| White House Demands Border Wall, Changes To Immigration System In Return For DACA Posted: 08 Oct 2017 06:51 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The White House told Congress on Sunday night that it wants a border wall and new limits on legal immigration in return for allowing people illegally brought into the United States as children to remain here ― demands top Democrats say renege on a deal President Donald Trump himself made with them last month.
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| Why Geography Stops Gun Control From Taking Root Posted: 08 Oct 2017 01:24 AM PDT  According to Pew Research, about 42 percent of Americans households are home to at least one gun, but firearms aren't spread evenly around the United States.
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| The Dove Ad Is What Happens When 'Diversity' Is Just A Buzzword Posted: 09 Oct 2017 03:03 PM PDT  The online ad featuring black women gleefully transforming into a white women (ostensibly through the power of Dove soap), is not the first racially tone-deaf ad to draw the ire of the public, and it certainly will not be the last.
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| Democrats look to distance themselves from Weinstein Posted: 08 Oct 2017 11:12 AM PDT  "This is a pretty bad guy who did some really awful things," Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday. "People that took money from him should probably give it back."
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| Body-Cam Footage From Salt Lake City Police Shooting Continues To Raise Questions Posted: 08 Oct 2017 08:38 AM PDT  Salt Lake City police body-cam captured white officers shooting a black man who they say threatened them, but evidence of this remains unclear in footage of Patrick Harmon running away.
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| South of New Orleans, Nate spares parish devastated by Hurricane Katrina Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:52 AM PDT  By Jessica Resnick-Ault BELLE CHASSE, La. (Reuters) - Residents of Louisiana's lower Plaquemines Parish, the swampy peninsula that shadows the Mississippi River as it empties into the Gulf of Mexico, know Nate let them off very easy, certainly when compared with hurricanes of years past. As the Category 1 storm approached this weekend, memories of the devastation of Katrina 12 years ago, and to a lesser extent, Issac in 2012, loomed large in the scattered hamlets that cling to the few spots of terra firma that line the river south of New Orleans. "I had prayed for this - that we would be spared," said Amos Cormier, president of the parish, Louisiana's equivalent to a county.
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| Student Gets Suspended For Sitting During Pledge Of Allegiance Posted: 08 Oct 2017 09:09 PM PDT  A Houston student was suspended from school for refusing to stand during the pledge of allegiance.
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| Neither snow nor rain: Postal Service delivers mail in Puerto Rico Posted: 09 Oct 2017 10:42 AM PDT ![Neither snow nor rain: Postal Service delivers mail in Puerto Rico]( "Neither snow nor rain: Postal Service delivers mail in Puerto Rico") With the Puerto Rico power grid shredded by Hurricane Maria, the U.S. Postal Service has taken the place of cellphone service at the forefront of island communications.
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| California burning: Historic fires break out from Sonoma to SoCal Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:47 AM PDT  Wildfires broke out Sunday night and Monday in California's prized wine country, advancing with stunning, and potentially deadly, speed across the dry and gusty Napa and Sonoma Valleys. A total of 14 fires in northern California had destroyed about 1,500 structures as of Monday morning, local time, putting this event as among the most destructive in state history. At least one death has been reported, along with an unknown number of injuries, based on local media reports. Winds gusting to 55 miles per hour fanned the flames in Napa and Sonoma County overnight. CalFire Battalion Chief Jonathan Cox told KTVU on Monday that the Tubbs Fire, located between Santa Rosa and Calistoga, "exploded" in size overnight, from 200 to 20,000 acres. SEE ALSO: How to prepare for natural disasters "It was an inferno like you've never seen before," Marian Williams, who escaped the Tubbs Fire before dawn near the town of Kenwood, told the Associated Press. "Trees were on fire like torches," she said. During the day on Monday, other destructive fires broke out in southern California, as well. Aerial video footage from KTVU showed numerous homes burning or destroyed in Santa Rosa. Entire neighborhoods, at least two hospitals, and senior centers in northwestern Santa Rosa were reportedly evacuated. As Windsor Fire Chief Jack Piccinini told the publication, Sonoma County is struggling due to a lack of resources needed to fight fires of this magnitude. Neighboring counties have been sending equipment and crews to help fight the blazes. Marin County, for example, sent 22 fire engines, along with 5 ambulances, as well as numerous crews to assist the effort. This fire is horrific. Cars, buildings destroyed. Untold homes pic.twitter.com/XDl1UhtJY3 — Jill Tucker (@jilltucker) October 9, 2017 "Everyone in Sonoma County is spread out fighting these fires, but they don't have enough resources to handle something like this. The only thing we can do is hope the wind will come down," Piccinini told the paper . The rapid speed of these fires raises the potential for casualties, given that residents had little time to flee the flames. The Santa Rosa Fire Department tweeted that the fire had grown to 20,000 acres — which is astonishing considering the fires broke out mere hours before. The #TubbsFire is now at 20,000 acres. — SantaRosaFire (@SantaRosaFire) October 9, 2017 20,000+ acres burnt in a matter of hours due to 50+ mph wind gusts and <15% humidity. @CAL_FIRE reps saying the rate of spread is unheard of — Sean Wince (@SeanWince) October 9, 2017 Images and video surfacing on social media show just how extensive the damage is already, and how smoke can be seen from surrounding areas — all the way into downtown San Francisco. saw numerous ambulances enroute north 101 and SF is completely hazed in ash #napafire pic.twitter.com/LBoCrmSF8x — Micheal Benedict (@micheal) October 9, 2017 Mobile home park in Santa Rosa is gone. Cal fire says they can confirm civilian injuries. Varying degrees.#ABC7now pic.twitter.com/pnPAve2FzX — Amy Hollyfield (@amyhollyfield) October 9, 2017 Fire that crossed from Napa to Sonoma has burned homes along Highway 12 just west of County line. @CBSSF #napafires pic.twitter.com/zNl6XWuMlf — Wilson Walker (@Wilson_Walker) October 9, 2017 Highway 12, Sonoma County - just west of county line. #napafires @CBSSF pic.twitter.com/vJKzIN8jTB — Wilson Walker (@Wilson_Walker) October 9, 2017 Napa Road, just off Highway 12 in Sonoma County. Quite a few homes lost in this area. #napafires pic.twitter.com/4Z4ZMgT28B — Wilson Walker (@Wilson_Walker) October 9, 2017 According to The Los Angeles Times, over 300 firefighters are battling three major fires burning in Napa County, along with some additional smaller fires in the area. As of Monday morning, much of northern California is under Red Flag Warning, which means critical fire weather conditions — such as wind, humidity, and temperature — are present that would ensure that any fire that breaks out could spread rapidly and become severe. Got evacuated from Glen Allen. 101 is blocked so take 80E to get to SF. Thick smoke, gusty winds for Napa #napafires pic.twitter.com/zgCFUawDXY — Ayesha Barenblat (@abarenblat) October 9, 2017 Strong images out of Santa Rosa, CA, where a hospital is being evacuated due to growing #wildfire. Photo by CNN affiliate @abc7newsbayarea pic.twitter.com/LIdPtKggp3 — Andrea Butera (@AndreaButera) October 9, 2017 Here is a picture I took this morning. Nurses evacuating an ICU patient. #SantaRosa #fire #BreakingNews @abc7newsbayarea pic.twitter.com/rKewjZnE1e — Stefan (@Stefanstifter) October 9, 2017 Another image of the fire crawling up the back on Sonoma Raceway pic.twitter.com/DY960PtwM2 — Ken Shuman (@sanphrancisco) October 9, 2017 #NapaCounty fire seen from our plane while flying into SFO tonight. Prayers for the firefighters out there fighting this. #napafire pic.twitter.com/Ic0DIZ24jk — Janice Abdalla (@Babbles28) October 9, 2017 #GOES16 satellite update: around 3 am Monday morning. Satellite continues to show multiple wild fires across the North Bay, and a new fire start has been detected just to the east of Cloverdale. Strong and gusty northeast winds will continue through at least mid morning. #cawx pic.twitter.com/jufkkU38wZ — NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) October 9, 2017 According to National Weather Service forecast office in Sacramento, winds in the vicinity o are currently reaching up to 55 mph, and daytime humidity levels are between 7 and 19 percent, so any fires that spark are expected to spread quickly. A record wet winter has been followed by much drier-than-average conditions in this region during the past three months. This means that vegetation that grew during the wet period is now extremely dry, providing plenty of fuel for the flames. Past 90 days: Swath of northern #California <25% normal rainfall. Vegetation growth after record 2016/17 WY rains now dying. Lots of fuel. pic.twitter.com/6dN05R0QG1 — Steve Bowen (@SteveBowenWx) October 9, 2017 Image: NWS San Francisco Canyon Fire 2Anaheim HillsSouth of the 91Along the 241 Toll Road @foxla pic.twitter.com/mJTcGp0zod — Rick Dickert (@RICKatFOX) October 9, 2017 Due to Santa Ana winds there's also a critical fire danger in areas of southern California. Wildfires broke out Monday in Anaheim, forcing evacuations of entire neighborhoods. October has long been associated with California's worst wildfires, particularly in southern California, where Santa Ana winds tend to develop more frequently than at other times of year. This is also the end of the dry season in the state, when vegetation tends to be most ready to ignite. Larger-scale trends are amplifying wildfire risks across the West, as well. We're building more in areas that border forested lands where fires are commonplace, for example. Global warming is also helping to make larger fires more common across the West in particular, as spring snow cover melts earlier, and forests dry out more than they used to during the dry season. In the West, the 2017 wildfire season has been unusually severe, with 8.5 million acres burned to date, compared to the 10-year average of about 6 million by this time. Canada has also had an unusually severe wildfire season, with numerous large blazes torching millions of acres in British Columbia and Alberta, in particular. WATCH: The truth about detoxes and cleanses
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| Kellyanne Conway: Corker's 'day care' tweet undermines U.S. Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:56 AM PDT  President Trump's adviser Kellyanne Conway says the Republican senator's tweet saying that the White House has become "an adult day care center" was "incredibly irresponsible."
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| What You Don't Get To See When Your Plane Is Landing Posted: 09 Oct 2017 01:01 AM PDT  There's no better window seat than the one in the cockpit.
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| Philippines: NY 'plotter' was allegedly doctor to pro-IS gunmen Posted: 09 Oct 2017 01:45 AM PDT  A Filipino doctor wanted over a foiled jihadist plot targeting New York's subway and Times Square previously treated pro-Islamic State (IS) group militants in the mountains of southern Philippines, the military said on Monday. Russell Salic, 37, had links to the Maute group, which since May had been occupying parts of the Philippines' most important Islamic city of Marawi in a bid to establish an IS caliphate in Southeast Asia, Philippine authorities said. "He was among those who were treating wounded members of the Maute group," military spokesman Colonel Edgard Arevalo told AFP.
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| Ethics Group Blasts Pence For Using Government Travel For Colts Stunt Posted: 09 Oct 2017 04:36 AM PDT  Watchdog group Citizens For Ethics is less than pleased with Vice President Mike Pence for using government travel to attend and prematurely leave Sunday's Indianapolis Colts game.
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| Turkey wants US to review decision to halt visa services Posted: 09 Oct 2017 02:08 PM PDT  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's justice minister on Monday said he hoped the United States would review its decision to suspend most visa services for Turkish citizens following the arrest of a U.S. consulate employee in Istanbul that has deepened tensions between the two NATO allies.
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| Man Gives Reward to Kidnapped Girl: 'It's the Best Thing I've Ever Done' Posted: 09 Oct 2017 12:33 PM PDT  By sheer chance, Earl Melchert discovered a teenage girl on his property who had been missing for 29 days.
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| Teen Son Of Radio Host Delilah Dies of Suicide After 'Battling Depression' Posted: 08 Oct 2017 08:07 AM PDT  Syndicated radio host Delilah Rene has announced that her teenaged son, Zachariah, took his life last week after "battling depression for some time."
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| Police: 16-Year-Old-Boy Killed a Man in Front of His Kids and Raped an 81-Year-Old Woman Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:53 AM PDT  Tulsa police say a 16-year-old boy fatally shot a man in front of his kids and raped an 81-year-old woman.
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| How high is air pollution in your city and how does it compare to the most polluted cities in the world? Posted: 09 Oct 2017 12:18 AM PDT  Pollution is a greater global threat than Ebola and HIV, according to warnings by the World Health Organisation. According to its recent report, one in four deaths among children aged under five are now due to environmental hazards such as air pollution and contaminated water. Previously this year, air pollution levels in London were worse than those in Beijing for a brief period - with the UK capital's pollutants frequently breaking UK limits. Now, the UK Government plans to tackle such dangers by banning diesel and petrol cars by 2040. But how bad is air pollution in other areas of the UK? Search for your postcode to see how bad air pollution is in your area How high is air pollution in your area? How does the UK compare to the world? According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), London is just a mid-table city when it comes to the international league table of polluted places. London only ranked 1,389th out of the nearly 3,000 cities and towns around the world monitored in the WHO's database of annual air pollution readings. Which cities have the worst air pollution levels? WHO guidelines state that cities should aim to have an annual average of no more than 10 micrograms of PM2.5 (very fine particulate matter) for every cubic metre of air. London had an annual PM2.5 average of 15 μg/m3 in 2013, far lower than Beijing's average of 85.2 μg/m3. These particles are very small in diameter and are classed as carcinogenic by leading health organisations. Thousands of deaths a year are attributable to air pollution in the UK. London pollution - what causes it and how can you stay safe? 01:33 Which cities have the highest air pollution levels worldwide? According to the WHO, the most polluted city in the world is Zabol in Iran. Zabol's PM2.5 measurements were found to average a massive 217 μg/m3 for the latest available year - more than 20 times higher than the recommended level. The next two entries on the list are both located in India (Gwalior and Allahabad) while the first non-Asian city on the list is Bamenda in Cameroon which came in eighth place. Tetovo in Macedonia was the most polluted European city in the database, followed by Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most polluted city in the UK isn't actually London. Glasgow topped that list, followed by Scunthorpe and Leeds with London in sixth place. However, given that these rankings are based on figures taken in 2013, the situation may have changed since. London may also experience greater peaks in air pollution but these figures are all annual averages. Table - The 100 most air polluted cities in the world
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| Trump says giving peace a chance before U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem: interview Posted: 07 Oct 2017 06:44 PM PDT  President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Saturday that he wanted to give a shot at achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians before moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In June Trump signed a temporary order to keep the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, despite a campaign promise he made to move it to Jerusalem. In an interview with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on the TBN program "Huckabee," Trump noted his administration was working on a plan for peace between the two sides.
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| Bangladesh police hunt man who married Rohingya refugee Posted: 08 Oct 2017 04:10 AM PDT  Bangladesh police were Sunday searching for a man who defied a ban and married a Rohingya refugee, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled across the border to escape violence in Myanmar. More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flocked to Bangladesh since an army crackdown began on August 25 in Myanmar's Rakhine state, a process the UN has described as ethnic cleansing. Shoaib Hossain Jewel, 25, and his 18-year-old Rohingya bride Rafiza have been on the run since marrying last month, said police in Jewel's home town of Singair.
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| Ashley Graham Shares The Awful Comments She Gets When She Works Out Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:05 AM PDT  Model Ashley Graham is the poster child for body positivity.
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| Turkey shells Syria's northern Idlib province Posted: 08 Oct 2017 10:45 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Turkish forces on Sunday shelled areas along its border with Syria's northwestern province, an area dominated by al-Qaida-linked militants, as Turkey's president says an operation in the area to enforce a "de-escalation" zone was underway "without problems."
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| Wanted man taunts police on Facebook, it backfires big time Posted: 09 Oct 2017 06:10 AM PDT  Cheeky criminals have taunted law enforcement since the dawn of time. So it's no surprise that in the era of social media, spats between suspects and police have found a new platform. SEE ALSO: Wanted man taunts police on Facebook, gets a chilling response A Michigan man, known on Facebook as Champagne Torino, is wanted on "existing warrants" and is a massive troll. When Redford Police Department posted about a home invasion, Torino commented saying "You guys suck!". To which the police department replied: "Michael, given your veiled threats to residents and officers on other threads, and your inability to engage in constructive dialogue on this page, this is your one warning. If it continues you will be blocked." (Michael is presumably his real name, but doesn't have quite the same ring to it. Let's stick to Champagne or Torino for the sake of simplicity!) Image: redford police department/screengrabBut the argument didn't stop there. Torino sent a private Facebook message to Redford police saying if their next post got a thousand shares he'd turn himself in, bring a dozen doughnuts and clean up public schools in the area. Well, unfortunately for the guy, police accepted the challenge and got more than 3,800 shares: According to reports Torino hasn't turned himself in yet. Will he be a man of his word? WATCH: The truth about detoxes and cleanses
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| Kellyanne Conway Denies Mike Pence's Expensive NFL Exit Was A 'Political Stunt' Posted: 09 Oct 2017 07:40 AM PDT  Kellyanne Conway is pushing back against claims that Vice President Mike Pence's early exit from an NFL game Sunday was a "political stunt."
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| The U.S. Army Is Building a New Tank in a Very Sneaky Way Posted: 09 Oct 2017 05:27 AM PDT  The U.S. Army just got a new tank. On Oct. 4, 2017, the Army's program office for ground vehicles announced that the service had accepted the first M-1A2SEPV3 "on schedule and on budget." General Dynamics Land Systems builds the tank in Lima, Ohio, using existing M-1 hulls as a starting point. The Army asked to buy 58 M-1A2SEPV3 tanks in 2018, against a total requirement for around a thousand of the new vehicles — enough to equip all of the branch's active-duty tank brigades.
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| Child Sex Offender Awarded Joint Custody Of Victim’s Kid: Attorney Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:51 AM PDT  A Michigan woman who was just 12 years old when she says an 18-year-old held her captive for days and raped her now faces the prospect of sharing joint custody with her attacker, according to the victim's lawyer.
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| California's Raging Wildfires as You've Never Seen Them Before Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:49 AM PDT  Jeff Frost is covering the fires in Napa and Sonoma counties in California. See the time lapses he shot for his film "California on Fire"
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| Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples Day Posted: 09 Oct 2017 01:03 PM PDT ![Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples Day]( "Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Peoples Day")
A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day has gained momentum in some parts of the U.S., with Los Angeles in August becoming the biggest city yet to decide to stop honoring the Italian explorer and instead recognize victims of colonialism. Austin, Texas, followed suit Thursday. It joined cities including San Francisco, Seattle and Denver, which had previously booted Columbus in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day. But the gesture to recognize indigenous people rather than the man who opened the Americas to European domination also has prompted howls of outrage from some Italian-Americans, who say eliminating their festival of ethnic pride is culturally insensitive, too. "We had a very difficult time in this country for well over a hundred years," said Basil Russo, president of the Order Italian Sons and Daughters of America. "Columbus Day is a day that we've chosen to celebrate who we are. And we're entitled to do that just as they are entitled to celebrate who they are." It's not about taking anything away from Italian-Americans, said Cliff Matias, cultural director of the Redhawk Native American Arts Council, which hosted a Re-Thinking Columbus Day event Sunday and Monday in New York. "The conversation is Columbus," he said. "If they're going to celebrate Columbus, we need to celebrate the fact that we survived Columbus." The debate over Columbus' historical legacy is an old one, but it became emotionally charged after a similar debate in the South over monuments to Confederate generals flared into deadly violence in August at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. In Akron, Ohio, a September vote over whether to dump Columbus opened a racial rift on the city council that was so heated conflict mediators were brought in to sooth tensions. In New York, where 35,000 people marched in Monday's Columbus Day parade, vandals last month doused the hands of a Christopher Columbus statue in blood-red paint and scrawled the words "hate will not be tolerated." Activists calling for the city to change the parade's name also are expected to hold a demonstration. On Sunday, three demonstrators briefly interrupted a wreath-laying ceremony at the Columbus statue in Columbus Circle. Two dressed in fake chains. One wore a hooded white sheet. Police said one person was arrested. Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, appointed a committee to evaluate whether monuments to certain historical figures should be removed, prompting a backlash from fellow Italian-Americans who vowed to defend the Columbus statue, which has stood over Columbus Circle for more than a century. But the mayor still marched in Monday's parade. "You can debate the historical figure of Christopher Columbus, but you can't debate the contribution of Italian-Americans to this country," de Blasio said at the start of the march. (AP) See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Twitter and Tumblr.
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| Mike Pence's NFL 'Stunt' In Indianapolis May Have Cost Taxpayers Over $88,000 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:56 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence leaving an NFL game early on Sunday was a costly political "stunt," according to some Democratic lawmakers.
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| Bridal Week: Naeem Khan Fall 2018 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 08:27 AM PDT  Naeem Khan has long been hailed as a favorite for names like Beyoncé, Kate Hudson and former first lady Michelle Obama, but his global influence extends far beyond that.
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| Ariana Grande Shows Off Her New Grey (Not Silver!) Hair On Instagram Posted: 09 Oct 2017 06:51 AM PDT  Ariana Grande Rocks Her New Hair Color While Hanging Out With Boyfriend Mac Miller
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| Hezbollah leader says U.S. actions aiding Islamic State in Syria Posted: 08 Oct 2017 09:16 AM PDT  Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday that the United States was serving the interests of Islamic State by preventing the Syrian army and its allies advancing in some areas of eastern Syria. American jets have this year targeted pro-government militias in eastern Syria that were advancing towards Washington's local allies. Nasrallah said the United States was delaying the Syrian military in its battle to retake territory from Islamic State.
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| Allies desert Syria jihadists before Turkey-backed battle Posted: 07 Oct 2017 07:25 PM PDT  Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate was once a key ally for many rebels but they are now abandoning it as the jihadists face a Turkey-backed operation in its stronghold. The Fateh al-Sham Front, formerly known as Al-Nusra Front, is the most powerful faction in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, which remains largely beyond the control of the regime. It heads the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham coalition, which brought together an array of sympathetic rebel and jihadist groups and holds sway across Idlib after ousting rival factions earlier this year.
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| Slain Pitt student had restraining order against boyfriend Posted: 09 Oct 2017 04:06 PM PDT  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A University of Pittsburgh student found dead in her off-campus home during the weekend had recently filed a protection from abuse order against her ex-boyfriend, who is facing rape charges in an unrelated case.
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| CBS Reporter Sparks Uproar By Mistakenly Claiming Kaepernick Wouldn't Kneel Posted: 08 Oct 2017 04:58 PM PDT  CBS sports reporter Jason La Canfora sparked outrage on Sunday when he falsely reported that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick would stand for the national anthem if signed to a team.
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| Man arrested for rape of stepdaughter he 'kept prisoner for 19 years' Posted: 09 Oct 2017 06:35 AM PDT  Henri Michele Piette, 62, has been charged with first-degree rape and other offences by authorities in Oklahoma after Rosalynn McGinnis, now 33, made her way to the US embassy in Mexico. There, she told investigators she was "married" by a then 15-year-old son of Mr Piette's in the back of a van the day before he was due to marry her mother. Ms McGinnis's mother later left Mr Piette because of his violent behaviour and lived with her daughter in protective accommodation, The Oklahoman reported.
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| Trump Touts Military Option for North Korea That Generals Warn Would Be ‘Horrific’ Posted: 09 Oct 2017 02:57 PM PDT  The foreign policy in Trump's Twitter feed is competing with the foreign policy of the U.S. government.
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| Blue Ivy's Pricey Wardrobe Is Making Headlines Yet Again Posted: 09 Oct 2017 01:11 PM PDT  Five-year-old Blue Ivy Carter recently attended the New Orleans wedding of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's friends, Lawrence Parker and Jessica Clemons.
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| What You Need to Know About Nutritional Yeast Posted: 09 Oct 2017 11:31 AM PDT  Nutritional yeast has long been a favorite of vegans, who use it as a cheese substitute. But now nutritional yeast is everywhere—maybe you've seen it in the market, or on a food blog. Here's what you need to know about the popular seasoning.
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| Likely successor to Cuba's Castro rejects U.S. demands for change Posted: 08 Oct 2017 08:19 AM PDT  By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - The man forecast to replace Cuban President Raul Castro early next year rejected U.S. demands that the Communist-run country change its political and economic system. "The changes needed in Cuba will solely be carried out by the Cuban people," Diaz-Canel said.
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| White tiger cubs maul keeper to death in India Posted: 08 Oct 2017 04:15 AM PDT  Two white tiger cubs have mauled their keeper to death at a wildlife national park in southern India, an official said on Sunday. Anji, 40, was killed late Saturday at Bannerghatta Biological Park on the outskirts of Bangalore when the two cubs attacked him as he herded them into their enclosure, park chief Santosh Kumar told AFP. The tigers were eventually driven off by park staff but the victim was already dead.
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| 'Rick and Morty' fans at McDonald's prove that we can't have nice things Posted: 08 Oct 2017 09:04 AM PDT  The McDonald's Rick and Morty-inspired Szechuan sauce promotion continues to be an absolute embarrassment for everyone involved. The fast food giant released a "super-limited" amount of the special edition dipping sauce on Oct. 7, giving Rick and Morty fans an excuse to line up outside their nearest participating McDonalds location for a chance to emulate their favorite mad scientist's quest for the sweetest of the McNugget nectars. SEE ALSO: Why 'Rick and Morty' is the realest show on TV right now Things didn't quite go according to plan. Fans immediately took to Twitter to complain of long lines, early Szechuan handouts before the 2:00 p.m. start time, and restaurants that didn't even have the sauce in stock, even though they were slated to have it. Others, meanwhile, posted accounts of adults acting like petulant children and treating McDonald's employees poorly when they learned the limited edition sauce had sold out. Naturally, eBay speculators had a field day. Immediately following the promotion, McDonald's sent out a conciliatory tweet in an attempt to quell all the fans complaining that they didn't have a shot at tasting the sauce. The best fans in the multiverse showed us what they got today. We hear you & we're sorry not everyone could get some super-limited Szechuan. — McDonald's (@McDonalds) October 7, 2017 The gesture was not met with level-headed responses from angry Rick and Morty fans. Folks, we have another #boycott on our hands. Hopefully they lose more customers. #boycottmcdonalds #RickandMorty #bullshituansauce — Shawn Epps (@Schepps311) October 7, 2017 What started as a fun acknowledgment of a cult fandom has turned into just the latest reason that a group has decided to brandish its collective anger at a brand. *sees boycott Mcdonalds trending*Hell yes, boycott them until they pay their workers livea-*it's over a Rick and Morty meme*nevermind — Forks (@tforks_) October 7, 2017 McDonald's appeared to have botched the promotion by only shelling out a few packets to each participating location — and some people claim that employees took the sauce and limited edition posters for themselves — but is it really worth lawsuits? reddit wants to sue mcdonalds for not making enough szechuan sauce pic.twitter.com/4FxbuQEF1R — Tyler Glaiel 陋 (@TylerGlaiel) October 8, 2017 Fans not getting the sauce they wanted and McDonald's failing to follow through on the home run potential of the promotion are both disappointing — but that's the extent of it. The McDonald's boycott will likely be as effective as other movements against major corporations before it, but who knows: maybe the company will learn from this debacle and do it better next time. Someday, we might all finally get some Szechuan sauce. In the meantime: calm down. WATCH: The truth about detoxes and cleanses Every editorial product is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our journalism.
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| German conservative parties say they agree on migrant limit Posted: 09 Oct 2017 04:53 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Germany's conservative parties said Monday they have agreed on a law limiting the number of migrants allowed to enter the country every year — though the government and parliament will have the power to change the figure in the future.
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| Las Vegas concert-goers claim personal items left after massacre Posted: 08 Oct 2017 03:28 PM PDT  By Sharon Bernstein LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The FBI on Sunday started returning thousands of purses, phones and other property left behind by concert-goers in Las Vegas fleeing the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, as the Red Cross stepped up efforts to reach those traumatized by the Oct. 1 massacre. Investigators still lack a clear reason why Stephen Paddock, 64, unleashed a torrent of gunfire into a crowd of 22,000 at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. The suspect shot himself to death before police stormed his 32nd-floor suite in the Mandalay Bay Casino and Resort, high above the concert venue.
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| Man Who Tortured Girlfriend's Autistic Son Gets 65-Year Prison Sentence Posted: 08 Oct 2017 07:16 AM PDT  He also abused the boy's younger brother
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| 15 Unbelievable Things You Can Make With Tater Tots Posted: 09 Oct 2017 02:21 PM PDT |
| Jenny Mollen Posts 'Chic' Postpartum Photo, And Moms Are Loving It Posted: 09 Oct 2017 09:50 AM PDT  Actress and author Jenny Mollen recently gave birth to her second child with actor Jason Biggs, and their fans are loving her refreshingly honest take on postpartum life.
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| How many nukes are in the world and what could they destroy? Posted: 09 Oct 2017 12:18 AM PDT  Tensions over nuclear weapons have been raised further after North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. This latest move comes amid increasing concern over North Korea's military capabilities, with the new US administration upping its rhetoric in response. While the Pyongyang regime increases the frequency with which it is conducting missile tests, Donald Trump's defence secretary Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis has previously warned North Korea of an "effective and overwhelming" response if Pyongyang used nuclear weapons. North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States.....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017 Elsewhere, rhetoric hints at a return of the expansion of nuclear arsenals across the world. In December, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of defence chiefs that strengthening nuclear capability should be a key objective for 2017. Donald Trump then took to Twitter to respond, vowing to do the same. Such rhetoric has led to concerns about the world's nuclear capacity and the unpredictability of those in charge of the warheads. It seems the world is a long way from "coming to its senses" - with millions of kilotons already in military service around the world. Between them, the world's nuclear-armed states have around 15,000 warheads - the majority of which belong to the US and Russia. It is estimated that just under 10,000 of these are in military service, with the rest awaiting dismantlement, according to the Arms Control Association. Putin says Russia should strengthen its nuclear arsenal 00:51 Which countries have nuclear weapons? There are five nuclear-weapon states in the world: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and the United States. These are officially recognised as possessing such weapons by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. This treaty acknowledges and legitimises their arsenals, but they are not supposed to build or maintain them forever. Indeed, they have committed to eliminate them. There are also four other countries that have nuclear weapons: Pakistan, India, Israel and North Korea. These countries didn't sign the Treaty, and together possess an estimated 340 nuclear weapons. But it's Russia and the US that have by far the most in the world - dominating all other countries by collectively sharing 88 per cent of the world's arsenal of stockpiled nukes. This figure increases to 93 per cent when we consider retired nukes. How the world's 15,000 nukes are divided How deadly could these nuclear weapons be? The world's current collection of 14,900 nuclear weapons possesses enough power to kill millions of people and flatten dozens of cities. According to Telegraph research, it is estimated that the US and Russian arsenals combined have power equating to 6,600 megatons. This is a tenth of the total solar energy received by Earth every minute. According to the NukeMap website, the dropping of the B-83, the largest bomb in the current US arsenal, would kill 1.4m people in the first 24 hours. A further 3.7m people would be injured, as the thermal radiation radius reached 13.km. Likewise, the "Tsar Bomba" is the largest USSR bomb tested. If this bomb was dropped on New York, it is estimated that it could kill 7.6m people and injure 4.2m more. The nuclear fallout could reach an approximate area of 7,880km on a 15mph wind, impacting millions more people. Both America and Russia's arsenals are regulated by several treaties that place limits on the numbers and kinds of warheads and delivery systems they have. If either country were to expand their nuclear capacity even further, as Trump and Putin have hinted at, it could shatter these agreements and plunge the world into a new Cold War. North Korean missile ranges Our figures on nuclear weapons, based on statistics from the Arms Control Association, are mainly estimates because of the secretive nature with which most governments treat information about their arsenals.
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