| High-Speed Police Chases Under Scrutiny in Florida Posted: 18 Aug 2017 08:52 AM PDT  Newly released dash camera footage from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office recorded an officer driving 104 mph after being told not to chase a suspect.
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| Suspect in killings of 2 Fla. officers arrested at bar Posted: 19 Aug 2017 05:42 PM PDT  KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A police officer in Florida died from his injuries Saturday, a day after his colleague was killed when a suspect fired at them during a scuffle while they were on patrol. The suspect was later arrested at a bar.
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| Bannon Declares War on Trump, Says 'That Presidency is Over' Posted: 18 Aug 2017 12:01 PM PDT  Just hours after it was announced he was out of the administration, Steve Bannon gave an interview where he said the Trump presidency is "over," and he's already back at Breitbart.
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| Total solar eclipse 2017: When is it, why is it happening and how can I see it in the UK? Posted: 19 Aug 2017 02:32 PM PDT  What's happening? On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will witness an eclipse of the sun for the first time in 99 years, where the Moon will pass in front of the Sun casting darkness across swathes of the Earth's surface. Dubbed the Great American Eclipse, the moment will see the Sun, the Moon and the Earth become perfectly aligned in a once-in-a-lifetime celestial spectacle seen from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Although we won't see a perfect alignment in the UK, we will be able to see a partial eclipse (where the moon covers only a part of the sun). 10 amazing places in America to watch the 2017 solar eclipse Who will see it? Everyone in North America, parts of South America, Africa and Europe - including the UK - will see at least a partial solar eclipse, where the moon covers only a part of the sun. However, 14 states across the United States will experience a total solar eclipse with more than two minutes of darkness descending in the middle of the day over the course of 100 minutes. More than 12 million Americans live inside the path of totality and more than half of the nation live within 400 miles of it. Millions more are expected to travel to cities along the path to witness the phenomenon. Where and when to see the eclipse What causes an eclipse? The diameter of the Sun is 400 times that of the Moon but it lies 400 times further away - which means if you are in exactly the right alignment on the surface of the Earth at the right time, you will see the two celestial bodies overlap exactly. What creates a total solar eclipse Where can I see the eclipse in the UK? Sadly Brits won't get a total eclipse like our friends across the pond, but we will be treated to a slight partial eclipse which will still be worth watching. It will be visible in parts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from around 19:35 on August 21 - but make sure you're in a spot where there's no cloud. UK eclipse circumstances for August 21 2017 What areas will see total blackout? Anyone within the path of totality will see the sky become dark for several minutes as the moon completely covers the sun. The path is relatively thin, around 70 miles wide, and stretches from Salem, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. It will first be seen at Lincoln Beach, Oregon at 9:05 PDT, with totality beginning at 10:16 PDT. Over the next 90 minutes, it will cross through Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North and end near Charleston, South Carolina at 14:28 EDT. The lunar shadow will leave the US at 04:09 EDT. Its longest duration will be near Carbondale, Illinois, where the sun will be completely covered for two minutes and 40 seconds. What time can I see the total eclipse? Here are the mid-eclipse times for some of the major towns and cities along the path of totality, according to Nasa. All times are local. Where to see it | The Great American solar eclipse Will there be a live stream? Yes - Nasa will host an Eclipse Megacast for four hours during the eclipse which will be picked up by local, national and international TV stations. You can also follow all the action via the Telegraph. How can I see it safely? Never look directly at the Sun, even through sunglasses or dark material such as a bin liner or photographic negative. Makeshift filters may not screen out the harmful infrared radiation that can burn the retina of the eye risking permanent eye damage and blindness. Also, viewers must never use binoculars or a telescope. Wear special eclipse viewing glasses - not ordinary sunglasses - or construct a simple pinhole camera which projects an image of the Sun onto a blank piece of paper. Solar eclipse: how to watch the eclipse safely When will Britain next see a solar eclipse? There was a pretty spectacular eclipse in Britain in March 2015, but the last total eclipse in the UK was in August 1999. You might be waiting a while for the next decent one too - it won't take place until August 12, 2026. On that date up to 95 per cent of the Sun will be obscured. Britain will not see a total solar eclipse until September 23, 2090. How we watched the 1999 solar eclipse - in 90 seconds 01:42 Total solar eclipses in history Eclipses have both fascinated and terrified civilisations for centuries. When King Henry I of England, the son of William the Conqueror, died in 1133, his death happened to coincide with a total solar eclipse plummeting the nation into darkness for four minutes and 38 seconds. Historian William of Malmesbury wrote in 1140 that "the darkness was so great that people at first thought the world was ending."
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| Weather Channel Founder Says Climate Change Isn't Real Posted: 18 Aug 2017 12:13 PM PDT  "I'm just a dumb old skeptic. A denier, as they call me. But you know something? I'm right. So I don't care."
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| At least 23 dead, dozens hurt as train derails in India Posted: 19 Aug 2017 11:04 AM PDT  At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured after an express train derailed in north India Saturday, officials said, as rescuers clambered across mangled carriages to pull passengers from the wreckage. Rescue and relief operations are continuing," G S Priyadarshi, Muzaffarnagar district magistrate, told AFP. A police officer at the accident spot said 50 people had been taken to hospital.
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| No Human Remains Found In Search For Natalee Holloway: Prosecutor Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:58 PM PDT  Dave Holloway, father of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, said on national television this week that he found human bones in Aruba, where his daughter vanished a dozen years ago, and submitted them for DNA testing.
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| Father jumps car over open drawbridge in terrifying stunt to save family Posted: 19 Aug 2017 09:19 AM PDT  A father drove his car over an opening drawbridge in a death-defying stunt to avoid plunging into the water below. Terence Naphys was crossing New Jersey's Middle Thorofare Bridge with his family when its steel ramp began to lift beneath them. Mr Naphys was reportedly already near the centre of the bridge and was forced to accelerate his Toyota RAV 4 to jump the 6ft gap out of fear the car would fall 65ft into the deep bay below.
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| Former neo-Nazi: Trump’s message parrots my old propaganda Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:00 AM PDT  A reformed neo-Nazi says President Trump is partly to blame for legitimizing the white nationalism that exploded in Virginia last weekend.
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| Boy, 7, From Australia Is Missing After Barcelona Van Attack Posted: 18 Aug 2017 06:09 AM PDT  Julian Alessandro Cadman is missing after he was separated from his mom, who was seriously injured in Thursday's terrorist attack.
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| German writer critical of Turkey's Erdogan arrested in Spain Posted: 19 Aug 2017 12:47 PM PDT  By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - German-Turkish author Dogan Akhanli was arrested in Spain on Saturday after Turkey issued an Interpol warrant for the writer, a critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, fanning an already fierce row between the NATO allies. The arrest of the German national in Granada was part of a "targeted hunt against critics of the Turkish government living abroad in Europe," Akhanli's lawyer Ilias Uyar told magazine Der Spiegel, which first reported Akhanli's detention. Any country can issue an Interpol "red notice", but extradition by Spain would only follow if Ankara could convince Spanish courts it had a real case against him.
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| Violence erupts between white nationalists, counterprotestors in Charlottesville: Part 5 Posted: 18 Aug 2017 08:21 PM PDT  White nationalists had gathered in the Virginia city to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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| Five suspected terrorists shot dead by police in Cambrils, Spain Posted: 18 Aug 2017 10:52 AM PDT ![Five suspected terrorists shot dead by police in Cambrils, Spain]( "Five suspected terrorists shot dead by police in Cambrils, Spain") Spanish police shot dead five would-be attackers after confronting them early on Friday in Cambrils, south of Barcelona where hours earlier a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds, killing 13 people.
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| Spanish police believe they may have body of missing boy Julian Cadman Posted: 19 Aug 2017 12:45 PM PDT  Hopes were fading for seven-year-old British boy Julian Cadman on Saturday as Spanish authorities revealed they were no longer searching for any missing youngsters. His father Andrew made the long flight from Australia and landed on Saturday afternoon to comfort his seriously injured wife, Jumarie, who had been in the area to attend a family wedding when she and her son were struck by the terrorist's van which killed 13 people and left more than 100 injured. Despite a major appeal by his loved ones, the former Kent schoolboy, who loved to dance and fill his pockets with Lego, has not been found. It is understood that Spanish authorities have a body that they believe is his, but are waiting for formal identification to take place. Another child was also taken in the tragedy, a three-year-old boy from Spain, died next to his mother. They had been on a family day out with relatives. The last smiling photo of honeymooners Jared Tucker and his wife Heidi Nunes was taken just an hour before the atrocity. The last smiling photo of honeymooners Jared Tucker and his wife Heidi Nunes was taken just an hour before the atrocity. The pair, who were celebrating their first wedding anniversary with a belated honeymoon, became separated in the attack and as his wife hid in a souvenir shop Mr Tucker, 42, hit by the van and died. Tales of heroism emerged of a brave stranger running into the carnage to try and save the lives of a Canadian family, picking up an injured man and placing him on the back of his scooter to rush him to hospital. The man's relative, grandfather Ian Moore Wilson, died at the scene as others battled to save his wife Valerie. Grandfather Ian Moore Wilson who died at the scene of the Barcelona attack. Italian father Bruno Gulotta, 35, died while trying to protect his child. He was on holiday with his wife Martina and two children when he was crushed to death as he walked hand in hand with his five-year-old son and died as he knelt down to shield the little boy. Belgian bank worker Elke Vanbockrijck, described as "super woman", lost her life as she walked with her husband and two sons, aged 11 and 14. Mum Elke Vanbockrijck was with her children when she died. Credit: AP Others killed include three Germans, Spaniard Pepita Codina, 75, Silvina Alejandra Pereyra, 40, an Argentine-Spanish dual citizen and Francisco Lopez, 65. In the second attack in Cambrils, Ana Maria Suarez, 61, died as terrorists attacked her family with knives. Her husband and sister were also injured in the attack. Those affected came from 34 countries, including China, Colombia, France, Germany, Honduras, Morocco, a testament to the global allure of the Spanish city.
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| Grace Mugabe absent from S.Africa summit as assault claim lingers Posted: 19 Aug 2017 01:14 PM PDT  Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe failed to appear Saturday at a summit in South Africa attended by her husband, an event overshadowed by her effort to obtain diplomatic immunity over assault allegations. The wife of President Robert Mugabe has not been seen since being accused of attacking a 20-year-old model with a electrical extension cord last weekend in a Johannesburg hotel where the couple's two sons were staying. The alleged assault is a political headache for South Africa and Zimbabwe, close neighbours with deep economic and historical ties.
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| Boston 'free speech' rally abandoned by right-wing demonstrators outnumbered by 15,000 counter-protesters Posted: 19 Aug 2017 01:31 PM PDT  As the official start time of the contentious "Free Speech Rally" in Boston approached, the winner in the battle of words between organisers and counter-demonstrators had already been determined. If hateful speech aimed at Jewish people or minorities was chanted at Boston Common park, it was not audible at one of the largest rallies being held just one week after the deadly demonstrations in Charleston, Virginia, where neo-Nazis marched bearing torches, and where one woman was killed. Instead, an estimated 15,000 counter-protesters dominated the air with anti-Nazi and anti-fascist chants.
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| Neo-Nazis love media attention. But ignoring them isn't an option | Bob Garfield Posted: 18 Aug 2017 09:08 AM PDT  There is a genuine conflict of two public interests: the collateral damage of publicity versus the right to know. First there was the violence Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, where crowds of neo-Nazis, Klansmen, white nationalists and assorted alt-right mouthbreathers were televised chanting racist and antisemitic slogans and roughing up counter-protesters, culminating in the death of one woman. Yep, some of the finest neo-Nazis this great country has to offer.
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| Pakistan holds state funeral for German nun who fought leprosy Posted: 19 Aug 2017 02:22 AM PDT  Pakistani soldiers on Saturday carried the flag-draped coffin of German-born Catholic nun Ruth Pfau to a state funeral where she was honored after devoting her life to eradicating leprosy in the country. Widely known as Pakistan's Mother Teresa, Pfau died last week in the southern city of Karachi at age 87. Mourners paid their last respects as Pfau's coffin was carried to the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre that she founded before being taken on to St. Patrick's Cathedral for the official service.
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| USS Fitzgerald's Leadership Removed Over Poor Seamanship Posted: 18 Aug 2017 04:25 AM PDT  This is not the first time U.S. Navy took a strict action against the leadership for acting inappropriately in a particular situation.
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| Once homeless, Iraq War veteran moves into unique new home Posted: 18 Aug 2017 11:02 AM PDT  MIDWAY CITY, Calif. (AP) — Vernon Poling was 44 years old when he finally got a home of his own.
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| Finland stabbings: Police 'do not rule out terrorism' after knife rampage leaves two dead Posted: 18 Aug 2017 09:18 AM PDT  Finnish authorities stepped up security around the country after a stabbing rampage left two people dead and half a dozen wounded in a western city. One suspect was arrested after being shot by armed police and officers launched a search for other possible perpetrators following the attack in the city-centre of Turku on Friday. Press conference from Turku at Finnish Yle TV1 just started. Confirmed: 8 stabbed 2 dead. Perpetrator in custody. My heart breaks. #Turku— Elina Nikulainen (@ElinaNikulainen) August 18, 2017 But investigators said it was too early to attribute the attack to international terrorism or to link it to the attacks in Spain the previous day. "I emphasise that the identity and motive of the perpetrator are not yet known," Paula Rissiko, the interior minister, told reporters on Friday evening. A video grab taken from Instagram shows officials standing in a street next to a person lying on the ground in the Finnish city of Turku Credit: KIRSI KANERVA/AFP About half a dozen people were seen lying on the ground in the centre of Turku, a city of 180,000 in the southwest of the country, as the attack unfolded at 4 PM local time. The police is searching for possible more perpetrators in Turku. People are asked to leave and avoid the center of Turku.— L-S poliisi (@L_S_poliisi) August 18, 2017 Witnesses reported seeing seeing a woman with stroller being attacked by a man with a large knife. Video footage filmed shortly after the attack showed people running in a panic down one of the city's main streets. People flee stabbing attack in Turku, Finland 00:18 "Nothing is known about the motives ... or what precisely has happened in Turku," Seppo Kolehmainen, Finland's top police chief, told the country's YLE broadcaster. The suspect in custody, who was detained after police shot him, has not been named. Police announced Turku was "safe" again on Friday evening, suggesting their manhunt for other attackers had been called off. Armed police had reinforced security at Helsinki airport and train stations following the attack, which comes amid a heightened tensions following yesterday's terrorist attack in Barcelona. Armed policemen on duty at Helsinki airport after a stabbing attack in the city of Turku Credit: LEHTIKUVA/Reuters In 2012, Finland's then-prime minister Jyrki Katainen escaped a knife attack in Turku while campaigning for municipal elections. Finland's Security Intelligence Service (Supo) earlier said it had no indication that individuals in Finland were linked to the Barcelona attacks and that the country's threat assessment would remain unchanged, at an "elevated" level.
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| Underwater devices look for Army helicopter crew off Hawaii Posted: 18 Aug 2017 06:52 PM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — Army officials have spent days sifting through chunks of Black Hawk helicopter debris in turbulent Pacific waters off Hawaii but have yet to see any signs of life in their search for five soldiers missing since the aircraft crashed during nighttime training on Tuesday.
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| White Supremacists Are Using Genetic Ancestry Tests For A Creepy Purpose Posted: 17 Aug 2017 05:56 PM PDT  It's a marketing trope often repeated in viral, feel-good commercials for genetic ancestry tests: If we only knew just how related we all were, even distantly, then prejudice and racism would cease to exist.
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| Children in conflict zones vulnerable to killing, rape: UN draft Posted: 18 Aug 2017 08:56 AM PDT  Children are particularly vulnerable in the conflicts raging around the globe, according to a draft UN report that specifically pointed the finger of blame in Yemen at the Saudi-led coalition. The draft of an annual UN report on the impact of armed conflict on children lists the countries and entities accused of recruiting child soldiers and using children as weapons of war. "I am highly concerned by the scale and severity of the grave violations that were committed against children in 2016, which included alarming levels of killing and maiming, recruitment and use and denial of humanitarian access," Secretary General Antonio Guterres says in the draft seen by AFP.
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| Trump attacks US courts over Barcelona terrorism and threatens to defend country by 'any means necessary' Posted: 18 Aug 2017 09:03 AM PDT  Donald Trump has once again taken to Twitter in the wake of the recent terrorism in Barcelona, attacking the US courts and Democrats for undermining national security. Mr Trump appears to be referring to his travel ban, which placed a hold on people from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the US. The so-called 'Muslim ban' was upheld by the US Supreme Court on 29 June 2017.
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| NASA Wants to Stop a Doomsday Supervolcano by Stealing its Heat Posted: 18 Aug 2017 10:39 AM PDT  NASA is worried about the Yellowstone supervolcano exploding, so instead they're going to harness its energy for good.
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| 2-Week-Old Orphaned Piglet Comforts Kitten Friend as She Suffers Seizure Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:38 PM PDT  Sriracha the kitten was diagnosed with a neurological disorder called cerebellar hypoplasia and suffers from seizures.
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| Chicago activist loses US citizenship, will be deported Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:01 PM PDT  An activist known for helping Arab women in the Chicago area lost her U.S. citizenship Thursday and will be deported for failing to disclose convictions for bombings in Jerusalem decades ago.
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| Huge Confederate flag near Interstate is one man's mission Posted: 18 Aug 2017 02:30 PM PDT  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Marion Lambert is unapologetic about the abundance of Confederate flags that surround him.
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| Judge rejects bid by Polanski's 1977 rape victim to end case Posted: 18 Aug 2017 04:18 PM PDT  A Los Angeles judge on Friday rejected a request by the woman who was raped by director Roman Polanski 40 years ago to have the criminal case against him dismissed. The ruling follows the first appearance in June in the case by Samantha Geimer, who was 13 years old when Polanski sexually assaulted her in Los Angeles in 1977.
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| Glitch Or Promo? Amazon Echo Dot Is Free Right Now Posted: 18 Aug 2017 12:50 PM PDT  The Amazon Echo Dot is free on Amazon at checkout thanks to an apparently unlisted "Audible Promo" offer.
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| Twitter Blasts Ex-Google Employee Who Says Being Conservative Is Like Being Gay In The '50s Posted: 18 Aug 2017 07:36 AM PDT  Ex-Google employee James Damore made quite a disturbing false equivalency when he compared being a conservative at the tech company to being gay in the 1950s.
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| Palestinian in West Bank attack bid killed: Israel police Posted: 19 Aug 2017 11:06 AM PDT  A Palestinian teenager who tried to attack an Israeli border guard in the occupied West Bank with a knife on Saturday was shot dead, an Israeli police spokeswoman said. The Palestinian health ministry identified the teenager as Qoteiba Yussef Zahran from the Tulkarm region in the northern West Bank. The Israeli spokeswoman said one of the border guards suffered a slight leg injury during the incident, but did not say clearly if he had been stabbed by the Palestinian.
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| Donald Trump: How to remove a US President from office Posted: 18 Aug 2017 05:52 AM PDT  Donald Trump has already tangled with more than half the Republicans on a Senate committee that would play a key role if he were impeached. In series of tweets, Mr Trump called Senator Lindsey Graham "publicity seeking" and said he "just can't forget his election trouncing" in the 2016 presidential race. Both men are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which would be central to any proceeding to remove Mr Trump from office.
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| Muslims fear anti-Islam backlash in tolerant Barcelona Posted: 19 Aug 2017 12:29 PM PDT  Prayer time is approaching but Raja Miah, an imam at a tiny mosque in the heart of Barcelona does not expect a big turnout. Since the twin attacks in Barcelona and the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils claimed by the Islamic State group, the Muslim community in central Barcelona's neighbourhood of Raval fears an anti-Islam backlash. "People are very scared," said Miah, 23, as he sat in a small room at the mosque in Raval as a small group of children in an adjoining room studied the Koran.
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| Border agents track drone from sky to drugs on the ground Posted: 19 Aug 2017 06:38 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 25-year-old U.S. citizen has been charged with using a drone to smuggle more than 13 pounds (5.9 kilograms) of methamphetamine from Mexico, an unusually large seizure for what is still a novel technique to bring illegal drugs into the United States, authorities said Friday.
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| Thousands of Counter-Protesters March Against White Nationalism in Boston a Week After Charlottesville Posted: 19 Aug 2017 05:54 AM PDT  Thousands of protesters marched through Boston in response to a right-wing free speech rally, one week after clashes in Charlottesville, Va.
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| Tribes hope for renewal in solar eclipse; not all will watch Posted: 19 Aug 2017 07:30 AM PDT  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — While much of the country gawks at the solar eclipse, Bobbieann Baldwin will be inside with her children, shades drawn.
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| The Manual Car Is About More Than Shifting Gears Posted: 19 Aug 2017 06:43 AM PDT  Why you should care about turn signals.
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| Two dead, six injured in Finland stabbing spree Posted: 18 Aug 2017 08:39 PM PDT  Police shot and wounded a suspect after a stabbing spree in which a man killed two people and wounded six others in the Finnish city of Turku. Within hours of the attack on Friday the force had announced increased police patrols across the country. Two dead and six injured," Turku police tweeted after the assault in a market square.
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| Investor Carl Icahn steps down as adviser to President Trump Posted: 18 Aug 2017 04:58 PM PDT  By Trevor Hunnicutt and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn ended his role as a special adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday after facing criticism that policy recommendations he offered could help his own investments. Some Democratic lawmakers and biofuels advocates argued that Icahn's guidance to the Republican administration created a conflict of interest with his businesses, including oil refining company CVR Energy Inc. Icahn has denied any conflict of interest. Icahn's departure followed a flurry of changes at the White House.
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| Nearly 600 dead in S. Asia floods Posted: 19 Aug 2017 04:52 AM PDT  Nearly 600 people have died and millions have been affected by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said Saturday, as relief and rescue operations continued. Indian authorities sought military help in two districts of northern Uttar Pradesh state after fresh heavy rains left hundreds of villages marooned. "We have sought army's help to reach out to the affected people," T P Gupta, a senior official from the state's disaster management authority, told AFP.
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| Bob Lutz on Why Ford Ousted Mark Fields Posted: 18 Aug 2017 10:34 AM PDT  How could Ford's Mark Fields compete with Elon Musk's tunnels and spaceships?
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| NY subway tiles with Confederate flag look to be altered Posted: 18 Aug 2017 06:21 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Transit officials have decided to alter subway station tiles that have a cross-like design similar to that of the Confederate flag.
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