| Trump blasts Sen. Blumenthal for backing Russia probe: 'Now he judges collusion?' Posted: 07 Aug 2017 06:26 AM PDT  The president tore into the Connecticut Democrat after he voiced his support for Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's possible Kremlin ties.
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| Manhunt in Missouri For Accused Police Killer Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:35 AM PDT  39-year-old Ian McCarthy has been on the run since Sunday when he allegedly opened fire on a police officer who pulled him over for a traffic violation.
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| North Korea Threatens Revenge Over UN Sanctions Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:31 AM PDT  North Korea warned on state-run TV that it's "a mistake" for Americans to think they are safe, while Sec. of State Rex Tillerson delivered the message.
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| ISIS’ Newest Battleground: The Philippines Posted: 07 Aug 2017 09:11 AM PDT  ISIS captured the city of Marawi in the Philippines three months ago, stirrings fears that the terrorist network is using the city as a springboard into Asia.
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| Venezuela court orders arrest of senior opposition leader, as President Nicholas Maduro clings to power Posted: 08 Aug 2017 10:40 AM PDT  Venezuela's top court has ordered the arrest and detention of a senior opposition leader behind recent protests, as President Nicholas Maduro seeks to hold onto power amid mounting international condemnation. The Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Ramon Muchacho, one of Caracas's five mayors, for refusing an order to remove barricades set up by anti-government protesters. Critics of the government said the move was a violation of due process and a blatant attempt to punish opponents.
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| Arizona woman sentenced to death for murder of 10-year-old cousin Posted: 08 Aug 2017 09:58 AM PDT  An Arizona woman was sentenced to death on Monday for killing her 10-year-old cousin, who was locked inside a small storage bin as punishment for taking a Popsicle without permission.
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| Stunning images capture the moment lightning strikes over Monument Valley Posted: 08 Aug 2017 08:24 AM PDT ![Stunning images capture the moment lightning strikes over Monument Valley]( "Stunning images capture the moment lightning strikes over Monument Valley")
These stunning images captured the moment lightning struck over Monument Valley. Jennifer Khordi, 47, was storm-chasing in Arizona when she came across the mesmerizing scenes. Khordi, from New Jersey, watched as the sky turned a deep purple and pink lightning forks pierced through the epic storm clouds. The iconic landmark casts a perfect silhouette against the ferocious storm. Khordi, a semi-professional photographer, said, "The images were taken in Arizona during a trip I took to capture lightning and storm images from their active monsoon season." "I was very lucky to get such good images — I love the whole experience." See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photos, Twitter, and Tumblr.
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| U.S. to relax rules protecting sage grouse, in win for oil drillers Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:54 PM PDT  By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department on Monday launched an overhaul to an Obama-era plan to protect sage grouse that it says aims to both preserve the species of bird while expanding opportunities for oil development in western states where they live. The move is a win for the drilling industry which had long argued that the plan developed by former President Barack Obama was too restrictive, but a setback for conservation groups concerned the Interior Department under President Donald Trump is watering down wildlife protections.
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| Boko Haram kill 31 fishermen in Nigeria Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:37 PM PDT  At least 31 fishermen have been killed by Boko Haram jihadists in two separate attacks on islands in Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, fishermen and vigilantes fighting the Islamists told AFP late Monday. Armed jihadists stormed the fishing islands of Duguri and Dabar Wanzam in the freshwater lake Saturday, attacking fishermen working in the area and shooting and hacking their victims. "Boko Haram attacked Duguri and Dabar Wanzam islands and killed 31 people," a member of a local militia fighting the jihadists in Maiduguri, Babakura Kolo told AFP.
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| Chicago sues over sanctuary city threat; Sessions fires back Posted: 07 Aug 2017 04:58 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken his fight against President Donald Trump's immigration policies to court, with Chicago becoming one of the first cities Monday to sue over what many U.S. cities argue are illegal bids to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities.
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| 3-Year-Old Died After Being Left in Day Care Van All Day, Employee Facing Charges: Police Posted: 08 Aug 2017 03:13 PM PDT  A day care worker will be charged in the death of a 3-year-old left in a hot van, police said.
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| Trump White House scrutinized in Flynn probe Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:00 AM PDT  Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for The New York Times, talks with Joy-Ann Reid about Special Counsel Robert Mueller requesting documents on Mike Flynn from the White House.
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| Road Rage on the Rise, Experts Say Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:39 AM PDT  Police are searching for driver who was caught on camera pointing a gun at another driver in Texas, while a four year-old boy is recovering after being shot in the head in Ohio.
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| Google fires employee behind anti-diversity memo for 'perpetuating gender stereotypes' Posted: 08 Aug 2017 09:10 AM PDT  Google has fired a computer engineer who caused a storm in Silicon Valley by asserting that the gender gap among technology workers was down to biological differences between men and women. James Damore, a Harvard university graduate who had worked at Google for four years, ignited a sexism row last week when he distributed a 10-page manifesto that accused the company of "political bias" against conservatives and said initiatives to encourage female programmers were "unfair". On Tuesday Damore revealed he had been dismissed by Google for "perpetuating gender stereotypes" and said he was considering legal action against the company. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks who is holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, offered him a job and accused Google of censorship. Google's CEO Sundar Pichai Credit: Reuters Damore's manifesto had accused the company of a "left bias" and a "politically correct monoculture that maintains its hold by shaming dissenters into silence". It said the yawning gap in jobs and pay for male and female computer experts was partly due to biological causes such as "men's higher drive for status" and women being "more prone to anxiety" rather than any biases and called for an end to the company's initiatives to promote minorities. Google employees publicly criticised the memo but Damore said he had received many private messages of support from staff who felt the same way. Sundar Pichai, the company's chief executive, said that while parts of the memo were fair to debate, much of it violated the company's code of conduct. "To suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK," he said in an email to staff. The controversy has come at a sensitive time for Google, which is under investigation by the US government after accusations of gender pay inequality, and has been forced to hand over pay records. Former Google staff member Joshua Damore (centre) with two colleagues Assange, who has repeatedly attacked Google over privacy issues, tweeted: "Women and men deserve respect. That includes not firing them for politely expressing ideas but rather arguing back." Damore said he was exploring all possible legal remedies against the company. Debate over the treatment of women in the male-dominated tech industry has raged for months. Claims of persistent sexual harassment in the ranks of Uber and of several venture capital firms led to management shakeups. Management at the largest tech firms, including Google, have publicly committed to diversifying their workforces, although the percentage of women in engineering and management roles remains low at many companies. Inside Google London offices
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| The Curiosity Rover Has Been Exploring Mars For Five Years Now Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:53 PM PDT  NASA's Curiosity has been roving Mars for five years now and has taken more than 200,000 videos.
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| Haitians flee over US border into Canada over WhatsApp hoax Posted: 08 Aug 2017 04:06 AM PDT  Thousands of Haitians have fled from the United States to Canada under the threat of deportation under Donald Trump, some because of WhatsApp messages falsely saying the country would welcome them. Around 58,000 Haitians are living in the US under temporary protection status (TPS) since the Caribbean island was ravaged by an earthquake in 2010.
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| U.S. to haul stricken destroyer from Japan back to U.S. for repairs Posted: 08 Aug 2017 03:36 AM PDT  The U.S. Navy on Tuesday said it will haul the guided missile destroyer severely damaged in a collision with a freighter in Japanese waters back to the United States for repairs as soon as September. The collision killed seven sailors aboard the USS Fitzgerald and ripped a hole below the vessels waterline. "The Fitzgerald may be moved in September but it could be later than that," a spokesman for the U.S. Seventh Fleet said.
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| Birthplace of Apostle Peter found in Israel: archaeologist Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:08 AM PDT  Researchers may have found the home town of Peter and two other apostles of Jesus near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, an archaeologist said Monday. Israeli and American archaeologists have likely uncovered the lost Roman city of Julias near the banks of the lake, also known as Lake Tiberias, Mordechai Aviam of Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archeaology said.
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| While Moscow Mocks Trump, Tillerson Tries to Repair U.S.-Russia Ties Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:10 AM PDT  Vladimir Putin seems to have run out of patience with the administration.
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| From respected at elite universities to wanted for murder Posted: 07 Aug 2017 04:21 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — After a cross-country manhunt, a former Northwestern University professor and University of Oxford employee are beginning court proceedings for the brutal stabbing death of a 26-year-old hair stylist in Chicago. The case has involved peculiar twists, including a cash donation in the victim's name at a Wisconsin library and a videotaped confession sent to friends. The two men surrendered peacefully in California after eight days as fugitives and one appeared in court Monday.
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| Secretive search for man behind Trump dossier reveals tension in Russia inquiry Posted: 07 Aug 2017 05:48 PM PDT  The dossier contained explosive allegations about Trump and the Kremlin. Two US congressional staffers who travelled to London in July and tried to contact former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele were sent by a longstanding aide to Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House intelligence committee and a close ally of the White House.
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| Mom Takes Hilarious Swimming Pool Photo to Celebrate Kids Returning to School Posted: 08 Aug 2017 09:03 AM PDT  Jena Willingham planned the funny photo shoot.
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| Trump tweets link to Fox News story based on 'classified' intelligence Posted: 08 Aug 2017 09:46 AM PDT  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told "Fox & Friends" Tuesday that she could not discuss a Fox News report about North Korea because it contains "classified" information. President Trump retweeted the Fox News report about an hour before Haley's interview.
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| Google Has Fired the Employee Who Wrote an Anti-Diversity Tirade, Report Says Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:09 PM PDT  An engineer for the tech giant wrote that biology accounted for gender disparity
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| Deaths of toddlers left in hot car by mother to ‘teach them a lesson’ ruled homicide Posted: 07 Aug 2017 02:32 AM PDT  The deaths of two toddlers who were left in a hot car by their mother as punishment have been ruled as homicides, after an autopsy revealed the children died from heatstroke. Two-year-old Juliet Ramirez and one-year-old Cavanaugh Ramirez, of Weatherford, Texas, died in May after being locked in a hot car by their mother Cynthia Marie Randolph. Randolf, 24, originally said her children locked themselves in the car, according to officials.
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| 'Clean' debt ceiling bill unlikely to pass House of Representatives : lawmaker Posted: 08 Aug 2017 02:02 PM PDT  The U.S. House of Representatives is unlikely to raise the country's debt ceiling without conditions to rein in spending, a Republican lawmaker said on Tuesday, raising the specter of another potential clash even as Republicans control both Congress and the White House. The Trump administration has asked Congress to extend the federal borrowing capacity to meet U.S. payment obligations with a "clean" bill that does not include any other provisions. Asked if the House would act to pass such a bill when lawmakers return to Washington next month, U.S. Representative Tom Cole said "probably not clean." "Most Republicans want to do something to lower the trajectory of the debt," Cole, a member of the House Appropriations and Budget committees, told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program.
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| Night swim leaves Australian teen bloody and bewildered Posted: 08 Aug 2017 08:01 AM PDT  An Australian teenager emerged from a night-time dip in the ocean with blood streaming from his feet and ankles in a gruesome mystery that doctors have struggled to explain. Sam Kanizay waded waist-deep into the water at Brighton Beach in suburban Melbourne on Saturday evening, standing still for about 30 minutes. Washing the blood off his legs in the shower did little to stem the flow from what his family believed was an attack by sea lice.
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| China to 'pay the price' over North Korea sanctions, insists Beijing Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:36 PM PDT  China has said it is willing to "pay the price" and fully implement harsh sanctions on its historic ally North Korea, although experts have questioned the impact of the measures. Pyongyang relies heavily on its economic links with China, and the ban on North Korean exports of coal, iron, lead and seafood products will largely affect trade between the two countries. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said: "Given China's traditional economic links with the DPRK, it is China that will mainly pay the price for the implementation of (the sanctions). "China will continue to fully and strictly implement all the contents of the resolution to safeguard the international nuclear non-proliferation regime and maintain regional peace and stability," he added, according to Xinhua state news agency. Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 is pictured during its second test-fire in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 29, 2017. Credit: KCNA/Reuters The sanctions were agreed by the UN in a unanimous vote on Saturday after the rogue state carried out two intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) tests in July. Confronting Kim Jong-un's regime is a key aspect of Donald Trump's foreign policy. The US president expressed his delight following the agreement of the sanctions, which could slash $1 billion from North Korea's $3 billion annual export revenue. However, the success of the measures is not only dependent on Beijing's willingness to fully implement them, but also on whether they will have an impact on the North's nuclear weapons programme. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 (Mars-12) test launch Credit: KCNA/Reuters Many observers believe North Korea's leaders will shield the country's military build-up from any negative affects of the sanctions, and instead squeeze the country's already impoverished citizens. "North Korea is already a de facto nuclear state and it's doubtful that sanctions are going to do anything to affect this," said Richard Bitzinger, a military expert at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. "Sanctions are mainly a feel-good exercise for the countries implementing them," he told The Telegraph.
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| Parents' lawsuit blames schools for bullying, child suicide Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:07 AM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — The parents of an 8-year-old boy who hanged himself blame a "treacherous school environment," alleging in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that school officials allowed and covered up bullying.
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| Walmart Stores Turn Haven For Sex Offenders? Posted: 08 Aug 2017 12:01 AM PDT ![Walmart Stores Turn Haven For Sex Offenders?]( "Walmart Stores Turn Haven For Sex Offenders?") A 25-year-old Florida man was arrested Aug. 4 after he touched two girls inappropriately at a Walmart store. Several such incidents have been reported at the Walmart stores across U.S. in the last few years.
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| Mazda confirms HCCI engine for 2019 Posted: 07 Aug 2017 11:00 PM PDT  Mazda on Tuesday laid out a company-wide strategy that looks ahead to the year 2030. Chief among the plans is the introduction of the world's first production Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engine. Mazda says the technology will appear in 2019 in a next-generation Skyactiv-X engine, though no particular models were mentioned.
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| Minnesota mosque bombing: Muslim leaders urge Donald Trump to condemn 'act of terrorism' Posted: 08 Aug 2017 01:43 AM PDT  Leaders of a Minnesota mosque that was bombed have called on Donald Trump to condemn the incident that has been labelled an "act of terrorism". Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Centre's director Mohamed Omar urged the US President to acknowledge the attack, which happened just before morning prayers on Saturday in Bloomington. Governor Mark Dayton called the bombing "an act of terrorism" but Mr Trump has yet to make a public statement on the incident.
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| U.N. investigating reports of 25 killed in South Sudan Posted: 07 Aug 2017 07:28 AM PDT  The United Nations said on Monday it was investigating reports that 25 people had been killed in South Sudan's central Gok state in clashes between two tribal factions. Thousands of people have already died in South Sudan from a four-year civil war pitting forces loyal to incumbent President Salva Kiir and his former deputy, Riek Machar. A U.N. official in South Sudan's capital Juba, spoke on condition he should not be named, told Reuters they had received reports on Saturday that 25 civilians had been killed and 27 wounded in clashes between Waat and Ayiel, two ethnic groups that are part of South Sudan's Dinka Gok tribe.
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| 10 Mind-Blowing Ways To Turn Cauliflower Into Rice Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:37 AM PDT |
| The Latest: North Korea says no negotiations over its nukes Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:56 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Latest on the diplomatic crisis over North Korea (all times local):
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| Total solar eclipse 2017: When is it, why is it happening and how can I see it in the UK? Posted: 08 Aug 2017 07:58 AM PDT  What's happening? On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will witness an eclipse of the sun for the first time in 99 years, where the Moon will pass in front of the Sun casting darkness across swathes of the Earth's surface. Dubbed the Great American Eclipse, the moment will see the Sun, the Moon and the Earth become perfectly aligned in a once-in-a-lifetime celestial spectacle seen from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Although we won't see a perfect alignment in the UK, we will be able to see a partial eclipse (where the moon covers only a part of the sun). 10 amazing places in America to watch the 2017 solar eclipse Who will see it? Everyone in North America, parts of South America, Africa and Europe - including the UK - will see at least a partial solar eclipse, where the moon covers only a part of the sun. However, 14 states across the United States will experience a total solar eclipse with more than two minutes of darkness descending in the middle of the day over the course of 100 minutes. More than 12 million Americans live inside the path of totality and more than half of the nation live within 400 miles of it. Millions more are expected to travel to cities along the path to witness the phenomenon. Eclipse path of totality in black. 14 states across the United States will experience it. Credit: Nasa What causes an eclipse? The diameter of the Sun is 400 times that of the Moon but it lies 400 times further away - which means if you are in exactly the right alignment on the surface of the Earth at the right time, you will see the two celestial bodies overlap exactly. Credit: Nasa Where can I see the eclipse in the UK? Sadly Brits won't get a total eclipse like our friends across the pond, but we will be treated to a slight partial eclipse which will still be worth watching. It will be visible in parts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from around 19:35 on August 21 - but make sure you're in a spot where there's no cloud. UK eclipse circumstances for August 21 2017 What areas will see total blackout? Anyone within the path of totality will see the sky become dark for several minutes as the moon completely covers the sun. The path is relatively thin, around 70 miles wide, and stretches from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. It will first be seen at Lincoln Beach, Oregon at 9:05 PDT, with totality beginning at 10:16 PDT. Over the next 90 minutes, it will cross through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North and end near Charleston, South Carolina at 14:28 EDT. The lunar shadow will leave the US at 04:09 EDT. Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds. Solar eclipse 2017, in pictures What time can I see the total eclipse? Here are the mid-eclipse times for some of the major towns and cities along the path of totality, according to Nasa. All times are local. Where to see it | The Great American solar eclipse Will there be a live stream? Yes - Nasa will host an Eclipse Megacast for four hours during the eclipse which will be picked up by local, national and international TV stations. You can also follow all the action via the Telegraph. How can I see it safely? Never look directly at the Sun, even through sunglasses or dark material such as a bin liner or photographic negative. Makeshift filters may not screen out the harmful infrared radiation that can burn the retina of the eye risking permanent eye damage and blindness. Also, viewers must never use binoculars or a telescope. Wear special eclipse viewing glasses - not ordinary sunglasses - or construct a simple pinhole camera which projects an image of the Sun onto a blank piece of paper. Solar eclipse: how to watch the eclipse safely When will Britain next see a solar eclipse? There was a pretty spectacular eclipse in Britain in March 2015, but the last total eclipse in the UK was in August 1999. You might be waiting a while for the next decent one too - it won't take place until August 12, 2026. On that date up to 95 per cent of the Sun will be obscured. Britain will not see a total solar eclipse until September 23, 2090. How we watched the 1999 solar eclipse - in 90 seconds 01:42 Total solar eclipses in history Eclipses have both fascinated and terrified civilisations for centuries. When King Henry I of England, the son of William the Conqueror, died in 1133, his death happened to coincide with a total solar eclipse plummeting the nation into darkness for four minutes and 38 seconds. Historian William of Malmesbury wrote in 1140 that "the darkness was so great that people at first thought the world was ending."
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| Mother and Boyfriend Arrested For Keeping Toddler in a Cage: Authorities Posted: 07 Aug 2017 10:49 AM PDT  The child was held captive for 23 hours a day and fed only small amounts of food, according to deputies.
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| Everything You Know About 'Secure' Passwords Is Wrong Posted: 08 Aug 2017 06:48 AM PDT  Bill Burr, formerly of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, now says that his 2003 guide on creating strong, secure passwords could actually make you more vulnerable to hacking. "Much of what I did I now regret," Burr, now 72 and retired, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview. The advice led users to insert obvious special characters in place of letters (like using a dollar sign instead of an "s"), tossing in a few numerals and potentially unexpected capital letters.
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| There's Another Powerful Army in ‘Game of Thrones’ Could Help Cersei Win Posted: 07 Aug 2017 08:01 AM PDT  Here's everything you need to know about Cersei's potential power play.
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| Diplomacy to defuse India, China border crisis slams into a wall: sources Posted: 08 Aug 2017 05:22 AM PDT  By Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's diplomatic efforts to end a seven-week military standoff with China have hit a roadblock, people briefed on the talks said, prompting Chinese state-run media to trumpet rhetoric of "unavoidable countermeasures" on the unmarked border. China has insisted that India unilaterally withdraw its troops from the remote Doklam plateau claimed by both Beijing and Indian ally Bhutan. In the low-key diplomatic maneuvers that took place outside the public eye, the Chinese countered with an offer to move back 100 meters (328 ft), so long as they received clearance from top government officials.
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| Three killed in Mexico Cabos beach shootout Posted: 06 Aug 2017 06:49 PM PDT  Three men were shot dead Sunday on a busy beach in Mexico's popular Los Cabos international tourist area where organized crime has surged in recent months. Prosecutors in Baja California Sur state said tourists sunning themselves on the beach and stunned locals were on hand when the deadly incident jolted Pamilla beach in San Jose del Cabo. Two other people were wounded and taken to a local hospital.
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| Mama June Is Showing Off Her Incredible 300-Pound Weight Loss Posted: 08 Aug 2017 11:15 AM PDT  She's ready to celebrate in a LBD.
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| More Than 30 Years After Teen Couple Plotted to Kill Her Abusive Dad, They're Still Together Posted: 07 Aug 2017 01:31 PM PDT  Cheryl Pierson and Rob Cuccio hired a hitman to kill her dad in 1986.
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