| On his way to Vietnam, Kim Jong Un took an early smoke break Posted: 26 Feb 2019 03:27 AM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It's unclear whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is going to give up his nukes anytime soon, and the same could probably be said for his cigarettes.
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| U.S. to Call for UN Security Council Meeting on Venezuela Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:28 PM PST  After a failed effort over the weekend to deliver humanitarian aid over the Colombian-Venezuelan border, the U.S. is renewing efforts to pressure the council to call for free elections in Venezuela. Diplomats from Russia -- which has backed Maduro's government -- have crafted their own resolution expressing concern over threats of force and voicing support for Venezuela's political independence.
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| Gay rights activist set fire to his own home in fake hate crime, Michigan police say Posted: 25 Feb 2019 03:08 PM PST  The Michigan case of Nikki Joly and his burned home is gaining national attention alongside the Jussie Smollett case, which has taken a similar twist.
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| India launches air strike in Pakistan; Islamabad denies militant camp hit Posted: 26 Feb 2019 02:57 PM PST  Pakistan said it would respond at a time and place of its choice, with a military spokesman even alluding to its nuclear arsenal, highlighting the escalation in hostile rhetoric from both two sides since a suicide bombing in Kashmir this month. The spokesman said a command and control authority meeting, which decides over the use of nuclear weapons, had been convened for Wednesday, adding: "You all know what that means." The air strike near Balakot, a town 50 km (30 miles) from the frontier, was the deepest cross-border raid launched by India since the last of its three wars with Pakistan in 1971 but there were competing claims about any damage caused. The Indian government, facing an election in the coming months, said the air strikes hit a training camp belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), the group that claimed a suicide car bomb attack that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir on Feb. 14.
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| How To Write A Good Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems Posted: 25 Feb 2019 09:13 AM PST ![How To Write A Good Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems]( "How To Write A Good Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems") When you submit your credentials online, they are often screened by an applicant tracking system. The applicant tracking system resume evaluation algorithm scans your materials for resume keywords related to the job description, looking for work experience and education that match what the position calls for. This means an effective resume is one that plays the applicant tracking system game well but also appeals to the human reviewer who will hopefully examine it, too.
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| UK PM May proposes votes on no-deal exit and Brexit delay if her deal rejected: Telegraph Posted: 26 Feb 2019 03:46 AM PST ![UK PM May proposes votes on no-deal exit and Brexit delay if her deal rejected: Telegraph]( "UK PM May proposes votes on no-deal exit and Brexit delay if her deal rejected: Telegraph") LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May is proposing that parliament votes on whether to leave the European Union without a deal or delay Brexit if her exit deal fails to win parliamentary approval, a Daily Telegraph reporter said on Twitter. "The PM (Prime Minister) has said there will be a three line whip on an amendable motion tomorrow that will commit to two votes on March 12th in the event that her deal fails," Telegraph reporter Steven Swinford wrote, citing details of an ongoing cabinet meeting. ...
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| Pro-life movie 'Unplanned' gets unexpected R rating Posted: 25 Feb 2019 05:20 AM PST  Ashley Bratcher, who stars as Planned Parenthood clinic director turned pro-life activist Abby Johnson, reacts on 'Fox & Friends.'
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| 'Bomb cyclone' strikes: 550,000 still powerless from fierce winds Posted: 25 Feb 2019 12:48 PM PST  Ferocious winds from a potent 'bomb cyclone' roared across the eastern U.S. Monday, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses powerless.
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| Parts of human body found at cargo plane crash site Posted: 26 Feb 2019 02:52 PM PST  DALLAS (AP) — Texas authorities have found part of a human body at the site where a Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed Saturday, although it's unclear whether it belongs to the missing crew member.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion, Group Says Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:43 AM PST  The so-called Green New Deal may tally between $51 trillion and $93 trillion over 10-years, concludes American Action Forum, which is run by Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who directed the non-partisan CBO from from 2003 to 2005. "The Green New Deal is clearly very expensive," the group said in its analysis.
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| 'A Damaging Thing To Do To a City.' Chicago Police Chief Criticizes Jussie Smollett Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:03 AM PST  'I just want people to understand that's a damaging thing to do to a city'
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| EU warns against military action in Venezuela as Mike Pence and Juan Guaido meet at emergency summit Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:58 PM PST  The European Union on Monday urged the United States and Latin American powers against launching a military intervention to oust the regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Venezuela's self-declared "interim president" Juan Guaido met with Mike Pence and Latin American leaders in neighbouring Colombia, to discuss the next steps in the crisis after a weekend of violence. Mr Guaido, arriving in Bogota on Sunday night ahead of the meeting of the Lima Group, called on the international community to consider "all measures to free" Venezuela. The meeting was the first time that Mr Guaido, who declared himself president a month ago, has travelled abroad to meet other world leaders, and he was received as a head of state, with the red carpet rolled out. Mr Guaido and President Donald Trump have repeatedly said that all options are open. Mr Pence was expected to announce on Monday night that they had decided to increase the sanctions on Nicolas Maduro, the embattled president of Venezuela. Ahead of the meeting four Venezuelan officials were added to the already extensive list of sanctioned individuals. On Monday he also called on Latin American allies to ramp up pressure on Caracas by transferring Venezuelan overseas assets to Mr Guaido. A spokesman for Federica Mogherini, the EU diplomatic chief, urged those gathered in Bogota to stop short of declaring war. "We must avoid a military intervention," said Maja Kocijancic. "What is explicitly quite clear, from our point of view, is that we need a peaceful political and democratic and Venezuelan-owned resolution of this crisis. "This obviously excludes the use of force." On Monday night Brazil definitively ruled out permitting military intervention from their territory, with the vice president saying it would not be allowed. Hours later Venezuela's government issued a statement accusing the US and the Lima Group countries of conducting "a ferocious campaign to oust" Maduro by trampling on basic international human rights. The statement also rejected Pence's announcements, accusing him of attempting "to give orders so that other countries join the vulgar plundering" that Washington is pursuing against Venezuela's assets. Venezuelan security forces clash with supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on the Venezuelan side f the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge Credit: RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP Four people were killed and 300 injured in a bloody standoff on Venezuela's borders with Colombia and Brazil, as Mr Guaido tried unsuccessfully to get humanitarian aid into the country. The aid convoys were abandoned by early afternoon on Saturday, with one truck laden with supplies going up in flames. Running battles took place throughout Saturday and Sunday, with frequent bloody skirmishes between Mr Maduro's heavily-armed security forces and pro-Guaido youngsters, throwing rocks and quickly-improvised Molotov cocktails. At least 160 military officials have crossed over into Colombia and pledged allegiance to Mr Guaido, the Colombian migration service said on Sunday night. Many said they rejected the orders to fire on their own countrymen, and knew that the aid was desperately needed. Mr Pence said on Monday that the United States was preparing an additional $56 million (£43m) in humanitarian aid, adding after the meeting that they were exploring different avenues for getting it into Venezuela. He urged Latin American countries to take financial measures against Mr Maduro's government, in particular PDVSA – the state-owned oil company. "We call on all Lima Group nations to immediately freeze the assets of PDVSA," he said. "Secondly, transfer ownership of Venezuelan assets in your country from Maduro's henchmen to President Guaido's government." The four sanctioned Venezuelans were the governors of Zulia, Apure, Vargas and Carabobo state. Rafael Alejandro Lacava, the governor of Carabobo and ally of Mr Maduro, goes by the nickname "Dracula" in reference to his habit of doing late-night street patrols.
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| Trump rips Harry Reid, falsely states he 'got thrown out' of the Senate Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:54 AM PST  President Trump on Monday lashed out at former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid after the Nevada Democrat criticized him in a new interview with CNN.
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| U.S. returns to Bitfinex exchange fraction of bitcoin stolen in 2016 heist Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:12 AM PST  U.S. federal law enforcement agencies have returned 27.7 bitcoin stolen in August 2016, Bitfinex said in a statement. Hackers made off with almost 120,000 bitcoin, worth about $72 million at the time, in one of the biggest ever thefts from a cryptocurrency exchange. U.S. and European law enforcement agencies investigated the heist, Bitfinex General Counsel Stuart Hoegner told Reuters, declining to give further details or name the agencies involved.
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| Taxes 2019: When to file and what big changes to expect Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:53 PM PST ![Taxes 2019: When to file and what big changes to expect]( "Taxes 2019: When to file and what big changes to expect") Tax filers need to realize, though, that it won't be business as usual when it comes to filing their 2018 tax returns.
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| Justin Fairfax: Virginia lieutenant governor stuns senators by comparing himself to lynching victims Posted: 25 Feb 2019 12:12 PM PST  The lieutenant governor of Virginia has likened himself to a lynching victim while battling accusations of sexual assault and calls to resign from his post amid a series of scandals impacting the state's top lawmakers. Justin Fairfax made the controversial statements during a surprise speech on Sunday, lashing out against his critics in the state Senate as 2019 legislative session was coming to a close. "I've heard much about anti-lynching on the floor of this very Senate, where people were not given any due process whatsoever, and we rue that," Mr Fairfax said, referencing legislation the General Assembly passed expressing "profound regret" for lynchings in Virginia between 1877 and 1950.
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| The Latest: Northeast's highest peak records 144 mph gust Posted: 25 Feb 2019 09:48 AM PST  The Latest on a windstorm affecting the Northeast (all times local):
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| Boeing Board to Add Nikki Haley, Who Helped Fight Union Drive Posted: 26 Feb 2019 10:30 AM PST  Haley, 47, who as South Carolina governor fiercely opposed unionization drives at a Boeing factory, has been nominated as a director ahead of the aerospace giant's annual meeting April 29. "Boeing will benefit greatly from her broad perspectives and combined diplomatic, government and business experience to help achieve our aspiration to be the best in aerospace and a global industrial champion," Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said in a statement. If elected, Haley would join another high-profile former ambassador: Caroline Kennedy, the former U.S. envoy to Japan under former President Barack Obama.
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| Tensions Between India and Pakistan Are at Their Highest Point in Decades. Here's What to Know Posted: 26 Feb 2019 10:40 AM PST  Indian fighter jets bombed Pakistani-controlled territory on Tuesday in a dispute over the long-contested region of Kashmir.
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| Rigging claims fly as Nigeria election results come in Posted: 25 Feb 2019 04:55 PM PST  Nigeria's main opposition on Monday accused the ruling party of trying to rig presidential elections as the incumbent cemented a lead, but monitors voiced concern about polling day problems and violence that caused dozens of deaths. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of President Muhammadu Buhari of colluding with the electoral commission in an attempt to "manipulate the results". PDP chairman Uche Secondus told reporters the APC was using security agencies and ministers to put pressure on the authorities.
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| Twitter bans Trump-supporting hoaxster after USA TODAY exposé Posted: 26 Feb 2019 03:19 PM PST ![Twitter bans Trump-supporting hoaxster after USA TODAY exposé]( "Twitter bans Trump-supporting hoaxster after USA TODAY exposé") Jacob Wohl left a career in finance amid fraud allegations to create deceitful schemes and spread false claims in support of President Trump
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| Trump heads to North Korea summit in no rush on denuclearization Posted: 25 Feb 2019 03:35 PM PST  Trump and Kim are due to meet in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, on Wednesday and Thursday, eight months after their historic summit in Singapore, the first between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader. While there is no real expectation that the second meeting will bring a final deal on ridding North Korea of nuclear weapons that threaten the United States, there are some hopes it could bring a declaration that the 1950-53 Korean War is at last formally over. In Singapore, Kim pledged to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, but the vague agreement struck there has produced few concrete results.
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| Sheriff: 2 bodies recovered from Texas plane crash site Posted: 25 Feb 2019 04:22 AM PST  ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — A southeast Texas sheriff said Sunday that two bodies have been recovered at the site where a Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed into a coastal bay. All three people aboard the Flight 3591 died, according to the plane's owner.
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| Manafort asks judge for sentence far below the maximum: court filing Posted: 25 Feb 2019 07:17 PM PST  Manafort, 69, who is due to be sentenced on March 13, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington last September to conspiracy against the United States - a charge that includes a range of conduct from money laundering to unregistered lobbying for the pro-Russia Ukrainian government - and conspiracy to obstruct justice for attempts to tamper with witnesses. "We respectfully request that the Court impose a sentence significantly below the statutory maximum sentence in this case," Manafort's lawyers said in the filing on Monday night. "Mr. Manafort has been punished substantially, including the forfeiture of most of his assets," the lawyers added.
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| Woman brutally mauled to death by her own 2 dogs while playing in front yard Posted: 26 Feb 2019 07:59 AM PST  A South Carolina woman died on Thursday night after her two dogs turned on herwhile she was playing with them in the front yard of her Greenville home
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| Analysis: Pope's sex abuse summit: What it did and didn't do Posted: 25 Feb 2019 08:18 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' summit on preventing sexual abuse was never going to meet the expectations placed on it by victims groups, the media and ordinary Catholics outraged over a scandal that has harmed so many and compromised the church's moral authority so much.
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| Mike Pence Is Meeting With Venezuela's Opposition Leader to Discuss Ways to Oust Maduro Posted: 25 Feb 2019 03:54 AM PST  After a weekend effort failed to deliver aid
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| Iraq received 14 French IS fighters from Syria Kurds: government Posted: 25 Feb 2019 03:53 AM PST  Fourteen French nationals accused of fighting for the Islamic State group were transferred to Iraq by US-backed forces squeezing the jihadists' final Syrian bastion, an Iraqi government source said Monday. The Syrian Democratic Forces have taken hundreds of foreign IS fighters into custody as they bear down on the jihadists' shrinking pocket of territory in eastern Syria. Since Thursday, they have transferred 280 Iraqi nationals accused of fighting alongside IS to Iraqi authorities.
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| Facebook content moderators using drugs and sex at work to cope with PTSD symptoms Posted: 26 Feb 2019 01:30 AM PST  Facebook content moderations disclosed the extreme consequences that come with the stress of constantly reviewing graphic and offensive material, according to a new report from the Verge. Facebook's content moderators are based in a facility in Arizona, operated by contract vendor Cognizant, where employees told the tech website that they cope with using drugs and having sex while on the job. The content moderators, most of whom are paid $15 an hour, are hired to look through a constant stream of content that includes offensive jokes, possible threats, and videos of beheadings and murders.
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| Video shows rare 'ice tsunami' along Niagara River Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:48 AM PST  Incredible video out of Canada shows a rare "ice tsunami" along the Niagara River, which forced officials to close the parkway to protect drivers.
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| China's technology challenge is bigger than just Huawei, British spymaster says Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:21 AM PST  The West needs to understand that the challenge of China's technological revolution runs much deeper than Huawei's row with the United States over intellectual property theft and state espionage, one of Britain's top spies said. Huawei, the world's biggest producer of telecoms equipment, is under intense scrutiny after the United States told allies not to use its technology because of fears it could be a vehicle for Chinese spy operations. Jeremy Fleming, the head of Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), said the incredible rate of technological change was unleashing unprecedented uncertainty, instability and risk.
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| Detailed Photos of the 2019 McLaren 720S Spider Posted: 26 Feb 2019 04:01 PM PST |
| TripAdvisor names the world's best beaches for 2019 Posted: 26 Feb 2019 04:27 PM PST ![TripAdvisor names the world's best beaches for 2019]( "TripAdvisor names the world's best beaches for 2019") Plan some fun in the sun with the winners of TripAdvisor's 2019 Travelers' Choice awards for beaches.
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| Authorities: Kraft visited parlor for sex on day of AFC game Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:50 PM PST  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft visited a Florida massage parlor for sex acts the night before and the morning of last month's AFC championship game, authorities said Monday in documents charging him with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution.
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| Indian planes bomb Pakistan as Kashmir tensions escalate Posted: 25 Feb 2019 11:49 PM PST  Indian warplanes dropped bombs inside Pakistan early on Tuesday, both sides said, as military tensions between the nuclear arch rivals escalated dramatically following last week's Kashmir suicide attack. India said aircraft had destroyed a terrorist training camp where militants were training to carry out an imminent attack, in its first airstrikes against Pakistan since their 1971 war. But the Pakistani military said the aircraft had caused no damage after dropping their payload early when repulsed by defending forces. India's foreign minister, Vijay Gokhale, said the action had struck a hilltop training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group, near Balakot. Describing the strikes as "non-military pre-emptive action", he claimed "a very large number of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis who were being trained for fidayeen [suicide] action were eliminated". The Indian jets crossed the disputed line of control near Muzafarabad in Kashmir, according to Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, spokesman for Pakistan's armed forces. One local police official who declined to be named told the Telegraph that the strike had taken place at Jabba, near Balakot, inside the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Photograph released by Pakistan military said to show site where Indian bombs fell in Kashmir Villagers in the area told Reuters they heard four loud bangs in the early hours of Tuesday but reported only one person wounded by shrapnel. "We saw trees fallen down and one house damaged and four craters where the bombs had fallen," said Mohammad Ajmal, a 25-year-old who visited the site. Pakistan said the Indian claims were "self-serving, reckless and fictitious" and released photographs of a cratered wooded hillside where it said the "payload" had landed. Indians set off fireworks to celebrate the strike Credit: AFP "Facing timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force released payload in haste while escaping which fell near Balakot. No casualties or damage," said Maj Gen Ghafoor. He went on: "Under forced hasty withdrawal aircrafts released payload which had free fall in open area. No infrastructure got hit, no casualties." Media Briefing by Foreign Secretary (February 26, 2019) https://t.co/11jgiQfuBL— Raveesh Kumar (@MEAIndia) February 26, 2019 Indian military sources said 12 French Mirage 2000 fighters crossed the line of control on their raid into Pakistani territory at around 3.15am local time. Accompanied by an IAF airborne early warning and control aircraft and a mid-air re-fueller, the Mirages reportedly employed 1000kg precision guided munitions or PGMs to hit their targets in a mission that lasted a few minutes. Pakistan's government said it would hold an emergency meeting to discuss the incident and in the past has said it would retaliate against any aggression from Delhi. Tensions between the neighbours have been raised since at least 40 Indian paramilitary police were killed in a suicide bombing on their convoy near Pulwama in Indian-controlled Kashmir earlier this month. Indian aircrafts' intrusion across LOC in Muzafarabad Sector within AJ&K; was 3-4 miles.Under forced hasty withdrawal aircrafts released payload which had free fall in open area. No infrastructure got hit, no casualties. Technical details and other important information to follow.— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 26, 2019 Narendra Modi faces a general election this spring and has come under intense domestic pressure to respond to an attack he says was carried out by the Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad. Both sides claim Kashmir, which is divided between the neighbours by a heavily militarised line of control. Rivalry over the region has led to two of their three wars. Prakash Javadekar, India's human resource development minister, said: "This was a necessary step for the defence of the country, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given the armed forces a free hand. The whole country stands behind the armed forces." Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi warned India not to challenge Pakistan and said "better sense" should prevail in Delhi. Sign up for your essential, twice-daily briefing from The Telegraph with our free Front Page newsletter.
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| White House Denies Former Campaign Staffer's Claim That Donald Trump Kissed Her Without Consent Posted: 25 Feb 2019 08:27 AM PST  The White House has denied a former campaign staffer's claim that Donald Trump kissed her without her consent during his 2016 run.
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| Pinterest, YouTube say acting against anti-vaccine messages Posted: 25 Feb 2019 01:55 PM PST  Several social networks including Pinterest and YouTube have detailed measures they are taking in response to pressure to combat disinformation on vaccines, which they have been accused of enabling. Pinterest confirmed to AFP Monday it changed its policy last year with regards to anti-vaccine content, a development first disclosed last week by the Wall Street Journal.
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| South Carolina woman dies after her dogs began 'eating her alive,' neighbors say Posted: 25 Feb 2019 07:18 AM PST ![South Carolina woman dies after her dogs began 'eating her alive,' neighbors say]( "South Carolina woman dies after her dogs began 'eating her alive,' neighbors say") She suffered several "extremely severe" dog bites at her home, according to the Greenville County Coroner's Office.
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| After Putin's warning, Russian TV lists nuclear targets in U.S. Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:01 PM PST  The targets included the Pentagon and the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland. The report, unusual even by the sometimes bellicose standards of Russian state TV, was broadcast on Sunday evening, days after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was militarily ready for a "Cuban Missile"-style crisis if the United States wanted one. With tensions rising over Russian fears that the United States might deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe as a Cold War-era arms-control treaty unravels, Putin has said Russia would be forced to respond by placing hypersonic nuclear missiles on submarines near U.S. waters.
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| Culver City missing baby: Police searching for remains in Corona landfill; parents to be charged with murder Posted: 25 Feb 2019 04:20 PM PST  The parents of a missing 6-month-old will be charged in connection with the infant's murder, Culver City police told Eyewitness News.
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| The Next-Generation Porsche Macan Will Be Fully Electric Posted: 26 Feb 2019 06:52 AM PST  Due in 2021, the next Macan will ride on an electric platform shared with the Taycan.
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| 100 mph winds in Sierra, snow from Oregon to Montana Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:00 PM PST  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A fierce winter storm packing winds in excess of 100 mph (160 kph) and predicted to bring as much as 8 feet (2.4 meters) of snow to the Sierra Nevada barreled into the West on Monday, toppling trucks and trees, triggering power outages and closing roads and schools from Oregon to Montana.
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| Rep. Ilhan Omar deletes the controversial tweets that drew charges of anti-Semitism Posted: 26 Feb 2019 01:10 PM PST  Rep. Ilhan Omar apologized for the tweets the next day.
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