| Woman's Elaborate Scheme To Discredit Washington Post 'Dated Back Months': Report Posted: 30 Nov 2017 12:48 AM PST  A woman whose effort to trick the Washington Post into believing she had been sexually abused by Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore schemed for months in an elaborate effort to discredit the newspaper and other mainstream media outlets, according to a Post report published Wednesday.
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| Yugoslav war criminal dies after drinking 'poison' to end UN court hearing Posted: 29 Nov 2017 07:56 AM PST  Yugoslav war criminal Slobodan Praljak reportedly died after his 20-year prison sentence was upheld by a UN war crimes tribunal and declaring he had drunk poison.
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| Suspected Tampa Serial Killer is Behind Bars Posted: 29 Nov 2017 08:17 AM PST  Tampa police said Wednesday that they are confident a 24-year-old man taken into custody the night before is the man wanted in a string of shooting deaths.
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| Jared Kushner Was Questioned by Robert Mueller's Team About Michael Flynn Posted: 29 Nov 2017 08:43 PM PST  President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller's team of investigators about former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
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| Trump Completely Botches New York Times Attack Over Tax Bill Tweets Posted: 30 Nov 2017 06:49 AM PST  President Donald Trump failed miserably Thursday in his attempt to call out the The New York Times for violating its own guidelines.
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| Surveillance video captures missing teen with her soccer coach in gas station Posted: 30 Nov 2017 07:48 AM PST  A 17-year-old girl who was last seen at her Florida home on Saturday night was recorded at a gas station in Georgia with her high school soccer coach on Sunday, according to police.
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| Correction: Congress-Sexual Misconduct-Conyers story Posted: 30 Nov 2017 12:31 PM PST  DETROIT (AP) — In a story Nov. 29 about sexual harassment claims against U.S. Rep. John Conyers, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a congressman who suggested Conyers should resign. He is U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, not Blumenhauer.
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| Randi Zuckerberg Says Alaska Air Staff Enabled Drunk Passenger To Harass Her Posted: 29 Nov 2017 10:14 PM PST  Randi Zuckerberg, founder of Zuckerberg Media and sister to the founder of Facebook, is accusing Alaska Airlines staff of enabling a drunk first class passenger to continue harassing her during a three-hour flight, even after she asked for help.
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| Marcus by Goldman Sachs introduces game-changing new lending platform to consumers Posted: 30 Nov 2017 12:52 PM PST  Whether you're eighteen or eighty-three, you've probably come to the realization that sometimes things in life just, well, happen.
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| Tampa Police Arrest Possible Serial Killer After Tip From Co-Worker Posted: 29 Nov 2017 04:59 AM PST  Howell Emanuel Donaldson III, 24, will be charged with four counts of murder.
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| Donald Trump's aides 'terrified' over President's mental health, says Art of the Deal co-author Posted: 30 Nov 2017 01:14 AM PST  The co-author of Donald Trump's memoir The Art of the Deal has claimed White House aides are "terrified" over the President's mental health. Tony Schwartz, who shadowed and interviewed Mr Trump over an 18 month period in the 1980s, has been a fierce critic of the 71-year-old since he took office in January. Speaking to MSNBC, Mr Schwartz suggested Mr Trump was "deeply mentally ill" and "no longer connected to reality" following reports the billionaire has been peddling a series of conspiracy theories during private conversations.
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| Same-sex parental rights case reaches top Mississippi court Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:10 PM PST  PEARL, Miss. (AP) — A lesbian couple who had a son through in-vitro fertilization and later divorced will argue over whether the woman who didn't give birth should have status as a legal parent.
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| Earthquake hits near Dover, Delaware; Shaking felt in major cities along I-95 Posted: 30 Nov 2017 02:12 PM PST  An earthquake shook the mid-Atlantic late on Thursday afternoon with shaking felt from Washington, D.C. to New York City.
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| 'The Walking Dead' Characters Are Killing Zombies All Wrong Posted: 30 Nov 2017 01:58 PM PST  In AMC's "The Walking Dead," stabbing a zombie in the head is an efficient and stealthy way to eliminate the undead.
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| Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy declines release from jail during trial Posted: 30 Nov 2017 04:11 AM PST  Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy won a court order releasing him from jail to home confinement for the duration of his federal conspiracy and assault trial in Las Vegas, but he has opted to remain locked up on principle, his attorney said on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro has ruled that the 71-year-old cattleman and three others on trial with him, including sons Ammon and Ryan Bundy, may remain essentially under house arrest, rather than behind bars, while the case proceeds in court. Ryan Bundy had already been released from jail to a halfway house earlier this month before he was permitted transfer to detention in the home of a court-approved host for the rest of the trial, which is expected to run through February.
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| All the Women Who Have Accused Sen. Al Franken of Sexual Misconduct Posted: 30 Nov 2017 11:15 AM PST  Two more women accused Sen. Al Franken of sexual misconduct on Thursday
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| The Latest: Keillor says his firing is 'bewildering' Posted: 29 Nov 2017 08:41 PM PST  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the firing of Garrison Keillor over an allegation of inappropriate behavior (all times local):
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| What now for 'nuclear' North Korea? Posted: 28 Nov 2017 10:16 PM PST  North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un declared his country had achieved its long-cherished goal of full-fledged nuclear statehood after successfully testing a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday. The United States and its allies have always maintained they would never accept a nuclear North Korea, but have been forced to watch from the sidelines as Pyongyang pursued an accelerated weapons drive. The North said Wednesday's test was of a new ICBM -- called a Hwasong 15 -- that was capable of carrying a "super-large heavy warhead" to any target in the continental United States.
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| How did Joe Scarborough's intern Lori Klausutis die? Here's what the authorities say Posted: 30 Nov 2017 02:01 AM PST  President Donald Trump on Wednesday brought a conspiracy theory surrounding one of his frequent critics and media rivals, former congressman and current TV host Joe Scarborough, back into the national spotlight on Wednedsay.
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| ‘Bully’ who sucker-punched man with cerebral palsy sentenced to prison Posted: 30 Nov 2017 08:24 AM PST  The tears Barry Robert Baker Jr shed in court as he begged for mercy on Wednesday did nothing to change what the judge thought of him. You are a predator," said Judge William P Mahon, of the Court of Common Pleas in Chester County, Pennsylvania, according to the Daily Local News. For his crimes - assault and fleeing authorities - the state generally recommends between three and 14 months in prison, with six months probation.
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| Israeli, Palestinian killed in two violent incidents Posted: 30 Nov 2017 01:26 PM PST  An Israeli and a Palestinian were killed on Thursday in two separate incidents in Israel and the occupied West Bank, officials said. An Israeli man was stabbed to death in the southern Israeli city of Arad in what police said was "most probably a terrorist attack". "The investigation is continuing and police units are searching for the suspect who fled the scene," said a police spokesman.
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| PEOPLE Writer Natasha Stoynoff, Who Accused Donald Trump Of Sexual Harassment, Opens Up On Matt Lauer Accusations Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:16 PM PST  Matt Lauer was terminated by NBC News on Wednesday following a complaint alleging 'inappropriate sexual behavior'
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| 13 Insanely Flavorful Ways To Make Jambalaya Posted: 30 Nov 2017 11:05 AM PST |
| Nevada high-rise suspected gunman dead, hostage safe Posted: 28 Nov 2017 10:22 PM PST  RENO, Nevada (AP) — A gunman with a hostage opened fire from the eighth floor of a luxury high-rise condominium in Nevada onto the streets below, authorities said. No injuries were reported.
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| Libya allows emergency migrant 'evacuations' after slavery uproar Posted: 29 Nov 2017 04:21 PM PST  Libya agreed Wednesday with key EU and African leaders to allow migrants facing abuse in detention camps to be evacuated within days or weeks, mostly to their home countries, French President Emmanuel Macron said. The decision was taken after Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called for "all urgent measures" to end slave trading and other migrant abuses in Libya at an EU-Africa summit in Abidjan. The leaders of Libya, France, Germany, Chad, Niger and four other countries "decided on an extreme emergency operation to evacuate from Libya those who want to be," Macron told reporters after their emergency talks on the summit sidelines.
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| We Finally Know Why Adam Driver Hasn't Talked About Emo Kylo Ren Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:30 PM PST  Following the release of "Star Wars: Episode VII," there was a great disturbance in the Force.
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| Police arrest suspected Florida serial killer Posted: 29 Nov 2017 03:52 AM PST  US police arrested a suspected serial killer on Tuesday who faces charges of murdering four people over a period of several weeks in Tampa, Florida. The murders took place between October 9 and November 14 in a seven-block area of the city's working-class Seminole Heights neighborhood, prompting the offer of a $100,000 reward for information to help solve the case. Howell Emmanuel Donaldson III, aged 24, was arrested after police received a tip that he had a firearm at a McDonald's fast food restaurant where he worked.
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| Jim Nabors, TV’s Gomer Pyle and Singer, Dies at 87 Posted: 30 Nov 2017 12:01 PM PST  Jim Nabors, whose name is synonymous with the genial bumpkin Gomer Pyle, whom he played on TV, has died. He was 87.
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| 21 Creole Recipes For The Zestiest Mardi Gras Ever Posted: 30 Nov 2017 10:05 AM PST |
| Wall Street gains, Dow tops 24,000 as tax bill gains steam Posted: 30 Nov 2017 01:58 PM PST  By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P closed at a record high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke above the 24,000 mark for the first time on Thursday as investors gained confidence that the Republican party's push for a U.S. tax overhaul would succeed. Republican Senator John McCain's decision to back the tax bill provided a new jolt of momentum for the legislation. McCain had helped defeat Republicans' efforts to repeal Obamacare, and a "yes" vote by him on the tax measure was considered crucial.
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| Castile's girlfriend reaches settlement over police shooting Posted: 29 Nov 2017 09:50 AM PST  ST. ANTHONY, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota city that employed a police officer who fatally shot black motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year has reached a settlement with Castile's girlfriend and her daughter, who were in the car with him when he was killed.
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| Is China Helping North Korea Build Ballistic Missile Submarines? Posted: 29 Nov 2017 10:09 AM PST  North Korea may be receiving technical assistance from outside powers to develop its submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) technology. Pyongyang currently has one experimental Sinpo-B diesel electric ballistic missile submarine (SSB) that it uses for testing while a more advanced Sinpo-C is currently thought to be under construction.
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| Donald Trump and Britain First: US president attacks Theresa May and tells her to focus on 'Radical Islamic Terror' in UK, not him - as it happened Posted: 29 Nov 2017 05:31 AM PST  Donald Trump has hit back at British Prime Minister Theresa May after she condemned the US president for sharing a series of anti-Muslim tweets from far-right extremist group Britain First. Ms May's said Mr Trump was "wrong" to retweet the videos contained in the posts - but Mr Trump tweeted that she should focus focus "on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom". Downing said had also said before Mr Trump's latest tweet that an invitation for him to make a state visit to the UK would not be withdrawn, despite calls to do so from MPs.
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| 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz', 96, fit to serve jail term: German court Posted: 29 Nov 2017 03:30 AM PST  A former Nazi SS guard known as the "Bookkeeper of Auschwitz", now 96, is fit to serve his four-year prison sentence, a German court ruled Wednesday. Oskar Groening was found guilty in July 2015 of being an accessory to the murders of 300,000 people at the Nazi death camp. "Based on expert opinion, the superior regional court finds that the convicted individual is fit to serve out the term despite his advanced age", said the court in Celle in northern Germany.
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| Evidence Mounts Against So-Called Climate Change Hiatus Posted: 29 Nov 2017 09:20 AM PST  Evidence is mounting against the so-called climate change hiatus — a period lasting from 1998 to 2012 — when global temperatures allegedly stopped rising as sharply as they had before. This misconception can be explained, in part, by missing temperature data from the Arctic, a new study finds. That seeming pause in rising global temperatures had been used as evidence by climate skeptics to suggest that the Earth wasn't really warming at an unnatural pace.
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| 'It's Been Humbling.' Matt Lauer Breaks Silence After Sexual Misconduct Allegations Posted: 30 Nov 2017 04:42 AM PST  The television star apologized for his behavior
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| AT&T CEO says blackout ban shows company willing to settle U.S. Department of Justice fight Posted: 29 Nov 2017 02:24 PM PST  The U.S. Department of Justice last week sued AT&T to block its planned acquisition of Time Warner, saying the combination could raise prices for rivals and pay-TV subscribers while hampering the development of online video. "We're prepared to make concessions," AT&T's CEO, Randall Stephenson, said at an Economic Club of New York luncheon. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, in Washington, D.C., who is overseeing hear the case filed by the Justice Department, on Wednesday set the first pre-trial hearing for Dec. 7.
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| China's New J-16D Aircraft Might Have a Terrifying New Military Capability Posted: 30 Nov 2017 04:20 AM PST  The United States Navy's EA-18G Growler electronic attack fighters are one of a small number of military aircraft types dedicated to the task of jamming—and potentially destroying—hostile radars that could guide deadly surface-to-air missiles against friendly aircraft. This mission is known as Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD). Basically, if a modern air force wants to attack an adversary with significant antiaircraft defenses, it needs an effective SEAD game to avoid insupportable losses.
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