| GOP Senator Slams Trump On Sessions: 'The U.S. Is Not Some Banana Republic' Posted: 03 Sep 2018 06:18 PM PDT  Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse accused President Donald Trump on Monday of
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| Cory Booker is on the campaign trail, but not in the way you might think Posted: 03 Sep 2018 07:34 AM PDT  The current midterm election cycle has been a long strange trip for New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
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| Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Overruled Staff On Alex Jones Ban: Report Posted: 03 Sep 2018 08:17 PM PDT  Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey overrode staff recommendations last month and
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| Brazil's first human, a 'priceless' loss from Rio's museum fire Posted: 03 Sep 2018 12:25 PM PDT  Brazil on Monday mourned the loss of the "first Brazilian," Luzia, after the 12,000-year-old fossil was destroyed in a raging fire that ripped through Rio de Janeiro's treasured National Museum. The jewel in the crown of the museum's collection of 20 million valuable pieces, Luzia was the first human fossil found in Brazil, in the southwestern Minas Gerais state in 1970. "Luzia is a priceless loss for everyone interested in civilization," Paulo Knauss, director at Brazil's national history museum, told AFP.
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| Amber Alert Issued for Florida Boy, 2, Who Vanished After Stranger Knocked Out Mother Posted: 03 Sep 2018 07:36 AM PDT  Cops have now issued an Amber Alert for the boy, 2-year-old Jordan Belliveau.
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| Haunting Aerial Photos Show Devastation Caused By Brazil National Museum Fire Posted: 04 Sep 2018 07:35 AM PDT  These aerial photographs lay bare the utter devastation caused by a fire that
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| Texas Doctor Apologizes After Saying Female Physicians 'Do Not Work As Hard' Posted: 03 Sep 2018 10:59 AM PDT  After a study found women in medicine are paid a fraction of what their male counterparts earn
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| 8 wounded in gunfire at California apartment complex Posted: 03 Sep 2018 05:17 PM PDT  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Eight people were wounded, two critically, during a shooting at a California apartment complex during a dice game, police said Monday.
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| Storm Gordon halts some energy production in U.S. Gulf Posted: 04 Sep 2018 03:41 PM PDT ![Storm Gordon halts some energy production in U.S. Gulf]( "Storm Gordon halts some energy production in U.S. Gulf") Three more oil producers pulled employees out of Tropical Storm Gordon's path, and companies cut 9 percent of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production on Tuesday as the storm churned toward an expected nighttime landfall. The storm, which is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane with winds of at least 74 miles per hour (119 kph), shifted eastward, reducing its threat to producers on the western side of the Gulf and most Gulf Coast refineries. Companies evacuated 54 offshore platforms and halted 156,907 barrels per day of oil production and 232 million cubic feet per day of natural gas output, according to estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
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| Why Is a Russian Naval Fleet Gathering Near Syria? Posted: 04 Sep 2018 07:12 AM PDT  Moscow could be hoping to deter a U.S. attack.
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| Colin Kaepernick named face of Nike's new 30th anniversary campaign Posted: 04 Sep 2018 03:58 AM PDT  Kaepernick tweeted Monday afternoon he was picked to helm the esteemed shoe brand's 30th anniversary "Just Do It" campaign -- a return to the slogan that made the company famous.
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| Fox News Big Rips Trump For Snide Jeff Sessions Criticism Posted: 04 Sep 2018 05:37 AM PDT  President Donald Trump's Labor Day jab at Attorney General Jeff Sessions even
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| Rudy Giuliani On White House Blocking Release Of Full Mueller Report: ‘I’m Sure We Will’ Posted: 03 Sep 2018 08:03 AM PDT  Rudy Giuliani says the White House would likely attempt to block a full public
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| Israel does not rule out striking Iranian targets in Iraq Posted: 03 Sep 2018 08:43 AM PDT  Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday signalled his country could strike Iranian targets in Iraq if they threatened Israel, saying it would hit wherever necessary. "We will face any Iranian threat, no matter where it comes from," Lieberman said in response to a question about reports that Iran had provided ballistic missiles to allied Shiite militias in Iraq in recent months. Israel has pledged to stop Iran, its main enemy, from entrenching itself militarily in neighbouring Syria, where Tehran is backing President Bashar al-Assad's regime in his country's civil war.
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| Fall foliage map will help you plan out your leaf-peeping weekends in the US Posted: 03 Sep 2018 05:50 AM PDT  The kids are back in school. The other day you spotted a lone, sad leaf browning at the edges at your feet. And Starbucks has released its Pumpkin Spice Latte. It's official: leaf-peeping season is once again upon us.
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| Chinese JD.com billionaire Liu Qiangdong arrested in US over sexual misconduct allegation Posted: 03 Sep 2018 01:37 AM PDT  The billionaire founder of one of China's biggest e-commerce websites has been arrested in the US following allegations of sexual misconduct. Liu Qiangdong, chief executive of JD.com, was arrested on Friday night and released Saturday afternoon pending possible criminal charges, according to Minnesota jail records. Minneapolis police refused to provide details on exactly what the 45-year-old, also known as Richard Liu, had been accused of, saying an investigation into the incident was active.
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| Exxon evacuates Mobile Bay facilities in Gulf ahead of Storm Gordon Posted: 04 Sep 2018 12:19 PM PDT ![Exxon evacuates Mobile Bay facilities in Gulf ahead of Storm Gordon]( "Exxon evacuates Mobile Bay facilities in Gulf ahead of Storm Gordon") (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said on Tuesday it evacuated offshore personnel and is performing a controlled shut-down of its Mobile Bay facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico ahead of Tropical Storm Gordon. Exxon also said it has evacuated the Lena platform. Gordon is expected to make landfall as a tropical storm late Tuesday or early Wednesday near the Gulf Coast borders of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The Lena platform is about 110 miles (177 km)southeast of New Orleans. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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| Chemical weapons watchdog confirms UK nerve agent findings Posted: 04 Sep 2018 11:22 AM PDT ![Chemical weapons watchdog confirms UK nerve agent findings]( "Chemical weapons watchdog confirms UK nerve agent findings") THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The global chemical weapons watchdog on Tuesday confirmed findings by British authorities that the Novichok nerve agent killed one person and sickened another in the English town of Amesbury in June.
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| Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Gave $100,000 To Help GOP Keep The House, Filings Show Posted: 02 Sep 2018 08:05 PM PDT  Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen donated $100,000 to a political fundraising
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| Trump warns Syria, Russia and Iran against Idlib 'tragedy' Posted: 03 Sep 2018 04:00 PM PDT  "President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province. The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy," Trump tweeted. The United Nations and aid groups have warned that a full assault on Idlib could spark a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale not yet seen in Syria's seven-year-old conflict.
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| This Is How America Will Revise Its Approach to Iran Posted: 03 Sep 2018 04:39 PM PDT  Washington has ways to pressure the Iranian regime by being more active in support for dissident groups in Iran.
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| Some White People Are Very Mad At Nike And Colin Kaepernick Posted: 04 Sep 2018 03:52 PM PDT  The white community flew into a destructive rage this weekend after Colin
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| Chicago mayor will not seek re-election Posted: 04 Sep 2018 09:44 AM PDT  Rahm Emanuel made the announcement at a City Hall press conference on Tuesday morning.
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| Pope's remedy to those seeking scandal: prayer and silence Posted: 03 Sep 2018 06:47 AM PDT  Pope Francis recommended silence and prayer to counter those who 'seek scandal,' division and destruction in an indirect response to allegations that he had covered up for a U.S. cardinal embroiled in sex abuse scandals.
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| This Vintage 1973 Mercedes-Benz SL Will Make Onlookers Green with Envy Posted: 04 Sep 2018 01:06 PM PDT  A classic R107 SL in an oh-so-Seventies color scheme.
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| Ted Cruz Chastises Beto O'Rourke For F-Bombs, But Only Makes Him Seem Cooler Posted: 03 Sep 2018 05:02 PM PDT  Sen. Ted Cruz apparently thinks pointing out Rep. Beto O'Rourke's penchant for
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| Zaha Hadid's South Beach Home in Miami Has Just Sold Posted: 04 Sep 2018 02:16 PM PDT |
| Russia says space station leak may be sabotage Posted: 04 Sep 2018 08:38 AM PDT  Russia launched checks Tuesday after its space chief said an air leak on the International Space Station last week could have been deliberate sabotage. Space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin said the hole detected Thursday in a Russian space craft docked at the orbiting station was caused by a drill and could have been done deliberately, either back on Earth or by astronauts in space. "There were several attempts at drilling," Rogozin said late Monday in televised comments, adding that the drill appeared to have been held by a "wavering hand".
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| Burma jails two Reuters journalists for seven years amid international outrage Posted: 02 Sep 2018 09:41 PM PDT  Jeremy Hunt, the British Foreign Secretary, on Monday vowed to champion the cause of two Reuters journalists jailed for their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, in a case that has been denounced as a new low for press freedom in Burma. A Burmese court sentenced Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, to seven years in prison for breaching a law on state secrets while they were investigating the mass murder of ten Rohingya men. The Foreign Secretary added his protest to global condemnation of the ruling - the latest in a long series of human rights abuses in Burma to undermine the reputation of Nobel Peace laureate and civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. "Imprisoning journalists who write about inconvenient truths is an unconscionable blow to press freedom, and indeed everyone's freedom. Will be raising the extremely serious case of the two Reuters journalists on my forthcoming visit to Burma (Myanmar)", Mr Hunt said on Twitter. The two journalists had pleaded not guilty to violating the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years. They protested that they were framed by police while investigating allegations of the massacre of a group of Rohingya men by the military. As they were led to a police van in handcuffs after, Wa Lone shouted: "I have no fear. I have not done anything wrong. I believe in justice, democracy and freedom." Their sentencing falls just one week after the publication of a blistering report by a UN fact-finding mission that called for Burma's top military generals to be investigated and prosecuted for genocide in Rakhine State, home of the Rohingya minority. Burma rejects the charges. Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's civilian leader and former global human rights heroine, was singled out by UN investigators for failing to use her "moral authority" to stop the military's extreme violence against the Rohingya, which has caused more than 700,000 to flee their homes. Reuters journalist Wa Lone departs Insein court after his verdict announcement in Yangon Credit: Reuters Monday's conviction of the journalists seeking to expose military atrocities against the Muslim minority dealt another blow to hopes that her election to government after years of house arrest would herald an accelerated transition to full democracy from military rule. Stephen Adler, editor-in-chief at Reuters, denounced the verdict as "a sad day for Myanmar, Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, and the press everywhere," adding that the "false charges" had been designed to "silence their reporting and intimidate the press." In a statement, he added: "This is a major step backward in Myanmar's transition to democracy, cannot be squared with the rule of law or freedom of speech, and must be corrected by the Myanmar government as a matter of urgency." The two journalists were arrested in December while reporting on the mass killing of ten Rohingya Muslim men in the village of Inn Din, Rakhine state, last September. Burmese journalist Kyaw Soe Oo is escorted by police after being sentenced by a court to jail in Yangon Credit: AFP Seven Burmese soldiers have since been sentenced to ten years of hard labour for their role in "contributing and participating in murder." The trial of the reporters who exposed the crime, and who both testified that they suffered from harsh treatment during their initial interrogations, has drawn widespread condemnation from the US, United Nations and wider international community. Their several appeals for release on bail were rejected, and during his detention Wa Lone missed the birth of his first child, a daughter named Thet Htar Angel. Kyaw Soe Oo also has a three-year-old daughter, Moe Thin Wai Zan. "What happened today threatens to undermine the rule of law and freedom of press that democracy requires," said Kevin Krolicki, Reuters' regional editor for Asia. He called the verdict "heartbreaking." Human Rights Watch condemned the "politically-motivated" charges as a return to the media repression seen during military rule. No words for this outrageous injustice against @Reuters reporters Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oo. How can #Myanmar judicial system justify sending reporters doing their job to a longer prison sentence than the #Tatmadaw soldiers who killed the 10 #Rohingya in their story in cold blood? pic.twitter.com/lI2Qp0k6ub— Phil Robertson (@Reaproy) September 3, 2018 "The outrageous convictions of the Reuters journalists show Myanmar courts' willingness to muzzle those reporting on military atrocities," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "These sentences mark a new low for press freedom and further backsliding on rights under Aung San Suu Kyi's government." During eight months of hearings, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo testified that two police officers they had not met before handed them papers rolled up inside a newspaper during a meeting at a Yangon restaurant on 12 December. Almost immediately afterwards, they said, they were bundled into a car by plainclothes officers. In April a police captain, Moe Yan Naing, testified that a senior officer had ordered his subordinates to plant secret documents on Wa Lone to "trap" the reporter. Other police witnesses have told court that the reporters had been searched at a routine traffic stop by officers who were unaware they were journalists and found to be holding secret documents from an unknown source. The prosecution's case was marked by inconsistencies and irregularities, including conflicting official accounts and evidence of police misconduct, Human Rights Watch said. Attacks on free speech had intensified over the past two years, the group added, pointing to a slew of repressive laws that had been increasingly used to silence journalists and activists for perceived criticism of the government or military. Chit Su Win, (2nd-R), wife of jailed @Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo, sobs with family members as their daughter Mar Mar Latt (L) looks on. She won't see her father come home for seven years#Myanmar#Journalismisnotacrimepic.twitter.com/qgjrroIwcV— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) September 3, 2018 "These convictions won't hide the horrors against the Rohingya from the world – they merely reveal the precarious state of free speech in the country and the urgent need for international action to free these journalists," said Mr Adams. Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International's Director of Crisis Response, demanded that the convictions be quashed and the men unconditionally released. The judgement sent "a stark warning to other journalists in the country of the severe consequences that await should they look too closely at military abuses. This amounts to censorship through fear," she said. "Today's verdict cannot conceal the truth of what happened in Rakhine State. It's thanks to the bravery of journalists like Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, that the military's atrocities have been exposed. Instead of targeting these two journalists, the Myanmar authorities should have been going after those responsible for killings, rape, torture and the torching of hundreds of Rohingya villages." Reuters has said it will contest the decision. "We will not wait while Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo suffer this injustice and will evaluate how to proceed in the coming days, including whether to seek relief in an international forum," said Mr Adler.
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| Militants must be 'cleaned out' of Syria's Idlib, Iran says Posted: 03 Sep 2018 09:21 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Iran called on Monday for militants to be "cleaned out" of Syria's Idlib province, as it prepared for talks with Syria and Russia about confronting the last major enclave held by rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian government forces are planning a phased offensive in Idlib and surrounding areas held by insurgents fighting Assad, who has been backed by both Russian and Iranian forces in the country's conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said Washington views any government assault on Idlib as an escalation of Syria's war, and the State Department warned that Washington would respond to any chemical attack by Damascus.
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| 6-Ingredient Pasta Recipes From 6 Renowned Chefs Posted: 04 Sep 2018 02:45 AM PDT  Quick and easy dinner recipes are always in demand, and pasta is a natural fit
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| Michael Avenatti Plans To Troll Trump In Real Time With A Dueling Rally Posted: 04 Sep 2018 01:23 AM PDT  Even the feuds are bigger in Texas.
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| 40 Absolutely Delicious Sweet Potato Recipes You Need in Your Life Posted: 04 Sep 2018 06:23 AM PDT |
| Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Has Ordered the Arrest of a Chief Political Opponent Posted: 04 Sep 2018 02:23 AM PDT  If detained, Antonio Trillanes would be the second opposition Senator jailed under Duterte
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| Mindy Kaling Ugly Cried During 'Crazy Rich Asians' For A Deeply Personal Reason Posted: 03 Sep 2018 03:17 PM PDT  A "Medium Rich South Asian" was deeply moved by a beautiful and underappreciated bond that was highlighted in the film "Crazy Rich Asians."
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| Nearly 100 elephants killed for ivory in Botswana Posted: 04 Sep 2018 01:27 PM PDT  Ninety elephant carcasses have been discovered in Botswana with their tusks hacked off, a charity said Tuesday, in figures fiercely contested by the government. Elephants Without Borders said the grim discovery of scores of elephant carcasses, made over several weeks during an aerial survey, is believed to be one of Africa's worst mass poaching sprees. The charity's scientists, who carried out the assessment with Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National Parks, found most of the dead animals were large bulls, which would have had heavy tusks.
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| 50,000 attend concert against German far-Right amid calls for surveillance of AfD Posted: 03 Sep 2018 11:49 AM PDT  More than 50,000 people attended a special open-air protest concert against the far-Right yesterday (MON) in Chemnitz, the German city that has been the scene of neo-Nazi rallies in recent days. Huge crowds streamed into the small eastern city from across Germany to make a stand against the far-Right protests which saw foreigners hunted through the streets and neo-Nazis openly giving the Hitler salute last week. Several of the country's best known rock groups came together for a one-off concert against the extremists under the banner "We are more" — a direct reference to the far-Right chant of "We are the people." The numbers dwarfed the 11,000 who took part in rival far-Right and far-Left protests at the weekend and brought the city to a standstill. Mobile networks collapsed under the demand and there were concerns there would not be enough trains for people to get home. Police refused permission for far-Right groups to stage rival protests on the grounds there was no space left in the city. Rallies in support of the concert also took place in Hannover and Kiel. The concert was part of an effort to encourage young Germans to stand up against far-right extremism Credit: Reuters "We are not naive. We are not under the illusion that we can just hold a concert and the world is saved," said Felix Brummer, the lead singer of Kraftklub, one of the bands involved. "But sometimes it's important to show people they're not alone." Chemnitz has been gripped by days of violent protest since the death of Daniel Hillig, a local German-Cuban man, in a suspected stabbing by two migrants from Iraq and Syria just over a week ago. Local people have staged their own protests, claiming the streets are unsafe at night. But they have also accused far-Right groups of hijacking the killing for their own political ends. Hillig's widow, Bianca, on Monday came forward to condemn the violent protests. "Daniel would never have wanted that! Never!" she told Bild newspaper. "I watched what happened in the city. It wasn't about Daniel any more. Daniel was neither left nor right. What's going on would never have occurred to him. We only want to mourn in peace." Several nationalist groups called for marches in the wake of the killing of a German man last week, allegedly by migrants from Syria and Iraq Credit: Ralf Hirschberger The huge numbers attending Monday's concert come after Heiko Maas, the German foreign minister, called for the country's "silent majority" to "get up off the couch and make a stand against the far-Right". Meanwhile German politicians are locked in debate over whether the nationalist Alternative for Germany party (AfD) should be treated as a threat to national security after it openly sided with far-Right groups protesting in the city. Prominent MPs from the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD) have led calls for the AfD to be put under surveillance by the intelligence services after it staged a joint march with the Pegida anti-Muslim movement in Chemnitz. "The refugee question divides society, and the AfD is riding ever more radically on this wave," Thomas Oppermann, deputy speaker of the German parliament, said. "The security services must keep a close eye on the division of labor of between the AfD and neo-Nazis." Two of Germany's regional state government's on Monday announced that they were putting the party's local youth movements under surveillance. But senior members of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) oppose calls to widen the surveillance nationally and say the place to fight the AfD is at the ballot box. "Putting the AfD under surveillance could allow the party to play the role of martyr," Daniel Günther, the regional prime minister of Schleswig-Holstein warned.
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| Trump Has Hurt American Workers, Charges AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Posted: 02 Sep 2018 09:09 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has done more to hurt American workers than help them,
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| The Latest: Suspect shot at California racetrack is named Posted: 03 Sep 2018 11:39 AM PDT ![The Latest: Suspect shot at California racetrack is named]( "The Latest: Suspect shot at California racetrack is named") SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on a man shot by deputies at a California racetrack (all times local):
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| Under-attack Pope calls for 'silence and prayer' Posted: 03 Sep 2018 07:04 AM PDT  Pope Francis on Monday said "silence and prayer" were the answer to those seeking "scandal and division", amid a barrage of attacks from ultra-conservative Catholics. "With people who lack goodwill, with people who seek only scandal, who seek only division, who seek only destruction, even within the family: (there is nothing but) silence. Among some ultra-conservative Catholics, the pope is regarded as a dangerous progressive who is more interested in social issues than traditional Church matters.
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| Attacks in Afghanistan kill 6 police Posted: 04 Sep 2018 08:02 AM PDT ![Attacks in Afghanistan kill 6 police]( "Attacks in Afghanistan kill 6 police") KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents have attacked security checkpoints in northern and eastern Afghanistan, killing six police, officials said Tuesday.
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| Netflix's 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before' Has People Craving Yogurt Drink Posted: 04 Sep 2018 11:02 AM PDT  The hit Netflix romantic comedy "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" may have
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