| Leaked chat logs on hacks may be part of case against Julian Assange Posted: 16 Nov 2018 12:43 PM PST  While transparency advocates and First Amendment activists have consistently worried that Assange's arrest and conviction would set a bad precedent for the media if Assange is charged with espionage for publishing classified documents, it's possible the charges will have to do with his solicitation of those materials.
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| Rouhani sees Iran, Iraq expanding trade despite U.S. sanctions Posted: 17 Nov 2018 08:12 AM PST  Iran and Iraq could raise their annual bilateral trade to $20 billion from the current $12 billion, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, despite concerns over the impact of renewed U.S. sanctions. Rouhani's remarks, after a meeting with visiting Iraqi President Barham Salih, came two weeks after the United States restored sanctions targeting Iran's oil industry as well as its banking and transportation sectors. "... through bilateral efforts, we can raise this figure (for bilateral trade) to $20 billion in the near future," Rouhani said in comments broadcast live on state television.
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| Bulgarian Prime Minister Accepts Deputy’s Resignation Over Protest Posted: 16 Nov 2018 11:41 AM PST  Simeonov, deputy premier in charge of economic and demographic policy, personally took the decision to step down on Friday over "his reluctance to cause tension in the government," the cabinet in Sofia said in an email. Borissov is heading his third cabinet since 2009 in the European Union's poorest nation, with goals including adopting the euro.
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| Planning My Wedding Is Making Me Feel Like I've Stepped Back 50 Years Posted: 17 Nov 2018 05:30 AM PST  When I got engaged last year, I expected wedding planning to be fun, if a
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| The Latest: Couple, homeless man charged in charitable scam Posted: 15 Nov 2018 07:57 PM PST  MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on charges brought against a New Jersey couple and a homeless man allegedly involved in charitable scam (all times local):
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| Subject of Mueller probe boasts of ties to acting AG Matt Whitaker Posted: 16 Nov 2018 01:18 PM PST  An obscure conservative podcast recorded by a former Trump administration official last Sunday provided a unique window into acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker and the reasons some have found his appointment alarming.
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| Camp Fire’s Missing Person List Climbs To 1,011 As Statewide Death Toll Rises To 74 Posted: 16 Nov 2018 08:54 PM PST  The number of names on the missing person's list for Northern California's
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| How much does a kilogram weigh? Depends on your 'Planck constant' Posted: 16 Nov 2018 08:30 AM PST  Since 1889, a kilogram has been defined by a shiny lump of platinum-iridium kept in a special glass case and known as the International Prototype of the Kilogram. It is housed at the headquarters of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (whose French acronym is BIPM), just outside Paris. Members of the BIPM, which groups some 60 nations, agreed on Friday after a week-long meeting at the nearby Palace of Versailles to redefine a kilogram in terms of a tiny but unchanging value called the "Planck constant".
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| Pence pulls U-turn, will stay overnight in Papua New Guinea Posted: 16 Nov 2018 10:44 PM PST  In a last-minute U-turn, US Vice President Mike Pence will spend the night in Papua New Guinea where he is attending a regional summit, changing plans to fly in and out of Australia which had led to complaints of a lack of committment. Pence had originally been due to shuttle to the APEC talks from the northern Australian city of Cairns rather than stay overnight in Port Moresby, which is hosting the gathering for the first time. The port city is effectively on lockdown with a heavy police presence and warships from the US, Australia and New Zealand patrolling offshore.
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| ‘Green New Deal’ Gains Momentum, But Few Progressive Caucus Democrats Pledge Support Posted: 16 Nov 2018 01:10 PM PST  Just three Democrats in the Congressional Progressive Caucus have pledged this
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| Toxic Bay Area air quality is among worst in world right now Posted: 16 Nov 2018 08:46 AM PST  Schools across the Bay Area in California are closed due to bad air quality.
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| 78-year-old man in California claims he killed at least 90 people over four decades Posted: 17 Nov 2018 05:51 AM PST  A man now thought to be one of the most prolific serial killers in the US claims he killed as many as 90 people over four decades. Investigators have been able to close four unsolved murder cases because of the confessions of Samuel Little. The 78-year-old, also known as Samuel McDowell, was already serving a life sentence in California for three murders when he confessed to a Texas investigator.
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| Lawyer for WikiLeaks' Assange says he would fight charges Posted: 16 Nov 2018 10:50 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not willingly travel to the United States to face charges filed under seal against him, one of his lawyers said, foreshadowing a possible fight over extradition for a central figure in the U.S. special counsel's Russia-Trump investigation.
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| Judge Orders White House To Reinstate Jim Acosta's Press Credentials Posted: 16 Nov 2018 07:31 AM PST  A federal judge on Friday ruled to immediately reinstate CNN reporter Jim
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| Florida official Brenda Snipes: racism 'probably' a factor in attacks against me Posted: 17 Nov 2018 07:32 AM PST  A top elections official in Florida who endured national humiliation after missing a midterms recount deadline by two minutes has told the Guardian that racism is "probably" a factor in the backlash against her. Brenda Snipes, elections supervisor of Broward county, was condemned by Republicans and Democrats after failing to submit tallies in the US Senate race between Rick Scott and Bill Nelson on schedule.
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| Facebook Executive Sheryl Sandberg Calls Explosive NYT Report 'Simply Untrue' Posted: 15 Nov 2018 09:30 PM PST  Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg weighed in on the recent
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| President Trump insists his lawyers did not write his answers to Mueller Posted: 16 Nov 2018 10:55 AM PST  President Trump told the press that he, not his lawyers, wrote the answers to questions from special counsel Robert Mueller.
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| The Democrats Who Could Replace Nancy Pelosi Posted: 16 Nov 2018 01:00 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Nancy Pelosi could be facing an unexpectedly hard fight to win a return engagement as speaker of the House. Several dozen House Democrats and just-elected incoming members are demanding new leadership. Some are calling for generational change after Democrats won control of the House in last week's elections.
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| Ford, Lincoln SUVs Recalled for Second-Row Seat Issue Posted: 16 Nov 2018 11:39 AM PST  Ford is recalling approximately 38,000 of its 2018 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs because of a faulty second-row seat. The second-row bench seat may be missing a reinforcement bracke...
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| The Latest: Firefighter on California blaze struck by car Posted: 15 Nov 2018 10:23 PM PST  MAGALIA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local):
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| Trump Calls Report That He's Questioning Pence Loyalty ‘Phony’ Posted: 17 Nov 2018 09:25 AM PST  "I can't imagine any President having a better or closer relationship with their Vice President," he said in a tweet Saturday. The New York Times report on Friday cited unidentified sources who said Trump was repeatedly asking aides and advisers about whether Pence was loyal. "The New York Times did a phony story, as usual, about my relationship with @VP Mike Pence.
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| Andrew Gillum Concedes Florida Gubernatorial Race To Ron DeSantis Posted: 17 Nov 2018 02:43 PM PST  Andrew Gillum, the Democratic mayor of Tallahassee running for governor of
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| Iraq president visits Iran Posted: 17 Nov 2018 03:22 AM PST  Iraq's new President Barham Saleh made his first official visit to neighbouring Iran on Saturday, calling for "a new order in the region". Saleh met his counterpart Hassan Rouhani to discuss trade, transport links and efforts to tackle dust pollution that plagues areas on both sides of the border. "It is now time for a new order in the region that would meet the interests of all countries in it," Saleh told a Tehran news conference, according to a translation provided by Iran's state broadcaster.
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| Eagle-eyed! Photographer captures stunning pictures of world's last remaining Mongolian eagle keepers Posted: 17 Nov 2018 03:00 AM PST ![Eagle-eyed! Photographer captures stunning pictures of world's last remaining Mongolian eagle keepers]( "Eagle-eyed! Photographer captures stunning pictures of world's last remaining Mongolian eagle keepers") These stunning photographs of the world's last remaining Mongolian eagle keepers show the incredible bond between man and bird. The images, taken last month by photography tour guide Daniel Kordan, 29, show a group of 10 eagle hunters traveling between West and South Mongolia and across the Gobi Desert. The hunters train eagles from an early age and look after the majestic birds until they reach the age of 12.
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| Netanyahu heads into cabinet showdown as allies demand early Israeli elections Posted: 17 Nov 2018 09:48 AM PST  Benjamin Netanyahu faces a showdown with his coalition government partners on Sunday as he tries to stop them from forcing early elections in the wake of his unpopular decision to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas. Three of the smaller parties in the Israeli prime minister's coalition have demanded elections as soon as possible and want to use today's cabinet meeting to formally agree on a date for the vote. However, Mr Netanyahu said he wants to keep the government together and is eager to push the date of the elections off for several more months. "Prime Minister Netanyahu stressed that it is important to make every effort to preserve the Right-wing government," said a spokesman for his Likud party. Mr Netanyahu on Saturday said he wanted his government to see out the end of its term, blaming the centre-Right Kulanu party for the turmoil. "If the Kulanu faction doesn't bring the government down - there is a government," he said on Twitter. "All Likud members want to keep serving the country for another whole year until the end of the term in November 2019." Education Minister Naftali Bennett demanded to be given the defence portfolio, threatening to withdraw his eight seats from Mr Netanyahu's governing coalition Credit: MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images He is hoping a delayed election will leave more time for the Right-wing voters of his base to forget about last week's ceasefire agreement with Hamas to stop fighting in Gaza. Many Israelis on the Right wanted to see Israeli forces move more aggressively against the Islamist militants, who fired around 460 rockets and mortars into southern Israel during the fighting. Mr Netanyahu's defence minister resigned over the ceasefire and civilians in the southern city of Sderot, which is regularly targeted by Hamas rockets, burned tyres and blocked streets in protest. If the prime minister holds his ground and refuses to grant elections then coalition party leaders face a choice: they can stay in the government and allow Mr Netanyahu to limp on or leave the government and bring the coalition crashing down. The smaller parties may be loathe to bring down the government because it will allow Mr Netanyahu to present himself as a responsible leader who tried to maintain Israel's stability while other parties clamored for elections. Profile | Benjamin Netanyahu The two sides may reach a compromise where Mr Netanyahu agrees to elections but on a longer timetable, possibly with elections in late March, which favours his own political interests. Mr Netanyahu goes into the cabinet facing off against three of his own ministers. His main irritant is Naftali Bennett, the 46-year-old education minister and leader of the Right-wing Jewish Home party. Mr Bennet, who was once Mr Netanyahu's chief of staff, is trying chip away Right-wing voters from the Likud by promising a tougher line against Hamas. The two men have a frosty personal relationship, with Mr Netanyahu's allies accusing Mr Bennett of leaking material from cabinet meetings to undermine the prime minister. Despite the chaos in the coalition and the corruption scandal swirling around him and his wife, Mr Netanyahu appears well placed to win an election and form a new Right-wing government. A poll for Israel's Channel 2 found that Mr Netanyahu's Likud would win 29 seats in an election, making it by far the biggest party. The centrist Yesh Atid party would take 18 seats while the centre-Left Zionist Union would win only 11. Mr Netanyahu has been prime minister since 2009 and served a brief three-year stint as prime minister in the late 1990s. If he is still prime minister in July next year, he will have overtaken David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, as the longest-serving leader of Israel. The current government could continue serving until November 2019 but Israel's coalition governments rarely serve out their full four-year terms. The current coalition has 61 seats in the 120 parliament, known as the Knesset. One of Mr Netanyahu's Likud MPs, Oren Hazan, was suspended for six weeks this week after insulting a defence ministry official. Mr Hazan, who previously embarrassed the prime minister by taking a selfie with Donald Trump, can still vote but is barred from any other parliamentary activity. His suspension gives Mr Netanyahu's weakened government even less room for manoeuvre.
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| Best Black Friday Deals on Instant Pot and Other Small Appliances Posted: 16 Nov 2018 08:01 AM PST  Deeply discounted small appliances are often advertised as doorbusters on Black Friday to get you in the store. But if you push past the countertop electrics on sale for $20 or less and wander ba...
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| Facebook says steep rise in data requests from Indian gov't Posted: 17 Nov 2018 01:26 AM PST ![Facebook says steep rise in data requests from Indian gov't]( "Facebook says steep rise in data requests from Indian gov't") NEW DELHI (AP) — Facebook says there was a steep rise in data requests from India's government in the first half of this year as compared to the previous two years.
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| California wildfires: Number of missing leaps to 1,000 as death toll rises to 74 ahead of Trump visit Posted: 16 Nov 2018 06:53 PM PST  At least 71 people are confirmed to have died in a catastrophic wildfire in northern California while a further 1,000 are still missing, officials have said. Authorities attributed the high death toll from the so-called Camp Fire, which erupted last Thursday in the drought-parched Sierra foothills 175 miles north of San Francisco, in part to the staggering speed with which the wind-whipped flames raced with little warning through Paradise, a town of 27,000. Nearly 12,000 homes and buildings, including most of the town, were incinerated hours after the blaze erupted, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has said.
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| North Korea Says Kim Guided Test of New ‘High-Tech’ Weapon Posted: 15 Nov 2018 07:29 PM PST  Kim inspected the "successful" test during a visit to North Korea's Academy of Defense Science, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said Friday morning local time. KCNA didn't provide any details on the type of weapon, whether it was related to Kim's nuclear program, or when the test occurred. "The testing of the high-tech tactical weapon has been carried out successfully, meeting all superior and powerful designing indicators," KCNA said.
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| This all-electric classic Ford Mustang will redefine the muscle car Posted: 16 Nov 2018 03:21 AM PST  The Charge Mustang is a 402hp all-electric muscle car that delivers on classic looks via modern technology. It's now twice as fast as the most potent Mustang in period.
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| Pfizer to raise U.S. drug prices in January after previously backing down Posted: 16 Nov 2018 02:25 PM PST  The largest U.S. drugmaker said in a statement that the increases would be on around 10 percent of its medicines. Pfizer said it would raise the list price of most of the drugs by 5 percent, while prices for three will rise by 3 percent, and the price of one by 9 percent, all effective Jan. 15. Pfizer said it does not expect the price increases to boost its revenue in the United States next year as it believes that rebates to insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) will offset them.
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| France braces for travel turmoil as 'yellow vests' take on Macron Posted: 16 Nov 2018 10:55 PM PST  French drivers seething over high fuel prices have vowed to snarl traffic across the country Saturday in a widely supported protest that could prove the trickiest so far for President Emmanuel Macron. Anger over fuel costs, blamed on taxes imposed by Macron to fight pollution, has been simmering for months, particularly in smaller towns and rural areas where public transport is patchy. "Nobody thinks about the people on the city fringes, in the provinces, in rural areas," said Priscillia Ludosky, a business manager in a Paris suburb who launched an online petition last May which now has more than 850,000 signatures.
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| US official: US intel says prince ordered Khashoggi killing Posted: 16 Nov 2018 08:10 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. official said Friday. The Saudi government has denied the claim.
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| Airbnb says quarterly revenue topped $1 bn Posted: 16 Nov 2018 05:11 PM PST  Airbnb said Friday it took in more than a billion dollars in revenue in the past three months, calling it the best quarter ever for the home-sharing giant as it readies a stock market offering. "The third quarter of 2018 was the strongest quarter in Airbnb history, and the first quarter in which Airbnb recognized substantially more than $1 billion in revenue," the company said in a memo shared with AFP. The revelation came as Airbnb prepared for an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as the middle of next year at a valuation estimated to be more than $30 billion.
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| Giving Tuesday Encourages Philanthropy During the Holiday Season Posted: 16 Nov 2018 09:31 AM PST  Black Friday, Small-Business Saturday, Cyber Monday . . . The beginning of the year-end holiday season seems to be forever tied to a frenetic shopping spree for gifts. But in recent years, attent...
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| The Latest: Hamas abides by cease-fire, restrains protests Posted: 16 Nov 2018 09:52 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the political developments in Israel (all times local):
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| Trump's Response To The California Wildfires Isn't Just Inaccurate. It's Dangerous. Posted: 16 Nov 2018 07:43 AM PST  Saturday morning, as entire California towns were engulfed in flames, the
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| Scott Lead Holds as Florida Begins Tally of Questionable Ballots Posted: 16 Nov 2018 09:58 AM PST  Florida's secretary of state ordered counties to tally ballots by hand after a machine recount that ended Thursday showed Republican Rick Scott leading incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson by just 12,603 votes out of 8.2 million cast, well under the 0.25 percentage point threshold to trigger a hand recount. Republicans will continue to hold a majority of Senate seats after last week's midterm election, even though a tight race in Arizona ultimately went to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.
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| The New Toyota Corolla Sedan Is Surprisingly Cool Posted: 15 Nov 2018 07:00 PM PST  Not only does it look way better than before, it promises to drive better, too.
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| The 169 Most Delish Low-Carb Dishes Posted: 16 Nov 2018 06:53 AM PST |
