| Judge calls Manafort's bluff on pre-trial jail location Posted: 10 Jul 2018 03:56 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow shows how former Donald Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort is running out of legal tricks to forestall his trial as he withdrew a request to change jails once the judge showed willingness to consent.
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| Massive Facebook Fundraiser Will Cover Bonds For Families Separated At Border, Group Says Posted: 10 Jul 2018 11:33 AM PDT  The staggering $20 million raised via Facebook to support immigrant families
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| Suspect Arrested In Alleged Racist Attack On Elderly Mexican Man Posted: 11 Jul 2018 06:59 AM PDT  A woman was arrested Tuesday night after a 91-year-old Mexican man was
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| Former Clinton lawyer now media savvy dealmaker for Michael Cohen Posted: 10 Jul 2018 05:22 PM PDT  Paul Butler, former federal prosecutor, talks about the significance of the addition of former Clinton lawyer Lanny Davis to Michael Cohen's legal team.
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| Man dies after colliding with wife on zipline on honeymoon in Honduras Posted: 11 Jul 2018 10:00 AM PDT  An Israeli man died after colliding with his wife while the two were ziplining in Honduras on their honeymoon, according to local authorities. Egael Tishman, 24, set off on his turn on the zipline tour organised by the cruise ship on which he and wife Shif Fanken, 27, had just got married. The couple suffered multiple injuries including broken ribs and Mr Tishman had complained of having difficulty breathing, Wilmer Guerrero, commander of the Roatan Fire Department, told the Washington Post.
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| U.S. says to meet Tuesday deadline for immigrant families Posted: 10 Jul 2018 10:42 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The U.S. government believes it is in compliance with a court-ordered Tuesday deadline to reunite immigrant children under 5 who were separated from their parents while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a court filing. In a filing in U.S. federal court in San Diego on Tuesday, the government said 75 children were eligible to be reunited and 38 were likely to be back with a parent by the end of the day. The government said others would be reunited once the government determined parental fitness or eligibility to be reunited.
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| Papa John's John Schnatter Used Racial Slur On Conference Call, Issues Apology Posted: 11 Jul 2018 09:10 AM PDT  The founder and chairman of the pizza chain Papa John's, John Schnatter, found
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| Meet the seven British divers playing leading roles in the Thai cave rescue mission Posted: 10 Jul 2018 11:34 PM PDT  It was the most challenging underground rescue in history, and Thai authorities drafted in more than 90 of the world's finest special forces soldiers. But the spearhead of the Thai cave rescue operation depended on seven British civilians who learnt their craft exploring the chilly waters of abandoned mines and limestone caves of England and Wales. Vernon Unsworth First on the scene was Vernon Unsworth, who is from St Albans but now lives in Thailand. Mr Unsworth, an experienced diver who now lives close to the caves, was crucial in persuading Thai authorities to bring in UK expertise. "When Thai Navy Seals went into the cave but they could not see anything because the water is so muddy so they came back, Chaiyon Srisamut, a friend of Mr Unsworth, told the Daily Mail. British caver Vernon Unsworth gets out of a pick up truck near the Tham Luang cave complex Credit: REUTERS/Panu Wongcha-um "He knew some English guys who could definitely help." John Volanthen and Rick Stanton With the go-ahead from Thai authorities, Mr Unsworth contacted John Volanthen, an IT consultant based in Bristol, and Rick Stanton, a former midlands fire fighter. The pair have been described as the "A Team" by Bill Whitehouse, vice chairman of the British Cave Rescue Council. John Volanthen Credit: Facebook Mr Stanton, 56, Mr Volanthen, 47, discovered the boys and their coach trapped in an air pocket 2.5 miles into the cave system last week. Richard William Stanton, Robert Charles Harper and John Volanthen Credit: AFP Mr Whitehous told Radio 4's Today programme last week: "They have been at the spearhead of making their way through because they have the skills and expertise to do it. "One of the first things they had to do in pushing through is lay a guideline so that they could get out again and so others could follow along." Richard Stanton Credit: Coventry Telegraph Voices heard on a video of the moment the group was discovered in the cave belong to Mr Stanton and Mr Volanthen. The pair have established a reputation as being among the greatest cave rescue divers on the planet - but both have day jobs in the UK. Mr Stanton has been a firefighter in Coventry for quarter of a century, while Mr Volanthen is an IT consultant based in Bristol. Both are volunteers with the South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team. In 2011, the pair set a world record for the longest cave dive, penetrating 9km (5.5 miles) down a system in northern Spain using specially developed equipment. Robert Harper British diver Robert Charles Harper Credit: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun The UK divers operation to locate the lost boys was overseen by Mr Harper, 70, a veteran potholing expert from Somerset. He was given a hero's send-off by the Thai authorities as he left Thailand on Thursday. Weerasak Kowsurat, the sports minister, thanked him for his "dedication to duty and professionalism," before he left. Chris Jewell and Jason Mallison The British team were joined by two more divers: Chris Jewell and Jason Mallison of the Cave Diving Group, Britain's oldest amateur association of subterranean divers. Both are considered experts in the tight-knit community of cave divers. Mr Mallison previously rescued six British cavers from Mexico's Cueva de Alpazat cave system. In 2010, he joined up with Mr Stanton and Mr Volanthen to break the record for the longest ever cave dive. The trio, along with Dutch explorer Rene Houben, spent 50 hours underground charting 5.5 miles of previously unexplored submerged caves in Mexico. Tim Acton Also on the scene was Tim Acton, 39, who grew up in Harwich and first learnt his trade diving off the Essex coast. He moved to Southeast Asia 12 years ago and now runs a holiday complex in Thailand with his wife, Took. In 2004 he was caught up in the Boxing Day Tsunami and earned a commendation from the British Ambassador for his efforts to save lives when the village where he was running a diving school was swamped. He was invited to join the cave rescue by contacts in the Thai Navy SEALs. He was inside the cave system several times during the operation. During the rescue operation, his father, John, 71, said: "There's a total media blackout at the moment so we are getting no information. Tim Acton and his family Credit: Family handout "All I know is Tim got a call to go on stand by to go to the caves by the Thai Naval Seals and he had to send the measurements of his shoulders because they didn't know if his shoulders were too big to go in there. "Then he got the call to go to (Chiang Rai) they picked him up to go to the airport, apparently they are in excellent accommodation. "He was told there were 55 naval seals in Team One and in Team Two, which he was to be part of, was the supply team with 20 ex-Naval Seals and two Westerners - Tim and his mate who is a Spaniard. "Up until Saturday besides the two English divers who found them they were the only two Western divers, since them I'm led to believe an Australian cave diving team has gone in there. "I'm very proud of the fact of his selflessness. He's doing nothing different to what our armed forces, police and firemen do every day, by putting his life at risk to help someone else. "I spoke to him just before he left ... he said he was feeling a bit nervous which I was pleased about. "If he didn't have any nerves I'd be a bit worried."
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| A brief history of German neo-Nazi group NSU Posted: 11 Jul 2018 04:07 AM PDT  MUNICH (AP) — German authorities blame the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Underground for a string of violent crimes including the racially motivated killing of nine men, the killing of a policewoman, two bombings and more than a dozen bank robberies over a period of almost 14 years.
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| Trump should have picked a true conservative for the Supreme Court Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:50 PM PDT  With the selection of Brett Kavanaugh, conservatives are celebrating President Trump's move to push the Supreme Court to the right. The model most commonly touted is the late Antonin Scalia, who, along with Justice Clarence Thomas, held down the court's right flank for nearly two decades before his death in 2016. A better model — a healthier example for preserving a stable constitutional democracy — would be Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who exerted far more power than Scalia over the court's decisions during her almost 25 years (1981-2006) on the bench.
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| Latin American Foto Festival in New York City Posted: 11 Jul 2018 04:23 AM PDT ![Latin American Foto Festival in New York City]( "Latin American Foto Festival in New York City") A photo festival in New York this month will bring together award-winning photographers from throughout the Caribbean and Latin American regions to show their work, join discussions, and more.
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| Head soccer coach says he didn't know team would travel into the Thailand cave Posted: 10 Jul 2018 11:22 AM PDT  ABC News' Matt Gutman spoke with head coach Nopparat Kanthawong about what the team is like and if he knew assistant coach was taking them into cave.
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| Nevada Judge Halts Execution Set To Use Experimental Drug Cocktail Posted: 11 Jul 2018 03:28 PM PDT  A Nevada judge has temporarily halted an execution, siding with a
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| Eleven hoisted from Alaska plane crash Posted: 10 Jul 2018 04:47 PM PDT  Los Angeles (AFP) - A plane carrying 11 people crashed Tuesday on a mountainside in Alaska, officials and rescuers said, but there were no deaths.
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| Bill De Blasio Reportedly Crossed US Border Illegally, CBP Says Posted: 11 Jul 2018 05:53 AM PDT  U.S. Customs and Border Protection accused New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
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| Giant crocodile captured in Australia to stop it going to town Posted: 10 Jul 2018 01:58 AM PDT  By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - Authorities in Australia have caught a saltwater crocodile measuring almost 5 meters (16.4 ft), one of the biggest on record, to stop it from reaching a populated area, the Department of Tourism said on Tuesday. Weighing up to 600 kg (1,322 lb), the 60-year old crocodile is the biggest ever removed from the Katherine River in the remote Northern Territory. It was moved to live out its days at a crocodile farm.
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| Officials admit they may have separated family – who might be US citizens – for up to a year Posted: 11 Jul 2018 04:55 AM PDT  The complications the government has run into foretell a troubled road ahead. The Department of Justice (DoJ) told a federal judge Tuesday that it may have mistakenly separated a father and toddler who could both be US citizens for as long as a year, in the process of enforcing the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called the revelation "horrific" and blamed the administration's poor execution of the practice of family separations.
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| The New Jersey race that could be key to Democrats retaking the House Posted: 10 Jul 2018 07:09 AM PDT  Thanks in part to a nationwide "enthusiasm gap," Mikie Sherrill has a shot at turning a traditionally Republican New Jersey district blue.
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| Soccer team lost in cave for 2 weeks in Thailand has been rescued Posted: 10 Jul 2018 05:45 AM PDT ![Soccer team lost in cave for 2 weeks in Thailand has been rescued]( "Soccer team lost in cave for 2 weeks in Thailand has been rescued") All 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks deep inside a flood Thai cave have been rescued, a Thai navy SEAL unit said on Tuesday, a successful end to a perilous mission that has gripped the world.
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| LeSean McCoy, Buffalo Bills Player, Denies Involvement In Assault Of Ex-Girlfriend Posted: 11 Jul 2018 09:25 AM PDT  An attorney for the estranged girlfriend of Buffalo Bills running back LeSean
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| Instagram model hits back at critics after being attacked by shark while posing for a photograph Posted: 11 Jul 2018 11:00 AM PDT  An Instagram model has hit back at criticism from online trolls after being bitten by a shark while posing for photographs. Katarina Zarutskie, from California, was holidaying with her boyfriend and his family in the Bahamas last month when she spotted people snorkelling with some nurse sharks. Ms Zarutskie decided to make the most of the opportunity and went into the water to get some photographs with the animals. But while posing for the pictures a shark bit into the model's wrist and held her underwater for several seconds. It led to her needing stitches and antibiotics for her injuries, and she may need further surgery to remove fragments of the shark's teeth which remain in the wound. Since the incident emerged the model has received a barrage of criticism from online trolls. Ms Katarina Zarutskie can be seen calmly holding her wound to prevent the blood spreading through water Credit: Katarina Zarutskie / Instagram The 19-year-old has hit back at the criticism, including false claims that she ignored advice or went into the water during the sharks' feeding time. "They took the information they wanted and really spun the story in a way that I'm a stupid blonde Instagram model," she told the BBC. "I've definitely received a lot of rude and hateful comments from people that were saying ridiculous things." She added: "From my previous knowledge from surfing and scuba diving, I know nurse sharks are usually very safe. Ms Zarutskie says the incident hasn't scared her away from the creatures Credit: Katarina Zarutskie / Instagram "I've seen countless photos of people with them on Instagram." Fortunately the model was able to pull her wrist free and raised the wound out of the water to stop the blood spreading through the water. Ms Zaruskie has been left with a nasty scar but she said her ability to stay calm prevented the attack from being far worse. "I think if someone was screaming and flailing around it definitely could have changed the situation," she said. Ms Zarutskie, who is due to start a joint degree in nursing and business in Miami, added that the encounter hasn't scared her away.
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| With V-for-Victory sign, rescued Thai boys celebrate freedom Posted: 11 Jul 2018 01:36 PM PDT  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — As ecstatic relatives watched and waved from behind a glass barrier, the 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from deep within a flooded cave in Thailand made the V-for-Victory sign Wednesday from their beds in a hospital isolation ward where they are recovering from the 18-day ordeal.
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| Report: Ford Fusion to Live On as a Subaru Outback Fighter Posted: 11 Jul 2018 08:40 AM PDT  The familiar name may be saved from the scrapyard and applied to a lifted station wagon.
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| Did ancient Romans whale the Mediterranean? Posted: 10 Jul 2018 04:18 PM PDT  Ancient Roman hunters may have precipitated the disappearance of grey and right whales from the Mediterranean, a study said Wednesday, suggesting commercial whaling is much older than we thought. The finding suggests right and grey whales were "common" in the North Atlantic 2,000 years ago, likely navigating the strait to calve in the temperate Mediterranean Sea. "The evidence that these two... species were present along the shores of the Roman Empire raises the hypothesis that they may have formed the basis of a forgotten whaling industry," researchers wrote in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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| U.S. seeks to reunite more young immigrants as new deadline looms Posted: 11 Jul 2018 04:54 PM PDT  A day after dozens of parents were reunited with children who had been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border by immigration officials, the U.S. government faces a looming deadline to match another roughly 2,000 children with parents. The struggle to track and match parents with children under five suggests meeting a July 26 deadline for reuniting the remaining older children could be fraught with problems. "That is going to be a significant undertaking," U.S. Judge Dana Sabraw said on Tuesday of the next deadline.
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| Man confronts woman in park for wearing Puerto Rican T-shirt Posted: 10 Jul 2018 09:49 AM PDT  A woman setting up a picnic in an Illinois park was challenged by a stranger for wearing a T-shirt saying "Puerto Rico" in America.
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| Trump To Barely Set Foot In London During UK Visit, Bypassing Mass Protests Planned Posted: 10 Jul 2018 08:17 AM PDT  LONDON ― President Donald Trump heads to Britain later this week for a working
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| Medic, all navy divers out of Thai cave after successful rescue Posted: 10 Jul 2018 08:14 AM PDT ![Medic, all navy divers out of Thai cave after successful rescue]( "Medic, all navy divers out of Thai cave after successful rescue") CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - The Thai army sent more than 1,000 personnel to help in the rescue of a soccer team and its coach trapped in a flooded cave, the head of the operation said on Tuesday. Rescuers freed the last four of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from the cave on Tuesday, a successful end to a mission that gripped the world for more than two weeks. A medic and all navy SEAL divers had also left the cave safely, said chief of the rescue mission Narongsak Osottanakorn. ...
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| Israel plans its first moon launch in December Posted: 10 Jul 2018 06:05 AM PDT  An Israeli organisation announced plans Tuesday to launch the country's first spacecraft to the moon in December, with hopes of burnishing Israel's reputation as a small nation with otherworldly high-tech ambitions. The unmanned spacecraft, shaped like a pod and weighing some 585 kilogrammes (1,300 pounds) at launch, will land on the moon on February 13, 2019 if all goes according to plan, organisers SpaceIL told a news conference in Yehud, central Israel. Its first task, however, will be to plant an Israeli flag on the moon, organisers said.
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| Twitter Users Skewer Jim Jordan After He Slams CNN For Doing Its Job Posted: 11 Jul 2018 11:20 AM PDT  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is facing claims that he failed to take action
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| Woman Calls Police On Black Family Delivering Newspapers: Report Posted: 11 Jul 2018 12:49 PM PDT  The 911 caller said they were reporting suspicious behavior.
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| The Latest: NYC mayor says border allegations 'ridiculous' Posted: 11 Jul 2018 12:39 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local):
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| Someone tried to smuggle a snake onto a plane by hiding it in a hard drive Posted: 10 Jul 2018 03:12 PM PDT  Snakes on a plane? Not today. TSA agents in Miami intercepted an attempt at smuggling a live python onto a plane on Sunday. In an pun-filled Instagram post, the TSA detailed how a passenger tried to get a ball python from Miami to Barbados by tucking it into an external hard drive. Snakes on Barbados are actually quite rare, so an invasive species such as a ball python could cause serious damage to the local ecosystem. The python didn't manage to Slytherin to the plane. SEE ALSO: We need to talk about Snake's butt in 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate' "If you think airplane seats are constricting, imagine how this little guy felt!" the post says. The poor snake was coiled into a nylon stocking. In the TSA's words, "this python had not gone full monty." A post shared by TSA (@tsa) on Jul 9, 2018 at 3:25pm PDT The snake was found in a checked bag. When TSA agents found an organic mass during a screening, they called in bomb experts to investigate the hard drive. Instead of an explosive, they found a very much alive python. "While the python itself posed no danger to anyone on the aircraft," the statement posted to Instagram said, "an organic item concealed inside electronics raises security concerns, which is why our officers took a closer look." Agents called the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which took the snake into its care and fined the sneaky passenger. "Both the traveler and the snake missed their flight," the TSA said. WATCH: Baby panda taking first wobbly steps at National Zoo will make you melt
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| China pledges $20 billion in loans for Arab states Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:41 PM PDT  China will provide Arab states with $20 billion in loans for economic development, President Xi Jinping told top Arab officials Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to build its influence in the Middle East and Africa. The money will be earmarked for "projects that will produce good employment opportunities and positive social impact in Arab States that have reconstruction needs," said Xi, without providing further details. It is part of a special Chinese programme for "economic reconstruction" and "industrial revitalisation," Xi told participants at a China-Arab States forum in Beijing's Great Hall of the People.
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| Senate To Vote On Motion Addressing Trump's Ability To Levy Tariffs Posted: 10 Jul 2018 04:29 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The Senate will take a small step Wednesday aimed at restraining
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| The Latest: Ambulances arrive at Thai cave as rains hit area Posted: 09 Jul 2018 07:42 PM PDT  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The Latest on the rescue of a youth soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand (all times local):
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| Thai boys wave to the world in first video since their rescue Posted: 11 Jul 2018 10:00 AM PDT  By Panu Wongcha-um and Patpicha Tanakasempipat CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - The first video of the Thai boys rescued from a flooded cave after 17 days was released on Wednesday, showing them smiling and waving from their hospital beds, looking thin but fine after an ordeal that has gripped the world. Rescue mission chief Narongsak Osottanakorn told a news conference the boys were just being children when they got lost and no one was to blame. A video of the boys in hospital was shown at the news conference.
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| Alexis Ohanian Celebrates Serena Williams' Epic Comeback After Birth Complications Posted: 11 Jul 2018 08:07 AM PDT  Serena Williams' relationship with Alexis Ohanian has been cute on social
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| 2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo Review: A Beautiful Compromise Posted: 10 Jul 2018 06:00 AM PDT  With 911-like thrills and Cayenne-like utility, the Panamera Sport Turismo is the all-around Porsche to buy.
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| SF couple's anniversary trip to Mexico City ends tragically as wife killed by stray bullet Posted: 10 Jul 2018 03:28 PM PDT  Officials have confirmed that a woman killed in Mexico City by what appears to be a stray bullet in a shooting at a taco restaurant is from San Francisco.
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| Afghan deported from Germany commits suicide in Kabul hotel Posted: 11 Jul 2018 07:50 AM PDT  An Afghan man deported from Germany has been found dead in a hotel room in Kabul after committing suicide, officials said Wednesday. The 23-year-old man, who has not been identified, was forcibly returned to the Afghan capital on July 4 along with 68 other failed Afghan asylum seekers. A police investigation into his death is under way, but an IOM official said the man had "apparently" committed suicide.
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| Michael Flynn ‘eager to proceed to sentencing’ on charges in Russia investigation Posted: 10 Jul 2018 10:57 AM PDT  Michael Flynn, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is "eager to proceed to sentencing" on charges related to the Russia investigation, his lawyer has said. General Flynn pleaded guilty in December to lying to the FBI about his contact with Russian officials and agreed to cooperate with the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. At his first court appearance since then, his lawyers indicated he was continuing to cooperate with the investigation and was hoping to wrap up the case against him quickly.
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| Iran vows to sell as much oil as it can despite U.S. sanctions Posted: 10 Jul 2018 07:38 AM PDT  Iranian vice president Eshaq Jahangiri acknowledged on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions would hurt the economy but promised to "sell as much oil as we can" and protect its banking system. Jahangiri said Washington was trying to stop Iran's petrochemical, steel and copper exports, and to disrupt its ports and shipping services. "America seeks to reduce Iran's oil sales, our vital source of income, to zero," he said, according to Fars news agency.
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| Parents' Insurance Company Pays Out $107,000 After Kansas Boy Knocks Over Statue Posted: 10 Jul 2018 08:42 AM PDT  Video of the incident quickly went viral.
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