| Trump defends legal team on Russia case: 'I am VERY happy with my lawyers' Posted: 11 Mar 2018 08:39 AM PDT  President Trump insisted that he is happy with the legal team defending him against allegations that his campaign had colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election.
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| Man Had 'AR-15-Styled Rifle,' Bump Stock Outside Indianapolis Hotel Before Women's March: Report Posted: 12 Mar 2018 09:05 AM PDT  A 22-year-old man living in the U.S. illegally has been charged with a federal crime after police in Indianapolis, Indiana, found him in possession of guns on two occasions in January, The Indianapolis Star reported Sunday. Alaklouk, described as as a Tunisian native and Saudi Arabian citizen in federal court documents obtained by the Star, had been renting a room at the Hyatt when hotel security contacted the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department around 3 a.m. after they saw several weapons in his parked truck. There were six handguns in the backseat and an assault-style rifle in the front seat, according to the Star.
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| Warren rejects DNA test idea to prove Native American ancestry: 'Nobody is going to take that part of me away' Posted: 11 Mar 2018 10:36 AM PDT  Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., dismissed the idea of taking a commercially available DNA test to settle the controversy over whether or not she has Native American heritage. "I know who I am," she said.
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| Mnuchin: Trump's Attacks on the Press Are 'Campaign Rally Issues' Posted: 10 Mar 2018 10:49 PM PST  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tells Chuck Todd that President Trump's vulgarities and attacks on the press are less important than policy, and should be seen in the context of a "campaign rally."
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| Putin says grandfather cooked for Stalin and Lenin Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:46 AM PDT  In the two-hour documentary, called Putin, the president said Spiridon Putin was a valued member of Stalin's staff. The wartime Soviet leader, who died in 1953, conducted extensive purges during his around three decades in power. "(He) was a cook at Lenin's and later at Stalin's, at one of the dachas in the Moscow area," Putin said in the film seen by Reuters.
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| US Navy sends submarines to Arctic for icy exercises Posted: 12 Mar 2018 10:06 AM PDT  As countries race to militarize and exploit the Arctic, two U.S. Navy fast-attack submarines have arrived in the Arctic Ocean for a five-week biennial exercise, called ICEX 2018.
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| 32 Tweets About Married Life That Will Have You Laughing In Agreement Posted: 12 Mar 2018 09:01 AM PDT  "Marital bliss" is an unrealistic standard for any couple, no matter how in love they are.
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| Arizona border officer falsely claimed to be US citizen Posted: 10 Mar 2018 04:51 PM PST ![Arizona border officer falsely claimed to be US citizen]( "Arizona border officer falsely claimed to be US citizen") PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. border officer who is a Mexican native claimed he was born in Texas and illegally obtained a job with the law enforcement agency charged with protecting America's borders, authorities said.
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| Pilot Survives, 5 Passengers Die: What to Know About the N.Y.C. Helicopter Crash Posted: 12 Mar 2018 05:33 AM PDT  The pilot issued a distress call moments before the crash
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| Pennsylvania special election becomes too close to call Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:52 AM PDT  President Donald Trump went to a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday night to push for Rick Saccone. However, that does not mean a Republican victory is locked in.
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| Elon Musk predicts flights to Mars will start in early 2019 Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:31 PM PDT  Flights to Mars will begin early next year, the entrepreneur Elon Musk has predicted as he said man must colonise other planets before "World War Three". Mr Musk, whose company SpaceX is designing a rocket for interplanetary travel, estimated that "up-and-down flights" to the red planet should start in the first half of 2019. During a rare question and answer session, Mr Musk called for creative thinking as he said everything from "iron foundries" to "pizza joints" and "night clubs" would be needed on Mars. He predicted little appetite for the first interplanetary trips, saying that like Sir Ernest Shackleton's adverts for early Antarctic exploring there would be a "good chance you'll die". But the US billionaire added that creating human bases on other planets could help "regenerate life" on Earth if it is turned to "radioactive rubble" by another war. Mr Musk offered his thoughts of space travel in an appearance at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas on Sunday. Future space exploration After making his money through PayPal, Mr Musk created the electric car company Tesla and the rocket and spacecraft company SpaceX. Mr Musk discussed SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket [BFR], which it is hoped will transport people to Mars, during his appearance. "We'll be able to do short up-and-down flights probably sometime in the first half of next year," Mr Musk said. He made the prediction after admitting some of his timelines had proved "optimistic" in the past. Asked about the infrastructure needed on Mars, Mr Musk said first it would be "fundamentals without which you cannot survive" such as power stations and blast domes to grow crops. He added: "And then really there's going to be an explosion of entrepreneurial opportunity because Mars will need everything from iron foundries to pizza joints to night clubs." A Falcon 9 rocket is launched with Spain's PAZ, a radar-imaging satellite, and two SpaceX test satellites for global broadband Credit: Barcroft Mr Musk said colonisation of other planets would help protect humankind if another major war broke out in the coming decades. "I think a moon base and a Mars base that could perhaps help regenerate life back here on Earth would be really important and to get that done before a possible World War Three," Mr Musk said. "Last century we had two massive world wars, three if you count the cold war. I think it's unlikely that we'll never have another world war again. There probably will be at some point. … [Earth] could just be radioactive rubble." He also joked that flying to Mars would have a similar appeal to the first attempts to explore Antarctica more than a century ago. Mr Musk said: "For the early people that go to Mars, it will be far more dangerous. It kind of reads like [Ernest] Shackleton's ad for Antarctic explorers: Difficult, dangerous, good chance you'll die. Excitement for those who survive." The US innovator made headlines last month when one of SpaceX's rockets successfully took his cherry-red Tesla convertible car into space. During the question and answer session Mr Musk named Kanye West, the rapper, and Fred Astaire, the dancer and actor, as among his inspirations. He also called for more regulation of artificial intelligence, saying: "I'm very close to the cutting edge in AI, and it scares the hell out of me. It's capable of vastly more than almost anyone knows, and the rate of improvement is exponential."
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| Haley Anderson Murder: Person of Interest Orlando Tercero Believed to Have Fled to Nicaragua Posted: 12 Mar 2018 11:11 AM PDT  Haley Anderson was found dead by Binghamton police during a welfare check on Friday, officials said.
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| China's Xi calls for military loyalty to new constitution Posted: 11 Mar 2018 05:43 PM PDT  A day after he won the mandate to rule for life, President Xi Jinping called on China's military to follow the country's newly-amended constitution in which his political thought is now enshrined. "The whole army must strengthen its constitutional awareness, promote the constitutional spirit and be a loyal admirer, conscientious follower and staunch defender of the constitution," Xi told military officials on Monday. China's rubber-stamp parliament on Sunday endorsed Xi's move to abolish rules limiting heads of state to 10 years in power.
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| Factbox: Cuba's one-party socialist system among last in world Posted: 11 Mar 2018 02:37 PM PDT ![Factbox: Cuba's one-party socialist system among last in world]( "Factbox: Cuba's one-party socialist system among last in world") Cubans vote on Sunday to ratify two official lists of candidates for the national and provincial assemblies, the final step in a process that is set to culminate with Raul Castro stepping down as president on April 19. The following is an outline of Cuba's one-party socialist system, one of the last in the world: - Cuba is a one-party socialist republic, in which political power is vested solely in the Cuban Communist Party (PCC). The system is enshrined in the Cuban Constitution approved by referendum in 1976.
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| 'This Is U.S.' Is All Tears With Ben, Jared And Sarah In 'SNL' Parody Posted: 10 Mar 2018 10:41 PM PST  "Saturday Night Live" couldn't wait to do a "This Is Us" parody with guest host Sterling K. Brown, who plays grown triplet brother Randall Pearson on the hit NBC series.
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| Latest: Brother says shooter obsessed about minor conflicts Posted: 11 Mar 2018 10:35 AM PDT  YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the ex-soldier who killed three people and himself at a California veterans center (all times local):
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| Five dead in New York river helicopter crash Posted: 12 Mar 2018 03:39 AM PDT ![Five dead in New York river helicopter crash]( "Five dead in New York river helicopter crash") Five people have died after a helicopter owned by a tour group plunged into Manhattan's East River, police said on Monday. The red chopper, which is owned by tourism group Liberty, was carrying six people including the pilot when it crashed into the river near the upscale Upper East Side neighborhood shortly after 7:00 pm on Sunday.
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| Caitlyn Jenner: Trump's Administration Has Set Trans People 'Back 20 Years' Posted: 11 Mar 2018 04:33 PM PDT  Over a year after she publicly supported Donald Trump's candidacy, Caitlyn Jenner continues to distance herself from the increasingly unpopular president, saying on Thursday that his administration has been the worst ever for trans people. "As far as trans issues, this administration has been the worst ever," she told Newsweek at the Champions of Jewish Values International Awards Gala in New York on March 9. The former Olympian has flip-flopped somewhat on Trump before.
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| Engine failure suspected cause of New York City helicopter crash which killed five passengers Posted: 11 Mar 2018 11:33 PM PDT  The pilot of a helicopter which crashed killing five people on Sunday night told air traffic controllers that the engine had failed shortly before it plunged into New York's East River. His warning was heard on the recording of the Mayday call he made to controllers at LaGuardia airport. The pilot, named locally as Richard Vance, 33, was the only survivor of the crash. Two of those on board were killed instantly, the other three passengers were rushed to hospital, where they died from their injuries. The wreckage of a chartered Liberty Helicopters helicopter that crashed into the East River is hoisted from the water in New York Credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters A 14-strong team of investigators has been sent to the scene by the National Transportation Safety Board. It is expected to take several months before it announces any preliminary conclusions. There were unconfirmed reports suggesting the pilot had told investigators that a piece of luggage could have inadvertently hit the emergency fuel shut off button. But two experts told the Telegraph that this was unlikely, "The Fuel shut off is located on the ceiling and with a guard lock," said James Healy-Pratt, an aviation lawyer and qualified pilot. New York helicopter crash journey "It isn't a hinged switch, which can be manipulated easily. It is protected with a guard that has to be broken," said Bob Mann, who runs an aviation consultancy in New York. Eyewitnesses described seeing the Eurocopter AS350 go down near the northern tip of Roosevelt Island at 7 pm on Sunday night. "It kind of looked as if it was supposed to be landing, I wasn't really sure," said Brianna Jesme. "The moment it landed it was under." A rescue diver is hosed off with fresh water after pulling victims from the submerged helicopter Credit: Darren Ornitz/Reuters The passengers were reported to have had chartered the flight for a photoshoot of the Manhattan skyline. Two of the victims were from Dallas, Texas: Trevor Cadigan, a video journalist and Brian Brian McDaniel, a fireman. A third victim was named as Carla Vallejos Blanco, an Argentinian visitor. Mr Cadigan shared a video on Instagram taken as the helicopter took off. @cnn@FoxNews just witnessed a helicopter crash into the East River .. hope everyone's ok. Caught it all on tape! pic.twitter.com/saHOMTLR69— JJ Magers (@JJmagers) 11 March 2018 The names of the two others who died have not been released as their families have yet to be informed. "It's a great tragedy," said New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro at a press conference late on Sunday. "It took a while for the divers to get these people out." Safety harnesses had to be cut to free the passengers from the helicopter which had overturned shortly after hitting the water, which was reportedly a few degrees above freezing. First responders carry a person to an ambulance after the crash in the East River Credit: AP The flight was operated by Liberty Helicopters which has been in business for more than 30 years, according to the company's website. However an affiliate of CNN reported that this was the company's third crash in 11 years. In August 2009, nine people died after a helicopter collided with a plane over the Hudson River. The wreckage of a chartered Liberty Helicopters helicopter that crashed into the East River is hoisted from the water in New York Credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters An NTSB investigation attributed the crash in part to a distracted air traffic controller. In July 2007 eight people were rescued after a Liberty helicopter dropped into the Hudson River. The Telegraph has approached Liberty helicopters for comment.
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| Pakistan activists say court ruling threatens minorities Posted: 11 Mar 2018 01:50 AM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Rights activists in Pakistan expressed concern Sunday over a court ruling that would require people to declare their religion on all official documents, saying it could lead to the persecution of minorities, particularly adherents of the Ahmadi faith.
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| Black barbershops can help clients lower blood pressure: study Posted: 12 Mar 2018 08:28 AM PDT  Black barbershops are known as places to gather, socialize and get a haircut. When a trained pharmacist met men regularly at their local Los Angeles barbershop, clients were able to significantly lower their blood pressure, said the findings released at the American College of Cardiology conference in Orlando, Florida. If employed on a broad scale, the approach could make major inroads in treating African-American men, a population that is more likely than other races to have high blood pressure --- a leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke -- and less likely to be in a doctor's care, researchers said.
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| Myanmar Is Building Military Bases on Torched Rohingya Villages, Rights Group Says Posted: 12 Mar 2018 01:49 AM PDT  Amnesty International called the construction a "land grab on a dramatic scale"
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| Saudi sets up departments to investigate, prosecute corruption cases Posted: 11 Mar 2018 07:04 AM PDT  DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi King Salman has ordered the establishment of specialized departments in the public prosecutor's office to investigate and prosecute corruption cases, the government's information office said in a statement on Sunday. The move is intended to increase effectiveness and accelerate the process of combating corruption, the statement quoted Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mujib as saying. Saudi authorities detained hundreds of top businessmen and royals in November and held them for several months at the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton in a sweeping anti-corruption probe. ...
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| China, the South China Sea and North Korea Posted: 11 Mar 2018 05:01 PM PDT  The United States needs to diplomatically engage China over the South China Sea to reduce tensions, build trust, and achieve a quick and lasting solution to the North Korea problem. The USS Carl Vinson's port call to Danang, Vietnam, the first port call of its kind since the Vietnam War, is aimed at China's posture in the South China Sea and will no doubt elicit criticism from Beijing.
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| What You Learn After Autocrossing a BMW i3 Posted: 12 Mar 2018 01:30 PM PDT |
| Man with hammer tries to stop driver from fleeing a car crash Posted: 12 Mar 2018 02:34 PM PDT  Several people tried to stop the driver of an SUV who fled the scene of a multi-vehicle crash in Miami. One man got out of his van with a sledgehammer to smash the windows of the SUV.
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| Contamination in ex-spy case ups pressure on UK to act Posted: 11 Mar 2018 04:42 PM PDT  SALISBURY, England (AP) — The health implications of the nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his adult daughter broadened Sunday after British officials said limited traces of contamination were found in a restaurant and a pub in the English city of Salisbury.
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| GSK wins new reprieve as Hikma's generic Advair delayed again Posted: 12 Mar 2018 01:43 AM PDT ![GSK wins new reprieve as Hikma's generic Advair delayed again]( "GSK wins new reprieve as Hikma's generic Advair delayed again") (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline has won a further reprieve for its blockbuster Advair lung drug after U.S. regulators insisted Hikma Pharmaceuticals conduct a further clinical study evaluating its generic version of the drug. The Jordan-based firm said on Monday it expected to submit a response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with new clinical data in 2019. Hikma's partner on the project, Vectura , said this meant a potential approval and launch of the generic inhaled medication could come in 2020 if all goes well.
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| The rich and the right want to dynamite Dodd-Frank – and Democrats are helping them do it Posted: 11 Mar 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Senators voted with Republicans to cripple banking oversight. The Senate is not on the side of those who elected its members. In an economy hollowed out by the Great Recession, legacy Democrats lurch, occasionally, in a populist direction before retreating to where they are most comfortable: doing favors for the rich in exchange for campaign donations.
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| Five years on, Pope Francis under fire over sex abuse scandals Posted: 10 Mar 2018 06:10 PM PST  As Pope Francis marks the fifth year of his papacy next week, the pontiff once hailed as a fearless reformer is under fire for his handling of the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Roman Catholic Church.
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| The Latest: Syria opposition urges force imposing cease-fire Posted: 12 Mar 2018 02:34 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the developments in Syria (all times local):
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| MLB's José Altuve Not Remotely Intimidated By President Trump During WH Visit Posted: 12 Mar 2018 03:56 PM PDT  Traditionally, when a U.S. professional sports team wins a championship, the president invites the team to the White House for a meet-and-greet. Some athletes have opted out of invitations to President Donald Trump's White House because of his divisive politics. Many Philadelphia Eagles players have already said they would not be attending should the invitation be offered to the Super Bowl champs.
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| Ford Revises the Ka+ for 2019 Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:00 AM PDT  There's a 2019 Ka+ for any occasion.
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| Hong Kong democratic opposition fails to regain veto power in legislature Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:09 PM PDT  By Venus Wu and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp failed on Monday to regain some veto power in the city's legislature in a pivotal by-election, struggling to draw what they hoped would be protest votes against creeping control from Communist Party rulers in Beijing. The democrats won only two of four seats up for grabs, with the opposition now left one seat short from having the power to block most bills in the 70-seat legislative chamber. The by-election marked the first time the democratic camp has lost its long standing veto power via the ballot box, raising fresh questions over the future of the struggle for democracy and autonomy in the freest city in greater China.
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| Seoul envoy thanks Xi for 'big role' in N. Korea nuclear talks Posted: 12 Mar 2018 06:42 AM PDT  South Korea's national security adviser on Monday thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for his "big role" in the diplomatic process that has set up a historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Just days after he stood outside the White House and announced the planned meet between the US president and the North Korean leader, Chung Eui-yong was in Beijing to brief Xi and China's top diplomats on the fast-moving efforts to address the nuclear standoff. "The situation on the Korean peninsula has recently undergone very positive changes.
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| Man of mystery: Tourist arrives, vanishes, is finally found Posted: 11 Mar 2018 10:25 AM PDT ![Man of mystery: Tourist arrives, vanishes, is finally found]( "Man of mystery: Tourist arrives, vanishes, is finally found") NEW YORK (AP) — For weeks, an Uzbek tourist who had come to the country to visit his daughter was a man of mystery.
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| 'Simpsons' Producer Reveals The O.J. Simpson Cameo That Never Was Posted: 12 Mar 2018 10:46 AM PDT  Turns out there was a Simpson missing from one of the all-time great "Simpsons" episodes: O.J. Simpson. On Sunday, Fox broadcast a previously unaired 2006 interview with Simpson called "O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?" At the time, Simpson was promoting his book If I Did It, in which he pushes a "hypothetical" scenario of how he would have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Simpson was famously acquitted of both murders, though found "responsible" in a later civil trial.
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| Community, family honor slain Pomona police officer in candlelight vigil Posted: 12 Mar 2018 12:09 AM PDT  Hundreds turned out to honor Pomona police officer Gregg Casillas, who was killed in the line of duty last week.
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| Depression, burn out, trauma, exhaustion: inside the minds of doctors Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:00 AM PDT  We like to believe doctors are all-powerful and omniscient. When we visit one, it is naturally concerns about our own health that are uppermost in our minds. Yet rarely do we stop to consider the psychological toll a doctor's work takes on them. In my work as a psychologist specialising in helping doctors, I have seen at close quarters just how serious this toll can be. The emotional and physical strain experienced by those in the medical profession is described in my new book, Also Human: The Inner Lives of Doctors, in which I've tried to shine a light on the hidden cost of medicine. For more than 20 years, I have met doctors dealing with depression, burn out, extreme trauma, exhaustion, anxiety, and a whole host of other problems, which they must somehow set aside while powering through long shifts helping others. Bella was one example; a real high flyer, she attended one of the most academic medical schools in the country, winning prizes in both medicine and surgery. But as her first day of work as a junior doctor approached, she experienced a mounting dread: how would she cope with the demands of the job? A few weeks in, she was approaching the end of a 13-hour shift in A&E. She and her peers had been clearly told in their induction they must not work more than 13 hours at a time. Some doctors, once they're 12-and-a-half hours in, will busy themselves with paperwork rather than take on any new cases, but Bella wasn't like that, and took on a new patient just before her shift ended. First she made sure that all the immediate tasks had been completed. But when she went to her supervisor to try and ensure a safe handover, she was given a furious dressing down in front of the whole team and accused of being irresponsible. Caroline Elton, a psychologist who specialises in helping doctors Credit: Caroline Elton (c) Charlotte Knee Photography.jpg Despite what she'd been told in her training, Bella was ordered to stay for as long as it took to finish treating the patient, and ended up working a 15-hour shift. "What really shocked me was that I worked so hard, and followed all the rules, but I still ended up getting shouted at," she told me later. Too exhausted to drive home, she went to the toilets and broke down in tears. When a colleague found her crying there, she was devastated the image of herself as a cool and competent doctor was torn to shreds. Perhaps society will eventually recognise that, while the demands of a job in medicine are exceptional, doctors, like their patients, are also human With her confidence destroyed, an insidious depression spiralled rapidly out of control. Again, Bella did as she'd been instructed to do in medical school and asked her supervising consultant for help. His response? "Of course this is how you feel. You're an F1 [Foundation Year 1 medic]; you're a girl. You're going to be upset." She ended up leaving frontline healthcare and working in pharmaceuticals. Bella's case is far from exceptional. Over the years I have seen a number of junior doctors who have become so distressed in their first posts they have had to stop work. Some leave permanently while others - like Kelly - return to the profession. Within days of starting her first job as a doctor, Kelly thought, 'I can't do this any more.' So extreme was her anxiety, she vomited out of fear every morning before work. A couple of weeks later she went to speak to the senior clinician in charge of training; the clinician was so concerned about Kelly's state of mind, she mentally ran through a suicide checklist before letting her go home. Junior doctors can go for 13 hours without finding time to eat Credit: Peter Byrne/PA "I'm not going back," Kelly told me in our first sessions. But she did, eventually, return, and is now on her way to completing her training as a psychiatrist. Each year, at hospitals all over the country, newly qualified junior doctors start work on the first Wednesday in August and, like Bella and Kelly, become overwhelmed by the extent of their responsibilities. On a night shift, they can be called all over the hospital to deal with patients. If they feel uncertain, they can theoretically ask someone more senior, but these seniors have their own heavy workloads to manage and may not respond as quickly as needed, or at all. Unsupported and overloaded, junior doctors can go for 13 hours without finding time to eat, and sometimes, like Hilary, they face situations they do not feel equipped to handle. The path to becoming a junior doctor Hilary, a GP who came to see me because she was also thinking of leaving medicine, described her first day as a junior doctor years earlier, in which she was the only doctor on the surgical ward that day. Faced with a very sick patient who looked like she was going to die, she had little idea what to do and no-one to ask. When a fledgling doctor attached to another ward walked past, she spotted Hilary's distress and summoned her own mother, a highly experienced nurse in the same hospital, who immediately took control of the situation. Meanwhile Hilary's bleep had been been going off repeatedly, summoning her to the surgical assessment unit (SAU). Once the initial patient had been dispatched for urgent treatment, she dashed down to the SAU and encountered an angry nurse. "There are nine patients waiting. Where have you been?" the nurse demanded. Before Hilary could explain, the nurse gave her a rushed account of each of the nine patients. "Could you possibly help me work out who I should see first?" Hilary asked. "Figure it out yourself, blue eyes," came the response. And with that the nurse walked off - probably to get on with her own enormous list of tasks. There's little understanding of what happens when doctors are exposed to traumas repeatedly Credit: Sam Edwards/Caiaimage Even when the systems function more effectively, and junior doctors aren't thrown in at the deep end, it remains the case that death, dying and distress are inescapable components of a doctor's work. Yet there's little understanding of what happens when doctors are exposed to such traumas repeatedly. How do they respond when they hear a patient screaming in pain, or see the ravages of disease or trauma on somebody's body? How do they cope when they need to tell a parent their child has died? A common defence is to shut down emotionally, unable to take on board so much suffering. This is understandable but can rapidly turn into burn-out. Yet if they can't put any form of protective barrier between themselves and the suffering of their patients, very rapidly they can become overwhelmed. Neither response is healthy, but doctors are given precious little help with finding the middle way. Some specialties, such as surgery, remain hostile to women, and- as in many other professions - there is still not equal pay. At the same time, incidents of institutional racism are more common than we might like to think. One student felt humiliated when a patient refused to be examined by her because she was black. When she told her supervisor of her distress, the supervisor brushed it off, telling her it was no different to when a patient won't let a junior doctor examine them because they fear they're too inexperienced. In another incident, a devout Muslim doctor was looking at an x-ray of someone with broken bones when a consultant said to him, "you people blow people up." Perhaps historians looking back at how we treated doctors in 2018 will regard our medical systems with the same horror we do when reading about surgeons in the 19th century refusing to wash their hands between patients. Perhaps society will eventually recognise that, while the demands of a job in medicine are exceptional, doctors, like their patients, are also human. Names have been changed As told to Rosa Silverman Also Human - the Inner lives of Doctors by Caroline Elton is published by Cornerstone (£16.99). To order your copy for £14.99 plus p&p call 0844 871 1514 or visit books.telegraph.co.uk
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| Syria war has killed more than 350,000 in 7 years: monitor Posted: 12 Mar 2018 03:14 AM PDT  Seven years of conflict in Syria have left more than 350,000 people dead, according to an updated overall death toll released Monday by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based monitoring group, which relies on an extensive network of sources on the ground across Syria, said 353,935 people have been killed since March 15, 2011. According to the head of Observatory, 106,390 civilians have been killed in seven years.
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| Elizabeth Warren seeks to use Trump Pocahontas 'racial slur' as political tool Posted: 11 Mar 2018 07:08 AM PDT  Senator Elizabeth Warren, with Bernie Sanders, speaks on Capitol Hill. Elizabeth Warren has responded to Donald Trump's latest "Pocahontas" jibe by highlighting the problem of sexual violence against Native American women, a tactic she said she would pursue each time the president "threw out" such a "racial slur".
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| Tesla paused Model 3 production for planned upgrade in February Posted: 11 Mar 2018 09:10 PM PDT  Tesla Inc temporarily suspended production of its Model 3 electric car from February 20-24 for planned work to adjust equipment in order to improve automation and increase production rates. Tesla said the planned pause was normal and common for increases in output when a company is ramping up a new product. Last month, Tesla said in a shareholder note that it continues to target weekly Model 3 production rates of 2,500 by the end of the first quarter and 5,000 by the end of the second quarter.
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| Vet in California attack had trouble after return from war Posted: 10 Mar 2018 07:13 PM PST YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The man who killed three women after a daylong siege at a Northern California veterans home had trouble adjusting to regular life after he returned from the Afghanistan war and had been kicked out of the treatment program designed to help him.
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| Mexico: Crude bomb caused ferry blast; terrorism ruled out Posted: 11 Mar 2018 04:21 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities said Sunday that a crude explosive device caused a ferry blast that injured more than two-dozen people last month in Playa del Carmen, where the U.S. Embassy has warned travelers to stay away from the ferries and parts of the Caribbean resort city.
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