| Vladimir Putin And Saudi Crown Prince Pal Around At G20 Summit Posted: 30 Nov 2018 10:13 AM PST  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
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| Take a number: Migrants, blocked at the border, wait their turn to apply for asylum Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:08 PM PST  On the ground in Juarez, where migrants seeking asylum are given a number – written on their arms – and sent away to wait.
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| Parkland Dad Praises George H.W. Bush For His Rejection Of The NRA Posted: 01 Dec 2018 12:53 PM PST  The father of a teenage girl killed in this year's mass shooting at a Florida
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| Massive earthquake hits Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:59 PM PST  Large earthquake rocks Anchorage, Alaska, causing 'major infrastructure damage'
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| GM CEO Plans Meeting With Lawmakers on Plant Cutbacks, Sources Say Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:49 PM PST ![GM CEO Plans Meeting With Lawmakers on Plant Cutbacks, Sources Say]( "GM CEO Plans Meeting With Lawmakers on Plant Cutbacks, Sources Say") Among the lawmakers planning to meet with GM's Mary Barra are Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Gary Peters of Michigan, according to the aides who asked not to be identified. Another congressional staffer said Barra planned to meet with representatives states affected by the company's planned cutbacks, which were announced Monday.
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| FAA says 3 believed aboard when jet crashed in Indiana woods Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:49 PM PST  MEMPHIS, Ind. (AP) — A Chicago-bound jet crashed in southern Indiana shortly after taking off from a local airport Friday, and investigators believe everyone on board the small twin-engine plane was killed, according to police.
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| Trump ex-lawyer pleads guilty to lying about Moscow tower project Posted: 29 Nov 2018 05:55 PM PST ![Trump ex-lawyer pleads guilty to lying about Moscow tower project]( "Trump ex-lawyer pleads guilty to lying about Moscow tower project") Cohen, a former member of Trump's inner circle who in the past called himself the president's "fixer," described efforts to pursue Trump's ambitious Moscow real estate project deep into the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, later than previously disclosed. According to a court document, Cohen briefed Trump on the project more than three times, as well as members of his family. Not long after Cohen entered his plea, Trump abruptly canceled a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to take place during this week's Group of 20 industrialized nations summit in Argentina, citing the current Ukraine crisis.
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| Mueller's Russia investigation picks up steam, and so do Trump's tweets Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:21 PM PST  The president's Twitter messages belie a very tough week in the special counsel's investigation into his campaign's ties with Russia.
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| Women Sleep Better With Dogs Than With Human Partners, Study Says Posted: 30 Nov 2018 10:46 AM PST  For the best sleep of your life, tell your partner to hightail it to the couch
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| Macron tells Saudi prince international experts needed in Khashoggi investigation Posted: 30 Nov 2018 08:58 AM PST  French President Emmanuel Macron told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday that Europe would insist on international experts being part of the investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In a five-minute exchange on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina, Macron conveyed "very firm" messages to the prince over the killing and the need to find a political solution for the situation in Yemen, an Elysee official also said. The Saudi Gazette newspaper posted video of the meeting online showing the two speaking in hushed tones with their heads close together, Macron looking the crown prince in the eye and Prince Mohammed nodding his head and at times smiling.
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| Israel bombs Syria in 'first strike' since air defences were upgraded Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:21 AM PST  Israel struck several positions south of Damascus in the first strikes since Syrian air defences were upgraded following the accidental downing of a Russian plane in September, a war monitor said Friday. Damascus claimed its air defence systems shot down all "hostile targets" late Thursday. Israel did not confirm carrying out raids but denied any losses. According to the Syria Observatory for Human Rights, the strikes hit two positions in the south of Damascus province, including an area believed to be an Iranian weapons depot near the capital. "Israeli forces bombarded for an hour," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said. Two missiles hit "weapons depots belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah (militant group) as well as Iranian forces" in Kisweh. Another missile hit the area of Harfa, where there is a Syrian military base, the Britain-based monitor said. In Kisweh, "the depots that were targeted are used to temporarily store rockets until they are taken somewhere else," Abdel Rahman said. "It appears the Israelis had intelligence that weapons had arrived there recently," he said. The state news agency said the attack was foiled and did not admit to any losses. "Our air defences fired on hostile targets over the Kisweh area and downed them," SANA said, citing a military source. A military source quoted by the pro-government Al-Watan daily said "the aggression, despite its intensity, was not able to implement any of its goals and all enemy bodies were downed." Initial reports by the Observatory suggested there were no casualties. The Israeli military denied any of its assets were hit but stopped short of denying it had conducted strikes at all. "Reports regarding an IDF (Israeli military) aircraft or an airborne IDF target having been hit are false," it said in an English-language statement. It said a Syrian surface-to-air missile was fired in the direction of an open area of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights but it was unclear if it had hit Israeli-held territory.
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| Top lieutenant to 'El Chapo' sentenced to life in prison Posted: 30 Nov 2018 02:46 PM PST  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A top lieutenant to drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced in a Virginia courtroom Friday to life in prison.
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| 500 Million Marriott Customers Affected in Massive Data Breach Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:00 AM PST  The attack included some passport numbers and credit card information
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| 20 Car-Themed Apparel Choices for Gifts or Your Own Wardrobe Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:00 AM PST |
| Trump goes it alone on trade, climate at tense G20 Posted: 01 Dec 2018 10:20 AM PST  President Donald Trump, ahead of a tariffs showdown with China, diverged with G20 partners at summit talks in refusing to back global action on climate change and by watering down past pledges to fight trade protectionism.
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| Louisiana gets $11M settlement in interest rate manipulation Posted: 01 Dec 2018 11:23 AM PST ![Louisiana gets $11M settlement in interest rate manipulation]( "Louisiana gets $11M settlement in interest rate manipulation") BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is receiving $11 million as its share of a multistate settlement with Deutsche Bank over the manipulation of a key benchmark involving global interest rates.
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| 21 Gift Ideas For People Who Value Experiences More Than Things Posted: 30 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PST  Most of us have way too much stuff.
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| Trump demand that asylum seekers wait in Mexico may turn on legal clause Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:10 AM PST  Last week, Trump said that migrants who seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexican border would stay in Mexico until their claims were individually approved in U.S. courts, although Mexico's incoming government denied they had struck any deal. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for comment about the proposal. Keeping refugees in Mexico for the years it can take to resolve an asylum claim would be a stark break with long-standing practice, which allows asylum seekers to remain in the United States while their case plays out.
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| Central American Migrants Should Caravan to Panama Posted: 30 Nov 2018 12:03 PM PST  The border-hating Left wants Americans to believe that this is a giant exercise in day care, with Latinx mothers using strollers to wheel their babies into the U.S.A. In fact, NPR's David Welna reports, "About 3,700 of those people are men, about 1,000 are women, and about 1,000 are children." So, the "caravan" is 65 percent adult males — mainly unattached young men from Guatemala and Honduras. Among them, 197 adults and 139 juveniles tried to lie their way into America by pretending to be kin.
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| Mall shooting suspects agrees on return to Alabama Posted: 30 Nov 2018 12:29 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — A man suspected in an Alabama mall shooting that resulted in police killing another black man on Thanksgiving agreed Friday to return home from Georgia to face charges.
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| Here’s The Excruciating Audio Of Mic’s Co-founder Telling Everyone It’s Over Posted: 30 Nov 2018 05:59 AM PST  At an all-hands meeting in New York on Thursday morning, Chris Altchek stood
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| G20 summit: World leaders reluctantly bow to Trump on trade amid showdown between US and China over tariffs Posted: 01 Dec 2018 01:51 PM PST  After hours of tense negotiation, world leaders of the G20 have signed off on a summit-ending agreement reaffirming a commitment to multilateral trade and a "rules-based international order" – but the real winner may yet be Donald Trump. The message involved a pledge to reform the World Trade Organisation (WTO), with Mr Trump having built his campaign for the presidency on the idea that America was being treated unfairly on trade issues. The EU, and its individual members, had been looking to put pressure on Mr Trump over the issue, given his 'America First' doctrine, but officials said they had felt resistance from Washington on almost every issue.
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| Grim tidings from science on climate change Posted: 01 Dec 2018 03:18 AM PST  Scientists monitoring the Earth's climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news this year, adding a sense of urgency to UN talks starting next week in Poland on how best to draw down the greenhouse gases that drive global warming. The 2015 Paris Agreement calls on humanity to block the rise in Earth's temperature at "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) compared to preindustrial levels, and 1.5C if possible. Earth's average surface temperature from January to October 2018 was one degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than the 1850-1900 baseline.
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| California mudslide concerns Posted: 30 Nov 2018 05:41 AM PST  Heavy rains in areas left barren by wildfires cause flashfloods throughout the state. ABC News' Janai Norman reports.
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| U.S., Canada, Mexico sign post-NAFTA trade deal after some brinkmanship Posted: 30 Nov 2018 07:12 AM PST  Congress still has to approve it.
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| House Democrats' 1st bill aims for sweeping reforms Posted: 30 Nov 2018 12:16 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Friday unveiled more details of their first bill for the new Congress, a good-government package that would limit big money in politics, make it easier for citizens to vote and require presidents to disclose their tax returns.
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| The Latest: Officer's lawyer says indictment not surprising Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:10 PM PST  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on a former Dallas police officer indicted for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in his apartment (all times local):
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| Trump Organization Considered Giving Putin The Penthouse In Planned Moscow Tower Posted: 30 Nov 2018 02:12 AM PST  The Trump Organization considered giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a
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| Ukraine bars Russian men from entry as tensions flare Posted: 30 Nov 2018 07:31 AM PST  Ukraine on Friday barred Russian men aged 16-60 from entry as tensions mounted between the two countries over Moscow's seizure of three Ukrainian ships last week. The move came after Kiev imposed martial law in border regions this week in response to the Russian seizure of the ships and 24 sailors off Moscow-annexed Crimea. "As of today, entry is restricted for foreigners -- in the first instance for male citizens of the Russian Federation age 16 to 60," the head of the border service Petro Tsyhykal said at a meeting with President Petro Poroshenko that was broadcast live.
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| Boxer Floyd Mayweather and 'DJ Khaled' charged by SEC over token offerings Posted: 29 Nov 2018 08:04 PM PST  Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and a music producer known as "DJ Khaled" failed to disclose payments they received for promoting investments in initial coin offerings, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday. Neither Mayweather nor Khaled Mohamed Khaled admitted or denied the regulator's charges, but agreed to pay a combined $767,500 in fines and penalties, the SEC said in a statement. Reuters reported this week on the rise in self-proclaimed social media personalities who charge thousands of dollars for positive reviews of cryptocurrencies without disclosing their investments in the asset.
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| How To Mourn The Death Of An Ex Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:06 PM PST  Last week, a Twitter user accused Ariana Grande of "milking" her ex Mac
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| Ballot worries cloud outcome of North Carolina Congress race Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:02 PM PST  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Although a mere 900 votes separated two North Carolina congressional candidates, the trailing Democrat conceded the race weeks ago. But as the Republican prepared to go to Capitol Hill, election investigators are worried something fishy went on with absentee ballots.
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| YouPorn bans Starbucks products from its offices after the cafe chain bans porn Posted: 01 Dec 2018 07:54 AM PST  Starbucks doesn't want customers using each cafe's free WiFi to look at porn. Now, YouPorn has apparently responded with a blanket ban on Starbucks products in its offices. The coffee company confirmed on Thursday that a plan is in motion to prevent customers from accessing online pornography over in-store WiFi. "We have identified a solution to prevent this content from being viewed within our stores and we will begin introducing it to our U.S. locations in 2019," a spokesperson said. SEE ALSO: Deaf and hard-of-hearing customers in the U.S. celebrate Starbucks' first 'Signing Store' That's probably a smart move for a family-friendly business like Starbucks, but YouPorn had a little fun with the news. In an internal memo obtained by Forbes, YouPorn vice president Charlie Hughes imposed a blanket ban on Starbucks products in the company's offices, effective Jan. 1, 2019. "In light of the news that Starbucks has blocked customers from searching and viewing adult content within their establishments, Starbucks products will officially be banned from the YouPorn offices," Hughes wrote. (A YouPorn spokesperson later confirmed to Forbes the authenticity of the memo.) It's hard to imagine an employer actually taking disciplinary action against one of its workers over their coffee brand preference. Maybe Hughes is serious, but the more likely explanation is this memo "leak" is just a clever public relations move aimed at getting YouPorn into a few headlines. In which case, job well done. In the dumpster fire that is our current 24-hour news cycle, YouPorn's silly, hopefully non-serious clapback at this sensible move from Starbucks amounts to a welcome break. WATCH: Join us in ogling these Starbucks holiday drinks from around the world
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| 3 dead, 8 injured in immigrant smuggling attempt at border Posted: 30 Nov 2018 07:46 PM PST  SAN DIEGO (AP) — An attempt to smuggle immigrants into the country illegally ended with three people dead and eight seriously injured in a crash in a remote, rugged area of California near the Mexico border, authorities said.
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| Don Lemon Gives Blistering Review Of Donald Trump's G20 Performance: 'Weak, Weak, Weak' Posted: 01 Dec 2018 01:01 AM PST  CNN's Don Lemon has examined why President Donald Trump seemed unwilling to
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| Airline apologises for staff who mocked five-year-old Abcde's name Posted: 29 Nov 2018 06:36 PM PST  An American airline has apologised after a member of staff was accused of ridiculing five-year-old Abcde Redford's name. Traci Redmond was travelling with her daughter, who pronounces her name "ab-si-dee", when she said a Southwest Airlines boarding gate employee at at California's John Wayne Airport began laughing and took a photograph of the child's boarding pass, before posting it online. "The gate agent started laughing, pointing at me and my daughter, talking to other employees. So I turned around and said, 'Hey if I can hear you, my daughter can hear you, so I'd appreciate if you'd just stop,'" she told ABC7 News. They were travelling to their home in El Paso, Texas, and were boarding early as Abcde has epilepsy. "While I was sitting there, she took a picture of my boarding pass and chose to post it on social media, mocking my daughter," said Ms Redmond. The boarding pass posted online "It was actually brought to my attention by somebody who had seen it on Facebook and reported it to Southwest Airlines. And after two weeks of doing a formal complaint, Southwest hadn't done anything." The airline apologised to the family in a statement. "We take great pride in extending our Southwest Hospitality to all of our Customers, which includes living by the Golden Rule and treating every individual with respect, in person or online. The post is not indicative of the care, respect, and civility we expect from all of our employees," it said, although it declined to say what action it had taken against its member of staff. The name Abcde may be rare but it is not unique. In 2014, seven-year-old Abcde Santos, who has autism, made headlines when she was turned away from a shopping centre Santa's grotto because of the pit bull service dog
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| Laura Loomer: Alt-right commentator chains herself to Twitter HQ after being banned but gives up after two hours Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:49 AM PST  Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist and activist, handcuffed herself to the front door of Twitter's headquarters in New York City on Thursday, after she was banned from the platform for hate speech. The 25-year-old was permanently banned from the social media platform on 21 November after she posted a tweet attacking Ilhan Omar, an incoming congresswoman who is Muslim. Ms Loomer's tweet, which accused the politician of being "anti Jewish" and supporting sharia law, was deemed by Twitter to have violated the company's rules against hateful conduct.
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