| Michael Bloomberg Slams 'Epidemic' Of Political Lies As Danger To Democracy Posted: 12 May 2018 06:40 PM PDT  Billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg lashed out
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| Video Shows Security Guard Choking Black Teen Accused Of Shoplifting In New York Posted: 12 May 2018 08:54 PM PDT  New York police officers arrested a department store security guard on Friday
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| Candidate says ‘f*** the NRA’ to spark gun control debate Posted: 12 May 2018 09:58 AM PDT  Pat Davis, a Democratic candidate in a New Mexico Congressional race, says being polite just gets "thoughts and prayers" from the NRA. The former police officer and shooting survivor aired the advertisement to "keeps the conversation moving forward."
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| One killed in Paris knife attack by man shouting 'Allah Akbar' Posted: 12 May 2018 03:37 PM PDT  By Julie Carriat and Emmanuel Jarry PARIS (Reuters) - An assailant shouting "Allah Akbar" killed a passer-by in a knife attack that also wounded four others in the heart of Paris late on Saturday before he was shot dead by police, French authorities said. French prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters the police's anti-terrorism unit would launch an investigation, given the aggressor's "mode of operation." French President Emmanuel Macron praised officers for "neutralizing the terrorist." France "will not yield an inch to the enemies of freedom," Macron said on Twitter. The country has been on high alert amid a series of attacks, commissioned or inspired by the Islamic State militant group, over the past three years that has killed dozens of people.
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| Correction: West Coast Volcanoes-Q&A story Posted: 13 May 2018 10:57 AM PDT  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — In a story May 12 about West Coast volcanoes, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Hawaii was part of the "Ring of Fire," a Pacific Ocean area prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to subducting tectonic plates, and that the eruption of Kilauea had experts eyeing volcanoes on the U.S. West Coast. Experts say Hawaii is a volcanic hotspot, where persistent sources of heat from within the earth sustain volcanic activity, and separate from the Ring of Fire.
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| Iraq holds first nationwide election since IS defeat Posted: 12 May 2018 09:25 AM PDT  Iraq voted Saturday in its first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the Islamic State group, with growing tensions between neighbouring Iran and the United States threatening a power struggle. Turnout appeared weak as polling stations closed across the country after 11 hours of voting that took place under tight security given the ongoing threat posed by the jihadists. There were no major incidents reported across the country, with the only flareup coming when, a local official said, shelling killed a policeman and wounded five others in eastern Iraq.
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| McQuade: Were payments to Michael Cohen ‘crime' or 'slime’? Posted: 12 May 2018 09:46 AM PDT  Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said the criminality of Michael Cohen's advising to President Donald Trump depends on if payments from AT to Cohen changed the actions of the president.
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| How Amazon Is Holding Seattle Hostage Posted: 12 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  SEATTLE ― The 9:30 a.m. meeting of the Seattle City Council's Finance and
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| Gina Haspel Has Reignited the Torture Debate in America Posted: 12 May 2018 07:23 PM PDT  Until a few days ago, few people, even in Washington, had heard of Gina Haspel. Now she is the talk of the town for her nomination to direct the Central Intelligence Agency. As the only member of Congress to have suffered torture, Sen. John McCain, emerged in the opening of the debate and regarding the Haspel nomination as the conscience of the nation on the question.
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| Possible Autopilot Use Probed After Tesla Crashes At 60 MPH Posted: 12 May 2018 10:06 PM PDT  A Tesla Model S sedan equipped with a semi-autonomous Autopilot system plowed
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| Fire breathing dragon at Disney World parade bursts into flames Posted: 13 May 2018 06:10 AM PDT  "I think we have a problem, the dragon's literally on fire," says one shocked onlooker in a video circulated on social media. The float was supposed to represent 'Maleficent' from Disney classic Sleeping Beauty. Onlookers, including many children, saw the motorised beast continued to lift its head up and down while the flames made their way down its neck.
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| College Costs Are America's Cruel Graduation Gift Posted: 13 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Springtime at the school where I teach is usually a celebration of how far so
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| China's first home-built carrier sets out for sea trials Posted: 12 May 2018 07:28 PM PDT  China's first domestically developed aircraft carrier left its northeastern port to begin sea trials on Sunday, state media said, the latest milestone in the country's efforts to modernize its military. The official Xinhua news agency confirmed the ship had left for trials with a short announcement. "Our country's second aircraft carrier set sail from its dock in the Dalian shipyard for relevant waters to conduct a sea trial mission, mainly to inspect and verify the reliability and stability of mechanical systems and other equipment," Xinhua said.
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| Mutual admiration as Parkland students celebrate milestones Posted: 12 May 2018 08:05 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — Samantha Fuentes, one of the Parkland school shooting survivors who gave emotional speeches at the March for Our Lives in Washington, has something to celebrate: Three months after the attack, she says "My face is finally shrapnel free!"
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| Nicaragua's army calls for end to violence Posted: 13 May 2018 02:35 AM PDT  Nicaragua's army on Saturday called for an end to violence in the country and distanced itself from President Daniel Ortega, saying it was not repressing anyone for taking part in anti-government protests. "We think that dialogue is the answer," he stressed, adding that the military rejects what he sees as an effort to misconstrue military actions as repression on behalf of the Ortega government. Initially triggered by reforms to cut spending on Nicaragua's deficit-laden social security system -- later abandoned by Ortega -- the protests swelled to include other grudges against the president who is widely seen as autocratic and distant.
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| Kumar: Trump's immigration plan is 'hurting people at scale’ Posted: 12 May 2018 11:54 AM PDT  Marisa Teresa Kumar, president of Voto Latino, says President Trump's approach to immigrants is harmful because of his penchant for creating more undocumented immigrants.
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| Car transporting illegal immigrants races through Border Patrol checkpoint Posted: 12 May 2018 02:04 PM PDT  A Border Patrol Agent was seriously injured after the car struck a steel-framed stop sign.
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| Michael Che's Stepmom Melissa McCarthy Embarrasses Him On 'Weekend Update' Posted: 13 May 2018 10:00 AM PDT  As much as she might embarrass him, Michael Che loves his stepmom Melissa
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| Officer arrested after video shows him hitting daughter at school Posted: 12 May 2018 01:31 PM PDT  Surveillance video shows police officer beating his daughter at school while school workers do nothing to stop him.
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| Episcopal Church leader to speak at royal wedding ceremony Posted: 12 May 2018 01:04 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Kensington Palace says the head of the Episcopal Church, the Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry, will speak at the wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle.
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| Stalking Cheetahs Give Oblivious Family A Scare When They Exit Car At Safari Park Posted: 11 May 2018 06:10 PM PDT  A French family had a very close call when the parents foolishly exited their
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| Elon Musk promises free rides through tunnel, but to where? Posted: 11 May 2018 11:22 PM PDT  By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Billionaire businessman Elon Musk is promising the public "free rides" in the next few months through the first high-speed passenger tunnel drilled beneath Los Angeles by his aptly named underground transit venture, the Boring Company. The question is whether the tunnel as advertised by Musk on social media will live up to the sensation he stirred by suggesting commuters will soon get to sample a new subterranean traffic system he has under development in the nation's second-largest city. The tunnel shown in an attention-getting video clip Musk posted to Instagram on Thursday actually runs not under Los Angeles but beneath the tiny, adjacent municipality of Hawthorne, where his Boring Company and SpaceX rocket firm are both headquartered.
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| Aston Martin SUV Could Have Over 700 Horsepower Posted: 12 May 2018 12:04 AM PDT  Reports suggest the hybrid version of the upcoming Aston SUV could pack a punch.
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| Sarah Huckabee Sanders Berated Staffers Over McCain Leak Posted: 12 May 2018 05:45 PM PDT  The White House could have fired the aide who said that the opinion of Sen.
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| Fox Is Bringing Back Tim Allen's Last Man Standing This Fall Posted: 12 May 2018 06:33 AM PDT  After cancelling 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'The Last Man on Earth'
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| Wisconsin group wants officer charged for punching teen Posted: 13 May 2018 03:18 PM PDT ![Wisconsin group wants officer charged for punching teen]( "Wisconsin group wants officer charged for punching teen") WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — A community organization is calling for a Wisconsin police officer to be fired and charged after a video surfaced showing a white officer punching a black teenager in the face outside a mall during an arrest.
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| Grandparents, mum and kids shot dead in Australia murder-suicide Posted: 12 May 2018 12:35 AM PDT  Three generations of a single family were identified Saturday as the victims of Australia's worst mass shooting in 22 years, a murder-suicide which left seven people dead. Miles' mother Cynda Miles, 58, was found in the main house at the property and her father Peter Miles, 61, was found outside, Police Commissioner Chris Dawson told reporters.
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| Irish anti-abortion activists rally ahead of referendum Posted: 12 May 2018 04:59 PM PDT  Thousands gathered in Dublin on Saturday for the final major pro-life rally ahead of Ireland's referendum on whether it should liberalise its tight abortion laws. Demonstrators held up placards reading "Compassion for both" showing a mother and baby, "No abortion on demand" and "Also your niece, your friend, your grandchild". Others read: "Where there is life, there is hope", "There's always a better answer than abortion", "Voice for the voiceless", "My heartbeat started at 22 days" and "Repeal kills.
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| Ford Wants You To Consider Mustang Over Challenger, Camaro Posted: 13 May 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Because subtlety is so last summer.
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| LGBTQ Groups Call New Oklahoma Adoption Law Discriminatory Posted: 12 May 2018 08:51 AM PDT  A new "faith-based" adoption law signed by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday
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| How Many Toy Cars Are Needed To Pull A Jeep Grand Cherokee Posted: 13 May 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Of course it worked.
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| Three killed in attack linked by security services to Iraq's election Posted: 12 May 2018 10:15 AM PDT ![Three killed in attack linked by security services to Iraq's election]( "Three killed in attack linked by security services to Iraq's election") Three men were killed by a bomb attached to their car in a Sunni Arab region south of the oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday in an attack which security sources linked to Iraq's parliamentary election. Two of the dead were voters and the third an observer in a voting station near the town of al-Khan, the sources said. Islamic State earlier claimed responsibility for the attack.
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| Pope to give Chilean bishops a dressing-down on abuse errors Posted: 12 May 2018 08:39 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican made it clear Saturday that Pope Francis had summoned Chile's bishops to Rome for a papal dressing-down because of their role in covering up sexual abuse by priests and their "grave omissions" in caring for victims.
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| A few good women: Female filmmakers at Cannes Posted: 12 May 2018 07:37 AM PDT  In a year dominated by the #MeToo movement, the Cannes film festival is feeling the heat to address glaring gender imbalances in the competition for its top prize, the Palme d'Or. Of the 268 filmmakers who have claimed one of Cannes' top three prizes, only 11 -- or four percent -- have been women, an analysis by AFP shows. New Zealand's Jane Campion remains the only female director to have received the highest accolade, the Palme d'Or, awarded for her masterpiece "The Piano" in 1993.
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| Trump administration reverses Obama-era prison rules to protect transgender inmates Posted: 12 May 2018 11:53 AM PDT  The Trump administration is reversing Barack Obama-era measures aimed at protecting transgender jail inmates, after four women prisoners challenged the policies in court. The Bureau of Prisons has rolled back rules that allowed transgender inmates to use facilities that match their gender identity, including cell blocks and bathrooms.
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| Trump declares 'major disaster' in Hawaii following volcano's eruption Posted: 12 May 2018 07:59 AM PDT  Hawaii tourism officials are hoping Kilauea's eruption won't deter travelers from visiting the state's largest island, even as geologists warn the volcano could soon shoot large boulders out of its summit.
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| Sacked Philippine chief justice to appeal her ouster Posted: 12 May 2018 03:25 AM PDT  The ousted top judge of the Philippines will appeal against the decision to sack her, after she battled with President Rodrigo Duterte over his deadly drug war, her spokesman said Saturday. Maria Lourdes Sereno's colleagues voted on Friday to remove her as Supreme Court chief justice in an unprecedented decision that has sparked a legal firestorm. "She will file MR (motion of reconsideration)," her spokesman Carlo Cruz said in a message to AFP without elaborating.
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| Malaysia bars scandal-ridden ex-leader from leaving country Posted: 12 May 2018 03:52 AM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's new leader, Mahathir Mohamad, said Saturday that defeated scandal-tainted Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife have been barred from leaving the country to prevent them from fleeing from possible prosecution over a massive corruption scandal.
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| ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Finds New TV Home, Stars And Fans Rejoice Posted: 11 May 2018 10:53 PM PDT  "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" is coming back to television!
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| The Week's Most Important Car Numbers Posted: 12 May 2018 06:00 AM PDT  From a new luxury SUV to the world's fastest GTI, these are the most important numbers of the week.
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| Correction: Old Murder Case-Arrest story Posted: 12 May 2018 03:19 PM PDT ![Correction: Old Murder Case-Arrest story]( "Correction: Old Murder Case-Arrest story") SEATTLE (AP) — In a May 11 story about the arrest of a suspect in the 1986 killing of a girl in Washington state, The Associated Press reported erroneously that 12-year-old Michella Welch was abducted in a south Seattle park. She was abducted in a Tacoma park.
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| Airbus, Boeing fly into lucrative services market Posted: 12 May 2018 09:40 PM PDT  Airbus and Boeing may have built their global success on the back of the transcontinental airliners but they are now eyeing a lucrative if rather less glamorous side of the aviation sector in their battle to dominate the skies -- parts and repairs. The European and American firms have long done some business in after-sales support, but they are now moving to win greater market share and take on other players like Germany's Lufthansa Technik and US-based AAR. "The services market is more lucrative than actual aircraft sales because it has more potential and it covers many different spectrums," said Shukor Yusof, an analyst with aviation research firm Endau Analytics in Malaysia.
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