healthcare benefits program onto the Obamacare insurance exchanges as part of the 2010 healthcare law. Mr Trump later urged Senate Republicans to try again on a healthcare vote. The Senate is in session for another week before it is scheduled to begin an August recess. If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017 "Unless the Republican Senators are total quitters, Repeal & Replace is not dead! Demand another vote before voting on any other bill!" Mr Trump said in a subsequent tweet. Many insurers have been waiting for an answer from Mr Trump or Congress on whether they will continue to fund the annual government subsidies. Without assurances, many insurers plan to raise rates an additional 20 percent by an Aug. 16 deadline for premium prices. With Republican efforts to dismantle Obamacare in disarray, hundreds of US counties are at risk of losing access to private health coverage in 2018 as insurers consider pulling out of those markets. Lindsey Graham Credit: Aaron Bernstein/Reuters In response, Mr Trump on Friday again suggested that his administration would let the Obamacare program "implode." He has weakened enforcement of the law's requirement for individuals to buy insurance, threatened to cut off funding and sought to change plan benefits through regulations. Meanwhile, some congressional Republicans were still trying to find a way forward on healthcare. Senator Lindsey Graham said in a statement issued late on Friday that he and two other Republican senators, Dean Heller and Bill Cassidy, had met with Mr Trump after the defeat to discuss Mr Graham's proposal to take tax money raised by Obamacare and send it back to the states in the form of healthcare block grants. Mr Graham said the move would end Democrats' drive for a national single-payer healthcare system by putting states in charge. "President Trump was optimistic about the Graham-Cassidy-Heller proposal," Mr Graham added. "I will continue to work with President Trump and his team to move the idea forward."
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| North Dakota woman who threatened Muslims hugs one of them Posted: 30 Jul 2017 08:04 AM PDT  A North Dakota woman who threatened some Muslim women in a Walmart parking lot met with two of them Thursday and all "expressed their sincere regrets" about the incident and apologized, Fargo's police chief said Thursday.
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| Pakistan's ruling party vows smooth transition ahead of vote on interim PM Posted: 30 Jul 2017 12:37 AM PDT ![Pakistan's ruling party vows smooth transition ahead of vote on interim PM]( "Pakistan's ruling party vows smooth transition ahead of vote on interim PM") By Drazen Jorgic ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's president has called a special parliamentary session on Tuesday to hold a vote to install Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as interim prime minister, with the ruling party vowing a smooth transfer of power after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted. Mamnoon Hussain announced his decision to summon parliament late on Saturday after Sharif put forward his staunch ally Abbasi as interim leader and his brother Shahbaz, 65, as long-term successor. Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party has a strong majority in parliament and should have no problem installing Abbasi as the new leader of the nuclear-armed nation.
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| Ex-NASA agent fears gold lunar module will be melted down Posted: 30 Jul 2017 01:44 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — Whoever broke into an Ohio museum late Friday and stole a solid-gold replica of the Apollo 11 lunar module likely intends to melt it down for the value of the gold instead of trying to sell what could be a collectible worth millions of dollars, said a Texas attorney and retired federal agent with NASA who has helped recover and locate stolen moon rocks worth millions of dollars.
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| Hackers Hack Voting Machines In Less Than Two Hours Posted: 30 Jul 2017 05:22 AM PDT  A hacker who broke into the machines in minutes, said that he could turn the machine on and off, read the data stored in it and felt that he can even change the votes.
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| Hero Dog Runs To Get Help For Girls, 8 and 16, Struck by Lightning Posted: 30 Jul 2017 07:06 AM PDT  They are steadily recovering, family members said.
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| Mountie chasing a bear is the most Canadian thing ever Posted: 29 Jul 2017 10:47 AM PDT  A Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman was captured chasing a black bear from a park in Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta. The young bear can be seen climbing a tree in the park as Sgt. Clayton Wilbern approaches with caution. But the moment the bear begins to retreat, Wilbern jumps into action, chasing the bear from the park in an attempt to scare it off. According to Wilbern, the bear came a little too close to a nearby playground, making the situation more dire. "It was heading towards a playground where there was a whole bunch of kids playing," he told the CBC. "So we tried to get it to go around the playground, which luckily we did.… Hundreds of people were watching us as we were trying to get the poor little guy out." Becuase it's Canada's 150th birthday this year, RCMP officers are often decked out in red serge. "It was very Canadian," said Wilbern. While it's common to see wildlife in the area, this bear manages to get awfully close to the busy downtown area. It's important to keep bears as far from people as possible so they don't get acquainted to interactions, and lose their fear of humans. Bears unafraid of humans can cause serious issues, including food dependencies and possible attacks.
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| Schoolgirls in Iraq's Mosul aim to catch up on lost years Posted: 28 Jul 2017 07:57 PM PDT  Despite having fallen three years behind their peers elsewhere in Iraq, it's been mostly smiles all around for the girls at Mosul's Trablus school since it reopened its damaged gates after the jihadists fled. In late May, the school became the first to reopen in western Mosul, as Iraqi forces pressed a sector-by-sector campaign that would finally this month expel the Islamic State group from the whole of the country's second city. Now they number 650," said Nihad Jassem, an administrative employee at the school in the Mosul al-Jadida district.
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| Who is Charlie Gard, what is the disease he suffered from and what happened in the court case? Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:48 AM PDT  It has been a heartbreaking legal battle that has captured international attention and drawn offers of support from Donald Trump and the Pope. Now, Charlie Gard has died after his life-support was withdrawn soon after he was moved to a hospice, denying his parents their "final wish" for him to spend his final hours at home. The little boy's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, had asked for more time with their son after he was transferred from Great Ormond Street Hospital, but High Court judge Mr Justice Francis said doctors could stop providing treatment shortly after 11-month-old arrived at the hospice. Here is everything you need to know about the case. Who is Charlie Gard? Charlie is a 10-month old patient in intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London. On August 4, 2016, he was born a "perfectly healthy" baby at full term and at a "healthy weight". After about a month, however, Charlie's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, noticed that he was less able to lift his head and support himself than other babies of a similar age. Chris Gard and Connie Yates with their son Charlie Credit: PA Doctors discovered he had a rare inherited disease - infantile onset encephalomyopathy mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS). The condition causes progressive muscle weakness and brain damage. In October, after he had became lethargic and his breathing shallow, he was transferred to the Great Ormond Street Hospital. Why was there a legal fight? Charlie's parents wanted to take him to see specialists in the USA, who had offered an experimental therapy called nucleoside. A crowdfunding page was set up in January to help finance the therapy. Ribbons and hearts tied to trees outside Great Ormond Street Hospital in London by well wishers backing a campaign to allow terminally ill baby Charlie Gard to be treated in America Credit: PA But doctors at GOSH concluded that the experimental treatment, which is not designed to be curative, would not improve Charlie's quality of life. When parents do not agree about a child's future treatment, it is standard legal process to ask the courts to make a decision. This is what happened in Charlie's case. What were the stages of the legal battle? March 3: Great Ormond Street bosses asked Mr Justice Francis to rule that life support treatment should stop. The judge was told that Charlie could only breathe through a ventilator and was fed through a tube. April 11: Mr Justice Francis said doctors could stop providing life-support treatment after analysing the case at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London He concluded that life-support treatment should end and said a move to a palliative care regime would be in Charlie's best interests. Connie Yates leaves the Supreme Court after a panel of three Supreme Court justices on dismissed the couple's latest challenge Credit: PA May 3: Charlie's parents then asked Court of Appeal judges to consider the case. May 23: After analysing the case, three Court of Appeal judges dismissed the couple's appeal two days later. June 8: Charlie's parents then lost their fight in the Supreme Court. Charlie's mother broke down in tears and screamed as justices announced their decision and was led from the court by lawyers. Chris Gard leaves the Supreme Court after it ruled in favour of Great Ormond Street Hospital Credit: PA June 20: Judges in the European Court of Human Rights started to analyse the case after lawyers representing Charlie's parents make written submissions. A European Court of Human Rights spokeswoman said the case would get "priority". "In light of the exceptional circumstances of this case, the court has already accorded it priority and will treat the application with the utmost urgency," she added. Supporters outside the Supreme Court Credit: PA June 27: On Tuesday, European court judges refused to intervene. A Great Ormond Street spokeswoman said the European Court decision marked "the end" of a "difficult process". She said there would be "no rush" to change Charlie's care and said there would be "careful planning and discussion". July 10: Charlie's parents return to the High Court and ask Mr Justice Francis to carry out a fresh analysis of the case. Mr Justice Francis gives them less than 48 hours to prove an experimental treatment works. July 24: Charlie's parents withdraw their request to change the original court order. The baby will have his life support switched off in the next few days. Why was the case back in court? Charlie inherited the faulty RRM2B gene from his parents, affecting the cells responsible for energy production and respiration and leaving him unable to move or breathe without a ventilator. GOSH describes experimental nucleoside therapies as "unjustified" and the treatment is not a cure. The hospital's decision to go back into the courtroom came after two international healthcare facilities and their researchers contacted them to say they have "fresh evidence about their proposed experimental treatment". Charlie's parents have now decided to end their legal battle. Grant Armstrong, the parents lawyer, told the court: "for Charlie it is too late." What did Charlie's parents argue? Richard Gordon QC, who led Charlie's parents' legal team, had told Court of Appeal judges that the case raised "very serious legal issues". Mum of Charlie Gard says five doctors support her 01:33 "They wish to exhaust all possible options," Mr Gordon said in a written outline of Charlie's parents' case. "They don't want to look back and think 'what if?'. This court should not stand in the way of their only remaining hope." Mr Gordon suggested that Charlie might be being unlawfully detained and denied his right to liberty. He said judges should not interfere with parents' exercise of parental rights. Lawyers, who represented Charlie's parents for free, said Mr Justice Francis had not given enough weight to Charlie's human right to life. They said there was no risk the proposed therapy in the US would cause Charlie "significant harm". However, Miss Yates and Mr Gard have now acknowledged that the therapy could not help their son get better. Their lawyer, Grant Armstrong, told the court that the delay in offering treatment to Charlie had meant he had no prospect of getting better. Mr Armstrong said damage to Charlie's muscle and tissue was irreversible. "The parents' worst fears have been confirmed," he said "It is now too late to treat Charlie." Ethics professor: If Charlie Gard was my child I would let him die peacefully 01:22 What did GOSH argue? Katie Gollop QC, who led Great Ormond Street's legal team, suggested that further treatment would leave Charlie in a "condition of existence". She said therapy proposed in the USA was "experimental" and would not help Charlie. "There is significant harm if what the parents want for Charlie comes into effect," she told appeal judges. "The significant harm is a condition of existence which is offering the child no benefit." She added: "It is inhuman to permit that condition to continue." A banner hung on railings outside Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London Credit: PA Ms Gollop said nobody knew whether Charlie was in pain. "Nobody knows because it is so very difficult because of the ravages of Charlie's condition," she said. "He cannot see, he cannot hear, he cannot make a noise, he cannot move." Interventions from Trump and the Vatican While Ms Yates and Mr Gard said they have been boosted by support from US President Donald Trump and the Vatican, a leading expert has described interventions from high-profile figures as "unhelpful". Professor Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said in an open letter that Charlie's situation is "heartbreaking" for his parents, and "difficult" for others including medical staff, but added that even well-meaning interventions from outsiders can be unhelpful. If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2017 The interest of the Pope and Mr Trump in Charlie's case has "saved his life so far", his mother has said. Ms Yates told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on July 10: "Yeah, they have saved his life so far. It turned it into an international issue. "There are a lot of people that are outraged by what is going on. We have got new evidence now so I hope the judge changes his mind." Timeline | Charlie Gard case She said that "sometimes parents are right in what they think" and it is not simply that they do not want to switch off life support. She said the family had seven specialist doctors - two from the US, two from Italy, one from England and two from Spain - supporting them. She added: "We expect that structural damage is irreversible, but I have yet to see something which tells me my son has irreversible structural brain damage." The parents have now acknowledged that the therapy they were seeking could not help their son get better. Their lawyer said the couple felt that continuing their fight would cause Charlie pain.
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| Donald Trump calls for Senate checks and balances to be scrapped for second time in 24 hours Posted: 29 Jul 2017 07:25 AM PDT  Donald Trump has called for a change in Senate rules to remove key checks and balances - the second time in less than 24 hours that he has made the demand. The US President called for an end to a longstanding rule that requires at least 60 of the 100 senators to vote down attempts to block legislation being passed, saying only a simple majority should be needed. 200 Bills sit in Senate.
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| Four Arab countries say they are ready for Qatar dialogue with conditions Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:57 PM PDT  The four Arab countries that have cut ties with Qatar said on Sunday they were ready for talks to tackle the dispute if Doha showed willingness to deal with their demands. The foreign ministers of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates met in the Bahraini capital, Manama, to discuss the crisis that has raised tensions across the region. The Saudi-led bloc cut ties with the Gulf state on June 5, accusing it of backing militant groups and cosying up to their arch-foe Iran, allegations Doha denies.
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| Four arrested as Bangladesh teenager raped, head shaved Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:53 AM PDT  Bangladesh police have arrested four men over the rape of a teenager whose head was shaved as punishment by the accused's wife in a case that has shocked the conservative country, an official said Sunday. Police detained the four men including Tufan Sarker, a unionist linked to the ruling Awami League party, after pictures of the victim and her mother at hospital with shaved heads caused outrage. A manhunt is still underway for Sarker's wife Asha Khatun, who is accused of dragging the teenager and her mother to their home, beating them and forcibly shaving their heads.
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| Century-old battle in Belgium sums up horrors of World War I Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:39 PM PDT  YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Dismembered soldiers sucked into cesspools of mud. Shattered tree trunks and the waft of poison gas hovering over the wounded who were awaiting their fates on the scarred soil of Flanders Fields.
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| Is Surfing The Dark Web lllegal? Posted: 29 Jul 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Will you be jailed if you are caught surfing the dark web?
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| North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts 'entire' US in range Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:29 PM PDT  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons.
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| Teen Injured in Ohio State Fair Accident Speaks Out, Calling it 'Like a Nightmare Come True' Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:21 PM PDT  He reportedly suffered a neck fracture.
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| Typhoon injures over 80 in Taiwan, traps dozens Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:34 AM PDT  A strong typhoon swept across Taiwan on Sunday, injuring more than 80 people, forcing the capital to shut down essential services and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Typhoon Nesat, a medium strength typhoon with wind speeds of around 119 km per hour (70 mph), made landfall on Saturday and is expected to lash the island over two days, affecting the south most heavily, according to the Central Weather Bureau. In the capital Taipei, all work and scheduled classes were canceled on Saturday evening and all of Sunday.
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| Karl: Kelly will be 'much more powerful' chief of staff than Priebus Posted: 30 Jul 2017 08:49 AM PDT  ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl reports on the latest White House staff shake up on "This Week."
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| Russia orders US to cut diplomats in response to sanctions Posted: 28 Jul 2017 06:36 PM PDT  Moscow on Friday ordered the US to slash its number of diplomats in Russia and froze two embassy compounds in a pre-emptive strike against tough new sanctions being readied in Washington. On Thursday, the US Senate passed new bipartisan sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, sending the package to President Donald Trump. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump will sign the bill into law, ending speculation over whether he would veto the measure.
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| Doctor about to give birth helps to deliver another mother’s baby instead after it became distressed Posted: 30 Jul 2017 12:32 PM PDT  A doctor about to give birth leapt out of her bed to help bring another woman's child into the world instead after her baby became distressed.
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| Maduro presses on with Venezuela vote despite protests, condemnation Posted: 28 Jul 2017 10:20 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was pushing forward Saturday with a controversial weekend vote, despite growing domestic political opposition, international condemnation and deadly street protests. Blockades went up across a few roads in Caracas and in a border town with Colombia, San Cristobal as well as in Maracaibo and Guayana, but the scale was far less than the mass protests seen earlier this week before the ban took effect. "It's normal that there's fear, but people are still coming out into the streets despite it all," a lawmaker in the opposition-controlled National Assembly, Freddy Guevara, said at one of the Caracas protests.
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| Man gets prison for tossing dogs from top of parking garage Posted: 30 Jul 2017 12:12 PM PDT ![Man gets prison for tossing dogs from top of parking garage]( "Man gets prison for tossing dogs from top of parking garage") OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who posed as the owner of two small dogs, paid a reward to the person who found them and then threw them off the top of a five-story parking garage has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to animal cruelty charges.
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| Grandpas smoking weed for the first time is as hilarious as it sounds Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:27 AM PDT  Thanks to a handful of states legalizing recreational cannabis in recent years, people can finally consume marijuana after decades of prohibition. While cannabis consumption laws were widely ignored, there are some people out there that never tried the sticky icky, and Cut Video has been doing an excellent job of documenting their first experiences. This time, the team rounded up a few grandpas, following the success of a similar video which documented a few grandmothers getting high for the first time. In the clip, the men try out various devices, including a bong, joint, and a PAX vaporizer. After getting high they do some normal stoner activities, like eat some snacks, talk about life, and play with a fidget spinner. The best part of the clip is watching Graham, who took a huge bong rip in the beginning and was totally blitzed out of his mind the entire video.
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| Exchange of bodies ahead of Syria-Lebanon border plan Posted: 30 Jul 2017 10:24 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah and a Syrian affiliate to Al-Qaida exchanged the bodies of dead fighters along the Lebanese-Syrian border on Sunday in the first stage of an agreement to restore order to a contested frontier zone.
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| Couple's Dog Serves as Ring Bearer At Their Wedding: 'He Ran Right to Us' Posted: 30 Jul 2017 10:46 AM PDT  Their beloved pup was their first choice.
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| Israeli court upholds jail term for ex-soldier in Hebron shooting Posted: 30 Jul 2017 07:23 AM PDT  By Rami Amichai TEL AVIV (Reuters) - An Israeli military appeal court upheld a manslaughter conviction and 18-month jail sentence on Sunday for a former army conscript who killed an incapacitated Palestinian assailant in the occupied West Bank. In one of the most divisive trials in the Israel's history, the panel of judges, including field generals, rejected challenges lodged by Elor Azaria, who says he had acted in line with defense doctrines. "Values have been greatly damaged by the defendant's actions," the chief judge, Major-General Doron Feiles, said in reading out the ruling.
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| How To Meal Prep On A Budget Posted: 30 Jul 2017 09:00 AM PDT  This article, How To Meal Prep On A Budget, originally appeared on Chowhound. Tired of circling the Whole Foods hot bar on your lunch break? More importantly, isn't your wallet tired? There's only one way to solve this first world problem and it's made up of two words: meal prep.Yes, meal prepping can be very daunting, but once it's done and you have the rest of your Sunday to chill out, you're going to be happy you did it. Not to mention all of the money you will save on food during the week. ...
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| Deal sidelines bid to block sale of Toshiba chip unit Posted: 28 Jul 2017 07:46 PM PDT  A request to block Toshiba from raising much-needed cash by selling a flash memory venture was taken off the table on Friday in a California court. Toshiba and Western Digital agreed to an order recommended by a state court judge who asked the companies to collaborate on an agreement instead of dueling over an injunction requested by the US company. The agreement requires Toshiba to publicly announce the signing of any deal to sell the venture, and provide Western Digital notice two weeks before any such sale closes, according to the Japanese company.
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| Congressman John Delaney becomes the first candidate to challenge Donald Trump in 2020 presidential race Posted: 29 Jul 2017 04:11 AM PDT  The race to replace Donald Trump has begun after the first candidate declared his intention to run in the 2020 US presidential election. John Delaney, a Democratic congressman from Maryland, has announced he will seek his party's presidential nomination in a bid to defeat Mr Trump. Mr Delaney, 54, tweeted: "I'm running for President".
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| McDonald's Opened a 'Time Portal' to 1998 to Bring Back Szechuan Sauce Posted: 30 Jul 2017 07:50 AM PDT  Good news, Rick and Morty fans
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