| Trump says he spoke the name of fallen U.S. soldier in call with widow Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:40 AM PDT  "Look, I've called many people. And I would think that every one of them appreciated it," Trump told Maria Bartiromo in an interview on Fox News on Sunday.
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| Police Say 3 Deaths Could Be Work Of Serial Killer 'Terrorizing' Tampa Posted: 23 Oct 2017 10:14 AM PDT  A string of murders in Florida is sparking fears that a serial killer is targeting Tampa residents.
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| Chinese President Xi Jinping Declares Era of “National Rejuvenation” Posted: 22 Oct 2017 08:41 AM PDT  Chinese president Xi Jinping declared an era of national rejuvenation in a speech that garnered 1.5 billion virtual claps on a virtual applause app released in conjunction with the Communist Party congress.
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| Barack Obama couldn't stop laughing after George W. Bush whispered in his ear Posted: 23 Oct 2017 11:24 AM PDT  All five living former U.S. presidents gathered at a hurricane relief concert in Texas to raise money for victims of Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Maria on Saturday night -- and the Internet can't stop obsessing about one moment between George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
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| Russian Radio Journalist Stabbed In Neck Amid Anti-Media Violence Posted: 23 Oct 2017 11:58 AM PDT  A prominent journalist at Russia's top independent radio station was stabbed in the neck on Monday after a spate of recent attacks and threats against Russian media.
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| Travel plea for conjoined twins in blockaded Gaza Posted: 22 Oct 2017 11:05 AM PDT  Conjoined twins born in Gaza Sunday need to leave the blockaded Palestinian enclave for treatment crucial to their survival, their doctor and a family member said. "A woman gave birth this morning to Siamese twins joined at the stomach and pelvis," Allam Abu Hamda, head of the neonatal unit at Gaza's Shifa Hospital, told AFP. The twins, whose condition Abu Hamda said was stable, have one shared leg, but separate hearts and lungs.
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| St Andrews University students celebrate 'Raisin Monday' Posted: 23 Oct 2017 07:52 AM PDT ![St Andrews University students celebrate 'Raisin Monday']( "St Andrews University students celebrate 'Raisin Monday'") In a tradition that may go back centuries, older students at St Andrews spend a weekend showing new kids around, after which the younger students demonstrate their gratitude with a gift. It used to be raisins, but not now.
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| Report: Fox Renewed Bill O'Reilly's Contract After $32 Million Harassment Settlement Posted: 21 Oct 2017 06:33 PM PDT  Fox News extended host Bill O'Reilly's contract for $100 million over four years shortly after he reached a $32 million agreement to settle claims of sexual harassment from a former network employee, The New York Times reported Saturday.
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| Indonesia seeks answers from US as top general denied entry Posted: 23 Oct 2017 07:58 AM PDT  Indonesia's government is seeking clarification from the U.S. after the Indonesian military chief was denied entry to the country, an official said Sunday.
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| Rachel Maddow Defends Niger Theory After Experts Call It 'Conspiracymongering' Posted: 21 Oct 2017 05:46 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow on Friday doubled down on her controversial reporting on the deadly Niger ambush on U.S. troops, in which she linked President Donald Trump's travel ban with the deaths of four soldiers.
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| Mother, son and daughter all arrested in connection to multiple robberies on Long Island Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:35 PM PDT  A woman and her two children have been arrested in Long Island in connection to seven armed robberies, all of which took place over the last month.
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| Game Over for ISIS Fighters in Philippines' Marawi City Posted: 23 Oct 2017 01:44 AM PDT  President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi City liberated six days ago, even though battles were still ongoing.
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| 2018 Porsche 911 Carrera T: Here It Is Posted: 22 Oct 2017 04:25 PM PDT  The Carrera T is yet another 911 variant, but this is now the lightest 911 you can buy.
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| Bernie Sanders Says He'll Run For Re-election As An Independent Posted: 23 Oct 2017 07:00 AM PDT  confirmed he'll run for re-election next year as an independent candidate.
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| Firefighters still battling 10 wildfires in California Posted: 23 Oct 2017 08:49 AM PDT  About 5,000 firefighters were still battling 10 wildfires in California on Monday and the authorities said they hope to have many of them fully contained in the next few days. The wildfires ignited on October 8 and as many as 11,000 firefighters -- some from as far away as Australia -- were involved at one point in battling move than two dozen large blazes.
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| Dozens of Packaged Vegetable Products Recalled Amid Listeria Fears Posted: 23 Oct 2017 05:31 AM PDT  It affects more than 30 products
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| Eric Bolling says it's 'beyond inappropriate' that Bill O'Reilly is using his late teenage son for leverage Posted: 23 Oct 2017 02:48 PM PDT  Eric Bolling finds it "beyond inappropriate" that fellow ex-Fox News host Bill O'Reilly referenced Bolling's late son while defending himself against the latest wave of public backlash.
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| The Latest: Father recalls shooting that killed daughter Posted: 23 Oct 2017 05:15 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the murder trial involving the San Francisco pier shooting that sparked national debate on illegal immigration. (all times local):
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| Trump Blows Past Russia Sanctions Deadline Posted: 23 Oct 2017 08:23 AM PDT  The president had 60 days to at least develop a plan of action on new sanctions but is three weeks behind Congress's order.
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| 14 Vegetarian Recipes Kids Will Totally Approve Of Posted: 23 Oct 2017 09:23 AM PDT |
| US 'to put nuclear bombers on 24-hour alert' for first time since Cold War Posted: 23 Oct 2017 01:49 AM PDT  The United States is preparing to put nuclear bomber planes on 24-hour alert for the first time since the Cold War, a senior Air Force official has said. A fleet of B-52s laden with nuclear weapons could soon be readied to launch within a day's notice amid growing tensions with North Korea. General David Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff, said US military leaders were being forced to adapt to "the reality of the global situation we find ourselves in".
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| Hikers’ Families Say Deaths Motivated By ‘Compassion’ Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:08 PM PDT  The families of a young couple found dead in an embrace believe they died in a murder-suicide motivated by compassion.
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| Five things to know about Japan's pacifist constitution Posted: 22 Oct 2017 09:15 PM PDT  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's long-held dream to change the pacifist constitution got a big boost this weekend as his conservative coalition won a crucial two-thirds majority in a snap election. Nationalists like Abe dismiss the constitution as a humiliating relic imposed by US occupiers after Japan's defeat in World War II, while North Korea's recent firing of two missiles over the country in less than a month has focused minds on security. Any tentative move towards re-militarisation would trigger alarm bells in China and the Koreas given Japan's history of military aggression in the region.
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| Director James Toback Accused Of Sexual Harassment Posted: 22 Oct 2017 10:22 AM PDT  The women came forward to accuse the 72-year-old writer of harassment spanning decades.
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| Pets And People Are Joyously Reuniting After California Wildfires Posted: 22 Oct 2017 03:50 PM PDT  Some Northern Californians who feared the worst for their pets in the wake of this month's deadly wildfires are getting some welcome good news in recent days: Their animals survived.
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| Scot given three-month jail sentence for touching Dubai man's hip Posted: 22 Oct 2017 06:57 AM PDT  A British man has been sentenced to three months in prison in Dubai for touching a man's hip in a bar, according to campaigners. Jamie Harron, from Stirling, was arrested in July over the incident in which he said he put his hand on a man's hip to avoid spilling a drink in a crowded bar. The 27-year-old electrician had been working in Afghanistan and was on a two-day stopover in the United Arab Emirates at the time. After his arrest for public indecency he lost his job and was told he could have faced up to three years in jail. Campaign group Detained in Dubai (DiD) said he was sentenced to three months imprisonment at court on Sunday but lawyers plan to appeal. The group said Mr Harron is "angry, disappointed, and dreads what may happen next". He is not currently in custody while the appeal is considered, DiD chief executive Radha Stirling said. Mr Harron has already been sentenced in absentia to 30 days in prison for failing to appear at a court hearing for making a rude gesture and drinking alcohol during the same July incident. Unusual laws that tourists should be wary of DiD said the 27-year-old was not told about the court date in advance and that sentence is also being appealed against. In relation to the alleged public indecency charge, Mr Harron is said to have been holding a drink, moving through a crowded bar and held a hand in front of him to avoid spilling it on himself or others. He then "touched a man on his hip to avoid impact". He was initially jailed for five days and then released on bail with his passport confiscated. Ms Stirling said: "Now Jamie has been sentenced to three months; there is no telling whether a judgement on appeal will be better or worse. "He has already suffered tremendously as a result of these allegations, and now faces the likelihood of incarceration. "His family was unable to visit him during this critical time because they faced a very real risk of imprisonment themselves under the UAE's cyber crime laws which forbid criticism of the government. "At this point, Jamie will definitely be pursuing civil action against his accusers when he does eventually return home, as it appears that he will not be able to find justice in the UAE." She added: "He feels betrayed and exploited by the system, which did not investigate the reports of key witnesses in his defence and led him to believe that the case would be dropped." A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: "We have been in contact with a British man following his arrest in Dubai in July. We are providing consular assistance."
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| Budget Chief Raises Possibility Of Trump Agreeing To Obamacare Subsidy Deal Posted: 22 Oct 2017 07:23 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Office of Management and Budget chief Mick Mulvaney suggested on Fox News Sunday that President Donald Trump could back a bipartisan deal on making certain reimbursement payments to insurers if he also got other, smaller changes to the health care system.
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| Philippines declares end to 5-month militant siege in Marawi Posted: 23 Oct 2017 08:26 AM PDT  CLARK, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government declared the end Monday to the militant siege of a southern city that lasted five months, left more than 1,100 people dead and sparked fears of the Islamic State group gaining a foothold in Southeast Asia.
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| Here's everything leaving (and being added to) Netflix in November Posted: 23 Oct 2017 08:51 AM PDT  Another month, another onslaught of new additions -- and titles being taken away -- on Netflix.
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| 'It was going to eat her' - Aussie teen survives shark scare Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:59 PM PDT  An Australian teenager has survived a terrifying encounter with a great white shark, with her harrowing screams alerting her father who was certain it was about to "eat her". Sarah Williams, 15, was fishing for squid from a kayak off the South Australian coast near Normanville on Sunday when the shark struck. "This shark has just rolled and all I saw was the dark side and the white belly and just huge fins and just white water everywhere," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Monday.
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| Norway wealth fund watchdog reviewing investment in U.S. pipeline firm Posted: 23 Oct 2017 04:52 AM PDT ![Norway wealth fund watchdog reviewing investment in U.S. pipeline firm]( "Norway wealth fund watchdog reviewing investment in U.S. pipeline firm") The ethics watchdog for Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is reviewing allegations that U.S. pipeline operator Energy Transfer Partners may breach the fund's investment guidelines. Under rules set by Norway's parliament, any firm the fund invests in must meet guidelines related to the environment, human rights, governance and other issues. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has said it could contaminate the Missouri River and said it threatens their sacred sites.
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| Man Gets $117 Traffic Ticket After Singing '90s Dance Hit In Car Posted: 23 Oct 2017 10:16 AM PDT  Talk about a bum note: A Montreal man says he's facing a $117 traffic ticket just for singing in his car.
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| Trump Offers $430,000 Of His Own Money For Aides' Legal Fees In Russian Probe Posted: 21 Oct 2017 10:17 PM PDT  Donald Trump is offering at least $430,000 of his own funds to help defray the legal costs of aides amid federal probes into Russian influence in the presidential election.
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| White supremacist saved by black protester after being punched at anti-Nazi march Posted: 23 Oct 2017 05:24 AM PDT  Wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with swastikas, Randy Furniss, hands in his pockets, walked slowly through a crowd Thursday that had largely gathered to protest white nationalist Richard Spencer, who was delivering a speech at the University of Florida. Days before Florida Gov. Rick Scott, R, had warned in an executive order that a "threat of a potential emergency is imminent" in Alachua County, where the University of Florida is located, noting that prior speaking engagements involving Spencer have sparked protest and violence. The event was Spencer's first public speech on a college campus since he led hundreds of torch-bearing white supremacists, white nationalists and others through the University of Virginia in a far-right rally in August that preceded a weekend of violent protests in Charlottesville.
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| India says Myanmar must take back Rohingya Muslims Posted: 22 Oct 2017 05:37 PM PDT  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — India's foreign minister told Bangladesh's government that Myanmar must take back Rohingya Muslims to resolve one of Asia's largest refugee crises in decades, the government said.
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| Foreigners who joined IS faced almost certain death in Raqqa Posted: 23 Oct 2017 09:52 AM PDT  The forces fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group in Syria have tacit instructions on dealing with the foreigners who joined the extremist group by the thousands: Kill them on the battlefield.
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| Naval Showdown: What Happens When a Battleship Fights an Aircraft Carrier? Posted: 21 Oct 2017 07:26 PM PDT  In 1930, the Glorious was converted into an aircraft carrier, just as the U.S. Navy did with the Lexington and Saratoga. Battlecruisers had proven fragile in World War I, but they could travel thirty knots and had large hulls suitable for planting a flight deck on. The Glorious was committed to the Norwegian campaign, perhaps the rock bottom of the Royal Navy's performance in World War II. On April 9, 1940, the Germans launched an amphibious invasion of Norway.
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| Indonesia says military chief barred from US, seeks explanation Posted: 22 Oct 2017 04:53 AM PDT  Indonesia said Sunday its military chief had been refused entry to the United States and asked Washington for an explanation. General Gatot Nurmantyo was due to attend a conference in Washington at the request of General Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, but the military said he was unable to board his Emirates flight in Jakarta on Saturday.
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| Bitcoin is 'Enron in the making', Saudi Prince Alwaleed says Posted: 23 Oct 2017 08:19 AM PDT  Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns investment firm Kingdom Holding, expressed skepticism about cryptocurrencies in an interview with CNBC on Monday, warning that bitcoin was like "Enron in the making". Prince Alwaleed, whose company invests in major U.S. companies such as Citigroup and Twitter, said a lack of regulation made such cryptocurrencies risky. It's Enron in the making," he said, referring to the U.S. energy company that filed for bankruptcy in 2001 after revelations of a widespread accounting fraud.
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| The Exact Moment These People In Love Knew 'That's My Person' Posted: 23 Oct 2017 09:30 AM PDT  Everyone loves a good love story, especially in 140 characters or less.
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| Ex-Crime Scene Investigator Allegedly Murdered P.I. Who Was Found In Cement-Covered Grave Posted: 23 Oct 2017 06:22 AM PDT  Suspect Ashley McArthur once worked at the Escambia County Sheriff's Office in Florida.
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| British-born Putin critic has US visa revoked after Russia places him on international arrest list Posted: 23 Oct 2017 09:43 AM PDT  A British businessman and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin said his ability to enter the US has been revoked after Russia placed him on an international police wanted list. Bill Browder, a hedge fund manager and activist, said he was informed his so-called Global Entry status had been suspended and that he was unable to check in for a flight to the US, after Russia had him added to the Interpol arrest list. Mr Browder, 53, who pushed for the US to enforce a powerful set of sanctions against figures close to the Kremlin, said Russia had tried on four previous occasions to have him placed on the Interpol Red List.
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