| Andrea Mitchell: Trump Now More Negative About Russia Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:33 AM PDT  NBC's Andrea Mitchell offers analysis on President Trump' response to a question about Russia's role in being on the Syrian airbase believed responsible for a chemical attack on Syrian citizens.
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| Additional officers placed on leave over United passenger removal Posted: 12 Apr 2017 03:23 PM PDT  Videos of Dr. David Dao being dragged down the aisle of the plane and then returning to the cabin with blood on his face went viral.
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| Marshals nab last of 'cocaine cowboys,' on lam for 26 years Posted: 13 Apr 2017 12:59 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — A quarter-century after he vanished on the eve of a major drug indictment, the last of Miami's fabled "cocaine cowboys" was in custody Thursday, nabbed on a suburban bike ride with his wife near Disney World.
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| Video Shows Man Beaten by Officer, Police Dept. Says It’s Unacceptable Posted: 12 Apr 2017 08:40 AM PDT  Nandi Cain tells NBC Nightly News that he thought he was "going to be the next Trayvon Martin" when a Sacramento Police officer stopped him for allegedly jaywalking and beat him to the ground.
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| United States' first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:41 PM PDT ![United States' first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River]( "United States' first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River") Sheila Abdus-Salaam, a 65-year-old associate judge of New York's highest court, was found floating off Manhattan's west side at about 1:45 p.m. EDT (1545 GMT), a police spokesman said. Police pulled Abdus-Salaam's fully clothed body from the water and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Abdus-Salaam, a native of Washington, D.C., became the first African-American woman appointed to the Court of Appeals when Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo named her to the state's high court in 2013.
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| Power from California sun turns wholesale electricity prices negative Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:15 PM PDT  The amount of solar power generated by California sunshine has been driving wholesale electricity prices down to zero and even into the negative at times.
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| Clashing views of America: Sen. Sasse challenges the alt-right Posted: 12 Apr 2017 09:30 AM PDT  "American exceptionalism was never a claim about Americans' unique anthropology," Sasse said, countering the white resentment associated with the alt-right.
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| Nigeria seizes $43 million cash stash in Lagos house Posted: 13 Apr 2017 08:09 AM PDT  Nigeria's anti-graft agency seized over $43 million in cash during a raid on a Lagos apartment in what it hailed as a victory for President Muhammadu Buhari's war on corruption following a string of setbacks. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement issued late Wednesday it discovered the "humongous" amount of money in an apartment in Ikoyi, an upscale district of Lagos. "She comes looking haggard, with dirty clothes, but her skin didn't quite match her appearance, perhaps a disguise," said the anonymous source quoted in the EFCC statement.
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| United continues to take hits from stocks, loyalty members and fellow airline Posted: 12 Apr 2017 02:42 AM PDT  Stocks have plunged at United Airlines, frequent flier members are cutting up their loyalty cards, a competing airline has thrown shade at United in a bold new ad, and the incident has traveled around the world and reached the highest levels of governments. On April 11, Emirates posted a snarky and rather audacious video on Twitter, getting back at United CEO Oscar Munoz who is cited as having said "Those [Gulf] airlines aren't airlines," back in March.
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| Cop Charged In Shooting of Autistic Patient's Unarmed Caregiver Posted: 13 Apr 2017 05:54 AM PDT  The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office is pursuing a case against North Miami Police Officer Jonathan Aledda.
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| US berates Syria at OPCW meeting on Syrian chemical attack Posted: 13 Apr 2017 12:20 PM PDT  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Syrian authorities — "abetted by Russia's continuing efforts to bury the truth" — still possess and use chemical weapons, an American diplomat told the international chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday.
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| Bill O'Reilly Takes A Break From Fox News Posted: 12 Apr 2017 02:33 AM PDT  The Fox News anchor, who has been involved in a sexual harassment scandal, told his viewers on his show "The O'Reilly Factor" Tuesday night that he is going on a vacation for a few days.
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| Automakers unveil new SUVs at New York auto show but also focus on EVs Posted: 12 Apr 2017 12:21 PM PDT  By David Shepardson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Automakers unveiled new sport utility vehicles at the New York auto show on Wednesday, boosted by low fuel prices and increasing demand, but said they were also moving ahead with new U.S. electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles for the U.S. market. Ford Motor Co showed off a redesigned Lincoln Navigator luxury SUV with an aluminum body that cuts nearly 200 pounds (90.72 kg) off its weight. Subaru Corp unveiled a concept seven-passenger Ascent SUV Concept, meanwhile, saying it planned to start selling the large SUV in 2018, and General Motors Co showed off a new larger seven-passenger Buick Enclave.
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| GOP Rep. Ted Yoho gets a pass from constituents after bucking Trump on health care Posted: 12 Apr 2017 11:09 AM PDT  Freedom Caucus member Ted Yoho flouted President Donald Trump on the GOP health care bill, but conservatives at his town hall events didn't mind.
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| United States Drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ On ISIS in Afghanistan Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:32 AM PDT  It is the first ever combat use of the GBU-43.
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| Teacher Accused of Kidnapping 15-Year-Old Student Running Out of Prescription Medication: Authorities Posted: 12 Apr 2017 05:42 PM PDT  The 50-year-old teacher accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old former student may be catastrophically low on blood pressure meds.
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| The Latest: United to pay compensation to plane passengers Posted: 12 Apr 2017 03:33 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the removal of a passenger who was dragged off a United Express flight in Chicago (all times local):
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| Taiwan bans eating dogs and cats Posted: 12 Apr 2017 03:33 AM PDT  Taiwan has banned the eating of dogs and cats, lawmakers said Wednesday. The bill also hiked the penalty for killing or abusing animals to a maximum two-year jail term and a stiff fine of Tw$2 million, more than doubling that for repeat offenders. "This shows that Taiwan is a society with advanced animal welfare," said lawmaker Wang Yu-min who proposed the amendment.
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| Airplane maker ATR signs $536M, 20-aircraft deal with Iran Posted: 13 Apr 2017 01:57 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — European airplane manufacturer ATR said Thursday it sealed a $536-million sale with Iran Air for at least 20 aircraft, the latest aviation firm to strike a deal following Iran's nuclear accord with world powers.
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| Russia Downplays US Efficiency On Syria Missile Strikes Posted: 11 Apr 2017 11:51 PM PDT  On Tuesday, Army Gen. Joseph Votel said Tomahawk cruise missiles targeted 59 locations on the base and hit 57 of them.
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| Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia returned to Saudi Arabia Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:15 AM PDT ![Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia returned to Saudi Arabia]( "Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia returned to Saudi Arabia") By Katie Paul RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi woman claiming she sought asylum in Australia was stopped on a layover in the Philippines and returned to Riyadh on Wednesday. Dina Ali Lasloom said in self-recorded videos the Philippine authorities had held her at the Manila airport and confiscated her passport. "My name is Dina Ali and I'm a Saudi woman who fled Saudi Arabia to Australia to seek asylum," she said in one video, adding she feared violence from any relatives who came to bring her back home.
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| Sean Spicer Throws In the Towel Posted: 13 Apr 2017 12:36 PM PDT  When the president of the United States makes several major shifts on policy in the course of the week, it's bound to raise a series of questions. Luckily, there's someone whose job is to answer those questions, giving the press information about the president's thinking and direction: the White House press secretary.
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| What changes under Turkey's new constitution plan Posted: 11 Apr 2017 09:05 PM PDT  Turkey on Sunday votes in a landmark referendum on a new constitution that would grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expanded powers. While critics say the move is part of a grab by Erdogan for one-man rule, supporters say it will simply put Turkey in line with France and the United States and is needed for efficient government. The current constitution was adopted in 1982 after the 1980 military coup.
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| 8th Grader Tells 911 Dispatcher the Man Inside Him Killed His Dad's Girlfriend: Report Posted: 12 Apr 2017 02:13 PM PDT  "He sometimes takes control and I have no control," the boy said. "I have no control over him. It's not fair."
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| United Airlines CEO won't resign Posted: 12 Apr 2017 08:43 AM PDT  United Continental chief executive Oscar Munoz said Wednesday he would not resign, and he again apologized for forcibly removing a customer from an overbooked flight. Munoz reiterated his regret at the incident, which mushroomed into a global public relations disaster after video showing passenger David Dao, 69, his face bloodied, being dragged off the plane went viral. "That is not who our family at United is," Munoz said.
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| The Dodge Demon descends on New York Posted: 12 Apr 2017 03:06 AM PDT  After a month-long series of video teasers, the most powerful series production American muscle car in history is ready to impress its public. The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is so potent that it is essentially a collection of automotive superlatives with a wide, Nitto street-legal drag radial tyre at each corner. It boasts a 6.2-litre Hemi V8 with a massive supercharger bolted to it.
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| The secret software Uber once used to keep Lyft drivers off the road Posted: 13 Apr 2017 06:16 AM PDT 
The more one reads about Uber's leadership and the manner in which it goes about conducting business and treating its employees, the harder it becomes to give the company the benefit of the doubt when a new bombshell report emerges. Indeed, it seems that we can't even go a few days without seeing Uber appear in the news for all the wrong reasons. The latest black mark on Uber's reputation comes from Amir Efrati of The Information who writes that the ridesharing company, from 2014 through 2016, utilized a top-secret piece of software called "Hell" which was designed to keep the number of Lyft drivers on the road as low as possible.
Citing an employee who claims to have worked on the software, "Hell" was able to track the location of Lyft drivers looking for passengers. Further, the software was also able to identify which drivers also happened to work for Uber as well. With that information in tow, requests for rides were more likely than not routed to Uber drivers who also operated as Lyft drivers, even if other Uber drivers were closer to a passenger's designated pickup location. The rationale behind the software was simple: if individuals working for both Uber and Lyft were constantly kept busy picking up riders via the Uber app, it would necessarily diminish the number of available Lyft cars on the road. Axios adds: In addition to using fake passenger accounts to see driver locations, Uber noticed that it could track each driver's habits, and even figure out which ones were driving for both services by matching their locations. Uber then targeted these dual drivers with additional promotions to get them to shift more time to Uber, and routed rides to keep them busy and not picking up Lyft passengers.
While this allegation may seem outlandish at first glance, remember that Uber is the same company that had employees make and then cancel 5,560 Lyft rides in order to decrease driver availability, and in turn, make Lyft seem like a less appealing venture relative to Uber.
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| Mosul zoo's last two animals reach safer ground in Jordan Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:57 AM PDT  The last two surviving animals from Mosul's dilapidated zoo arrived this week at an animal shelter in Jordan, after months of malnutrition and a long journey out of Iraq that included being stuck at the border for 12 days. Simba the lion and Lola the bear lived in a once-peaceful animal park that has been destroyed by months of fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants. The park, located in Eastern Mosul, was retaken by Iraqi forces earlier this year. Amir Khalil, a vet from animal charity Four Paws who saw the animals in Mosul in February and organized their transfer to Jordan, said the animals were in a dire state.
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| Will Sean Spicer Be Fired Over Hitler-Assad Comments? Posted: 12 Apr 2017 03:00 AM PDT  "Even Hitler," "Sean Spicer" and "Holocaust Centers" began trending on Twitter Tuesday almost immediately after the White House press secretary's remarks.
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| The Latest: Iran's Ahmadinejad defends decision to run Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:10 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Latest on Iran's upcoming presidential election after former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defied the advice of the supreme leader and registered to run (all times local):
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| Education Secretary DeVos Withdraws Protections for Student Loan Borrowers Posted: 11 Apr 2017 06:20 PM PDT  Relatively new federal guidelines intended to make the student loan repayment process more accurate and transparent have all been rescinded today by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos—a move that...
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| Teen Accidentally Shoots, Kills Self on Instagram Live as Friends Watch Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:21 AM PDT  Malachi Hemphill was just 13 when his mom believes he died while playing with a gun in his bedroom.
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| Nevada case pitting U.S. against ranchers goes to jury Posted: 13 Apr 2017 03:24 PM PDT  By John L. Smith LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A Nevada jury on Thursday began deliberating the fate of six armed supporters of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy in a tense 2014 standoff with federal agents that drew hundreds of protesters and made headlines worldwide. The six defendants are the first of 17 people to go on trial charges related to the standoff at Bundy's property near Bunkerville, 75 miles (120 km) northeast of Las Vegas, in a case that has come to symbolize tensions in the U.S. West over the federal ownership of land that ranchers use to graze cattle.
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| Experts say police who dragged passenger had other options Posted: 13 Apr 2017 05:45 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Airport police officers called to remove a passenger who refused to leave a United Express flight essentially walked into what law enforcement experts say was a no-win situation: enforcing a business decision by a private company.
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| Former Trump aide denies wrongdoing amid reports of Russia probe Posted: 12 Apr 2017 04:18 PM PDT  A former Donald Trump advisor at the eye of a firestorm over alleged ties to Russia by the billionaire businessman's presidential campaign on Wednesday denied any wrongdoing. Former aide Carter Page, an oil industry consultant, spoke out amid reports that the FBI investigated him last year for ties to Russian intelligence. The Washington Post reported that federal investigators obtained a rare warrant from the top secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to monitor Page's communications -- the first concrete confirmation of government surveillance of Trump's team.
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| These Diamond Nails Are Taking Nail Art to a Whole New Level Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:57 AM PDT  Who needs a diamond ring when you can have diamond nails?!
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| Parade of satire: Puck magazine Easter illustrations from cartooning’s Gilded Age Posted: 13 Apr 2017 09:06 AM PDT ![Parade of satire: Puck magazine Easter illustrations from cartooning's Gilded Age]( "Parade of satire: Puck magazine Easter illustrations from cartooning's Gilded Age") "Puck," considered America's first successful humor magazine, was the creation of Austrian-born cartoonist Joseph Keppler (1838-1894). The magazine took its name from the mischievous sprite in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," as well as its tagline, "What fools these mortals be!"
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| The Latest: Little new information in unsolved killing of 8 Posted: 13 Apr 2017 09:22 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the unsolved killing of eight family members in southern Ohio (all times local):
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| Packed Iraq morgue reveals toll of Mosul conflict Posted: 12 Apr 2017 09:23 AM PDT  By Isabel Coles QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) - The stench hits you long before you reach the morgue where the latest casualties of war between Islamic State militants and Iraqi forces are kept. Doctor Mansour Maarouf dons a surgical mask as he approaches the morgue refrigerator and pauses before pulling open the door to an icy blast. Nearly all of them are victims of the ongoing battle to dislodge Islamic State militants from Mosul, around 60 km further north.
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