| The Sponsors Of Obamacare Repeal Are Trying To Fool America -- And Fellow Republicans Posted: 19 Sep 2017 04:01 PM PDT  The co-sponsors of new Senate legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act are misleading America about the effects of their proposal.
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| When The Media Treat White Suspects And Killers Better Than Black Victims Posted: 19 Sep 2017 11:24 AM PDT  Editor's note: We're republishing this story, which first ran in August 2014, in light of a New York Post headline earlier this week that described a white murder suspect as a "clean-cut American kid."
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| Grandfather hands stranger's toddler $20 bill in Target for most tragic reason Posted: 19 Sep 2017 12:30 PM PDT  A mother shopping with her young son in Target was caught off guard when an elderly man gave the toddler a $20 bill -- but when he explained himself, she was reduced to tears.
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| 'What a class act!' Chaffetz says he'll pass on reading Clinton's book Posted: 19 Sep 2017 09:36 AM PDT  The former congressman who, as head of a House committee, grilled Hillary Clinton relentlessly says he knows he's in her new book but feels no need to read it.
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| Millions Threatened by Hurricane Maria Posted: 19 Sep 2017 11:15 AM PDT  Bill Karins, NBC News meteorologist, talks with Rachel Maddow about the intense strength of Hurricane Maria and the threat it poses to millions of people in Puerto Rico and its neighboring islands.
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| Catalan nationalists protest in Barcelona Posted: 20 Sep 2017 12:28 PM PDT ![Catalan nationalists protest in Barcelona]( "Catalan nationalists protest in Barcelona") Thousands of people supporting a contested referendum to split Catalonia from Spain took to Barcelona's streets amid an intensifying government crackdown on the independence vote.
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| Rosie O’Donnell Accuses Pregnant Daughter Chelsea of Trying to Profit off Ex Michelle Rounds’ Death Posted: 20 Sep 2017 08:16 AM PDT  Hours after Rosie O'Donnell's daughter Chelsea Alliegro revealed she was pregnant and did not want a relationship with her mother, the former The View host took to Twitter to question her estranged child's motivation
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| Earthquake Creates A Havoc In Mexico City, Turns River Into A Stormy Sea Posted: 20 Sep 2017 03:03 AM PDT  The power of the earthquake was so intense that it turned a placid river into a seething churn.
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| The U.S. Is Giving $32 Million To Assist Rohingya Refugees Posted: 20 Sep 2017 06:20 AM PDT  The United States will dispense about $32 million in humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya ethnic minority facing persecution in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the State Department said Wednesday.
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| GE to sell corporate jets in cost-cutting move Posted: 20 Sep 2017 02:51 PM PDT  General Electric plans to sell its corporate jets in a cost-cutting move amid sluggish activity in key industrial divisions, a spokesperson said Wednesday. "As we have said, we are executing on a plan to take out $2 billion in cost by the end of 2018," the GE spokesperson told AFP. The company plans to sell the fleet, the spokesperson said.
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| Man Holding Stick Shot Dead By Oklahoma City Cop Posted: 20 Sep 2017 04:15 AM PDT  An Oklahoma City police officer shot and killed a man holding a stick on Tuesday, according to authorities.
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| New fight in California water wars: How to update old system Posted: 20 Sep 2017 02:29 PM PDT  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — In California's long-raging water wars, pitting north against south and farmer against city dweller, the one thing everybody agreed on Wednesday was that the outdated method of shipping water throughout the most populous state needs a serious upgrade.
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| Should You Participate in a Class Action Against Equifax? Posted: 19 Sep 2017 05:00 PM PDT  If your personal information is among the 143 million credit files compromised in the Equifax cyberattack, you might be wondering if you have any recourse against the company. As it turns out, yo...
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| Iranian president attacks Trump's threat to scrap Iran deal and calls him a 'rogue newcomer' Posted: 20 Sep 2017 09:55 AM PDT  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has labelled Donald Trump a "rogue newcomer" in international politics, attacking the US leader's "ignorant and absurd" rhetoric for suggesting the nuclear deal with Tehran could be ripped up. During his address to the United Nations General Assembly, Mr Rouhani said that if the US decides to scrap the deal negotiated by the Obama administration, the nation would only demolish its own credibility. "It will be a great pity if this agreement were to be destroyed by rogue newcomers to the world of politics," Mr Rouhani said.
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| U.S. cracks down on debt collection of private student loans Posted: 19 Sep 2017 07:32 AM PDT ![U.S. cracks down on debt collection of private student loans]( "U.S. cracks down on debt collection of private student loans") (This September 18 story corrects amount to $21.6 million from $26.1 million in first, 10th paragraphs) By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. consumer financial watchdog on Monday ordered National College Student Loan Trusts and its debt collector, Transworld Systems Inc, to pay at least $21.6 million for attempting to collect on possibly non-existent or out-of-date loans. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleged that the companies sued borrowers without being able to prove the debt was owed or pursued collection on loans that were too old to sue over, and relied on false and misleading legal documents. The CFPB said the trusts had filed at least 486 lawsuits on debt where the statute of limitations for collections had expired.
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| DiCaprio Rips Trump's Climate Record, Says Hurricanes Should Be A Wake-Up Call Posted: 19 Sep 2017 07:54 PM PDT  Actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio said Tuesday that the recent string of devastating hurricanes — Harvey, Irma and now Maria — shines a light on the climate crisis and should come as a wake-up call for President Donald Trump and the world.
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| Explorers Found a Sunken World War I Submarine With 23 Bodies Inside Posted: 19 Sep 2017 08:39 AM PDT  The century-old vessel was almost completely intact
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| Neighbor Opens Fire As Father In Clown Mask Chases Child Posted: 19 Sep 2017 08:01 AM PDT  Two Ohio men face charges after a father donned a clown mask and chased his 6-year-old daughter through the streets, prompting a concerned neighbor to start shooting.
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| Ryan Phillippe accused of brutally beating ex-girlfriend while 'drunk and high' Posted: 19 Sep 2017 12:03 PM PDT  Ryan Phillippe is facing serious domestic abuse and drug allegations from his ex-girlfriend, who is going after the actor in a bombshell new lawsuit.
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| The Oatmeal Cookie Recipes That Are Better Than Your Grandma's Posted: 19 Sep 2017 03:01 AM PDT  Oatmeal cookies are the most underrated cookie in the country.
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| Anger in Barcelona after Spanish police arrest Catalan minister and 12 officials in raids over referendum Posted: 20 Sep 2017 04:16 AM PDT  Thousands of angry demonstrators burst onto the streets of Barcelona on Wednesday after Spanish police arrested 14 people in sweeping raids on Catalan government departments in a bid to halt the region's controversial referendum on independence. Tensions flared between supporters of the referendum set for October 1 and police ordered to prevent the vote that has been suspended by Spain's highest court. At raided offices across the city, protesters shouted "Fascists!" and "Out, forces of occupation!" as members of the Civil Guard military police moved in in riot gear. Several high ranking government officials were detained, among them Josep Lluís Salvadó, the treasury secretary, and Josep Maria Jové, secretary general of the finance department and number two to the vice president, Oriel Junqueras. Among 41 raids, police searched the Catalan government's economy, foreign affairs, and labour and social affairs departments, as well as offices in the Presidency. They also confiscated a haul of 9.6 million referendum ballot papers - believed to be the government's entire consignment. People surround Spanish Civil Guard Police cars outside the Catalan Vice-President and Economy office as police officers hold a searching operation inside on September 20 Credit: David Ramos/Getty Images Carlos Puigdemont, the Catalan president, accused the Spanish state of "authoritarian" behaviour and suspending Catalonia's autonomy by stealth. "The Spanish state has effectively suspended our self-government and applied a de facto state of emergency," he said, after a crisis meeting. pic.twitter.com/j8hNbQb94a— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 20, 2017 Mr Puigdemont branded the crackdown a "coordinated aggression" by a state that had "crossed the red line that separated it from totalitarian regimes". He insisted the vote would go ahead, even if it had to be carried out in an improvised manner. "On October 1 we will leave our homes, carrying a ballot paper and we will use them." People holding 'Esteladas' (Catalan pro-independence flags) attend a protest in front of the Economy headquarters of Catalonia's regional government Credit: LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images Catalonia would never accept a "return to times past", he vowed - a reference to the Franco dictatorship, under which Catalan institutions and identity were brutally repressed. But Spain's prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, insisted that the Catalan government had forced the raids by violating the Spanish constitution and ignoring court warnings over a vote it did not have the legal power to call. Protesters clash with Catalan regional police officers Credit: LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images "The state has to react. The referendum cannot take place because it would liquidate national sovereignty and the right of all Spaniards to decide what they want their country to be," added Mr Rajoy. The operation was heavily criticised by Pablo Iglesias, leader of the Left-wing party Podemos, who said it was "shameful" that Spain would have "political prisoners". The President of the Catalan parliament Carme Forcadell (C) leaves the headquarters of the Catalan regional government Credit: JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images Even many opponents of independence have questioned Mr Rajoy's approach, arguing that his dogmatic stance is feeding the separatist movement. That dynamic was on full display on the streets of Barcelona, where incensed protesters accused Madrid of taking the country back to the days of dictatorship. A crowd of protesters gather outside the Catalan region's economy ministry after junior economy minister Josep Maria Jove was arrested Credit: REUTERS Outside the headquarters of the CUP, the junior Catalan coalition partner, where hundreds attempted to face down raiding police, one woman wept as she cried: "The dictatorship has returned! Franco lives again!" Another, Maria Angels Marquez, a retired teacher, said she remembered the repression of the dictatorship years and that the crackdown "is making me relive things that I never thought would be again". Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Alfonso Dastis said Catalan separatists are using "Nazi" tactics to intimidate their opponents Credit: Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg "How I would like to be Scottish!" she told The Telegraph, a reference to the 2014 independence referendum longingly admired by many Catalans. Miquel Catasus, a bank worker in his fifties, called for the European Union to step in, telling the Telegraph that the Franco dictatorship "never died and has now come back to finish its work". But Madrid and its supporters say it is the Catalan government which is behaving undemocratically. Earlier this month Catalonia's parliament passed a law to enable a referendum after barely a few hours of heated debate. The law does not make any provisions for a minimum turnout threshold for its result to be binding, and provisions have been made for Catalonia to declare independence within 48 hours of a yes vote. With both sides refusing to give ground, how the referendum will play out remains unclear. "There are only two political proposals on offer today: one is that we all vote and the population expresses its points of view and respecting the side that wins; the other is state repression. There is nothing else," Catalonia's foreign affairs chief, Raül Romeva, told The Telegraph. 'Nazi' tactics Spain's Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis has accused Catalan separatists of using "Nazi" tactics to intimidate their opponents before the referendum. "Referendums are a weapon of choice of dictators," he added during an interview broadcast Tuesday with Bloomberg television in New York. Pro-separatist parties captured 47.6 percent of the vote in a September 2015 regional election in Catalonia which was billed as a proxy vote on independence, giving them a narrow majority of 72 seats in the 135-seat Catalan parliament. But opinion polls show that Catalonia's roughly 7.5 million residents are deeply divided on independence. A survey commissioned by the regional government in July showed that 49.4 percent of Catalans were against independence while 41.1 percent were in favour. But more than 70 percent of Catalans said they wanted a referendum on independence to settle the issue. Catalonia, a wealthy region which accounts for about one-fifth of Spain's economic output, already has significant powers over matters such as education and healthcare. But Spain's economic worries, coupled with a perception that Catalonia pays more in taxes than it receives in investments and transfers from Madrid, have helped push the cause of secession.
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| British teacher ‘murdered’ on Amazon kayaking trip joked about being killed days before Posted: 20 Sep 2017 03:15 AM PDT  A British woman believed to have been murdered on a solo kayaking trip in the Amazon joked on social media about being killed just days before she went missing.
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| Trump To African Leaders: My Friends Go To Your Countries To Get Rich Posted: 20 Sep 2017 12:43 PM PDT  Africa is a continent of "tremendous, tremendous potential," U.S. President Donald Trump told African leaders at a luncheon on Wednesday.
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| Brazil warns 'no alternatives' to democracy in Venezuela Posted: 19 Sep 2017 07:30 AM PDT  Brazil's leader on Tuesday warned that there were "no alternatives to democracy" in Venezuela as he voiced solidarity with the people of the crisis-consumed nation. President Michel Temer, addressing the UN General Assembly where Brazil is the customary first nation in the annual marathon of leaders' speeches, noted that his country has taken in thousands of Venezuelans. "The human rights situation in Venezuela has regrettably deteriorated continuously," Temer said.
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| 20 Homemade Japanese Recipes That Are Easier Than You Thought Posted: 19 Sep 2017 09:25 AM PDT |
| Muslims More Likely Than Americans Overall To See Discrimination Against Black People Posted: 20 Sep 2017 11:53 AM PDT  Muslims are more likely than Americans overall to acknowledge the discrimination that black Americans face in the country, a Pew Research Center study suggests.
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| Why Woman Who Had Affair With Serial Killer Todd Kohlhepp Fears She Could Have Been Next Posted: 20 Sep 2017 01:35 PM PDT  When she was rescued, Kala Brown said her abductor was planning to kill someone named Holly next, which gave Holly Eudy "a very unsettling feeling."
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| 21 Slow Cooker Recipes That'll Inspire You To Pull Out The Crock Pot Posted: 20 Sep 2017 03:01 AM PDT  People who own a slow cooker know that this kitchen appliance is truly great.
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| Al-Qaida-led fighters on the offensive against Syrian troops Posted: 19 Sep 2017 10:08 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Insurgents led by an al-Qaida-linked group launched one of their widest offensives yet Tuesday against Syrian pro-government forces, which responded with heavy airstrikes targeting hospitals and first responders.
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| U.S. incomes, poverty rate bounce back to pre-recession levels in 2016 Posted: 20 Sep 2017 01:39 PM PDT ![U.S. incomes, poverty rate bounce back to pre-recession levels in 2016]( "U.S. incomes, poverty rate bounce back to pre-recession levels in 2016") The U.S. poverty rate fell for the second straight year in 2016 while median income rose to an all-time high of $59,000 as the economy made up ground lost during the 2007-2009 recession, federal government data released on Tuesday showed. Median household income rose 3.2 percent from $57,200 a year earlier, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. "Real median household income has finally completed its nine-year slog of digging out of the ditch," IHS Markit Executive Director Chris Christopher said, with more gains expected in 2017 and 2018.
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| Target's New Home Line, Project 62, Is Way More Affordable Than You Think Posted: 20 Sep 2017 12:03 PM PDT  Remember this moment, because you can't go back to a time before you discovered Target's new furniture and home line.
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| Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore Uses Racist Terms In Campaign Speech Posted: 19 Sep 2017 03:12 AM PDT  In a speech recorded on camera, the former chief justice of the state's highest court mentioned the terms "reds and yellows" — racial slurs that likely referred to Native Americans and Asian Americans
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| Rihanna's Fenty Beauty Line Takes A Big Step Forward For Shade Inclusivity Posted: 19 Sep 2017 08:40 AM PDT  Rihanna has the whole world scrambling to get its hands on one of Fenty Beauty's 40 shades of foundation.
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| The 54 Most Delish Coffee Cakes Posted: 19 Sep 2017 09:46 AM PDT |
| Woman in Kevin Hart Sex Tape Comes Forward, Claims She Didn't Try to Extort Him Posted: 20 Sep 2017 02:15 PM PDT  Hart's heavily pregnant wife, Eniko, says "there is absolutely no divorce talk."
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| Man Arrested After Allegedly Shooting The Father Of His 3-Week-Old Grandson Posted: 20 Sep 2017 11:32 AM PDT  A 61-year-old man has been arrested in Ohio after allegedly shooting the father of his 3-week-old grandson while the baby was in the father's arms.
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| GOP Lawmaker In South Dakota Says 'We Can All Support' Running Over Protesters Posted: 20 Sep 2017 02:59 AM PDT  A Republican lawmaker in South Dakota is coming under fire for posting a violent cartoon meme showing a car slamming into people along with the phrase "ALL LIVES SPLATTER."
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| U.S. home sales hit 12-month low, Harvey weighs on Houston Posted: 20 Sep 2017 11:42 AM PDT  By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home resales fell to their lowest in a year in August as Hurricane Harvey depressed activity in Houston and a persistent shortage of properties on the market sidelined buyers. The third straightly monthly decline in sales reported by the National Association of Realtors on Wednesday came on the heels of data on Tuesday showing a drop in homebuilding activity in August. The reports suggest housing will probably weigh on economic growth again in the third quarter.
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| Navy Hospital Staffers Removed After Sharing Disturbing Photos Of Newborns Posted: 20 Sep 2017 06:46 AM PDT  Two staffers at a Florida Navy hospital face disciplinary action after disturbing videos and photos surfaced showing them forcing a newborn to dance and referring to babies as "mini Satans."
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| Report: Russian helicopter fires on spectators at drills Posted: 19 Sep 2017 09:35 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian military helicopter gunship accidentally fired on spectators during war games in western Russia, injuring several people, news reports said Tuesday.
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| 'Game Over' for ISIS in Raqqa as Capital Nears Fall Posted: 20 Sep 2017 03:55 AM PDT  A monitoring group says an Arab-Kurdish coalition has almost taken the whole city.
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| Linked By Their Choice To Become Single Mothers, Two Women Share Their Stories Posted: 20 Sep 2017 06:07 AM PDT  Welcome to "The Story We Share," a series of Q&As that profile two people with similar identities ― but who live in very different places.
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| Cat appears during funeral and 'refuses' to leave man's grave Posted: 19 Sep 2017 02:36 AM PDT  Millions of social media users have watched a video showing a white cat seemingly refusing to leave a man's grave in Malaysia. Soffuan CZ shared a video of the mystery feline which he says appeared during his grandfather Ismail Mat's funeral. "At the funeral, the white cat came and started circling the grave," he explained. "My grandfather was a man who loved cats." The video, showing Soffuan's cousins and aunts attempting to move the cat away from the grave, has racked up almost 7 million views in just 24 hours. "This white cat is actually not a pet cat, but it's probably a hometown cat near the mosque ," he added [translated]. "The presence of this cat is interesting to our family, because the cat wouldn't leave the grave when we wanted to go home. "Last time we were all gone, the cat went back to the grave. Got info from the villagers, (they) said the cat was always wandering around the mosque…" Anita Kelsey, a cat behaviour expert based in London, said the cat's behaviour was "unusual". "I never stop being amazed at animal behaviour. It's obviously seen something being buried that it wants to get to," she said. "Cats can grieve the loss of a presence and show it in many ways, but it's usually dogs we see exhibiting this behaviour." In other feline news, a shelter cat with ridiculously long legs has become an internet star.
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