| North Korea Holds Massive Military Parade Ahead Of 2018 Winter Olympics Posted: 08 Feb 2018 01:05 AM PST  North Korea staged a large military parade on Thursday, just one day before the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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| Thousands sign petition to remove judge who sentenced blind child rapist to probation Posted: 07 Feb 2018 06:59 AM PST  A petition to remove an Oklahoma judge who sentenced a convicted child rapist to 15 years of probation is gaining serious momentum online.
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| Trump touted conspiratorial ambassador nominee's 'marketing' skills Posted: 07 Feb 2018 08:40 AM PST  President Trump's administration sold Leandro Rizzuto Jr. as highly qualified for his ambassadorship to Barbados.
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| The Ones They Left Behind: A Puerto Rican Family Still Torn Apart Months After Maria Posted: 08 Feb 2018 02:47 AM PST  One morning last September, Jeancarlo and Jan Miguel Ruiz Núñez stepped out of their home and found their neighborhood, on the outskirts of the small mountain town of Lares, Puerto Rico, wrecked.
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| Mexico authorities catch animal traffickers trying to mail a tiger cub Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:53 AM PST  Mexican authorities have found a tiger cub in a plastic container, due to be express mailed to another address. The Office for Environmental Protection on Wednesday found the Bengal cub when a sniffer dog looking for contraband detected it in the plastic container, sedated. The cub was found in the package filled with newspaper clippings, in the western state of Jalisco, due to be shipped to an address in the central state of Queretaro.
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| DHS cybersecurity head: 'No doubt' Russians penetrated voter registration systems Posted: 07 Feb 2018 07:45 AM PST  In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Cynthia McFadden, Jeanette Manfra, the head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, says that 21 states were targeted during the 2016 election.
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| John Kelly Calls Aide Facing Abuse Allegations A 'Man Of True Integrity' Posted: 07 Feb 2018 02:49 PM PST  White House Chief of Staff John Kelly knew about a protective order against staff secretary Rob Porter well before Porter resigned Wednesday over allegations that he had abused his two ex-wives, Politico reports.
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| Elon Musk shares the last image of his Tesla roadster floating through the solar system Posted: 07 Feb 2018 03:01 PM PST  Unless you spent your day under a rock on Tuesday, you probably already know that SpaceX successfully launched its largest rocket ever, the Falcon Heavy. Oh, and on that rocket was a Telsa Roadster, because why not? Elon Musk shared the last image of the Roadster — equipped with a "Starman" at the wheel — before it spends the rest of eternity somewhere in space. Kind of haunting, kind of beautiful. May he ride forever, and not be blown to bits. SEE ALSO: Watching SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch to space was like seeing into the future Last pic of Starman in Roadster on its journey to Mars orbit and then the Asteroid Belt A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on Feb 7, 2018 at 2:00pm PST On Tuesday night Musk tweeted that the Falcon Heavy's payload "exceeded Mars orbit and kept going to the asteroid belt." Third burn successful. Exceeded Mars orbit and kept going to the Asteroid Belt. pic.twitter.com/bKhRN73WHF — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2018 It's unclear exactly where the Roadster will end up on this road trip (space is really big!), but either way, the mission has been a major success. WATCH: Here's how NASA is preparing the largest telescope ever built for space
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| Cops Identify Hung Phuoc Nguyen as Theft Suspect, Despite Widely Mocked Sketch Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:39 AM PST  Police shared the drawing on its crime watch page, and while it was initially mocked by some for its simplicity, officials said it did the job.
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| Watch GOP Memo Author Devin Nunes Flee From A Simple Question Posted: 06 Feb 2018 10:49 PM PST  doesn't seem to want to answer a key question about his much-hyped memo.
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| Hillary Clinton urges people to vote in midterm elections: 'We are in the midst of a war on truth, facts and reason' Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:08 PM PST  Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said she is "committed" to urging American voters to participate in 2018 midterm elections to "get the sexism out of politics."
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| At US outpost in Syria, US general backs Kurdish fighters Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:25 PM PST  MANBIJ, Syria (AP) — On the ground in Syria, the top U.S. general in the coalition fighting the Islamic State group pledged on Wednesday that American troops would remain in the northern Syrian town of Manbij despite Ankara's demands for a U.S. pullout.
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| Taiwan earthquake: Buildings tilt on sides after at least four killed and scores missing amid rescue operation Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:57 AM PST  Rescue workers scrambled to search for survivors in buildings left tilting precariously on their foundations in Taiwan, after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake killed at least four people and injured more than 200. Scores more people were trapped and others missing after the tremor shook the city of Hualien on the east coast, while a series of aftershocks were felt throughout the night. At least six tall buildings were left tilting on their sides. The worst-hit and was propped up with cranes as it lent at about 45 degrees. Authorities said they could not verify how many residents were still missing after the quake, which hit the popular tourist port city late on Tuesday. Early on Wednesday, rescue efforts were focused on the Yun Tsui residential building, which also housed a restaurant, shops and a hostel. At least six tall buildings were left tilting on their sides after the 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Credit: REUTERS and PAUL YANG/AFP/Getty The quake left the 12-storey building leaning to one side, its lower floors pancaked. The national fire agency said 143 residents from the building remained missing. But it was not immediately clear if those unaccounted for were trapped inside the building. Rescue and emergency workers block off a street in Hualien where a building was left tilting precariously One local who lives nearby told how he watched the tower block partially collapse. "I saw the first floor sink into the ground," said 35-year-old Lu Chih-son, who saw 20 people rescued from the building. "Then it sunk and tilted further and the fourth floor became the first floor. "My family were unhurt, but a neighbour was injured in their head and is bleeding. We dare not go back home now. There are many aftershocks and we are worried the house is damaged." A firefighter works at a collapsed building in the early hours Credit: Tyrone Siu/Reuters Resident Chen Chih-wei, 80, said he was sleeping in his apartment on the top floor of the building when the quake struck. "My bed turned completely vertical, I was sleeping and suddenly I was standing," he said. He said he managed to crawl his way to a balcony to wait for rescue, adding that the quake was the strongest he had felt in more than five decades of living in Hualien. Smoke rises around a collapsed building amid rescue efforts Credit: TYRONE SIU /Reuters President Tsai Ing-wen visited the site on Wednesday morning, where officials were going room by room looking for anyone trapped inside. "Now is the prime time for our rescue efforts, our first priority is to save people," she said in a Facebook post. Four mobile cranes had been brought in on the back of trucks to help prop up the structure. The worst-hit building was propped up with mobile cranes as it lent on its side Credit: REUTERS Liu Yan-hu, from the Hualien County Architects Association, said it looked like the building's main structure was intact. Five more buildings including a hospital and a hotel were also damaged in the city, where roads were ripped apart and strewn with rubble. The national fire agency said four people had been killed across the city, with 225 others injured. More than 117 people had been rescued from damaged buildings on Wednesday morning. An aerial image shows a residential building leaning on a collapsed first floor Credit: Central News Agency/AP Hualien is one of Taiwan's most popular tourist hubs as it lies on the picturesque east coast rail line and near to the popular Taroko Gorge. Frequent aftershocks left some residents stranded in the open as they feared going back into buildings. Authorities said 830 people were in shelters on Wednesday morning and some 1,900 houses were without power. Large cracks in a street after the powerful earthquake hit Hualien Credit: TYRONE SIU /Reuters The severely damaged Marshal Hotel had also crumpled into the ground as its bottom storeys disappeared. "The lower floors sunk into the ground and I saw panicked tourists being rescued from the hotel," said witness Blue Hsu. Graphic: Taiwan earthquake shake intensity Earthquake is two years after tremor that killed 100 The earthquake hit at just before midnight (3.50pm GMT) around 13 miles (21 kilometres) northeast of Hualien, according to the United States Geological Survey. It followed almost 100 smaller tremors to have hit the area in the last three days and comes exactly two years since a quake of the same magnitude struck the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan, killing more than 100 people. Rescue workers search for victims at a collapsed building in Tainan in February 2016 Credit: Lam Yik Fei /Getty Most of the deaths from the February 2016 earthquake were from the 16-storey Wei-kuan apartment complex, which toppled on its side and buried many residents in the rubble. It was the only high-rise in Tainan to crumble completely in the quake, which came two days before Lunar New Year, when many people were visiting relatives for the biggest celebration of the Chinese calendar. How to | Stay safe in an earthquake The safety of the building was called into question immediately after the disaster, when metal cans and foam were found to have been used as fillers in the concrete and residents said there had been cracks in the structure. Five people were found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment over the disaster, including the developer and two architects, with prosecutors saying they "cut corners" that affected the building's structural integrity. Why Taiwan is regularly hit by big earthquakes Taiwan lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is regularly hit by earthquakes. The island's worst tremor in recent decades was a 7.6 magnitude quake in September 1999 that killed around 2,400 people.
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| SpaceX rocket now on a trajectory toward asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter Posted: 06 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST  At mission control, 6,000 workers cheered the launch Tuesday.
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| Tillerson Says Russia Is Already Trying To Meddle In 2018 Midterms Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:06 PM PST  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia is already trying to meddle in the 2018 midterm elections and the U.S. isn't prepared to counter the threat.
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| Flu shot myths debunked Posted: 07 Feb 2018 07:49 AM PST  Many cite the risk of getting sick as a reason to not get a flu shot, but the truth is that there's no live flu virus in the shot, so it cannot make you sick. Any symptoms means your immune system is kicking in.
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| Through multiple teams and sports, Tim Tebow's dog Bronco is always by his side Posted: 07 Feb 2018 02:42 PM PST  The 2010 NFL Draft changed Tim Tebow's life forever, and not just because it was the start of his NFL career.
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| Seattle To Become Latest City To Erase Past Marijuana Convictions Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:41 AM PST  In an effort to bring "restorative justice" to communities that have been disproportionately affected by drug law enforcement, Seattle's mayor and city attorney said Thursday that the city will move to dismiss marijuana possession convictions that were prosecuted before Washington state voted to legalize the drug.
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| The Latest: Iran's Rouhani discusses Syria with Turkish FM Posted: 07 Feb 2018 11:28 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Syria (all times local):
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| Teva warns on 2018 profit, may face migraine drug delays Posted: 08 Feb 2018 12:17 PM PST ![Teva warns on 2018 profit, may face migraine drug delays]( "Teva warns on 2018 profit, may face migraine drug delays") By Tova Cohen and Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries on Thursday said its 2018 results would be weaker than expected and that it might encounter delays for an important new migraine drug, pushing the drugmaker's shares down more than 9 percent. Israel-based Teva, the world's largest generic drugmaker, is facing price erosion, fierce competition for its blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone and a consolidating customer base, particularly in the United States. It also said that the approval and launch of its migraine drug fremanezumab, one of two drugs the company pegged to help return it to growth in the future, could be delayed by an FDA warning letter received by manufacturer Celltrion, which will supply the drug to Teva.
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| EPA's Pruitt Suggests Global Warming May Not Be A 'Bad Thing' For Humans Posted: 07 Feb 2018 08:37 PM PST  Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, alluded earlier this week that global warming may be beneficial to humans, once again questioning the world's leading scientists who have declared the phenomenon one of the greatest known threats to humanity.
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| Former Miramax Executive And Rose McGowan Manager Jill Messick Dead At 50 Posted: 08 Feb 2018 04:40 PM PST  Jill Messick, a former Miramax executive producer who once managed actress Rose McGowan, died by suicide Wednesday at age 50, her family confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
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| Pentagon preparing options for Trump's military parade critics pan as 'fantastic waste of money' Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:41 PM PST  The US Defence Department has said it is exploring potential options for Donald Trump's proposed military parade, which a top Democrat called a "fantastic waste of money to amuse the President". "I think we're all aware, in this country, of the President's affection and respect for the military.
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| Cornell University Fraternity on Probation for 'Pig Roast' Sex Competition Posted: 07 Feb 2018 02:39 PM PST  The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity is on probation for two years
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| Congressional Leaders Reach Spending Deal, But Passage Is Still In Doubt Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:38 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Republicans think they have a bill to avert a government shutdown and significantly raise spending caps ― a bipartisan deal months in the making.
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| Aby Rosen Unveils Artist Lofts in Foster + Partners–Designed 100 East 53rd Street Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:09 AM PST |
| Jury: Oklahoma man guilty of murder, hate crime in slaying Posted: 07 Feb 2018 03:05 PM PST  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Jurors convicted an Oklahoma man of murder and hate crime charges Wednesday for fatally shooting his Lebanese neighbor after bombarding him with racial and anti-Muslim insults in a long-running feud with his family, who are Christian.
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| US kills more than 100 Assad regime fighters in largest deliberate strike against Syrian government forces Posted: 08 Feb 2018 03:30 AM PST  The US-led coalition killed more than 100 Assad regime fighters in eastern Syria on Wednesday, officials said, in the largest deliberate strike carried out by Western forces against pro-Syrian government troops. The coalition said it struck regime fighters with airstrikes and artillery after they launched an "unprovoked attack" against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Western-backed rebels fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) in Syria. "We estimate more than 100 Syrian pro-regime forces were killed while engaging SDF and coalition forces," a US military official said. The strikes took place in the Euphrates River valley in the province of Deir Ezzor, where Isil still holds scraps of territory but is under intense pressure from both Syrian regime forces and the SDF. The US has struck pro-regime forces in eastern Syria several times but Wednesday's attack caused more casualties than any previous deliberate strike. Syrian army fighters are operating against Isil in Deir Ezzor as are the Syrian Democratic Forces Credit: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images Around 100 Syrian army troops were killed in an accidental strike in Deir Ezzor in September 2016 when US forces mistook them for Isil fighters. The US and the Assad regime have for the most part maintained an uneasy truce in Syria, exchanging hostile words but rarely shooting at each other Wednesday's strike against pro-regime forces illustrates the complex new reality in Syria, where the shared enemy of Isil has largely been defeated and tensions are growing between competing military forces in the country. The US said that around 500 pro-regime troops, backed by tanks and artillery, had launched what appeared to be coordinated attack on an SDF headquarters. "The coalition conducted strikes against attacking forces to repel the act of aggression," a coalition spokesman said. US jets have uneasily shared Syrian airspace with Russian and regime aircraft Credit: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon The US did not specifically say if the fighters were from the Syrian army or an allied militia or a foreign fighters group like the Lebanese militants Hizbollah. The Syrian regime said the fighters were from a local militia fighting against Isil and accused the US of "a war crime and a crime against humanity". Damascus regularly protests against the US-led intervention in Syria, calling it a violation of Syria's sovereignty, but has been largely powerless to stop it. The US maintains a "deconfliction channel" with Russia, which is allied with the Syrian regime, and the two militaries use the channel to coordinate their movements to avoid to any accidental conflicts. The US said it had been in contact with the Russians throughout the attack on Wednesday and had been reassured that Russian aircraft would not launch strikes against the coalition in support of Syrian regime troops. Further strikes on regime positions are being considered within the US government, a Syrian opposition diplomatic source told the Telegraph, particularly within the National Security Council led by General HR McMaster, and supported by Nikki Haley, the ambassador to the UN. But there is significant divergence within the administration, according to the source, with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urging more caution. The French government is said to support such moves, having been frustrated by what it saw as flip-flopping within the Trump administration over their willingness to stand up to Russia in Syria.
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| Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock May Suffer Until 2019 Posted: 08 Feb 2018 04:16 AM PST ![Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock May Suffer Until 2019]( "Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock May Suffer Until 2019") Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock is down 8.7 percent in the past month after the iPhone X "supercycle" turned out not to be as super as investors had hoped. While there may still be long-term value in Apple stock, Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall says investors shouldn't be in a hurry to buy. Hall says the weakness in iPhone unit sales that weighed on Apple stock following its fiscal first-quarter earnings report will remain an albatross for Apple stock for at least two more quarters.
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| Zara Is Selling This Lungi Look-Alike For $90, And Brown Twitter Is Cackling Posted: 08 Feb 2018 03:30 PM PST  Centuries after Asian dads figured out the simple pleasure that wearing lungis can bring, it seems the Spanish fashion retailer Zara wants in on the style.
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| 6 dead, 76 missing after strong quake hits Taiwan Posted: 07 Feb 2018 07:47 AM PST  HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers worked Wednesday to free people trapped after a strong earthquake near Taiwan's east coast caused several buildings to cave in and tilt dangerously. At least six people were killed and 76 could not be contacted following the quake.
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| Will the Air Force Really Buy a New Light Attack Aircraft? Posted: 07 Feb 2018 05:27 PM PST  The United States Air Force (USAF) recently announced the next phase of its Light Attack Aircraft (OA-X) experiment. Two aircraft, the Textron AT-6 Wolverine and the Sierra Nevada A-29 Super Tucano will participate in another round of demonstrations between May and July as part of the experiment, which could lead to a decision to buy a new OA-X aircraft. Is the Air Force serious about an OA-X purchase this time?
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| 14 Blueberry Cobblers You Can't Make It Through Summer Without Posted: 07 Feb 2018 11:39 AM PST ![14 Blueberry Cobblers You Can't Make It Through Summer Without]( "14 Blueberry Cobblers You Can't Make It Through Summer Without") It's cobbler season! From Delish
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| What new anti-Trump FBI text messages reveal Posted: 07 Feb 2018 07:18 AM PST  The messages raise questions about Obama's personal involvement in the Clinton email probe.
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| There May Be a Hidden Agenda in Hong Kong's Ruling to Spare Joshua Wong From Prison Posted: 07 Feb 2018 01:56 AM PST  Human rights advocates said the court's decision could have a "chilling" effect on pro-democracy cases in the future
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| Myanmar army ‘continuing to force Rohingya out of the country’ through rape and starvation says Amnesty Posted: 07 Feb 2018 12:03 PM PST  The Burmese military is still pushing the Rohingya minority out of their homes through forced starvation, the fear of abduction, and the looting of their property, according to new evidence from Amnesty International. The tactics of ethnic cleansing are still widespread, despite Burma signing a recent repatriation deal with Bangladesh, where close to 700,000 Rohingya refugees have sheltered since the start of a brutal military crackdown in August, the human rights group said. Aid agencies documented thousands of refugees crossing over the border during December and January, squeezing into the already overcrowded, dusty Kutupalong camp near Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar. Interviews conducted by Amnesty with new arrivals from Buthidaung township revealed that most had fled their homes out of hunger, after being denied access to their rice fields and markets. As one of the poorest states in Burma, Rakhine was already suffering from high malnutrition rates even before the military launched a savage campaign of arson, rape and killing. Rohingya Muslim refugee Mohammad Younus, 25, from the Burmese village of Gu Dar Pyin, stands on a hill of Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh Credit: Manish Swarup/ AP While the acute violence has subsided, widespread hunger has been stoked by an apartheid system that restricts villagers' movements. "We weren't able to get food, that's why we fled," said Dildar Begum, 30, from Ka Kyet Bet Kan Pyin village, near Buthidaung town. Abdu Salam, 37, a day labourer in the rice fields near Hpon Nyo Leik village, told Amnesty that he was prevented from working during harvest time. "The soldiers came and said, 'This harvest is not your harvest.'..All of us were forced to leave," he said. Others fled because girls and young women were being abducted by soldiers, fearing they would be forced into sexual slavery. While some new refugees spoke of how they had been robbed of all their valuables and abused at military checkpoints even as they left their homes behind. Matthew Wells, senior crisis advisor at Amnesty International, said the extent of the ongoing attacks laid bare why plans for organised repatriation were "woefully premature." An arms embargo and targeted sanctions against Burma were urgently needed to apply pressure to the military to stop the ethnic cleansing, he said. "Since the beginning of the crisis, the international community's response to the atrocities against the Rohingya population has been weak and ineffective, failing to grasp the severity of the situation," he said
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| GlaxoSmithKline profits soar despite US tax change Posted: 07 Feb 2018 08:43 AM PST  British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday that net profits jumped 70 percent last year on bumper sales, despite a fourth-quarter loss that was partly sparked by US tax changes. The annual performance was lifted by sales growth across its three main businesses, which comprise pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer healthcare. Revenues rose eight percent to £30.2 billion over the course of 2017.
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| Jimmy Kimmel Spots Something Intriguing About Melania Trump's Twitter Account Posted: 08 Feb 2018 03:04 AM PST  Jimmy Kimmel dissected Melania Trump's Twitter game on Wednesday night, and discovered an intriguing detail.
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| The Latest: Florida interstate reopens 6 hours after mayhem Posted: 07 Feb 2018 02:02 PM PST ![The Latest: Florida interstate reopens 6 hours after mayhem]( "The Latest: Florida interstate reopens 6 hours after mayhem") LANTANA, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting and wrong-way drive in south Florida that ended when law officers killed a homicide suspect: (all times local):
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| Pennsylvania's Supreme Court Explains Why It Struck Down Congressional Map Favoring GOP Posted: 07 Feb 2018 05:47 PM PST  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court offered a lengthy and long-awaited explanation on Wednesday of its decision to strike down the state's congressional map, saying the districts violated a state constitutional guarantee of "free and equal" elections.
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| Palestinian killed after wounding Israeli guard at West Bank settlement: military Posted: 07 Feb 2018 07:40 AM PST ![Palestinian killed after wounding Israeli guard at West Bank settlement: military]( "Palestinian killed after wounding Israeli guard at West Bank settlement: military") By Eli Berlzon KARMEI TZUR, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian assailant was shot dead on Wednesday after stabbing a security guard at the entrance to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military said. Tensions have risen in the West Bank since U.S. President Donald Trump's Dec. 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, overturning decades of U.S. policy that its status should be decided in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Late on Tuesday, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus that led to confrontation with residents, Palestinian health officials said.
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| Child takes wheel of school bus after driver suffers medical emergency Posted: 07 Feb 2018 05:50 AM PST  A pupil grabbed the wheel of his school bus when the driver suffered a medical emergency, averting a potential accident. As the vehicle approached the Colorado River Bridge, Karson Vega stepped into the breach as his fellow students feared they would go off the road in the Texan town of La Grange. As the approached the bridge, Karson said he tried to talk to the driver to tell him to stop.
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