| Donald Trump Says Public Spats With Lawmakers Can Help His Agenda Posted: 20 Oct 2017 08:40 PM PDT  President Donald Trump may be using his public spats with Congress as a whip to get his agenda moving.
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| Steve Bannon Attacks Bush for Anti-Trump Speech Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:04 AM PDT  Steve Bannon ripped into former President George W. Bush Friday night, calling Bush's presidency "destructive" and saying he had "embarrassed himself" with an anti-bigotry speech earlier this week.
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| Some Truly Excellent Costumes From NYC's Famous Halloween Dog Parade Posted: 22 Oct 2017 07:43 AM PDT  Every year, New Yorkers and their beloved canine pals embark on a time-honored tradition: The Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade.
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| New Tax Proposal Could Affect 401K Plans for Millions of Americans Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:16 AM PDT  According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the proposal being considered would reduce the amount a worker could contribute tax-free to just $2,400 a year.
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| Toddler Who Disappeared After Father Allegedly Put Her Out For Not Drinking Her Milk is Found Dead: Report Posted: 22 Oct 2017 01:43 PM PDT  She was missing since Oct. 7.
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| The Latest: Russia accuses US of 'barbaric' bombing of Raqqa Posted: 22 Oct 2017 08:54 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the war in Syria (all times local):
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| Tom Hanks Offers Suggestion To Those 'Frustrated' With Current Affairs: 'Read History' Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:05 AM PDT  Actor Tom Hanks recommends this: Brush up on your history.
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| Trump gave himself a '10' for Puerto Rico recovery. This congresswoman says it’s a '4.' Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:28 AM PDT  Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., the first Puerto Rican-born woman elected to Congress, sharply criticized President Trump's handling of the hurricane damage on the island in an interview with Yahoo News on Friday evening. The congresswoman also suggested the president is treating Puerto Ricans differently than other U.S. citizens because they are Latinos.
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| Billionaire Babis scores big Czech election win, seeks partners to rule Posted: 21 Oct 2017 12:50 PM PDT  By Robert Muller and Petra Vodstrcilova PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech billionaire Andrej Babis won a thumping victory in Saturday's election as voters shunned traditional parties and gave a mandate to the anti-establishment businessman pledging to fight political corruption while facing fraud charges himself.(For a graphic of the Czech election click http://tmsnrt.rs/2vO4hPW) Babis's ANO movement got 29.6 percent of the vote, nearly three times as much as anyone else in an election that saw a record nine parties secure seats in parliament's lower house. Babis has promised to bring his business expertise to government. The dramatic power shift comes as the Czech Republic has enjoyed rapid economic growth, a balanced budget and the lowest unemployment in the EU.
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| On the USS Reagan amid growing nuclear tensions Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:17 AM PDT  ABC News' Chief Global Correspondent Martha Raddatz travelled to the USS Reagan for an exclusive look at U.S. military preparations near North Korea.
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| Supporters of white supremacist Richard Spencer arrested for attempted murder hours after his speech Posted: 21 Oct 2017 08:58 AM PDT  Supporters of white surpemacist Richard Spencer were arrested for attempted murder just hours after he made a controversial speech at the University of Florida. Shouting "hail hitler", the three men shot at anti-racist protesters in the city of Gainesville, northern Florida. Tyler Tenbrink, 30, William Fears, 28 and Colston Fears, 28, pulled up to a bus stop and began "offering Nazi salutes and shouting chants about Hitler to the group" police said in a statement.
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| Strudel The Obese Dog's Fitness Journey Is Nothing Short Of Inspiring Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:55 AM PDT  The dramatic weight loss of a severely chunky golden retriever mix could be an inspiration to people caring for overweight pets.
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| Oxford Students To Alumna Aung San Suu Kyi: Rohingya Inaction Is 'Inexcusable' Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:51 AM PDT  Students at St. Hugh's College in Oxford have joined an international chorus of critics in condemning their alumnus Aung San Suu Kyi, now the de facto leader of Myanmar, for her response to the crisis engulfing the Rohingya in the country's Rakhine State.
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| Poll finds Las Vegas shooting doesn't alter opinions on guns Posted: 21 Oct 2017 04:30 AM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — The slaying of five dozen people in Las Vegas did little to change Americans' opinions about gun laws, a poll finds.
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| Rachel Maddow Defends Niger Theory After Experts Call It 'Conspiracymongering' Posted: 21 Oct 2017 05:46 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow on Friday doubled down on her controversial reporting on the deadly Niger ambush on U.S. troops, in which she linked President Donald Trump's travel ban with the deaths of four soldiers.
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| Populist billionaire Andrej Babis wins Czech vote Posted: 21 Oct 2017 12:22 PM PDT  He may be facing charges over alleged EU subsidy fraud, but billionaire businessman Andrej Babis has won the support of voters in the Czech general election by pushing his trademark anti-corruption and anti-euro ticket. Dubbed the "Czech version of Trump" by Forbes, the wiry, grey-haired, Slovak-born farming, media and chemicals mogul is the Czech Republic's second-richest man. ANO entered parliament two years later, but Babis himself has since been dogged by allegations of wrongdoing, something he flatly denies.
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| Women Say They Were Burned and Branded by Doctors During Initiations Into a Secret Sorority Posted: 21 Oct 2017 02:00 PM PDT  State officials will examine whether the women's complaints warrant an investigation now
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| Indonesia demands answers after military chief denied U.S. entry Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:50 AM PDT  By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia intends to send a diplomatic note to the U.S. secretary of state and summon Washington's deputy ambassador in Jakarta to explain why the head of its military was denied entry to the United States, Indonesian officials said on Sunday. Armed Forces Commander General Gatot Nurmantyo was about to board a flight on Saturday when the airline informed him that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection had denied him entry, military spokesman Wuryanto told a news conference in Jakarta.
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| The U.S. Navy Had a Crazy Plan to Build 'Super' Battleships (But Super Obsolete) Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:02 AM PDT  Had the U.S. built the Montanas, they likely would have had similar post-war careers to those of the South Dakotas. Because of their speed, the Iowas were more useful at every job except fighting other battleships. Having built the ships in the late 1940s, the USN would have sold them for scrap in the early 1960s. In the early 1940s, the U.S. Navy still expected to need huge, first rate battleships to fight the best that Japan and Germany had to offer.
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| Police Close Case of Teen Who Died in Freezer, Release Timeline of Events Posted: 21 Oct 2017 08:20 AM PDT  Police previously said the teen died of hypothermia.
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| Missing California Hikers Found In Embrace After Apparent Killing-Suicide Posted: 20 Oct 2017 06:12 PM PDT  A young California couple who vanished during a hiking trip in the desert almost three months ago died in a murder-suicide near a trail, investigators said Friday.
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| The Latest: Catalan leader urges strong response to Spain Posted: 21 Oct 2017 02:24 PM PDT  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on Catalonia's effort to break away from Spain and the Spanish government's response (all times local):
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| Former CIA director Petraeus calls nuclear war with North Korea unlikely Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:10 AM PDT  Former CIA Director David Petraeus discusses the North Korea threat and more on "This Week."
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| People Running From Trump Are Getting Asylum In Canada Posted: 20 Oct 2017 07:27 PM PDT  The country has been portrayed as a safe haven for asylum seekers, but not all Canadians are happy.
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| Three wounded in shooting near US mine in Papua Posted: 21 Oct 2017 10:05 PM PDT  At least one gunman has wounded three people near a huge Indonesian gold and copper mine owned by US firm Freeport-McMoRan, the company said Sunday. The attacks on Saturday injured two policemen and a security contractor, according to Freeport spokesman Riza Pratama.
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| Eric Holder: Harvey Weinstein Revelations Must Prompt Culture Shift On Sexual Harassment Posted: 21 Oct 2017 04:05 PM PDT  In the wake of the explosive revelations about alleged sexual harassment and assault perpetrated by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and other powerful men, former United States Attorney General Eric Holder called on men to take responsibility for creating a culture that allowed such abuse to occur ― and act to change.
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| U.N. ends month-long Libya talks in Tunisia without proposing new date Posted: 22 Oct 2017 12:12 AM PDT  A month ago U.N. envoy Ghassan Salame, the latest in a series of Libya envoys since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising ended Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule, announced a one-year action plan for a transition toward presidential and parliamentary elections. Since then the U.N. has hosted in Tunis delegations from rival parliaments from eastern Libya and Tripoli, which are meant to draw up amendments to a previous U.N.-mediated plan signed in December 2015. "There are some area of consensus ... but there are parts which need discussions with the political leaderships inside Libya," Salame told reporters, without giving details.
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| Fox & Friends draws ire by dressing up black child as watermelon slice for Halloween Posted: 22 Oct 2017 12:13 PM PDT  In what one would hope was just a terrible oversight, Fox & Friends this weekend aired a Halloween segment that featured children in various cute costumes -- including a black child dressed as a watermelon slice.
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| King's legacy still felt strongly as Thailand bids goodbye Posted: 21 Oct 2017 10:59 PM PDT  HUAY HOM, Thailand (AP) — Half a century has passed and the king is dead, but the villagers of Huay Hom still haven't forgotten the day Bhumibol Adulyadej descended by helicopter into their remote, impoverished mountain valley in northern Thailand and changed their lives forever.
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| 'Unprecedented' $1.18 Million Reward Offered for Information on Slain Reporter Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:19 PM PDT  Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, reported on corruption
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| Trump Says Twitter Won Him the White House Posted: 22 Oct 2017 04:55 AM PDT  "When somebody, says something about me, I am able to go bing, bing, bing and I take care of it," Trump told Fox Business Network.
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| In ravaged Raqa, clues to IS's bygone media empire Posted: 21 Oct 2017 07:55 PM PDT  Raqa (Syria) (AFP) - "Special operations by the Caliphate's soldiers!" boasts a torn, blood-stained pamphlet at a bombed-out media kiosk in Syria's Raqa, a symbol of the Islamic State group's once fearsome propaganda machine. As well as serving as the Syrian capital of IS's "caliphate," Raqa was the beating heart of much of its media output and was painstakingly portrayed as a jihadist paradise where Islamic law had finally been applied.
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| National Anthem Singer Takes A Knee Before Brooklyn Nets Home Opener Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:40 AM PDT  Singer Justine Skye took a knee as she sang the national anthem before the Brooklyn Nets' home opener against the Orlando Magic on Friday night.
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| Hamas deputy leader says to continue Iran ties, armed fight Posted: 22 Oct 2017 07:52 AM PDT ![Hamas deputy leader says to continue Iran ties, armed fight]( "Hamas deputy leader says to continue Iran ties, armed fight") The deputy head of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas vowed to keep close ties with Israel's arch-enemy Iran and to maintain its weapons, Iranian media reported on Sunday, rejecting Israeli preconditions for any peace talks. Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist group by Western countries and Israel, signed a reconciliation deal this month with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction. "Undoubtedly, the Palestinian resistance forces will never give up ... their arms," the semi-official news agency Mehr quoted Saleh Arouri as saying at a meeting with the Iranian parliament's speaker Ali Larijani in Tehran.
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| Pa. Teacher Allegedly Attacked by Brick-Wielding Parent After Confiscating Student’s Phone Posted: 20 Oct 2017 05:19 PM PDT  A Pittsburgh woman was arrested after allegedly attacking her daughter's teacher by striking her in the face with a brick over a dispute about a confiscated cell phone, PEOPLE confirms
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| Jews and Arabs unite to try to save Jerusalem’s Hill of Evil Counsel from being turned into luxury flats Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:00 AM PDT  In another city, the fight over the hilltop property plot might be an unremarkable planning battle, pitting profit-driven developers against unhappy local residents. But Jerusalem is no ordinary city and the Hill of Evil Counsel is no ordinary hill. The hilltop is so called because it is the spot where Caiphas, the Jewish high priest, decided to betray Jesus and hand him over to the Romans for crucifixion. It is a key site in the New Testament and the birthplace of the centuries-old anti-Semitic trope of Jews as "Christ killers". Now, Jews, Muslims and Christians are fighting to keep the area from being turned into luxury flats. The Hill of Evil Counsel, which has sweeping views of Jerusalem's Old City, had been administered for hundreds of years by the Greek Orthodox church, which owns huge swathes of property in the city, including the land on which Israel's parliament is built upon. In recent years the church has gone on a controversial land-selling spree, taking in millions of dollars from property deals. In one of the deals, it agreed to sell a 110-year lease for the hilltop to Michael Steinhardt, an American financier and David Sofer, a London-based Israeli businessman. Theodore Friedgut, a retired Canadian-Israeli professor, has lived on the site for more than 50 years and will lose his home if development goes ahead Credit: Quique Kierszenbaum The developers plan to cement over the open space - once used by British military bands for practices - and build apartment buildings, where the flats and their epic views will likely end up in the hands of wealthy foreigners who visit Jerusalem a few times a year. The developers' project, and the church's decision to sell them the lease, have infuriated local residents. "The Greek church have no right to lease it and to destroy it. They are supposed to protect it, not sell it off the highest bidder," said Sarah Sallon, a British-Israeli doctor who has lived in Jerusalem for 30 years. "'This magnificent view is all of our heritage and we fight for it as a group of Jews, Christians, and Muslims." Sarah Sallon has been involved in trying to stop the development going ahead Credit: Quique Kierszenbaum / Telegraph A church official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the current Greek patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos, had inherited a mountain of debt from his predecessor, who was forced from power in 2005 and exiled to a small room in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre compound. "We did not wake up one morning and say: Hill of Evil Counsel, lets develop that area. We came into power with a big problem and with 40 million shekels (£8.7 million) in debt connected with the area and we had no choice. We had to deal with it," he said. The church relies on income from its property portfolio to survive, the official added. The Abu Tor neighbourhood where the hill is located is divided between Israeli and Palestinian residents and was a frontline during the 1967 war. Israeli troops once used the second floor of a hilltop monastery to look down on Jordanian forces below. Abu Tor literally means "father of the bull", after one of Salahedin's generals who according to legend rode a white bull into battle against the Crusaders. The Greek Orthodox church has administered the site for hundreds of years Credit: Quique Kierszenbaum / Telegraph Palestinian families from the eastern part of Abu Tor said they joined with their Jewish neighbours in opposing the plans, and were worried an entrance road planned for the development might force some of them out of their homes. "We will join any demonstrations against this," said Nawal Zakaria Bazalamit, the 74-year-old matriarch of her family. A law firm representing the developers did not respond to a request for comment. Opponents of the plans don't know if they will prevail against the well-heeled developers. Theodore Friedgut, a retired Canadian-Israeli professor of Russian history, has lived on the hill for more than 50 years and remembers surveyors coming immediately after the 1967 war, looking for potential opportunities. "We saw there was interest in develop all the way back then," he said. But Mr Friedgut points out that misfortunes have befallen those who have previously tried to commercialise the site. In the 1980s a consortium tried to take over the Hill of Evil Counsel in partnership with the church, but the project collapsed and the two sides fought a bitter legal battle. Another time, a Greek priest allegedly began to put pressure on the few families who lived in rent-controlled houses on the hill, demanding they pay more. According to locals' stories, he drowned in the River Jordan soon after, not far from the spot where Jesus is said to have been baptised.
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| Oregon day care shuttered after 2nd death in 2 years Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:32 AM PDT ![Oregon day care shuttered after 2nd death in 2 years]( "Oregon day care shuttered after 2nd death in 2 years") PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Regulators in Oregon have shuttered a day care after a second baby died there in as many years, an unprecedented number of deaths at a single day care center for the state.
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| Dramatic sentencing hearing expected in Bergdahl case Posted: 22 Oct 2017 07:46 AM PDT  The sentencing starting Monday for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is expected to feature dramatic testimony about troops badly hurt while they searched for him.
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| Harley's Battle of the Kings Custom Build Back for 2018 Posted: 21 Oct 2017 09:37 AM PDT  Harley-Davidson's Battle of the Kings Custom Build Back for 2018 Harley-Davidson's Battle of the Kings custom build contest will return for the fourth year running next year. The build-off typically pits dealerships in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and
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| Joe Biden finds feud between John McCain and Donald Trump 'laughable' Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:23 PM PDT  Former Vice President Joe Biden has found the feud between Republican Senator John McCain and Donald Trump laughable, according to the New York Times. "The idea that Trump is going to intimidate John McCain? Mr Biden served as vice president to Democratic President Barack Obama.
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| Travel plea for conjoined twins in blockaded Gaza Posted: 22 Oct 2017 11:05 AM PDT  Conjoined twins born in Gaza Sunday need to leave the blockaded Palestinian enclave for treatment crucial to their survival, their doctor and a family member said. "A woman gave birth this morning to Siamese twins joined at the stomach and pelvis," Allam Abu Hamda, head of the neonatal unit at Gaza's Shifa Hospital, told AFP. The twins, whose condition Abu Hamda said was stable, have one shared leg, but separate hearts and lungs.
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| Ranking The Best Shows On Netflix You Can Watch Right Now Posted: 21 Oct 2017 05:08 AM PDT  Netflix has become that friend who just won't stop proposing outlandish new ideas.
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| Could Iran Sink a U.S. Aircraft Carrier? Posted: 20 Oct 2017 06:28 PM PDT  The United States and Iran have been on bad terms—occasionally spilling into open hostility—since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. One instrument of American policy and prestige in the Middle East region are the aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy. The Iranian government is well known to despise these offshore platforms of American power, and that leads us to this question: if the two sides came to blows, does Iran have the firepower to sink an American carrier?
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