| Polish PM nixes trip to Israel after Netanyahu Holocaust 'comment': govt Posted: 17 Feb 2019 08:11 AM PST  Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has cancelled a visit to Israel for a high-level summit, a government spokesperson told AFP on Sunday, after uproar in Poland over reported comments by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu about the Poles and the Holocaust. Netanyahu -- who was initially quoted in Haaretz newspaper as saying that "The Poles collaborated with the Nazis" -- has been condemned in Poland for appearing to accuse all Polish people of cooperating with Germany during World War II. Warsaw has long been at pains to point out that Poland, which was occupied by Nazi Germany, could not have and did not collaborate in the Holocaust although individual Poles may have done so.
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| Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner to register as sex offender after prison release Posted: 17 Feb 2019 12:37 PM PST  Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison after being convicted of having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl in 2017. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website shows the 54-year-old New York Democrat is currently in the custody of its Residential Re-entry Management office in Brooklyn, New York. The prison bureau, federal prosecutors in New York and Weiner's lawyer didn't respond to emails seeking comment.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Celebrated Amazon Pulling Out of New York––But the Governor Says It Cost the City 25,000 Jobs Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:03 PM PST  The spat between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gov. Andrew Cuomo lays bare a growing divide over Amazon's decision to pull out of New York City.
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| From the 25th Amendment to Vladimir Putin: Five takeaways from Andrew McCabe's 60 Minutes interview Posted: 18 Feb 2019 06:47 AM PST  McCabe recounted his final months at the FBI, from the hours after James Comey was fired to his assertion that President Donald Trump may have an "inappropriate relationship" with Russia.
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| U.S. Senator Rubio warns Venezuela's Maduro not to act against opposition Posted: 17 Feb 2019 04:07 PM PST ![U.S. Senator Rubio warns Venezuela's Maduro not to act against opposition]( "U.S. Senator Rubio warns Venezuela's Maduro not to act against opposition") In a televised interview, Rubio declined to say if he would support U.S. military action against Venezuela, which is mired in a political and economic crisis. "There are certain lines and Maduro knows what they are," Rubio, a senator from Florida seen as an influential voice on Venezuela policy in Washington, told CNN. The senator was part of a U.S. delegation visiting the Colombian border city of Cucuta, where humanitarian aid is being stockpiled for planned delivery to Venezuela.
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| The New Ford Focus ST Looks Awesome and Makes 276 Horsepower Posted: 18 Feb 2019 01:00 PM PST  It's not too late for Ford to change its mind about bringing this hot hatch to America, is it?
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| Trial over Delaware prison riot ends with no convictions Posted: 18 Feb 2019 01:04 PM PST ![Trial over Delaware prison riot ends with no convictions]( "Trial over Delaware prison riot ends with no convictions") WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The trial for four inmates charged with murder in a 2017 Delaware prison riot ended Monday with no convictions.
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| Florida inmates use criminal skills to rescue baby from car Posted: 18 Feb 2019 12:09 PM PST  A group of prisoners in Florida put their criminal skills to good use on Valentine's Day – breaking into a car, to free a baby locked inside. The prisoners, on work-release, were repairing parking meters in Pasco County, north of Tampa, when they spotted the family in distress. The one-year-old child was trapped inside the car, with the keys inside. The family was unable to afford a locksmith and so, in the 56 degree Fahrenheit heat, the father was preparing to break the window. That is when the prisoners, in their black and white uniforms, offered to help, and worked in a team to pry open the front door just enough for one inmate to use a coat hanger to push a button that unlocked the 4x4's door. In a video, which has gone viral, police are heard telling the father to "pop his head in the window" so "strange faces" would not scare the baby. Another person in the video, filmed by the baby's mother Shadow Lantry, can be heard commenting on the "hilarious situation," with police watching the crew unlock the car. The whole endeavour took about two minutes, and ended with the group cheering. Ms Lantry said the child was "just sitting there happy" throughout the ordeal. The parents thanked the crew, deputies and firefighters for their help.
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| Southwest Airlines under FAA investigation for aircraft weight, balance calculations Posted: 18 Feb 2019 01:51 PM PST ![Southwest Airlines under FAA investigation for aircraft weight, balance calculations]( "Southwest Airlines under FAA investigation for aircraft weight, balance calculations") The investigation began in February 2018, and there have been no fines nor enforcement action from the investigation to date.
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| Poland Demands Israeli Response Over ‘Racist’ Holocaust Comments Posted: 18 Feb 2019 04:37 AM PST  Morawiecki canceled sending a delegation to Jerusalem, where he was slated to meet his counterparts from the Visegrad Group of eastern European nations Monday, after Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu was reported as saying last week that the Polish nation cooperated with Nazi occupiers during World War II. While Israel clarified that Netanyahu had been talking about "individuals, and not the whole nation" collaborating with the Nazis, the comments drew swift reaction from the government in Warsaw, which has passed laws criminalizing the act of blaming Poland or its people for wartime crimes committed against Jews and other minorities.
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| Man awarded £120m in compensation from Ford after being paralysed in car accident Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:02 AM PST  An Alabama jury has awarded $151.8m (£117.4m) to a young man paralyzed in a 2015 rollover accident involving a Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, Ford and lawyers in the case said on Sunday. The jury awarded $100m in punitive damages and the rest in compensatory damages after finding that the 1998 Ford Explorer did not meet the company's own safety guidelines, according to a court document seen by Reuters and lawyers for plaintiff Travaris "Tre" Smith. The document, released on Friday, said Ford "acted wantonly" in designing the vehicle.
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| Here’s What’s Open and Closed on President’s Day 2019 Posted: 17 Feb 2019 06:23 AM PST  Find out if banks, schools and the post office are open on President's day
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| McCabe and 60 Minutes Avoid Discussing Why Russia Factored in Comey’s Firing Posted: 18 Feb 2019 07:51 AM PST  Andrew McCabe is a good witness and he made a favorable impression, at least on me, in his 60 Minutes interview with Scott Pelley. Pelley and his editors did a great job highlighting McCabe's down-to-earth likability. Unlike Jim Comey, a career prosecutor and corporate lawyer before he became FBI director, former deputy director McCabe is a career agent; his relation of events smacks of the Bureau's "just the facts, ma'am" ethos. And McCabe's account of Trump telling him to ask his wife what it was like to be a "loser" (after she lost a Virginia state senate race) is devastating, precisely because it sounds just like something Trump would say.That aside, there are problems with McCabe's story.First, Pelley failed to ask him the screamingly obvious questions: What about Russia did Trump want included in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's memo supporting Comey's dismissal? McCabe obliquely said Trump wanted Rosenstein "to put Russia in" the memo about Comey (I'm quoting from memory). But Pelley never asked what in particular about Russia Trump wanted included. What about Russia was Trump referring to when he spoke — in conversations with NBC News and Russian diplomats — of Russia's part in Comey's firing? Pelley highlighted the word "Russia," but he sidestepped what Trump was concerned about regarding Russia.The viewer was thus left to conclude, from McCabe's other comments, that Trump must have fired the FBI director because he was fearful of the Bureau's investigation of Russia's interference in the election; because he was concerned that the FBI would find that Russia intended to benefit Trump and would therefore deduce that Trump was complicit.But that is misleading. We know that what Trump wanted made public was something very specific about Russia, namely, that Comey repeatedly told the president he was not a suspect in the Russia investigation. Trump was frustrated — over time, ballistic — over the fact that Comey was privately telling him that he was not under investigation, yet making statements that would lead the public to believe Trump was suspected of conspiring in Russia's hacking operations. Trump wanted Comey to state publicly that he was not a suspect; Comey's refusal to do so made no sense to the president, especially after Comey gratuitously implied, in his stunning March 2017 House testimony, that Trump was a suspect.Pelley never asked McCabe about this. It might have been interesting. McCabe's statements in the interview support the theory I have long posited here: Trump was always the main subject in the investigation. The real reason Comey did not want to repeat publicly the assurances he made to Trump privately is that these assurances were misleading. The FBI strung Trump along, telling him he was not a suspect while structuring the investigation in accordance with the reality that Trump was the main subject. This is why, as Comey conceded in Senate testimony, a member of his advisory team was very uncomfortable with the director's decision to assure Trump he was not a suspect. (See the last section of my column, here.) Just because the president's name was not put on the file, just because he was not named as the intended target of a surveillance warrant, did not mean that they were not investigating him. They were hoping to surveil him incidentally, and they were trying to make a case on him. I believe that a big part of the reason Comey did not inform the congressional Gang of Eight about the investigation (even though such sensitive matters are what the Gang of Eight is for) is that he would not have been able to explain the contradiction of claiming both that the FBI was investigating the Trump campaign for complicity with Russia to help Trump win and that Trump himself was not a suspect.Obviously, what Trump wanted Rosenstein to put in his memo was not just anything about Russia but specifically that Comey had said Trump was not a suspect. We know that because Trump put on Rosenstein's memo a cover letter pointing out that Comey had told him three times that he was not a suspect.When Trump spoke to NBC, he explicitly said he was not shutting the Russia investigation down; he simply did not trust Comey to do it right. Trump even acknowledged that the effect of firing Comey might be to "expand" and "lengthen" the investigation but that this was worth it because he lacked confidence in Comey. One can disagree with Trump's assessment of Comey's capabilities. (I know from experience that Comey is highly capable.) But Trump is president, he gets to make that judgment, and making it does not mean he is obstructing an investigation, especially when he took no steps to limit it. (McCabe's suggestion that the Russia investigation might have disappeared if he didn't open an investigation of Trump after Comey's firing is absurd.)While Trump's abomination of Comey in remarks to the Russian diplomats was disgraceful, his statement that removing Comey relieved pressure on him owing to Russia did not mean Comey's removal ended the Russia investigation. Again, he never took any step to close or even restrict the investigation; in his mind, the pressure was off him because he was finally able to inform the American people that their president was not suspected of a traitorous conspiracy with the Kremlin — information he was livid at Comey for withholding.The second big problem with McCabe's story involves his stated fear that Trump could be interfering in the FBI's probe of Russia's interference in the election. This brings us to my oft-rehearsed focus on salient differences between counterintelligence and criminal investigations.Let's put aside that Trump has never lifted a finger to prevent the FBI and other intelligence agencies from examining Russia's meddling in the campaign. It is illogical to speak of a president obstructing a counterintelligence investigation. Unlike criminal investigations, which are designed to uphold the rule of law through court prosecution, counterintelligence investigations are done strictly for the president's benefit. They gather intelligence in order to help the president carry out his mission to protect the nation against foreign threats. In our constitutional system, that mission is assigned to the president, not to the FBI — notwithstanding McCabe's apparent belief to the contrary. If the president suddenly decided that quite enough investigation had been done to determine the nature and extent of Russia's election interference, and that he wanted those intelligence resources to be targeted at other threats, that would be his call to make.You could argue that it was a foolish call, even a reckless one. I thought it was reckless for President Obama to ignore intelligence that Iran was the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism so that he could cut a naïve nuclear deal with Tehran; but that was his call to make — the American people having elected him to be responsible for our security against foreign threats.Significantly, it would be different if McCabe had said that the FBI had a factual basis in evidence to believe that Trump was complicit in a criminal conspiracy with the Kremlin. In that situation, if Trump tried to restrict or shut down the probe, he would be obstructing a criminal investigation into his own suspected crimes. But McCabe does not make that claim. He concedes, instead, that FBI agents were conducting a counterintelligence investigation in which they suspected that Russia favored Trump in the election but did not claim to have evidence that Trump was complicit in any violations of criminal law.As to Trump, then, the FBI was not conducting a criminal investigation that the firing of Comey could conceivably have obstructed. The Bureau was conducting a counterintelligence investigation, which is done in support of the president's constitutional duties. It is up to the president, not the FBI, to determine what the president's intelligence needs are. (By McCabe's lights, a mid-level FBI supervisor can shut down a counterintelligence investigation conducted for the purpose of informing the president, but the president himself may not interfere in any way.)In any event, the president merely removed the FBI director, which he did not need any reason to do; which he is empowered to do at will, even for dumb reasons. Trump did not order the Russia investigation closed or restricted. And to the extent he said the Russia investigation played a role in Comey's firing, he was clearly referring to Comey's refusal to state publicly what he was assuring the president privately — that the president was not a suspect.
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| Gisele Bundchen flaunts bikini bod, Tom Brady during family vacation Posted: 18 Feb 2019 05:17 AM PST  Gisele Bundchen flaunts bikini bod and husband Tom Brady during a family vacation to Costa Rica.
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| U.S.-backed Syria force seeks help with Islamic State prisoner 'time bomb' Posted: 18 Feb 2019 07:18 AM PST  The fate of foreign fighters who joined Islamic State, as well as of their wives and children, has become more pressing in recent days as U.S.-backed fighters plan an assault to capture the last enclave of the group's self-styled Caliphate. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday European countries must do more to take them back or "we will be forced to release them". It's not clear to me how all that can be guaranteed." Abdulkarim Omar, co-chair of foreign relations in the region held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, said authorities there were holding some 800 foreign fighters.
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| World bishops head to Vatican for sex abuse summit Posted: 17 Feb 2019 03:38 AM PST  The heads of around 100 bishops' conferences from every continent will convene from Thursday to Sunday for the meeting on the protection of minors, with victims' groups demanding that a concrete action plan on fighting paedophilia be drawn up. The pope, who asked the bishops to speak to victims of abuse in their respective countries before the Rome convention, has tried to dial down "inflated expectations" for a cure-all. Several victims were also invited to the Vatican.
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| GMC Acadia souped up with new engine, trim, and tech Posted: 18 Feb 2019 07:53 AM PST  GMC has unveiled the refreshed Acadia for the 2020 model year complete with a new trim, a fresh look, and the latest GMC infotainment system. GMC announced on Monday that the Acadia has gotten its midcycle refresh, and now, the lineup looks more like a group of Sierra pickups from the front than mid-size SUVs. In addition to its new exterior styling, the Acadia has a new powertrain option and an assortment of new technologies including an enhanced infotainment system and heads-up display.
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| Will Procter & Gamble stock split again soon? Posted: 18 Feb 2019 06:44 AM PST ![Will Procter & Gamble stock split again soon?]( "Will Procter & Gamble stock split again soon?") Since 1970, P&G stock has usually traded for several weeks or a few months above $100 before shares split.
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| Saudi official fires back after Iran blames attack on Riyadh Posted: 18 Feb 2019 05:37 AM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Saudi diplomat on Monday fired back after Iran initially blamed the kingdom for an attack last week that killed 27 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.
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| Amazon announces plans to make half of shipments carbon neutral by 2030 Posted: 18 Feb 2019 11:47 AM PST  Online retail giant Amazon has announced plans to make alf if its shipments carbon neutral by the year 2030. The company, which ships millions of packages a year to shoppers, said that it will achieve that goal by switching to renewable energy sources and by asking suppliers to reimagine their packaging. "It won't be easy to achieve this goal, but it's worth being focused and stubborn on this vision and we're committed to seeing it through," Dave Clark, Amazon senior vice president of worldwide operations, said.
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| UK's May to speak to every EU head in bid for Brexit deal changes Posted: 17 Feb 2019 06:17 AM PST  In her talks with EU leaders and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker she will be seeking to change the Irish backstop, one of the most contentious parts of the withdrawal agreement she agreed in November, her office said. May has told EU leaders she could pass her deal with concessions primarily around the backstop - a guarantee that there can be no return to border controls between the British province of Northern Ireland and EU-member Ireland. The backstop has become one of the main points of contention ahead of Britain's planned departure from the EU next month after 45 years.
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| 7 Lawmakers Quit U.K.'s Labour Party Over Brexit and Anti-Semitism Posted: 18 Feb 2019 04:41 AM PST  Seven U.K. lawmakers resigned in an act of protest against the party's Brexit policy and persistent allegations of anti-Semitism.
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| Pope's credibility 'on the line' as Vatican convenes global meeting on combating child abuse by clergy Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:58 AM PST  Victims of clerical sex abuse have warned Pope Francis that his credibility is on the line as he confronts the biggest challenge of his papacy with a landmark conference on protecting children from rape and molestation. Nearly 200 bishops, archbishops, patriarchs and other senior Catholic figures from around the world will convene in Rome on Thursday for an unprecedented four-day conference that is supposed to tackle the scourge of child abuse by clergy. It is the biggest effort so far to address scandals that have eroded faith in the Catholic Church in the US, Ireland, Australia and elsewhere. "There's going to be every effort to close whatever loopholes there are," said Charles Scicluna, an archbishop from Malta who is one of the organisers of the summit. "This is a new day in terms of transparency. Bishops are going to be held accountable. My hope is that people see this as a turning point." Members of the survivors' group Ending Clergy Abuse in front of St Peter's Square at the Vatican Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP But victims' groups are furious that it has taken this long for the Church to organise such a high-profile meeting, pointing out that is has been 17 years since the Boston sex abuse scandal, which lifted the lid on the problem in the Church. They accuse Pope Francis of failing to clearly decree that priests, and the bishops who protect them, should be reported to the police, prosecuted and sent to jail if found guilty of abuse. They say the Vatican has had years to set out clear guidelines to every diocese in the world, instructing them to hand over to the civil authorities any priest accused of abusing children. It has not done so. "Pope Francis has been talking about zero tolerance ever since he was elected. It's time to deliver on that promise," said Peter Isely, from Ending Clergy Abuse, a victims' support group. "There needs to be a universal law for the Church around the world – if you are a priest who rapes or sexually assaults a child, then you are going to be removed from the priesthood. And you are going to be turned over to the authorities and prosecuted and imprisoned." Peter Isely, founding member of Ending Clergy Abuse, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP Survivors of sex abuse are tired of the years of empty rhetoric and lack of action coming from the Vatican. "We've been waiting a long time. We've waited too long. This is a historic moment. This has never happened before in the history of the Catholic Church. The Pope has acknowledged that this is a global problem in the Church and that's important. He now has to deliver," said Mr Isely, speaking in front of St Peter's Basilica. "They can do something in the next few days that could save a child somewhere in the world from undergoing what we went through as children – these horrible, horrific, terrible crimes." Peter Saunders, a British victim of sex abuse by priests, said: "This pope is the best public relations pope of our lifetime. He is very media savvy. But his credibility on this issue has been blown away." The Vatican made Mr Saunders a member of a special commission for the protection of children, but he resigned in protest at how little progress the body made, saying it was "starved of funding". Around a dozen survivors have been invited to meet the Pope during the conference. "What we need is action. We need to have a real conversation about this - why is there not zero tolerance for priests who have assaulted children? What's the hold-up? What's the problem?" said Mr Isely. The Vatican insists that this time, it means business. Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, is one of the organisers of the summit Credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia "It's going to be a rallying moment," said Cardinal Blasé Cupich from Chicago, another organiser of the conference. "We want to make sure that bishops claim ownership of the problem." Archbishop Scicluna vowed that the days of omerta – the code of silence which normally refers to the mafia – were over. "Whether you call it omerta or a state of denial, it's a no-go. We need to face the facts. This is not the end game but we are going to do everything possible to make people accountable." On Saturday, Pope Francis defrocked an American cardinal, Theodore McCarrick, for historical sexual abuse allegations. The 88-year-old, a former archbishop of Washington, is the most senior Catholic figure to be dismissed from the priesthood in modern times.
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| This Is the Airpower Theorist the Air Force Needs (And Already Has) Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:22 AM PST  There is no need to borrow from seapower theory to think soundly about airpower theory.
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| This Week: Walmart results, Fed minutes, US home sales Posted: 17 Feb 2019 09:05 PM PST ![This Week: Walmart results, Fed minutes, US home sales]( "This Week: Walmart results, Fed minutes, US home sales") A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:
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| IS 'caliphate' on brink of defeat in Syria as Trump urges Europe to do more Posted: 16 Feb 2019 09:03 PM PST  Jiya Furat said the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had cornered the remaining militants in a neighborhood of Baghouz village near the Iraqi border, under fire from all sides. "In the coming few days, in a very short time, we will spread the good tidings to the world of the military end of Daesh," he said, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State. Trump on Saturday said the caliphate was "ready to fall and that the United States was asking European allies to take back more than 800 Islamic State fighters captured in Syria and put them on trial.
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| LA-based civil rights activist calls for arrest of Jussie Smollett, believes he lied about alleged attack Posted: 17 Feb 2019 01:43 PM PST  A Los Angeles-based civil rights activist called for the arrest of Jussie Smollett and says he believes the actor lied about being a victim of a hate crime.
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| New York's Amazon rejection exposes US opportunity gap and Democrats' political disconnect Posted: 18 Feb 2019 02:05 PM PST  Democrats should consider this a wake-up call for 2020 when they must win states that don't have dynamic urban economies like New York or California.
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| No more A380s? Why Airbus' bet on 'superjumbo' jets failed Posted: 18 Feb 2019 12:28 PM PST ![No more A380s? Why Airbus' bet on 'superjumbo' jets failed]( "No more A380s? Why Airbus' bet on 'superjumbo' jets failed") It's official: Airbus will pull the plug on its A380 double-decker jet. The latest A380 is now expected to roll off the assembly line in 2021.
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| Trump 25th Amendment: Lindsey Graham vows to investigate 'bureaucratic coup' against president Posted: 18 Feb 2019 01:31 AM PST  A key ally of Donald Trump has decried alleged efforts by senior officials to depose the president as a "bureaucratic coup" and pledged to hold a congressional investigation. Republican senator Lindsey Graham said it was "stunning" the former acting director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, had admitted in a TV interview he had discussed invoking the 25th Amendment – which allows the cabinet to remove a president from office – with the deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein. "I know Rosenstein vehemently denied it but we're going to get to the bottom of it.
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| Australia's major political parties hacked by 'state actor' ahead of elections Posted: 18 Feb 2019 12:15 AM PST  A "sophisticated state actor" was behind a cyberattack on the Australian Parliament's computing network that also affected the network of major political parties, the prime minister said on Monday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison did not identify the state behind what he described as a "malicious intrusion" on Feb 8. A joint statement from House of Representatives speaker Tony Smith and Senate president Scott Ryan said at the time there was no evidence that data had been accessed in the breach. But lawmakers were advised to change passwords. Morrison revealed Monday that the computer networks of the government parties - the Liberal Party and the Nationals - as well as the opposition Labor Party had also been affected. Australia's security agencies were securing those systems and protecting users, he said. "Our cyber experts believe that a sophisticated state actor is responsible for this malicious activity," Morrison told reporters. "Let me be clear, though - there is no evidence of any electoral interference. We have put in place a number of measures to ensure the integrity of our electoral system," he added. The Australian Cyber Security Center, the government's main cyber security agency, had briefed federal and state election authorities, Morrison said. New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, will hold elections on March 23. A federal election will be held on a date to be set in May. Duncan Lewis, director general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation's main spy agency, would not comment on how deeply the attack had penetrated the computer networks. "The electoral machinery which we have in this country, that's the Australian Electoral Commission and the various state electoral commissions that work with the federal system - there is no evidence that they have been compromised," Lewis told a Senate committee. He would not say whether the attack had been neutralized, saying it was "being managed." Although Australian officials have not blamed any country, in 2011 it was reported that China was suspected of accessing the email system used by lawmakers and parliamentary staff. Election interference has been high on the international agenda ever since America's 2016 presidential election, in which Russian hackers stole and published more than 150,000 emails from various Democratic targets in what U.S. spymasters and senior lawmakers have described as a wide-ranging effort to help elect Donald Trump.
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| Macau police investigate suspected murder at Sands casino resort: media Posted: 17 Feb 2019 10:02 PM PST  Police in the world's biggest gambling hub of Macau are investigating what they suspect is a rare murder in a five-star casino resort after a Chinese man was found stabbed in his bed, broadcaster TDM reported on Monday. Murder cases have been rare in the Chinese territory since Portugal ceded control of what had been a colonial backwater on the heel of China's southern coast 20 years ago. The suspected murder took place in Sands China's Conrad Macau hotel, TDM reported, citing police.
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| The Latest: Aid group says 62 die fleeing IS in Syria Posted: 18 Feb 2019 06:52 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):
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| Belgian Jewish museum trial interrupted as juror questioned Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:08 AM PST  The trial of a Frenchman accused of shooting dead four people at the Jewish museum of Belgium was briefly interrupted on Monday as police were summoned to question a juror. "We cannot start the closing arguments under these conditions," judge Laurence Massart said, after recusing the juror for having communicated with outside parties. "This is probably a person in search of attention," said Sebastien Courtoy, the lawyer for the accused Mehdi Nemmouche, referring to the juror's work colleague.
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| Emails show how fake university set up by ICE lured foreign students Posted: 18 Feb 2019 01:03 PM PST  Emails obtained by the Detroit Free Press offer a glimpse into how a fake university in Detroit may have convinced students it was real.
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| A Small Group of Labour Politicians Could Quit the Party Over Brexit Tensions Posted: 18 Feb 2019 01:03 AM PST  Speculation of a break-away intensified on Monday when it emerged that some Labour members of Parliament will be holding a joint event on the future of British politics in London. Politicians touted in the media as being on the verge of quitting the party include Chuka Umunna, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, and Luciana Berger. Backbench lawmaker Stephen Kinnock said on BBC Radio late Saturday a Labour split was almost inevitable.
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| REI CEO steps down following revelation of outside personal relationship Posted: 18 Feb 2019 01:26 PM PST ![REI CEO steps down following revelation of outside personal relationship]( "REI CEO steps down following revelation of outside personal relationship") The CEO of outdoor gear retailer REI is stepping down in the wake of an inquiry into a relationship that appeared to be a conflict of interest.
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| Pence and Biden in Munich: Stark contrast shows how Trump is ruining relations with Europe Posted: 18 Feb 2019 02:04 PM PST  Former ambassador: We're safer in NATO than outside it, but Donald Trump doesn't seem to realize that and is separating us from our closest allies.
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| No need for Shinzo Abe: Trump already nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:31 AM PST  During a White House news conference on Friday, Trump said the Japanese premier had given him "the most beautiful copy" of a five-page nomination letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Regardless, Trump has already been nominated by two Norwegian lawmakers. "We have nominated him of course for the positive developments on the Korean Peninsula," Per-Willy Amundsen, who was Justice Minister in Prime Minister Erna Solberg's cabinet in 2016-2018, told Reuters.
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| Polish NGO leaves to deliver sex abuse report to Pope Posted: 18 Feb 2019 04:50 AM PST  Representatives of a Polish NGO helping victims of child abuse committed by Catholic priests left Warsaw early on Monday hoping to deliver a report to Pope Francis in the Vatican about Polish bishops neglecting pedophilia cases. The "Have No Fear" organization, led by a former victim Marek Lisinski, hopes that the report, which accuses some bishops in devoutly Catholic Poland of failing to report crimes, will trigger resignations from top positions in the Church.
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| Facebook 'digital gangsters' violated privacy laws: MPs Posted: 18 Feb 2019 12:38 AM PST  A scathing British parliamentary report on Monday branded Facebook "digital gangsters" that knowingly violated data privacy and competition laws. Lawmakers' 18-month investigation into disinformation and "fake news" also accused Facebook of failing to faithfully fight Russia's alleged attempts to influence elections. Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg turned down three requests to appear before the committee.
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| Iranian president: US sanctions are 'economic war' on Iran Posted: 18 Feb 2019 03:27 AM PST ![Iranian president: US sanctions are 'economic war' on Iran]( "Iranian president: US sanctions are 'economic war' on Iran") TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president on Monday described U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran as an economic war being waged on his country and stressed that "economic war is more difficult than military war."
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| How tough will President Trump be on China? Posted: 17 Feb 2019 08:33 AM PST  Hudson Institute director for the Center for Chinese Strategy Michael Pillsbury says Trump's tariffs have brought the Chinese to the negotiating table.
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| Here are 3 small steps to grow savings of thousands of dollars in a 401(k) Posted: 18 Feb 2019 08:46 AM PST ![Here are 3 small steps to grow savings of thousands of dollars in a 401(k)]( "Here are 3 small steps to grow savings of thousands of dollars in a 401(k)") Most people don't amass big savings overnight. Start small in a 401(k) and keep building with bonuses, remembering the power of dollar-cost averaging.
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