| John Kasich Hints That He May Need To Leave The GOP Posted: 01 Oct 2017 10:25 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Ohio governor John Kasich, a top Republican leader and former candidate for the party's presidential nomination, on Sunday said the GOP may be on a trajectory to lose supporters like him.
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| One Photo Stands Out After Trump Says Puerto Rico Wants 'Everything Done For Them' Posted: 30 Sep 2017 07:10 PM PDT  When President Donald Trump went after local officials in Puerto Rico, accusing them of wanting "everything to be done for them," one TV writer had the perfect response.
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| Philippines' Duterte says will snub graft probe Posted: 30 Sep 2017 09:25 PM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would not cooperate with a special anti-corruption prosecutor's investigation into allegations he acquired ill-gotten wealth, vowing he would "not submit" to its authority. The ombudsman said last week it was investigating claims Duterte's bank accounts had hundreds of millions of pesos (millions of dollars) which he failed to disclose as required by law. Duterte responded by lashing out at the ombudsman, calling the agency "lousy" and saying allegations against him were "lies based on baseless" information.
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| Mom Leaves Kids Behind for Trip To Germany, Arrested Upon Return Posted: 30 Sep 2017 10:40 AM PDT  An Iowa mother left four children under 13 years old home alone.
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| Jennifer Garner Posts Makeup-Free Photo After Surviving Her Kids' 'Yes Day' Posted: 29 Sep 2017 06:03 PM PDT  Jennifer Garner survived "Yes Day" — with a little help from her good friend coffee
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| Air France passengers describe mid-air terror as engine disintegrates over Atlantic Posted: 01 Oct 2017 12:29 AM PDT  French aviation investigators arrived in Canada on Sunday amid questions over the cause of an apparent engine explosion that forced an Air France airliner to make an emergency landing. Passengers reported hearing a loud bang on the Paris-Los Angeles flight, followed by vibrations that shook the cabin for 20 minutes. By the time the Airbus A380 superjumbo jetliner landed at a military airfield in Goose Bay, Newfoundland on Saturday, the cowling covering one of the plane's four engines had been completely torn off. Here's a video of the landing. pic.twitter.com/aLUoM5avLH— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) 30 September 2017 Pamela Adams, a passenger, said there was "a tremendous bang… like the plane hit a Jeep at 35,000 feet. We grabbed on to something and then we sat down, and the plane righted itself fairly soon." Another passenger, Daniel McNeely, said those in window seats said the entire engine exploded "in a giant fireball." The crumpled engine of the Air France A380 superjumbo is seen in this photo taken by one of the passengers on board. Credit: AFP PHOTO / TWITTER / Sarah Eamigh Sarah Eamigh said: "The cabin started vibrating. Someone screamed, and from there we knew something was wrong. We saw the cabin crew walking through the aisles quickly, and we heard an announcement from the captain that said one of our engines had an explosion." An Air France Airbus A380 is seen during an emergency landing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Credit: Reuters Passengers nervously joked to each other as they tried to work out what had happened, Ms Adams said. Some thought the plane had struck a bird. The forced landing revived memories of engine damage to a Qantas A380 shortly after takeoff from Singapore seven years ago. The November 2010 incident prompted the grounding of the entire Qantas A380 fleet — six airliners at the time — for more than three weeks. I talked to the passenger by the window and He said the entire engine exploded into giant fireball.— Daniel McNeely (@DanMcneely) September 30, 2017 There were no injuries among the 520 people aboard the double-decker airliner. Passengers completed their journeys to Los Angeles aboard two planes sent by Air France to Goose Bay, which is used as a emergency landing spot for transatlantic flights.
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| Dunkirk-style evacuation as Vanuatu volcano pollutes drinking water Posted: 01 Oct 2017 02:37 AM PDT  By Alison Bevege SYDNEY (Reuters) - Vanuatu has launched a Dunkirk-style evacuation on the northern island of Ambae as a flotilla of boats rescues islanders from an erupting volcano. The eruption has polluted many of the island's water sources leaving thousands of people in need of safe drinking water, Red Cross delegate Joe Cropp told Reuters by phone on Sunday. "It's important to get on top of it right away." The Manaro Voui volcano, the nation's largest, was seen hurling steam and rocks into the air by New Zealand vulcanologist Brad Scott who flew over the volcano on Saturday.
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| Paul Ryan On Trump And Race: 'His Heart's In The Right Place' Posted: 01 Oct 2017 08:19 AM PDT  defended President Donald Trump's approach to race relations amid accusations that the president has fueled discord with his attacks on peacefully protesting football players and officials trying to help the millions of Puerto Ricans affected by Hurricane Maria.
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| Man Proves His Innocence With Baseball Game Footage in New Netflix Documentary Posted: 30 Sep 2017 09:15 AM PDT  A man arrested for the murder of a 16-year-old girl proved his innocence through raw footage captured during the filming of HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" that show him at an LA Dodgers game and not at the scene of a shooting.
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| Attacker kills two women at Marseille railway station Posted: 01 Oct 2017 08:56 AM PDT ![Attacker kills two women at Marseille railway station]( "Attacker kills two women at Marseille railway station") Two women were stabbed to death and their assailant shot dead by soldiers in the southern French port city of Marseille on Sunday in what police sources described as a "likely terrorist act".
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| Questions Over The Trump Administration's Travel Spending Won't End With Tom Price Posted: 29 Sep 2017 05:43 PM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is being investigated by the Treasury Department's inspector general for opting to use a government jet to commute from New York to D.C. after an August news conference in Trump Tower, ABC reported last week.
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| NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week Posted: 01 Oct 2017 01:12 PM PDT  A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts:
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| Teacher admits sexually assaulting depressed 11-year-old boy she 'wanted to make happy' Posted: 01 Oct 2017 04:57 AM PDT  A primary school teacher has been sentenced to five years in prison for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old pupil because she wanted to make the "chronically depressed" boy "happy". Katherine Gonzalez, 25, from Wisconsin in the US, was arrested on 5 March and charged with one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13. Ms Gonzalez, who worked as a fifth-grade teacher at Atlas Preparatory Academy, reportedly told police she wanted the child to see that someone cared.
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| Police Give All-Clear Over Active Shooter Reports At U.S. Air Force Academy Posted: 29 Sep 2017 11:18 PM PDT  The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado is on lockdown following reports of an active shooter on its grounds.
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| Iran, Iraq plan joint drills over Kurdish independence vote Posted: 29 Sep 2017 05:58 PM PDT  Iran will hold a joint military exercise with Iraq in response to the Iraqi Kurdistan region's "illegitimate" independence referendum, an Iranian military official announced on Saturday. Iran, which borders Iraq and the autonomous Kurdish region, strongly opposed the vote held Monday, fearing it would provoke separatists among its own Kurdish population. Iraq's central government has demanded the annulment of the referendum, which resulted in a huge "yes" for independence.
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| Attorney: 'No doubt' OJ Simpson goes to Florida after prison Posted: 29 Sep 2017 07:14 PM PDT  OJ Simpson will live in Florida after he is released on parole from a Nevada prison where he has been held for the past nine years for a robbery conviction, his lawyer said Friday. Attorney Malcolm LaVergne didn't specify where the former sport and film star would live, although Tom Scotto, a close friend who lives in Naples, Florida, has offered his home. Scotto didn't respond to messages seeking comment. "He's going to Florida," LaVergne said. "There's no doubt he's going to Florida." However, the state attorney general doesn't want Simpson to come back. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter Friday to the Florida Department of Corrections, urging it to tell Nevada officials that Florida objects to Simpson serving his parole in the southern state. OJ Simpson walks out of prison after nine years 00:17 "Floridians are well aware of Mr. Simpson's background, his wanton disregard for the lives of others, and of his scofflaw attitude with respect to the heinous acts for which he has been found civilly liable," Bondi said in the letter. "Our state should not become a country club for this convicted criminal." Simpson was acquitted of the 1994 killings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles. But he was found liable for their deaths in a civil case in 1997 and ordered to pay the victims' families $33.5 million. Florida corrections officials have said in the past that they must accept the transfer if Nevada's request meets the established criteria. A Florida corrections spokeswoman, Ashley Cook, said her agency has not received a transfer request or documents about Simpson. OJ timeline He becomes eligible for release Sunday, but LaVergne said he doesn't know where or when it will happen. He expects to learn more when Simpson notifies him that he is being moved from Lovelock Correctional Center in northern Nevada. Release plans are in motion but need to be finalized for Simpson to be freed, perhaps as early as Monday in Las Vegas, Nevada prisons official Brooke Keast said. Citing safety concerns, she said the plans were not being made public. Simpson's attorney said he will begin pressing for answers if his client is not free by Oct. 8. LaVergne said he spoke with Simpson by telephone Thursday and that he is excited about his pending freedom. "He's really looking forward to the simple pleasures," LaVergne said. "Seeing his family on the outside, spending time with them, eating food that's not packaged." Simpson wants to eat steak and seafood and get a new iPhone, LaVergne told ABC's "Good Morning America." Simpson won parole in July after serving nine years of a possible 33-year sentence for his 2008 conviction on armed robbery, kidnapping and other charges.
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| Turkey's Erdogan says Iraqi Kurdish authorities "will pay price" for vote Posted: 30 Sep 2017 06:17 AM PDT  Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Iraqi Kurdish authorities would pay the price for an independence referendum which was widely opposed by foreign powers. Iraq's Kurds overwhelmingly backed independence in Monday's referendum, defying neighboring countries which fear the vote could fuel Kurdish separatism within their own borders and lead to fresh conflict. "They are not forming an independent state, they are opening a wound in the region to twist the knife in," Erdogan told members of his ruling AK Party in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum.
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| The Navy Just Took Delivery Of Its Most Powerful Nuclear Attack Submarine Ever Posted: 01 Oct 2017 04:08 AM PDT  Earlier this month, the U.S. Navy took delivery of its newest Virginia-class attack submarine—the future USS Colorado (SSN-788). The new nuclear-powered submarine is the fifteenth Virginia–class vessel to be completed. Colorado will be formally commissioned into service early next year in the spring.
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| Rex Tillerson: U.S. Has Direct 'Lines of Communication' With North Korea Posted: 30 Sep 2017 10:35 AM PDT  "We can talk to them, we do talk to them"
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| Michael Bennett Was Not Racially Profiled: Sheriff Posted: 30 Sep 2017 03:19 AM PDT  A police review also judged that officers didn't use excessive force when handcuffing and detaining Bennett at gunpoint.
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| Tight security as Cameroon awaits symbolic anglophone 'independence' Posted: 01 Oct 2017 08:48 AM PDT  Police patrolled empty streets in Cameroon's restive anglophone belt as a separatist group made a symbolic proclamation of independence on Sunday, a day after a young man was shot dead by security forces. In Buea, the main city in the English-speaking southwest, the streets were mostly deserted as security forces patrolled the streets including the area where the separatists were expected to gather, an AFP correspondent reported. "I can't go out, they asked us to stay home," said one city resident who identified herself just as Nancy.
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| Catalan nationalists and Spanish pro-unity demonstrators protest in Barcelona Posted: 30 Sep 2017 12:28 PM PDT ![Catalan nationalists and Spanish pro-unity demonstrators protest in Barcelona]( "Catalan nationalists and Spanish pro-unity demonstrators protest in Barcelona") Pro-independence and pro-unity demonstrators gathered in Barcelona in a sign of how the disputed banned referendum on Catalonian independence from Spain has divided the country.
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| Myanmar refugee exodus tops 500,000 as more Rohingya flee Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:31 PM PDT  TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — He trekked to Bangladesh as part of an exodus of a half million people from Myanmar, the largest refugee crisis to hit Asia in decades. But after climbing out of a boat on a creek on Friday, Mohamed Rafiq could go no further.
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| 'SNL' Does Its Best To Catch Up On A Summer Of Trump Jokes Posted: 30 Sep 2017 09:39 PM PDT  "Saturday Night Live" returned with vengeance in its 43rd season Saturday, desperately trying to catch up on a summer of President Donald Trump changes.
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| Failure To Identify These Common Smells Could Lead To Dementia Posted: 30 Sep 2017 12:44 PM PDT  People who fail to identify common smells could be at risk for dementia, study says.
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| Rumors of Secret Warplanes Preceded Mach 6 SR-72 Spyplane Reveal Posted: 01 Oct 2017 04:16 AM PDT  Has the SR-72—or something like it—been flying all along? Lockheed Martin's 2013 announcement of a proposed SR-72 reconnaissance and strike drone comes against a backdrop of decades of rumor about a replacement for America's high-speed SR-71 spy plane. The SR-72 reportedly appeared for the first time in plain view in July 2017.
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| China says U.S. should respect concerns on Taiwan Posted: 30 Sep 2017 06:01 AM PDT ![China says U.S. should respect concerns on Taiwan]( "China says U.S. should respect concerns on Taiwan") The United States must respect China's concerns on Taiwan to avoid causing disturbances in Sino-U.S. ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Saturday. China considers democratic Taiwan to be a wayward province and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. The United States has no formal ties with Taiwan but is bound by law to help it defend itself and is the island's main source of arms.
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| Protesters March in D.C. to Demand Racial Justice Posted: 30 Sep 2017 03:54 PM PDT  The March for Racial Justice and the March for Black Women came together to protest injustices in the black community.
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| Women forced to remove the veil on day one of Austrian burqa ban Posted: 01 Oct 2017 11:17 AM PDT  Muslim women in Austria were forced by police to remove their facial coverings on Sunday, as an anti-burqa law came into effect. The so-called 'burqa ban' prohibits facial coverings including niqabs and burqas, and also places restrictions on surgical masks, ski masks and clown make-up worn in public. Yesterday, a woman wearing a niqab facial veil, which only leaves the eyes uncovered, was seen being told to remove her veil by two police officers in Zell am See, a city south of Saltzburg. Austria's ban on full-face Islamic veils comes into force following similar measures in other European countries Credit: BARBARA GINDL/AFP/Getty Images Those who defy the ban could face a fine of €150 (£132). While the rule applies to some non-religious facial coverings, it is mostly perceived to be directed at the extremely modest clothes worn by a minority of Muslim women. Police officers ask a woman to unveil her face in Zell am See, Austria Credit: BARBARA GINDL/AFP/Getty Images Full veils remain rare in Austria despite the surge of migrants and refugees into Europe in 2015, but they have become a target for right-wing groups and political parties. The measures, similar to those in other European Union countries such as France, also apply to visitors even though large numbers of Arab tourists holiday in the Alpine country. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has previously indicated her support for a similar law in Germany, saying: "Our law takes precedence over codes of honor, tribal or family rules, and over sharia law." Some Muslim groups in Austria have criticised the ban. Carla Amina Bhagajati of the Islamic Religious Community in Austria said the "handful" of fully veiled women she knows of in Vienna "now are criminalized and... restricted to their homes." A model holds an information pamphlet about new Austrian restrictions Credit: JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images The legislation was brought in by the outgoing centrist government of Chancellor Christian Kern. The government said: "Acceptance and respect of Austrian values are basic conditions for successful cohabitation between the majority Austrian population and people from third countries living in Austria." However, the strong support for the new law could point towards political upheaval in Austria's general election on October 15. Austrian parties campaigning on anti-migrant messages are predicted to win and form a coalition government, reflecting a swing to the right in a country that has mainly had centrist governments since World War II. The election is expected to see the anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPOe) come second or third and potentially enter a coalition with Sebastian Kurz of the centre-right. Other measures that came into force Sunday include immigrants signing an "integration contract" and compulsory courses in the German language and "values".
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| Florida Nanny and Mother of 2 Found Dead in Apparently ‘Random’ Attack as Police Launch a Statewide Manhunt Posted: 01 Oct 2017 12:11 PM PDT  Jennifer Lynn Fulford, a nanny for a wealthy family and mother of two, disappeared in Florida and found dead three days later
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| Hong Kong democracy rally marks China national day Posted: 01 Oct 2017 04:13 AM PDT  Thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday to mark China's national day with a pro-democracy rally, and voice growing fears that the city's liberties are under threat from Beijing. Emotions have been running high in the semi-autonomous city since protests in 2014 calling for Beijing to grant fully free leadership elections. Sunday's protest, dubbed an "anti-authoritarian rally", follows the recent arrests of prominent pro-democracy activists, including a former lawmaker, that have renewed anti-China sentiment.
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| Stephen Colbert Finally Changes Jerry Seinfeld's Mind On Bill Cosby Posted: 30 Sep 2017 11:12 AM PDT  Plenty of words have been spent trying to reconcile Bill Cosby the wholesome entertainer and Bill Cosby the alleged sexual predator.
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| Puerto Rico's governor isn't "paying attention to social media" Posted: 30 Sep 2017 07:56 PM PDT  Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello tries to distance himself from a Twitter spat between U.S. President Donald Trump and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz in a Reuters interview ahead of the president's visit this week. No reporter narration.
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| SKoreans relieved after NKorean skaters qualify for Games Posted: 29 Sep 2017 10:50 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean Olympic officials said they were pleased after a North Korean figure skating pair became the nation's first athletes to qualify for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, hoping it might help improve strained relations between the countries.
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| Moscow denies Ukraine's accusation that it left troops in Belarus Posted: 30 Sep 2017 04:21 AM PDT  Russian troops that took part in war games in neighboring Belarus have returned to their bases, a Russian general said on Saturday. "As for units of Russian forces that took part in a mutual strategic military exercises 'Zapad 2017', they all returned to their permanent disposition," TASS news agency quoted Major-General Igor Konashenkov as saying. Konashenkov spoke after Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Viktor Muzhenko said Russia had left troops behind after staging the war games despite promising not to.
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| Attorney General Pam Bondi wants to keep OJ Simpson out of Florida Posted: 30 Sep 2017 02:50 AM PDT  Simpson who was convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping in 2007 was granted parole in July, after serving close to nine years in the prison.
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| Parolee Who Stabbed Man 90 Times Over Football Smiled and Said Victim Had It Coming Posted: 30 Sep 2017 09:09 AM PDT  If he "wasn't an (expletive), he'd still be alive"
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| ICE Arrests Nearly 500 Immigrants Posted: 30 Sep 2017 09:03 AM PDT  The individuals are from 42 different countries.
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| Iran Wants America to Ignore Its Nuclear Ambitions Posted: 30 Sep 2017 06:28 PM PDT  Once the nuclear deal expires, Iran will ironically be much better positioned to move to nuclear weapons than it was before the deal was negotiated. The starting point for any assessment of the Iran nuclear deal—or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—is the recognition that Iran remains a determined nuclear proliferator, and that the deal does not prevent it from achieving its nuclear goal. In fact, if the international community is lulled into believing that the deal "is working," this will actually provide Iran with much needed breathing space to strengthen itself economically, regionally and in the nuclear realm.
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| Ethiopia's Oromo denounce govt on stampede anniversary Posted: 30 Sep 2017 05:13 PM PDT  Ethiopia's largest ethnic group on Sunday staged a peaceful anti-government protest at their biggest festival, where dozens were killed a year ago during a tear gas-induced stampede. Clad in traditional white, tens of thousands of Oromo people who gathered for the Irreecha festival, chanted "Down, down Woyane," a derogatory term for the Ethiopian government. The Oromo are the single largest ethnic group in Ethiopia but critics say the government marginalises them.
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| Meghan Markle and Prince Harry caught cozying up at the Invictus Games closing ceremony Posted: 01 Oct 2017 08:13 AM PDT  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry continue to flaunt their relationship!
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| Country All-Stars To Stage Benefit For People Affected By 4 Hurricanes Posted: 30 Sep 2017 09:27 AM PDT  After a terrible hurricane season, country stars are turning out to lend a hand.
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| Transcripts detail plot to bomb Somali refugees in Kansas Posted: 01 Oct 2017 08:01 AM PDT  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three men accused of conspiring to bomb a Kansas mosque and an apartment complex housing Somali refugees also allegedly discussed killing the refugees' white landlord because he rented to Muslims, a move prosecutors say was meant to ensure the attack fully conveyed their anti-Muslim message.
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| U.S. carrier navigates crowded waters as North Korea tensions mount Posted: 30 Sep 2017 07:40 AM PDT  By Greg Torode ABOARD THE USS RONALD REAGAN, South China Sea (Reuters) - As the commanders of the largest U.S. warship in Asia seek to maintain operational readiness amid protracted tensions over North Korea, they find themselves keeping one eye on China, too. On Saturday, as F-18 Super Hornet jet fighters roared from the decks of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier during routine drills deep in the South China Sea, two Chinese frigates maintained a constant line-of-sight vigil. Other times, Chinese frigates linger for days within the screen of U.S. ships and planes that protect the Reagan - Washington's only carrier based outside America.
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| Here's How Jews Observe Yom Kippur Posted: 30 Sep 2017 05:25 AM PDT  Jews observe the day by fasting, no food or drinks are consumed for 25 hours, and some people also wear white as a symbol of purity.
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| Seahawks Take On Trump's Attacks On NFL By Launching Charity For Equality Posted: 29 Sep 2017 08:03 PM PDT  While President Donald Trump continues to criticize the displays of protest and unity during the national anthem at NFL games, the Seattle Seahawks have decided to go one step further to promote equality for all. The team announced Friday that it is launching a charity fund that will benefit education and leadership programs that fight inequality and promote justice, according to its official announcement. The Seahawks announced its fund one week after the team skipped the national anthem, following the lead set by former San Fransisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee during the anthem in 2016 in response to the spike in police shootings of black people.
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