| White House Official Says Voter Fraud Panel Found Nothing, Will Delete Voter Data Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:22 PM PST  A White House official told a federal judge Tuesday that President Donald Trump's now-defunct voter fraud commission plans to delete the voter data it collected from about 20 states and contradicted the administration's public statements saying the Department of Homeland Security would take up the panel's work.
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| California rains cause mudslides after devastating wildfires Posted: 09 Jan 2018 04:01 AM PST  Thousands have been evacuated in California as heavy rains cause flooding and mudslides after the region's vegetation was destroyed in the recent wildfires.
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| Photos Capture Brutal Devastation Of California Mudslides Posted: 10 Jan 2018 09:23 AM PST  The mangled frames of abandoned cars, drenched in mud.
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| Australian girl who was face of iconic Akubra hat commits suicide aged 14 after being bullied online Posted: 10 Jan 2018 03:25 AM PST  A 14-year-old girl who was once the face of Akubra– Australia's famous cowboy-style hat – has taken her own life after being harassed online, prompting calls by her family to "stop the bullies". The parents of Amy "Dolly" Everett, who appeared in a popular advertising campaign for Akubra when she was 8, said she was a "caring, beautiful soul" and expressed hope that her death would raise awareness about bullying and harassment. Tick Everett, her father, said in a Facebook post that Amy had taken her life "to escape the evil in this world". He did not reveal details of the bullying but appealed to those responsible to attend a memorial service for her in their home town of Katherine in outback central Australia. "If we can help other precious lives from being lost and the suffering of so many, then Doll's life will not be wasted," he wrote. "If by some chance the people who thought this was a joke and made themselves feel superior by the constant bullying and harassment see this post, please come to our service and witness the complete devastation you have created." Amy's father invited her bullies to attend her funeral to "witness the complete devastation you have created" Akubra, which has been making its trademark wide-rimmed hats for more than a century, released a statement, expressing condolences and denouncing bullying. "This is not an easy post to write," said the statement. "We were shocked and distressed to hear of the passing of "Dolly" - the young girl many of you will recognise from our past Christmas adverts… Bullying of any type is unacceptable. It is up to us to stand up when we see any kind of bullying behaviour." We are shocked and distressed to hear of the passing of "Dolly" - the young girl many of you will recognise from our past Christmas adverts. This beautiful photo was taken 8 years ago. Dolly chose to end her life to escape the bullying she was being subjected to. She was not even 15 years old. To think that anyone could feel so overwhelmed and that suicide was their only option is unfathomable. Bullying of any kind is unacceptable. It is abuse and it is time for us to stand up when we see any kind of bullying behaviour. Dolly could be anyone's daughter, sister, friend. We need to make sure that anyone in crisis knows there is always someone to talk to. Be a friend, check up on your mates. Our hearts go out to Dolly's family and friends. Amy 'Dolly' Everett 1.5.2003-3.1.2018 #stopbullyingnow #doitfordolly #justbekind A post shared by Akubra Hats Official (@akubraofficial) on Jan 9, 2018 at 12:13am PST The statement added: "Dolly could be anyone's daughter, sister, friend... Be a friend, check up on your mates." Dolly's death prompted an outpouring of support from friends, family and well-wishers across the country. Surveys in Australia have found about a quarter of students aged 8 to 14 have reported being bullied. "Dolly, beautiful girl your death has been a tragedy that we didn't foresee but your memory will make changes happen," said a message on Facebook. Numbers to call
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| China races to prevent environmental disaster from stricken tanker Posted: 08 Jan 2018 09:58 PM PST  China raced to contain oil leaking from an Iranian tanker stricken off its eastern coast Tuesday amid warnings the burning ship could spark an environmental disaster. The Sanchi was carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil when it collided with a cargo ship on Saturday and erupted into flames 160 nautical miles east of Shanghai. If all the cargo from the Panamanian-flagged 274-metre (899-foot) tanker spills, it would be the biggest oil slick from a ship in decades and could kill marine life across a vast area, analysts have said.
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| 4 ex-fraternity members get jail in pledge's hazing death Posted: 08 Jan 2018 06:46 PM PST  STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Four New York City men were given jail sentences Monday in the death of an 18-year-old fraternity pledge during a 2013 hazing ritual in Pennsylvania, with a judge saying she believes they succumbed to "brainwashing" and "indoctrination" that is rampant at fraternities around the nation.
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| Ford sued by truck owners alleging diesel emissions cheating Posted: 10 Jan 2018 02:06 PM PST ![Ford sued by truck owners alleging diesel emissions cheating]( "Ford sued by truck owners alleging diesel emissions cheating") By Nick Carey DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co installed software that enabled its F-250 and F-350 Super Duty trucks to cheat at passing federal emissions tests, according to a lawsuit by truck owners filed on Wednesday, a claim the No. 2 U.S. automaker described as "baseless." Ford manipulated the emissions system in violation of federal requirements and the affected trucks released twice the legal limits of emissions during normal driving, the lawsuit claimed. An emission-cheating scandal that came to light in 2015 cost German automaker Volkswagen tens of billions of dollars in settlements and fines. Ford said in a statement that all of its vehicles comply with all U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board emissions regulations.
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| Poll: Oprah tops Trump with likely voters in 2020 election Posted: 10 Jan 2018 07:31 AM PST  President Donald Trump was asked whether he would beat Oprah Winfrey in a presidential contest on Tuesday, to which he replied, "Yeah I'll beat Oprah. According to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey released on Wednesday, 48 percent of likely U.S. voters would choose Oprah -- an iconic entertainment mogul -- while 38 percent would opt for the current Republican president. An additional 14 percent are "undecided" on the matchup, signaling Oprah -- who has no political or government experience to date -- could potentially gain or lose support if she decided to roll out a presidential platform.
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| Federal Court Strikes Down North Carolina Congressional Map As Unconstitutional Posted: 09 Jan 2018 03:08 PM PST  A three-court panel of federal judges in North Carolina struck down North Carolina's congressional map Tuesday, saying it went so far to benefit Republicans that it violated the U.S. Constitution.
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| A Highly Classified Spy Satellite Has Been Destroyed. Probably. Posted: 09 Jan 2018 03:06 PM PST  SpaceX launched a classified, multibillion-dollar spy satellite for the U.S. government on Sunday ― and then something went wrong.
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| 14-year-old girl pulled from 'tangled mess of a house' after California mudslide Posted: 09 Jan 2018 12:51 PM PST  Firefighters in Montecito, California, were able to rescue a 14-year-old girl trapped inside her mangled home on Tuesday following a deadly mudslide that claimed the lives of at least five people, according to NBC News.
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| French beef producers cheer chance for return to China Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:14 PM PST  French beef producers on Tuesday hailed a deal reached by President Emmanuel Macron and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to end China's 2001 embargo on French beef. The accord, which would allow French producers back into the huge Chinese market within six months, came as Macron made a three-day visit to the country, his first destination in Asia as France's leader.
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| Legendary French Actress Catherine Deneuve Decries #MeToo Movement As 'Puritanism' Posted: 09 Jan 2018 01:48 PM PST  French movie icon Catherine Deneuve thinks the #MeToo movement to hold sexual harassers accountable has gone too far, joining a group of other influential French women arguing that it amounts to "puritanism" and "a wave of purification" that has created "a climate of a totalitarian society."
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| College Student Is Found Dead After Going Missing During Winter Break Posted: 10 Jan 2018 11:35 AM PST  The UPenn student's death is being investigated as a homicide
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| Trump wants Republicans to take over Russia investigation because ‘the world is laughing at America’ Posted: 10 Jan 2018 07:35 AM PST  Nearly a year into his tenure, President Donald Trump says that the whole world is laughing at America. Referring to the investigations into Russia's meddling into the 2016 election, Mr Trump once again said the whole ordeal is the "greatest Witch Hunt in American history", and said that Russia and the world is laughing at the hype around the subject. Republicans, he added, should take over the investigation.
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| One Of America's Key Voting Laws Is About To Face A Big Test At The Supreme Court Posted: 09 Jan 2018 02:47 AM PST  In November of 2015, Larry Harmon, a software engineer then in his late 50s, went to the polls to vote against an Ohio ballot initiative to legalize marijuana.
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| Land Rover 70th anniversary marked by special restoration Posted: 10 Jan 2018 07:17 AM PST  When vehicle manufacturers celebrate a major milestone in their history, it's quite common for them to produce anniversary models that pay homage to a vehicle from the company's early days, or to roll out some historic models for an event or photoshoot. Well, Land Rover is going right back to the very beginning to celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2018, by restoring a vehicle that effectively started everything for the British brand. The vehicle being restored is one of three pre-production Land Rovers that were originally shown in 1948 at the Amsterdam Motor Show Launch.
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| Southern California Mudslides Leave At Least 17 Dead Posted: 10 Jan 2018 07:42 AM PST  A day after powerful mudslides swept through the Southern California community of Montecito, rescue crews continued to search the wreckage for missing people on Wednesday.
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| With pricey electric car, Fisker eyes comeback Posted: 09 Jan 2018 10:07 PM PST  Henrik Fisker unveiled his $129,000 electric luxury car Tuesday, in a rebooted effort by the renowned auto designer to take on Tesla and other luxury automakers. The Fisker EMotion, which made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is part of a comeback effort for Henrik Fisker, a former BMW and Aston Martin designer whose first venture was halted in 2013 after selling only a few thousand vehicles. This time, the company Fisker Inc. is pulling out all the stops for the vehicle, designed with butterfly doors and a sleek sportscar look, semi-autonomous driving, and a range of some 400 miles (650 kilometers) on a single charge.
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| Netanyahu: Israel helped stop terror attacks on planes in Europe Posted: 09 Jan 2018 10:06 AM PST  Israeli intelligence has helped stop terrorists from using civilian aeroplanes in Europe to carry out major attacks "of the worst kind", Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday. The Israeli prime minister told a group of ambassadors from Nato countries that his nation's intelligence agencies had "helped save many European" lives by passing on warnings of jihadist plots. He did not give details of the thwarted attacks but said they "involve civil aviation". "We have, through our intelligence services, provided information that has stopped several dozen major terrorist attacks, many of them in European countries. Some of these could have been mass attacks, of the worst kind that you have experienced on the soil of Europe and even worse, because they involve civil aviation," Mr Netanyahu said. Israel has a formidable intelligence apparatus and Mr Netanyahu often uses his country's intelligence gathering capabilities as a calling card as he tries to improve Israel's diplomatic standing around the world. He speaks often about how countries that were once hostile to the Jewish state now seek out its help in the fields of both intelligence and technology. Jihadist groups remain determined to try to smuggle bombs aboard civilian aircraft, according to assessments by both Western and Israeli intelligence agencies. Perhaps the most dangerous bomb makers are Al-Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The group was behind a failed plot to smuggle bombs into printer cartridges and get them aboard cargo planes in 2010. One bomb was discovered at East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire and another in Dubai. The plot was foiled after Saudi Arabia intelligence chief tipped off the US. A forensic officer removes a package from a UPS container at East Midlands Airport in Castle Donington in 2010 Credit: REUTERS/Darren Staples AQAP was also behind the failed "underpants bombing", when a young Nigerian man named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab nearly blew up a flight to Detroit on Christmast Day 2009. Mr Netanyahu said that Israel was helping Europe by preventing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) from setting up "an alternative territorial base" in the Egyptian Sinai desert following their battlefield defeats in Iraq and Syria. The jihadist group has a presence in the Sinai and has carried out deadly attacks against both Egyptian civilians and security forces. Israel has carried out strikes against the group in Sinai and shared intelligence with Egyptian forces as they battle the jihadists. He told ambassadors that Israel was also working to prevent Iran consolidating its position in Syria. "This is dangerous for you too because the conquest of the Middle East by Iran would eventually effect all of your interests," he said.
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| Miss Trans America Founder Is The First Known Transgender Person Killed This Year Posted: 09 Jan 2018 05:33 PM PST  The founder of the Miss Trans America pageant is believed to be 2018′s first known victim of deadly violence against the transgender community.
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| Donald Trump speaks at a fourth-grade level, the lowest of last 15 U.S. presidents, according to analysis Posted: 09 Jan 2018 10:16 AM PST  President Donald Trump connects with the American people by using a language that even a fourth grader could understand, according to a recently published analysis by Factbase on the speech patterns of the last 15 U.S. presidents.
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| Cliven Bundy emerges free, defiant after Nevada case tossed Posted: 08 Jan 2018 07:05 PM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada rancher accused of leading an armed standoff that stopped federal agents from rounding up his cattle in 2014 walked out of a courthouse in Las Vegas a free and defiant man Monday, declaring that his fight against U.S. authority is not over.
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| Turkey summons U.S. charge d'affaires over Syria: Turkish sources Posted: 10 Jan 2018 11:10 AM PST ![Turkey summons U.S. charge d'affaires over Syria: Turkish sources]( "Turkey summons U.S. charge d'affaires over Syria: Turkish sources") Turkey on Wednesday summoned a top U.S. diplomat in Ankara to protest Washington's support of a Kurdish militia in Syria, sources in the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, the latest in a long-standing disagreement between the NATO allies. The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. charge d'affaires to voice its displeasure over Washington's arming and training of the YPG Syrian Kurdish militia in Syria, the sources said.
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| Top-Tier Gymnast Maggie Nichols Says Larry Nassar Sexually Abused Her, Too Posted: 09 Jan 2018 07:33 AM PST  Gymnast Maggie Nichols alleged Tuesday that she was among the young women sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar.
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| 7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes the Caribbean Sea, tsunami threat diminishes Posted: 10 Jan 2018 07:22 AM PST  A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea early Tuesday night. As of 10:48 p.m. CST, all tsunami advisories were canceled throughout the Caribbean and Central America.
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| Boeing logs record deliveries for 2017, upbeat on 2018 Posted: 09 Jan 2018 09:44 AM PST  Boeing reported record commercial plane deliveries for 2017 on Tuesday and said cargo and customer passenger trends continued to look strong for 2018. The gains were fueled by global economic growth of three percent and an increase in overall passenger traffic that has outpaced historical trends, said Boeing vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth. Boeing shares jumped 2.7 percent to $318.36 and was the biggest gainer in the Dow in midday trading.
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| What's The Deal With Depression Naps? Posted: 09 Jan 2018 12:27 PM PST  Spend some time scrolling through your social media feed and you're likely to come across the term "depression nap."
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| Trump Spiritual Advisor Wants You To Send Her Up To 1 Month's Pay Or Face 'Consequences' Posted: 09 Jan 2018 01:52 AM PST  Paula White, a prosperity gospel preacher with close ties to President Donald Trump, is calling on followers to send her donations of up to one month's salary.
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| Couple with pot gifts again arrested in Nebraska Posted: 09 Jan 2018 03:34 PM PST ![Couple with pot gifts again arrested in Nebraska]( "Couple with pot gifts again arrested in Nebraska") LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A California couple arrested in Nebraska last month for carrying 60 pounds of marijuana they described as family Christmas gifts have again been arrested in Nebraska, this time on suspicion of carrying drug money.
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| Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system, leader says Posted: 09 Jan 2018 02:48 PM PST ![Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system, leader says]( "Iran has foiled plot to use protests to overthrow system, leader says") By Babak Dehghanpisheh BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran has foiled attempts by its foreign enemies to turn legitimate protests into an insurgency to overthrow the Islamic Republic, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday. "Once again, the nation tells the U.S., Britain, and those who seek to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran from abroad that 'you've failed, and you will fail in the future, too'," Khamenei tweeted. The Revolutionary Guards, the military force loyal to Khamenei, said on Sunday security forces had put an end to the unrest that it also said had been whipped up by foreign enemies.
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| 39 Tweets That Sum Up Parenting Teens Posted: 09 Jan 2018 08:21 AM PST  Parents of young children often joke about the difficult teenage years ahead.
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| Colleagues Rally Behind 'Teacher of the Year' After She's Cuffed While Questioning Superintendent's Recent Raise Posted: 10 Jan 2018 07:35 AM PST  The incident was captured on video.
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| 'Ask This Guy.' Thailand's PM Leaves a Life-Size Cardboard Cut-Out to Answer Questions Posted: 08 Jan 2018 11:50 PM PST  Prayuth Chan-ocha has previously joked about executing journalists
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| Fewer asylum seekers cross border into Canada over winter Posted: 10 Jan 2018 12:06 PM PST  Fall and winter saw a big drop in the number of asylum seekers from the United States crossing farmers' fields and dense forests on foot to reach Canada, officials said Wednesday. The northbound wave of migrants came after US President Donald Trump announced the end of special protections for Haitians and other groups. Nearly 21,000 asylum claims were made in 2017 by border jumpers, most of whom went to Quebec province, the immigration ministry said.
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| Aerial view shows aftermath of deadly flooding and mudslides in California Posted: 09 Jan 2018 04:21 PM PST  Over a dozen people are dead from weather-related incidents.
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| Autonom Cab to launch in Las Vegas Posted: 09 Jan 2018 04:42 AM PST  The Navya Autonom Cab is making its debut in America at CES 2018, with live demonstrations being carried out in the downtown Las Vegas Innovation District. The Autonom Cab will be operated by Navya's valued partner, Keolis, which will be the system's first operator in North America. Unlike many of the driverless cars and taxis we see at the moment undergoing testing, Autonom Cab has been designed as a truly autonomous vehicle from day one.
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| Jaylen Brown: Donald Trump's Made It 'More Acceptable For Racists To Speak Their Minds' Posted: 10 Jan 2018 01:08 AM PST  Jaylen Brown has spoken out about racism in the U.S. in the age of Trump.
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| California mudslides: Video shows rooftop rescue of San Diego family of five and their dogs Posted: 10 Jan 2018 08:34 AM PST  Aerial footage showing the rooftop rescue of a family of five and their two dogs after a mudslide left them trapped them at their home in Santa Barbara has been issued by the US Coast Guard. A helicopter crew airlifted the couple and their three young children to safety from the roof of their home. The mother can be seen cradling her newborn baby as they prepare to be winched to the helicopter waiting above.
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