| Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden Calls Trump's Parade Plan 'Third World Bulls**t' Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:07 PM PST  The former Navy SEAL who killed terrorist Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid blasted President Donald Trump's plans to hold a military parade.
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| John Kelly Reportedly Offers To Resign As Trump Eyes Potential Replacements Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:39 PM PST  White House chief of staff John Kelly expressed his willingness to resign over his handling of the domestic abuse allegations against staff secretary Rob Porter this week, The New York Times and ABC News reported on Friday, citing two anonymous sources within the West Wing.
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| Father Of Otto Warmbier Says North Korea 'Not Really' Participating In Olympics Posted: 10 Feb 2018 07:17 AM PST  North Korean athletes "are not really participating in the Olympics," said the father of American student Otto Warmbier, who died last year after his release from imprisonment in North Korea.
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| Man Claims Teen Girl Hired Him on Craigslist to Kill Her Posted: 10 Feb 2018 12:58 PM PST  He claims she wanted to end her life because of problems with her boyfriend
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| Autopsy finds gunman who killed 58 people in Las Vegas took anti-anxiety drug Posted: 09 Feb 2018 06:15 PM PST  The autopsy also confirmed that the gunman, Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old retired real estate investor and high-stakes gambler, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the newspaper said. The Clark County Coroner's Office declined to immediately respond to a request from Reuters seeking a copy of the report, which the Review-Journal said it obtained after a judge ordered the medical examiner to release it last week to news organizations. Paddock strafed a crowd of outdoor concertgoers with rapid-fire gunshots from his 32nd-floor suite at the Mandalay Bay hotel the night of Oct. 1 before police stormed his room to find him dead amid a large cache of high-powered weapons and ammunition.
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| German student admits to killing girlfriend's parents: Part 4 Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:36 PM PST  Elizabeth Haysom pleaded guilty to being an accessory-before-the-fact, and Jens Soering, who later took back his confession, was found guilty.
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| Egypt launches massive security operation against militants Posted: 09 Feb 2018 08:40 AM PST  EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egypt began a massive security operation Friday involving land, sea and air forces in areas including the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, the epicenter of an Islamic insurgency spearheaded by a local affiliate of the Islamic State group.
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| L.L. Bean Changes 100-Year-Old Return Policy To Combat Abuse Of It Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:23 AM PST  If you've been abusing L.L. Bean's generous return policy, well, this is on you: The Maine-based company is revoking its 100 percent satisfaction guarantee and imposing a one-year limit on most returns. In a letter to customers issued on Friday, L.L. Bean Chairman Shawn Gorman announced the change and what prompted it.
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| Saudi cleric says abayas 'not necessary' for women in ultra-conservative kingdom Posted: 10 Feb 2018 06:56 AM PST  Saudi women need not wear the abaya - the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith - a senior member of the top Muslim clerical body said, another indication of the Kingdom's efforts towards modernisation. On his radio programme, Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, said Muslim women should dress modestly, but this did not necessitate wearing the abaya. "More than 90 percent of pious Muslim women in the Muslim world do not wear abayas," Sheikh Mutlaq said on Friday. "So we should not force people to wear abayas." While not necessarily signalling a change in the law, the statement is the first of its kind from a senior religious figure. It follows the recent pattern of freedoms the Kingdom has been witnessing with the ascent of young Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to power. Women in face-covering niqabs Credit: David Rose for the Telegraph Only the government-appointed clerics associated with the Council of Senior Scholars are allowed to issue fatwas, or Islamic legal opinions. Their interpretations of Islamic law form the basis of Saudi Arabia's legal system. Saudi women have started wearing more colorful abayas in recent years, the light blues and pinks in stark contrast with the traditional black. Open abayas over long skirts or jeans are also becoming more common in some parts of the country. The trend marks a major change in the last couple of years. In 2016, a Saudi woman was detained for removing her abaya on a main street in the capital of Riyadh. Local media reported that she was detained after a complaint was filed with the religious police. The Kingdom has seen an expansion in women's rights recently, such as the decision passed to allow women to attend mixed public sporting events and the announcement that Saudi Arabia would grant them the right to drive. These are some of the many changes the country has undergone in recent months, hailed as proof of a new progressive trend in the deeply conservative Muslim Kingdom. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir (C) and his British counterpart Boris Johnson (L) pose for a picture during a tour of the historic quarter of Jeddah Credit: AFP But despite these changes, the gender-segregated nation is criticized for its continued constraints on women. Activists have blasted the country's guardianship system which requires a male family member to grant permission for a woman to study abroad, travel and other activities. On Thursday, a London-based Saudi rights group, ALQST, reported the detention last month of activist Noha al-Balawi, saying she was questioned by Saudi authorities on her involvement with women's rights and human rights movements. The government's Center for International Communications did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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| Trump signs bill ending government shutdown Posted: 09 Feb 2018 06:47 AM PST  US President Donald Trump signed a crucial spending bill Friday, reopening the US government after a brief shutdown, the second in three weeks, and a night of high drama in Congress. The House voted 240 to 186 in support of a bipartisan package that extends funding until March 23, hours after a conservative senator forced Congress to miss a midnight deadline, sparking the shutdown. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky had blocked a vote in the upper house, briefly bringing the government to a halt to protest big increases in spending on the military and domestic programs.
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| Mike Pence Left Out In Cold At Winter Olympics VIP Reception Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:21 AM PST  Vice President Mike Pence didn't get the VIP treatment at a VIP reception before the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.
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| Woman Left Baby in Airport Bathroom With Heartbreaking Note: 'I Just Want What Is Best for Him' Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:03 AM PST  "I just want what is best for him and it is not me. Please. I'm sorry," the note found with the newborn read.
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| ‘It’s What She Wanted.’ Man Stabbed His 6-Year-Old Daughter in the Heart So He Wouldn’t Lose Custody, Police Say Posted: 10 Feb 2018 07:40 AM PST  Seth Pickering pleaded guilty to stabbing his daughter rather than give her up
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| Turkish helicopter shot down by Kurdish militia in Syria's Afrin: Erdogan Posted: 10 Feb 2018 10:03 AM PST  A Turkish army helicopter was shot down by Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters near the north Syrian town of Afrin, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday and the Turkish military said two soldiers on board the aircraft died. YPG sources separately confirmed the downing of the helicopter. "One of our helicopters was downed just recently," Erdogan said speaking to members of his AK Party (AKP) in Istanbul.
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| Logan Paul: YouTube stops giving vlogger ad revenue after 'recent pattern of behaviour' Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:20 AM PST  Logan Paul – the YouTube user who posted videos of himself laughing next to dead bodies and tasering dead animals – has finally been cut off by YouTube. The company said that it had acted after yet more controversial posts, in which he was seeing tasering dead rats and removing a life fish from water before "performing CPR" on it. YouTube said the decision had been made to suspend ads on all of his channels after "careful consideration".
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| China Has Big Plans to Win the Next War It Fights Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:46 PM PST  The People's Liberation Army is actively thinking about the weak points of potential adversary's operational systems. Indeed, the ability of Iraqi and Yugoslav forces to function on the battlefield, had become according to one PLA source, "limited, deprived, and rendered useless," and their annihilation was not necessary to achieve operational success. As a result of extensive examination of these conflicts and others, the PLA now views modern conflict as a confrontation between opposing systems, or what are specifically referred to as opposing operational systems.
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| Kim Cattrall Accuses Sarah Jessica Parker Of Exploiting Brother's Death Posted: 10 Feb 2018 08:21 AM PST  Kim Cattrall has no interest in accepting condolences from Sarah Jessica Parker.
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| Marco Rubio Defends Democratic Colleague Over Misleading Fox News Report Posted: 08 Feb 2018 08:43 PM PST  pushed back against a Fox News report that implied Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) had engaged in misconduct by texting with a lobbyist associated with a Russian billionaire last year.
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| Speed Skater Shani Davis: Team USA Chose Olympics Flag-Bearer ‘Dishonorably’ Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:33 AM PST  American speed skater Shani Davis was not pleased about how Team USA selected its flag-bearer for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
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| Russia moves to block Navalny's latest investigation Posted: 10 Feb 2018 08:11 AM PST  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's communications oversight agency is moving to block access to an investigation published online by opposition leader Alexei Navalny alleging that Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko received lavish hospitality from billionaire Oleg Deripaska.
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| How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed in a remote village Posted: 09 Feb 2018 07:25 AM PST  On Sept. 2, Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state. Reuters uncovered the massacre and has pieced together how it unfolded. During the reporting of this article, two Reuters journalists were arrested by Myanmar police. Simon Lewis and Matthew Larotonda have more.
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| Suspect Dead After Killing Police Officer Near Atlanta Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:51 AM PST  Two deputies were also wounded in the shooting
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| Family of Jill Messick, Rattled by Her Suicide, Blasts Rose McGowan, Harvey Weinstein Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:11 AM PST  Messick's relatives claim McGowan made "slanderous statements" about her former manager.
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| Omarosa Turns On Trump: Wouldn't Vote For Him Again 'In A Million Years' Posted: 08 Feb 2018 07:31 PM PST  Omarosa Manigault Newman appears to be done with President Donald Trump.
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| Cambodian shoe-thrower arrested after Thailand deports her Posted: 09 Feb 2018 12:26 AM PST  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A woman who threw a shoe at a billboard depicting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has been arrested after she was repatriated from Thailand, where the U.N. refugee agency reportedly had formally recognized her as a refugee.
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| Poland’s Holocaust Denialism Will Come Back to Haunt It Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:22 AM PST  Polish leaders thought peddling historical revisionism at home had no consequences; now, it could threaten two crucial alliances.
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| At least 18 dead in Hong Kong bus accident Posted: 10 Feb 2018 06:12 AM PST  By Bobby Yip HONG KONG (Reuters) - At least 18 people died in a high-speed bus crash in Hong Kong on Saturday in one of the city's worst traffic disasters in recent years. Television footage showed the mangled remains of the bus as it lay toppled on the side of a major highway in the northern reaches of the city. Some victims were laid out nearby beneath sheets by emergency workers.
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| How the Air Force Would Destroy North Korea Posted: 09 Feb 2018 04:47 AM PST  The RQ-4 Global Hawk is ideally suited to the role. Capable of flying for more than thirty-four hours, Global Hawk could fly from airfields as far away as Guam, spend half a day over North Korea, and go home again—freeing up tarmac space in closer air facilities. Global Hawk's ability to conduct surveillance day or night is a major plus and its unblinking gaze will be invaluable in tracking enemy movements.
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| Why you should stop laughing at Trump over a stock market correction Posted: 09 Feb 2018 09:29 AM PST  Repeat after me: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is not the stock market. The stock market is not the economy. And nobody should be treating short-term shifts in any of the above as fodder for their political fights on Twitter. It was probably inevitable that Donald Trump would be ignorant of all this. After a month of tweeting (25 times) about a rising stock market that he falsely claimed the "fake news media" was ignoring, the president was silent during a multi-day sell-off that saw the Dow plummet from just over 26,000 on Thursday, Feb. 1, to just over 24,000 on Tuesday, Feb. 6 — the fastest drop, by percentage, in the index's history. This Wednesday featured a brief rebound into 25,000 territory, but the market's increasing volatility was a sign of what was to come. Things got worse on Thursday, which saw another thousand-point drop. Wednesday, of course, also saw what has to stand as one of Trump's most nonsensical and monomaniacal tweets: In the "old days," when good news was reported, the Stock Market would go up. Today, when good news is reported, the Stock Market goes down. Big mistake, and we have so much good (great) news about the economy! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 7, 2018 The president has apparently taken to threatening global markets over a sell-off because he doesn't think it tracks to his interpretation of the news. It's hard not to see this the greatest example of the hubris of power since King Canute sat on a beach and told the tide it was making a big mistake. And yet Trump's legion of supporters on Twitter and on Fox News joined in. This was good sport. They cheered the stock market rebound on Wednesday as they might cheer the Patriots roaring back into the lead in the third quarter of the Super Bowl. The Trump effect is real, they cried. It is fascinating to listen to the financial prognosticators on Fox News Two weeks ago, trump was a genius for revving up the stock market. Last week, it was Obama's fault that the bottom fell out. Yesterday, trump got it back on track today, it is the Democrats. Fake News. — American Veteran (@amvetsupport) February 8, 2018 There's not much point in educating Trumpists on this score, but let's give it a shot anyway. The stock market, in as much as it can be said to have a single mind, is not acting for or against the president. It doesn't care about the health of the economy as a whole. If there is any one cause of the precipitous drop, it is largely in reaction to the threat of inflation, which may happen as a result of rising wages and low unemployment. SEE ALSO: Say hello to Buttcoin and the community celebrating Bitcoin's fall This is an ongoing global problem affecting global markets, it may well continue over the next couple of weeks, and it has nothing to do with Trump's take on good (great) news. So far so Trumpian. But there's an equally disturbing development among many people who ought to know better. On the resistance side of Twitter, some users have taken the approach that if Trump is hurt politically by a stock market sell-off, a stock market sell-off must be a good thing. Can we schedule the stock market collapse for the same day as Trump's parade? I think that would be tight as hell. — ��Chilly Wonka�� (@RlyFunAtParties) February 8, 2018 It should go without saying that this isn't a joke, and that making it one won't endear the resistance to independents and others occupying the middle ground. A stock market correction doesn't just stick it to the president, Republicans and Wall Street fat cats. It affects your retirement, wiping millions off the value of 401ks. It affects pension funds — the world's largest traders — most of all. The fat cats have plenty of cushion; unless they've over-leveraged themselves, they'll be fine. Your neighbor heading into retirement, not so much. Donald Trump on a daily basis said the record stock market rally was due to him & his policies.Will he own the stock market collapse a well? I can hardly wait to see how this unfolds in the coming months as the Dow backtracks to 24k, 22k, 20k and worse.#news @realDonaldTrump — An_Anonymous_Source (@Logic_Triumphs) February 2, 2018 No president, no political party, owns the markets. Not even if they're annoying you by taking credit for a rally. Not even if it would help your side in mid-term elections. As we know too well, Trump has decided to define himself and his political legacy by opposing everything President Obama was for, whether he considers it good for the country or not. It would be a terrible mistake for his opposition to fall into the same trap. In short, let's be sanguine about the markets. They rise and fall in the short term, and steadily rise in the long term (just like temperatures in our current climate-changed world, in fact.) Stock market indices know no political party. They affect everyone in myriad unseen ways. And they will continue to do so long after the current King Canute has left office.
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| Justin Trudeau's Motorcade Involved In California Crash, 3 Hospitalized Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:03 PM PST  Three people were hospitalized Friday night after a California Highway Patrol motorcycle leading Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's motorcade was involved in a crash with an SUV near Los Angeles.
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| Florida woman: Airline told me to flush pet hamster Posted: 08 Feb 2018 07:23 PM PST  MIAMI (AP) — A Florida woman says an airline told her to flush her hamster down an airport toilet because the emotional support rodent wasn't allowed to fly with her.
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| Woman receives reduced sentence after getting sterilized Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:18 AM PST ![Woman receives reduced sentence after getting sterilized]( "Woman receives reduced sentence after getting sterilized") OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma woman convicted of using a counterfeit check has received a reduced sentence after getting medically sterilized at the suggestion of the judge.
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| Pro-Iranian militia used US Abrams tanks in Syria: Pentagon Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:30 AM PST  US Abrams tanks sold to Iraq have been used by a pro-Iranian paramilitary group in fighting against the Islamic State group in Syria, the Pentagon said Friday. The tanks, however, were later returned to the Iraqi military, Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon said.
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| Could a Peeping Tom Be Lurking Outside Your Window? Investigation Exposes Creeps Caught Spying Posted: 09 Feb 2018 10:36 AM PST  The suspects include a businessman from Colorado and a registered sex offender in New Jersey.
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| Johnny Weir Says He's A Commentator, Not A 'Complimentator' Posted: 10 Feb 2018 08:37 AM PST  Johnny Weir made it clear Saturday he's from the tell-it-like-it-is school of broadcasting.
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| For Trump, There's Nothing More Important Than A Powerful Man's Word Posted: 09 Feb 2018 11:26 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― On Friday, President Donald Trump weighed in publicly for the first time about the domestic violence allegations leveled at one of his closest aides.
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| This is what happens when women ask their crushes out for Valentine's Day Posted: 09 Feb 2018 03:58 AM PST  The very idea of asking your crush out on a date for Valentine's Day is enough to make some people run for the hills. But, one dating blogger encouraged women to bite the bullet and ask out the person they've had their eye on lately. And, the responses were encouraging. Well, mostly. SEE ALSO: This bot can tell if your Twitter crush likes you back Oloni, a UK dating blogger, tweeted a request out to her female followers, instructing them to ask out their crush and send her screenshots of the results. Ladies, ask the guy you have a crush on to be your Valentine this year & tell him you'd like to go on a date with him. Tweet me a screenshot of his response �� — HERGASM OUT NOW! (@Oloni) February 5, 2018 One individual used the simple-yet-effective line: "Be my valentine this year, let's go on a date." Her crush responded saying: "I'm so glad you asked!!" Aww. Ooo �� #ValentinesDayChallenge pic.twitter.com/ta8RWMzgCq — Marry or am die (@JeffChangx) February 5, 2018 Another woman got straight to the point with: "Hey, okay I have a crush on you," she wrote. "Would you like to go on a date with me." Her crush could scarcely hide their excitement and enthusiasm. ������ pic.twitter.com/nhPuhAXsqv — Oga Madam �� (@Sisi_Tomi) February 5, 2018 Another woman got more than she bargained for when she sent a casual "do you ming spending the whole of Valentine's dat with me?" text. "I dnt mind spending d rest of my life with u sweets," replied her crush. thanks very much .....It so worked������������#superexicited pic.twitter.com/qPrH66aFVv — Idrees Maryam (@meemarhdelz) February 8, 2018 Another crush replied saying he'd been thinking "of many ways to ask" her out. "Since you did the asking, I'll orchestrate the date," he said. I've never been so anxious in my life, was melting with sweat!! pic.twitter.com/81NdBF4Ikg — Fiona (@FonJovi) February 5, 2018 Not all the responses were encouraging, alas. One crush replied asking if the date would be "as friends." Uuum, rude. the FBI agent on my phone is laughing at me pic.twitter.com/IZcVTPNICI — Ola (@CrackHeadOla) February 6, 2018 Another replied saying they "don't do valentines." This isn't going well ���� pic.twitter.com/evu4RefiE2 — king pimp (@Rosmiester) February 6, 2018 Awks. Aw, well. You win some and lose some. WATCH: These are some of the weirdest dating apps of 2017
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