| Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has No Plans to Retire. But Washington Is Preparing for an Epic Showdown Over Her Seat Posted: 28 Aug 2019 03:41 PM PDT  While Ruth Bader Ginsburg has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court, both Republicans and Democrats are keenly aware of the battle that would emerge for her seat
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| First bishop ordained in China under Vatican deal Posted: 28 Aug 2019 12:29 AM PDT  A Chinese Catholic bishop has been ordained with the joint approval of the Pope and Beijing for the first time under an agreement intended to encourage a rapprochement between China and the Holy See. China's roughly 12 million Catholics have for decades been split between a government-run association, whose clergy were chosen by the atheist Communist Party, and an unofficial underground church loyal to the Vatican.
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| Dorian is forecast to become a Category 3 'major' hurricane. What does this mean? Posted: 28 Aug 2019 04:25 PM PDT  The latest forecast has Dorian strengthening into a major Category 3 hurricane with winds of 115 mph by Sunday off the U.S. East Coast.
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| UPDATE 1-Russia, Turkey discuss supply of Russian warplanes - RIA Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:43 AM PDT ![UPDATE 1-Russia, Turkey discuss supply of Russian warplanes - RIA]( "UPDATE 1-Russia, Turkey discuss supply of Russian warplanes - RIA") Russia and Turkey are discussing the possibility of deliveries of the Russian-made Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jet and Su-35 aircraft to Turkey, the RIA news agency cited a Russian official as saying on Wednesday. Russia began delivering S-400 missile systems to Turkey this year, in a step that strained ties with Ankara's NATO allies and prompted Washington to begin removing Turkey from its programme for manufacturing F-35 jets, which Turkey also planned to buy. The head of Russia's Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation said he planned to discuss the S-400 missile defence system with a Turkish colleague later on Wednesday as well as "possibly deliveries of the Su-35 or Su-57".
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| A flight from the UK to Portugal was forced to make an emergency landing after the pilot reportedly fainted Posted: 27 Aug 2019 03:33 AM PDT  A Jet2 plane from Manchester, England, to Madeira, Portugal, diverted to Porto. The First Officer landed the plane, and an off-duty pilot helped.
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| Man crosses 3,000 miles of Pacific Ocean by paddleboard and sees plastic pollution 'every day' Posted: 27 Aug 2019 08:16 AM PDT  An adventurer has completed a 2,951-mile solo paddleboard voyage from San Francisco to Hawaii, a feat of endurance which lasted 76 days.Antonio de la Rosa travelled alone across the Pacific Ocean without supporting boats. He braved choppy waters and glimpsed whales – as well as a constant stream of plastic pollution.
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| Israel's shadow war with Iran bursts into the open Posted: 27 Aug 2019 09:43 AM PDT  The long shadow war between Israel and Iran has burst into the open in recent days, with Israel allegedly striking Iran-linked targets as far away as Iraq and crash-landing two drones in Hezbollah-dominated southern Beirut. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking to project strength three weeks before national elections, while Iran has taken a series of provocative actions in recent months aimed at pressuring European nations to provide relief from crippling U.S. sanctions. Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah, vowed to retaliate after a drone crashed on the militant group's Beirut media office and another exploded midair early Sunday.
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| Disaster feared if 'ticking time bomb' Yemen tanker explodes Posted: 28 Aug 2019 10:27 AM PDT  An abandoned oil tanker anchored off war-torn Yemen that is degrading along with its cargo could explode and cause an environmental disaster, experts said Wednesday as UN inspectors prepared to visit. The ship "Safer", used as a floating storage platform, is laden with some 1.1 million barrels of crude oil and has been stranded with no maintenance since early 2015, leaving it to deteriorate and potentially allowing explosive gases to build up. United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday that a technical assessment team was waiting in nearby Djibouti preparing to board the Safer for a first-hand evaluation.
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| 'Not nice!': Trump denies rumors of bedbugs at resort he's promoting for G7 Posted: 27 Aug 2019 01:47 PM PDT  Rumors seem to stem from a 2016 lawsuit alleging an infestation at Trump National Doral brought by New Jersey insurance executive The Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida. Photograph: Michele Eve Sandberg/AFP/Getty ImagesDonald Trump has reacted angrily to what he called "false and nasty" rumors that his Miami golf club – the same club he is enthusiastically promoting as the location for the next G7 meeting of global leaders – has a problem with bloodsucking bedbugs."No bedbugs at Doral. The Radical Left Democrats, upon hearing that the perfectly located (for the next G-7) Doral National MIAMI was under consideration for the next G-7, spread that false and nasty rumor. Not nice!," Trump tweeted.The rumors appear to stem from a 2016 lawsuit alleging bedbug infestation at the Trump National Doral brought by the New Jersey insurance executive Eric Linder, 63.Linder claimed in court papers that he woke at the resort's $300-a-night Jack Nicklaus-themed villa to discover, the complaint said, "welts, lumps and marks over much of his face, neck, arms and torso". Photographs appeared to back up Linder's claim.Doral's management hit back, claiming Linder "conducted himself so carelessly and negligently that his conduct was the sole proximate cause or contributing cause" for the insects' attack.The club reportedly settled the lawsuit.Reports about the case resurfaced on social media Monday after Trump touted the resort's charms at the G-7 summit in France. But by Monday night, the hashtag "TrumpBedBugs" was trending on Twitter.The bedbug controversy did not discourage Trump from promoting his property for the next G7 even in an apparent violation of rules against profiteering from the presidency. But the president claimed he won't profit off the event. "In my opinion I'm not going to make any money," Trump said. "I don't want to make money. I don't care about making money."The president also claimed aides had toured the country in search of a more suitable location and come up empty. "They went to places all over the country and they came back and said, 'This is where we'd like to be,' " Trump said.Trump's resort is reported to be struggling, reports the Miami Herald, and members who resigned their membership after Trump won the presidency claim they are waiting to get their deposits back. But one piece of good news: the property, for which Trump reported income of $76m in 2018, up from $75m in 2017, has not been officially cited for bedbug violations.
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| Hurricane Dorian is heading straight for Florida Posted: 28 Aug 2019 02:23 PM PDT  "Werewolf" babies and a major hurricane's path to Florida. It's Wednesday's news
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| U.S. warship sails near disputed South China Sea islands amid trade tensions Posted: 28 Aug 2019 05:27 AM PDT  A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of rising tensions between the world's two largest economies. The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-Chinese relationship, which include an escalating trade war, American sanctions on China's military and U.S. relations with Taiwan. Reuters reported on Tuesday that China had denied a request for a U.S. Navy warship to visit the Chinese port city of Qingdao.
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| Brazil's president said he would accept $20 million from the G7 to tackle the Amazon fires, but only if Emmanuel Macron apologizes for calling him 'extraordinarily rude' Posted: 28 Aug 2019 02:53 AM PDT  French President Macron called Jair Bolsonaro rude after he appeared to endorse a Facebook post mocking the age gap between Macron and his wife.
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| Attorney who 'refuses to prosecute' domestic violence cases between same-sex partners faces suspension Posted: 28 Aug 2019 08:06 AM PDT  A district attorney in Tennessee could face suspension after saying he does not prosecute domestic violence cases between same-sex partners.Coffee County district attorney Craig Northcott came under fire in June after a video emerged of him saying he would not prosecute anyone with domestic violence charges if they are in a gay marriage because he does not accept their legal status.
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| Biden campaign does damage control after electability takes hit in recent poll Posted: 27 Aug 2019 02:24 PM PDT  Two new polls do show Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden back on top, but is the damage already done? Reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
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| Russia: No involvement in Berlin daytime slaying of Georgian Posted: 28 Aug 2019 07:17 AM PDT ![Russia: No involvement in Berlin daytime slaying of Georgian]( "Russia: No involvement in Berlin daytime slaying of Georgian") Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman on Wednesday denied media reports that Moscow may have been involved in the brazen daytime slaying of a Georgian man in Berlin. Berlin prosecutors have released little about Friday's killing, except to say the 40-year-old victim was shot by a cyclist, who was captured shortly afterward and identified as a 48-year-old Russian man. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia had nothing to do with the crime.
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| Trump suggested using bombs to fight hurricanes. These 4 graphics show why that would never work. Posted: 27 Aug 2019 12:19 PM PDT  President Trump has suggested hitting hurricanes with nuclear weapons. But no nuclear bomb is powerful enough to continuously disrupt a hurricane.
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| 'Fair maps': Barack Obama launches new initiative to help take on partisan gerrymandering Posted: 26 Aug 2019 07:49 PM PDT  Former President Barack Obama said gerrymandering is an issue he has made a top priority from his "2008 campaign until now." But the Supreme Court recently ruled maps that resulted from partisan redistricting are constitutional.
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| Pakistan may close airspace to India: science minister Posted: 27 Aug 2019 07:47 AM PDT  Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering closing Pakistan's airspace to India and blocking its eastern neighbor's land trade route to Afghanistan, the science and technology minister in Islamabad said on Tuesday. Pakistan reopened its airspace to India in mid-July, having closed it in February after an attack by a Pakistan-based Islamist militant group in Indian-controlled, Muslim-majority Kashmir that led to clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
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| Republicans have themselves to thank for socialism Posted: 28 Aug 2019 06:00 AM PDT  Socialism has been an incredibly divisive issue in American politics for decades. But its recent uptick in popularity has Republicans wondering what's wrong with the left. Little do they know they have their own actions and policies to thank for democratic socialism's rise in America. In this opinion piece, Business Insider's Manny Ocbazghi analyzes the role Republicans played in Obamacare's rollout, the Green New Deal, and more.
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| Balkan Rift Deepens With Some Unexpected Help From... Togo Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:59 AM PDT ![Balkan Rift Deepens With Some Unexpected Help From... Togo]( "Balkan Rift Deepens With Some Unexpected Help From... Togo") (Bloomberg) -- The biggest territorial dispute in the Balkans, which has hampered Serbia's and Kosovo's integration with the European Union, has gone global instead of moving closer to resolution.While publicly stating that it wants to resume EU-mediated talks, Serbia has been campaigning to persuade nations not to recognize Kosovo's 2008 unilateral declaration of independence.Vowing never to accept the Western-backed split of Kosovo, Serbia is working to reduce the number of countries that recognized Europe's newest state after the total peaked at 116 of 193 United Nations members.In the latest twist to the diplomatic saga, Serbia's Deputy Premier Ivica Dacic said this week he persuaded Togo to revoke its recognition made in 2014, making the west Africa nation 15th in the world to switch sides in the dispute and back Serbia's stance. Previous Serb wins include Grenada, Suriname, Liberia, Sao Tome and Principe, Guinea-Bissau, Burundi, Papua New Guinea and Lesotho, he said.Serbia aims to reduce the number of states recognizing Kosovo to at least half of all UN members to make sure the latter never joins the organization, not even as an observer, according to Serbia's foreign minister. The biggest former Yugoslav republic also relies on the backing from Russia, China, India and five EU states that have not recognized Kosovo.The diplomatic dispute, which has intensified in the past three years, has stirred another wave of unease in Kosovo, with the Foreign Ministry saying on Facebook it has faced "an unprecedented diplomatic and propaganda campaign by Serbia with the support of Russia and other countries to hinder Kosovo's integration into the international community."The government is working with the U.S. and other western allies to counter the campaign by Serbs who use "bribes, corrupt affairs, arms sales and visa waiver agreements" to win nations over, the ministry said.Serbia and Kosovo fought a war that only stopped in 1999 when NATO bombed Serbia. The Balkan neighbors signed in 2013 an EU-brokered framework deal to mend ties but the efforts stalled last year when Serbia blocked Kosovo from joining Interpol, triggering a retaliatory 100% tax on Serb imports.The trade barrier will remain until Serbia accepts Kosovo's statehood, said Premier Ramush Haradinaj who has made the tariff a key theme of his campaign ahead of Oct. 6 snap vote in the landlocked nation of 1.9 million people.The U.S., France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. have urged the Balkan neighbors to sit and talk rather than use resources to battle it out globally."For Kosovo, that means suspending the tariffs imposed on Serbia," the western nations said in a joint statement in mid August. "For Serbia, that means suspending the de-recognition campaign against Kosovo."Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic dismissed this, saying that under the 2013 deal signed in Brussels both sides were to halt the hunt for allies at the time when the total of countries accepting Kosovo as a country was just over 80.Kosovo "never accepted this, and since they didn't, we just did our job" to seek reversals, Vucic said after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week.The next showdown may be in October when Interpol holds its conference in Chile and Serbia will again seek to block Kosovo from the organization, Foreign Minister Dacic said.(Updates with Serb plan to block Kosovo from Interpol in last paragraph.)\--With assistance from Gordana Filipovic and Jasmina Kuzmanovic.To contact the reporter on this story: Misha Savic in Belgrade at msavic2@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Andrea Dudik at adudik@bloomberg.net, ;Irina Vilcu at isavu@bloomberg.net, Alan CrawfordFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Backcountry Offers Our Favorite Outdoor Gear For Half Off During Labor Day Posted: 28 Aug 2019 09:12 AM PDT |
| School: Guard who wounded student was supposed to be unarmed Posted: 27 Aug 2019 12:21 PM PDT  A private security guard who officials say accidentally wounded a student during a Colorado school shooting that left one teen dead wasn't supposed to be armed, an online news outlet reported. Emails obtained by The Colorado Sun show the suburban Denver charter school had requested an unarmed guard from BOSS High Level Protection about a year ago. In a statement, STEM School Highlands Ranch said it didn't know the guard was armed until the shooting occurred May 7 on the campus that includes students from kindergarten through high school.
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| A nurse was sentenced to 12 years in prison for paying $12,000 in bitcoin to have her former lover's wife killed through a website that ended up being a scam Posted: 27 Aug 2019 12:51 PM PDT  Cops were tipped off to Tina Jones' plan thanks to journalists reporting on a story about the dark web for CBS News' "48 Hours."
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| US approves $3.3bn sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan Posted: 27 Aug 2019 02:46 PM PDT  Washington approved the $3.3 billion sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan Tuesday, following close behind a series of new ballistic missile tests by North Korea that could threaten the US ally. Japan will buy up to 73 of the Raytheon-made SM-3 Block IIA missiles, which are designed to be fired by the ship-board Aegis system to intercept incoming ballistic missiles, the Pentagon said. The sale came as North Korea is expanding its offensive missile capabilities, having proven over the past two years the ability to launch medium- and long-range ballistic missiles, potentially nuclear-tipped, that could hit both Japan and the United States.
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| Alarmed tourists watch huge volcanic eruption on Italy's Stromboli island Posted: 28 Aug 2019 08:23 AM PDT  A powerful volcanic eruption on the Italian island of Stromboli sent a huge cloud of ash into the sky, nearly two months after a similar eruption killed a hiker. Frightened tourists watched the eruption as lava cascaded down the sides of the volcano, one of the most active in the world. The eruption was preceded by a deafening boom, witnesses said. Known as a "paroxysmal eruption", it sent up a tall column of smoke and ash which could be seen from many miles away. Water-bombing aircraft were deployed to the island, scooping up sea water to put out small wild fires on the flanks of the mountain. The eruption on Stromboli sent a huge plume of ash and smoke into the sky Credit: Twitter There were no reports of injuries. Video footage showed one boat, with Italians on board, fleeing the island in panic as gigantic clouds of black ash rolled across the sea. On another boat, a British family watched in awe as the eruption took place. "Wow, the whole mountain is shaking," an Englishman says on a video clip of the eruption. "Oh my goodness, that is really bad guys." Nicole Bremner, an Australian who lives in London, was on a boat off Stromboli when the volcano erupted. "We were just at Stromboli volcano watching the small eruptions. We left and then this giant eruption happened!" she wrote. The property developer said the smoke and ash had left "a metallic taste in our mouths… waiting to see if we need to help with evacuations." Water-bombing aircraft were deployed to put out fires on the flanks of the volcano Credit: Italian fire service/AP Some tourists watched the eruption from the safety of the nearby island of Panarea. In video posted on social media, an American woman is heard to say: "Oh my God. I don't think we should go there today." The volcano last erupted on July 3, when a 35-year-old Italian hiker was killed by falling debris. He was with a companion who survived. At the time, one tourist wrote: "I've never felt so much fear in my life." Stromboli is part of the Aeolian archipelago of islands, which attract sailors and celebrities during the summer months. "The situation is under control, but all the same we have activated the normal civil protection procedures," said Marco Giorgianni, the mayor of Lipari, the most populated of the islands. Volcanologists believe Stromboli has been in nearly continuous eruption for at least 2,000 years and the eruption on Wednesday is not considered unusual. There are small eruptions on an hourly basis, with the volcano spewing out chunks of incandescent lava, ash and volcanic rock from its cone. At night the explosions can be seen far out at sea, lending the island the nickname "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean." There have been several fatal explosions in the past – four people were killed in 1919, three people in 1930 and one person, a biologist, in 1986.
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| A Chinese-Australian author and former diplomat could face the death penalty in China over spying charges Posted: 27 Aug 2019 06:44 AM PDT  Australian officials have labelled the arrest politically motivated and have called for Yang Hengjun's release.
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| Trade insiders say Trump’s botching chances of a China deal Posted: 27 Aug 2019 03:42 PM PDT  "He's undermining the credibility of his negotiators."
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| Rare 3.8-million-year-old skull reveals the face of Lucy’s ancestor, gives insight into early man Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:07 PM PDT ![Rare 3.8-million-year-old skull reveals the face of Lucy's ancestor, gives insight into early man]( "Rare 3.8-million-year-old skull reveals the face of Lucy's ancestor, gives insight into early man") A 3.8 million year old skull from Africa is giving researchers a peek into humanity's evolutionary history, a new study suggests.
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| Brazil farmers deforesting Amazon 'to survive' Posted: 27 Aug 2019 12:18 PM PDT  On his block of land deep in the Amazon rainforest, Aurelio Andrade says deforestation is the only way he and other farmers can survive in the remote region where fires are raging. "Here we have no support from the federal government or anyone else, only from God," Andrade tells AFP, wearing an army camouflage T-shirt and matching hat, on his property 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Porto Velho in the northwestern state of Rondonia. "We cut trees to plant grass to survive, so that the cattle eat," says the portly Andrade, apparently oblivious to the growing global outcry over the worst fires in years.
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| Parents, county clash in court over Parkland shootings Posted: 28 Aug 2019 01:15 PM PDT ![Parents, county clash in court over Parkland shootings]( "Parents, county clash in court over Parkland shootings") Parents whose children were killed or wounded during last year's Parkland high school massacre asked the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday to rule that each pull of the trigger was a separate occurrence for which the Broward County School Board should be held liable. The court's ruling could make a huge difference in the amount of the school board's potential liability. Any jury award above that amount has to be approved by the Legislature and governor.
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| Michigan Man Accused of Murdering Wife by Putting Lethal Dose of Heroin in Her Cereal Posted: 27 Aug 2019 06:51 PM PDT  Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/FacebookFive years after a Michigan mother died of what was deemed an accidental overdose at the time, police have charged her husband with murder—with investigators alleging he spiked her cereal with a lethal dose of heroin. Jason Harris, 44, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with first-degree murder, solicitation of murder and delivery of a controlled substance causing death. His wife, 36-year-old Christina Ann-Thompson Harris, was found dead in her home in September 2014 in a case that, at the time, was seen as a tragic accident. According to MLive, neighbors found Christina in her bed and were unable to wake her on the morning of Sept. 29. At the time, Jason told police his wife had a cold and he asked a neighbor to check in on her after he left for work.The Genesee County Medical Examiner ruled Christina's death an accidental overdose, though her family never knew her to be a drug user. Now, prosecutors say Christina's family members long had their suspicions about the shocking death. In October 2014, Jason Harris' siblings approached local police and said Jason had previously made remarks about "getting rid of Christina" and alleged he had been seeing other women before his wife's death, police said. Christina's mother also told authorities that her daughter "seemed fine" one day before her death, contradicting Jason's story.Jason's co-workers recalled him saying he had spiked his wife's water with Xanax pills, and asked what pills were odorless and tasteless. He was also accused of offering a hit man and his fellow co-worker $5,000 to kill Christina."We believe Jason Harris murdered his wife," Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton told reporters Tuesday. "We believe he put heroin into her cereal and milk the night that she died after getting it from someone, thinking it would be tasteless and odorless much like he had asked his coworkers multiple times."Leyton also said Christina's previous blood work before her death showed no sign of heroin use. At the time of her death, Christina had also recently given birth, and tests of the breast milk she had produced and stored for her baby in the days before her death showed no traces of heroin or any other drug. Jason allegedly told a co-worker that he "just needed to get rid" of his wife so he wouldn't have to deal with a divorce, child support payments, or a custody battle. He also allegedly offered a man $5,000 to kill his wife but the man was caught while performing surveillance, Leyton said. Investigators later confirmed the family's allegations, and determined that Jason had been communicating with several other women before Christina's death—including one woman from Rhode Island. He allegedly traveled to the state just days after his wife's death to visit the woman, and police say Christina found text messages on his phone with the woman prior to her death. The woman and a child moved in with Jason less than two months after Christina died, ABC12 reports. The woman was reportedly still living with Jason at the time of his arrest.While he was fired from his job after testing positive for methamphetamine use, Jason was able to get a $100,000 life insurance check from Christina's employer and $20,000 life insurance check from his job after Christina died. A Legacy.com obituary for Christina also directs memorial contributions to be made out to Jason "in lieu of flowers."Jason could face life in prison if convicted. According to the Associated Press, he was denied bond at his Tuesday court appearance. His attorney, Nicholas Robinson, told MLive that his client "pled not guilty" and will contest the charges."Mr. Harris has been completely cooperative throughout this five year investigation and is eager to have all of the facts revealed when this case is presented," Robinson said. Jason is due back in court on Sept. 5.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| An 18-foot-long Burmese python was found in the Florida Everglades Posted: 27 Aug 2019 08:53 AM PDT  The animal, which is really, really long, was removed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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| Climbers in Dolomites injured after picking up First World War explosives Posted: 27 Aug 2019 09:11 AM PDT  Two climbers have been injured after picking up First World War munitions in an abandoned military position high up in the Dolomites of northern Italy. The Spanish climbers, both 21, were at an altitude of around 9,000ft when they noticed an opening in the rock and ice. Inside the cave-like emplacement, they found abandoned ammunition and ordnance, left over from fighting between Italian and Austro-Hungarian forces more than a century ago. One of the climbers picked up some of the munitions and the object exploded in his hands, leaving both him and his companion injured by shrapnel. Climate change is melting glaciers on the highest peaks of the Dolomites and revealing the remains of First World War battlefields, including abandoned military equipment and the skeletons of soldiers. Austro-Hungarian soldiers in the Dolomites in 1916 Credit: Getty Hikers in the area heard the explosion and went to the climbers' aid, calling the rescue services. Alpine rescue volunteers reached them and treated their wounds before carrying them down the mountain on stretchers. They were then taken to a hospital in the town of Trento. Explosives experts from the paramilitary Carabinieri police cordoned off the area and will remove the remaining ammunition. More than 750,000 Italian soldiers were killed on the Italian front, many of them amid the crags and ridges of the Dolomites. The Italians and Austro-Hungarians engaged in fierce fighting in the mountains, with each side trying to gain advantage by constructing artillery posts, trenches and bunkers higher than the other. To try to maintain discipline, Italian generals adopted the practice of decimation – the random execution of soldiers from units that retreated or protested the senseless slaughter. The skeletons of two soldiers, believed to have been members of an Austro-Hungarian artillery unit, emerged from the ice in 2012. They were found on the Presena glacier, not far from where the climbers stumbled on the ammunition. The remains of an Italian soldier were found in 2017, also at around 9,000ft.
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| See Photos of the 2019 Mercedes-AMG GT53 4-Door Posted: 28 Aug 2019 10:59 AM PDT |
| Another resignation shakes LGBT Republican group after Trump endorsement Posted: 27 Aug 2019 10:49 AM PDT  The first female executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans resigned this week following the group's endorsement of President Trump's reelection, the second official to step down in as many weeks.
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| America's first mass shooting: 70 years ago, a WWII veteran killed 13 of his neighbors Posted: 28 Aug 2019 05:29 AM PDT  Howard Unruh displayed the same temperament reflected in many of his modern counterparts — rigid, angry and blaming.
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| Pound dives on increased no-deal Brexit prospect Posted: 28 Aug 2019 06:40 AM PDT  The pound fell versus the dollar and euro Wednesday as Britain's government moved to extend the suspension of parliament, increasing the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit.
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| 245 rescued from burning ferry in Philippine waters, 3 dead Posted: 28 Aug 2019 03:54 AM PDT  Fishing boats and passing ships rescued 245 people from a ferry that burned overnight in choppy waters in the southern Philippines but at least three people perished, including a child, coast guard officials said Wednesday. Survivors described how they feared being killed by either the fire or waves while waiting for hours to be rescued as bright-orange flames engulfed much of the vessel, the M/V Lite Ferry 16, off Dapitan city in Zamboanga del Norte province. The fire apparently started in the engine room, coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said.
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| Couple wanted for murder in Arizona escape from guards during transport Posted: 27 Aug 2019 04:15 PM PDT  Blane Barksdale, 56, and Susan Barksdale, 59, broke free on Monday evening from two guards in Blanding, a rural town in southeast Utah, the Tucson Police Department said in a statement. The couple later obtained a GMC Sierra pickup truck and drove off, Tucson police spokesman Pete Dugan said. "Investigators have information that they are possibly traveling through Arizona," Tucson police said in a statement.
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| Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 1 storm, hitting the US Virgin Islands. The hurricane could reach Florida on Monday. Posted: 28 Aug 2019 11:01 AM PDT  Tropical Storm Dorian has officially been upgraded to a hurricane. It's moving north through the Caribbean and is currently hitting St. Thomas.
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| Major hoard of '£5m' Norman coins are early example of tax avoidance, British Museum says Posted: 28 Aug 2019 05:40 AM PDT  The largest hoard of coins ever discovered from the post-Norman Conquest period, found by an amateur during a metal detecting lesson, are an early example of tax avoidance, British Museum experts have said. A hoard of 2,528 coins dating back to the Battle of Hastings include rare examples of "mules", which have the face of one king on the head and another on the tail to allow coin-makers to avoid paying extra tax. Specialists at the British Museum said the collection, which contains five times the number of coins bearing the head of William the Conqueror than currently known to exist in total, would shed invaluable light on the period and ordinary people living under Norman rule. The coins are likely to have been buried by a wealthy landowner in the years following the Battle of Hastings. Adam Staples and Lisa Grace, experienced metal detectorists, said they had been teaching a hobbyist friend - who wishes to remain anonymous - how to use a new piece of equipment in a field in the Chew Valley, Somerset, in January, when he picked up a signal to the first coin. Metal detectorists Lisa Grace and Adam Staples The group went on to dig up the remainder from shallow ground over the course of around five hours, putting them in buckets belonging to a local farmer before driving them to the British Museum. The coins bear the heads of both the defeated King Harold II and the conqueror William I. A small number show Edward the Confessor. Some show signs of being tampered with, with the images of two different kings suggesting the person striking the coins was using an older coining tool to avoid paying the tax on an up-to-date design. Metal detectorists Lisa Grace and Adam Staples Credit: Geoff Pugh The hoard is now with the local coroner who will determine whether it is officially "treasure". It has been reported to be worth up to £5m, though experts have indicated this is likely to be an overestimate once the condition of coins and the sudden flooding of the market they would cause are taken into account. The final sum will be shared between the rest of the metal detecting group and the landowner. Mr Staples, who has been treasure hunting for 16 years with his partner Ms Grace, said: "We went down for a weekend and hit the jackpot." Adam Staples with one of the coins Credit: Geoff Pugh The hoard is the largest Norman treasure find since 1833, and features examples of how French-speaking officials had struggled to get a grip on Old English, which is imperfectly stamped onto some of the silver coins. Gareth Williams, curator of early medieval coinage at the British Museum, said: "This is an extremely significant find for our understanding of the impact of the Norman Conquest of 1066. "The coins help us understand how changes under Norman rule impacted on society as a whole."
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| Iran's Deputy Minister Says Europe Has Two Options to Save Nuclear Deal Posted: 28 Aug 2019 12:50 PM PDT ![Iran's Deputy Minister Says Europe Has Two Options to Save Nuclear Deal]( "Iran's Deputy Minister Says Europe Has Two Options to Save Nuclear Deal") (Bloomberg) -- Europe should either ask Washington to restore sanctions waivers for buyers of Iran's oil or provide a credit line to the Islamic Republic if it wants to save the nuclear deal, the country's deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said in an interview to state TV.The two options have been relayed to French President Emmanuel Macron over the course of several recent phone calls with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, according to Araghchi. Both leaders have exchanged initiatives and ideas over how the 2015 nuclear deal, which the U.S. abandoned last year, can be preserved, he said."What Mr. Rouhani has told Macron is that if Europe wants to preserve the nuclear deal then they must establish our ability to sell oil," Araghchi said. "There are two options or solutions -- one is for them to go to the Americans and get waivers again for oil buyers so they can buy oil from Iran, or if they cannot do that, they themselves should buy that level of oil, using a credit line."Iran will come back to full compliance with the accord's terms once it can sell oil and have full access to its revenues, the minister said.Earlier this week U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would support an idea backed by Macron of extending what he called a "letter of credit" to Iran, secured by oil, to help the country meet short-term financial obligations. To contact the reporter on this story: Hari Govind in San Francisco at hgovind@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Chakradhar Adusumilli at cadusumilli@bloomberg.net, Jim SilverFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Democrats' 'free college' plans are simplistic and unfair. How about some realism? Posted: 27 Aug 2019 03:00 AM PDT  Free college is a an expensive giveaway that will help the wealthy most. Our ideas would help needy students and might pass in a polarized Congress.
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| Source: Prostitute arrested in 3 deaths, including head chef found dead in Queens Posted: 27 Aug 2019 07:36 AM PDT  A law enforcement source says a woman is under arrest in connection to three deaths -- including a head chef of a well-known NYC restaurant who was found dead last week.
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