| Donald Trump Apparently Thinks Meeting Mass Shooting Victims Is 'Wonderful' Posted: 05 Oct 2017 04:42 AM PDT  President Donald Trump totally chose the wrong word to describe his meeting with victims of the Las Vegas massacre.
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| North Korean workers prepare seafood going to US stores Posted: 04 Oct 2017 05:45 PM PDT  HUNCHUN, China (AP) — Americans buying seafood for dinner may inadvertently have subsidized the North Korean government as it builds its nuclear weapons program, an Associated Press investigation has found. Their purchases may also have supported forced labor.
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| Florida set to execute man for 2 decades-old murders Posted: 05 Oct 2017 01:27 AM PDT  STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is scheduled to execute a man Thursday who was convicted of murdering two people decades ago after a long night of drinking.
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| Las Vegas investigation focuses on Paddock's finances and travel: Sources Posted: 04 Oct 2017 09:26 AM PDT  As the FBI continues to sift through the past of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, an investigative focus has developed on how he earned money and the recent travels of Paddock and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, law enforcement officials familiar with the probe told Yahoo.
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| Virginia Republican Goes Full Willie Horton In New Ad About MS-13 ‘Sex Slaves’ Posted: 04 Oct 2017 03:11 PM PDT  Ed Gillespie, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Virginia, is airing a misleading new radio advertisement that ties Democrat Ralph Northam to murders and heinous sex crimes committed by the notorious gang MS-13.
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| Donald Trump Says He'll ‘Wipe Out’ Puerto Rico’s Massive Debt Posted: 03 Oct 2017 09:44 PM PDT  Trump said Puerto Rico's debt will have to be wiped out.
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| Bain hoping to settle with Western Digital on Toshiba deal Posted: 05 Oct 2017 01:31 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — The investment fund heading the consortium that plans to buy Toshiba Corp.'s memory chip business said Thursday it will try to reach a speedy settlement with Western Digital, the U.S. joint venture partner of Toshiba that is opposing the sale.
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| Johnson & Johnson unit exits insulin pump business amid rising competition Posted: 05 Oct 2017 07:54 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's diabetes care unit, which makes insulin pumps, said on Thursday it would shut its business in United States and Canada amid increased competition and after failing to find a buyer. Animas Corp has selected rival Medtronic Plc as its partner for the device and nearly 90,000 patients using its pumps will be offered the option to transfer to pumps made by Medtronic. J&J has been reviewing strategic options, including a potential sale of its diabetes care division, which includes LifeScan Inc, Animas Corp and Calibra Medical Inc. The division reported sales of $421 million in the second quarter, down 10.6 percent from a year earlier.
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| Ford Reveals Its Electrification Plans Posted: 03 Oct 2017 07:09 PM PDT  Ford became the latest automaker to announce a big push toward electrifying its lineup, announcing Tuesday that it would bring 13 new electrified models to market globally over the next five year...
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| Indonesian man kills 23-foot python after it bit his arm Posted: 04 Oct 2017 03:45 AM PDT  A security guard has killed a huge python which was blocking traffic as it crossed a road in Indonesia, wrestling with the 23-foot reptile which savaged his arm. Robert Nababan was driving on a moped in Riau Province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra when he came upon the snake blocking traffic as it tried to edge across a road, according to local media. Nababan and two other passers-by tried to move the huge predator off the road. The details of the encounter remain unclear, but Nababan ended up in hospital after the python sunk its razor sharp teeth into his arm while trying, as pythons do, to coil around the 37 year old. Speaking from his hospital bed, Nababan told Indonesian TV reporters that : "I tried to catch it. It bit my arm, and we wrestled for a while." But the massive snake came out second-best, and is now strung up by thick rope from two pillars in a yard near where the deadly tussle took place. Slash and burn land and forest clearances - usually to ready land for palm oil plantations - are common in the region where the snake was killed. The snake came out second-best and is now strung up in a village Nababan has been described as a palm oil plantation worker, so either he or one or more of the passers-by were likely carrying some sort of heavy blade that could have been used to kill the snake. The snake was likely a reticulated python, the world's longest reptile measuring up to 23 feet and capable of eating fully grown pigs, and occasionally, humans. Snake attacks | How common are snake attacks in the UK? On March 27 the body of Akbar Salubiro, a 25-year-old farmer in Sulawesi, a large island in eastern Indonesia, was found inside the stomach of a 23 feet long reticulated python.
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| Chip Gaines's Mom Sheds Light On Why 'Fixer Upper' Is Ending Posted: 04 Oct 2017 01:01 PM PDT  Chip and Joanna Gaines offered their own reasons why "Fixer Upper" is ending after five seasons, and now Chip's mom Gayle Gaines has some more intel.
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| US 'deeply disturbed' by arrest of Istanbul consulate staffer Posted: 05 Oct 2017 08:20 AM PDT  The United States on Thursday said it was "deeply disturbed" over the arrest by Turkish authorities of a local staffer working at its consulate in Istanbul, saying the charges against him were baseless. The employee was remanded in custody by an Istanbul court late Wednesday on accusations of links to the group of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for last year's failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state-run Anadolu news agency said. The man has been formally charged with espionage and seeking to overthrow the Turkish government, it added.
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| US Rejects UN Resolution Condemning Death Penalty For LGBTQ People, Other Groups Posted: 03 Oct 2017 05:43 PM PDT  The United States joined countries like Iraq and Botswana in voting against a United Nations resolution that, among other things, condemns the use of the death penalty against LGBTQ people.
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| Trump Administration Asks Court To Dismiss Lawsuit Against Transgender Military Ban Posted: 05 Oct 2017 07:11 AM PDT  President Donald Trump's lawyers asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit against his ban on transgender individuals serving in the military.
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| Thai mourners pay last-minute respects to late king Posted: 05 Oct 2017 03:19 AM PDT  BANGKOK (AP) — Tens of thousands of mourners have been rushing to Bangkok's Grand Palace to pay their respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, as a period of nearly a year for his body to lie in state ends ahead of his cremation on Oct. 26.
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| Putin Welcomes Saudi Arabia Into His Middle East Sphere of Influence Posted: 05 Oct 2017 05:18 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Moscow on Wednesday in the first-ever official visit by a Saudi monarch to Russia
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| Some Poor Sap Just Got Totally Owned On Twitter... By Hamburger Helper Posted: 05 Oct 2017 02:28 AM PDT  The Helper glove has no love for misogynistic tweets.
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| Man wants to thank good Samaritans that saved him during the Las Vegas shooting Posted: 04 Oct 2017 10:02 AM PDT  Jeffrey Koishor, 25, took his first steps after sustaining two gunshot wounds to his leg and hip during the nightmarish Las Vegas shooting earlier this week. As the bullets began to rain down on the crowd from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino hotel room where shooter Stephen Paddock was holed up, Koishor immediately shielded his girlfriend from the spray. "I was running on my right leg for about 50 yards until I got to the House of Blues bar where it had a covered roof," Koishor said.
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| Amnesty condemns 'forced' returns of Afghan asylum seekers Posted: 04 Oct 2017 05:16 PM PDT  A surge of failed Afghan asylum seekers "forcibly" returned from Europe are at risk of torture, kidnapping and death in war-torn Afghanistan, Amnesty International said Thursday. Almost 9,500 Afghans went back to their homeland in 2016 after their applications for asylum in Europe were rejected, compared with nearly 3,300 a year earlier, the human rights group said. The figure covers asylum seekers who were detained and then deported from European countries, and those who "ostensibly voluntarily" returned with financial assistance, Amnesty said.
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| US votes against UN motion to condemn gay sex death penalty ‘over fears executions could be banned in the States’ Posted: 04 Oct 2017 01:31 AM PDT  The US failed to back a United Nations resolution to condemn death penalty sentences against gay people for having sex, because it feared it could lead to executions being banned in America. The Donald Trump administration failed to support the motion along with countries where the practice is legal, including in Saudi Arabia. Extremists in Isis-held territory in Iraq and Syria also hand down the death penalty for same-sex relations.
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| How many nukes are in the world and what could they destroy? Posted: 05 Oct 2017 03:28 AM PDT  Tensions over nuclear weapons have been raised further after North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. This latest move comes amid increasing concern over North Korea's military capabilities, with the new US administration upping its rhetoric in response. While the Pyongyang regime increases the frequency with which it is conducting missile tests, Donald Trump's defence secretary Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis has previously warned North Korea of an "effective and overwhelming" response if Pyongyang used nuclear weapons. North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test. Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States.....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017 Elsewhere, rhetoric hints at a return of the expansion of nuclear arsenals across the world. In December, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of defence chiefs that strengthening nuclear capability should be a key objective for 2017. Donald Trump then took to Twitter to respond, vowing to do the same. Such rhetoric has led to concerns about the world's nuclear capacity and the unpredictability of those in charge of the warheads. It seems the world is a long way from "coming to its senses" - with millions of kilotons already in military service around the world. Between them, the world's nuclear-armed states have around 15,000 warheads - the majority of which belong to the US and Russia. It is estimated that just under 10,000 of these are in military service, with the rest awaiting dismantlement, according to the Arms Control Association. Putin says Russia should strengthen its nuclear arsenal 00:51 Which countries have nuclear weapons? There are five nuclear-weapon states in the world: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and the United States. These are officially recognised as possessing such weapons by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. This treaty acknowledges and legitimises their arsenals, but they are not supposed to build or maintain them forever. Indeed, they have committed to eliminate them. There are also four other countries that have nuclear weapons: Pakistan, India, Israel and North Korea. These countries didn't sign the Treaty, and together possess an estimated 340 nuclear weapons. But it's Russia and the US that have by far the most in the world - dominating all other countries by collectively sharing 88 per cent of the world's arsenal of stockpiled nukes. This figure increases to 93 per cent when we consider retired nukes. How the world's 15,000 nukes are divided How deadly could these nuclear weapons be? The world's current collection of 14,900 nuclear weapons possesses enough power to kill millions of people and flatten dozens of cities. According to Telegraph research, it is estimated that the US and Russian arsenals combined have power equating to 6,600 megatons. This is a tenth of the total solar energy received by Earth every minute. According to the NukeMap website, the dropping of the B-83, the largest bomb in the current US arsenal, would kill 1.4m people in the first 24 hours. A further 3.7m people would be injured, as the thermal radiation radius reached 13.km. Likewise, the "Tsar Bomba" is the largest USSR bomb tested. If this bomb was dropped on New York, it is estimated that it could kill 7.6m people and injure 4.2m more. The nuclear fallout could reach an approximate area of 7,880km on a 15mph wind, impacting millions more people. Both America and Russia's arsenals are regulated by several treaties that place limits on the numbers and kinds of warheads and delivery systems they have. If either country were to expand their nuclear capacity even further, as Trump and Putin have hinted at, it could shatter these agreements and plunge the world into a new Cold War. North Korean missile ranges Our figures on nuclear weapons, based on statistics from the Arms Control Association, are mainly estimates because of the secretive nature with which most governments treat information about their arsenals.
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| Former prison guard admits sexually assaulting inmates Posted: 04 Oct 2017 02:16 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia prison guard has pleaded guilty in federal court to sexually assaulting three female inmates and then coercing them into helping him cover up the assaults.
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| Colin Kaepernick's Jersey Hangs In The Same Museum As 'Starry Night' Posted: 04 Oct 2017 05:50 AM PDT  One of the most recent additions to the halls of New York's Museum of Modern Art is a red San Francisco 49ers jersey.
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| Range Rover launches its first ever hybrid Posted: 04 Oct 2017 03:05 AM PDT  True to its word, Land Rover has started electrifying its range with the launch of the heavily updated and overhauled Range Rover Sport. The first ever Range Rover to come with a hybrid powertrain, it uses a four-cylinder 300hp engine and a 104hp eclectic motor. While that figure may be off the pace compared with the hybrid setups that litter the current Porsche Cayenne range, the Range Rover Sport serves up a huge 640Nm of toque, crucial for real off-road prowess.
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| Mapped: The Last Islamic State Stronghold in Syria Posted: 04 Oct 2017 07:49 AM PDT  The Islamic State has retreated to a remote tribal region. Taking it back won't be easy.
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| Unarmed Hotel Security Guard Who Found Las Vegas Shooter Hailed As Hero Posted: 05 Oct 2017 05:38 AM PDT  An unarmed security guard at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino was hailed as a hero for pinpointing the Las Vegas shooter's location, despite a withering barrage of gunfire that wounded him in the leg.
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| Julianne Hough's secret to her amazing body is right on her wrist Posted: 04 Oct 2017 09:21 AM PDT  We finally know the secret to Julianne Hough's incredible body -- and it's right on her wrist.
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| Mohammed Dahlan speaks about Palestinian unity and his back-room role Posted: 04 Oct 2017 07:38 AM PDT  By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Mohammad Dahlan, who played a key backroom role in a major new effort for Palestinian unity, has said a two-state peace agreement with Israel was impossible and healing wounds from a civil war that split Palestine was now a priority. Once of the fiercest foes of Hamas, the Islamist group that seized the Gaza Strip in a civil war in 2007, Dahlan, a member of the rival mainstream Fatah party, spoke to Reuters after a unity cabinet held its first meeting in the enclave in three years. "The internal Palestinian situation is more sacred, is more important and is more useful now than the so-called negotiation," the veteran politician said of talks with Israel that collapsed in 2014 over issues such as Israeli settlement-building in occupied territory and Fatah-Hamas reconciliation.
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| Rex Tillerson denies he wants to resign, but doesn't deny calling Trump a 'moron' Posted: 04 Oct 2017 09:12 AM PDT  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said he will stay in the Trump administration as "long as he is useful", but he did not deny reports that he had called the president a "moron". The former Exxon CEO organised an impromptu briefing at the State Department to address a report that broke just hours earlier via NBC News that Mr Tillerson had also considered leaving his post.
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| Illinois investigator attacked while trying to rescue child Posted: 04 Oct 2017 03:55 PM PDT ![Illinois investigator attacked while trying to rescue child]( "Illinois investigator attacked while trying to rescue child") STERLING, Ill. (AP) — An investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is hospitalized in a coma after being assaulted while trying to take protective custody of a child.
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| Harvest Moon 2017: How to Get the Best View of the Rare October Moon Posted: 05 Oct 2017 05:50 AM PDT  Fall is officially here
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| 60 Years Ago, Russia Launched Sputnik (And It Can Teach Us A lot about North Korea) Posted: 04 Oct 2017 07:04 AM PDT  While Sputnik itself was a rudimentary satellite that was by no means a weapon, it represented an uncomfortable truth—that the Soviet Union could reach out and potentially threaten the American homeland. While the situations are not identical, the current standoff between the United States and North Korea bears some resemblance to the early days of the Cold War. Indeed, the current crisis—which was sparked by North Korea test launching an ICBM—bears some resemblance to the developments of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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| 2019 Range Rover Sport P400e: The Start of Land Rover's Electrified Future Posted: 04 Oct 2017 09:05 AM PDT  A plug-in vehicle that'll take you places you'll never find a plug.
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| Did You Donate To The NRA In The Wake Of The Las Vegas Attack? Posted: 04 Oct 2017 10:39 AM PDT  Everybody knows by now that gun sales soar after mass shootings in America ― and once again, fear led to a boom in share prices for gunmakers after the attack in Las Vegas on Sunday.
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| Russia says its airstrikes wounded al-Qaida leader in Syria Posted: 04 Oct 2017 12:29 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia said Wednesday it carried out airstrikes in Syria this week that critically wounded the leader of an al-Qaida-linked group and killed 12 other militant commanders, a report that was categorically denied by the militants.
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| Trump opponents urge U.S. Supreme Court to rule on travel ban Posted: 05 Oct 2017 02:41 PM PDT  Challengers to President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the policy's legality even though it has been replaced with a revised plan. In separate letters to the court, the American Civil Liberties Union and the state of Hawaii said the justices should still hear the case, which had been scheduled for arguments next week but was taken off their calendar after the administration announced the reworked ban last month. The challengers, characterizing the new ban as an indefinite extension of the previous one, said individuals who sued have an interest in the expired measure being declared unlawful because they continue to be harmed by the new policy.
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| From Golfing to His First iPhone, a Look at O.J. Simpson's New Life as a Free Man Posted: 04 Oct 2017 01:38 PM PDT  The former NFL superstar is expected to remain in Vegas for a few months, but he intends to eventually move to Florida.
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