| Lessons from 'Fire and Fury': In Trump's White House, flattery will get you everywhere Posted: 07 Jan 2018 11:13 AM PST  Does President Trump see through the fawning of subordinates? To judge from Michael Wolff's new book, he doesn't see through it at all. Trump's susceptibility to flattery is one of the running themes of the book.
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| 32 Missing As Tanker Collides With Cargo Ship In Fireball Off China Posted: 07 Jan 2018 12:26 AM PST  Search and rescue workers were plying the waters off the east coast of China Saturday in a desperate hunt for 32 missing sailors after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship.
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| Wife of Pennsylvania police chief who tried to solicit sex from a 14-year-old girl breaks her silence Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:38 AM PST  The wife of a disgraced Pennsylvania police chief has broken her silence after her husband was arrested on Friday for trying to solicit sex from an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old girl, KDKA reports.
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| Monday's Morning Email: Oprah's Rousing Golden Globes Speech Sparks Chorus Of Calls For Oprah 2020 Posted: 08 Jan 2018 04:36 AM PST  TOP STORIES (And want to get The Morning Email each weekday?
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| Full Panel: Marijuana Legalization Might Be The One Thing Americans Agree On Posted: 07 Jan 2018 12:57 AM PST  David Brooks, Danielle Pletka, Mark Leibovich and Joy Reid join the Meet the Press panel to talk about the fallout from the decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to enforce marijuana laws
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| House Foreign Affairs Chairman Royce latest Republican leaving Congress Posted: 08 Jan 2018 03:56 PM PST ![House Foreign Affairs Chairman Royce latest Republican leaving Congress]( "House Foreign Affairs Chairman Royce latest Republican leaving Congress") By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Ed Royce said on Monday he will not run for a 14th term representing his southern California district, a seat that could be a key to Democratic efforts to win back control of the House of Representatives. Royce is the latest in a wave of some 30 House Republicans who have announced they are retiring, running for another office or resigning. Democrats need to win 24 seats in the November mid-term elections to retake the majority in the House, which Republicans have controlled since 2011.
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| Iran's Guard claims victory against anti-government protests Posted: 07 Jan 2018 10:41 AM PST  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday that the nation and its security forces have ended the wave of unrest linked to anti-government protests that erupted last month.
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| GOP Blasts Michael Wolff's Shocking Trump Book With Attack Ad Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:16 PM PST  The Republican National Committee has started a war against the author of the wild tell-all book about President Donald Trump and his administration.
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| 35 Ways To Make Baked Potatoes Even More Amazing Posted: 08 Jan 2018 09:24 AM PST |
| See Princess Charlotte's Sweet-as-Pie First Day of Preschool Pictures! Posted: 08 Jan 2018 09:08 AM PST  Get the royal cubby ready, Princess Charlotte is ready for school!
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| Investors Urge Apple To Tackle ‘Growing’ Evidence Of Device Addiction In Kids Posted: 08 Jan 2018 03:13 PM PST  Two major Apple shareholders are calling on the company to do more to protect children from the potentially harmful side effects of excessive technology use.
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| Nigeria starts large scale evacuation of its citizens from Libya Posted: 07 Jan 2018 12:27 AM PST ![Nigeria starts large scale evacuation of its citizens from Libya]( "Nigeria starts large scale evacuation of its citizens from Libya") By Hani Amara TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Nigeria is starting flights to evacuate thousands of its citizens from Libya which will continue until all those wanting to return home have done so, its foreign minister said on Saturday. Nigerians have recently been the largest national group among African migrants travelling to Libya and trying to cross from there to Italy by sea. Since local armed factions and Libya's coastguard began blocking more migrants from leaving in July last year, large numbers have been trapped in Libya, where they often face dire conditions and abuse, including forced labour.
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| The Aircraft Carrier: The Weapon that Refuses to 'Sink' Posted: 07 Jan 2018 06:55 AM PST  The aircraft carrier is the weapon whose obituary is constantly being written, but which also refuses to die. Twenty years ago, during the height of the "revolution in military affairs" craze, the aircraft carrier was written off as a dinosaur. China and India are currently the only Asian countries operating large fixed-wing carriers, but they may soon be joined by new players, particularly Japan and South Korea (and perhaps others).
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| In jab at rivals, Rouhani says Iran protests about more than economy Posted: 08 Jan 2018 08:47 AM PST ![In jab at rivals, Rouhani says Iran protests about more than economy]( "In jab at rivals, Rouhani says Iran protests about more than economy") By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) - In a swipe at his hardline rivals, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday young Iranian protesters were unhappy about far more than just the economy and they would no longer defer to the views and lifestyle of an aging revolutionary elite. The pragmatic cleric, who defeated anti-Western hardliners to win re-election last year, also called for the lifting of curbs on social media used by anti-government protesters in the most sustained challenge to conservative authorities since 2009. "It would be a misrepresentation (of events) and also an insult to Iranian people to say they only had economic demands," Rouhani was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency.
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| Report: SEC Probing Kushner Company Role In Visas-For-Money Program Posted: 06 Jan 2018 11:43 PM PST  As Donald Trump battles to build a wall to keep Mexican immigrants out of the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission is probing the real estate company owned by the family of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and its link to a lucrative federal visa program, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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| The Latest: Rancher Cliven Bundy walks out a free man Posted: 08 Jan 2018 01:58 PM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the federal criminal case against a Nevada rancher accused of leading 2014 armed standoff against U.S. land management agents (all times local):
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| One dead, one hurt in blast outside Stockholm area metro Posted: 07 Jan 2018 10:12 AM PST  One person died and another was slightly hurt Sunday in a blast outside a metro station in a Stockholm suburb, which police said did not appear to be a terrorist attack. A man in his 60s died in hospital after "he picked up an object off the ground which promptly exploded," police spokesman Sven-Erik Olsson told AFP.
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| HIV-Positive Maryland Track Coach Admits Sexually Abusing 42 Boys Posted: 08 Jan 2018 11:02 AM PST  An HIV-positive man who worked at a school and coached track pleaded guilty Friday to sexually abusing 42 underage boys
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| 8 Affordable Alternatives To Lululemon Posted: 08 Jan 2018 12:35 PM PST  Their cult-like following lives for the brand's gym-to-brunch yoga pants and functional sports bras.
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| Dozens Killed by Car Bomb in Syria, Activists Say Posted: 07 Jan 2018 11:17 AM PST  It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack
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| 24 Hilariously Relatable Tweets That Describe Married Life To A T Posted: 08 Jan 2018 11:12 AM PST  No one expects every day of married life to be overflowing with wedded bliss ― that's for sure.
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| Ex-Google engineer fired over gender memo sues for discrimination Posted: 08 Jan 2018 03:20 PM PST ![Ex-Google engineer fired over gender memo sues for discrimination]( "Ex-Google engineer fired over gender memo sues for discrimination") A former Google engineer fired after he asserted in a memo that biological causes were behind tech industry gender inequality sued his former employer on Monday, saying he was discriminated against as a white man with conservative political views. James Damore last year caused an uproar in Silicon Valley and beyond when he wrote the internal memo, which later became public. Google said he had perpetuated gender stereotypes and fired him in August.
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| A few dozen protesters in cold rain outside the big game Posted: 08 Jan 2018 04:49 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — A few dozen protesters took a knee in cold, light rain on a sidewalk near the venue of the College Football Playoff title game Monday evening, shouting slogans against President Donald Trump.
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| Man jailed for bigamy after marrying woman then her daughter without first getting divorce Posted: 08 Jan 2018 04:35 AM PST  Christopher I Hauptmann, 44, married Shannon Deitrich in Florida in November 2015. The following September, he tied the knot with her 18-year-old daughter, Kaylee Durovick, without divorcing her mother first. Authorities in Pennsylvania first became suspicious of Hauptmann – who worked as a bail bondsman – after receiving reports he was using an alias and possessed a gun, despite being prohibited from doing so because of a previous drug conviction.
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| $559 Million Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In New Hampshire Convenience Store Posted: 07 Jan 2018 03:40 AM PST  The winning numbers for Saturday's estimated $570-million Powerball jackpot, the fifth-largest grand prize in the game's history, were 12, 29, 30, 33, 61 and Powerball 26.
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| German chancellor 'optimistic' about forming coalition Posted: 07 Jan 2018 01:40 AM PST  Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced optimism Sunday as she headed into talks with Germany's second biggest party on forming a government, saying that she believed a deal could be forged. The week of meetings between Merkel's CDU, her Bavarian allies CSU and the Social Democrats (SPD) will examine whether both sides have enough common ground to begin formal coalition negotiations towards a new government by March or April. Merkel's Bavarian allies CSU in particular are championing a tougher stance on immigration -- including demands that are unpalatable to the SPD.
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| US company resumes search for missing flight MH370 Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:29 PM PST  Malaysia's government said Saturday that it had approved a new attempt by a private company to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, nearly four years after its disappearance sparked one of aviation's biggest mysteries. The Texas-based company Ocean Infinity dispatched a search vessel this past week to look in the southern Indian Ocean for debris from the plane, which disappeared March 8, 2014, on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 227 passengers and 12 crew members. The governments of Malaysia, China and Australia called off the nearly three-year official search last January. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's final report on the search conceded that authorities were no closer to knowing the reasons for the Boeing 777's disappearance, or its exact location. "The basis of the offer from Ocean Infinity is based on 'no cure, no fee,"' said Liow Tiong Lai, Malaysian Transport Minister, on Saturday, meaning that payment will be made only if the company finds the wreckage. "That means they are willing to search the area of 25,000 square kilometers (9,653 square miles) pointed out by the expert group near the Australian waters," he said. Investigators recovered debris from a Boeing 777 wing on Reunion Island Credit: AP However, he said, "I don't want to give too much hope ... to the (next of kin)." He said his government was committed to continuing with the search. He did not offer other details. Ocean Infinity said in a statement that the search vessel Seabed Constructor, which left the South African port of Durban on Tuesday, was taking advantage of favourable weather to move toward "the vicinity of the possible search zone". MH370 | The theories In the initial search for the plane, a 52-day surface search covered an area of several million square miles in the Indian Ocean west of Australia, before an underwater search mapped 274,000 square miles of seabed at depths of up to 20,000 feet. They were the largest aviation searches of their kind in history, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). Despite other methods such as studying satellite imagery and investigating ocean drifts after debris from the plane washed ashore on islands in the eastern Indian Ocean and the east coast of Africa, the 1,046-day search was called off on January 17, 2017. However, the ATSB's report said the understanding of where the plane may be is "better now than it has ever been," partly as a result of studying debris that washed ashore in 2015 and 2016 that showed the plane was "not configured for a ditching at the end-of-flight", meaning it had run out of fuel. All you need to know | MH370 The search team also looked back at satellite imagery that showed objects in the ocean that may have been MH370 debris. The report said this analysis complemented work detailed in a 2016 review and identified an area of less than 10,000 square miles — roughly the size of the US state of Vermont — that "has the highest likelihood of containing MH370". The search was extremely difficult because no transmissions were received from the aircraft after its first 38 minutes of flight. Systems designed to automatically transmit the flight's position failed to work after this point, the report said.
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| Jennifer Lopez Gives Stirring Support For Time's Up While Working In Puerto Rico Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:08 AM PST  Jennifer Lopez couldn't attend Sunday night's Golden Globes for a very important reason.
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| The M27: The Automatic Rifle That Will Make the U.S. Marines Even Deadlier Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:07 PM PST  The beloved M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle may be in more hands sooner than later. The 5.56mm M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle has remained a favorite rifle of the Marine Corps for the better part of this decade. Based on the Heckler & Koch HK416 assault rifle and adopted in 2011 to replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, it's widely considered more versatile and accurate over a longer range than the average weapon — so much so that the Corps has even discussed replacing every infantry Marine's M4 carbine with an IAR variant in coming years.
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| Polish PM to announce cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday Posted: 08 Jan 2018 06:15 AM PST ![Polish PM to announce cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday]( "Polish PM to announce cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday") By Pawel Sobczak and Lidia Kelly WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's new prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, will reshuffle the two-year-old conservative government on Tuesday before flying to Brussels to discuss controversial judicial reforms. The long-expected shake-up will probably involve naming a new finance, foreign, environment and health minister, several sources close to the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party have told Reuters. "The swearing-in should take place around noon," Morawiecki's spokeswoman Joanna Kopcinska said on Monday.
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| Israeli company says it has produced tiniest cherry tomato Posted: 08 Jan 2018 04:37 AM PST  MOSHAV IDAN, Israel (AP) — They say bigger is better, but in the succulent world of cherry tomatoes, one Israeli company is going smaller than ever before.
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| Mom on son's hazing death: Feels like 'cat clawing at heart' Posted: 07 Jan 2018 10:02 AM PST  There are times when Mary Deng thinks her only child is still alive, that he's going to come home, that he didn't die more than four years ago in a brutal fraternity hazing ritual.
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| Debra Messing Blasts E! For Wage Inequality During E! Interview Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:35 PM PST  E! is paying plenty of lip service to both the #TimesUp and #MeToo movements on its pre-Golden Globes red carpet coverage.
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| Steve Bannon Backpedals On Comments In New Book On Trump Posted: 07 Jan 2018 09:00 AM PST  Steve Bannon expressed "regret" for his comments to journalist Michael Wolff, whose explosive new book sparked a backlash against the former top Donald Trump aide over his comments about a meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016.
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| H&M removes 'black boy' ad after racism accusation Posted: 08 Jan 2018 08:24 AM PST  Swedish clothing giant Hennes and Mauritz on Monday apologised and removed an advertisement of a black child after the company was accused of being racist on social media. "Whose idea was it at @hm to have this little sweet black boy wear a jumper that says 'coolest monkey in the jungle'?" style blogger Stephanie Yeboah tweeted on Sunday. "You do know that monkey is a known racial slur to black people right?" she added.
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| Chilly weather didn’t stop these pantless subway passengers Posted: 07 Jan 2018 05:15 PM PST  It might have been only 18 degrees Fahrenheit in New York City on Sunday afternoon, but the annual tradition of riding the subway without pants went on despite some frozen buns. SEE ALSO: Eastern U.S. shivers through 'stupid cold' temperatures after the 'bomb cyclone' The light-hearted event brought out many riders donning winter clothing, but no pants. Once on board, participants are supposed to play it straight and act like nothing's out of the ordinary. No pants subway ride in New york January 7th 2018 #Nopantssuwayride2018 more information #improveverywhere https://improveverywhere.com/2017/12/27/no-pants-subway-ride-2018-details-for-new-york/ #nopantssubwayride #nopants #nopantssubway #Newyorkhttps://improveverywhere.com/2017/12/27/no-pants-subway-ride-2018-details-for-new-york/ A post shared by 2018awesome (@nopantssubway2018) on Jan 6, 2018 at 9:58am PST Even "Hot" Mike Pence was spotted wearing just a suit and underwear. Just met "Hot Mike Pence" doing the no pants subway ride today... he goes around prodding fun at the Trump administration, specifically the VP, collecting for causes opposed to the administration's view pic.twitter.com/nkwkhp3NY0 — Henry Rosoff (@HenryRosoff) January 7, 2018 Elsewhere riders were pant-less despite brisk temperatures in Chicago, Washington, D.C, Berlin, and London — where the ride is known as the "No Trousers Tube Ride." Just got home. Thank you to everyone who took part in the #NoTrousersTubeRide today in the UK or elsewhere in the world. The world can be a depressing place, but just silly things like this can make it so much easier to deal with. A genuinely hilarious day. pic.twitter.com/DO8Y29V6KX — Tom [PositiveLad] (@PositiveLad) January 7, 2018 Baby, it's cold outside but it's electric down in Metro. Go DC! Go DC, go! #nopantsdc #NoPantsSubwayRide @WTOP pic.twitter.com/qE1jV0s9T2 — Liz Anderson (@PlanetNoun) January 7, 2018 On the West Coast and in other more forgiving climates, it wasn't that cold, but riders still made an impressive showing in places like San Francisco and Los Angeles. No pants? No problem riding the L.A. Metro.The 10th annual No Pants Metro Ride surprised passengers at Union Station this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/LY69aimwB0 — Hub-LA (@TheHub_LA) January 7, 2018 No pants, no problem! WATCH: Subway rat seizes free avocado, because who wouldn't
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| Aziz Ansari Becomes First Asian-American To Win Golden Globe For Best Actor In TV Show Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:39 AM PST  The star of Netflix's "Master Of None" took home the Golden Globe for Best Actor In A Television Series Musical or Comedy on Sunday night.
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| America's New Nuclear Missile Submarines Might Have a Problem Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:53 PM PST  The Government Accountability Office is raising concerns about the technological maturity of the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine. The new boomer, which must become operational by 2031, will feature a host of new technologies that are supposed to increase the vessels' survivability into the foreseeable future. "Additional development and testing are required to demonstrate the maturity of several Columbia class submarine technologies that are critical to performance, including the Integrated Power System, nuclear reactor, common missile compartment, and propulsor and related coordinated stern technologies," the GAO report reads.
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| U.S. top court turns away challenge to Mississippi LGBT law Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:50 AM PST ![U.S. top court turns away challenge to Mississippi LGBT law]( "U.S. top court turns away challenge to Mississippi LGBT law") The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ended the first legal challenge to a Republican-backed Mississippi law that permits businesses and government employees to refuse to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people because of their religious beliefs. The justices left in place a June ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the plaintiffs - same-sex couples, civil rights advocates including the head of the state NAACP chapter, a church and others - did not have legal standing to bring the lawsuit. The law, passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature and signed by Republican Governor Phillip Bryant with the backing of conservative Christian activists, has not yet been implemented and more legal challenges are expected, according to gay rights lawyers.
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| The Future is Electric: Yamaha Ramps Up E-Bike Development Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:39 AM PST  The Future is Electric: Yamaha Ramps Up E-Bike Development Love it or hate it, electronic powertrains are the way of the future. With most big OEM's struggling to find a steady market, focus is slowly shifting away from bikes powered by dead dinosaurs toward
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| Vietnam tries former oil executives in widened crackdown Posted: 08 Jan 2018 04:53 AM PST  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese court began a major corruption trial on Monday of 22 defendants, including a former senior Vietnamese Communist Party official and a top oil executive the government is accused of snatching from Germany.
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| How E! Tried, And Failed, To Bring The #MeToo Movement To The Red Carpet Posted: 08 Jan 2018 05:23 AM PST  I loved [insert name of relevant movie/TV show/miniseries].
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| Haley on North Korea: 'We want to always remind them, we can destroy you, too' Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:25 AM PST  U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley discusses President Trump's response to North Korea on "This Week."
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