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Democratic strategist: WH doesn’t have proper vetting process

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 11:47 AM PDT

Democratic strategist: WH doesn't have proper vetting processVarious members of President Trump's cabinet faced a great deal of scrutiny this week. Ronny Jackson's nomination for secretary of Veterans Affairs failed.


Fox News Reporter: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Deserves Apology After Press Dinner

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 02:20 PM PDT

Fox News Reporter: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Deserves Apology After Press DinnerFox News reporter Ed Henry said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee


North Korea’s ‘Complete Denuclearization’ pledge raises questions after summit

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 08:53 AM PDT

North Korea's 'Complete Denuclearization' pledge raises questions after summitThe leaders of North Korea and South Korea committed to the idea of a nuclear-free region in Friday's historic summit, but U.S. officials want proof that Kim Jong Un will get rid of his weapons.


NRA Convention Bans Guns To Protect Mike Pence. Parkland Survivors' Jaws Drop.

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 06:23 PM PDT

NRA Convention Bans Guns To Protect Mike Pence. Parkland Survivors' Jaws Drop.Guns will be barred during Vice President Mike Pence's appearance at an


Arizona police officer shot by carjacking suspect dies

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 10:30 AM PDT

Arizona police officer shot by carjacking suspect diesNOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A police officer in the Arizona border city of Nogales was killed after he tried to stop a carjacking suspect.


The Great Game in Asia: How China Sees Taiwan

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 04:39 PM PDT

The Great Game in Asia: How China Sees TaiwanFor the Chinese Communist Party, Taiwan represents the final obstacle to truly concluding the Chinese Civil War. In the wake of China's live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait, along with the largest naval drills in history of the People's Liberation Army Navy, the Republic of China's (Taiwan) status and meaning to the U.S.-China relationship is more prominent than ever.


Police Nab cop-killer Suspect After four-day Manhunt in Maine

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 08:56 AM PDT

Police Nab cop-killer Suspect After four-day Manhunt in MainePolice caught 29-year-old John Williams, the man authorities say killed Corporal Eugene Cole on Wednesday, after four days on the run.


Israeli military kills three Palestinians along Gaza Strip border

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 01:40 PM PDT

Israeli military kills three Palestinians along Gaza Strip borderIsraeli troops shot and killed three Palestinians along the border with the Gaza Strip in two separate incidents on Sunday, the Israeli military said. The shootings follow a month of violence along the Israel-Gaza border, where Palestinians have been holding protests every Friday pressing for the right of return for refugees and their descendants to what is now Israel. In the first incident on Sunday, two men "attempted to infiltrate" into Israel from the southern Gaza Strip, the military said in a statement.


Ford shifts focus, discontinues most passenger cars

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 09:02 AM PDT

Ford shifts focus, discontinues most passenger carsFord announced this week that it's phasing out production for most of its traditional cars, excluding the Mustang and a new Focus crossover, in favor of larger vehicles.


Archaeologists find ancient mass child sacrifice in Peru

Posted: 27 Apr 2018 06:02 PM PDT

Archaeologists find ancient mass child sacrifice in PeruLIMA, Peru (AP) — Archaeologists in northern Peru say they have found evidence of what could be the world's largest single case of child sacrifice.


Gang rape acquittal fires up Spain's feminist movement

Posted: 27 Apr 2018 05:44 PM PDT

Gang rape acquittal fires up Spain's feminist movementSpain's feminist movement is pushing for changes to the law after a court acquitted five men of gang raping an 18-year-old woman at Pamplona's bull-running festival. Protesters have filled streets across the country in response to appeals from women's groups, leading Spain's conservative government to announce it will consider changing rape laws. The issue also hogged the headlines of newspapers all around the country and an order of Carmelite nuns added their voices to the wave of condemnation of the court judgement.


1,300-Pound Great White Shark Named Hilton Spotted Near Florida Panhandle

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 03:37 PM PDT

1,300-Pound Great White Shark Named Hilton Spotted Near Florida PanhandleA Twitter-famous shark turned up in a new location on Friday -- near the


Trump on Russian 'informant': Putin wants to make U.S. more chaotic

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 11:02 AM PDT

Trump on Russian 'informant': Putin wants to make U.S. more chaoticTrump says Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, claiming to be an "informant" is only doing so because Putin wants to make the United States more chaotic.


Special celebration for longtime Pittsburgh Pirates usher’s 100th birthday

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 09:06 AM PDT

Special celebration for longtime Pittsburgh Pirates usher's 100th birthdayPhil Coyne is beloved in the Steel City, serving the Pittsburgh Pirates for 82 years as an usher. The team and his fans honored Coyne for his 100th birthday with a celebration at the ballpark he loves.


U.S. appeals court allows Texas to implement voter ID law

Posted: 27 Apr 2018 07:31 PM PDT

U.S. appeals court allows Texas to implement voter ID lawBy Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday allowed Texas to implement a law requiring photo identification at the ballot box, reversing a lower court decision that blocked the measure on the grounds it could be discriminatory against racial minorities. The panel said the new legislation enacted last year had "improvements for disadvantaged minority voters," the latest chapter in a seven-year dispute over voter ID at the ballot box in Texas, the most-populous Republican-controlled state.


'Avengers: Infinity War' Just Had The Biggest Opening Weekend Ever

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 01:41 PM PDT

'Avengers: Infinity War' Just Had The Biggest Opening Weekend Ever"Avengers: Infinity War," the culmination of a 10-year Marvel film journey,


Russian Lawyer Who Met With Kushner And Donald Jr. Says She's A Kremlin 'Informant'

Posted: 27 Apr 2018 06:10 PM PDT

Russian Lawyer Who Met With Kushner And Donald Jr. Says She's A Kremlin 'Informant'The Russian lawyer who met with Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr. and other


The Latest: Slain deputy's handcuffs used to arrest suspect

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 02:04 PM PDT

The Latest: Slain deputy's handcuffs used to arrest suspectNORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — The Latest on the search for a suspect in the slaying of a Maine deputy sheriff (all times local):


Lynching memorial leaves some quietly seething: 'Let sleeping dogs lie'

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 03:00 AM PDT

Lynching memorial leaves some quietly seething: 'Let sleeping dogs lie'One mile away, another historical monument tells a very different tale about the American south: the First White House of the Confederacy celebrates the life of "renowned American patriot" Jefferson Davis, who served as the president of the Confederate states, while making virtually no mention of the hundreds of black people he and his family enslaved. The contradictions of Montgomery's historical narratives were on full display this week as thousands of tourists and progressive activists flocked to the city to mark the opening of the country's first memorial to lynching victims – while some locals quietly seethed, saying they resented the new museum for dredging up the past and feared it would incite anger and backlash within black communities. "It's going to cause an uproar and open old wounds," said Mikki Keenan, a 58-year-old longtime Montgomery resident, who was eating lunch at a southern country-style restaurant a mile from the memorial.


Mexico's Pemex back in black, but production drops

Posted: 27 Apr 2018 06:03 PM PDT

Mexico's Pemex back in black, but production dropsMexican state oil company Pemex returned to profit in the first quarter of the year, it reported Friday, but falling production continued to dog the firm. Pemex posted net profits of 113 billion pesos ($6.2 billion) from January to March, up 29 percent from the same period last year, and an improvement on its $18 billion loss in the last three months of 2017. Pemex, whose output peaked at 3.4 million barrels per day in 2004, has struggled for years with declining production.


3 Siblings Are on Their Way to Recovery After The Accident That Killed Their Parents

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 08:56 AM PDT

3 Siblings Are on Their Way to Recovery After The Accident That Killed Their ParentsThey are all in critical care.


Michelle Wolf performs stand-up routine at White House Correspondent's dinner

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 08:41 PM PDT

Michelle Wolf performs stand-up routine at White House Correspondent's dinnerWolf's routine took shots at President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and the media.


Africa’s democratic 'laggards' must listen to calls for change - Liberia’s Johnson Sirleaf

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 11:30 AM PDT

Africa's democratic 'laggards' must listen to calls for change - Liberia's Johnson SirleafBy Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - African leaders resisting "democratic transformation" must heed their citizens' calls for change, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Saturday after receiving an award aimed at promoting good leadership on the continent. Without naming specific countries or leaders, she referred to "laggard" countries in the region of one billion people who are "not meeting democratic transformation". "Their own citizens are making the call for change and I don't think they can continue to resist or deny that call for change," Johnson Sirleaf told Reuters after accepting the award in Rwanda's capital Kigali.


Northrop Grumman Has a Smart Strategy for Business Success

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 04:09 AM PDT

Northrop Grumman Has a Smart Strategy for Business SuccessNorthrop Grumman is only bidding on projects that the company believes will generate the best financial returns on its investments. Continuing a recent trend amongst major defense companies, Northrop Grumman is only bidding on projects that the company believes will generate the best financial returns on its investments. The company even ruled out bidding on certain programs where it is the incumbent, such as a new replacement electro-optical distributed aperture system (DAS)—the contract for which ended up going to Raytheon.


Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Photobombs Kellyanne Conway

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 11:43 PM PDT

Stormy Daniels' Lawyer Photobombs Kellyanne Conway> LOL here's @MichaelAvenatti photobombing @KellyannePolls and @PressSec


Hundreds pay respects for woman slain in Waffle House attack

Posted: 27 Apr 2018 07:23 PM PDT

Hundreds pay respects for woman slain in Waffle House attackGALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Hundreds of people thronged a Tennessee church on Friday, some hugging and crying, as they paid their respects for a college student killed in the weekend shooting rampage at a Waffle House.


RIP Larry Harvey: Burning Man's leading light dies at 70

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 02:26 PM PDT

RIP Larry Harvey: Burning Man's leading light dies at 70Larry Harvey, the co-founder of the Burning Man festival who grew it from an event on a San Francisco beach to a desert arts festival of global significance, died Saturday. He was 70. Harvey had been hospitalized after a stroke on April 4, and had remained in critical condition. "Though we all hoped he would recover, he passed peacefully this morning at 8:24am in San Francisco, with members of his family at his side," wrote Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell in the organization's official announcement.  SEE ALSO: Burning Man Isn't What You Think, and Never Has Been Harvey's story has already passed into countercultural legend. A former landscape gardener and carpenter, he and his friend Jerry James decided to burn a large wooden figure of a man on San Francisco's Baker Beach in 1986.  The Burning Man event, repeated annually, began to draw exponentially increasing numbers of attendees — so many that Harvey and friends needed a new location where it could grow relatively unchecked by authorities. In 1990 they found one in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, and the week-long extravaganza of Burning Man began.  Much of the event's energy in those early years was provided by the Cacophony Society, a culture-jamming collective of California artists. But it was Harvey who became the face and the driving force behind Burning Man's expansion. After a particularly anarchic version of the festival in 1996, in which one participant ran his car over a number of people in tents, Harvey oversaw Burning Man's transformation into Black Rock City — a temporary urban environment with roads, gas lamps and an army of volunteers.  Harvey was a self-educated deep thinker who would never use one word where a paragraph would do. He was often to be found delivering lectures and giving interviews, his signature cowboy hat never far from his head. But that ceaseless brain provided the philosophy and principles that made Burning Man what it is today — a year-round global network with 85 official regional events on six continents.  He insisted that the event resist commercialization, so that even now, with around 70,000 regular annual attendees, the only things you can buy with actual money at Burning Man are ice and coffee. He balanced the "radical self reliance" needed to survive in the harsh desert environment with a "gift economy" culture — encouraging participants to offer goods and services freely to others in the name of community.  Harvey insisted that everyone think of themselves as a participant and a provider; at Burning Man, there were to be "no spectators." Indeed, the volunteerism rate at Black Rock City — roughly 70% of attendees get involved with one of the events' many sub-organizations such as the Lamplighters or the Department of Public Works — has amazed the urban planners and city managers who made the pilgrimage.  Burning Man's fame soon far outgrew the numbers who made the actual trek to Black Rock. In particular, Silicon Valley took to the event with a vengeance. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were regular attendees. Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were not only enthusiastic Burners themselves, but chose their CEO, Eric Schmidt, because he was the only candidate who had been to Burning Man.  SEE ALSO: Make Burning Man suck again! Harvey allowed and accommodated the increasing number of celebrities (such as Kanye West and Katy Perry) to attend. He weathered storms of grumbles from old-time Burners over the "turnkey" camps that accommodated the rich, pointing out that only 2 percent of attendees were members of society's wealthiest 1 percent.  He soothed the event's constant conflicts with its landlords at the Bureau of Land Management, and encouraged the artists whose work has spread out from the festival, now installed in locations such as Las Vegas and the San Francisco Bay Bridge.  But his mind was forever on the philosophy behind the event and the good it could do in the world at large. Burning Man was never just a party or an arts festival to Harvey; it was what anarchists call a Temporary Autonomous Zone, a space to try different ways of living, that would inspire change back in the "default world." Harvey called Burning Man a "hundred year movement," and felt that regional events known as "burns" would soon overtake the need for one central Burning Man. And still it grew. Every year Harvey designated a theme for the event — from the simple ("Floating World," a nod to the prehistoric lake bed of Black Rock) to the historical ("Da Vinci's Workshop") to the obscure ("Caravansary"). Some themes were more successful than others, but they all inspired jaw-dropping art and playfully improvised theme camps. Harvey had initially set up Burning Man as a private corporation — one that began to take in more than $10 million in annual ticket revenue. (Its expenditure often matched that, not least because the BLM kept raising its land use fees). Facing down criticism on this front, Harvey turned the organization into a nonprofit. He ceded day-to-day management to Goodell, his dear friend and colleague for 22 years, and designated himself Chief Philosophical Officer. A sign above his office door read "Larry Harvey does not exist." But he did. He most definitely did, and he changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who have attended the event and found it to be transformational.  "Larry Harvey had an idea and because of that idea my life changed forever," wrote one attendee on Facebook who first got together with her husband at the event. "That idea brought me dozens of amazing friends from across the globe, obscene amounts of fun, broken bones, an empty wallet, dreadful over-confidence, desert survival skills (sometimes), the ability to cook dinner for 50 people in tent in a sandstorm, some beautiful corsets, a half-share in a lock-up garage in Reno, camping kit that's eternally full of gypsum, and the love of my life." Harvey is survived by a son, a brother, a nephew, and a hundred-year movement. 


Saudi Aramco appoints first woman to board of directors

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 04:46 AM PDT

Saudi Aramco appoints first woman to board of directorsSaudi national oil giant Aramco said Sunday that five new members had been appointed to its board of directors, including the first woman in the firm's history. Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, 60, is the former head of US oil company Sunoco Inc. and has been director of oil services company Baker Hughes since July last year. Other newly-appointed Aramco board members include Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaan, while Energy Minister Khaled al-Faleh was retained as the company's chairman, state-owned Aramco said in a statement.


Five universities revoke Bill Cosby's honorary degrees after sexual assault conviction

Posted: 27 Apr 2018 06:57 PM PDT

Five universities revoke Bill Cosby's honorary degrees after sexual assault convictionFive universities, including his alma mater, have rescinded comedian Bill Cosby's honorary degrees in the wake of his sexual assault conviction. "As a university, we stand in firm opposition to sexual assault, whether on our campuses or elsewhere," said Johns Hopkins University spokesman Dennis O'Shea said in a statement. "The university will not tolerate sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking or sexual harassment," added Carnegie Mellon in an unsigned statement.


'My gladiator lay down his shield': Toddler Alfie Evans dies in Britain

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 06:07 AM PDT

'My gladiator lay down his shield': Toddler Alfie Evans dies in BritainAlfie Evans, the 23-month-old British toddler whose grave illness drew international attention, died early on Saturday, his family said. Alfie had a rare, degenerative disease and had been in a semi-vegetative state for more than a year. After a series of court cases, doctors at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool removed his life support on Monday, against his parents wishes.


IS 'emir' killed in southern Yemen: police

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 04:00 AM PDT

IS 'emir' killed in southern Yemen: policeA top Islamic State group leader was killed and three others arrested in a government raid on Saturday in southern Yemen, police said. Saleh Nasr Fadl al-Bakhshi, self-proclaimed "emir" of the radical group's branch in the Aden and Abyan regions, was killed in the raid on an IS hideout in government-held territory, a senior officer with Aden's police force told AFP. The government of Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has been based in southern Yemen since 2015, after Shiite Huthi rebels drove it from the capital Sanaa and much of the country's north, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention.


Kim Vows to Close North Korea Nuclear Weapons Test Site by May, South Korea Says

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 06:40 AM PDT

Kim Vows to Close North Korea Nuclear Weapons Test Site by May, South Korea SaysKim's comments could indicate his biggest step towards denuclearization so far


What the T-Mobile Merger With Sprint Means for Consumers

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 01:02 PM PDT

What the T-Mobile Merger With Sprint Means for ConsumersT-Mobile and Sprint Sunday unveiled a deal to merge in a bid to better compete with AT&T and Verizon, a move that also would shrink the number of major players in the cellular industry to just th...


Detroit police seek to end citywide paintball battle

Posted: 27 Apr 2018 07:10 PM PDT

Detroit police seek to end citywide paintball battleDETROIT (AP) — Stepped up police enforcement is planned this weekend in Detroit to quell a social media-publicized citywide paintball war that — so far — has resulted in six arrests and left an unmarked patrol car splattered.


Tesla Self-Driving Architect Leaves Company

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:00 AM PDT

Tesla Self-Driving Architect Leaves CompanyAs Autopilot comes under increasing fire.


The Best Of Brabus - 40 Years Of Finest German Tuning

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 11:19 AM PDT

The Best Of Brabus - 40 Years Of Finest German Tuning


Madagascar's president rules out resignation despite protests

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 11:51 AM PDT

Madagascar's president rules out resignation despite protestsMadagascar's President Hery Rajaonarimampianina on Sunday refused to yield to opposition demands that he resign from office, following eight days of anti-government protests in the capital. The opposition accuses the government of trying to elbow them out of the race through new electoral laws they claim benefit the incumbent. The protests erupted last week and on the first day two people were killed and at least 16 people wounded, with the police accused of firing real bullets at the crowd.


Retired Officer in Disbelief After Seeing His Former Colleague Named as Golden State Killer

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 08:37 AM PDT

Retired Officer in Disbelief After Seeing His Former Colleague Named as Golden State KillerA man who used to work with Joseph James DeAngelo, the alleged Golden State Killer and a former cop, says he`s lucky to be alive after working with the man.


Israel briefly holds Lebanese woman who crossed border: army

Posted: 29 Apr 2018 01:05 AM PDT

Israel briefly holds Lebanese woman who crossed border: armyBEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's army said on Sunday that it had briefly held a Lebanese woman who crossed the border and then repatriated her, a detention Beirut denounced as an abduction. The Lebanese army said that the woman, Nohad Dali, was taken on Saturday evening from Shebaa, a small disputed area that Israel regards as part of the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in 1967, but which Beirut says is Lebanese territory. "An Israeli enemy patrol carried out the abduction of Nohad Dali," a Lebanese army statement said.


Kanye West And John Legend Talk Trump At Chrissy Teigen's Baby Shower

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 02:53 AM PDT

Kanye West And John Legend Talk Trump At Chrissy Teigen's Baby ShowerKanye West and John Legend appeared to put their differing opinions about


Nicaragua student protesters put conditions on talks

Posted: 28 Apr 2018 05:00 PM PDT

Nicaragua student protesters put conditions on talksUniversity students at the forefront of anti-government unrest in Nicaragua on Saturday issued conditions for talks with the government of President Daniel Ortega. In a bid to calm the situation, 72-year-old veteran leader Ortega has agreed to hold talks, but the framework has not yet been defined. The students told a news conference in Managua that their demands must be met for them to take part.


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