| Trump reacts to Barcelona terror by touting (debunked) anti-Muslim war crime tale Posted: 17 Aug 2017 12:32 PM PDT  President Trump responded to the news of a terrorist attack in Spain by peddling a debunked legend about a general's harsh tactics more than a century ago.
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| Natalee Holloway's Dad Leads Investigators In New Special as Authorities Dispute Discovery of Remains Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:12 PM PDT  Dave Holloway said he originally did not want her to go on the trip.
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| Did outing Charlottesville's white supremacists just make them more committed? Posted: 17 Aug 2017 03:28 PM PDT  The "Unite the Right" rally on Saturday morning in Charlottesville, Virginia, was the first time 27-year-old Nigel Krofta attended a white nationalist event. He's been active in the movement online, but last weekend he stepped out from behind his keyboard and stood clutching a billy club alongside the neo-Nazis, white nationalists, Klansmen, and other so-called alt-right marchers. That day, Krofta met James Alex Fields Jr., who allegedly drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters just a few hours later, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring 19 others. After the bloodshed, a photo of the two men, published by the New York Times, found its way to Twitter, where Krofta was identified by name—along with his hometown and the contact information for his employer. He was labeled an "area Nazi" by a journalist in Charleston, South Carolina, not far from Krofta's home in Ridgeville. SEE ALSO: How you can take action against white supremacy after Charlottesville On Monday, Krofta said he started to receive threats. He was also promptly fired from his job as a welder. "My employer was being called with threats on their business and persons and they responded by discharging me," the now-former metalworker told Mashable. "My actions and beliefs are mine and I do not want anyone to be hurt or harmed for being associated with me." I talked to the Ridgeville man, also a white supremacist, shown next to accused murderer James Fields at rally. https://t.co/YKv5zUWscY — Michael Majchrowicz (@mjmajchrowicz) August 14, 2017 For online activists seeking to identify the marchers at Saturday's rally, this seems like mission accomplished: A participant faced real-world consequences, outside the confines of the white nationalist movement, where having Nazi sympathies makes you a pariah. But, while activists hope the threat of shame (and unemployment) will deter racists from joining future marches, their actions could have unintended consequences: pushing neo-Nazis out of the shadows could just force them to double down.Krofta is one of multiple marchers outed by online activists: In California, Cole White reportedly resigned from his job at a hotdog restaurant after his bosses caught wind of his involvement in Charlottesville over the weekend. In Nevada, 20-year-old University of Nevada at Reno student Peter Cvjetanovic got so much publicity he went on a local news program to explain that he is "not the angry racist they see in that photo." The photo to which he's referring shows Cvjetanovic—and his Hitler-esque hairstyle—carrying a torch and screeching alongside other white nationalists the night before Saturday's deadly rally. In Fargo, North Dakota, the shame of seeing his son marching with known bigots prompted a father to pen a lengthy op-ed for a local newspaper essentially disowning his racist son. "I, along with all of his siblings and his entire family, wish to loudly repudiate my son's vile, hateful and racist rhetoric and actions," he wrote. UPDATE: Cole White, the first person I exposed, no longer has a job ♂️ #GoodNightColeWhite #ExposeTheAltRight #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/sqxSXboKw6 — Yes, You're Racist (@YesYoureRacist) August 13, 2017 The outing of racists has been met with fanfare. The Twitter page @YesYoureARacist, dedicated to shining a light on bigoted behavior, had 60,000 followers on Saturday morning—now, it has 400,000. Identifying racists has been the goal of civil rights organizations for years, with the idea that it will create problems for them in their personal and professional lives. As Southern Poverty Law Center researcher Ryan Lenz says in the documentary Welcome to Leith about the attempted neo-Nazi takeover of a small North Dakota town, "If you wanna be a Nazi, you can be a Nazi. But I'm gonna make sure the world knows you're a Nazi."Logan Smith, who founded the YesYoureARacist feed, put it similarly: "Ever since the days of the KKK burning crosses in people's yards, they depend on people remaining silent," Smith told NPR. "And no matter the risk, I'm not going away." White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" march toward Emancipation Park in CharlottesvilleImage: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesYet, there's a problem. In a world where the President of the United States says there were "very fine people" on "both sides" of Saturday's rally, people might not care whether people know they're aligned with white supremacists, according to several demonstrators at the rally who railed against Jews, "faggots," and other groups. In fact, according to some, being exposed is only emboldening a movement they feel has essentially been endorsed by the president of the United States. "All we're doing is massively, massively growing," David Duke, the infamous former Ku Klux Klan leader who was at the rally in Charlottesville, told Mashable. Donald Trump mentioned Duke by name during a press conference on Tuesday where he defended the "good people" on the right who demonstrated in Charlottesville. Duke made headlines during last year's presidential election when he endorsed Trump. It took the president nearly a week to disavow the endorsement of a notorious white supremacist—who is perhaps the most well-known white supremacist of the last 30 years and whom Trump initially claimed to know nothing about. "I've gotten 15 million Twitter impressions [since the rally in Charlottesville] and 90 percent have been positive," Duke continued, adding that, "the Antifa [anti-fascist activists] might think they're making some gains on us [by outing white nationalists] but they're not...people see through it now. They see what's going on. They have the Internet. They saw what happened [in Charlottesville]. We weren't there for violence. We were there to make our point."For white nationalists, Duke's mission was accomplished. Those I spoke with expressed few regrets about what happened in Charlottesville, though many claimed to not support violence. (This claim is belied by the events, which left one woman dead and dozens wounded. The governor of Virginia described the white nationalists as more heavily armed than the police.) Outing a guy like Duke, or Richard Spencer—the de-facto leader of the "alt-right" movement—is pointless; their names are synonymous with white supremacy and a simple Google search will reveal who they are. But for people like Nigel Krofta, who stepped into the world of white nationalism and ended up unemployed and publicly dubbed a Nazi, the consequences could be more severe.Krofta, at least, doesn't care. In fact, he says, it's only strengthened his resolve. Asked if he considered the potential consequences of demonstrating with a group of white nationalists before Saturday, Krofta said, "Of course I did. However, it was a risk I was willing to take and I have no regrets."Krofta said his experience in Charlottesville—and the fallout from his activities—has only encouraged him to do more. He said he plans on joining a formal white nationalist group and to continue attending rallies. For the next one, he said, he and his "alt-right" cronies will be "better prepared.""I feel vindicated," he said. "[Getting exposed] strengthened my resolve." He added, "I have my own plans...I hope I do inspire more to be more active." White nationalist demonstrators surrounded by counter demonstrators in Charlottesville.Image: AP/REX/ShutterstockThe gloating and positive spin on what happened in Charlottesville is not unexpected, says Oren Segal, director of the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism, who tracks white nationalist groups like the "alt-right" and the National Socialist Movement, the country's primary neo-Nazi organization."Duke, Spencer and others will surely try to leverage this moment to double-down on their fantasies of creating a white civil rights movement," Segal said. He added, "Generally, the people who show up to rallies have already taken the leap [into unabashed white nationalism]...there are some unintended consequences to [publicly name them] that can backfire. White supremacists generally don't miss an opportunity to portray themselves as the victims."That's exactly what happened. People like Duke and Spencer have spent the last few days playing the victim on social media and beyond. President Trump appears to be paying attention to the plight of the poor white nationalists, as evidenced by that insane press conference on Tuesday, in which Trump repeatedly emphasized that both sides had done wrong.Krofta also doesn't have much faith in the identification tactics of the "alt-right's" opposition in terms of keeping people from upcoming rallies. While he concedes that people may be "afraid to show [once they] realize that all it takes is one photo to ruin their life," he's quick to add that he doesn't fall into that camp. "My life has not been ruined," he said.Efforts to identify participants could still deter some. On Aug. 19, a group of "free speech activists" with tentacles in the "alt-right" sphere are planning a rally in Boston. After the chaos in Virginia, speakers began to pull out of the event in fear of being publicly linked to the "alt-right." The group has publicly disavowed the rally in Charlottesville and insists that their organization is in no way affiliated with people like Duke or Spencer. But the rally is still a target for Antifa activists, who believe it's an extension of what happened in Charlottesville. "Yes, there is concern of doxxing and spreading of false information about people to cost them their careers," an unidentified administrator of the group's Facebook page said. "In fact, one of our members lost his job due to this defamation already." The rally in Boston is scheduled to go forth as of this writing, despite rumors that it had been canceled.For Krofta, his new-found infamy has only pushed him further into the world of white nationalism. As for his new buddy, alleged killer James Fields Jr., Krofta said he doesn't think his actions were premeditated. But he declined to condemn the alleged murder. Rather, Krofta excused it."I think people have to understand that the protesters had every street blocked and we were surrounded," he said. "They also had the parking garage blocked and surrounded. [He] was most likely looking for a way out of there."He added, "[Fields] did not have any plans to [slam his car through a crowd of people] to my knowledge...that is a very expensive car." If you're looking for direct ways to take action after the Charlottesville violence, we've identified five things you can do right now .
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| Furor erupts over killing of teenager as Philippines drugs war escalates Posted: 18 Aug 2017 05:09 AM PDT  By Erik De Castro and Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines police came under pressure on Friday to explain the killing of a high-school student after the 17-year-old became one of at least 80 people shot dead this week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs. Television channels aired CCTV footage that showed Kian Loyd Delos Santos being carried by two men to the place where his body was later found, raising doubt about an official report that said he was shot because he fired at police officers first. Witnesses told the ABS-CBN channel that the teenager did not have a firearm and police officers at the scene handed him a gun, asked him to fire the weapon and run.
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| 10-year-old India rape victim gives birth to baby girl Posted: 17 Aug 2017 03:36 AM PDT  A 10-year-old rape victim whose plea for an abortion was rejected by India's Supreme Court has given birth to a baby girl, a doctor said Thursday. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was raped several times allegedly by an uncle who has since been arrested. Both the girl and her baby are doing fine," doctor Dasari Harish told AFP by phone from the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.
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| 10 Surprising States That Have Confederate Statues Posted: 17 Aug 2017 12:02 PM PDT  Even some of the most liberal states have Confederate memorabilia.
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| Neo-Nazis love media attention. But ignoring them isn't an option | Bob Garfield Posted: 18 Aug 2017 09:08 AM PDT  There is a genuine conflict of two public interests: the collateral damage of publicity versus the right to know. First there was the violence Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, where crowds of neo-Nazis, Klansmen, white nationalists and assorted alt-right mouthbreathers were televised chanting racist and antisemitic slogans and roughing up counter-protesters, culminating in the death of one woman. Yep, some of the finest neo-Nazis this great country has to offer.
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| Trump Resurrects Anti-Muslim Myth in Wake of Barcelona Attack Posted: 17 Aug 2017 08:36 AM PDT  In a tweet after Thursday's terror attack in Barcelona, Trump suggested studying a debunked myth about U.S. General John Pershing executing dozens of Muslim prisoners in the Philippines.
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| Hero police officer shot dead four terrorists in Cambrils and saved injured partner's life Posted: 18 Aug 2017 04:56 AM PDT  An outnumbered police officer shot dead four of the five terrorists who attacked the seaside city of Cambrils last night, saving his injured partner's life, according to a dramatic account of the shootout. The officers were carrying out a routine check at a roundabout near the seafront of Cambrils when the terrorists launched their attack, which, it was confirmed today, killed one woman. Their white Audi A3, coming from the direction of the city, ploughed through four pedestrians before smashing into the police car and overturning. The crash left one officer with a broken tibia and an injured head. According to a report in the La Vanguardia newspaper, the five men got out of the overturned vehicle, armed with knives and axes, and wearing false explosives. The overturned car used in the attack in Cambrils Credit: LLUIS GENE/AFP The hero police office shot down four of the terrorists and the fifth fled in the direction of a nearby park, stabbing a pedestrian in the face with a knife. He was gunned down by a separate police officer. The chief of Mossa, the Catalan police force, confirmed that one officer had killed the four terrrorists. Josep Luis Trapero told reporters at a press conference: "To kill four people, even if you are a professional, is not easy to digest." Video footage has emerged of one of the terrorists taunting police before being shot down. A British tourist told how families and residents were ordered to take cover as bullets tore through the air in a scene he described as being like "watching a horror film". Terror in Spain: Dozens killed and injured in Barcelona and Cambrils A total of five civilians were injured in the attack with a sixth dying from her injuries in hospital. Cambrils is tourist city 74 miles south of Barcelona, where a van had earlier sped into a street packed full of tourists, killing 13 people and injuring around 100 others. Police said the suspects in Cambrils carried bomb belts, which were detonated by a police bomb squad. Earlier in Barcelona a van had sped into a street packed full of tourists, killing 13 people and injuring around 100 others. One tourist told how families and residents were ordered to take cover as bullets tore through the air in a scene he described as being like "watching a horror film". A terrorist heads towards police armed with a knife Credit: Sky News A total of five civilians were injured in the attack with a sixth dying from her injuries in hospital. Cambril is tourist city 74 miles south of Barcelona, where a van had earlier sped into a street packed full of tourists, killing 13 people and injuring around 100 others. Police said the suspects in Cambrils carried bomb belts, which were detonated by a police bomb squad. Earlier in Barcelona a van had sped into a street packed full of tourists, killing 13 people and injuring around 100 others. Barcelona attack key articles
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| The U.S. Capitol Is Basically A Confederate Statue Bazaar Posted: 17 Aug 2017 10:01 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― As cities around the nation pull down their monuments to the Confederacy, the legacy lives on in the heart of national politics: the U.S. Capitol.
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| CCTV shows woman fighting off sexual predator as people walk past in street Posted: 17 Aug 2017 08:15 AM PDT  Police have released CCTV footage showing a woman's struggle to fight off a sexual predator who was pulling her clothes off on the street as people walked past just metres away. Los Angeles Police Department released the video clip and a sketch of the suspect, who is believed to be Hispanic and aged between 40 and 50, after the incident near Van Nuys Boulevard. The victim "fought like a tiger" and screamed "fire" repeatedly until the man ran away, Captain Lilian Carranza said in a news conference.
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| The Oldest Ice Core Ever Discovered Reveals CO2 Levels Of Millions Of Years Ago Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:45 PM PDT  Oldest ice core ever reveals CO2 levels were far lower 2.7 million years ago than they are today.
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| Why people are sharing cat photos in response to the Barcelona attack Posted: 18 Aug 2017 12:44 AM PDT  Cat photos have been posted online in 'solidarity' with Barcelona following the attack in which 13 people were killed and more than 100 injured. Twitter users are sharing the feline images instead of using graphic photos taken in the aftermath of the Las Ramblas rampage and a second attack in the coastal resort of Cambrils. The cute images began spreading online after Spanish police warned social media users not to share photos of victims, while others are sharing them to confuse suspects about ongoing police operations. ��Por respeto a las víctimas y a sus familias, por favor, NO compartas imágenes de heridos en atropello de #Ramblas de Barcelona— Policía Nacional (@policia) August 17, 2017 "Out of respect for the victims and their families, please, do not share pictures of injured in collision with # Ramblas of Barcelona," the Policia Nacional posted. In response, Twitter users began 'hashtag flooding', with one user explaining: "If the terrorists are following the hashtag to gather police info, they only see cats." Mucha fuerza #Barcelonapic.twitter.com/9kdIsqOHKL— Diana Bird (@diana_bird) August 17, 2017 One tweeted: "We will post cute cat photos so that the murderers do not exploit the blood spilled and the pain caused." Another responded: "Help the police. Tweet a cat #Barcelona." Authorities asked sharing images be stopped. Cat photos being used to saturate hashtag #Barcelona & bury insensitive and traumatic images pic.twitter.com/y92ISBokfH— Sarah Crisp (@sairydust) August 17, 2017 Full twitter #Cambrils#Barcelona#StopTerrorism with kitten pics, no victims or policeman. Let athorities act! pic.twitter.com/ijuV1RolNl— �� (@Megatronik_) August 17, 2017 Sarah Crisp wrote: "It looks insensitive but a similar response happened in Brussels, to help hide photos/videos of police activity while it was all happening." "Authorities asked sharing images be stopped. Cat photos being used to saturate hashtag #Barcelona & bury insensitive and traumatic images," wrote another. "Fill the kitten network and do not share #Barcelona images. No information to terrorists," tweeted @Emma_MJJ. #Barcelona my thoughts are with all the people affected by this cowardly attack. Here's my cat. pic.twitter.com/FIBgei10DX— Marlous Smits (@MarlousSmits) August 17, 2017 Barcelona attack key articles There was a similar response to a terrorist threat in Brussels in 2015. When police asked residents not to reveal details of security operation on social media - Belgians responded with pictures of cats. Terror returned to the streets of Europe after in Barcelona when a van deliberately ploughed into crowds of people on the popular tourist street of Las Ramblas - here's everything we know so far. Five terrorists wearing fake suicide belts were later shot dead by police after ramming civilians with a car in a Spanish seaside town in a second attack to hit the country. Why the internet is putting rubber ducks on heads of Isil fighters How the Barcelona terror attack unfolded 01:50
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| The Women Behind the 'Alt-Right' Posted: 18 Aug 2017 03:00 AM PDT ![The Women Behind the 'Alt-Right']( "The Women Behind the 'Alt-Right'") Last Friday night, the white nationalists who marched on Charlottesville's Emancipation Park all looked strikingly similar. They were almost exclusively white, of course. But they were also relatively young. And with a handful of exceptions, they were men.
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| Endangered 2-Headed Turtle Spotted on Beach Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:27 PM PDT  The team of biologists spotted another two-headed loggerhead turtle hatching last year.
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| Did you visit this anti-Trump site? The US government wants your IP address | Trevor Timm Posted: 17 Aug 2017 03:00 AM PDT  The Department of Justice wants 1.3 million IP addresses of people who visited distruptj20.org. In an unprecedented and dangerous move, Donald Trump's justice department is threatening to violate the first and fourth amendment rights of over a million people by issuing an overboard surveillance request aimed at identifying alleged anti-Trump protesters. The justice department is demanding that web hosting provider DreamHost hand over, among many other things, 1.3m IP addresses – essentially everyone who has ever visited an anti-Trump protest site called disruptj20.org that was organizing protests surrounding Trump inauguration in January.
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| 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Juror Transcript Full Of Brutal Insults Posted: 17 Aug 2017 02:52 PM PDT  It wasn't easy finding jurors who didn't automatically hate "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli's guts.
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| Five suspected terrorists shot dead by police in Cambrils, Spain Posted: 18 Aug 2017 10:52 AM PDT ![Five suspected terrorists shot dead by police in Cambrils, Spain]( "Five suspected terrorists shot dead by police in Cambrils, Spain") Spanish police shot dead five would-be attackers after confronting them early on Friday in Cambrils, south of Barcelona where hours earlier a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds, killing 13 people.
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| Erdogan tells Turks in Germany to vote against Merkel Posted: 18 Aug 2017 10:55 AM PDT  By Bulent Usta ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats were enemies of Turkey and called on Turks in Germany to vote against major parties in next month's elections. The comments, some of Erdogan's harshest yet against Merkel, drew a furious response from Merkel, her government and some Turkish organisations in Germany, illustrating the widening divide between the NATO allies and major trade partners. "I am calling on all my countrymen in Germany: the Christian Democrats, SDP, the Green Party are all enemies of Turkey.
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| How Will Animals React to the Solar Eclipse? Depends on How Smart They Are Posted: 17 Aug 2017 06:00 AM PDT  Here's what scientists have found about how animals respond to an eclipse
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| Former neo-Nazi: Trump’s message parrots my old propaganda Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:00 AM PDT  A reformed neo-Nazi says President Trump is partly to blame for legitimizing the white nationalism that exploded in Virginia last weekend.
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| Chinese traders furious after crackdown on N. Korean imports Posted: 18 Aug 2017 05:06 AM PDT ![Chinese traders furious after crackdown on N. Korean imports]( "Chinese traders furious after crackdown on N. Korean imports") BEIJING (AP) — Furious Chinese businesspeople said Friday that Beijing's decision to enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korean seafood imports would hobble the economy of an entire northeastern city, sparking a rare public protest earlier this week after the surprise move suddenly choked off border trade.
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| Second vehicle attack: five terror suspects 'wearing suicide vests' shot dead in Cambrils Posted: 17 Aug 2017 09:36 PM PDT  Residents of the Spanish seaside resort of Cambrils fled in terror in the early hours of Friday after five terrorists wearing suicide vests launched the second ramming attack in the country in a matter of hours. At least six people were hurt when the attackers drove into pedestrians before being shot dead by security forces, just hours after a similar attack in nearby Barcelona. The Audi A3 car rammed into people on the seaside promenade of the tourist city 74 miles south of Barcelona, where a van had earlier sped into a street packed full of tourists, killing 13 people and injuring around 100 others. Police said the suspects in Cambrils carried bomb belts, which were detonated by a police bomb squad. Barcelona terror attack, in pictures Media reports said a car crashed into a police vehicle and nearby civilians and police shot the attackers, one brandishing a knife. Police did not immediately say how the attack was being carried out. A police officer and five civilians were injured and two were in serious condition. Police were working on the theory that the Cambrils and Barcelona attacks were connected, as well as a Wednesday night explosion in the town of Alcanar in which one person was killed.. "The alleged terrorists were in an Audi A3 and apparently knocked down several people before coming across a police patrol and a shoot-out ensued," said a spokesman for the regional government of Catalonia, where Cambrils is located in Spain's northeast. Spanish Policemen inspect a street in Cambrils Credit: EPA Markel Artabe, a 20-year-old restaurant worker, said he was on the seaside promenade when he heard what he initially thought were fireworks, but soon realised were gunshots. He said he saw someone lying on the ground "with a gunshot in the head". The victim's friends were crying out "help", he added. Joan Marc Serra Salinas, a 21-year-old waiter, said he heard many gunshots. "And shouting. And more shouting. I jumped onto the beach and didn't move," he said. Police said they were "working on the hypothesis that the terrorists shot dead in Cambrils could be linked to what happened in Barcelona". How the Barcelona terror attack unfolded 01:10 The attack in Cambrils happened as security forces hunted for the driver of the van used in the Barcelona rampage, who was seen escaping on foot. Police announced the arrest of two suspects over the Barcelona attack, identified as a Spaniard and a Moroccan, but said the driver was still on the run. "We're united in grief," Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a televised address after rushing to Barcelona. "Above all we're united in the firm intention to defeat those who want to take our values and way of life from us."
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| Venezuela's constituent assembly assumes power to legislate Posted: 18 Aug 2017 03:19 PM PDT  By Brian Ellsworth and Corina Pons CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's new legislative superbody on Friday gave itself the power to pass laws, superseding the opposition-led congress and fueling criticism by government adversaries that socialist President Nicolas Maduro is consolidating a dictatorship. The Socialist-dominated Supreme Court has stripped power from the congress and shot down nearly every law it has approved since it was taken over by the opposition in 2016. Delcy Rodriguez, a Maduro ally and president of the constituent assembly, insisted the move did not imply a dissolution of the congress.
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| Mexico City fishermen fight to save Aztec floating gardens Posted: 18 Aug 2017 08:43 AM PDT  Roberto Altamirano has the lake to himself as he casts his glistening net onto the still water in a perfect circle, lets it sink, then slowly pulls it in. It comes back bearing a large haul of tilapia and carp -- and that is exactly the problem. Altamirano is one of just 20 or so fishermen who remain in the floating gardens of Xochimilco, an idyllic network of lakes, canals and artificial islands improbably tucked into the urban sprawl of Mexico City.
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| Eclipse 2017: Man who permanently damaged his eyes during a solar event warns people not to stare at sun Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:25 AM PDT  A man who permanently damaged his eyesight by looking at a partial solar eclipse 55 years ago has warned people not to look directly at the sun during the total eclipse on Monday. Lou Tomosoki, 70, still has a blind spot in the centre of the vision of his right eye as a result of looking at the sun for just a few seconds as the moon crossed its surface in the early 1960s. In 1962, he and a friend were walking home from high school in Bend, Oregon, when the partial eclipse began.
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| A Leading Elephant Conservationist Has Been Murdered in Tanzania Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:18 AM PDT  Wayne Lotter had received numerous death threats in connection with his work
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| President Trump's ardent backers support him more than ever Posted: 17 Aug 2017 11:48 AM PDT  SUN CITY, Arizona (AP) — President Donald Trump's most ardent champions are sticking by him, happy to absolve him of any wrong in the blame game over the deadly weekend violence at a rally of white supremacists.
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| CIA 'warned Spanish police of possible Barcelona attack' Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:32 AM PDT  Catalan police were warned two months ago about a possible terrorist attack on Las Ramblas, Spanish media have reported. The CIA told Los Mossos, the Catalonian regional police force, that Barcelona was a top target for jihadist terrorists as recently as June this year, El Peridoco, a local paper, reported on Friday. "Two months ago the Central Intelligence Agency passed a notice to the Catalan autonomous police," the paper said. "It even warned of the risk to Las Ramblas," the pedestrian thoroughfare hit by an attack on Thursday. The Telegraph could not immediately verify the report. Police stepped up security at Sagrada Familia last year Credit: Jason Hawkes The reported warning followed a series of high-profile vehicle attacks in London, Stockholm, Berlin, and Nice and came amid a mounting concern amongst Spanish and foreign intelligence agencies that the Catalan capital could be next on the jihadist hit list. The last successful Islamist terrorist attack in Spain was in March 11 2004, when a suspected al Qaeda terror cell exploded bombs on several Madrid commuter trains in a series of coordinated attacks, killing 192 and injuring more than 2,000. Spanish and foreign intelligence agencies have long seen Catalonia as a high-risk area. Terror in Spain: Dozens killed and injured in Barcelona and Cambrils In 2007 the US Embassy in Madrid proposed setting up an intelligence hub in Barcelona to counter a "major Mediterranean centre of radical Islamist activity." Eduardo Aguirre, the-then US ambassador in Madrid, said in a cable published by Wikileaks in 2010 that heavy immigration from North Africa and Asia had made the region "a magnet for terrorist recruiters" but that Spanish authorities had little capability to penetrate potential terror cells there. In October last year Catalan police stepped up security at the Sagrada Familia, the iconic unfinished cathedral designed by Antoni Gaudi, after an Isil-linked publication included it in an image of four key terror targets around the world. A policeman stands by a car involved in a terrorist attack in Cambrils, a city 120 kilometres south of Barcelona Credit: LLUIS GENE/AFP The others the Colosseum in Rome, the Statue of Liberty in New York, and Big Ben in Westminster, where five people were killed and 49 injured in a vehicle attack in March. According to the Spanish interior ministry, more than 180 "jihadist terrorists" have been arrested since June 2015, when Spain raised the terror alert level to four out of a maximum of five. Spanish police and intelligence services assigned an extra 3,000 officers to investigate potential threats across the country. British dual national child missing after Spain terror attacks, says May 01:46 More than 150 combatants from Spain have travelled to Syria to fight with Isil and the whereabouts of many of those remains unknown. Police believe the high concentration of Western tourists who flock to Spain and the fact it was once under Muslim rule also make it an attractive target for jihadist terror. Barcelona attack key articles
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| China military criticizes 'wrong' U.S. moves on Taiwan, South China Sea Posted: 17 Aug 2017 12:22 PM PDT  The "wrong" actions of the United States on Taiwan, its South China Sea patrols and deployment of an advanced anti-missile system in South Korea have had a large, negative influence on military trust, a senior Chinese officer said on Thursday. Fan Changlong, a vice chairman of China's powerful Central Military Commission, told Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, that mutual trust mechanisms between the two militaries had continued to improve, China's defense ministry said.
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| White Supremacists Are Using Genetic Ancestry Tests For A Creepy Purpose Posted: 17 Aug 2017 05:56 PM PDT  It's a marketing trope often repeated in viral, feel-good commercials for genetic ancestry tests: If we only knew just how related we all were, even distantly, then prejudice and racism would cease to exist.
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| Remains Found In April Have Been Identified As Those Of Teen Missing Since 2007 Posted: 17 Aug 2017 05:33 AM PDT  Kara Kopetsky hadn't been seen since leaving her Missouri high school in May 2007.
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| Once homeless, Iraq War veteran moves into unique new home Posted: 18 Aug 2017 11:02 AM PDT  MIDWAY CITY, Calif. (AP) — Vernon Poling was 44 years old when he finally got a home of his own.
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| Donald Trump: How to remove a US President from office Posted: 18 Aug 2017 05:52 AM PDT  Donald Trump has already tangled with more than half the Republicans on a Senate committee that would play a key role if he were impeached. In series of tweets, Mr Trump called Senator Lindsey Graham "publicity seeking" and said he "just can't forget his election trouncing" in the 2016 presidential race. Both men are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which would be central to any proceeding to remove Mr Trump from office.
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