| White House officials defend Trump, say athletes 'can do free speech on their own time' Posted: 24 Sep 2017 09:36 AM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin defended Trump's call for NFL players who kneel during the national anthem to be suspended or fired. "It's not about free speech," Mnucin said Sunday. "They can do free speech on their own time."
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| Soldier saves lifeless puppy with CPR in tear-worthy viral video Posted: 25 Sep 2017 10:52 AM PDT  An emotional video making its way around the internet shows a Thai soldier giving CPR to a tiny lifeless puppy and eventually bringing him back to life.
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| Model 'scalped and drained of blood' in murder unprecedented 'outside wartime', reveals LA autopsy Posted: 25 Sep 2017 01:32 AM PDT  An autopsy report has revealed how a model was scalped and drained of blood, in a murder branded unprecedented "outside of wartime". Comic book writer Blake Leibel, 35, is charged with the murder of the mother of his child, Ukrainian-born Iana Kasian, 30. The murder took place in May last year and Mr Leibel, the heir to a plastics and property fortune, could be given the death sentence if found guilty, due to the severity of the crime.
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| Milo Yiannopoulos Flounders At Desperate 'Free Speech' Rally On UC Berkeley Campus Posted: 24 Sep 2017 01:09 PM PDT  What was supposed to be his four-day Woodstock at the University of California turned out to be his alt-right Fyre Festival. As he admitted defeat, he promised an "unofficial" rally for his followers on Sunday, effectively mobilizing hordes of counterprotesters, anti-fascists and anyone in his far-right brigade brave enough to face them. The "rally" at Sproul Plaza on campus brought hundreds of demonstrators out, including Antifa activists and Yiannopoulos supporters.
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| Deadly aftershock, volcanic ash spread alarm in Mexico Posted: 23 Sep 2017 09:57 PM PDT  By Michael O'Boyle and Noe Torres MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 aftershock that shook Mexico on Saturday was blamed for five deaths, spreading fear among anxious residents reeling from a string of natural disasters and interrupting the search for survivors from a bigger tremor earlier this week. The Popocatepetl volcano south of Mexico City sent a column of ash into the sky, capping an intense period of seismic activity including two powerful tremors this month that have killed more than 400 people and caused damage of up to $8 billion. Mexico's capital was shattered by Tuesday's magnitude 7.1 quake that flattened dozens of buildings and killed at least 307 people.
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| White House denies Trump has declared war on North Korea Posted: 25 Sep 2017 12:13 PM PDT  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders pushed back against North Korea's assertion on Monday that President Trump's recent speech at the U.N. constituted a declaration of war. Sanders said that the United States had not declared war with North Korea, calling the entire notion "absurd."
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| What This Holocaust Survivor Wants Americans To Understand About The Resistance Posted: 25 Sep 2017 10:34 AM PDT  Maud Dahme was only four in 1940 when the Netherlands, where she lived with her family, was invaded by the Nazis.
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| How This Hospital Keeps Sick Turtles Safe During Hurricane Season Posted: 25 Sep 2017 09:13 AM PDT  A few days after Hurricane Irma slammed into south Florida ― while there were still tight travel restrictions and curfews in place ― Bette Zirkelbach stocked an ambulance with supplies and raced south.
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| Saudi Women Allowed into Sports Stadium for First Time Posted: 24 Sep 2017 08:01 AM PDT  For the 87th anniversary of its founding the Islamic kingdom lifted strict rules banning women mixing with men at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.
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| Trump casts doubt over Iran nuclear deal after missile test Posted: 24 Sep 2017 02:40 AM PDT  President Donald Trump gave a stark warning Saturday that cast growing uncertainty over whether a nuclear deal clinched with Iran would survive after the Islamic republic tested a new medium-range missile. State television carried footage of the launch of the Khoramshahr missile, which was first displayed at a high-profile military parade in Tehran on Friday. "Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel.They are also working with North Korea.Not much of an agreement we have!" Trump tweeted.
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| The U.S. Navy's Nuclear Submarines Could Be Made Obsolete Posted: 25 Sep 2017 12:05 PM PDT  On a more human level, it would be interesting to go back in time to World Wars I and II, where a constant refrain of the sailors and airmen who hunted subs was the sheer tedium of the search. Hour after hour after hour of scanning the oceans, in the hope that a needle in the haystack would reveal itself as a sonar contact or a tiny periscope peeking above the surface. If nothing else, farming out sub-hunting to the robots will make chasing subs a bit less dull.
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| Trooper's widow sues sniper's parents for son's actions Posted: 25 Sep 2017 03:09 PM PDT  The parents of a gunman who shot and killed a Pennsylvania trooper engaged in "psychological manipulation" of their son and should be held responsible for the deadly ambush at a state police barracks, according to a lawsuit filed by the trooper's widow.
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| Lucy Hale Perfectly Shut Down A Troll Who Called Her 'Anorexic' Posted: 25 Sep 2017 07:31 AM PDT  Attention all trolls: Lucy Hale is not here for your BS.
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| Police arrest and remove protestors with disabilities at Senate Graham-Cassidy hearing Posted: 25 Sep 2017 01:57 PM PDT  How do we say this nicely, Senator Cassidy and Senator Graham: everyone hates your dumb healthcare bill. Well, at least a solid majority of Americans do, and pretty much everyone who came to watch the Graham-Cassidy hearing Monday afternoon. Activists from the grassroots disability rights group ADAPT disrupted the hearing multiple times, causing Senator Hatch to briefly recess the hearing and prompting Capitol Police to arrest protestors, some of them in wheelchairs. Their protest centered around the large concern that passage of the bill would severely deplete medicaid funding. But many other worries exist about how the bill would not include essential health benefits, cause millions to lose their insurance, and shrink the Obamacare protections for people with preexisting conditions. The footage of police forcibly removing the ADAPT protesters is both inspiring and predictably heartbreaking. SEE ALSO: Hurricane Maria plunged Puerto Rico into a humanitarian crisis, and help has barely arrived Here is Senator Hatch ordering that the hearing be recessed as protestors in wheelchairs are pulled away by authorities: And Senator Cassidy responding with his characteristic charisma, aka a zombie-like yawn: Under Graham-Cassidy, at least 1.4 million adults with disabilities would lose Medicaid, per the Center for American Progress. Depending on how deep the cuts go (and what version of the bill we're looking at) that number could easily climb to 1.8 million. A protestors looks on as other demonstrators are taken out.Image: tom williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.With fewer services, advocates fear that folks with disabilities could be forced back into institutions and otherwise pushed out of the workforce. Organizers estimated that the number of arrests today would hover around 100. Capitol Police arrest a demonstrator for reportedly disrupting the hearing.Image: chip somodevilla/Getty Images This is Marilee, of ADAPT. She's answered my random phone calls for 5 months pic.twitter.com/j26R5XwoJm — Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) September 25, 2017 ADAPT has a long history of disruptive protest in defense of people with disabilities. The group's grassroots efforts have been instrumental in bringing attention to issues across America for the past 40 years. Capitol police drag a blind protestor out of the hearing.Image: chip somodevilla/Getty Images Only 7 wheelchair users in the hearing room! #ADAPTandRESIST pic.twitter.com/GBSgTHi5SW — NationalADAPT (@NationalADAPT) September 25, 2017 Save Our Liberty! #ADAPTandRESIST pic.twitter.com/0V6GusErJ7 — NationalADAPT (@NationalADAPT) September 25, 2017 I've been covering health care activism from day one and this is a sight that is still hard to make sense of pic.twitter.com/gFaR6V0yHv — Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) September 25, 2017 Latoya Maddox, 44, came from Philly for this. Said she was very nervous. Has a toddler with asthma who, like her, is on Medicaid pic.twitter.com/q5TggP4mi1 — Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) September 25, 2017 This isn't the first time Capitol Police have thrown activists with disabilities out of a hearing. In June, 43 demonstrators assembled by the organization were arrested outside of McConnell's office to protest cuts to Medicaid. Senators McCain, Paul, Collins, and Murkowski have all expressed either opposition or extreme reservations about the bill, which was supposed to be scheduled for a vote sometime this week. WATCH: Take a 'cell-fie' using your phone and this small microscope adapter
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| Here's How Senate Republicans Have Voted On Dreamers And Immigrants Posted: 25 Sep 2017 02:45 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Members of Congress will soon need to decide whether they want to grant some sort of relief to the hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants President Donald Trump put at risk of deportation and losing their jobs.
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| Here's What Farms Do To Hens Who Are Too Old To Lay Eggs Posted: 25 Sep 2017 08:08 AM PDT  It's not a dumb question to ask, and the answer might surprise you.
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| One Killed, Several Wounded in Church Shooting in Tennessee Posted: 24 Sep 2017 11:26 AM PDT  The shooter was also reportedly shot and taken into custody.
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| SitRep: Kurds Vote, as Turks and Iranians Prepare For War Posted: 25 Sep 2017 04:46 AM PDT  New travel ban, Russians bomb U.S. allies in Syria
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| Donald Trump Repeats Call For NFL Boycott To Stop Anthem Protests Posted: 24 Sep 2017 07:26 AM PDT  In a pair of early-morning tweets, President Donald Trump once again encouraged football fans to boycott the NFL if the league does not "fire or suspend" players who kneel during the national anthem to protest racism.
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| Correction: Haitians-The Mexican Dream story Posted: 24 Sep 2017 09:30 PM PDT  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — In a story Sept. 19 about Haitians settling in Mexico, The Associated Press misidentified the pastor of a Tijuana church. His name is Gustavo Banda, not Jeccene Thimote.
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| Russian state agents behind 'grave violations' in Crimea: UN Posted: 25 Sep 2017 04:28 AM PDT  Russian state agents have committed serious abuses, including torture, in Crimea, the UN said Monday, warning that the rights situation in the annexed peninsula had "significantly deteriorated" under Moscow's occupation. In a fresh report, the UN human rights agency said that Russia's annexation of the Black Sea peninsula in March 2014 had set off a broad crackdown targeting Ukrainian institutions and culture. The report found evidence of "grave human rights violations, such as arbitrary arrests and detentions, enforced disappearances, ill-treatment and torture, and at least one extra-judicial execution", the UN statement said.
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| Eurofighter pilot attempting loop-the-loop in front of his parents and girlfriend dies after crashing into sea Posted: 25 Sep 2017 06:02 AM PDT  This is the terrible moment that a fighter pilot lost his life after crashing his Eurofighter into the sea during an air show off the coast of Italy. Capt Gabriele Orlandi, 36, was attempting to perform a loop-the-loop in his 85million euro Eurofighter Typhoon when he apparently misjudged the manoeuvre and smashed into the water, a few hundred yards from the coast. The Italian air force pilot was performing the stunt in front of a large crowd that included his girlfriend and his parents at the air show in Terracina, south of Rome. The Eurofighter was executing a spectacular loop-the-loop when it crashed into the sea Credit: NurPhoto His girlfriend had to be taken to hospital and treated for severe shock. Capt Orlandi died on impact and his body was recovered by navy divers. He had more than a decade's experience as a pilot and had trained in the United States with American Top Gun flyers. The pilot died on impact Credit: NurPhoto The air show was immediately suspended after the accident and two investigations were opened, one by the air force and another by civilian magistrates in the nearby town of Latina. "A day of joy turned into a day of great sadness," said General Enzo Vecciarelli, a senior air force commander. "Our deepest condolences go to the relatives of Capt Orlandi."
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| China to build many gigafactories' worth of electric-car battery plants Posted: 25 Sep 2017 07:30 AM PDT  While the United States federal government threatens to backslide on renewable energy, California and China continue to move at an aggressive pace to lead the world in zero-emission vehicles. As the global market for electric and plug-in car grows, battery production will need to increase dramatically to match demand. It's expected that electric-vehicle batteries will become a $240 billion industry, and China has already begun to cement itself as a leader in battery production.
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| Neil deGrasse Tyson Picks Apart The Science Of Iconic ‘Game Of Thrones’ Scenes Posted: 25 Sep 2017 02:06 AM PDT  Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has some good news and bad news for the creative team behind "Game of Thrones."
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| Fearing eruption of volcano, thousands begin evacuations in Bali Posted: 25 Sep 2017 07:29 AM PDT ![Fearing eruption of volcano, thousands begin evacuations in Bali]( "Fearing eruption of volcano, thousands begin evacuations in Bali") Indonesian authorities raised the alert status for Mount Agung to the highest level on Friday, and people have scattered to all corners of the island.
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| Drone Footage of Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh Posted: 25 Sep 2017 08:15 AM PDT  Massive, makeshift refugee camps are sprawling over farms and open land in southern Bangladesh as more than 430,000 Rohingya Muslims fled terrible violence in their predominantly Buddhist homeland of Myanmar.
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| Russia, Syria intensify bombing of rebel-held Idlib, witnesses say Posted: 24 Sep 2017 08:39 AM PDT ![Russia, Syria intensify bombing of rebel-held Idlib, witnesses say]( "Russia, Syria intensify bombing of rebel-held Idlib, witnesses say") By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Russian and Syrian jets escalated strikes on rebel-held Idlib and Hama provinces, several days after jihadist rebels opened an offensive against government-held parts of northwestern Syria, rebels and witnesses said on Sunday. The bombing campaign in heavily populated civilian areas shattered six months of relative calm. Russian-inspired ceasefires had given a temporary reprieve to tens of thousands of people living in rebel-held northwestern Syria.
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| Hasan Minhaj Comparing Donald Trump To Stereotypical Indian Uncles Is Gold Posted: 25 Sep 2017 01:49 PM PDT  Comedian Hasan Minhaj took aim at President Donald Trump at GQ India's Men of the Year Awards, proving once again that he can throw some serious shade while looking classy AF. Minhaj was in Mumbai on Friday to accept the publication's International Man of the Year award.
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| Man arrested over London train bomb attack Posted: 25 Sep 2017 03:31 AM PDT  Police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old man in Wales in connection with the London Underground train bombing this month, bringing the number of people in custody to four. The man was arrested before dawn by counter-terrorism officers in the Welsh capital Cardiff and has been taken to a police station in London for questioning. An 18-year-old man, Ahmed Hassan, was charged on Friday with attempted murder and the use of explosives.
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| North Korea 'blows up US aircraft carrier and jets' in new propaganda video Posted: 25 Sep 2017 01:37 AM PDT  North Korean state media has released a new video depicting the destruction of US aircraft and warships and warning that any attack on the North will see US forces "head to the grave". The 99-second clip was released on Sunday by the DPRK Today news site, just hours after two US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flew off the coast of North Korea in a show of force. Accompanied by US fighters based in Okinawa, the bombers flew further north of the Demilitarised Zone that divides the Korean Peninsula than any US military aircraft in the 21st century, according to the Pentagon. A screenshot of the North Korean video showing the US carrier being blown up The North Korean propaganda video begins with pictures of President Donald Trump, describing him as a "mad man". It goes on to show a series of Pukguksong missiles being fired from mobile launch vehicles before an F-35 Raptor fighter and a nuclear-capable Lancer bomber are destroyed by computer-generated explosions. The footage goes on to show a missile being fired from a submerged submarine before striking the USS Carl Vinson. The 103,000-tonne aircraft carrier is the flagship of Carrier Strike Croup 1 and conducted drills with another nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, off North Korea in June. North Korean missile ranges It has also carried out exercises, utilising its 90 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters, with Korean navy units. The footage shows USS Carl Vinson engulfed in flames after the missile strike, with subtitles stating, "Should F-35, B-1B or the Carl Vinson lead the US attack, they will head to the grave in that order". Trump: We'll deal with 'Little Rocket Man' Kim Jong-u 01:34
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| 5 things to know about Germany's surging nationalist party Posted: 24 Sep 2017 08:00 PM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Alternative for Germany was founded four years ago at the height of the eurozone crisis, when opposition to a German bailout of other countries using the common currency was strong.
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| Twitter Points Out Everything That's Wrong With Mason Jar Salads Posted: 25 Sep 2017 07:44 AM PDT  The Mason jar has many different roles in the kitchen, and holding salads is one of the newer ones.
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| 'World's heaviest woman' dies in Abu Dhabi hospital Posted: 24 Sep 2017 05:11 PM PDT  An Egyptian believed to be the world's heaviest woman died Monday of heart and kidney failure at an Abu Dhabi hospital, following months of treatment to help her lose weight and one day walk again. A team of more than 20 doctors had been caring for the bedridden Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 37, since her arrival at Burjeel Hospital in May. El Aty first sought treatment in India, travelling from the port city of Alexandria to Mumbai aboard a specially modified Airbus in early February.
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| A Ranking of the Richest Women of the Kardashian-Jenner Clan Posted: 25 Sep 2017 11:33 AM PDT  "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" is 10 this year. Here's how much the show has made for the women in the Kardashian-Jenner clan over the years.
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| Ivanka Trump used a personal email account after inauguration, documents reveal Posted: 25 Sep 2017 01:34 PM PDT  Ivanka Trump reportedly used a personal email account to contact a government official after her father, Donald Trump, had already become president. The organization American Oversight has sued for various public records, seeking to illuminate the "the role Ivanka Trump played and continues to play in the administration of her father", according to the the group. Documents obtained by the organization show that Ms Trump used a personal email address to contact United States Small Business Administration administrator Linda McMahon to suggest collaborating on "women's entrepreneurship".
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| The Milky Way shines down on Mount Fuji Posted: 25 Sep 2017 04:32 AM PDT ![The Milky Way shines down on Mount Fuji]( "The Milky Way shines down on Mount Fuji") This is the mesmerizing image of a colorful Milky Way shining down on Mount Fuji. Steve Lance Lee, 37, captured the sky above the iconic mountain whilst on his honeymoon in Lake Kawaguchiko, Japan. Mount Fuji is illuminated underneath the galaxy of stars, creating an impressive landscape. (Caters News)
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| Man 'Pushed To Limit' After NFL Protest, Quits Job At Buffalo Bills Stadium Posted: 25 Sep 2017 01:30 PM PDT  While NFL players are taking a knee, Erich Nikischer is leaving the arena. Nikischer found himself so enraged by several Buffalo Bills kneeling during the national anthem on Sunday that he quit his job of almost 30 years at the team's home stadium, New Era Field. Nikischer said he has no issue with players protesting prior to the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner, but could not handle the kneeling during the song.
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| Clinton Says Angela Merkel Is The Most Important Leader In The Free World Posted: 24 Sep 2017 08:12 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton told MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid that she believes German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the most important leader in the free world ― an extraordinary assessment by a former presidential candidate, U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady, and a remark likely to be seen as an affront to President Donald Trump.
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| Couple's dream wedding at Costco is one we can aspire to Posted: 25 Sep 2017 02:11 AM PDT  Ah, Costco: Where you can buy your wedding cake, and eat it there too. As Sue Berkeley and Eli Bob from Sydney, Australia, did, when they got married in the Casula store in front of 90 of their friends and family on Saturday. SEE ALSO: Wedding guest shares photo of five other people wearing same dress While it might not be the most romantic of locations, the couple said they spend a lot of time in the aisles of the bulk buy supermarket, and so the choice to have it there came naturally. "I get to spend another day at Costco, that I love," Berkeley told A Current Affair. "Where else can I get married to the one I love, in a place that I love, surrounded by the people I love." A post shared by Richard Smith (@rps88a) on Sep 22, 2017 at 10:58pm PDT A post shared by Nick Triantafillou (@xelfer) on Sep 22, 2017 at 5:47pm PDT And so Berkeley walked down the aisle, past the tyre department, to exchange their vows in the food court. We haven't even got to the best part of the whole affair, and that's the food: It cost the couple under A$10 a head to feed the wedding, which consists of the admittedly droolworthy Costco food court staples like pizza, hot dogs and pies. Oh, and unlimited fountain soda, of course. While the couple aren't the first to marry in a Costco, they're certainly the first in Australia to do so. If you are looking to have your next wedding in one, the offer of a Costco wedding is for "special guests" only, sadly for the rest of us mere mortals hoping for an all-you-can-eat feast at the supermarket... oh and true love, of course. WATCH: Take a 'cell-fie' using your phone and this small microscope adapter
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| Chelsea Manning says she has been barred from entering Canada Posted: 25 Sep 2017 01:00 PM PDT  Chelsea Manning, the former US soldier who served seven years in military prison after instigating one of the biggest breaches of classified data in US history, has said she has been barred from entering Canada. On Monday, Manning posted on Twitter a report from the Canadian government that identified her as a foreign national "who has not been authorized to enter Canada" due to prior convictions. "So, I guess Canada has permanently banned me?" wrote Manning – one of the most prominent whistleblowers of modern times.
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| North Korea minister launches tirade against Trump at UN Posted: 23 Sep 2017 08:51 PM PDT  North Korea's foreign minister assailed US President Donald Trump at the United Nations on Saturday, deriding him as a "mentally deranged" leader whose threats had increased the chances of military confrontation. In his first address to the General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump called leader Kim Jong-Un a "Rocket Man" on a "suicide mission," prompting Kim to warn in turn that the US president would "pay dearly" for his threat.
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| Grown-up hair ticks all the boxes at Milan Fashion Week Posted: 25 Sep 2017 05:27 AM PDT  Sleek, sophisticated hair with an edge is the way to go for Spring 2018, if the catwalk looks at Milan Fashion Week are anything to go by. The look was extra glossy at Versace, where the models sported decorative hair pins, and slightly more romantic at Dolce & Gabbana, where the hair was softer, more flyaway, and accessorized with flowers and bejewelled headbands. Shorter, more dramatic styles saw a catwalk resurgence, with Moschino dressing its models in gamine pixie crop wigs, and Giorgio Armani championing the bowl cut.
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| Miami Dolphins' Michael Thomas Fights Tears While Discussing Trump's Insults Posted: 24 Sep 2017 11:28 PM PDT  Dolphins safety Michael Thomas started breaking up when talking about Trump calling him "a son of a b!tch."
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