| Gore: Trump ‘tears down America’s standing in the world’ by leaving Paris climate accord Posted: 17 Jul 2017 07:16 AM PDT  Former Vice President Al Gore said Monday that the U.S. is "going through a challenging time" under the Trump administration, decrying President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
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| GOP Sen. Heller receives threatening note over health care Posted: 17 Jul 2017 12:25 PM PDT  Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., received a note at his Las Vegas office over the weekend that reportedly threatened the senator if he voted to take away the note writer's health care. The note writer said he would die from losing insurance if Heller backed the Republican plan — and that he would take Heller down with him if that happened, according to veteran reporter Jon Ralston at the Nevada Independent.
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| Australian woman 'shot and killed by police after she called 911 to report assault' Posted: 16 Jul 2017 11:06 PM PDT  An Australian woman was shot and killed by a police officer in the US after she called 911 to report an assault near her home, family members have said. Justine Ruszczyk, also known as Justine Damond, 40, had already taken the last name of Don Damond, the man she had plans to marry next month. "Basically, my mom's dead because a police officer shot her for reasons I don't know," Zach told Australia's Star Tribune.
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| Family Wants Answers After Woman’s Mysterious Death At Mexico Resort Posted: 17 Jul 2017 08:51 AM PDT  "Someone needs to be held responsible for this."
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| 2 killed, 9 hurt in cleaver attack at Chinese Walmart store Posted: 16 Jul 2017 09:25 PM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — Two people were hacked to death and another nine injured by a man wielding a meat cleaver inside a Walmart store in China's southern manufacturing hub of Shenzhen, police in the city's Bao'an district said Monday.
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| Magnitude 7.8 quake hits off Russia's Kamchatka: USGS Posted: 17 Jul 2017 07:33 PM PDT ![Magnitude 7.8 quake hits off Russia's Kamchatka: USGS]( "Magnitude 7.8 quake hits off Russia's Kamchatka: USGS") (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.8 off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami warning but the threat has now passed, the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Pacific Tsunami Center said. The epicenter was west of Attu, the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands.
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| No, a fart didn't cause an American Airlines flight to evacuate all its passengers Posted: 17 Jul 2017 07:24 AM PDT  In today's "Not The Onion" news, an American Airlines flight supposedly had to evacuate all its passengers after a person "passed gas," causing violent episodes of nausea and headaches. Except that this isn't true. SEE ALSO: Sorry everyone, but that shocking Amelia Earhart photo has been debunked — twice The story, which originally appeared on local WNCN-TV, quotes an unidentified spokesperson with Raleigh-Durham International Airport as saying that all passengers were taken off the plane after it landed at around 4 p.m. The incident allegedly started when passengers on the flight "became ill with nausea and headaches" spurred by a foul-smelling odor in the cabin. However, American Airlines spokesman Ross Feinstein categorically denied this report. Feinstein told Mashable that "the flight was not evacuated, and the story is not true". He said the plane had a odor issue, but that was due to a mechanical fault, not "passed gas." "We did have an aircraft from Charlotte to RDU this afternoon, that landed at 2:19 p.m. ET, and arrived the gate at 2:21 p.m. ET, that is currently out of service for an actual mechanical issue – and odor in the cabin. But it is not due to 'passed gas' as mentioned," Feinstein said. A spokesman at the airport, Andrew Sawyer, also confirmed that the plane was not evacuated, and said the whole incident was about a passenger who had to receive medical help after a foul smell: "A medical call for someone overcome by an odor was received after the plane deplaned normally," he said. The story was picked up by many news outlets, including NBC, The Daily Telegraph, and Fox News: Passengers on an American Air flight to Raleigh were forced to evacuate after someone 'passed gas,' officials said https://t.co/JUysbmlVyu pic.twitter.com/A5fqxfJ1np — NBC Charlotte (@wcnc) July 17, 2017 American Airlines flight evacuated in Raleigh, NC due to epic fart. https://t.co/pk3ekxPzsm@BigfootStacy @BAMedia45 @Grimerica @RT_com — FRINGE Media (@FreidrichDean) July 17, 2017 Image: google/screenshot WATCH: How 'The Walking Dead' Season 2 diverged from the comics
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| America’s Not First. It’s Third. Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:19 PM PDT  The United States slips behind France and the U.K. in this year's soft-power ranking.
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| Tourists train at Israeli 'counter-terrorism boot camp' Posted: 18 Jul 2017 09:12 AM PDT ![Tourists train at Israeli 'counter-terrorism boot camp']( "Tourists train at Israeli 'counter-terrorism boot camp'") Taking in the scene of a simulated fruit market in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, a group of tourists ponders whether a poster-size figure of an Arab man holding a cellphone is a threat and should be shot. It is part of a counter-terrorism "boot camp" organized by Caliber 3, a company set up by a colonel in the Israeli army reserves. Admission includes watching former Israeli commandos take down an "attacker" and other means to thwart assaults, including the use of an attack dog.
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| Outgoing federal ethics chief: ‘We are pretty close to a laughingstock at this point’ Posted: 17 Jul 2017 06:35 AM PDT  Walter M. Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, said President Trump's apparent disdain for ethical norms has undermined the credibility of the U.S. around the world.
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| GOP Rep. Rohrabacher gets to the bottom of Martian civilization: There wasn’t any Posted: 18 Jul 2017 02:48 PM PDT  A Republican lawmaker asked a panel of NASA scientists Tuesday for opinions on whether Mars could have had civilized life "thousands of years ago."
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| Woman shot dead in Venezuela voting queue, as opposition hails 'plebiscite' as blow against Maduro Posted: 17 Jul 2017 01:46 AM PDT  A 61-year-old nurse was shot dead in an attack on a Caracas polling station on Sunday, as voters queued for an unofficial referendum hailed by Venezuela's opposition as a major strike against embattled president Nicolas Maduro. The woman, Xiomara Escot, was killed when a pro-government armed group opened fire at the El Carmen Church polling station in Catia, an impoverished neighbourhood of the capital that was once a stronghold of the Chavista government. There, as across Venezuela, voters overwhelmingly backed proposals to halt Mr Maduro's formation of a people's assembly, to hold fresh elections and demand the armed forces uphold the decisions of the opposition-controlled parliament. Helicopter attacks Venezuela's Supreme Court 01:42 Ninety-eight percent voted in favour across all three questions, with more than seven million people casting ballots inside Venezuela and abroad. However the vote, dismissed by Mr Maduro as illegal, was largely boycotted by government supporters. Julio Borges, president of the National Assembly, nevertheless hailed it as a mandate for change. "The people came out on a massive scale to give us a mandate that we are going to fulfill and ensure is fulfilled. It is up to us to make the government understand the message of today," he said. Forensic technicians stand at a crime scene where gunmen apparently shot at several people during an opposition-organised unofficial plebiscite against President Nicolas Maduro's government and his plan to rewrite the constitution, in Caracas, Venezuela July 16 Credit: REUTERS Mr Borges condemned the attack in Catia, demanding an end to the violence which has claimed more than 90 lives since anti-government protests began in April. Images posted on social media, purportedly from the scene, showed armed men in black descending on motorcycles and raising handguns; three people were also injured. Shocking video captures attack on Venezuelan Assembly 01:04 Maria Corina Machado, an opposition leader, laid blame for the attack directly on Mr Maduro, who has been widely criticised by human rights groups over violence by government-linked militia groups known as collectives. "The dead and the injured are the responsibility of Miraflores (presidential palace)," she told a press conference. Mr Maduro remained tight-lipped over the vote on Sunday, focusing instead on his own July 30 vote to form a people's assembly that will rewrite the country's constitution. It is this drive - which would allow Mr Maduro to bypass the opposition-led National Assembly - that triggered Sunday's plebiscite. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro The vote was backed by the country's rebel attorney general, Luisa Ortega Diaz, the formerly loyal Chavista who has turned on Mr Maduro over human rights abuses by government forces and the legislative manoeuvering that she says amounts to a coup d'etat. Ms Ortega Diaz said she had opened an investigation into the Catia shooting. Mr Maduro has tried to ward off growing discontent with a combination of threats and gestures, last weekend allowing the transfer of Leopoldo Lopez, a key opposition leader, to house arrest after three years in a military prison. On Friday, he announced an 80 per cent pay rise for the Bolivarian National Guard, amid increasing signs of discontent in the lower ranks. Earlier this month, the Associated Press reported that 102 soldiers have been arrested for crimes such as rebellion and desertion since protests began in April. Julio Borges, president of Venezuela's National Assembly, center, gives a speech as lawmakers and opposition leaders celebrate after the result announcement of a symbolic Venezuelan plebiscite at the opposition alliance's headquarters in the Chacao municipality of Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday, July 17, 2017 Credit: Bloomberg Lower level officers and their families are also suffering from the hyperinflation and devastating shortages of food and medicine that have left many Venezuelans struggling to survive and forced an exodus into neighbouring countries. In the most dramatic sign of dissent, a rogue police officer last month attacked the country's Supreme Court with a police helicopter before going on the run and posting videos declaring himself part of a faction that was fighting to bring down Maduro's regime.
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| Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after disappearance Posted: 18 Jul 2017 09:04 AM PDT  A Swiss couple that disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their family, relatives and media said Tuesday. The bodies were found lying near each other in the Diablerets massif in southern Switzerland on Thursday, along with backpacks, a bottle, a book and a watch, according to Le Matin daily. A DNA search has been planned to definitively establish their identities, but Maryline Dumoulin told AFP police were "99 percent" certain the remains were of her grandparents, who went missing on August 15, 1942.
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| Officials: Australian woman shot after cops heard loud sound Posted: 18 Jul 2017 05:08 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Australian woman who called 911 to report a possible assault was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer after the officers heard a loud sound near their squad car, according to information released Tuesday by Minnesota investigators.
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| Boy, 10, Who Died After Trip to Neighborhood Pool Had Fentanyl in His System Posted: 18 Jul 2017 10:58 AM PDT  Alton Banks started vomiting at his Overtown home after a trip to the neighborhood pool on June 23. He died that night.
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| Russia says ready to retaliate after U.S. talks end without deal Posted: 18 Jul 2017 02:52 PM PDT  Russia said on Tuesday that it reserved the right to retaliate against the United States after a meeting in Washington ended without an agreement to return Russian diplomatic property the U.S. had seized.
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| Plane Evacuated Because A Passenger "Passed Gas?" Posted: 17 Jul 2017 09:49 AM PDT  All passengers were evacuated from the plane after multiple people experienced nausea and headaches.
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| On ‘Made in America Week,’ White House fields questions about what’s not: Trump products Posted: 17 Jul 2017 02:48 PM PDT  Shirts are among the products made abroad by the Trump Organization. WASHINGTON — Monday was the start of "Made in America Week" at the White House, a celebration of U.S. industry and products. Along with a showcase of goods made in each of the 50 states, the event came with questions about the wide selection of products President Trump's family businesses source from overseas factories.
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| Pakistan's Supreme Court starts hearings to decide PM's future Posted: 17 Jul 2017 04:45 AM PDT  By Drazen Jorgic ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday began hearings that will decide the fate of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is fighting for his job as he contests the damning conclusions of a corruption investigation into his family's wealth. The Supreme Court could put Sharif on trial on corruption charges or disqualify him from office, but few expect the judges to dismiss the case after an investigation team submitted a 254-page report into his family wealth last week. Speaking outside the Supreme Court, Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said Sharif's family lawyers had challenged the legality of the investigators' findings, including allegations falsified evidence was submitted.
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| Vatican trial dawns for alleged misuse of hospital donations Posted: 17 Jul 2017 12:04 PM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Other than St. Peter's Basilica, there is hardly better real estate in Vatican City than the sprawling penthouse apartment in the Vatican gardens, where the rooftop terrace has in-your-face views of the dome itself and overlooks the hotel that Pope Francis calls home.
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| London delivery drivers protest against rise in acid attacks Posted: 18 Jul 2017 09:53 AM PDT  Distressed over a rise in acid attacks, some 200 delivery drivers protested in front of the British parliament on Tuesday, demanding the government takes action. The protest was organised after five people, including delivery driver Jabed Hussain, were attacked with acid in the space of just 90 minutes on the night of July 13. London has seen a sharp rise in acid attacks in recent years.
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| Kin sue to stop inheritance as grandad, mom die mysteriously Posted: 17 Jul 2017 02:34 PM PDT  The family of a man suspected in the slaying of his millionaire grandfather filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire on Monday accusing him of killing his grandfather and possibly his mother, who was lost at sea during a mother-son fishing trip, in a bid to collect a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
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| US Navy Tests Laser Weapon That Can Hit Missiles At Speed Of Light Posted: 18 Jul 2017 05:59 AM PDT  The speed of LaWs is 50,000 times the speed of an incoming intercontinental ballistic missile. The new technology does not need any heavy and costly missile.
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| Palestinian rams car into Israeli soldiers, shot dead: army Posted: 18 Jul 2017 05:09 AM PDT  A Palestinian driver rammed his vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and was shot dead by the troops, the Israeli military said. There was no immediate comment from Palestinian officials. Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said two of the soldiers were slightly wounded.
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| Charlie Gard doctors remain 'unconvinced' after flying visit by US neurosurgeon who said he could treat him Posted: 18 Jul 2017 02:00 PM PDT  The British doctors caring for Charlie Gard are understood to remain unconvinced by an American neurosurgeon who claimed he could treat the little boy. Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) staff spent five and half hours on Tuesday locked in discussions with Dr Michio Hirano, a US specialist who flew back to the US on Tuesday night. Charlie's mother Connie Yates was also present at the meeting to determine the best course of action for her 11-month-old son. Dr Hirano had flown to London on Monday to examine the boy and assess brain scans carried out at the weekend. Timeline: Charlie Gard's parents' battle 02:17 Dr Hirano had said his experimental therapy could help treat Charlie, who suffers from a rare genetic disease. GOSH believes that Charlie has suffered irreversible brain damage and that life support should be withdrawn but his parents Connie Yates and Chris Gard, from Bedfont in west London, argue he should be transferred to a New York hospital for treatment from Dr Hirano. A High Court has already ruled that Charlie be allowed to 'die with dignity' but agreed to further examination after hearing Dr Hirano's therapy could significantly improve his quality of life. Dr Michio Hirano Miss Yates, 31, thanked Dr Hirano and another specialist, who cannot be named, for flying in to see her child. She said: "Our gorgeous baby boy is still stable. We are at his bedside and feel satisfied he is not suffering or in any pain. As Charlie's loving parents we are doing the right thing for our son in exploring all treatment options." She said that Dr Hirano had requested a new MRI scan and a 30-minute EEG scan but that "GOSH preferred a longer EEG which the judge ordered". Miss Yates added: "Our son has now undergone the scans. We have facilitated the experts in every possible way. Charlie will be having some more tests shortly." It is not clear what those tests are. Connie Yates and Chris Gard with baby Charlie Great Ormond Street has declined to comment on the discussions with Dr Hirano while the court case is ongoing. But it is understood the hospital failed to be persuaded by claims he had made in the High Court last week that he could help Charlie and that he had seen no evidence of irreversible brain damage. The hospital is understood to be sticking by its position statement issued last Thursday. In that statement, the hospital said: "It has been and remains the unanimous view of all those caring for charlie at Great Ormond Street that withdrawal of ventilation and palliative care are all that the hospital can offer him consistent with his welfare. "That is because in the view of his treating team and all those from whom GOSH obtained second opinions, he has no quality of life and no real prospect of any quality of life." The case will come back to the High Court on Friday with further hearings expected next week that will finally decide the fate of Charlie,who suffers from mitochondrial depletion syndrome. His doctors say he is blind, deaf, unable to move and badly brain damaged, with no hope of recovery. The case has become a cause celebre with interventions from Donald trump and the Vatican in support of Charlie's parents. The Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court have both uphold the decision of Mr Justice Francis in the High Court that Charlie's life support be withdrawn.
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| Video Of Saudi Woman In Miniskirt Triggers Probe Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:10 AM PDT  The video triggered debate in Saudi Arabia with some praising the woman for her "bravery" while others called for her arrest.
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| Salesforce Is Hiring 150 Work-From-Home Employees Posted: 17 Jul 2017 11:39 AM PDT  The extra perks sound amazing, too.
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| Iran says it has received 'contradictory signals' from Trump Posted: 17 Jul 2017 09:02 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Iran's foreign minister said the government has received "contradictory signals" from the Trump administration and doesn't know how to interpret them, but he held open the possibility of talks and improved relations with the United States.
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| Dogs Aren't Just Man's Best Friend: Video Shows Golden Retriever Rescuing Deer Posted: 17 Jul 2017 11:38 PM PDT  A golden retriever dog was hailed a hero after a video of him emerged where he was seen rescuing a baby deer struggling in the waters of Long Island Sound in New York.
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| Rebel-Kurd clashes kill 15 in north Syria: monitor Posted: 18 Jul 2017 07:16 AM PDT  More than a dozen Syrian rebels have died in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance dominated by Kurdish forces in the country's north, a monitoring group said Tuesday. The Turkish-backed rebels were locked in a second day of fighting on Tuesday with units from the Syrian Democratic Forces around the village of Ain Daqna. "Since Monday, 15 fighters from Syrian rebel factions were killed in the clashes and four SDF fighters were wounded, including one in critical condition," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.
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| Putin shows off Russian advances at MAKS-2017 Aviation and Space Salon Posted: 18 Jul 2017 12:07 PM PDT ![Putin shows off Russian advances at MAKS-2017 Aviation and Space Salon]( "Putin shows off Russian advances at MAKS-2017 Aviation and Space Salon") The MAKS airshow and exhibition is a major international event in the aerospace business. Here are photos from the first day of this year's gathering.
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| Central California detective charged in colleague's death Posted: 17 Jul 2017 01:30 PM PDT  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a sheriff's detective in Central California accused of killing his colleague in what authorities had initially called a tragic and accidental shooting, officials said.
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| Scary vengeance-seeking bird has a vendetta against poor woman Posted: 18 Jul 2017 07:45 AM PDT  Birds are kind of scary and we don't know why. Maybe it's because they're fast flyers, or they're always pecking at dirty stuff, or they just seem to be everywhere at all times, loudly chirping away. Or maybe at anytime, they can choose to attack you viciously and without remorse. They're terrifying and we can prove it. Twitter user emilyrose caught a vengeance-seeking bird attacking her mother on video, and we want this sucker in handcuffs. I got a call from my mom crying saying I needed to come home asap because a bird was attacking her and I came home to this... pic.twitter.com/k3oDmaftA3 — emilyrose (@walsh_emilyrose) July 17, 2017 SEE ALSO: Parakeet only wants to be friends with birds, real or not, who look exactly like itself Yo, bird, CHILL. This bird is after to this poor mom like she owes it money or something. Did this she accidentally hit this bird's sister with her car? It seems to have a seriously personal vendetta against this innocent woman. Even when emilyrose's mom goes inside to escape the evil creature, it stalks the front door and will not, under any circumstances, leave this family alone. It even gets the cat and dog riled up by trying its hand at breaking and entering. We're calling the cops. This nonsense has gone far enough. WATCH: 'Forest Bathing': How steeping yourself in nature could help with stress
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| China upset about 'negative' Taiwan content in U.S. defense bill Posted: 17 Jul 2017 12:56 PM PDT  China said on Monday it had lodged a stern complaint with the United States after the U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of a big annual defense bill that would expand exchanges with self-ruled Taiwan.
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| Here's What to Do When Your Boss Doesn't Care About You Posted: 18 Jul 2017 07:49 AM PDT ![Here's What to Do When Your Boss Doesn't Care About You]( "Here's What to Do When Your Boss Doesn't Care About You") If you think your boss couldn't care less about your career growth, unfortunately, you're not alone. In fact, according to a new Monster poll, 72 percent of respondents said they do not feel like their manager or supervisor is interested in their job growth. With that in mind, here are some ways to continue your career growth when your boss isn't helping pave the way.
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| Report: UAE behind hacking of Qatari media Posted: 16 Jul 2017 10:16 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of a Qatari government news site in May, planting a false story that was used as a pretext for the current crisis between Qatar and several Arab countries, according to a Sunday report by The Washington Post.
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| Man And Dog Attacked By Bobcat In Arizona Posted: 18 Jul 2017 03:53 AM PDT  The attack was captured in a video that was posted on Facebook by Jason Garrido, who witnessed the incident Sunday.
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| Bad News Keeps Coming for Harley-Davidson Posted: 18 Jul 2017 08:28 AM PDT  Bad News Keeps Coming for Harley-Davidson Sales in the United States drop considerably over this time last year Hard times are continuing to hit one of the world's most iconic motorcycle brands. Harley-Davidson motorcycle sales in the United States declined
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| Kenyan vice president candidate debates himself after rivals' no-show Posted: 18 Jul 2017 04:57 AM PDT  Kenyans hoping to watch a televised debate between vice-presidential candidates in next month's election were left disappointed on Monday when only one of six meant to be on stage was left fielding questions alone for an hour. Surrounded by five empty podiums, Eliud Muthiora Kariara, a former banker turned running mate to independent presidential candidate Japhet Kavinga Kaluyu, answered questions posed by two moderators and the audience. Broadcasters had planned to have six minor candidates, including Kariara, take the stage first, with the front-runners from the two biggest parties facing off separately later.
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| Babysitter Breaks Kid's Arm for Wetting Pants: Cops Posted: 18 Jul 2017 10:52 AM PDT  The babysitter, 21-year-old Haillee Howell, allegedly twisted the boy's arm and hit him with a spatula.
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