| Why Is Brett Kavanaugh The Only Federal Appellate Judge With A Photo In His Bio? Posted: 05 Sep 2018 03:22 PM PDT  If you go to Brett Kavanaugh's official page on the D.C. Circuit website, the
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| Cops Raid Home Of Couple Who Raised GoFundMe Money For Homeless Vet Posted: 06 Sep 2018 10:28 AM PDT  Authorities executed a search warrant to swarm the home of the South Jersey
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| Beto in beta: Is Ted Cruz’s young challenger prepared for what’s about to hit him? Posted: 05 Sep 2018 08:22 AM PDT  Some Democrats are concerned that Beto O'Rourke might not be prepared to handle the onslaught of political attacks from opponent Ted Cruz.
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| Fast-growing Northern California wildfire forces evacuations Posted: 05 Sep 2018 07:22 PM PDT  The Delta Fire was burning in timber and brush in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in a canyon along the Sacramento River. Wildfires in California have scorched far more ground this year than in 2017, one of the most destructive in the state's history. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has responded to 4,587 fires that have destroyed 613,710 acres (248,359 hectares), compared with 4,425 fires that destroyed 233,936 acres (94,671 hectares) through the same period in 2017, according to figures from the agency The latest fire spread to 2,000 acres (809 hectares) by Wednesday evening, forcing the Shasta County Sheriff's Office to evacuate residents along a stretch of Interstate 5 north of the town of Lakehead to the Siskiyou County line, according to the government wildfire tracking website Inciweb.
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| Who Wrote The Anonymous Op-Ed? We Polled Anonymous New York Times Employees. Posted: 06 Sep 2018 02:21 PM PDT  If you've been awake at all over the past 24 hours, you've likely heard that
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| Toyota recalls 1 million hybrid cars over technical problem Posted: 05 Sep 2018 03:16 AM PDT  Japanese car giant Toyota on Wednesday recalled more than one million hybrid cars globally due to a technical problem which could in the worst case cause a fire in the vehicles. About 1.03 million vehicles built between June 2015 and May 2018 will be recalled for safety checks, the Toyota said. Of the 1.03 million, 554,000 are in Japan, 217,000 in North America and 219,000 in Europe.
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| Tribute in Light Posted: 06 Sep 2018 10:23 AM PDT ![Tribute in Light]( "Tribute in Light") The 887,000-watt xenon light bulbs will be tested for a few hours each night until Sept. 11, when they will shine into the sky all night. The famous tribute can be seen within a 60-mile radius around lower Manhattan.
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| Wife Accused of Poisoning Husband With Eye Drops Shot Him With Crossbow in 2016: Officials Posted: 05 Sep 2018 11:20 AM PDT  At the time, Lana Clayton said she had accidentally shot her husband Stephen with the device as he slept.
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| Trump: I Have 100 Pics Of Robert Mueller And James Comey 'Hugging And Kissing' Posted: 06 Sep 2018 01:03 AM PDT  President Donald Trump has complained that special counsel Robert Mueller is
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| What The Bernie Sanders Amazon Welfare Fight Is Really About Posted: 05 Sep 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation Wednesday that would tax
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| Another Dem upset: Pressley beats 10-term Rep. Capuano in Boston primary Posted: 04 Sep 2018 06:45 PM PDT  Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, center, celebrates victory over U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass., in the 7th Congressional House Democratic primary, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Boston. In the latest blow to establishment Democrats, Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley defeated Rep. Michael Capuano for the nomination in Massachusetts's Seventh Congressional District on Tuesday.
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| Stranded travellers rescued from major Japanese airport as deadly typhoon leaves trail of devastation Posted: 04 Sep 2018 09:31 PM PDT  A major airport that was cut off when a huge typhoon smashed through its sole access road was being evacuated on Wednesday, as Japan grappled with devastation caused by its most powerful storm in a quarter of a century. Boats were ferrying stranded passengers from Kansai International Airport - one of the country's busiest - after thousands of people were forced to spend the night in the partially flooded facility. At least 10 people were killed, and hundreds more injured by Typhoon Jebi as it raked through the major manufacturing area around Osaka - Japan's second city - wrecking infrastructure and destroying homes. Winds up to 135 mph ripped off roofs, overturned trucks on bridges and swept a 2,500-ton tanker into a bridge leading to the airport, the region's main international gateway and a national transport hub. The damage to the bridge left the artificial island cut off, stranding 3,000 travellers and additional staff overnight. Runways were flooded as high waves washed into the facility on Tuesday, knocking out electricity and inundating buildings. By Wednesday lunchtime several hundred people had been ferried to Kobe on a specially chartered boat, but more than two thousand were still awaiting rescue. There was no indication yet when the airport, which runs over 400 flights a day, might reopen. "We had a blackout so there was no air conditioning. It was hot," a woman told public broadcaster NHK after being ferried to Kobe. "I'd never expected this amount of damage from a typhoon." Kansai International Airport is partially flooded by Typhoon Jebi in Osaka, western Japan, on Wednesday Credit: AP Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the death toll in the storm stood at 10, with 300 people injured. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, tweeting on his official account, said the government was working to get the airport back online. "We will do our best to get the airport functioning again," he said. He said 2.4 million households had lost power in the storm, with service restored to only half by Wednesday morning. "We continue to make utmost efforts to respond to disaster damage and restore infrastructure," he added. A damaged bridge that connects Kansai International Airport in Osaka, western Japan Credit: AP More than 1.2 million people had been advised to leave their homes as Jebi approached the Kansai area - Japan's industrial heartland. Around 16,000 people spent the night in shelters, local media said. Japan is regularly hit by powerful typhoons in the summer and autumn, many of which cause flooding and landslides in rural areas. Jebi appears to have caused damage to the region's infrastructure on an unusual scale. In the tourist magnet of Kyoto - home to ancient temples and shrines - it brought down part of the ceiling of the main railway station, while in nearby Osaka, the high winds peeled scaffolding from a multi-story building. Stranded passengers queue up in lines to wait for special buses at Kansai International Airport Credit: AP Footage on NHK showed a 100-metre (328-foot) tall ferris wheel in Osaka spinning furiously in the strong wind despite being switched off. "I've never seen such a thing," a 19-year-old man at the scene told NHK. Businesses, factories and schools in the affected area shut down while the storm barrelled across the country, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights, ferry services and some bullet trains. Despite its strength, the storm was far from the deadliest Japan has seen in recent years. Cars are blown off by strong wind triggered by Typhoon Jebi Credit: Getty In 2011, Typhoon Talas killed at least 82 people in the area, while in 2013, a storm that hit south of Tokyo left 40 people dead. Earlier this year torrential rains lashed the west of the country, sparking flooding that killed more than 200 people as it laid waste to villages and caused hillsides to collapse.
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| One Word Has People Convinced Mike Pence Wrote Anonymous New York Times Op-Ed Posted: 05 Sep 2018 05:35 PM PDT  The New York Times' scathing anti-Donald Trump op-ed, which the paper
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| Elon Musk Reveals When Tesla Autopilot's Big 9.0 Update Will Reach Cars Posted: 05 Sep 2018 02:55 AM PDT  It's nearly here.
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| Emirates flight quarantined in New York as 10 passengers taken ill Posted: 05 Sep 2018 02:20 PM PDT  Around 100 passengers and crew were struck with a flu-like illness during an Emirates flight from Dubai to New York on Wednesday. The jet was briefly quarantined at New York's John F Kennedy airport when it landed with around 521 passengers shortly after 9am, US authorities said. The jet's pilot declared a medical emergency before landing and reported two male passengers on board with extremely high fevers and approximately 100 passengers "coughing non-stop", according to local news site ABC 7 NY. Heath officials carried out medical checks on passengers and evaluated their symptoms. While they are still processing tests to determine the cause officials said the symptoms pointed to the flu virus. One passenger, Erin Sykes, posted video of officials wearing masks and gloves taking the temperature of passengers on the tarmac. Ms Sykes said she saw a few passengers being taken off the plane first for medical attention, but she added that "many, many" others were showing signs of illness. She described them as suffering from "very intense coughing" and being "violently sick - going into the bathroom a lot". The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said around 100 people complained of feeling sick on Emirates Flight 203. Their symptoms included cough and fever, the agency said. At least 10 passengers were taken to Jamaica Hospital in Queens for treatment while nine others "refused medical attention", said Eric Phillips, a spokesman for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. All the passengers are off and have been evaluated. 19 sick. 10 to hospital and 9 refused medical attention. Health officials are processing tests now to determine the cause. Symptoms still pointing to the flu. https://t.co/ZWURgb68bJ— Eric Phillips (@EricFPhillips) September 5, 2018 Mr Phillips said some of the passengers appeared to have come from Mecca, Saudi Arabia - which is currently experiencing a flu outbreak - before boarding the plane in Dubai. Passengers who were not affected were able to continue on their way a few hours after the plan landed. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said they were monitoring the situation and President Donald Trump was being updated as new information became available. Dubai-based Emirates Airline initially said that 10 passengers "were taken ill" on the flight and were transported to hospital, but it is unclear why there was a wide disparity in numbers. The aircraft was taken to a location away from the terminal so that emergency officials could evaluate the situation, officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement. The airplane involved was a double-deck Airbus A388 - the world's largest passenger aircraft - according to FlightAware.com.
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| Tyler Tessier Dead: Maryland Man Accused of Killing Pregnant Girlfriend Kills Himself in Jail Cell Posted: 06 Sep 2018 10:46 AM PDT  Tessier had famously pleaded for his girlfriend's safe return alongside her parents.
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| Marco Rubio To Alex Jones: 'Don't Touch Me' Posted: 05 Sep 2018 10:08 AM PDT  Video of the exchange shows Rubio finally breaking with reporters to confront Jones.
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| Erdogan warns of 'massacre' in Syria's Idlib Posted: 05 Sep 2018 12:38 AM PDT  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that dropping bombs and missiles on Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib could cause a "massacre," in remarks published Wednesday. "God forbid, a serious massacre could take place if there is a rain of missiles there," Erdogan told journalists on his plane after an official visit to the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan, Hurriyet daily reported. Damascus and its main backer Moscow have vowed to root out the jihadist groups that dominate Idlib province.
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| The F-22 Raptor Is a Killer in the Sky. And Its About to Get Even More Deadly. Posted: 06 Sep 2018 06:06 AM PDT  F-22 lethality is also getting vastly improved. Here's how.
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| Northern California wildfire threatens homes, closes major highway Posted: 06 Sep 2018 02:37 PM PDT  An intense wildfire roared unchecked for a second day on Thursday through drought-desiccated timber in Northern California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest, threatening scores of homes and forcing the closure of an interstate highway after motorists had to flee their vehicles. The Delta fire erupted on Wednesday in a canyon along the Sacramento River about 250 miles north of San Francisco and by Thursday morning had scorched more than 15,000 acres, triple the area that had burned some 12 hours earlier. The blaze was near where the deadly Carr fire incinerated hundreds of dwellings in and around the town of Redding this summer.
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| Carl Bernstein: ‘Rage-A-Holic’ Trump Is Now A National Emergency Posted: 04 Sep 2018 08:56 PM PDT  Carl Bernstein said the explosive revelations in the book Fear by Bob Woodward
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| Elon Musk accuses Thai cave rescue hero of having a ‘child bride’ in extraordinary and unsubstantiated attack Posted: 05 Sep 2018 12:22 AM PDT  Elon Musk has launched his most extreme attack yet on Vern Unsworth, one of the heroes of the Thai cave rescue. The Tesla boss sent a profanity-laden tirade to a reporter in which he baselessly suggested that Mr Unsworth had a "child bride". Mr Musk has repeatedly and without any evidence at all claimed that Mr Unsworth is a paedophile and that people around the rescue did not like him.
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| Ayanna Pressley ousts 10-term Massachusetts Democrat in latest primary upset Posted: 04 Sep 2018 08:02 PM PDT  The Democratic candidate Ayanna Pressley takes the stage after winning the Democratic primary in Boston, Massachusetts. In the latest upset during the 2018 Democratic primaries, Ayanna Pressley beat a veteran 10-term Democrat in Massachusetts in a House race being watched nationally as an indicator of the future of the Democratic Party.
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| Body Of Missing Teen Kiera Bergman Found In Arizona Desert Posted: 06 Sep 2018 07:18 AM PDT  A body found in Arizona has been positively identified as that of missing
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| Deadly shooting in the heart of Cincinnati Posted: 06 Sep 2018 10:48 AM PDT ![Deadly shooting in the heart of Cincinnati]( "Deadly shooting in the heart of Cincinnati") A gunman opened fire Thursday morning in a building in the heart of Cincinnati in an attack that left him and three other people dead, police said.
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| The 2018 Volvo S90 T6 Inscription Is an Elegant Alternative to the Luxury Status Quo Posted: 05 Sep 2018 01:37 PM PDT  The Swedish automaker has built a sedan that stands apart from its German competition in more ways than one.
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| The Latest: 9 dead, 30 missing in northern Japan quake Posted: 06 Sep 2018 07:43 AM PDT  SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — The Latest on the powerful earthquake in northern Japan (all times local):
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| Russia weighs possibility of deliberate act in space station damage Posted: 05 Sep 2018 03:18 PM PDT ![Russia weighs possibility of deliberate act in space station damage]( "Russia weighs possibility of deliberate act in space station damage") Crew members last week found the hole - roughly 2 millimetres in diameter - on the inner wall of Russia's Soyuz module on the orbital space station after ground operators reported slight dips in pressure levels. Its origin, however, remains a mystery to U.S. and Russian space officials. Dmitri Rogozin, director of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, said on Monday that a person could have deliberately penetrated the wall using a drill either during manufacturing or while the craft was in orbit.
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| Former Trump administration staffer talks anonymous op-ed Posted: 06 Sep 2018 01:32 PM PDT  Fmr. Trump administration homeland security adviser Tom Bossert says the executive branch staffer who wrote an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times should "quit or identify themselves, or both."
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| 2019 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 National Liberal Arts Colleges Posted: 06 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT ![2019 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 National Liberal Arts Colleges]( "2019 Best Colleges Preview: Top 10 National Liberal Arts Colleges") Applying to college is a journey that involves finding the right school, submitting applications and then -- if you're lucky -- choosing among the acceptance letters and financial aid awards to find that place you'll call home for the next few years.
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| Couple Who Allegedly Spent Money Raised for Homeless Man Lose New BMW in Police Raid Posted: 06 Sep 2018 09:14 AM PDT  Johnny Bobbitt's lawyer has said that all the money is gone.
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| Wildfire near Redding nearly triples in size, triggers evacuations Posted: 06 Sep 2018 04:38 PM PDT  Interstate 5 remains closed in Shasta County because of a fast-moving wildfire. The Delta Fire is burning about ten miles north of Redding. So far, the fire has grown to 23 square miles and has zero percent containment.
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| The Glock Handgun the Army Rejected Can Now Be Yours Posted: 05 Sep 2018 05:58 PM PDT  After a competition that lasted several years, the Army settled on the Sig Sauer P320, with the Marines and likely the rest of the U.S. Armed Forces falling behind.
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| Powerful quake hits Japanese island of Hokkaido Posted: 06 Sep 2018 12:41 PM PDT ![Powerful quake hits Japanese island of Hokkaido]( "Powerful quake hits Japanese island of Hokkaido") A powerful earthquake Thursday on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido triggered dozens of landslides that crushed houses under torrents of dirt, rocks and timber, prompting frantic efforts to unearth any survivors.
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| Paul Ryan Offers Limp Criticism Of Trump Advocating For Corruption Posted: 05 Sep 2018 09:15 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) lightly distanced himself on
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| U.S. safety board investigates Delta engine failure Posted: 06 Sep 2018 02:50 PM PDT ![U.S. safety board investigates Delta engine failure]( "U.S. safety board investigates Delta engine failure") (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday it was investigating an engine failure on a Delta Air Lines' flight, which was bound for Orlando, Florida on Wednesday.
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| Donald Trump Jr. Tweaks Colin Kaepernick's Nike Ad To Feature President Posted: 06 Sep 2018 10:22 AM PDT  Donald Trump Jr. "fixed" the recent Nike advertisement campaign featuring
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| Scenes of joy as India finally decriminalises gay sex Posted: 06 Sep 2018 03:31 AM PDT  In a landmark decision for LGBTQ rights and the community in India, the country's highest court has decriminalised gay sex. Five Supreme Court judges struck down the colonial-era Section 377 on Thursday, a ban on gay sex that was rarely applied to consenting adults, but used to stigmatise the LGBTQ community. SEE ALSO: Same-sex couple paints their house rainbow to troll their homophobic neighbors "We have to bid adieu to prejudices and to empower all citizens," Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said while reading the judgment, according to NDTV. The decision ends a long battle to decriminalise gay sex in India, which began when the British enacted the law in 1861. Indian members of the LGBTQ community celebrate outside the Supreme Court.Image: SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty ImagesUnder Section 377, the penalty was a 10-year jail term, although it has "hardly ever been used in cases of consenting adults." Opponents said the law "served as a weapon for police abuse," and called for it to be scrapped. In 2009, the Delhi High Court ruled the law should be removed, but this was overturned four years later when the Supreme Court deemed the matter was up for parliament to decide. Since then, the law faced numerous challenges, but gathered speed when five high-profile petitioners put their names against the law, saying Section 377 left them victims of jail, abuse, extortion and torture. Across Indian cities there was an outpouring of joy when the Supreme Court finally made its decision. The United Nations in India said in a statement online that it hopes the ruling "will be the first step towards guaranteeing the full range of fundamental rights to LGBTI persons." "We also hope that the judgment will boost efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination against LGBTI persons in all areas of social, economic, cultural and political activity, thereby ensuring a truly inclusive society," the statement reads. "The focus must now be on ensuring access to justice, including remedy; effective investigations of acts of violence and discrimination; and effective access to economic, social and cultural rights." #LGBTQ Community in #Bengaluru celebrates the decriminalisation of #Section377 by Supreme Court on Thursday. (#DH_Video by @grace_hauck) pic.twitter.com/SmIYVbEcwC — Deccan Herald (@DeccanHerald) September 6, 2018 WATCH: The cutest robot butler is here to serve you food and beverages
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| Cambodian PM Hun Sen voted in by one-party parliament Posted: 06 Sep 2018 01:35 AM PDT  Strongman Hun Sen was formally installed as Cambodia's prime minister for a new term on Thursday, after securing all 125 seats in an uncontested vote that was derided internationally. The 66-year-old will preside over a new era of one-party rule in the Southeast Asian nation after the election in July -- criticised by Western democracies as unfair -- handed his ruling Cambodian People's Party all 125 seats. The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the only credible opposition, was dissolved in the run-up to the vote with government dissenters and activists arrested.
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| The Latest: Mom charged with murder in case of missing son Posted: 05 Sep 2018 12:25 PM PDT  LARGO, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a Florida woman who is accused of killing her child (all times local):
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| Alex Jones and Marco Rubio in heated clash at Twitter and Facebook hearing: 'Don't touch me' Posted: 06 Sep 2018 03:17 AM PDT  Right wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and senator Marco Rubio clashed after a congressional hearing with executives from Facebook and Twitter, in which they attempted to assure politicians that they were capable of protecting November's midterm elections from foreign interference. As the former Republican presidential nominee spoke to reporters after testimony from Facebook's chief operation officer Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Mr Jones began talking over him. After spotting Mr Rubio, he moved in on his interview and attempted to elicit a response from him about his website's treatment.
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