| Senate GOP moves forward on health care bill in dramatic procedural vote Posted: 25 Jul 2017 12:37 PM PDT  Over the sound of protesters crying "kill the bill," 50 Republican senators cast their votes to begin to debate repealing Obamacare on a razor-thin margin Tuesday afternoon. John McCain cast a decisive vote.
|
| Canadian military after Trump announcement: We welcome transgender people Posted: 26 Jul 2017 02:04 PM PDT  After President Trump announced Wednesday that transgender people would be barred from serving in the military, the Canadian Armed Forces took a different tack. In an apparent jab at its southern neighbor, the Canadian military invited individuals "of all sexual orientations and gender identities" to join the ranks.
|
| Official: Driver in smuggling attempt part of larger group Posted: 25 Jul 2017 04:21 PM PDT  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Investigators believe a truck driver accused in the deaths of 10 people found inside a packed, sweltering tractor-trailer is just one member of a larger organization involved in human smuggling that they are looking to identify and dismantle, a U.S. immigration official said Tuesday.
|
| Sen. Collins caught on hot mic swiping back at ‘unattractive’ congressman’s duel challenge Posted: 25 Jul 2017 10:23 AM PDT  A hot mic captured a conversation between Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and a male senator Tuesday, in which the two discuss Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas.
|
| California Man Arrested For Smuggling King Cobra Into US In Potato Chip Cans Posted: 25 Jul 2017 08:54 PM PDT  Federal agents arrested a California man for smuggling king cobras into the U.S. in potato chip cans. They also found tanks with a live baby Morelet's crocodile, alligator snapping turtles, and other reptiles protected under law.
|
| Philippines to consult ASEAN on joint China sea oil search Posted: 26 Jul 2017 03:02 AM PDT  The Philippines tried Wednesday to reassure Southeast Asian neighbours about its proposal to partner with Beijing in oil exploration in the disputed South China Sea, promising to consult them on any plans. President Rodrigo Duterte has softened his predecessor's policy opposing China's claims -- which expand to nearly the entire sea -- causing alarm among neighbouring Southeast Asian countries, which also hold partial claims. On Monday Duterte said his government was in talks with China over joint drilling for natural resources in the sea, reversing years of tensions.
|
| Try a Checklist to Avoid FAFSA Mistakes Posted: 26 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT ![Try a Checklist to Avoid FAFSA Mistakes]( "Try a Checklist to Avoid FAFSA Mistakes") When Evelyn Lee was applying to colleges as a high school senior, she knew that she would need financial aid to be able to afford to go. At 108 questions, the FAFSA is longer than a 1040 tax form, with questions about student and parent income, savings, family make up, number of students in college and more. "It can seem terribly intrusive , and it can be confusing," says Peter Van Buskirk, former dean of admission at Franklin & Marshall College and founder and president of Best College Fit.
|
| Plane Covered in Nazi Design Lands on Georgia Highway Posted: 26 Jul 2017 09:57 AM PDT  The pilot said the Messerschmitt BF 109 design was "just for fun."
|
| CIA chief hints agency is working to change Venezuelan government Posted: 25 Jul 2017 08:56 AM PDT  The head of the CIA has suggested the agency is working to change the elected government of Venezuela and is collaborating with two countries in the region to do so. In one of the clearest clues yet about Washington's latest meddling in the politics of Latin America, CIA director Mike Pompeo said he was "hopeful that there can be a transition in Venezuela and we the CIA is doing its best to understand the dynamic there". Mr Pompeo's comments, delivered during a Q&A session at a security forum organised by the Aspen Institute think tank, have sparked outcry among supporters of Venezuela's government.
|
| Trump slams Sessions as he reportedly considers firing his own AG Posted: 25 Jul 2017 05:06 AM PDT  The president continued to attack his attorney general early Tuesday, railing against the nation's top law enforcement officer in a series of tweets.
|
| Warrant: Woman "slapped" squad car before police shooting Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:16 AM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A woman approached the back of a Minneapolis police car and "slapped" it shortly before an Australian woman was shot and killed by an officer, according to a search warrant filed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
|
| How Many Transgender People Serve in the Military? Posted: 26 Jul 2017 08:23 AM PDT  And what happens to them after Trump's new ban?
|
| Snapchat Video Shows 3 Women Driving Drunk Before Car Crash Posted: 25 Jul 2017 10:33 PM PDT  Having no designated driver or a paid transport, the three women got into the vehicle after consuming shots of alcohol at a bar.
|
| Teen Dad Charged With Abandoning Baby In Strip Mall Parking Lot Posted: 26 Jul 2017 11:05 AM PDT  The baby was 16 days old.
|
| Let’s All Tell Harley-Davidson What to Do Posted: 26 Jul 2017 11:03 AM PDT  Let's All Tell Harley-Davidson What to Do Iconic company has been continuously producing motorcycles for more than a century but seemingly everyone thinks they can do better You might have noticed a number of stories in recent days – both here on RideApart
|
| Shocking Pet Horror Headlines! Posted: 25 Jul 2017 05:51 PM PDT  Dr. Edward tells The Doctors about a two-year-old beagle named Rex who chased a rabbit in a park and returned to his owner with a bloody nose. Initially, the owner and vet failed to see the underlying issue and put little Rex on medications. When bleeding persisted, a CT scan revealed the dog had a 5-inch long stick lodged in his nose! Thankfully, they successfully removed the stick and Rex is doing much better.
|
| Wildfires force French Riviera evacuations Posted: 26 Jul 2017 08:34 AM PDT ![Wildfires force French Riviera evacuations]( "Wildfires force French Riviera evacuations") French authorities ordered the evacuation of up to 12,000 people around a picturesque hilltop town in the southern Côte d'Azur region as fires hopscotched around the Mediterranean coast for a third day Wednesday.
|
| Imagining Trump’s big, beautiful wall. You might have to. Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:33 AM PDT  The ever-evolving vision for the wall President Trump wants to build along the border with Mexico got some new details earlier this month, the latest in the growing list of specifications for meeting Trump's signature campaign promise — which is still in need of a source of funding.
|
| The Latest: Man slain at protest in western Venezuela Posted: 26 Jul 2017 12:59 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela, where a two-day national strike has been called beginning Wednesday to protest President Nicolas Maduro's plans to rewrite the country's constitution (all times local):
|
| War between US and North Korea is 'not unimaginable', says chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Posted: 25 Jul 2017 06:24 AM PDT  War between the US and North Korea is "not unimaginable", America's most senior military officer has said. Marine General Joseph Dunford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, did not rule out the possibility of a "horrific" conflict. Although admitting that such a war would involve massive loss of life, General Dunford said it was his duty to prepare military options in order to protect US citizens.
|
| Passengers Stranded In Vegas, Stay In Vegas Posted: 25 Jul 2017 10:42 AM PDT  Allegiant Air left over 200 passengers in Las Vegas for four days after a canceled Oklahoma City-bound flight.
|
| 'Difficult' fight for Hezbollah on Lebanon-Syria border Posted: 26 Jul 2017 10:37 AM PDT  Surveying the rocky no-man's land on Lebanon's eastern border with Syria, Hezbollah fighters recalled the "difficult" battle they fought to recapture much of the terrain from militants. The Lebanese Shiite movement has waged a five-day offensive across the scraggy landscape known as Jurud Arsal to oust what it says are ex-Al-Qaeda Syrian jihadists. On Wednesday, Hezbollah brought journalists to its positions overlooking the last pocket of enemy territory.
|
| How to Make Zucchini Boats Posted: 25 Jul 2017 09:58 AM PDT  Summer is here and the time is right to go overboard with summer squash recipes! One of my go-to summer meals is the zucchini boat, which can best be described as a sort of "flatbread" with a long slice of zucchini standing in for crust. Unlike a real boat, zucchini boats are extremely budget-friendly. This first boat resembles garlic bread, but with zucchini subbing in for the bread.
|
| Chrissy Teigen Says These Five Words Got Donald Trump to Block Her on Twitter Posted: 25 Jul 2017 07:56 AM PDT  This tweet was apparently the final straw
|
| Qatar says new terror list is "disappointing surprise" Posted: 26 Jul 2017 06:29 AM PDT  By Aziz El Yaakoubi DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar said on Wednesday a decision by four Arab states to add 18 groups and individuals allegedly linked to Doha to their "terrorist" lists was "a disappointing surprise" and that it was doing all it could to fight extremism. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain put another nine groups based in Yemen and Libya and nine people from several Arab countries on the blacklist, saying all were associated with Qatar. "(The new list) comes as a disappointing surprise that the blockading countries are still pursuing this story as part of their smear campaign against Qatar," Sheikh Saif Bin Ahmed al-Thani, director of the Gulf kingdom's Government Communications Office, said in a statement sent to Reuters.
|
| EU court rejects 'open-door' policy and upholds right of member states to deport refugees Posted: 26 Jul 2017 04:34 AM PDT  In a ruling which could have far-reaching consequences for how the European Union deals with migrants in future, the European Court of Justice on Wednesday upheld the right of member states to deport asylum-seekers to the first EU country they enter. The ruling amounted to an effective rejection of Angela Merkel's controversial "open-door" refugee policy, which saw more than one million asylum-seekers flood into Germany. The court ruled that the EU's Dublin regulations, under which refugees must seek asylum in the first member state they enter, still apply despite the unprecedented influx of 2015. In doing so, the court ignored the advice of Eleanor Sharpston, its British advocate-general, who warned that the system could leave border states "unable to cope". The court ruled on the cases of two Afghan sisters and a Syrian man who entered the EU during the 2015 crisis. The Jafari sisters, Khadija and Zainab, entered the EU through Croatia after fleeing Afghanistan with their children. At the time, Mrs Merkel had opened Germany's borders to migrants and Austria was operating a similar policy. Croatia allowed the sisters and their children to cross its territory in order to reach one of the two countries. Peter Foster talks about Merkel's migrant crisis one year on 01:52 They claimed asylum in Austria, but the Austrian government later reversed its position and returned the families to Croatia, ordering them to seek asylum there. The sisters challenged the decision, arguing they should be given asylum in Austria as they had been allowed to cross Croatia and had not entered its territory illegally. In a second case, an unnamed Syrian man challenged his deportation from Slovenia to Croatia under similar circumstances. The court rejected the challenges, ruling that the fact Croatia had allowed the migrants to cross its territory did not mean the Dublin rules had been waived. The ruling will be welcomed in central European countries like Austria and Slovenia, where there is considerable political resistance to letting in more migrants. But it will cause concern in the countries where most migrants first enter the EU, Italy and Greece, which complain the system leaves them to shoulder too much of the burden. FAQ | Dublin Regulation The court's decision was unexpected, after the judges took the unusual step of ignoring the advice of the advocate-general. In a written opinion issued last month, Ms Sharpston warned that the Dublin system "was simply not designed to cover such exceptional circumstances". "If border member states, such as Croatia, are deemed to be responsible for accepting and processing exceptionally high numbers of asylum-seekers, there is a real risk that they will simply be unable to cope with the situation," she wrote. While the ruling will be seen as a victory by many in central Europe, Hungary and Slovakia suffered a setback in a separate case over EU quotas for sharing asylum-seekers between member states. In an opinion presented to the court, Yves Bot, another advocate-general, said the court should reject a bid by the two countries to have the quota system overturned.
|
| Father of teen abused by female teacher claims school threatened boy with paddling for 'spreading rumours' Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:17 AM PDT  The family of an eighth-grade boy who was abused by his teacher say the school threatened to paddle him as punishment for "spreading rumours". Jennifer Caswell, 31, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2015 for sex crimes against the student, who is thought to be 15 years old. The teenager, who has not been identified, was allegedly told to "keep his mouth closed" by Marty Webb, the Principal of the high school he attended in Oklahoma.
|
| Hop on! Wild rabbits surf on sheep to flee New Zealand flood Posted: 26 Jul 2017 09:29 AM PDT  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It was a woolly ride, but three wild rabbits managed to escape rising floodwaters in New Zealand by clambering aboard sheep and surfing to safety on their backs.
|
| How Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Could Work For Space Travel Posted: 25 Jul 2017 08:24 AM PDT  Elon Musk recently proposed the high-speed floating train that's accelerated by magnets and coasts between destinations.
|
| The 2018 Ford Mustang Starts at $25,585 Posted: 26 Jul 2017 09:58 AM PDT  The EcoBoost is actually cheaper than the 2017 model, but the GT's price rises by $2000.
|
| Progress with Russia over air-defence system: Erdogan Posted: 25 Jul 2017 06:37 AM PDT  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced progress in talks to get Russia to supply its latest S-400 air-defence system to Ankara. "We have signed with Russia. God willing, we will see S-400s in our country," Erdogan said in a speech to his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmakers in parliament.
|
| Prosecco Grapesicles Are The Boozy Summer Snack You Need Posted: 26 Jul 2017 09:47 AM PDT  Frozen grapes have got nothin' on these.
|
| Toyota set to sell long-range, fast-charging electric cars in 2022: paper Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:27 AM PDT  Toyota Motor Corp is working on an electric car powered by a new type of battery that significantly increases driving range and reduces charging time, aiming to begin sales in 2022, the Chunichi Shimbun daily reported on Tuesday. Toyota's new electric car, to be built on an all-new platform, will use all-solid-state batteries, allowing it to be recharged in just a few minutes, the newspaper said, without citing sources. By contrast, current electric vehicles (EVs), which use lithium-ion batteries, need 20-30 minutes to recharge even with fast chargers and typically have a range of just 300-400 kilometres (185-250 miles).
|
| China denies its jets operated dangerously in US encounter Posted: 25 Jul 2017 05:48 PM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday denied its fighter jet pilots operated dangerously during an encounter with a U.S. surveillance plane in international airspace in which the American pilot took evasive action to avoid a possible collision.
|
| Golfers Offer Thirsty Coyote Some Water as It Walks Up to Them on the Green Posted: 25 Jul 2017 02:41 PM PDT  Photographer Ryan Taplin said the coyote didn't look like a threat: "He just looked like he needed help."
|
| WATCH: Crocodile Drags An Entire Cow With It While Swimming Posted: 25 Jul 2017 09:20 AM PDT  A fisherman using a drone to look for fish in Australia captured a gigantic crocodile dragging a whole cow down the river.
|
| 2006 Lancer Evo IX MR Sells For $138,000 Posted: 26 Jul 2017 09:57 AM PDT  That's $100,000 over its original MSRP.
|
| Israeli removal of holy site metal detectors not enough: Erdogan Posted: 26 Jul 2017 04:45 AM PDT  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday welcomed Israel's removal of metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site but said it was "not enough". Israel installed metal detectors at entrances to the Haram al-Sharif mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, after an attack on July 14 that killed two policemen. "Israel took the right step to remove the metal detectors to help lower tension," Erdogan said.
|
| US Navy ship fires warning shots at Iranian ship Posted: 25 Jul 2017 07:55 AM PDT  The United States Navy has reportedly fired warning shots at an Iranian vessel. The US Navy patrol boat the USS Thunderbolt, a Cyclone-class patrol ship involved in an exercise in the Persian Gulf, reportedly shot the warnings during a tense encounter with the Iranian ship. Iranian authorities didn't immediately respond to reports of the encounter, according ot the Associated Press.
|
| After spate of Chinese patrols, Taiwan says it's prepared to defend itself Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:13 PM PDT  Taiwan is prepared to defend itself against China if necessary, the self-ruled island's defense ministry said on Tuesday, in a strongly worded response to recent flybys by Chinese warplanes near the island China claims as a wayward province.
|
| Agency: Small plane broke apart in Georgia storm, killing 4 Posted: 25 Jul 2017 11:29 AM PDT ![Agency: Small plane broke apart in Georgia storm, killing 4]( "Agency: Small plane broke apart in Georgia storm, killing 4") CHATSWORTH, Ga. (AP) — Federal investigators who examined the wreckage of a small airplane crash that killed four people earlier this month in Georgia concluded that the aircraft broke apart in midair after flying into a thunderstorm.
|
