| George Papadopoulos Sentenced To 14 Days In Mueller Investigation Posted: 07 Sep 2018 11:40 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The first Trump campaign adviser arrested in Robert Mueller's
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| For Susan Collins, A Vote For Kavanaugh Would Be Political Suicide Posted: 07 Sep 2018 08:47 AM PDT  Throughout her more than two decades in the Senate, Sen. Susan Collins
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| Passengers fall ill on two flights from Europe to Philadelphia Posted: 06 Sep 2018 06:12 PM PDT  All 250 people on separate American Airlines flights from Munich and Paris were "held for a medical review" as a precaution, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was notified, Philadelphia International Airport spokeswoman Diane Gerace said. Flight 717 from Munich and Flight 755 from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris both arrived in Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, she said.
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| GoFundMe Vows To Give Homeless Vet $400,000 He's Owed From Campaign Posted: 06 Sep 2018 09:34 PM PDT  Johnny Bobbitt, the homeless veteran who used his last $20 to help a stranded
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| Japan toll rises to 35 after powerful quake Posted: 08 Sep 2018 02:38 AM PDT  The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 35 Saturday, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors. The majority of the dead are from the small rural town of Atsuma, where a cluster of dwellings were wrecked when a hillside collapsed from the force of the 6.6-magnitude quake, causing deep brown scars in the landscape. "We never had landslides here," said Akira Matsushita who lost his brother in Atsuma.
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| Chevrolet's Colorado ZR2 Bison Is Ready to Take on the Ford Ranger Raptor Posted: 07 Sep 2018 07:25 AM PDT  Rock-resistant upgrades for Chevy's butch midsize pickup.
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| Bombings and air raids kill 4 in Syria's rebel-held Idlib Posted: 08 Sep 2018 09:06 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government and Russian warplanes on Saturday targeted the southern edge of Idlib province in what activists described as the most intense airstrikes in weeks, ratcheting up military pressure on the densely populated rebel-held bastion.
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| OK, everybody: Stop pot-shaming Elon Musk Posted: 07 Sep 2018 01:27 PM PDT  Last night, a man took a relaxing hit off a joint. Or, to put it another way for readers in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Alaska, Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and the District of Columbia: It was a Thursday. The man happened to be Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX. The joint — technically a spliff or blunt, as it was marijuana mixed with tobacco — happened to be proffered by comedian and wrestling commentator Joe Rogan, who was streaming his show live from the state of California. "It's legal, right?" asked Musk as he took Rogan up on his offer. SEE ALSO: Elon Musks opens up about the toll Tesla takes on him Indeed it is. And for those of us in those states where marijuana is acceptable and available to adults in a dispensary near you, it was about as notable as the whiskey he also swigged on the show. Indeed, it seemed one of the more normal things Musk has done lately. Accusing a member of the team that rescued schoolboys stuck in a cave in Thailand of being a pedophile? Shocking and shameful. Promising funding to buy back Tesla shares and take the company private, then rescinding the promise? A real headscratcher, one that is reportedly under SEC investigation. Hitting a spliff once? Meh. If anything, given his stressful role and his hair-trigger tendency to send ill-advised tweets, Musk could probably do with hitting it again. It's certainly preferable to the brain-addling Ambien that may be fueling his recent controversial public statements, according to Tesla board members. It's pot. So what? Musk on Joe Rogan's podcast.Image: joe rogan, youtubeBut even in 2018, with legalization sweeping across America and much of the country aware of scientific reports showing the cannabis plant to be safer than alcohol, it seems we still have to contend with the alarmist legacy of reefer madness. The New York Times, which has a history of misleading marijuana stories, clutched its pearls and called Musk's smoke a "stunt." CNN, based in a state that can't even get its act together on medical marijuana despite overwhelming public support, breathlessly suggested Musk would have to apologize. CNBC speculated that he was breaking Tesla policy (he wasn't; as Musk later told the Guardian, Tesla workers are allowed THC in their blood stream in drug tests.) Fox Business even snitched on Musk to the U.S. Air Force, and the USAF had to deny that it had launched any sort of investigation. Meanwhile Wall Street drove Tesla shares down more than 9% in early trading, much of the damage no doubt done by the street's famously cocaine-fueled investors. Marijuana possession arrests may be in decline (and given the clearly racist nature of those arrests, it's about time). But pot-shaming, apparently, is still a thing. this whole elon thing reminds me how much of a big deal weed still is to people outside of california — ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) September 7, 2018 It wasn't as if Musk was promoting weed-smoking. ( Vice complained that he'd made the recreational activity less cool just by doing it on camera.) "I'm not a regular smoker," he said. "I don't think it's very good for productivity." This is far from a universal experience, as legendary creatives like the Beatles and Bob Dylan, who may have done their best work while high, will tell you. Still, Musk did his duty by East Coast polite society. He was a paragon of moderation. If the Grimes-Azealia Banks text conversations released last month are to be believed — Banks has since apologized for airing dirty laundry, but hasn't refuted the content — Grimes' boyfriend is still mostly in what blogger Andrew Sullivan dubbed "the cannabis closet." Musk dismisses the fact that he pegged his buyback price for Tesla shares at $420 — a number that has long been code for weed-smoking — as a mere coincidence. Given this two-tiered public reaction to a single toke, is it any wonder Musk would want to spend most of his time in that closet? There's nothing wrong with Elon Musk smoking weed on TV.What's wrong here is that hundreds of thousands of black man are currently rotting in jail for far less. — Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) September 7, 2018 It's hard to explain to some people in non-legal states, or some (but not all) people over a certain age, just how small a deal weed really is. The lies told by the government during the War on Drugs seeped deep into our collective consciousness. No matter how many times the gateway drug theory is refuted by research, there is a vested interest in believing it. Many poppers of pills and swiggers of cocktails do not want to credit the possibility that their relaxation methods are really the dangerous ones — even as a recent, vast study of studies revealed the inconvenient truth that alcohol consumption is unsafe at any level. But given the pace of change, not just across America, but across the world, in the 21 countries that have now at least partly legalized cannabis, it may soon be hard to explain why what Musk did on camera last night was ever considered news. Toke on, Elon. WATCH: This anti-smoking giant is taking on Juul
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| 18-Year-Old Plunges to His Death While Taking Selfie at Yosemite National Park Posted: 07 Sep 2018 06:25 AM PDT  Officials ruled his death an accident.
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| Tucker Carlson Has No Idea How Diversity Strengthens America Posted: 07 Sep 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Fox News host Tucker Carlson sees absolutely no benefit to diversity.
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| Serbia's Vucic says long road ahead in talks with Kosovo Posted: 08 Sep 2018 10:00 AM PDT  Expectations of an agreement that would involve a land swap, a proposal floated by both Belgrade and Pristina, dimmed after a face-to-face meeting between Vucic and his Kosovo counterpart, Hashim Thaci, was abruptly canceled on Friday. "I will do my best (to reach the agreement), but it is a long road full of thorns and problems ahead," Vucic told reporters during a visit to the Gazivoda Lake dam, control of which is a hot topic between Belgrade and Pristina. Part of the artificial Gazivoda Lake -- key for supplying water to some Kosovo municipalities including parts of Pristina -- is located in Serbia, where the source of its water lies.
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| Japan resilient, but climate change making disasters worse: experts Posted: 07 Sep 2018 02:40 AM PDT  Record typhoons, biblical floods, heatwaves, landslides and earthquakes: this summer, Japan really has seen it all and images of the destruction caused have been beamed around the world. More than 220 died in floods in July mainly because "less than one percent of people affected by local evacuation recommendations actually went to the shelters, thinking that there would not be a problem," notes Jean-Francois Heimburger, an expert on natural disasters in the country. Unlike in other countries, even the highest levels of evacuation orders in Japan are not compulsory and the vast majority of people ignore them.
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| Correction: Shootings-Cincinnati story Posted: 08 Sep 2018 10:35 AM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — In a story Sept. 7 about shootings in Cincinnati, The Associated Press misspelled the name of one of the victims based on previous information released by a coroner. It is Prudhvi Kandepi, not Pruthvi.
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| Northern California wildfire surges in wilderness area Posted: 08 Sep 2018 08:49 AM PDT ![Northern California wildfire surges in wilderness area]( "Northern California wildfire surges in wilderness area") A California official says a stretch of major highway near the California-Oregon border hit by a roaring wildfire will remain closed through the weekend.
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| China's J-20 Stealth Fighter Has a Fatal Flaw (That Might Soon Be Fixed) Posted: 08 Sep 2018 04:00 AM PDT  Those pesky engines.
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| Surveillance video shows moment missing teen returns home: Part 6 Posted: 07 Sep 2018 05:29 PM PDT  Abby Hernandez wants everyone to know that her painful past will not define her: "Just don't lose hope."
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| Trump Calls On Jeff Sessions To Investigate New York Times Op-Ed Posted: 07 Sep 2018 11:04 AM PDT  President Donald Trump called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate
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| Mueller hardens stance on Trump interview in Russia probe, Giuliani says Posted: 06 Sep 2018 05:35 PM PDT ![Mueller hardens stance on Trump interview in Russia probe, Giuliani says]( "Mueller hardens stance on Trump interview in Russia probe, Giuliani says") Giuliani, who said talks between the two sides were continuing, saw Mueller's stance as a hardening in the position prosecutors are taking after offering to allow Trump to answer questions in writing. "I thought we were close to having an agreement until they came back with, 'You have to agree now that you'll allow a follow-up,' and I don't see how we can do it," Giuliani told Reuters. Lawyers for Trump have been negotiating over a potential interview with Mueller's team since last year in the U.S. investigation of Russian meddling in the presidential election, which Moscow denies.
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| Man sentenced after Facebook helps solve 1996 cold case Posted: 07 Sep 2018 03:23 PM PDT ![Man sentenced after Facebook helps solve 1996 cold case]( "Man sentenced after Facebook helps solve 1996 cold case") DALLAS (AP) — The brother-in-law of a Dallas woman raped and slain more than two decades ago while her infant daughter slept in a playpen nearby has pleaded guilty, bringing an end to a case that was re-opened when that daughter as an adult went to police to push for an investigation.
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| Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed during campaign event Posted: 06 Sep 2018 09:05 PM PDT  Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's front-running far-right presidential candidate, underwent emergency surgery on Thursday after he was stabbed during a campaign event. The 63-year-old lawmaker has "a wound in the abdomen that has been caused by a sharp instrument," said the Santa Casa hospital in the southeastern city of Juiz de Fora, describing his condition as "stable." In a press conference after the surgery, doctors said the lawmaker had "three serious bowel perforations" that caused internal bleeding, adding that they had performed a colostomy and he was now stable. Earlier, one of the candidate's sons, Flavio Bolsonaro, had announced on Twitter that his father's wounds were "superficial", but he later wrote: "Unfortunately, it's more serious than we thought." "The perforation reached part of his liver, lung and intestine," Flavio Bolsonaro wrote. "He lost a lot of blood, arrived at the hospital ... almost dead. He appears to have stabilised now. Please pray!" Jair Bolsonaro gestures after being stabbed in the stomach during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora Credit: RAYSA LEITE/AFP Later, he said outside the hospital where his father was treated that he was conscious and the attack was a political boost. "I just want to send a message to the thugs who tried to ruin the life of a family man, a guy who is the hope for millions of Brazilians: You just elected him president. He will win in the first round," said Flavio Bolsonaro. Images shared on social media and Brazilian television showed Mr Bolsonaro being carried on the shoulders of a throng of supporters, before a man lunges at his stomach. A military police spokesman told AFP a 40-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the assault. The suspect was carrying a knife wrapped in fabric, the spokesman said. The suspect was a former activist of a far-left political party. Social media footage showed the apparent attacker being grabbed by several Bolsonaro supporters before the video cuts out. In this video still provided by Fernando Goncalves, National Social Liberal Party presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is carried away after being stabbed Credit: AP Sometimes described as Brazil's Donald Trump, Mr Bolsonaro has a huge social media following of 8.5 million people. The attack pushes an already chaotic campaign into further disarray. Dr. Luiz Henrique Borsato, who operated on the candidate, said it could take two months for him to fully recover and he will spend at least a week in the hospital. "His internal wounds were grave and put the patient's life at risk," Dr Borsato said, adding that a serious challenge now would be preventing an infection that could be caused by the perforation of Bolsonaro's intestines. Bolsonaro, who has spent nearly three decades in Congress, is a law-and-order candidate who routinely says that Brazilian police should kill suspected drug traffickers and other criminals at will. His trademark pose at rallies is a "guns up" gesture with both hands to make them resemble pistols. Jair Bolsonaro: Hard-Right frontrunner dubbed 'Trump of the Tropics' He has openly praised Brazil's military dictatorship and in the past said it should have killed more people. Mr Bolsonaro faces trial before the Supreme Court for speech that prosecutors said incited hate and rape. He has called the charges politically motivated. President Michel Temer quickly condemned the attack and instructed his Minister of Security Raul Jungmann to reinforce security for candidates and conduct "a rigorous investigation," a spokesman for the presidency told AFP. "It is intolerable to see that in a democratic state it is not possible to have a normal campaign," Mr Temer said. Jair Bolsonaro is taken on the shoulders of a supporter moments before being stabbed Credit: Antonio Scorza Fernando Haddad, who will likely be the leftist Workers Party presidential candidate, said the stabbing was a "shame" and a "horror." Presidential rival Ciro Gomes also expressed outrage at the political violence. A few people gathered outside the hospital where Mr Bolsonaro was treated Thursday night where the scene was calm. Bruno Engler, 21, who is running for a Minas Gerais state congressional seat for Mr Bolsonaro's Social Liberal Party, was pacing outside the hospital with a few other Bolsonaro supporters. He said if he could, he would lynch the suspect police have in custody. "They call us on the right the intolerant, the violent ones, but those who are intolerant and violent are them," Engler said, referring to leftist voters. Brazilian President Michel Temer Credit: EVARISTO SA/AFP Next month's election is the most unpredictable since Brazil's return to democracy three decades ago. Political corruption investigations have jailed scores of powerful businessmen, politicians and alienated voters who are infuriated with their representatives. With jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ruled out of the October 7 election, the latest polls from the Ibope Institute put Mr Bolsonaro in a clear lead with 22 percent compared with 12 percent each for environmentalist Marina Silva and center-left runner Ciro Gomes. Under Brazilian campaign laws, Mr Bolsonaro's tiny coalition has almost no campaign time on government-regulated candidate ad blocs on TV and radio. That means he relies deeply on social media and raucous rallies around the country to drum up support. If Mr Bolsonaro is not able to go out in the streets, it could jeopardise his campaign.
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| NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week Posted: 07 Sep 2018 02:40 PM PDT  A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts:
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| Fox News Analyst Goes Off-Script: Trump Lacks 'The Temperament' To Be President Posted: 07 Sep 2018 12:54 AM PDT  Fox News is President Donald Trump's favorite network, thanks to its largely
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| Meghan Markle Named 'Best Dressed Star of 2018' by People Magazine Posted: 07 Sep 2018 07:22 AM PDT  The magazine said the decision to pick the duchess was a "no-brainer."
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| Yemen's Houthis want U.N. guarantees for delegation as peace talks in Geneva stall Posted: 07 Sep 2018 12:13 PM PDT  U.N.-brokered talks to end Yemen's three-year war were meant to begin on Sept. 6, but only representatives of the Yemeni government of Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi turned up as the Houthis insisted their plane to Geneva be allowed to evacuate dozens of injured people to neighboring Oman. "The United Nations is now facing a choice where it should prove that it refuses the violation of the international and humanitarian law .... not allowing the Omani plane to take the delegation and the wounded is a flagrant violation," a Houthi leader, Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, said late on Friday on Twitter. Houthi said his group also wanted guarantees that their plane supplied by Oman would not have to stop in Djibouti for inspection in both directions, after being "sequestrated" there by the Saudi-led military coalition last time for months.
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| The House Frank Lloyd Wright Designed for His Son Is For Sale Posted: 07 Sep 2018 11:10 AM PDT |
| Ex-Mormon bishop accuses church elders of having 'pornographic' talks with kids Posted: 06 Sep 2018 09:42 PM PDT  The church will decide whether to oust Sam Young from the church on Sunday for asking others to vote against Mormon leaders.
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| Chile prosecutors question bishop in clerical abuse scandal Posted: 06 Sep 2018 09:08 PM PDT  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Prosecutors questioned Roman Catholic bishop emeritus Juan Barros as part of an investigation into sex abuse allegations against a former Chilean military chaplain.
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| Britain's Brexit trade deal with Beijing put at risk by South China Sea 'provocation', state media warns Posted: 06 Sep 2018 10:30 PM PDT  China yesterday warned the UK it had jeopardised post-Brexit relations by sailing a British warship close to islands in the South China Sea claimed by Beijing last week. Britain has been working to boost trade with the world's second-largest economy as Brexit looms, talking up a "golden era" in ties. The two nations agreed last month to look at the possibility of a post-Brexit free trade deal that, if struck, would be a key achievement for Prime Minister Theresa May. "What the British side did is wrong," said Chinese Foreign MInistry spokeswoman Hua Chunying in a daily press briefing. "It will have a negative impact on the development of China-UK relations." Chinese state media specifically cautioned that a post-Brexit trade deal was at stake. "China and the UK had agreed to actively explore the possibility of discussing a free trade agreement after Brexit, but any act that harms China's core interests will only put a spanner in the works," said an English-language editorial in state-run newspaper China Daily. "But by trying to revive the 'special relationship' in this way now it is no longer the gateway to continental Europe, the UK risks losing more than it can gain," said the editorial. British Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox, left, meets Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing last month Credit: Reuters Warship HMS Albion, a 22,000 ton amphibious warship carrying a contingent of Royal Marines passed by the Paracel Islands on Aug. 31, where it was confronted by the Chinese military. The Albion was on its way to Ho Chi Minh City where it docked Monday after a deployment in and around Japan. The Paracels have long been disputed and were the site of a major naval battle in the 1970s between China and Vietnam, after which Beijing claimed sovereignty. The group of more than 30 islands in the South China Sea are now occupied entirely by China though Beijing's claims remain contested by Vietnam and Taiwan. China has laid claim to other groups of disputed islands in the South China Sea, where roughly $3 trillion in trade pass through each year. Q&A | South China Sea dispute Britain's decision to send a warship into contested waters was a move to "curry favor with the United States," said the China Daily editorial. The move "obviously runs counter to the consensus and spirit put forth by the leaders of our two countries that we are willing to join hands to build a 'golden era' of China-UK ties," Hua said. Adding to the tension, China's Foreign Ministry also said it was "ridiculous for the UK to pose as a 'supervisor'" and that Britain should stop interfering in Hong Kong, a former British colony. podcast promotion - brexit The comments came after the UK issued issued its latest biannual report on the special administrative region. In it, Jeremy Hunt, Foreign Secretary, noted the "growing concern about the extent of freedom of speech in Hong Kong, particularly in the context of discussion of independence", while also stating that Britain does not think independence is a realistic or desirable option. China said the issue of independence had nothing to do with freedom of speech and was a serious violation of China's constitution and Hong Kong law. "It fundamentally is not within the scope of freedom of expression," the ministry said. "The central government has zero tolerance for 'Hong Kong independence' and will never indulge it." podcast promotion - brexit
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| Tesla tumbles on new executive departures, Musk interview Posted: 07 Sep 2018 02:15 PM PDT  Shares of Tesla Motors tumbled Friday as investors were rattled by the departures of two executives and a late-night interview in which chief executive Elon Musk was seen smoking marijuana. Tesla shares sank 6.3 to close at $263.24 after the latest events that heightened concerns over Musk's erratic management style at the electric carmaker. "Elon's actions are making it harder and harder to support Tesla as a company," said analyst Gene Munster of Loup Ventures.
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| Nail biting habit allegedly causes skin cancer Posted: 07 Sep 2018 08:32 AM PDT  A 20-year-old Australian woman has to have her thumb amputated after her nail biting habit causes a rare form of skin cancer.
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| Carl Bernstein Calls For Congressional Hearings To Determine Trump's Fitness Posted: 06 Sep 2018 09:23 PM PDT  Watergate investigation legend Carl Bernstein called on Congress to hold
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| Chris Watts Case: Shanann Watts' Brother Details Family Heartache as He Thanks Well-Wishers Posted: 07 Sep 2018 09:18 AM PDT  Frankie Rzucek shared a heartfelt message of thanks for those who have supported his family.
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| Power returning to Hokkaido, but quake exposes flaws of Japan grid Posted: 07 Sep 2018 04:44 AM PDT  Graphic: Earthquake in Hokkaido - https://tmsnrt.rs/2oJz6zd The blackout that hit Japan's northern island of Hokkaido after early Thursday's quake was the nation's worst in seven years, but it would have been less extensive if the utility was not so reliant on one large power station, had spread its plants more widely, and could transfer power more easily from other areas, specialists and energy executives said. In the aftermath of Japan's March 2011 disaster, when an earthquake and tsunami caused nuclear meltdowns and widespread power outages, the government mandated a boost in renewable energy supplies, opened up a roughly $70 billion retail electricity market to competition and created a grid oversight company to address these issues. "That is odd and dangerous, considering the multiplicity of hazards Japan confronts and has experienced in recent years." While not as many people were affected by this week's outage as after the March 2011 quake and tsunami, it was the first time a regional utility in Japan lost its full network, according to the country's Federation of Electric Power Companies.
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| Iran summit holds key to looming battle in Syria's Idlib Posted: 07 Sep 2018 03:04 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey will meet Friday in Tehran to discuss the war in Syria, with all eyes on a possible military offensive to retake the last rebel-held bastion of Idlib.
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| The 88 Most Delish S'mores Ideas Posted: 07 Sep 2018 02:39 PM PDT |
| Texas police officer shoots and kills man after mistaking his home for her own Posted: 08 Sep 2018 02:12 AM PDT  Dallas police are pursuing a manslaughter case against one of their own officers after she shot and killed her neighbour, officials said on Friday. The unnamed officer thought 26-year-old Botham Jean's flat was her own when she entered, according to police. "Right now, there are more questions than we have answers," Dallas police chief U Renee Hall said at a press conference.
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| A Trillion Dollars Saved: What Would the Air Force Look Like with No F-35? Posted: 07 Sep 2018 01:28 PM PDT  Think about how much more could have been accomplished with just a part of that cash.
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| Tesla's top accountant exits after a month on the job Posted: 07 Sep 2018 06:32 AM PDT Tesla's top accountant announced Friday he was stepping down after a month on the job, citing the electric car company's frenetic pace. News of chief accounting officer Dave Morton's departure added to the sense of uncertainty surrounding the company, sending Tesla shares lower in pre-market trading and following a bizarre interview late Thursday in which chief executive Elon Musk was seen smoking marijuana. Morton's departure roiled the company which has been under heightened scrutiny since Musk's chaotic announcement on August 7 on Twitter that he was considering taking Tesla private, a plan that was reversed two weeks later.
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| Ford teases 2020 Mach 1 Posted: 07 Sep 2018 03:25 AM PDT  Ford Team Edison, which is responsible for the Blue Oval's new electric vehicle development, has finally issued a teaser of the Mach 1 performance electric crossover. It doesn't show a great deal of what to expect from the company's first electric SUV, but it's a lot more than we've been getting so far as pretty much all we've had to date is a logo and a prototype wearing a Ford Escape body. It's now around eight months since Ford announced it was working on the 2020 Mach 1 which was to be the company's first all-electric SUV, and not a lot more has been said of it since.
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| Trump Says He 'Fell Asleep' During Obama's Critical Speech Posted: 07 Sep 2018 11:31 AM PDT  President Donald Trump said he tried to watch former President Barack Obama's
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| Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma announces retirement Posted: 07 Sep 2018 04:58 PM PDT  Alibaba co-founder and chief Jack Ma announced he will leave from the Chinese e-commerce giant Monday to devote his time to philanthropy focused on education. Ma was an English teacher before starting Alibaba in 1999 and built it into a multibillion-dollar internet colossus. Ma told The New York Times that he plans to step down from the company, referring to his retirement as "the beginning of an era" rather than an end.
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| Verizon's media and advertising head Tim Armstrong to leave: WSJ Posted: 07 Sep 2018 11:23 AM PDT  Armstrong came to Verizon in 2015 following its takeover of AOL and headed Oath, which was created last year after the No.1 U.S. telecom company acquired the core business of Yahoo and merged it with AOL. Oath owns more than 50 brands, including HuffPost, TechCrunch and Tumblr, but has failed to make an impact in the space occupied by Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google.
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| The Latest: Syria says it's committed to 'liberate' Idlib Posted: 07 Sep 2018 12:59 PM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on Syria talks in Iran (all times local):
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