| Full Clapper: 'My Dashboard Warning Light Was Clearly On' Over Trump Campaign's Russia Communications Posted: 27 May 2017 11:48 PM PDT  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tells Chuck Todd that he was "very concerned about the nature" of approaches between the Trump campaign and Russian agents during the 2016 elections
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| Full Kelly Interview: ‘Every Single Day’ Terrorists Are Plotting Against U.S. Posted: 27 May 2017 10:48 PM PDT  Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly joins Meet the Press to talk about reports that White House Adviser Jared Kushner tried to set up a secret Russia backchannel, and why he believes intelligence leaks are "darn close to treason."
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| Mayor: 'Heroes' died protecting women from anti-Muslim rant Posted: 27 May 2017 05:24 PM PDT  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police said Saturday they'll examine what appears to be the extremist ideology of an Oregon man accused of fatally stabbing two men who tried to intervene when the suspect yelled racial slurs at two young women who appeared to be Muslim on a Portland light-rail train.
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| Ramadan in Libya: little cash and too much violence Posted: 27 May 2017 01:32 AM PDT  The holy Muslim month of Ramadan began Saturday with a bitter taste for residents of Libya's capital, as a cash shortage bites, prices rise and deadly clashes returned to Tripoli. During Ramadan, Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn to dusk. Prices have multiplied by three or four times this year in Libya, including at Tomzini which is famed for its fresh spices.
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| After summits with Trump, Merkel says Europe must take fate into own hands Posted: 28 May 2017 08:56 AM PDT  MUNICH (Reuters) - Europe can no longer completely rely on its allies, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday, pointing to bruising meetings of G7 wealthy nations and NATO last week. Merkel did not mention by name U.S. President Donald Trump, who criticized major NATO allies and refused to endorse a global climate change accord, but she told a packed beer tent in Munich that the days when Europe could completely count on others were "over to a certain extent". "I have experienced this in the last few days," she said. ...
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| Young Boy Thrown Off Slide At Dublin's New Water Park Posted: 28 May 2017 03:48 AM PDT  The water slide that was responsible for the accident, the Emerald Plunge, was shut down and is being reevaluated for possible construction flaws.
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| For Siemens and Other Companies, Apprentice Programs Posted: 27 May 2017 08:46 AM PDT  When Siemens wanted to find U.S. workers to build gas turbines, only 15 percent of those who applied had the skills needed.
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| Media frenzy as Australian drug trafficker Corby returns home Posted: 27 May 2017 09:02 PM PDT  Australian Schapelle Corby battled a media storm as she returned home from Bali Sunday 12 years after her conviction for drug trafficking, in a dramatic end to a saga that captivated her homeland. The beauty school dropout hit Australian headlines when she was arrested in 2004 at Bali airport aged 27 with several kilos of hashish stashed in her surfing gear, and was jailed the following year for 20 years. Corby and her sister Mercedes concocted an elaborate plan to avoid the cameras after they touched down in the eastern city of Brisbane early Sunday morning, using multiple vehicle convoys to confuse the media when they departed the airport.
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| Full Interview: Mitch Landrieu On Removing Confederate Monuments Posted: 27 May 2017 06:17 AM PDT  New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu discusses his decision to remove Confederate monuments from the city in an exclusive interview with NBC's Chuck Todd.
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| The Latest: Shooting suspect hospitalized in good condition Posted: 28 May 2017 01:35 PM PDT  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — The Latest in a shooting in Mississippi that left eight people dead (all times local):
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| Jared Kushner’s Growing Stench of Treason Posted: 27 May 2017 11:15 AM PDT  Nobody knows yet whether the president's son-in-law broke any laws. But "traitor" is more than just a legal term.
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| Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies at 89 Posted: 27 May 2017 10:11 AM PDT ![Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies at 89]( "Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies at 89") Zbigniew Brzezinski, the hawkish Polish-born Cold War strategist and former top aide to US president Jimmy Carter, has died, his family said. He was 89.
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| Congo militiamen free one French, three Congolese mine workers Posted: 28 May 2017 03:51 AM PDT ![Congo militiamen free one French, three Congolese mine workers]( "Congo militiamen free one French, three Congolese mine workers") PARIS/KINSHASA (Reuters) - Militiamen have a freed French national and three Congolese who were kidnapped in March during an attack on Banro Corp's Namoya gold mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. "The president of the republic welcomes the news of the liberation of our compatriot kidnapped on March 1 in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo," said a statement from the office of French President Emmanuel Macron. The militiamen had kidnapped five workers, including the French national, a Tanzanian and three Congolese.
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| Cuomo won't march in Puerto Rican parade, doesn't say why Posted: 26 May 2017 07:43 PM PDT ![Cuomo won't march in Puerto Rican parade, doesn't say why]( "Cuomo won't march in Puerto Rican parade, doesn't say why") NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that he is not marching in next month's Puerto Rican Day Parade but he did not directly address the controversy surrounding parade organizers' decision to honor a Puerto Rican nationalist.
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| Impeached Leaders Of 21st Century Posted: 28 May 2017 03:00 AM PDT  While the nation immerses itself in a heated debate over whether President Donald Trump should be impeached, here is a look at the different circumstances under which eight world leaders in the 21st Century were impeached.
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| Bodies of Indian climbers who died on Everest recovered Posted: 28 May 2017 06:21 AM PDT  Rescuers have retrieved the body of an Indian climber who died on Mount Everest and airlifted it to Kathmandu on Sunday, along with those of two others who perished last year. Ravi Kumar, 27, died this month after summiting the world's highest mountain and becoming separated from his guide soon afterwards. Rescuers said its recovery was a risky operation.
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| Greg Allman, Founder of the Allman Brothers Band, Dies at 69 Posted: 27 May 2017 08:41 AM PDT  The legendary Southern rocker who composed countless hits as frontman for The Allman Brothers Band and battled a very public addiction with drugs died Saturday at his home. He was 69.
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| 2 Toddlers Die After Becoming Trapped In Hot Car Posted: 27 May 2017 07:34 AM PDT  Police are investigating.
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| Police launch new raids as Manchester runners defy terror threat Posted: 28 May 2017 01:50 PM PDT  Police launched fresh raids and arrested two more people Sunday in connection with the Manchester bombing, as thousands defied the terror threat to take part in the city's annual half marathon. Six days after 22-year-old Salman Abedi launched his attack on a pop concert, killing 22 people, a British minister said that members of the suicide bomber's network could still be a large. Manchester-born Abedi, of Libyan origin, injured more than 100 people when he detonated his explosive as concertgoers left a show by US teen idol Ariana Grande.
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| Police: Man hurling racial slurs kills 2, injures 1 on train Posted: 26 May 2017 09:31 PM PDT  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two people died Friday and another was hurt in a stabbing on a Portland light-rail train after a man yelled racial slurs at two young women who appeared to be Muslim, one of whom was wearing a hijab, police said.
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| Thousands protest against Moscow housing resettlement, but numbers fall Posted: 28 May 2017 08:17 AM PDT  Thousands of Muscovites protested in the south-west of the Russian capital on Sunday against government plans to resettle millions of citizens from shoddy Soviet-era apartment blocks, but numbers had fallen compared to earlier rallies. A Reuters witness said around 5,000 people attended the latest rally, compared to organizers' estimates of 60,000 at a protest on May 14. Moscow residents are also concerned about the location and quality of the planned new accommodation, a lack of services and infrastructure and about threats the redevelopment may pose to the historic face of the Russian capital.
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| Pilot's remains back on US soil from Vietnam after 52 years Posted: 27 May 2017 05:27 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Deborah Crosby touched her father's flag-draped casket as her three brothers hugged her in a tearful embrace on the tarmac at the San Diego airport Friday — ending a more than half century search to find and bring home the remains of Lt. Cmdr. Frederick P. Crosby, shot down as a Navy pilot in the Vietnam War.
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| US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ‘refuses to hold Ramadan event’ in break with tradition Posted: 27 May 2017 05:41 AM PDT  Donald Trump's Secretary of State has refused to host an event to mark Islam's holy month of Ramadan, seemingly breaking with a long bipartisan tradition. Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly always hosted either the reception or an iftar dinner to break the day's fast during Ramadan. Mr Tillerson turned down a request from the State Department's Office of Religion and Global Affairs to host the Eid reception, two unnamed US officials said.
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| Right-wing provocateurs say they are being silenced. Cry me a river | Christian Christensen Posted: 28 May 2017 03:00 AM PDT  When those who pontificated about the evils of the "nanny state" and the genius of consumer choice and the "invisible hand" suddenly realize that consumers don't like them any more, and that the invisible hand is about to yank them out of their position of power.
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| Why The Price Of Oil Is Falling Posted: 27 May 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Crude oil's rally came to an end this week on fears that too much oil will continue to be a problem.
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| Mother charged with involuntary manslaughter after accidentally smothering son as she slept Posted: 27 May 2017 03:04 PM PDT  A mother has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after she allegedly smothered her child while they slept next to each other. Arissa Ward, 23, called police in Middleton, Pennsylvania, on 30 December last year after finding her infant son unresponsive on the couch next to her where they had been sleeping. The coroner also found traces of marijuana in the child's system as Ms Ward had been breastfeeding.
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| Soccer, West Point graduation, Kashmiri protests and more — it happened today: May 27 in pictures Posted: 27 May 2017 01:44 PM PDT ![Soccer, West Point graduation, Kashmiri protests and more — it happened today: May 27 in pictures]( "Soccer, West Point graduation, Kashmiri protests and more — it happened today: May 27 in pictures") Celtic's Tomas Rogic celebrates scoring, graduates of the United States Military Academy toss their hats and more of today's news from around the world in pictures.
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| The Latest: Survivors tell of horror during Egypt bus attack Posted: 28 May 2017 05:20 AM PDT  EGYPT (AP) — The Latest on events Egypt events (all times local):
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| South Korea says contact resumed with vessel off Somalia, crew safe Posted: 27 May 2017 03:59 AM PDT ![South Korea says contact resumed with vessel off Somalia, crew safe]( "South Korea says contact resumed with vessel off Somalia, crew safe") South Korea said on Saturday it has resumed contact with a distressed fishing vessel that feared it was being followed by a suspected pirate vessel off the waters of Somalia, and that the 3 Koreans and 18 Indonesians on board were safe. The South Korean military had dispatched its anti-piracy naval unit after communication with the Mongolian squid fishing vessel was cut when it requested help after midnight on Friday. The vessel's South Korean captain confirmed the safety of the three South Koreans, the foreign ministry said in the statement.
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| Karl: Sources close to president say it may be time for Kushner to take leave of absence Posted: 28 May 2017 08:17 AM PDT  ABC News' Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl and Senior Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas report on the Russia investigation and latest developments about Jared Kushner.
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| 4-Year-Old's Preschool Teacher To Give Kidney to Boy's Dad: 'She's An Amazing Lady' Posted: 27 May 2017 12:41 PM PDT  Their surgery is set for next month.
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| Civilian deaths a 'fact of life' in war on IS, Pentagon head says Posted: 28 May 2017 10:00 AM PDT  Civilian casualties are inevitable in the war against the Islamic State group but the United states is doing "everything humanly possible" to avoid them, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in an interview aired Sunday. A US-led international coalition has been carrying out air strikes against the IS group in Iraq and Syria since 2014, and nongovernmental organizations say the attacks are claiming ever more civilian lives. Some NGOs have blamed the rising civilian death toll on a push by President Donald Trump's administration to accelerate the pace of combat in an effort to "annihilate" the jihadists.
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| Memorial Day NYC Events 2017 Posted: 28 May 2017 04:47 AM PDT  On this day, people across the nation pay tribute to service members with wreath layings, parades, speeches and candlelight vigils.
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| Several teachers disciplined after student given 'most likely to become a terrorist' award Posted: 27 May 2017 03:07 PM PDT  Lizeth Villanueva, a 13-year-old from the Anthony Aguirre Junior High school in Texas, was handed the certificate one day after the Manchester attack. Ena Hernandez, Lizeth's mother, said she was upset by prize, especially considering the timing. "I was upset and very mad when I saw the award," Ms Hernandez told The Washington Post.
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| Mortuary chief: John Glenn's remains weren't disrespected Posted: 26 May 2017 11:03 PM PDT  DOVER, Del. (AP) — As Air Force officials investigate allegations that inspectors were invited to view the remains of astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn at Dover Air Force Base, a military mortuary chief said that Glenn's remains were treated with "impeccable care."
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| Ex-Texas nurse accused of killing dozens of kids in 1980s Posted: 26 May 2017 06:42 PM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas nurse who is in prison for the 1982 killing of a toddler has been charged with murder in the death of an infant a year earlier, and authorities said Friday that they think she may have killed up to 60 young children around that time.
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| Turkish military says kills 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq Posted: 27 May 2017 11:52 PM PDT ![Turkish military says kills 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq]( "Turkish military says kills 13 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq") Turkey's military killed 13 members of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq on Sunday, the military said in a statement. The warplanes struck seven PKK targets in the Avasin-Basyan region of northern Iraq, and killed militants believed to be preparing for an attack, the military said. In a separate air strike in Turkey's southeastern province of Van late on Saturday, the military said warplanes had killed another 10 PKK militants.
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| General de Gaulle's grave vandalised, say French police Posted: 27 May 2017 01:55 PM PDT  The grave of General Charles de Gaulle, France's World War II hero and post-war president, was vandalised on Saturday, police said. De Gaulle led the Free French Forces in London from 1940-44 and reshaped the country's political landscape after the war, founding the Fifth Republic in 1958. De Gaulle died in 1970 shortly before his 80th birthday.
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| Cable companies need to be scared, because cord cutting is here to stay Posted: 27 May 2017 09:00 AM PDT 
For a few years, cable companies saw cordcutting as another millenial fad that would go the way of the hoverboard. But Netflix's dramatic growth was just the start. Changes in viewing habits are driving a seismic change in the attitude towards cable bundles, and more people than ever are ditching cable boxes altogether.
A new set of results from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) paints a bleak picture for pay TV providers. Consumer satisfaction with cable and satellite fell this year. It was the only niche in the telecoms industry to see its customers get less happy this year, and satisfaction with wireless providers actually improved. Worse, a vastly increased number of survey respondents said that they're thinking about switching to streaming services. 9% of people polled said they were highly likely to switch this year, versus just 1.9% answering the same question in 2011. "Customer service remains abysmal, and viewers are continuing to switch over to streaming services with much higher customer satisfaction, ACSI chairman Claes Fornell said. "More than half a million subscribers defected from cable and satellite providers during the first quarter – the largest loss in history." What's even more painful for pay TV providers is that customers aren't watching less TV -- they're just watching less cable. A separate study from Nielsen came out today, showing that 90% of viewing time is still spent watching the big screen. In this particular breakup, it's definitely you, not me.
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| Iran leader slams Saudis as America's 'milking cow' Posted: 27 May 2017 11:22 PM PDT  Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a fierce attack against regional rival Saudi Arabia, saying it was being pumped "like a milking cow" by "infidel" Americans. "These people (the Saudis) appear to believe in the Koran... but in practice they act against its teachings," Khamenei said at a meeting on Saturday to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan. "But in reality there is no closeness and, as the Americans have said, they are just there to pump them for money like a milking cow, and later slaughter them," he added.
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| Double Up on Sun Safety Posted: 27 May 2017 11:04 AM PDT  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Here comes summer—and along with it, poolside parties and beach vacations. If you plan on taking refuge from the sun's U...
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| Student Loan Debt In The US Is So High That Many Aren't Even Paying It Posted: 28 May 2017 07:30 AM PDT  More and more Americans are struggling to make their loan payments -- and it's a real problem.
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| Donald Trump's boorishness on the world stage has a lot to do with his failing agenda at home Posted: 27 May 2017 03:05 AM PDT  The more things go kaflooey for Donald Trump at home, the trickier and less malleable he becomes for the rest of the world. This equation was surely apparent to anyone in his path in Brussels and Taormina last week – including the Prime Minister of Montenegro, who was physically repositioned by Trump at his most oafish as he barged to the front for a "family photo" at Nato. Had anyone been hoping for a less testy Trump they were surely disappointed.
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| Nationalist Buddhist group gathers in Myanmar despite ban Posted: 27 May 2017 07:21 AM PDT  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Thousands of Buddhist monks, nuns and supporters of an ultranationalist Buddhist group gathered at an annual conference on the outskirts of Myanmar's biggest city on Saturday despite being banned by the government.
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| Rolling Thunder, French Open, Manchester tribute and more — it happened today: May 28 in pictures Posted: 28 May 2017 01:31 PM PDT ![Rolling Thunder, French Open, Manchester tribute and more — it happened today: May 28 in pictures]( "Rolling Thunder, French Open, Manchester tribute and more — it happened today: May 28 in pictures") Motorcyclists pass Marine Staff Sgt. Tim Chambers, Ret., and Christian Jacobs, 6, of Hertford, N.C., as they salute in Washington; fans watch the qualification round match between Luxemburg's Gilles Muller and Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez during the French Open in Paris; and marathon runners pay respects at flower tributes in St Ann's square in Manchester, England. These are some of the photos of the day.
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