| Trump's Base Sticks With Him, Except in the South Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:42 PM PDT  New polling data shows that changes spotted during the 2016 election might become permanent.
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| Report: Wells Fargo Forced Unwanted Insurance On More Than 800,000 Borrowers Posted: 29 Jul 2017 09:16 AM PDT  The New York Times obtained a consultant's report that showed that more than 800,000 people who took out car loans from Wells Fargo were charged for auto insurance they did not need, and some of them are still paying for it.
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| Nearly 150 smuggled Central American migrants rescued in Mexico Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:11 AM PDT  Nearly 150 Central Americans being smuggled to the United States were rescued Saturday in Mexico after traveling tightly packed in a poorly ventilated truck. The rescue was initially described by authorities in eastern Veracruz state as a near-tragedy with chilling similarities to an incident last week in Texas in which 10 would-be migrants to the US perished. Authorities said a total of 147 people were found in the town of Tantima in Mexico's Veracruz state.
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| Putin says U.S. must cut 755 diplomatic staff, more measures possible Posted: 30 Jul 2017 04:14 PM PDT  By Polina Devitt and Yeganeh Torbati MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said the United States would have to cut its diplomatic staff in Russia by 755 people and that Moscow could consider additional measures against Washington as a response to new U.S. sanctions approved by Congress. Moscow ordered the United States on Friday to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and said it would seize two U.S. diplomatic properties after the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate overwhelmingly approved new sanctions on Russia.
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| Two Babies Die in Hot Car Deaths in Phoenix Just One Day Apart Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:28 AM PDT  Temperatures in Phoenix rose above 100 degrees.
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| 2 Infants Die in Arizona After Being Left in Hot Cars Posted: 30 Jul 2017 12:03 PM PDT  "Take some time to look inside your vehicle ... to just avoid these tragedies."
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| Hamburg supermarket attacker was 'known Islamist' Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:29 PM PDT  The suspect who killed a man with a knife in a Hamburg supermarket was a known Islamist with psychological problems but his motives remain unclear, German officials said Saturday. Identified as a 26-year-old Palestinian, he arrived in Germany in 2015 from Norway but was due to be deported as his application for asylum was rejected. Friday's assault risks reopening a bitter debate over refugees two months before general elections, putting pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel over her decision to open Germany's borders in 2015 and let in more than a million asylum seekers.
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| The Latest: More governments dismiss Venezuela assembly vote Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:51 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on Venezuela's political crisis and the vote for a constitutional assembly (all times local):
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| North Dakota woman who threatened Muslims hugs one of them Posted: 30 Jul 2017 08:04 AM PDT  A North Dakota woman who threatened some Muslim women in a Walmart parking lot met with two of them Thursday and all "expressed their sincere regrets" about the incident and apologized, Fargo's police chief said Thursday.
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| Family Dog Mauls 4-Year-Old Boy To Death Posted: 29 Jul 2017 03:51 AM PDT  The boy was playing with his four family dogs in an enclosed trampoline in the backyard when the incident occurred.
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| Is Trump On Track for a Successful Presidency? Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:48 PM PDT  A diverse set of voices, from George Will and Anne Coulter, to Tahara Amhad and Eddie Glaude, Jr. weigh in on Trump's early legacy.
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| Father shot dead 'in the back of the head' by police, claims lawyer Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:13 AM PDT  Car mechanic Ismael Lopez, 41, was shot dead at his Mississippi home on Sunday. Officers were hunting a man suspected of assault, according to an incident report. The Lopez family did not hear the knock, but their pitbull did and started barking.
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| Appeal fails for Israeli soldier who killed wounded Palestinian attacker Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:19 AM PDT  An Israeli military court has rejected an appeal against the conviction for manslaughter of a soldier for shooting a wounded Palestinian attacker in Hebron last year. While upholding the conviction, the court rejected the prosecution's request to increase the 18-month jail sentence. Elor Azaria shot and killed the injured Abdel Fattah al-Sharif as he lay on the ground after attempting to stab soldiers in the city in the occupied West Bank. Azaria's father prays behind his son in a military court during a remand hearing for his case in March 2016 Credit: REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo The killing was caught on video by a Palestinian volunteer for an Israeli human rights group, B'tselem. In their ruling, the appeals court rejected Azaria's testimony as untrustworthy, and found that he had shot the Palestinian from a desire for vengeance. The judges said, however, in a majority ruling, that the circumstances of the incident and the fact that the killing had not been planned meant that the 18-month sentence should not be extended. In protest of the decision, Azaria's mother and several other people put on black shirts in the courtroom. The case has divided Israel, with many politicians openly supporting Azaria against the army, traditionally a highly-respected institution in the country. The Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday reiterated his support for a pardon for the soldier. "My opinion did not change with regard to granting amnesty to Azaria, as I expressed it after the verdict," he tweeted. "When the matter is brought up for practical discussion, I will forward my recommendation for amnesty to the relevant parties." Hebron has long been the site of fighting between IDF soldiers and Palestinian demonstrators Credit: Mamoun Wazwaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The country's defense minister, Avigdor Liberman, called on the family to ask for a presidential pardon in a tweet posted after the appeal was rejected. Mr Liberman is one of the four people the president, Reuben Rivlin, would ask for their opinion if a request for a pardon is received. Mr Liberman also said in his tweet that the IDF chief of staff would "take all the difficult circumstances into account" upon receiving a request for a pardon. The conviction of the soldier has done little to assuage the anger of Palestinians over the case, many of whom have pointed to the 18-month sentence as far less than the mandatory minimum sentence for Palestinians who throw stones.
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| 1.3 million Ford Explorers are under investigation for poisoning drivers Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has upgraded a probe into potential carbon monoxide poisoning being caused by Ford Explorers. The NHTSA said it is aware of 2,700 complaints and three crashes potentially linked to carbon monoxide poisoning in the vehicles' cabin.
An initial investigation was opened last year into more than 638,000 vehicles, and the NHTSA has now upgraded that investigation into an "engineering analysis," a necessary step before the agency can force Ford to recall any vehicles. Ford has acknowledged some kind of problem, issued numerous service bulletins, and told Reuters that it has a dedicated team "to investigate reported issues and solve them." It was reported this month that the police department in Austin, Texas, pulled more than 40 Ford Explorers from its fleet after a half-dozen officers reported ill with carbon monoxide poisoning. The NHTSA said the reported injuries include "loss of consciousness, with the majority indicating nausea, headaches, or light-headedness." It should be emphasized that so far, the NHTSA has "no substantive data or actual evidence...supporting a claim that any of the alleged injury or crash allegations were the result of carbon monoxide poisoning." Although working out if a car cabin is full of carbon monoxide might sound like an easy task, the massive number of variables and different driving conditions makes it harden than you'd imagine. For now, the NHTSA has not issued a recall or guidance for owners, but if you've got a Ford Explorer, maybe think about driving with the windows down a little more.
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| Judge Blocks Arkansas From Enforcing 4 Abortion Restrictions Posted: 29 Jul 2017 07:42 AM PDT  Three were set to take effect Tuesday
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| 93-year-old Mugabe says 'not dying' as health concerns mount Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:21 AM PDT  Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, declaring "I am not dying," sought Saturday to brush aside growing concerns about his health after his wife urged him to name a successor. Mugabe's medical trips to Singapore have become frequent in recent years, fuelling questions about his health. Recently, doctors were actually surprised by the strength of my bones," Mugabe said.
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| North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts 'entire' US in range Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:29 PM PDT  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons.
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| Al Gore is back in theaters, with a powerful, anti-Trump message on climate change Posted: 29 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT  The saddest, most frustrating moment in Al Gore's new climate change movie, An Inconvenient Sequel, involves the lonely former vice president walking into Trump Tower and boarding a golden elevator to meet with the then-president-elect. That scene encapsulates both how far we've come in the climate policy arena, and how far we've fallen backwards in just the past six months. It also hints at a central theme in the film, which casts Donald Trump as just as much of a villain in the climate change story as the major fossil fuel companies that fund climate science disinformation campaigns. SEE ALSO: One of the largest icebergs ever recorded just broke free of Antarctica The Gore-Trump climate meeting was an utter failure, given Trump's subsequent decision to pull the U.S. out of the landmark Paris Climate Agreement. It's an experience that Gore says he's learned from. "I was wrong in believing there was a chance that Donald Trump would come to his senses and stay in the Paris Climate Agreement, and underestimated the influence of the rogue's gallery of climate deniers he has surrounded himself with," Gore said in an interview. Al Gore in Greenland as seen in An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power, from Paramount Pictures and Participant Media.Image: Paramount pictures/participant media"I would make the effort again, but, I mean, under the same circumstances, but it's clear to me now that the chances of him changing on the issue are de minimis at best. And barring some unforeseen set of circumstances I'm not gonna waste any more time at all trying to engage President Trump on climate," he added. Gore's new movie, which comes 10 years after the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth hit theaters, is more subdued and workman-like than the first film. It accurately reflects the transformation of the climate movement into one akin to the civil rights movement: A long, hard slog that will ultimately prevail. The film also focuses on the extreme weather events that scientists are increasingly tying to climate change. In the film and in the interview, Gore passionately makes the case that the costs of solar and wind power are plummeting, providing a viable alternative to coal-fired power plants in the U.S. and elsewhere. Unlike in the first movie, he isn't here to scare anyone, but rather to offer hope. In the interview, for example, he hinted that Trump may not even be president for a full term, given the scandals and chaos swirling around him. A lot has changed since the first film, Gore said. "...There have been two big changes since the first movie a decade ago. Number one: The climate-related extreme weather events are far more common and far more severe all over the world. And number two: The solutions are here now. A decade ago they were visible on the horizon, but now they're here," he said. (Gore had been criticized by some for not including enough information on climate change solutions in his first film.) "In many regions, electricity from solar and wind, for example, is cheaper from electricity from dirty fossil fuel, and before long, that will be the case in the vast majority of locations throughout the world," Gore said. "And it's important to give that hopeful news to people even as the sense of urgency about solving the climate crisis increases." The movie also shows Gore in a role that largely went unnoticed by the press covering the negotiations that produced the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. He served as a behind-the-scenes fixer trying to move reluctant nations, particularly India, toward a "yes" vote on a new climate treaty. The new movie doesn't have the same punch as the first film, which helped reinvent Gore as an eco-warrior. It lacks the revelatory quality that the first film had, given that the first film re-introduced a public figure that had largely faded from view after his bitter election loss to George W. Bush in 2000. Chances are that you'll go into the movie already knowing who Gore is, what he's about, and what he's been up to. So, there's not much mystery about the main character of this documentary. But that doesn't mean there aren't high stakes involved here. As Gore makes clear, the more scientists know about climate change, the more concerned they are about just how fast the climate is responding to our greenhouse gas emissions resulting from burning fossil fuels. The film wisely casts Trump as a villain, and ends with Trump's announcement that the U.S. will pull out of the Paris Agreement. In the film, we see Gore travel to the Greenland Ice Sheet during the summer melt season, peering down as water pours deep into an open wound-like chasm on the ice, known as a moulin. Then there's Gore in India, making the point to the nation's energy minister and lead climate negotiator that the way that country has been expanding electricity access is literally obscuring the sun with pollution. The film culminates with the Paris Climate Change negotiations in 2015 and Gore's behind-the-scenes role in brokering some of the side deals that allowed countries to come together to adopt the agreement. Some of these scenes are rather droll, unless you have a keen interest in solar panel technology. But for climate geeks, activists, and diplomacy nerds, this film is a gold mine. The same goes for anyone vehemently opposed to Trump's pro-pollution agenda. The crowd at a New York screening I attended was eager to lash out at Trump. When the text appeared informing the audience of Trump's Paris Agreement move, it was met with so many boo's and hisses you'd have thought Lord Voldemort had appeared on screen. For these folks, Gore offers hope as well, strongly hinting that Trump may not last for a full four-year term. "... None of us know how long Donald Trump is going to be president," Gore said. "I'm not predicting any kind of near-term denouement, but voices in his own party questioning his leadership have begun to get louder." But beyond that, Gore is still hopeful that people will find ways to combat climate change in spite of the political climate, adding that, "even when things look bleak and dark, there is always room for hope." WATCH: Giant nets harvest fog to solve water crisis in Morocco
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| Indian coast guard makes record 1.5 tonne heroin bust Posted: 29 Jul 2017 05:01 PM PDT  India's coast guard announced Sunday it had seized 1.5 tonnes of heroin worth almost $550 million from a merchant ship in what maritime authorities are calling their largest-ever drug bust. The ship was intercepted Saturday off the western state of Gujarat, the coast guard said in a statement. An undisclosed number of suspects were detained for questioning by coast guard officials, police and intelligence agencies.
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| Georgia begins U.S.-led military exercise a day before Vice President Pence visit Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:51 AM PDT  By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - The Georgian army began two weeks of military exercises with the United States and other partner countries on Sunday, a day before U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits the ex-Soviet nation. About 2,800 soldiers from the United States, Britain, Germany, Turkey, Ukraine, Slovenia, Armenia and Georgia were taking part in the maneuvers, with Washington dispatching an entire mechanized company including several Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks. Georgia's Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said the drills were an important event for the South Caucasus republic.
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| 1 Killed, At Least 4 Wounded In German Nightclub Shooting Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:22 AM PDT  A man opened fire at a German nightclub Sunday, killing one person. The gunman was then shot and injured by police, and died later in hospital.
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| Three dead in protests as Venezuela votes on controversial new assembly Posted: 30 Jul 2017 09:39 AM PDT  At least three people were reported to have been killed in protests as Venezuela held a ballot over a controversial measure critics of Nicolas Maduro say will further cement his control of the country. Opponents of Mr Maduro boycotted the election and reports said the streets of many cities were largely quiet as a trickle of people went out to vote. It said 28-year-old Angelo Mendez and 39-year-old Eduardo Olave were killed at a protest in Merida, while 30-year-old Ricardo Campos was killed in a separate incident in Sucre.
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| Who is Charlie Gard, what is the disease he suffered from and what happened in the court case? Posted: 30 Jul 2017 06:48 AM PDT  It has been a heartbreaking legal battle that has captured international attention and drawn offers of support from Donald Trump and the Pope. Now, Charlie Gard has died after his life-support was withdrawn soon after he was moved to a hospice, denying his parents their "final wish" for him to spend his final hours at home. The little boy's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, had asked for more time with their son after he was transferred from Great Ormond Street Hospital, but High Court judge Mr Justice Francis said doctors could stop providing treatment shortly after 11-month-old arrived at the hospice. Here is everything you need to know about the case. Who is Charlie Gard? Charlie is a 10-month old patient in intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London. On August 4, 2016, he was born a "perfectly healthy" baby at full term and at a "healthy weight". After about a month, however, Charlie's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, noticed that he was less able to lift his head and support himself than other babies of a similar age. Chris Gard and Connie Yates with their son Charlie Credit: PA Doctors discovered he had a rare inherited disease - infantile onset encephalomyopathy mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS). The condition causes progressive muscle weakness and brain damage. In October, after he had became lethargic and his breathing shallow, he was transferred to the Great Ormond Street Hospital. Why was there a legal fight? Charlie's parents wanted to take him to see specialists in the USA, who had offered an experimental therapy called nucleoside. A crowdfunding page was set up in January to help finance the therapy. Ribbons and hearts tied to trees outside Great Ormond Street Hospital in London by well wishers backing a campaign to allow terminally ill baby Charlie Gard to be treated in America Credit: PA But doctors at GOSH concluded that the experimental treatment, which is not designed to be curative, would not improve Charlie's quality of life. When parents do not agree about a child's future treatment, it is standard legal process to ask the courts to make a decision. This is what happened in Charlie's case. What were the stages of the legal battle? March 3: Great Ormond Street bosses asked Mr Justice Francis to rule that life support treatment should stop. The judge was told that Charlie could only breathe through a ventilator and was fed through a tube. April 11: Mr Justice Francis said doctors could stop providing life-support treatment after analysing the case at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London He concluded that life-support treatment should end and said a move to a palliative care regime would be in Charlie's best interests. Connie Yates leaves the Supreme Court after a panel of three Supreme Court justices on dismissed the couple's latest challenge Credit: PA May 3: Charlie's parents then asked Court of Appeal judges to consider the case. May 23: After analysing the case, three Court of Appeal judges dismissed the couple's appeal two days later. June 8: Charlie's parents then lost their fight in the Supreme Court. Charlie's mother broke down in tears and screamed as justices announced their decision and was led from the court by lawyers. Chris Gard leaves the Supreme Court after it ruled in favour of Great Ormond Street Hospital Credit: PA June 20: Judges in the European Court of Human Rights started to analyse the case after lawyers representing Charlie's parents make written submissions. A European Court of Human Rights spokeswoman said the case would get "priority". "In light of the exceptional circumstances of this case, the court has already accorded it priority and will treat the application with the utmost urgency," she added. Supporters outside the Supreme Court Credit: PA June 27: On Tuesday, European court judges refused to intervene. A Great Ormond Street spokeswoman said the European Court decision marked "the end" of a "difficult process". She said there would be "no rush" to change Charlie's care and said there would be "careful planning and discussion". July 10: Charlie's parents return to the High Court and ask Mr Justice Francis to carry out a fresh analysis of the case. Mr Justice Francis gives them less than 48 hours to prove an experimental treatment works. July 24: Charlie's parents withdraw their request to change the original court order. The baby will have his life support switched off in the next few days. Why was the case back in court? Charlie inherited the faulty RRM2B gene from his parents, affecting the cells responsible for energy production and respiration and leaving him unable to move or breathe without a ventilator. GOSH describes experimental nucleoside therapies as "unjustified" and the treatment is not a cure. The hospital's decision to go back into the courtroom came after two international healthcare facilities and their researchers contacted them to say they have "fresh evidence about their proposed experimental treatment". Charlie's parents have now decided to end their legal battle. Grant Armstrong, the parents lawyer, told the court: "for Charlie it is too late." What did Charlie's parents argue? Richard Gordon QC, who led Charlie's parents' legal team, had told Court of Appeal judges that the case raised "very serious legal issues". Mum of Charlie Gard says five doctors support her 01:33 "They wish to exhaust all possible options," Mr Gordon said in a written outline of Charlie's parents' case. "They don't want to look back and think 'what if?'. This court should not stand in the way of their only remaining hope." Mr Gordon suggested that Charlie might be being unlawfully detained and denied his right to liberty. He said judges should not interfere with parents' exercise of parental rights. Lawyers, who represented Charlie's parents for free, said Mr Justice Francis had not given enough weight to Charlie's human right to life. They said there was no risk the proposed therapy in the US would cause Charlie "significant harm". However, Miss Yates and Mr Gard have now acknowledged that the therapy could not help their son get better. Their lawyer, Grant Armstrong, told the court that the delay in offering treatment to Charlie had meant he had no prospect of getting better. Mr Armstrong said damage to Charlie's muscle and tissue was irreversible. "The parents' worst fears have been confirmed," he said "It is now too late to treat Charlie." Ethics professor: If Charlie Gard was my child I would let him die peacefully 01:22 What did GOSH argue? Katie Gollop QC, who led Great Ormond Street's legal team, suggested that further treatment would leave Charlie in a "condition of existence". She said therapy proposed in the USA was "experimental" and would not help Charlie. "There is significant harm if what the parents want for Charlie comes into effect," she told appeal judges. "The significant harm is a condition of existence which is offering the child no benefit." She added: "It is inhuman to permit that condition to continue." A banner hung on railings outside Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London Credit: PA Ms Gollop said nobody knew whether Charlie was in pain. "Nobody knows because it is so very difficult because of the ravages of Charlie's condition," she said. "He cannot see, he cannot hear, he cannot make a noise, he cannot move." Interventions from Trump and the Vatican While Ms Yates and Mr Gard said they have been boosted by support from US President Donald Trump and the Vatican, a leading expert has described interventions from high-profile figures as "unhelpful". Professor Neena Modi, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said in an open letter that Charlie's situation is "heartbreaking" for his parents, and "difficult" for others including medical staff, but added that even well-meaning interventions from outsiders can be unhelpful. If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2017 The interest of the Pope and Mr Trump in Charlie's case has "saved his life so far", his mother has said. Ms Yates told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on July 10: "Yeah, they have saved his life so far. It turned it into an international issue. "There are a lot of people that are outraged by what is going on. We have got new evidence now so I hope the judge changes his mind." Timeline | Charlie Gard case She said that "sometimes parents are right in what they think" and it is not simply that they do not want to switch off life support. She said the family had seven specialist doctors - two from the US, two from Italy, one from England and two from Spain - supporting them. She added: "We expect that structural damage is irreversible, but I have yet to see something which tells me my son has irreversible structural brain damage." The parents have now acknowledged that the therapy they were seeking could not help their son get better. Their lawyer said the couple felt that continuing their fight would cause Charlie pain.
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| Newborn Twins and Daughter Orphaned After Mother Dies the Same Day as Their Father’s Funeral Posted: 29 Jul 2017 02:08 PM PDT  The couple leaves behind newborn twins and a 2-year-old daughter
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| Hero Dog Runs To Get Help For Girls, 8 and 16, Struck by Lightning Posted: 30 Jul 2017 07:06 AM PDT  They are steadily recovering, family members said.
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| Exchange of bodies ahead of Syria-Lebanon border plan Posted: 30 Jul 2017 10:24 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah and a Syrian affiliate to Al-Qaida exchanged the bodies of dead fighters along the Lebanese-Syrian border on Sunday in the first stage of an agreement to restore order to a contested frontier zone.
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| Schoolgirls in Iraq's Mosul aim to catch up on lost years Posted: 28 Jul 2017 07:57 PM PDT  Despite having fallen three years behind their peers elsewhere in Iraq, it's been mostly smiles all around for the girls at Mosul's Trablus school since it reopened its damaged gates after the jihadists fled. In late May, the school became the first to reopen in western Mosul, as Iraqi forces pressed a sector-by-sector campaign that would finally this month expel the Islamic State group from the whole of the country's second city. Now they number 650," said Nihad Jassem, an administrative employee at the school in the Mosul al-Jadida district.
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| Ex-NASA agent fears gold lunar module will be melted down Posted: 30 Jul 2017 01:44 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — Whoever broke into an Ohio museum late Friday and stole a solid-gold replica of the Apollo 11 lunar module likely intends to melt it down for the value of the gold instead of trying to sell what could be a collectible worth millions of dollars, said a Texas attorney and retired federal agent with NASA who has helped recover and locate stolen moon rocks worth millions of dollars.
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| Four Arab countries say they are ready for Qatar dialogue with conditions Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:57 PM PDT  The four Arab countries that have cut ties with Qatar said on Sunday they were ready for talks to tackle the dispute if Doha showed willingness to deal with their demands. The foreign ministers of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates met in the Bahraini capital, Manama, to discuss the crisis that has raised tensions across the region. The Saudi-led bloc cut ties with the Gulf state on June 5, accusing it of backing militant groups and cosying up to their arch-foe Iran, allegations Doha denies.
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| Obamacare repeal 'not dead', Donald Trump insists, 'unless Republican Senators are total quitters' Posted: 29 Jul 2017 02:39 PM PDT  Donald Trump's flagship policy, the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is "not dead" despite defeat in the Senate, the US president has insisted. Mr Trump used Twitter to suggest his fellow Republicans would be "total quitters" unless they demanded a new vote on the a bill to roll back Obamacare. A majority of senators, including three Republicans, handed the billionaire another legislative defeat on Friday when they rejected the latest plan to dismantle the ACA.
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| Is Surfing The Dark Web lllegal? Posted: 29 Jul 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Will you be jailed if you are caught surfing the dark web?
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| Couple's Dog Serves as Ring Bearer At Their Wedding: 'He Ran Right to Us' Posted: 30 Jul 2017 10:46 AM PDT  Their beloved pup was their first choice.
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| Mountie chasing a bear is the most Canadian thing ever Posted: 29 Jul 2017 10:47 AM PDT  A Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman was captured chasing a black bear from a park in Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta. The young bear can be seen climbing a tree in the park as Sgt. Clayton Wilbern approaches with caution. But the moment the bear begins to retreat, Wilbern jumps into action, chasing the bear from the park in an attempt to scare it off. According to Wilbern, the bear came a little too close to a nearby playground, making the situation more dire. "It was heading towards a playground where there was a whole bunch of kids playing," he told the CBC. "So we tried to get it to go around the playground, which luckily we did.… Hundreds of people were watching us as we were trying to get the poor little guy out." Becuase it's Canada's 150th birthday this year, RCMP officers are often decked out in red serge. "It was very Canadian," said Wilbern. While it's common to see wildlife in the area, this bear manages to get awfully close to the busy downtown area. It's important to keep bears as far from people as possible so they don't get acquainted to interactions, and lose their fear of humans. Bears unafraid of humans can cause serious issues, including food dependencies and possible attacks.
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| Maduro presses on with Venezuela vote despite protests, condemnation Posted: 28 Jul 2017 10:20 PM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was pushing forward Saturday with a controversial weekend vote, despite growing domestic political opposition, international condemnation and deadly street protests. Blockades went up across a few roads in Caracas and in a border town with Colombia, San Cristobal as well as in Maracaibo and Guayana, but the scale was far less than the mass protests seen earlier this week before the ban took effect. "It's normal that there's fear, but people are still coming out into the streets despite it all," a lawmaker in the opposition-controlled National Assembly, Freddy Guevara, said at one of the Caracas protests.
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| Century-old battle in Belgium sums up horrors of World War I Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:39 PM PDT  YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Dismembered soldiers sucked into cesspools of mud. Shattered tree trunks and the waft of poison gas hovering over the wounded who were awaiting their fates on the scarred soil of Flanders Fields.
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| Eastern Libya force jet shot down by missile over Derna: official Posted: 29 Jul 2017 10:30 AM PDT ![Eastern Libya force jet shot down by missile over Derna: official]( "Eastern Libya force jet shot down by missile over Derna: official") A fighter jet from eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army was shot down in Dahr Al-Hamer district in Derna and its two crew detained, an air force spokesman said on Saturday. Haftar's LNA is one of the most powerful armed factions in Libya, where a U.N.-backed government in Tripoli is struggling to assert authority over an array of armed factions which have been competing for control since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi. The coastal city of Derna - 348 km (216 miles) east of Benghazi - is under the control of a coalition of Islamist militants and ex-rebels called Majlis Shura Mujahideen Derna.
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| Police disrupt plot in Australia to 'bring down an airplane' Posted: 30 Jul 2017 08:05 AM PDT  Australian police disrupted a plot to bring down an airplane and arrested four men in raids on homes in several Sydney suburbs, the prime minister said Sunday.
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| Four arrested as Bangladesh teenager raped, head shaved Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:53 AM PDT  Bangladesh police have arrested four men over the rape of a teenager whose head was shaved as punishment by the accused's wife in a case that has shocked the conservative country, an official said Sunday. Police detained the four men including Tufan Sarker, a unionist linked to the ruling Awami League party, after pictures of the victim and her mother at hospital with shaved heads caused outrage. A manhunt is still underway for Sarker's wife Asha Khatun, who is accused of dragging the teenager and her mother to their home, beating them and forcibly shaving their heads.
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| How Different Is Obesity From Overweight Posted: 30 Jul 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Noticing that you are gaining weight may not always mean that you are obese.
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| The 'suicidal robot' that drowned in a fountain didn't kill itself after all Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:02 AM PDT  A security robot called Steve did not commit suicide by falling into a fountain in Washington DC, but due to a tragic accident. After retrieving data from Steve the roboguard's black box discovered that the accident was caused not by suicide but by skidding on a "loose brick surface", according to the machine's manufacturer, Knightscope. A technical error led to the K5 robot's demise when an algorithm did not detect the uneven surface, leading to Steve tumbling into the fountain and drowning.
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| Typhoon injures over 80 in Taiwan, traps dozens Posted: 30 Jul 2017 03:34 AM PDT  A strong typhoon swept across Taiwan on Sunday, injuring more than 80 people, forcing the capital to shut down essential services and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Typhoon Nesat, a medium strength typhoon with wind speeds of around 119 km per hour (70 mph), made landfall on Saturday and is expected to lash the island over two days, affecting the south most heavily, according to the Central Weather Bureau. In the capital Taipei, all work and scheduled classes were canceled on Saturday evening and all of Sunday.
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| 755 US diplomats must leave Russia: Putin Posted: 30 Jul 2017 11:13 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin said 755 US diplomats must leave Russia and warned ties with Washington could be gridlocked for a long time, in a move Sunday that followed tough new American sanctions. The Russian foreign ministry had earlier demanded Washington cut its diplomatic presence in Russia by September to 455 -- the same number Moscow has in the US. "More than a thousand people were working and are still working" at the US embassy and consulates, Putin said in an interview with Rossia-24 television.
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| Grandpas smoking weed for the first time is as hilarious as it sounds Posted: 29 Jul 2017 11:27 AM PDT  Thanks to a handful of states legalizing recreational cannabis in recent years, people can finally consume marijuana after decades of prohibition. While cannabis consumption laws were widely ignored, there are some people out there that never tried the sticky icky, and Cut Video has been doing an excellent job of documenting their first experiences. This time, the team rounded up a few grandpas, following the success of a similar video which documented a few grandmothers getting high for the first time. In the clip, the men try out various devices, including a bong, joint, and a PAX vaporizer. After getting high they do some normal stoner activities, like eat some snacks, talk about life, and play with a fidget spinner. The best part of the clip is watching Graham, who took a huge bong rip in the beginning and was totally blitzed out of his mind the entire video.
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| British, Belgian royals mark WWI battle centenary in Ypres Posted: 30 Jul 2017 01:45 PM PDT  YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, on Sunday joined Belgian royals and relatives of soldiers who fought in the Battle of Passchendaele to mark 100 years since the offensive that became a symbol of war's senselessness began.
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| Teen Injured in Ohio State Fair Accident Speaks Out, Calling it 'Like a Nightmare Come True' Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:21 PM PDT  He reportedly suffered a neck fracture.
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| Donald Trump vows he won't let China 'do nothing' on North Korea Posted: 29 Jul 2017 05:38 PM PDT  US President Donald Trump warned Saturday that he would "no longer" allow China to "do nothing" on North Korea, after the belligerent hermit state launched an intercontinental ballistic missile test. In his critique, which came in two tweets, Mr Trump linked trade woes with the Asian giant to policy on North Korea, after South Korea indicated it was speeding the deployment of a US missile defense that has infuriated China. "I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk," Mr Trump wrote. I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017 "We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!" Mr Trump has vowed to take "all necessary steps to ensure the security of the American homeland and protect our allies in the region." The US and South Korea conducted a live-fire exercise using surface-to-surface missiles after the launch, the US army said. The heads of the US and South Korean militaries discussed "military response options" after North Korea's launch, the Pentagon said. China, Pyongyang's main economic and diplomatic ally, opposes any military intervention and calls for a resolution through dialogue. ...they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 29, 2017 The US military will also roll out "strategic assets" to the South following the North's missile test late Friday, according to South Korean defense minister Song Young-Moo. Song declined to specify the nature of the mobilization, but the phrase usually refers to high-profile weapons systems, such as stealth bombers and aircraft carriers. The THAAD battery comprises six interceptor missile launchers. Two launchers have been tentatively deployed at a golf course-turned-US military base in Seongju County, 187.5 miles (300 kilometers) south of Seoul. Graphic: North Korea missile launch China has long argued the deployment will destabilize the region. On trade, the United States has blamed the unbalanced relationship - marked by a trade deficit with China of $309 billion last year - on Beijing's policies that impede access to their market. China says Washington's own rules restricting US high-tech exports are partially to blame.
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