| The Trump administration is not answering basic questions about separation of migrant families Posted: 03 Jul 2018 02:19 PM PDT  Almost two weeks have passed since President Trump signed an executive order to "address" immigrant children being taken from their parents at the U.S. border, but the impact of his action remains unclear. Much of the uncertainty stems from the fact that officials on Tuesday still would not answer basic questions about the issue, including how many separated children are currently in custody. Officials also aren't saying whether the government has stopped taking immigrant children from their parents after illegal border crossings.
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| Indiana church locks Holy Family in 'ICE detention' to protest separations at border Posted: 03 Jul 2018 09:49 AM PDT  An Indianapolis, Ind., church made a bold statement about Trump's "zero
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| Trump Orders Flags To Half-Staff In Honor Of Capital Gazette Shooting Victims Posted: 03 Jul 2018 06:53 AM PDT  President Donald Trump ordered flags flown at half-staff at federal buildings
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| Senate Intel Cmte: Russia wanted to help Trump Posted: 03 Jul 2018 01:07 PM PDT  The Senate Intelligence Committee today released a bipartisan report that said Russia meddled in the 2016 election at the direction of Vladimir Putin, to help Trump and hurt Clinton.
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| Trump narrows his possible Supreme Court nominees Posted: 03 Jul 2018 03:27 AM PDT  Trump expected to meet with more possible nominees today to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, as he plans to announce his choice next week, ABC News' Kenneth Moton reports.
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| DoJ loses senior leader who handled 'all the hottest potatoes' Posted: 03 Jul 2018 01:56 PM PDT  Leon Neyfakh, reporter for Slate.com, talks with Rachel Maddow about the surprise resignation of Scott Schools, an associate deputy attorney general and the senior career official at the Department of Justice.
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| Rochester School Won’t Let Its First Black Valedictorian Speak, So Mayor Does Posted: 04 Jul 2018 03:14 PM PDT  Jaisaan Lovett of Rochester, New York, became the first black valedictorian in
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| Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Denies Claim He Groped a Reporter 18 Years Ago Posted: 02 Jul 2018 05:44 PM PDT  Multiple people confirmed the young woman told them what allegedly happened at the time
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| Supreme Court battles show the danger of gaming the rules Posted: 03 Jul 2018 02:10 PM PDT  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and I stood alone in a Senate office hallway a year ago, moments after Senate Republicans nuked the filibuster rule for Supreme Court nominees in order to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. "The Senate has been damaged to a degree that it hasn't been in its history," McCain told me then. Now, with the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the court, a Republican president and GOP-controlled Senate have a clear path to confirming his replacement without any Democratic votes.
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| The Latest: Thai authorities weigh cave extraction options Posted: 02 Jul 2018 07:42 PM PDT  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The Latest on the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach in a cave in northern Thailand (all times local):
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| In rebuke to Trump, key Senate panel endorses finding that Russia attacked 2016 election Posted: 03 Jul 2018 02:01 PM PDT  The Senate Intelligence Committee, rejecting doubts conveyed by President Trump as recently as last week, has become the latest body to officially conclude that the Russian government conducted a wide-ranging campaign — including cyberattacks — to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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| Survivors of Bahamas Boat Explosion Speak Out Posted: 02 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT  Passengers who survived the fatal Bahamas boat explosion on Saturday talk about their experience for the first time.
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| GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of ignoring sexual abuse of wrestlers Posted: 03 Jul 2018 01:33 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow shares NBC News reporting that conservative congressman Jim Jordan is accused of knowing about sexual abuse of wrestlers at Ohio State when he was a coach and doing nothing about it, a charge he denies as the number of accusers increases.
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| Mexico's president-elect shuns guards, asks 'people' for protection Posted: 03 Jul 2018 06:24 PM PDT  By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador left the country's national palace on Tuesday in the front passenger seat of a white Volkswagen Jetta, swarmed by hundreds of jubilant supporters including one waving a live rooster. Since claiming victory on Sunday, the leftist politician has promised transformative change for Mexico. Lopez Obrador's approach to security is one of the first signs of how he is breaking from the mold of the typical Mexican presidency.
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| Suspect Who Attacked a 3-Year-Old's Birthday Party in Idaho Charged with First-Degree Murder Posted: 02 Jul 2018 10:34 PM PDT  Timmy Kinner is being held without bond, and could face the death penalty
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| Trump brashly declares: 'If not for me, we would now be at War with North Korea!' Posted: 03 Jul 2018 06:23 AM PDT  President Trump on Tuesday brushed aside questions over whether his assertion that he "solved" the crisis with North Korea was premature amid reports leader Kim Jong Un is trying to conceal parts of his country's nuclear weapons program.
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| AT&T Raises Prices After Saying Merger Would Make Things Cheaper For Consumers Posted: 04 Jul 2018 01:58 AM PDT  AT&T, which recently acquired Time Warner in a landmark merger, is hiking up
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| MAPS: A look at the 'County Fire' burning in Yolo County Posted: 03 Jul 2018 08:51 AM PDT  The County Fire burning in Yolo County has consumed at least 70,000 acres, roughly the size of Fremont. It's just 5 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Driving New Energy And Money To Progressive Candidates Posted: 04 Jul 2018 05:01 AM PDT  At a Democratic gubernatorial candidate forum in Detroit on Monday,
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| The True Danger to America's Democracy Posted: 03 Jul 2018 07:39 PM PDT  The founders worried that political disunity at home would allow hostile foreign governments to exacerbate domestic cleavages, sow strife, and undermine America's sovereignty.
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| Boys, coach in stable health after 10 days lost in Thai cave Posted: 02 Jul 2018 07:33 PM PDT  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The 12 boys and soccer coach found in a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand after 10 days are mostly in stable medical condition and have received high-protein liquid food, officials said Tuesday, though it is not known when they will be able to go home.
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| UK healthcare worker arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies Posted: 03 Jul 2018 03:13 AM PDT  A British female healthcare worker has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and trying to murder six others after an investigation into deaths at a neonatal unit in northern England, police said on Tuesday. The arrest came after an inquiry into the deaths of 17 babies and 15 "non-fatal collapses" between March 2015 and July 2016 at The Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit. "This is a highly complex and very sensitive investigation and, as you can appreciate, we need to ensure we do everything we possibly can to try to establish in detail what has led to these baby deaths and collapses," said Detective Inspector Paul Hughes in a statement.
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| Mexico president-elect meets predecessor to ready 'transformation' Posted: 03 Jul 2018 02:06 PM PDT  Mexican president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lost no time Tuesday in preparing the transition to "profound change" in the country, promising to invite Pope Francis in an effort to restore peace and announcing a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The anti-establishment leftist known as "AMLO" won a resounding victory in Mexico's elections Sunday, claiming 52.96 percent of the vote, according to a near-complete count -- more than 30 points ahead of his nearest rival in the four-way race. "We are going to invite Pope Francis," as well as "religious leaders, UN and human rights officials to bring everyone together with the goal of achieving peace in our nation," Lopez Obrador said after talks with outgoing leader Enrique Pena Nieto.
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| Vintage postcards celebrate the 4th of July Posted: 03 Jul 2018 10:53 AM PDT ![Vintage postcards celebrate the 4th of July]( "Vintage postcards celebrate the 4th of July") Vintage illustrated color postcards celebrate the Fourth of July with patriotic colors and symbols of American independence.
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| Trump Administration Undoes Efforts To Boost College Racial Diversity Posted: 03 Jul 2018 08:37 AM PDT  President Donald Trump's administration announced on Tuesday that it is
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| Hundreds mourn at vigil for victims of birthday party attack Posted: 02 Jul 2018 10:12 PM PDT  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A 3-year-old Idaho girl who was stabbed at her birthday party died Monday, two days after a man invaded the celebration and attacked nine people with a knife, authorities said.
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| Teen Scrambles Into Tree to Escape 9-Foot Alligator Posted: 03 Jul 2018 09:50 AM PDT  The gator clearly brought friends, as multiple alligators then surrounded the tree.
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| India asks WhatsApp to curb spread of false messages Posted: 03 Jul 2018 11:30 PM PDT  India has asked Facebook Inc -owned WhatsApp messenger to take steps to prevent the circulation of false texts and provocative content that have led to a series of lynchings and mob beatings across the country in the past few months. With more than 200 million users in India, WhatsApp's biggest market in the world, false news and videos circulating on the messaging app have become a new headache for social media giant Facebook, already grappling with a privacy scandal. In addition, five people were beaten to death by a mob on Sunday in a fresh incident of lynching in India's western state of Maharashtra on suspicions that they were child abductors.
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| Former Malaysian premier Najib set to be charged in court Posted: 03 Jul 2018 04:33 PM PDT  Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was set to be charged in court on Wednesday as part of investigations into how billions of dollars went missing from a state fund he founded. Najib, 64, was arrested at his home on Tuesday afternoon in a stunning fall from grace, less than two months after losing an election to Mahathir Mohamad and as part of the government's probe into 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). The former premier, who spent the night in lockup, is expected to arrive in court at around 0830 local time (0030 GMT).
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| Family of Oakland teen Jahi McMath speaks in San Francisco Posted: 03 Jul 2018 05:00 PM PDT  The mother of Jahi McMath, the Oakland girl at the center of the medical and religious debate over brain death, held a press conference in San Francisco. Nailah Winkfield said Thursday that the teen died after surgery.
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| Iran's Rouhani in Vienna to shore up nuclear deal, dogged by diplomat's arrest Posted: 04 Jul 2018 08:13 AM PDT  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday was on the second leg of his European tour seeking assurances over the 2015 nuclear deal, a trip clouded by the arrest of a Tehran diplomat over an alleged bomb plot against opposition exiles in Paris. Hoping to boost economic cooperation to help offset the return of US sanctions following Washington's pullout from the historic deal, Rouhani arrived late Tuesday in Vienna -- the city where it was signed. "Insofar as it is possible for Iran, we shall remain party to the accord, we shall not quit the JCPOA (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) on condition that we can also benefit from it," Rouhani said.
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| This Woman Brilliantly Documented 2 Strangers (Possibly) Falling In Love On Her Flight Posted: 04 Jul 2018 01:15 PM PDT  Two strangers may have fallen in love on a flight and the hero woman who set
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| Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Tells Off Trump Right To His Face Posted: 02 Jul 2018 08:49 PM PDT  A routine White House photo-op took an unusual turn on Monday when Dutch Prime
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| Records: Police guarded Vegas showroom after Oct. 1 attack Posted: 03 Jul 2018 05:11 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas police officer ducked gunfire and then teamed up with other authorities to rush a high-rise hotel where a gunman was spraying bullets onto a concert below, according to video released Tuesday from the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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| Son of Isil leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'killed fighting in Syria' Posted: 04 Jul 2018 03:17 AM PDT  The son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the fugitive "caliph" of the Islamic State (Isil), has been killed trying to attack a thermal power station in Syria, the jihadist group said. Hudhayfah al-Badri was killed in Homs province fighting against Russian forces and Assad regime troops, Isil said in a statement released through its official channels. Badri is believed to have been around 18 years old. In a photograph released by Isil he appeared as a young teenager. He was holding an assault rifle in the photograph, although the image have been digitally altered. The Isil statement did not say when he was killed. It identified him as "the son of the caliph". Hisham al-Hashimi, an Iraqi historian, told The Telegraph that Badri was the son of Baghdadi's first wife, an Iraqi woman named Asmaa Fawzi Mohammed al-Kubaisi. Badri was born in 2000 in the Iraqi city of Samarra, before his father became a senior leader with al-Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group which eventually became Isil. Baghdadi is believed to have at least four other children. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has not been seen since 2014 The Isil statement said Badri was killed during an "inghimasi operation", usually an attack where jihadists fight for as long as they can with guns and grenades. The attacks typically end either with the assailants being gunned down or else killing themselves with suicide vests. Inghimasi operations are different from more traditionally suicide bombing missions, where the attacker usually detonates their explosives as soon as they reach their targets. Baghdadi remains the world's most wanted man and the US is offering a $25 million reward for information leading to his death or capture. While his caliphate has crumbled in both Iraq and Syria, Baghdadi himself has eluded capture. He is believed to be hiding in a remote area near the Iraqi-Syrian border. There have been persistent rumours that he was badly injured in an airstrike. Baghdadi swept to global prominence in July 2014, when he appeared at the Great Mosque in Mosul to declare himself as the leader of the new Islamic State. Isil has since been driven from Mosul by Iraqi forces supported by Shia militias and Western airpower. The mosque where Baghdadi spoke was blown up by Isil fighters in a last act of defiance. He has not been heard from since September, when he released a 46-minute audio recording urging Isil followers across the world to wage attacks against the West and to keep fighting in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. Baghdadi is believed to have had at least two other Arab wives and may also have married a young German woman who travelled to Iraq to join Isil.
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| Hundreds of homes imperiled as Northern California fire spreads Posted: 03 Jul 2018 03:50 PM PDT  A wildfire in Northern California swelled on Tuesday, as firefighters battled the blaze that threatened hundreds of homes and other structures, sending thick black smoke across the San Francisco Bay Area. The County Fire, which broke out on Saturday afternoon in rural Yolo County, west of Sacramento, blackened more than 70,000 acres (28,800 hectares) of grass, brush and dense scrub oak. The United States is in the midst of an unusually active fire season, with the risk significantly above normal for many western states, according to federal forecasters.
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| Stunning photos show dive beneath giant iceberg Posted: 03 Jul 2018 07:39 AM PDT ![Stunning photos show dive beneath giant iceberg]( "Stunning photos show dive beneath giant iceberg") These absolutely incredible shots show the stunning formations of an iceberg beneath the surface of the ocean. Taken in Tasiilaq, Greenland, by Franco Banfi, the underwater photography captures the beauty of these ice mountains beneath the ocean's surface.
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| Kentucky Woman Faces Backlash For Killing Giraffe In Africa Posted: 03 Jul 2018 04:24 AM PDT  A Kentucky woman is facing harsh criticism on social media after photographs
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| Wikipedia down in several countries in EU law protest Posted: 04 Jul 2018 11:22 AM PDT  Wikipedia went down in at least three countries Wednesday in a protest at an upcoming European Parliament vote on a highly disputed law that could make online platforms legally liable for copyrighted material put on the web by users. In Spain, Italy and Poland, an explanatory protest statement about the upcoming vote came up when the online encyclopedia was consulted. "The directive would threaten online freedom and would impose new filters, barriers and restrictions to access the web," Wikipedia Spain said in its statement.
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| China issues U.S. travel warning amid trade tensions Posted: 03 Jul 2018 10:03 AM PDT  China's embassy in Washington has issued a security advisory to Chinese nationals traveling to the United States, the latest such warning as trade tensions escalate between the two countries. The embassy warned Chinese tourists to be aware of issues including expensive medical bills, the threats of public shootings and robberies, searches and seizures by customs agents, telecommunications fraud and natural disasters. "Public security in the United States is not good.
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| White House Twitter Feed Unleashes On Democratic Senators Posted: 02 Jul 2018 08:41 PM PDT  The Trump administration took aim at two prominent Democrats on the official
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