| Fox News' Chris Wallace Grills John Bolton Over Trump's Attacks On Media Posted: 05 Aug 2018 12:08 PM PDT  National Security Adviser John Bolton dodged questions from Fox News' Chris
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| Violent Proto-Fascists Came To Portland. The Police Went After The Anti-Fascists. Posted: 05 Aug 2018 07:00 AM PDT  PORTLAND, Ore. ― Police did a good job on Saturday preventing what could have
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| Israel intercepts second Gaza-bound activist boat Posted: 04 Aug 2018 12:29 AM PDT  The Israeli navy intercepted a Swedish-flagged activist boat bent on breaching its more than decade-long blockade of Gaza, the second in less than a week, the military said on Saturday. "The ship was monitored and was intercepted in accordance with international law," the military said in a statement, before the vessel, named Freedom for Gaza and carrying 12 people, was taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod. "The (military) clarified to the ship's passengers that they are violating the legal naval blockade and that any humanitarian merchandise can be transferred to Gaza through the Port of Ashdod," the statement said.
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| Hurricane Hector heading towards Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano Posted: 04 Aug 2018 04:16 PM PDT  A major hurricane is cutting a path towards an active Hawaiian volcano where months of non-stop eruptions have already caused thousands to flee their homes. Scientists speculated that low-atmospheric pressure from Hurricane Hector could re-start major eruptions at the Kilauea Volcano, if it maintains its course over the southern edge of Hawaii's Big Island. Its current trajectory puts it on collision course with the volcano which is in the midst of a three-month-long eruption that has seen lava vents open under homes on its eastern flank while its summit crater collapses.
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| U.S. actions regarding pastor Brunson disrespectful to Turkey: Erdogan Posted: 04 Aug 2018 03:13 AM PDT  Steps taken by the United States about pastor Andrew Brunson were not suitable for a strategic partner and were disrespectful to Turkey, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. Washington this week imposed sanctions on two Turkish ministers over the case of Andrew Brunson, a U.S. pastor on trial in Turkey accused of backing terrorism. Speaking to the women's wing of his AK Party, Erdogan said he gave orders for assets in Turkey belonging to the U.S. interior and justice ministers to be frozen "if they have any".
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| 7 Puppies Rescued From Remote Island Are Named After Gilligan and Friends Posted: 04 Aug 2018 12:43 PM PDT  No one knows how these brothers and sisters were lost.
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| Russia: 18 killed in Siberian oil worker helicopter crash Posted: 04 Aug 2018 07:21 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff Saturday in Siberia, killing all 18 people aboard, mostly oil workers, authorities said.
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| 8 wounded in Gresham shooting; More than 30 shot in Chicago Sunday Posted: 05 Aug 2018 11:18 AM PDT  Dozens of people were wounded in shootings across Chicago Sunday, police said.
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| Iran Air to receive 5 ATR planes before US sanctions Posted: 03 Aug 2018 11:42 PM PDT  Iran Air said Saturday it was set to take delivery of five new planes from Franco-Italian firm ATR just before renewed US sanctions go into effect. "Based on existing agreements, five new ATR aircraft will land at Mehrabad Airport at 9 am (0430 GMT) tomorrow (Sunday)," the national carrier said on its Telegram channel. The new ATR-72600 planes are part of a deal for 20 new aircraft that Iran Air agreed to buy in April 2017, of which eight have been delivered so far.
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| Kellyanne Conway Says Journalists Not ‘Enemy Of The People' But Defends Trump's Attacks Posted: 05 Aug 2018 09:21 AM PDT  Top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on Sunday offered a tepid rebuke of
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| ‘We Are Not A Number’: Black Activists Protest At Progressive Convention Posted: 05 Aug 2018 08:54 AM PDT  NEW ORLEANS ― A group of black activists took the stage at the Netroots Nation
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| Woman Becomes First Person in Denmark Fined for Wearing a Face Veil Posted: 04 Aug 2018 10:27 AM PDT  The 28-year-old woman was asked to either remove the veil or leave the premises
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| California's largest wildfire surges overnight Posted: 04 Aug 2018 09:15 AM PDT  A fast-growing California wildfire that has already forced thousands to flee their homes and shut down a large national park surged overnight into Saturday, as fatigued firefighters battled gusting winds. The blaze in Mendocino County, about 90 miles (145 km) north of San Francisco, had spread to cover a total of 201,471 acres (81,500 hectares) by early Saturday, after increasing more than 25 percent in size from Friday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said. The Mendocino Complex Fire is now the state's largest fire at more than two-thirds the size of sprawling Los Angeles, and has forced the evacuation of nearly 16,000 residents and destroyed more than 100 structures.
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| NRA Gets Trolled With 'Thoughts And Prayers' Over Reported Financial Woes Posted: 04 Aug 2018 03:32 AM PDT  The National Rifle Association is reportedly falling on hard times.
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| Oregon police chief orders review of use of force at protest Posted: 05 Aug 2018 02:00 PM PDT  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Portland police were accused Sunday of being heavy-handed against people protesting a rally by extreme-right demonstrators, reportedly injuring some counter-protesters and prompting the city's new police chief to order a review of officers' use of force.
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| 7.0 earthquake hits Lombok island, Indonesia, near Bali Posted: 05 Aug 2018 10:06 AM PDT ![7.0 earthquake hits Lombok island, Indonesia, near Bali]( "7.0 earthquake hits Lombok island, Indonesia, near Bali") A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia's Lombok Sunday, sending people running from their homes and triggering a tsunami alert.
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| Romania police probe anti-semitic graffiti at Elie Wiesel home Posted: 04 Aug 2018 11:27 AM PDT  Romanian police on Saturday announced a probe into anti-semitic graffiti found on the walls of the house where Nobel Peace prize winner Elie Wiesel was born. "An enquiry is underway to identify those responsible," police spokeswoman Florina Metes said, adding that officers were studying footage from surveillance cameras in the northern town of Sighetu Marmatiei, hometown of Holocaust survivor Wiesel who died in New York in 2016. "This grotesque act represents an attack not only on the memory of Elie Wiesel but on all the victims of the Holocaust," said the national institute for Holocaust studies, which is named after Wiesel.
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| LeBron James Tweets Positive Message To Kids After Donald Trump Attacks Him Posted: 04 Aug 2018 10:27 AM PDT  LeBron James' first tweet after receiving a petty attack from Donald Trump had
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| North Korea criticises US insistence on tough sanctions despite nuclear deal Posted: 04 Aug 2018 04:50 AM PDT  North Korea on Saturday said the US was acting with "alarming" impatience on the issue of denuclearisation, after Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, stressed the need to maintain full sanctions pressure on Pyongyang. The contrasting comments at a security forum in Singapore came after a UN report showed Pyongyang was continuing with its nuclear and missile programmes and evading sanctions through ship-to-ship oil transfers. At historic talks with Donald Trump, the US President, in June, Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator, signed up to a vague commitment to "denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula" - a far cry from long-standing US demands for complete, verifiable and irreversible disarmament. While US officials have publicly been optimistic about the agreement, Pyongyang appears to have made little substantial progress and Washington has become concerned that some UN member states are easing sanctions. At the ASEAN Regional Forum, Ri Yong Ho, North Korea's Foreign Minister, criticised US impatience on denuclearisation. "What is alarming, however, is the insistent moves manifested within the US to go back to the old, far from its leader's intention," he said, according to a statement. Hidden trillions: What if North Korea's economy opened up? Since the June agreement, Pyongyang had taken "goodwill measures", including a halt on nuclear and missile tests and "dismantling a nuclear test ground", he said. "However, the United States, instead of responding to these measures, is raising its voice louder for maintaining the sanctions against the DPRK," he said, using the initials of the North's official name. "As long as the US does not show in practice its strong will to remove our concerns, there will be no case whereby we will move forward first unilaterally," Mr Ri added. Earlier at the same forum, Mr Pompeo said he was emphasizing "the importance of maintaining diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea" but also said that he was "optimistic" about the prospects for progress when it came to North Korean denuclearisation. At Saturday's meeting, the US delegation also delivered a letter from Mr Trump intended for Mr Kim, by passing it to Mr Ri, said the State Department. On sanctions, Mr Pompeo singled out Russia after reports suggested Moscow breached sanctions by granting work permits to North Korean workers. During meetings with other foreign ministers in Singapore, Mr Pompeo said he had called specifically for sanctions to be enforced through halting ship-to-ship oil transfers. Cutting off oil and fuel to the North would require enforcement primarily by China, which supplies most of North Korea's energy needs, but also by Russia, which delivers some oil to Pyongyang.
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| US progress in reuniting migrant families 'disappointing', says judge Posted: 04 Aug 2018 08:58 AM PDT  The federal judge overseeing the reunification of more than 2,500 migrant families separated by Donald Trump's administration said the government's efforts were "disappointing" – and it was its responsibility to unite them. Hundreds of families remain separated a week after the court's reunification deadline because the parents are no longer in the US or have been deemed ineligible for reunification by the government. "The reality is that for every parent who is not located there will be a permanently orphaned child and that is 100% the responsibility of the administration," said the US district judge Dana Sabraw in his San Diego court on Friday.
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| The Latest: Vegas shooting survivor says she lacks closure Posted: 03 Aug 2018 06:02 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the final report into the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 people (all times local):
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| 'Avengers: Infinity War' Star Has Us Thinking One 'Dead' Character Is Returning Posted: 05 Aug 2018 10:07 AM PDT  Warning! "Avengers: Infinity War" spoilers below!
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| Suicide attack kills three NATO soldiers in Afghanistan: official Posted: 05 Aug 2018 02:52 AM PDT  A suicide attack claimed by the Taliban killed three foreign soldiers on patrol in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the deadliest assault on US-led NATO troops for many months. "Three Resolute Support service members were killed by a suicide bomber during a combined, dismounted patrol with Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan," NATO's Resolute Support mission said in a statement. A US member of the patrol and two Afghan soldiers were wounded, it said, without giving the nationality of those killed.
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| Third Lynk & Co Model Revealed Posted: 04 Aug 2018 10:40 PM PDT  The 03 is the Chinese brand's first sedan.
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| North Korea continuing nuclear program - UN report Posted: 04 Aug 2018 06:22 AM PDT  North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Friday. Scarlett Cvitanovich reports.
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| Pompeo urges release of Reuters reporters in meeting with Myanmar minister Posted: 03 Aug 2018 11:05 PM PDT  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for the immediate release of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar when he met Myanmar Foreign Minister Kyaw Tin on Saturday on the sidelines of a regional conference in Singapore, the State Department said. "Secretary Pompeo raised the issue of two detained Reuters reporters with the Burmese foreign minister," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said.
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| The 1 Problem with the Navy's New Columbia-Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Posted: 04 Aug 2018 07:00 AM PDT  It does not exactly make a lot of $$$ for the people who build it.
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| Thousands more evacuated from California's largest wildfire Posted: 03 Aug 2018 08:32 PM PDT ![Thousands more evacuated from California's largest wildfire]( "Thousands more evacuated from California's largest wildfire") (Reuters) - Thousands more mountain residents were evacuated from the path of California's biggest wildfire on Friday as fatigued firefighters battled gusting winds driving one of the state's worst fire seasons in a decade. The Mendocino Complex Fire grew to 157,450 acres (63,700 hectares) late Friday, about half the size of Los Angeles, forcing nearly 16,000 homeowners to flee a blaze that has destroyed 88 structures about 93 miles (150 km) north of San Francisco, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire). Its size overtook the deadly Carr Fire, about 100 miles (160 km) to the northeast, which is among 17 major blazes burning in tinder-dry forests and woodland peppered with dead trees from the state's 2011-2017 drought.
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| Report: Blast kills Syrian arms program researcher Posted: 05 Aug 2018 10:38 AM PDT ![Report: Blast kills Syrian arms program researcher]( "Report: Blast kills Syrian arms program researcher") BEIRUT (AP) — A research director at a military agency linked to Syria's chemical weapons program was assassinated, a newspaper close to the Syrian government reported Sunday.
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| How Long Does It Take To Hit 191 MPH In Porsche Cayenne Turbo? Posted: 05 Aug 2018 09:00 AM PDT  It even surpassed its top speed on paper.
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| Ex-I. Coast leader on trial at ICC, named head of party's dissident wing Posted: 04 Aug 2018 02:04 PM PDT  Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, currently on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity, has been chosen to head the dissident wing of the Ivorian People's Party (FPI), the party he created. Gbagbo, 73, was the only candidate for the position and won 97.5 percent of 5,325 votes cast, said Franck Anderson Kouassi, spokesman for the pro-Gbagbo wing of the opposition FPI party.
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| Trump's NYC Hotel Revenue Jumped Thanks To Trip By Saudi Prince: Report Posted: 03 Aug 2018 09:05 PM PDT  Donald Trump's New York hotel enjoyed a nice bounce in revenue this year
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| 'My life was in danger': much-loved Nicaraguan singer and Ortega critic forced to flee Posted: 04 Aug 2018 01:00 AM PDT  One of Nicaragua's best-loved musicians – a former Sandinista troubadour who became one of president Daniel Ortega's fiercest critics – has fled the crisis-stricken Central American nation claiming he feared being killed. "I had to leave Nicaragua because my life was in danger," the veteran singer-songwriter Carlos Mejía Godoy told the opposition newspaper La Prensa. During the 70s and 80s, Mejía was Sandinismo's pre-eminent bard, with stirring pro-revolution anthems such as Nicaragua Nicaragüita, Las mujeres del Cuá and the Sandinista hymn La Consigna.
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| Elizabeth Warren Calls Criminal Justice System 'Racist' While Speaking at Dillard University Posted: 04 Aug 2018 08:23 AM PDT  The potential Democratic presidential candidate spoke about 'the hard truth'
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| Aluminum tariffs tap out Canada craft brewers Posted: 04 Aug 2018 06:19 PM PDT  Canadian craft brewers are facing a sudden aluminum can shortage and are blaming the supply disruptions on aluminum tariffs, making these small businesses among the first casualties of the Canada-US trade spat. "It's a terrible time for brewers," Luke Harford, president of industry association Beer Canada, told AFP, noting that Canadian tax hikes on beer and new competition from the soon-to-be-legal recreational-use cannabis in October will compound brewers' tariff woes. Canada is the world's third largest aluminum producer, but still imports more than 2 billion cans annually, mostly from the United States, according to the government statistical agency.
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| Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law Posted: 04 Aug 2018 05:10 AM PDT ![Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law]( "Israel's 'loyal' Druze Arabs push for changes after Jewish state law") By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's new "nation-state" law has provoked anger among members of its most integrated minority, the Druze, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek corrective legislation. Netanyahu has defended the law, which declares that only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, from fierce criticism at home and abroad. In a further effort to calm tensions, Netanyahu convened a meeting with Druze community leaders in Tel Aviv late on Thursday but it was cut short because one of the participants, a retired senior military officer, had harshly criticized the legislation, Israeli media reported.
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| Goodwood Revival to be screened live at Bicester Heritage Posted: 04 Aug 2018 07:01 AM PDT  The action from the famous historic race meeting is to be screened live at a free all-day event hosted by Hagerty at Bicester Heritage on the Revival's Sunday
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| Get A Glimpse Of Ryan Korban's Glamorous Home Posted: 05 Aug 2018 05:00 AM PDT |
| Indian army targets rebel funeral; 1 killed, 2 injured Posted: 04 Aug 2018 05:56 AM PDT  SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A young man was killed and two other people wounded when India's army fired at a funeral of a rebel in disputed Kashmir on Saturday, police and residents said, as seven rebels and an Indian soldier were killed in gunbattles in the region.
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| How blogger helped bring breastfeeding back to Serbia Posted: 04 Aug 2018 07:33 PM PDT  When Branka Stamenkovic gave birth to her first child in Serbia, the experience was traumatic. When they returned, the nurses gave Stamenkovic a cursory lesson in breastfeeding and sent the pair on their way. Upset, overwhelmed and in pain, Stamenkovic detailed her experience in a blog in 2008 that triggered an outpouring of similar stories from women across Serbia.
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| Utility worker killed near Northern California wildfire Posted: 05 Aug 2018 05:26 PM PDT  CLEARLAKE, Calif. (AP) — A utility worker was killed near a Northern California wildfire as crews working in sweltering conditions battled multiple blazes, including twin fires that exploded in size and forced hundreds more to evacuate rural communities, officials said Sunday.
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| South Sudan foes sign final power-sharing deal Posted: 05 Aug 2018 10:55 AM PDT  South Sudanese arch-foes signed a final power-sharing deal on Sunday, aimed at ending a civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions in the world's youngest country. President Salva Kiir and his bitter rival Riek Machar were in neighbouring Sudan to sign the deal, under which the rebel leader is set to return to a unity government as the first of five vice presidents, an AFP correspondent there reported. The deal, which paves the way to a final peace accord, was signed in the presence of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his counterparts from Kenya, Uganda and Djibouti, along with foreign diplomats.
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| Zimbabwe president calls for unity as opposition cries foul Posted: 03 Aug 2018 09:03 PM PDT  Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for unity in the wake of allegations his election victory was tainted by fraud, hailing the vote as a fresh start for the country after the repressive rule of Robert Mugabe. As defeated opposition leader Nelson Chamisa decried the official results as a sham, Mnangagwa, a former Mugabe ally, defended the vote. "With the eyes of the world on us we delivered a free, fair and credible election," Mnangagwa told reporters on Friday.
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| Nasa names astronauts to fly on first private US spaceships Posted: 03 Aug 2018 10:07 PM PDT  NASA named the first nine astronauts who will fly to space on Boeing and SpaceX vehicles in 2019 on Friday - a mix of novices and veterans who are tasked with restoring America's ability to send humans into orbit. These pioneering flights to the International Space Station aboard commercially built crew capsules will be the first leaving US soil to put people into orbit since the iconic space shuttle program ended in 2011. For the past seven years, NASA astronauts have hitched rides to the orbiting outpost on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft - at a cost of some $80 million a seat. "This is a big deal for our country and we want America to know that we are back, that we are flying American astronauts on American rockets from American soil," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said as he unveiled the crew members in Houston, Texas. An unmanned Boeing flight test is scheduled for later this year, with the first crew on board in mid-2019, NASA said. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine giving remarks during a NASA event announcing the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions Credit: AFP For SpaceX, a demonstration flight with no passengers is set for November 2018, and the first manned flight set for April 2019. Those named for the crew test flights for Boeing's Starliner include NASA shuttle veterans Eric Boe and Christopher Ferguson, along with Nicole Aunapu Mann, a naval aviator who was named a NASA astronaut in 2013 and will be making her first flight to space. "It is going to be a proud moment for America," Mann said. NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann Credit: Barcroft/UPI US President Donald Trumpalso praised the news while giving himself a pat on the back: "NASA, which is making a BIG comeback under the Trump Administration, has just named 9 astronauts for Boeing and Spacex space flights," he tweeted. "We have the greatest facilities in the world and we are now letting the private sector pay to use them," Trump said. "Exciting things happening." "Space Force!" he added, referencing a sixth branch of the military he has called for that would focus on defending US interests. NASA, which is making a BIG comeback under the Trump Administration, has just named 9 astronauts for Boeing and Spacex space flights. We have the greatest facilities in the world and we are now letting the private sector pay to use them. Exciting things happening. Space Force!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2018 SpaceX's first crew tests will be manned by shuttle veterans Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley. After that, the companies move on to actual missions. NASA "has contracted six missions, with as many as four astronauts per mission, for each company," the agency said. On board Starliner's first mission will be NASA veteran Sunita Williams, a retired Navy captain and experienced space shuttle astronaut, and Josh Cassada, a Navy pilot making his first flight to space. SpaceX's first crew will include naval aviator Victor Glover, also a novice to spaceflight, and shuttle veteran Michael Hopkins. Space exploration | Recent exciting discoveries More astronauts will be announced to join the crews at a later date, NASA said. NASA awarded contracts to Boeing and SpaceX in 2014 as part of its commercial crew program, aimed at helping private industry build spaceships to reach low-Earth orbit. "The goal is to have safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and foster commercial access to other potential low-Earth orbit destinations," NASA said. The US space agency, meanwhile, is working on building rockets and spacecraft that could allow humans to return to the Moon in the coming decade. Both Boeing and SpaceX are slightly behind schedule when it comes to their crew vehicles. The first manned flights were initially supposed to take place in 2018.
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| Deployed Soldier`s Dog Found Safe Two Months After Escaping Foster Home Posted: 05 Aug 2018 09:16 AM PDT  David Powell can breathe a sigh of relief after a deployed soldier`s dog in his car was found after being missing for two months.
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