| Trump Staff Purge Continues at White House? Posted: 02 Sep 2017 11:55 PM PDT  Kristen Welker, Matthew Continetti, Susan Page and Eddie Glaude, Jr. join the Meet the Press panel to talk about palace intrigue with new Chief of Staff John Kelly.
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| 'My Hands Are Too Big,' Says President With Smaller-Than-Average Hands Posted: 02 Sep 2017 04:25 PM PDT  It has been a while since we've heard President Donald Trump talk about the size of his hands, but POTUS found a golden opportunity to bring up his hand size while visiting victims of Hurricane Harvey at a shelter in Houston, Texas, on Saturday.
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| Osteen says he feels 'at peace' after backlash over Lakewood's Harvey response Posted: 02 Sep 2017 03:57 AM PDT  Famed pastor Joel Osteen faced a wave of backlash this week when his church of pastoral residency waited until Tuesday to open its doors to victims of Hurricane Harvey, but Osteen has summed up the ordeal saying he feels "at peace."
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| Firefighters Face Largest Fire In Los Angeles History Posted: 03 Sep 2017 10:50 AM PDT  A historic brush fire ravaged almost 5,900 acres of land in California as over 1,000 firefighters continued to push back the flames, KABC, a Los Angeles-based ABC affiliate reports Sunday morning.
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| Black smoke, flames shoot up from Texas chemical plant Posted: 01 Sep 2017 07:01 PM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up Friday after two trailers of highly unstable compounds blew up at a flooded Houston-area chemical plant, the second fire there in two days.
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| Trump and first lady return to Texas after Hurricane Harvey Posted: 02 Sep 2017 01:57 PM PDT  President Trump and first lady Melania Trump returned to Texas Saturday following the devastation left by Hurricane Harvey. They met with displaced survivors and handed out meals and supplies. Trump said he's "very happy" with the storm response.
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| People are desperate for air conditioning as San Francisco deals with record heat Posted: 02 Sep 2017 08:32 AM PDT  It's really hot in San Francisco right now. Like, really, really hot. Temperatures in the Bay Area reached 106 degrees Farenheit on Friday. That's 106 degrees in foggy, chilly northern California, where late-summer temperatures are usually in the high 60s. The 106-degree day broke a record for all-time hottest temperature in San Francisco in recorded history, or at least 143 years. A second consecutive day of extreme heat forecast for Saturday across the #BayArea and Central Coast. Take action to stay cool. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/n2X491El8c — NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) September 2, 2017 NEW RECORDS SET FOR THE DAY, MONTH AND ALL TIME!#CAheatwave pic.twitter.com/vjLPUOs8P6 — NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) September 2, 2017 Astonishingly hot along immediate coast in #SanFrancisco today. The current temperature exceeds the previous all-time maximum by 3F!!! #CAwx https://t.co/jkjjY5jjmQ — Daniel Swain (@Weather_West) September 1, 2017 The city isn't exactly prepared for record-breaking heat. Most places—homes and public spaces alike—don't have air conditioning. Residents were warned of a heat advisory and are doing their best to stay cool. It's almost midnight. It's 85 degrees in our house. No one has AC in SF, so every window is open. This sucks. — Sharky Laguana (@Sharkyl) September 2, 2017 Hanging out in the only place in SF with AC... the car. #sfheatwave — Bethany (@b_sap04) September 2, 2017 Currently dying because it supposedly hit 106 degrees today in SF and there is no such thing as AC here :-) — Priscilla (@Literateaa) September 2, 2017 The weather in sf feels like a personal attack, no one has ac we're not prepared for this — AnaNicoleMurray (@AnaNicoleMurray) September 2, 2017 SF is great until it's 99 degrees and no one has AC — (@TheKombuchaKid) September 1, 2017 San Francisco friends without air conditioning don't read this.......Friends with AC hello! Long time...let's hang out — freia lobo (@freialobo) September 1, 2017 When I lived in SF people thought I was nuts to have an AC. — Noah McCormack (@noahmccormack) September 1, 2017 RIP San Francisco. We had a good run. pic.twitter.com/eURTD2dOju — Karl the Fog ☁️ (@KarlTheFog) September 1, 2017 First time I blast AC in my car at 5am in foggy San Francisco #heatwave — Charlie Blue (@charlie_thegirl) September 2, 2017 Never complain about me again https://t.co/YwWsE5f5SS — Karl the Fog ☁️ (@KarlTheFog) September 1, 2017 Stay safe out there, everyone. San Francisco, maybe it's time for backup air conditioning. WATCH: Where does the distrust in 'big food' stem from?
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| Vote ruling by chief justice surprises Kenyans, but not his colleagues Posted: 03 Sep 2017 09:43 AM PDT  By Katharine Houreld and Maggie Fick NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's Supreme Court ruling to scrap last month's presidential election was shaped by a new chief justice who proved a staunch defender of judicial independence on a continent where judges are often seen as being under the thumb of executive powers. David Maraga's declaration that the Aug. 8 election was void and demand for a new poll with 60 days shocked many in the East African nation and abroad. "We knew this case was coming and he was the man to hear it," Professor Tom Ojienda, who worked with Maraga and sits on the Judicial Service Commission that appointed him chief justice, told Reuters.
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| Inside the North Korean military: A look at the rogue nation's armed services Posted: 03 Sep 2017 08:00 AM PDT ![Inside the North Korean military: A look at the rogue nation's armed services]( "Inside the North Korean military: A look at the rogue nation's armed services") On Sept. 3 North Korea claimed its most powerful nuclear test so far. Here are some of the ways the country flexes its military muscles.
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| Philly Police Union President Calls Black Lives Matter Activists 'A Pack Of Rabid Animals' Posted: 02 Sep 2017 09:38 AM PDT  The president of a Pennsylvania police union responded to Black Lives Matter activists demanding accountability for the police killing of a black man by calling the group a "pack of rabid animals."
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| This Woman’s Flooded Store Looks Brand New After She Refused To Give Up Hope Posted: 02 Sep 2017 02:52 PM PDT  Just a few days ago, Hanh Nguyen was waist-deep in water. The water started rising at her store, Marie's Seafood in Port Arthur, Texas, on Tuesday — the day that tropical storm Harvey dumped 26 inches of rain on the city, triggering flash flooding and causing thousands to evacuate. HuffPost visited Nguyen's store on Thursday, when the water was still up to her calves.
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| Two policemen killed outside Kenya church Posted: 03 Sep 2017 08:35 AM PDT  Two Kenyan police officers were killed Sunday by gunmen on a motorbike as they were guarding a church near the Indian Ocean, in an attack police believe could be the work of Shabaab miliants. "An investigation has been launched and we are not ruling out terrorism because this attack is not a normal robbery," regional police chief Larry Kieng told journalists of the shooting in the town of Ukunda. The area in the far southeast of the country has largely escaped the attacks waged by the Islamist Shabaab group in Kenya and neighbouring Somalia.
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| NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Has Spent A Record-Breaking 665 Days In Space Posted: 03 Sep 2017 10:06 AM PDT  Peggy Whitson returned to Earth on Saturday with an out-of-this-world record under her belt.
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| AP EXCLUSIVE: Toxic waste sites flooded in Houston area Posted: 03 Sep 2017 08:15 AM PDT  HIGHLANDS, Texas (AP) — As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey's floodwaters had also washed in pollution from the old acid pit just a couple blocks away.
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| Ten-year-old boy dies in bed after mum mistook carbon monoxide poisoning for the flu Posted: 03 Sep 2017 07:50 AM PDT  A 10-year-old boy died of carbon monoxide poisoning after being sent to bed with flu-like symptoms while on holiday. Gavin Klebs was staying in a cabin with his mother and sister near Big Lake, Alaska, when he began vomiting. The next day, the three were found unresponsive in the cabin from carbon monoxide, which has no smell or taste.
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| Russia says US threatened to break into trade mission Posted: 02 Sep 2017 08:33 AM PDT  An official at the Russian consulate in San Francisco tells firemen there is no problem after smoke was seen coming from the rooftop. Russia's trade mission in Washington also had a fire. Russia's foreign ministry has summoned a senior US diplomat in Moscow to hand him a note of protest over alleged plans to conduct searches in the trade mission complex in Washington, the ministry said in a statement claiming the United States had threatened to "break down the entrance door".
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| Trump Slams China and South Korea After North Nuke Test Posted: 03 Sep 2017 06:00 AM PDT  The U.S. president said Pyongyang's latest test was an "embarrassment" to China and urged Seoul to abandon its attempts at diplomacy with Kim Jong Un.
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| Texas Mom Last Seen the Day Before Hurricane Harvey Hit Is Still Missing Posted: 02 Sep 2017 12:44 PM PDT  Police do not believe her disappearance is related to the storm
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| Teen Arrested For Killing Kaytlynn Cargill With Hammer Over Drug Deal Posted: 01 Sep 2017 11:07 PM PDT  A 16-year-old was arrested for the murder of Texas girl Kaytlynn Cargill, allegedly killing her with a hammer and dumping her body in a landfill over a drug deal.
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| This Spoken Word Poem Is A Beautiful Love Letter To 'Undocumented People' Posted: 02 Sep 2017 05:46 PM PDT  If you want to understand the struggles, fears and boundless strength of undocumented immigrants in America, watch the spoken word video above.
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| Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits southeastern Idaho: USGS Posted: 02 Sep 2017 06:33 PM PDT ![Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits southeastern Idaho: USGS]( "Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits southeastern Idaho: USGS") WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit southeastern Idaho on Saturday about 63 miles (101 km) from the city of Pocatello, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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| 10-Year-Old Girl Escapes Tormentors After Being Beaten and Dragged by Car Posted: 02 Sep 2017 01:05 PM PDT  A 10-year-old girl who was beaten repeatedly, forced to run with heavy packs and dragged behind a car escaped her tormentors as they slept to ask a neighbor for help, police in central New York said Friday
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| Booming Houston built over land meant for flood projects Posted: 01 Sep 2017 11:37 PM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — The explosive expansion of Houston subdivisions into prairies far to the west helped make the city affordable for the average 345 people who moved there each day, but it also paved over thousands of acres that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had intended for a reservoir and other flood-control projects to help against deluges like the ones from Harvey.
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| Venezuela blocking opposition trip to visit Europe leaders Posted: 02 Sep 2017 07:13 PM PDT  The wife of one of Venezuela's top jailed opposition figures said airport agents on Saturday stopped her from traveling to meet the leaders of France, Germany, Spain and Britain. Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez's wife said on Twitter that immigration officials confiscated her passport on orders from the chief prosecutor's office. Lilian Tintori was set to hold meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and British Prime Minister Theresa May to discuss the political crisis in Venezuela.
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| Read The Letter Barack Obama Left Donald Trump Upon Leaving Office Posted: 03 Sep 2017 08:30 AM PDT  Upon leaving office, former President Barack Obama left his successor President Donald Trump a letter that he left on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.
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| Burning Man festival horror as man dodges firefighters and dives into flames Posted: 03 Sep 2017 12:30 PM PDT  Around 70,000 people attend the gathering in the Black Rock Desert and one of the main highlights of the festival is the burning of a huge wooden statue. The festival said in a statement: "At approximately 10.30pm Saturday evening, a male participant at the annual Burning Man event in northern Nevada broke through a safety perimeter and ran into a fire.
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| Temple Student Found Brutally Murdered After Leaving Bar With Suspect Posted: 03 Sep 2017 07:45 AM PDT  She was reported missing Friday.
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| Parisians protest 'genocide' of rats as city battles rodent infestation Posted: 03 Sep 2017 10:11 AM PDT  Thousands of Parisians have signed a petition denouncing efforts to control a rat infestation as a rodent "genocide." The French capital is facing its worst rat crisis in decades, and rapid proliferation of the animals has forced several parks to close temporarily amid fears that children could be bitten or infected by disease. Paris authorities are spending £14 million this year on "deratisation". But some residents have spoken out in defence of the creatures. Influenced perhaps by the loveable rat Remy in Disney's acclaimed 2007 film Ratatouille, 25,000 people have signed a petition to stop the "genocide" of the rodents. Josette Benchetrit, a clinical psychologist who launched the petition at the end of last year, said: "Rat phobia is an unwarranted social phobia, like spider phobia. Give a rat a beautiful bushy tail and you've got a squirrel — an animal we love. These poor unfortunates are being mercilessly killed because they've been designated by society as scapegoats to be eradicated." 'Give a rat a beautiful bushy tail and you've got a squirrel' Credit: Urs Flueeler / EyeEm More than 2,000 comments have been posted online by defenders of the rodents. "Rats deserve the same consideration as people," one said. "Let's eliminate socialists instead, they're much more harmful for Paris," another urged. A third expressed the hope that the Paris mayor, Anne Hidalgo, will be "erat-icated" in the next elections. The Green mayor of the capital's second arrondissement, Jacques Boutault, has joined the pro-rat lobby. "The law stipulates that all animals are living, sentient beings," he said. "We should be asking ourselves why we need to wipe out rats." However, many Parisians are fed up with seeing rats on the streets and say the "deratisation" campaign appears to have had little impact, partly because of EU regulations restricting the use of poison. New rules ban the sprinkling of anticoagulant pellets to avoid contaminating pets, water supplies or people. Instead, poison must be placed in small plastic boxes, which pest control workers say is less effective
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| Cyclist Shows Off For Google's Street View Camera, Becomes Online Hero Posted: 02 Sep 2017 03:11 AM PDT  UPDATE ― Sept. 2: Google has apparently scrubbed the image of the cyclist from its Street View map, which originally showed the person dabbing for the camera on a street in Melbourne.
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| Exclusive: Colombia's ELN says it killed Russian hostage; risks peace talks with government Posted: 02 Sep 2017 03:35 PM PDT  By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta NORTHWESTERN JUNGLES, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombia's ELN guerrilla group said a Russian-Armenian citizen it held hostage for six months was killed in April while trying to escape, a startling admission that risks throwing current peace talks with the government into jeopardy. In a rare interview, a commander of the National Liberation Army, Colombia's last active guerrilla group, said that ransoms from kidnappings were necessary to keep its fighters in the field and that peace would be impossible without state funding to feed and clothe the rebels. The ELN seized Arsen Voskanyan in November. After his lengthy captivity, Voskanyan was shot when he grabbed a hand grenade in a bid to escape, according to the ELN commander, who would only give his nom-de-guerre Yerson.
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| Residents in Harvey's path return to find devastation Posted: 01 Sep 2017 08:22 PM PDT  CROSBY, Texas (AP) — Silvia Casas' eyes welled with tears Friday as she surveyed the damage from Harvey to what once was a working class, mostly Hispanic neighborhood near Crosby, Texas.
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| Air pollution throws shade on India's solar success Posted: 02 Sep 2017 09:44 PM PDT  Air pollution is diminishing India's capacity to harness power from the sun, experts say, undermining billions being invested in renewables as the energy-hungry giant emerges as a solar superpower. New research has found the smog and dust that sickens millions across India every year is also sapping solar power generation by more than 25 percent, far beyond levels previously thought. In the first study of its kind, US and Indian scientists measured how man-made particles floating in the air and deposited as grime on solar panels combined to seriously impair sunlight from converting to energy.
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| Department Of Justice Says It Has No Evidence Obama Ordered Wiretap Of Trump Tower Posted: 02 Sep 2017 12:23 PM PDT  The Department of Justice confirmed in a Friday court filing it had no evidence to support President Donald Trump's claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the presidential campaign.
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| Serial Killer's Remains Exhumed Amid Rumors He Escaped Execution Posted: 02 Sep 2017 08:03 AM PDT  Tests show that the remains in a suburban Philadelphia grave are indeed those of a 19th century serial killer, quelling rumors that he'd conned his way out of execution and escaped from prison
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| Chris Evans' Dog Shows Us All What True Love Looks Like Posted: 03 Sep 2017 02:55 PM PDT  Get yourself someone that misses you the way Chris Evans' dog misses him.
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| Maths teacher, 52, ‘confesses affair with teenage student after her daughter reports her’ Posted: 03 Sep 2017 05:16 AM PDT  A maths teacher confessed to having a year-long affair with a teenage student after her own daughter reported her to police, prosecutors say. Alberta Padilla, 52, started a sexual relationship with the 17-year-old boy while she gave him personal tuition at the Lady Bird Johnson High School in San Antonio, Texas, it is claimed. Ms Padilla allegedly had sex with the teen in a public park and bought him gifts including food, clothes and a mobile phone after they started meeting to have sex.
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| Forget Tesla, buy shares in bargain-priced Ford and General Motors instead Posted: 02 Sep 2017 11:47 PM PDT  Fear of missing out makes "disruptive" growth stocks such as Amazon and Tesla hard to ignore, but investors risk overpaying for undeliverable hopes – and simultaneously missing out on overlooked bargains elsewhere. Car manufacturers are a case in point. Investors are quick to discount the established firms because of the threat of litigation over emissions, fears about an impending "death of petrol", exposure to consumer credit risks and their perceived inability to fight back against the likes of Tesla. But shares in many of the traditional car makers are cheaply valued by the stock market – something that cannot be said of Tesla. Many of the incumbents trade at price to earnings ratios in the middle single digits and offer attractive dividend yields. Tesla, by contrast, has never made an annual profit yet has a market value of £45bn. General Motors is valued at £39bn, has a p/e ratio of 6 and a yield of 4.2pc, while Ford has a p/e of 8, a market value of £33bn and a yield of 5.5pc; for BMW the figures are 7, 4.5pc and £47bn. Listen now: It's Your Money Podcast Ford sold more than six million cars last year and made a £3.6bn profit, while Tesla shipped fewer than 100,000 and made a £520m loss. Investors are buying Tesla because of high hopes for what it can do in the future with electric cars, autonomous driving, battery storage and more. Tom Slater of Baillie Gifford, the fund manager, said he had invested in the firm because of its ability to develop a high-end luxury car brand so quickly, willingness to take risk and investment in long-term projects. But does the gulf in valuation make the old firms a bargain? Jacob de Tusch-Lec, manager of the £3.7bn Artemis Global Income fund, said: "Nobody will deny the negatives [about the incumbents], but if there is no recession around the corner you can pick these stocks up at bargain prices right now." He said it was "not yet clear" that Tesla was going to out-compete the established car giants. He added that the market was pricing in both a very quick transition to electric and autonomous vehicles and a belief that traditional car makers weren't going to fight back. "When the major car makers want to compete, they can give Tesla a run for their money, but for now they are a bit on the slow side," he said. "It's not like Tesla is going to make electric cars and car makers that have existed for 100 years will just roll over. They have built electric technology, they can team up with other firms, and they have distribution networks." Sign up to Telegraph Investor Many car makers have already begun to reinvent themselves. Nissan, Renault and Chevrolet are some of the major companies to have released fully electric cars so far, while BMW is targeting sales of 100,000 electric vehicles this year. One concern that hangs over the automotive sector is the risk posed by potentially irresponsible lending to consumers. The Bank of England has voiced concern that consumers have taken on more car debt than they can manage. But Mr de Tusch-Lec said: "There has been a lot of hype, calling the market subprime, but in the crisis 10 years ago the auto market held up OK. This is factored into valuations – car makers wouldn't be so cheap otherwise." He added that, while "there aren't many big differences" between car makers, exposure to consumer credit is one area where they do vary. "Some car makers are banks that happen to produce cars – they make money on finance and break even on vehicles," he said. History of Tesla His preference is General Motors, which has largely spun out its financing arm, "unlike some of the German firms". Half of all BMW vehicles, for instance, were leased or sold on credit by its own financial services division in 2015, according to Bloomberg. Mr de Tusch-Lec said he also liked GM's exposure to the US pickup truck market, which is unlikely to be overturned by electric and autonomous alternatives any time soon, and its presence in China, where car sales are "stronger than in the rest of the world". "The old firms are under pressure," he added. "There is no doubt cars will be self-driving and electric – but the discussion is whether that is going to happen tomorrow or not. In my mind, some part of GM is still very valuable." Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at trading platform IG, said current valuations gave investors a "good margin of safety" to compensate for the risks faced by the industry. He suggested buying exposure to both Tesla and an established car maker as "one way to play it". "It's tough to compare them, as it's a boring car company versus a story," he said. "Tesla offers the potential for major growth, but you're not just buying an electric car company. It's the 'gigafactory', the 'hyperloop' and all the other ideas too – you're taking on a lot of risk if any of those ideas fail." Follow us for more investing ideas: @TelegraphInvest For investment tips and ideas five days a week, read Questor
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| Cordless Tire Inflators Prove to Be an Easy Way to Get the Job Done Posted: 02 Sep 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Keeping your tires properly inflated is key to driving safely, but adding air can be a real chore if you don't have a compressor near where you live or work. Cordless tire inflators, or corldess ...
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| Cambodian paper shuts with 'dictatorship' parting shot Posted: 03 Sep 2017 12:03 PM PDT  By Matthew Tostevin and Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - One of Cambodia's most stridently independent newspapers, The Cambodia Daily, published its last edition on Monday with the headline "Descent Into Outright Dictatorship" as it closed amid a crackdown on critics of Prime Minister Hun Sen. The English-language paper had been given a deadline of one month to pay $6.3 million for years of back taxes, which the publication disputed and described as "astronomical". Its final front page led with the arrest on Sunday of Cambodia's main opposition leader, Kem Sokha, who was accused of treason in a significant escalation of the campaign against Hun Sen's opponents. "We have been a burr in Hun Sen's side for the entire time that we have been operating," said The Cambodia Daily's American editor-in-chief, Jodie DeJonge.
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| The Muslim hajj pilgrimage in numbers Posted: 02 Sep 2017 02:01 AM PDT  The Islamic hajj pilgrimage draws people from around the world to Saudi Arabia each year. The crowds, squeezed shoulder to shoulder in prayer five times a day, fill the city of Mecca and surrounding areas to perform a number of physically demanding and intricate rites.
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| Syrian army at edge of IS-held Deir Ezzor: monitor Posted: 03 Sep 2017 02:00 PM PDT  Syrian government soldiers and allied fighters have advanced to the edge of a government enclave besieged by the Islamic State group in the country's east, a monitoring group said Sunday. Syria's army, backed by Russian military support, has been advancing towards the city of Deir Ezzor on several fronts for weeks. Late Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government soldiers had arrived at the Brigade 137 base on the city's edge and were battling to break the IS siege of the facility.
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| Trump Wants To Put A Former Coal Executive In Charge Of Mine Safety Posted: 02 Sep 2017 07:23 PM PDT  President Donald Trump intends to entrust the lives of the nation's miners to a former coal executive whose company battled the agency he would lead.
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| Bike of the Week: R50/3 Bavarian Bobber Posted: 03 Sep 2017 10:07 AM PDT  Bike of the Week: R50/3 Bavarian Bobber German-based Titan Motorcycles delivers a less than traditional BMW build, forgoing the bells and whistles in lieu of old-school simplicity and minimalism. Photographs of some motorcycles can pretty much tell the whole
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| This Twitter Thread Satirizing How Men Talk About Women Is Too Good Posted: 02 Sep 2017 09:19 PM PDT  What if we talked about male historical figures in the same way we talk about female historical figures?
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| Woman Told She`s at Fault After Car Hit by St. Louis Police Cruiser Posted: 03 Sep 2017 01:00 PM PDT  A St. Louis woman says a police car sideswiped her legally parked car knocking off her mirror, then drove away.
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| Man Wrapped 7-Year-Old Girl in a Blanket and Threw Her Over a Bridge Posted: 02 Sep 2017 10:55 AM PDT  The girl survived by swimming to shore and knocking on someone's door
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