| The Imperial Presidency, 2.0? Ryan is troubled by Trump’s views on executive power Posted: 06 May 2016 03:15 PM PDT  Three times, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., explained Thursday on CNN why he cannot support the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, Donald Trump. Seen in light of previous statements by Ryan, it's clear that the speaker's biggest concern is that Trump does not share his belief that the presidency has become too powerful and needs to be reined in by Congress.
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| Labour's Sadiq Khan elected 1st Muslim London mayor Posted: 06 May 2016 04:48 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Sadiq Khan became London's first Muslim mayor Saturday, as voters rejected attempts to taint him with links to extremism and handed a decisive victory to the bus driver's son from south London.
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| Obama scolds media about ‘reality show’ Trump coverage Posted: 06 May 2016 10:29 AM PDT  President Obama scolded the media on Friday over its coverage of Donald Trump's unorthodox campaign, entreating reporters to skip "the spectacle and the circus" of the 2016 race. As if on cue, he was then asked about the bombastic entrepreneur's tweet about a taco bowl. This is not entertainment, this is not a reality show," Obama admonished in the White House briefing room.
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| Maryland gunman in custody; police consider link with previous murder Posted: 06 May 2016 11:40 AM PDT The Prince George's County Police Department and the Montgomery County Police Department confirmed that they looking into whether a Federal Protective Service employee wanted in the death of his wife on Thursday is responsible for two shootings on Friday. |
| Baseball scraps Puerto Rico series amid Zika concerns Posted: 06 May 2016 04:03 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Zika virus concerns have forced the Pirates-Marlins series out of Puerto Rico, with the two games instead shifted to Miami this month.
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| ‘You heard wrong, cowboy’: Donald Trump and Joe Scarborough get into a Twitter fight Posted: 06 May 2016 12:59 PM PDT  Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, called Scarborough's MSNBC show "rapidly fading" and accused Scarborough of supporting two of his former primary rivals. "Define 'rapidly fading,' Donnie boy," Scarborough shot back while touting the viewership of Morning Joe.
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| Donald Trump and Paul Ryan to meet amid escalating tensions Posted: 06 May 2016 08:20 AM PDT  Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan will meet next week to clear the air and possibly unify the divided party. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told Fox News' Sean Hannity about the scheduled meeting just hours after Ryan — the nation's highest-ranking Republican — revealed Thursday that he was not ready to endorse Trump's White House run at this time. "Both Donald Trump and Paul Ryan are meeting next week to talk about these things," Priebus said to the Fox News host.
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| Pakistan treating 2 brothers who become paralyzed each night Posted: 06 May 2016 04:27 AM PDT  ISLAMABAD (AP) — The two brothers have come to be known as the "solar kids" and their case has completely mystified Pakistani doctors.
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| Canadian wildfire edges south, leaves thousands stranded Posted: 05 May 2016 11:07 PM PDT  CONKLIN/LAC LA BICHE, Alberta (Reuters) - The 88,000 residents who fled a wildfire that has ravaged the Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray in Alberta will not be able to return home anytime soon, officials warned on Thursday, even as the inferno edged slowly south. The out-of-control blaze has consumed entire neighborhoods of Fort McMurray in Canada's energy heartland and officials warn its spread now threatens two oil sands sites south of the city. "The damage to the community of Fort McMurray is extensive and the city is not safe for residents," said Alberta Premier Rachel Notley in a press briefing late Thursday, as those stranded in camps and on the roadside to the north of the city clamored for answers.
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| Good U.S. payrolls gains seen, but swelling labor force to cap wage growth Posted: 05 May 2016 10:11 PM PDT  U.S. employment likely rose again in April, but a rush of job seekers into the labor market should keep wage gains moderate and buy a cautious Federal Reserve more time before raising interest rates again. Nonfarm payrolls probably increased by 202,000 last month in U.S. Labor Department data due for publication on Friday, after growing by 215,000 in March, according to a Reuters survey of economists. The unemployment rate is forecast to have held at 5.0 percent as improving labor market conditions lured some previously discouraged job seekers back into the workforce.
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| 'Boaty McBoatface' sinks as UK names research ship Posted: 06 May 2016 04:10 AM PDT  Britain will name a new polar research ship "Sir David Attenborough" despite a public vote which was in favour of the joke name "Boaty McBoatface". Science Minister Jo Johnson said the £200 million (250 million euro, $290 million) 15,000 tonne vessel will be named after the veteran naturalist and broadcaster, but said the ship's yellow marine submarine will instead be called "Boaty McBoatface". The furore erupted when the Natural Environment Research Council launched an online poll in March asking members of the public to choose a name for its new ship.
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| Behind closed doors, North Korea opens ruling party congress Posted: 05 May 2016 11:15 PM PDT  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday opened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, a major political event intended to showcase the country's stability and unity under young leader Kim Jong Un despite international criticism and tough new sanctions over the North's recent nuclear test and a slew of missile launches.
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| Report: Child allegedly told Joe Paterno of Sandusky abuse in 1976 Posted: 05 May 2016 05:47 PM PDT  A child "allegedly reported" to Joe Paterno he was "sexually molested by Sandusky," according to a court order.
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| Exclusive: Top reason Americans will vote for Trump: 'To stop Clinton' - poll Posted: 05 May 2016 07:57 PM PDT  The U.S. presidential election may turn out to be one of the world's biggest un-popularity contests. Nearly half of American voters who support either Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump for the White House said they will mainly be trying to block the other side from winning, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Thursday. The results reflect a deepening ideological divide in the United States, where people are becoming increasingly fearful of the opposing party, a feeling worsened by the likely matchup between the New York real estate tycoon and the former first lady, said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.
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| SpaceX successfully lands rocket's first stage after space launch Posted: 06 May 2016 01:31 AM PDT  SpaceX successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean early Friday after launching a Japanese communications satellite into orbit. Shouts of "USA, USA, USA" and applause from the ground control crew greeted the feat, only the second time it has been accomplished by SpaceX, which is headed by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk. The two-stage rocket lifted off on schedule from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:21 am (0521 GMT) with a telecommunications satellite owned by Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT.
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| Ex-sanitation worker guilty of 'Grim Sleeper' murders in Los Angeles Posted: 05 May 2016 03:50 PM PDT  A former sanitation worker was convicted on Thursday of murdering nine women and a teenage girl as the "Grim Sleeper," a Los Angeles serial killer who preyed on prostitutes and drugs addicts in a crime spree dating back 30 years. The Superior Court jury reached its verdict on all 10 counts of first-degree murder against Lonnie David Franklin Jr., 63, after deliberating a day and a half, capping a trial that ran more than 11 weeks. Franklin, who could face the death penalty, also was convicted of attempted murder for an attack on an 11th victim, Enierta Washington, who survived being shot in the chest, raped, pushed out of a car and left for dead in 1988.
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| Former Texas Gov. Perry endorses Trump, says open to running mate role: CNN Posted: 05 May 2016 04:31 PM PDT  Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and is open to being his running mate, CNN reported on Thursday. In September, Perry was the first member of the initially crowded Republican field to drop out of the 2016 White House race, following a failed bid in the 2012 race. The longest-serving governor in Texas history had languished near the bottom of the 17-strong Republican presidential pack since entering the current race in June.
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