| As GOP Senators Bail, Republicans Are Learning What A Trump Party Looks Like Posted: 24 Oct 2017 06:57 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― What does a Party of Donald Trump look like?
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| Man sought by police for rape and murder of 13-month-old girl Posted: 25 Oct 2017 10:07 AM PDT  A reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted for the rape and murder of a 13-month-old girl.
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| Puerto Ricans Are Struggling To Flee The Island With Their Pets Posted: 24 Oct 2017 02:53 PM PDT  Thousands of people are fleeing Puerto Rico as the island remains without power and the death toll continues to climb more than a month after Hurricane Maria.
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| 5 Teenagers in Michigan Charged With Murder Posted: 23 Oct 2017 09:00 PM PDT  They allegedly dropped rocks from an overpass, killing a father on his way home.
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| US moves third carrier group to western Pacific ahead of Trump's Asia tour amid North Korea tensions Posted: 25 Oct 2017 10:42 AM PDT  A second US aircraft carrier strike group has entered the western Pacific in as many days, bringing the total number to three ahead of Donald Trump's Asia tour. Amid heightened tensions with North Korea, The USS Nimitz and Theodore Roosevelt joined the Seventh Fleet operations area alongside the USS Ronald Reagan, which has been conducting exercises with South Korea's navy. North Korea dubbed them a "rehearsal for war".
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| Dad Live Streams Suicide as Viewers Plead With Him to Stop Posted: 24 Oct 2017 04:45 PM PDT  The father was upset over his daughter's recent engagement.
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| The Best Cranberry Dessert Recipes You'll Ever Make Posted: 24 Oct 2017 11:47 AM PDT  Cranberries represent the holiday season better than any other fruit.
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| 'Idiots of the century' swim in baited croc trap Posted: 23 Oct 2017 06:52 PM PDT  A group of men seen swimming inside a baited crocodile trap in Australia near where a woman was recently eaten were blasted as "idiots of the century" Tuesday. Photos posted on Facebook showed the four men clambering on the floating trap set near a marina at Port Douglas in northern Queensland state and even posing inside it. It is not far from where a 4.3-metre (14-foot) croc killed dementia sufferer Anne Cameron.
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| Photos reveal new US-Mexico border wall prototypes Posted: 24 Oct 2017 05:32 AM PDT  As President Trump continues to press the need for his promised border wall, new prototypes are offering a look at what a final product, if built, could look like.
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| The Arizona Senate Race Is About To Be Bonkers Posted: 24 Oct 2017 02:57 PM PDT  Now that Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is no longer seeking re-election in 2018, the Arizona Senate race is about to get very interesting.
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| Stolen dog missing for three years found 1,700 miles away Posted: 25 Oct 2017 03:58 AM PDT  A missing dog has finally been returned to its rightful owner, three years after it was stolen and taken 1,700 miles away. Staffordshire Terrier Ladybird was taken from a resident at a Texas living facility by a homeless man after she passed away. The woman had already asked her friend, Sharon Henderson, to look after Ladybird in the event of her death. She told Fox 7 Austin: "The neighbour in the living facility called this other homeless guy and he came and took Ladybird in the middle of the night knowing that her wishes were that he now have her." The man hitchhiked with the dog all the way to Portland, Oregon, with Ms Henderson adding that the "whole trip must have been horrendous for her". Three years later, a malnourished Ladybird was found wandering the streets alone following the death of the man who took her. The canine was in a terrible condition, with Ms Henderson explaining: "She hadn't eaten in so long, so had no jaw muscles, her head muscles had atrophied and she couldn't even chew. Her ribs were sticking out and she couldn't even go up two stairs with falling backwards." Ladybird was eventually reunited with her rightful owner thanks to the address stored on her microchip. "I want her to enjoy the rest of her life in the lap of luxury she's never known and have a family," her owner said. Smiling dog faces losing new home after adoption selfie alerts police
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| Body found, likely Texas girl, 3, sent outside as punishment: police Posted: 23 Oct 2017 07:33 PM PDT ![Body found, likely Texas girl, 3, sent outside as punishment: police]( "Body found, likely Texas girl, 3, sent outside as punishment: police") The body of a toddler found in a culvert beneath a Texas road was likely that of a 3-year-old girl reported missing after her father said he punished her for not drinking her milk by making her stand alone outside at night, police said on Monday. Police in Richardson, a suburb of Dallas, said the father, Wesley Mathews, 37, was arrested on a new charge of injury to a child, a felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison. Mathews has already been charged for suspected child endangerment for the treatment of his daughter, Sherin, who went missing in about two weeks ago.
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| Social Security Checks will Increase in 2018 Posted: 23 Oct 2017 08:13 PM PDT  Good news for 61.5 million Americans receiving Social Security benefits: your monthly checks are about to get larger.
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| Tensions high as Kenya awaits new presidential vote Posted: 25 Oct 2017 12:17 PM PDT ![Tensions high as Kenya awaits new presidential vote]( "Tensions high as Kenya awaits new presidential vote") Kenya stands at a dangerous crossroads ahead of a presidential election on Oct. 26, with opposition leader Raila Odinga refusing to take part and even the country's electoral chief casting doubt on the poll's credibility.
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| Seville Is The #1 City You Should Visit Next Year, According To Lonely Planet Posted: 25 Oct 2017 02:55 AM PDT  It's about time to make travel plans for 2018, and the experts at Lonely Planet say one city should be first on your list.
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| 25 Tweets About Married Life That Are Hilariously Accurate Posted: 25 Oct 2017 02:11 PM PDT  Marriage is a surprisingly universal experience, and we have the tweets to prove it.
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| This Tiny Island Now Has the Most Powerful Passport in the World Posted: 25 Oct 2017 07:36 AM PDT  American passport's strength has considerably dropped since Trump took office
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| Trump Brags About Having 'One Of The Great Memories Of All Time' Posted: 25 Oct 2017 11:44 AM PDT  Donald Trump: "[I have] one of the greatest memories of all time."
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| Return home of 5,600 jihadists poses major threat: Soufan Posted: 24 Oct 2017 09:34 AM PDT  Thousands of foreign jihadists who have fled Islamic State group-held territories in Iraq and Syria could pose major security problems as they return home, a think-tank said Tuesday. At least 5,600 citizens or residents of 33 countries had returned home as IS faced devastating assaults on territories it held in Iraq and Syria, said the Soufan Center, a non-profit security analysis group.
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| Republicans launch probe into Obama administration Russian uranium deal Posted: 24 Oct 2017 12:45 PM PDT  Republicans in Washington have announced an investigation into a uranium deal with Russia negotiated by the Obama administration. The move was seen by Democrats as a Republican attempt to deflect attention away from continuing investigations into alleged Russian meddling in last year's presidential election. In doing so the Republicans are moving to resurrect allegations that the Obama administration, in which Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State, mishandled the deal which gave Russia control over more than 20 per cent of US uranium supplies. Donald Trump and Republicans also allege that the uranium company donated to the Clinton Foundation to enlist Mrs Clinton's support - an accusation she dismissed as "baloney". The investigation centres on Rosatom, the state-owned Russian nuclear energy company, which began buying shares in Uranium One - a Toronto based enterprise with interests in the US - in 2009. Hillary Clinton Credit: Patrick Sermansky/AP Rosatom became majority shareholders the following year before later assuming full ownership of the company. The deal was approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a Government body made up of nine different administration agencies including the State Department. Devin Nunes, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee insisted the new inquiry was separate from the investigation into its investigation of Russian involvement in the election. "Well, the current Russia investigation is about the election. This is more about uranium and whether or not government functioned properly or not," Mr Nunes said.
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| HIV-Positive School Aide Faces 206 Sex Abuse Charges Posted: 25 Oct 2017 03:11 AM PDT  Carlos Deangelo Bell allegedly abused 42 victims, aged between 11 and 17, over a two-year period while working in Maryland schools.
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| U.S. touts military ties in Philippines as Duterte courts Russia, China Posted: 24 Oct 2017 06:06 AM PDT  By Phil Stewart and Manuel Mogato CLARK, Philippines (Reuters) - The timing of U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' trip to the Philippines this week couldn't have been better, coming just as it celebrated a victory against Islamist militants in Marawi City - with a critical dose of help from the U.S. military. Duterte, known for his strident anti-American rhetoric, has made no secret of his plans to cultivate ties with America's rivals, Russia and China.
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| US poker star Phil Ivey loses UK case, won't get millions Posted: 25 Oct 2017 06:14 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — He's long been a winner at cards, but American poker star Phil Ivey's good fortune does not extend to Britain's Supreme Court — he lost a major case Wednesday that will keep him from cashing in.
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| World Series studs you should watch -- even if you don't care about the game Posted: 25 Oct 2017 11:07 AM PDT  The Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros are meeting in the World Series -- a first for the Dodgers since 1988, and a major win for the city of Houston, which is recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey.
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| Saudi Arabia's crown prince promises to lead his country 'back to moderate Islam' Posted: 24 Oct 2017 08:04 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia's ambitious young crown prince has said he will lead his country back to "moderate Islam" as he announced plans for a vast new £380 million economic development zone. Prince Mohammed bin Salman told investors gathered in Riyadh that his economic modernisation plans would go hand-in-hand with with political reforms to guide the conservative kingdom away from severe Wahhabi Islam. "We are returning to what we were before - a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world," the 32-year-old prince said. "We will not spend the next 30 years of our lives dealing with destructive ideas. We will destroy them today," he added. "We will end extremism very soon." The prince's pledge is a challenge to Saudi's conservative clerics and came as he announced plans for NEOM, a new economic zone that will stretch across Saudi's borders into neighboring Egypt and Jordan. The zone will be 26,500km square, making it bigger than Wales and significantly larger than neighbouring Middle Eastern states like Israel, Lebanon or Kuwait. The prince made the announcement at an investor conference in Riyadh Credit: AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINEFAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images The project is the latest announcement from Prince Mohammed, who is pushing aggressively to modernise the kingdom and wean it off its dependence on oil as part of his Vision 2030 plan. He laid out a vision of a futuristic economic zone where robots may outnumber humans, drones will carry passengers and omnipresent high-speed internet will be known as "digital air". Saudi has announced a string of reforms in recent months, including plans to allow women to drive, but it remains one of the world's most socially conservative societies. Prince Mohammed's modernising plans have been applauded by many western leaders but some analysts are sceptical that he will be able to push through economic and political changes on the scale he is talking about. Earlier this year, the royal family backed away from plans to cut benefits for state employees in the face of public anger - a sign of how difficult it may be to reform Saudi Arabia's oil-based economy. Last week, Saudi authorities said they were forming a council of Islamic scholars who would counter violent interpretations of the Koran and the hadith - a set of lessons learned from the life of the prophet Mohammed. The government has also eased restrictions on the use of video messaging applications like Skype and Whatsapp. The investment conference itself was intended as a symbol of modernity and dubbed by some observers as "Davos in the Desert". Men and women sat together at the event and it was attended high-profile figures like Tony Blair and Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund. "This initiative is something you couldn't have imagined happening in Saudi Arabia even a few years back," said Mr Blair, who praised the direction of Prince Mohammed's reforms. His comments were criticised by Reprieve, a British human rights group, which called Mr Blair's praise "spectacularly tone deaf" in light of Saudi Arabia's poor human rights record. "The Saudi government has executed hundreds of people in the past few years – including protesters and children," said Maya Foa, Reprieve's director. Prince Mohammed became heir to the throne in June at the expense of his older cousin, the powerful interior minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayaf, who was stripped of his title as crown prince. His father, King Salman, is 81 and in poor health and Prince Mohammed is widely seen as the effective ruler of Saudi Arabia. He serves as the country's defence minister and has wide powers to manage its economy. The prince has led the country's war in neighboring Yemen, which has seen more than 10,000 people killed. The UN recently blacklisted the Saudi-led military coalition for killing and injuring hundreds of children in the conflict.
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| The Stabbed Russian Radio Journalist Tatyana Felgenhauer Is Now in a Coma Posted: 23 Oct 2017 10:03 PM PDT  A well-known journalist for Russia's top independent radio station was stabbed in the throat Monday by an attacker who burst into her studio — the latest in a string of attacks on journalists and opposition activists in Moscow.
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| China top anti-graft watchdog says anti-corruption campaign has 'built into a crushing tide' Posted: 23 Oct 2017 10:02 PM PDT  China's top anti-graft watchdog has said that a multi-year campaign against corruption is consolidating and would continue to develop, according to a work report released at a key leadership summit. The Central Commission of Discipline Inspection said in the report given to reporters on Monday as part of the closing ceremony of the 19th National Party Congress that the campaign has been "built into a crushing tide". President Xi Jinping's has vowed to battle deep-seated graft in the Party saying that a failure to stop corruption could damage the Party's future.
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| Paul Ryan Tells Conservatives DACA Will Be Part Of Spending Deal Posted: 24 Oct 2017 05:35 PM PDT  privately conceded to a group of House conservatives on Tuesday that he plans to include a legislative fix for undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children in a year-end spending deal.
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| Paris Jackson and Prince Jackson step out together at fundraiser for godmother Liz Taylor's AIDS foundation Posted: 25 Oct 2017 07:31 AM PDT  No doubt Michael Jackson was smiling down Tuesday night as two of his children stood hand-in-hand in support of his longtime friend, the late Elizabeth Taylor.
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| US considers higher entry fees at 17 popular national parks Posted: 24 Oct 2017 04:29 PM PDT  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The National Park Service is considering a steep increase in entrance fees at 17 of its most popular parks, mostly in the U.S. West, to address a backlog of maintenance and infrastructure projects.
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| Newtown Shooter May Have Had Interest In Pedophilia, FBI Reveals Posted: 25 Oct 2017 04:31 AM PDT  Newly released FBI documents in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting paint an even more disturbing portrait of killer Adam Lanza, suggesting his fascination with children verged on the obscene.
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| U.S. Sends Brand New Stealth Fighters To Japan Posted: 24 Oct 2017 02:20 AM PDT  The F-35A Lightning II jets will be deployed to the American military base at Okinawa.
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| Now You Can Pay Hundreds To Let Amazon Workers Unlock Your Door Posted: 25 Oct 2017 12:39 PM PDT  Amazon hopes to make stolen and rain-sopped packages a thing of the past with a new keyless entry system that gives its couriers access to front doors to leave items inside.
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| Could America's New Tanks Beat Russia's Armata Tank in Battle? Posted: 25 Oct 2017 05:04 AM PDT  Who wins? Could America's New Tanks Beat Russia's Armata Tank in Battle? Army and industry weapons developers have begun work on an advanced next-generation Abrams tank specifically engineered with new weapons, ammunition, laser-spotters and advanced thermal sights able to outrange, outgun and outmatch the most modern Russian and Chinese tanks, service and industry officials said. Advanced networking technology with new, next-generation sights, sensors, targeting systems and digital networking - are all key elements of an ongoing upgrade to position the platform to, if needed, successfully engage in combat against rapidly emerging threats, such as the prospect of confronting a Russian T-14 Armata or Chinese 3rd generation Type 99 tank.
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| Factbox: Who's in? Who's out? China's Communist Party Central Committee Posted: 24 Oct 2017 04:21 AM PDT  China's ruling Communist Party on Tuesday announced a new Central Committee, the largest of its elite ruling bodies, at the closing session of the 19th Communist Party Congress, a course-setting leadership reshuffle held every five years. The list provides clues to who will, or won't, fill top Party positions during President Xi Jinping's second term. The party will announce its new Politburo Standing Committee, which now includes seven members headed by Xi and is the apex of power in China.
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| 'It Could Have Been Avoided.' 3-Year-Old Boy Dies After Getting Trapped in Park's Underground Water Tank Posted: 24 Oct 2017 01:03 PM PDT  "It's the worst thing — news you can never hear," his grandmother said
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| Jeff Flake's Speech And The White House Response Was The Trump Presidency In A Nutshell Posted: 24 Oct 2017 08:10 PM PDT  The story of the Donald Trump presidency ― of a politician repeatedly violating the norms of politics and basic civility, then getting away with it ― played out in vivid form within the span of one remarkable hour on Tuesday afternoon.
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| Russian presidential hopeful says Crimea belongs to Ukraine Posted: 24 Oct 2017 09:59 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — A 35-year-old Russian celebrity TV host who aspires to run for president in next March's election said Tuesday that Crimea belongs to Ukraine despite its 2014 annexation by Moscow — a bold statement that has drawn angry responses from Russian officials and lawmakers.
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| Father of missing girl charged with first-degree felony Posted: 23 Oct 2017 06:12 PM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — The father of a missing 3-year-old North Texas girl was arrested Monday after voluntarily giving new answers to investigators' questions about his daughter's disappearance.
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| Skater's video shows California neighborhood before and after wildfire Posted: 25 Oct 2017 03:09 AM PDT  Skateboarder Johnbee Buencamino's GoPro footage captured the Santa Rosa, California, neighborhood of Coffey Park before and after it was decimated by wildfire.
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