| ICE Spokesman Quits, Bashes Trump Administration On Immigration Raids Posted: 13 Mar 2018 02:48 AM PDT  A spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco resigned over the Trump administration's handling of a recent immigrant raid in the Bay Area. James Schwab told the San Francisco Chronicle late Monday that administration officials, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump, grossly exaggerated the number of undocumented immigrants who avoided arrest after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tipped off the public days before the raid began on Feb. 25. "Efforts by local politicians have shielded removable criminal aliens from immigration enforcement and created another magnet for more illegal immigration, all at the expense of the safety and security of the very people it purports to protect," the agency said in a statement.
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| Parents Of 12-Year-Old Say Son Killed Himself After Being Bullied Over Sexuality Posted: 14 Mar 2018 11:52 AM PDT  The parents of a 12-year-old Mississippi boy say he killed himself last week
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| UK counterterror police investigate Russian's London death Posted: 13 Mar 2018 02:06 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police on Tuesday took charge of the investigation into the death in London of a Russian businessman because he was connected to a prominent Kremlin foe.
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| Ryan Zinke Spars With Senators Over Use Of Private Planes Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:06 PM PDT  WASHINGTON -- Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday swung back at critics
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| NYC Helicopter Crash Victim Seen Saying Goodbye to Parents in Video Shot Before Moving to New York Posted: 13 Mar 2018 10:13 AM PDT  The victims of the devastating crash are revealed to have been two best friends, an Argentinian tourist and a man about to be married.
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| NASA's tribute to Stephen Hawking will make you smile like he did in microgravity Posted: 14 Mar 2018 03:24 AM PDT  NASA paid tribute to cosmologist Stephen Hawking following his death early Wednesday morning. SEE ALSO: The world reacts to the death of the much-loved Stephen Hawking NASA shared a video on Twitter that Stephen Hawking recorded for astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Koichi Wakata on the International Space Station in 2014. Remembering Stephen Hawking, a renowned physicist and ambassador of science. His theories unlocked a universe of possibilities that we & the world are exploring. May you keep flying like superman in microgravity, as you said to astronauts on @Space_Station in 2014 pic.twitter.com/FeR4fd2zZ5 — NASA (@NASA) March 14, 2018 In his message Hawking talks about experiencing microgravity, i.e. weightlessness. "For me, this was true freedom," said Hawking. "People who know me well say that my smile was the biggest they'd ever seen. I was superman for those few minutes. "I can only imagine what it's like for you, Rick and Koichi, to fly like Superman for six months." WATCH: How did this baby octopus suddenly change color?
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| Utah courthouse shooting video released Posted: 13 Mar 2018 06:14 AM PDT  Dramatic video of a deadly 2014 courthouse shooting in Salt Lake City has been released after a long court battle by the Utah Media Coalition. The video shows a U.S. Marshall shooting dead, racketeering defendant and gang member Siale Angilau as he attacks a testifying witness. The Department of Justice had wanted to suppress the video for fear it would spark a wave of gang-related retaliation. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
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| Russian broadcaster RT could be forced off UK TV over spy crisis Posted: 13 Mar 2018 10:09 AM PDT  Britain's media regulator Ofcom said Russian broadcaster RT could lose its UK license if Theresa May's government determines that Moscow was behind the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in England this month. RT, or Russia Today, is a round-the-clock news network that is funded by Vladimir Putin's government. With tensions growing between London and Moscow over the attack on Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, some lawmakers have said RT should be blocked in Britain.
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| High School Bus Crash Leaves Driver Dead and Dozens of Students Injured Posted: 13 Mar 2018 07:26 AM PDT  The bus was carrying Texas high school band members
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| Fired by Trump over Twitter, Tillerson doesn't thank him Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:06 PM PDT  Hours after President Trump announced his firing over Twitter, outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday left the former real estate entrepreneur off the list of people he praised and thanked in a brief speech about his accomplishments and the future of his department. Tillerson, looking and sounding defeated as he delivered an eight-minute farewell, said he was delegating his duties to Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, effective at the end of the day, and formally ending his own watch as the top U.S. diplomat at the end of the month. The former Exxon chief told reporters in the State Department briefing room that Trump had telephoned him from Air Force One a little after noon — some five hours after the president announced to the world that Tillerson was out, to be replaced by CIA director Mike Pompeo.
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| Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Charged With 'Massive Fraud' By SEC Posted: 14 Mar 2018 11:13 AM PDT  In a complaint filed Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission leveled
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| Grandson wins bizarre battle over body of Charles Manson Posted: 12 Mar 2018 07:16 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A grandson of cult leader Charles Manson won the bizarre California court battle Monday over the killer's body.
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| Man Dressed As Elsa From 'Frozen' Pushes Police Wagon Out Of Snow Posted: 14 Mar 2018 03:54 AM PDT  The police needed help and Jason Triplett wouldn't let it go.
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| Prosecutors drop 27 cases worked on by police officer filmed attacking black man Posted: 13 Mar 2018 11:05 AM PDT  Prosecutors have dropped 27 criminal cases worked on by a white police officer who was filmed appearing to attack a black man during an arrest. US media reports said footage showed North Carolina officer Christopher Hickman choking and beating Johnnie Rush, who had been accused of jaywalking, and telling him he was "going to get f***ed up". Mr Hickman, 31, was arrested and charged with assault by strangulation after the video emerged last week.
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| Jeremy Corbyn accused of being an 'apologist' for Kremlin as his MPs turn on him over claims British intelligence is 'problematic' Posted: 14 Mar 2018 01:23 PM PDT  Jeremy Corbyn was yesterday accused of being an "apologist for Russia" after suggesting Moscow may not be responsible for a nerve agent attack, as furious Labour MPs turned on him in the House of Commons. The Labour leader and his spokesman Seumas Milne repeatedly failed to accept that Russia is responsible for the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter and later called British intelligence "problematic", warning another state could be to blame. Labour MPs called for Mr Milne's resignation last night with one branding his behaviour "deplorable", while a shadow minister warned his comments showed a "complete lack of understanding of the mood of Parliament and the British people". The remarks prompted John Woodcock, the Labour chair of the backbench defence committee, and a group of his parliamentary colleagues, to table a formal motion throwing his support behind the Prime Minister in defiance of their leader. Corbyn or the Russian Embassy | Who said what Mr Milne, who once traveled to Russia on a trip paid for by the Kremlin, was criticised by the Prime Minister after he said the record of British intelligence services was "problematic" following the Iraq war. A furious Theresa May told MPs it was "shocking" and "outrageous" of Mr Corbyn's most senior aide to claim Russia may have been framed after the nerve agent fell into "random hands", while the defence secretary Gavin Williamson told this newspaper the remarks were "utterly deluded". Security sources also reacted with anger, claiming Mr Milne would rather trust the Russian FSB than British MI6. Russian spy poisoning | Read more It came after Mrs May expelled 23 Russian diplomats and left MPs in no doubt of Russia's responsibility for the attack, which left Mr Skripal and his daughter in a critical state in hospital. But speaking in the House of Commons Mr Corbyn, who was heavily criticised for failing to condemn Russia in his address on Monday, appeared to repeat demands made by the Russian Embassy on Twitter. He asked Mrs May how she had responded to the Russian state's request for samples of the nerve agent used in the attack, just 24 hours after Moscow said it would not respond until it had been sent evidence of the toxin used. And he drew cries of "disgrace" and "shame" as spoke of cuts to Britain's diplomatic service around the world. The Labour leader was forced to watch as his own MPs rounded on him publicly, offering their support for the Prime Minister and denouncing his failure to take a tough stand on Russian aggression. He is understood to have been given a full security briefing under Privy Council terms before making the statement, suggesting he would have been shown the evidence presented by British security experts. Conservative MP Mark Francois branded him "a CND badge-wearing apologist for the Russian state". In a briefing after the statement Mr Milne, who speaks for Mr Corbyn, told reporters that Labour does not believe there is enough evidence yet to blame the Russian state for the attack. Despite being given security briefings on the incident, the spokesman said: "The Government has access to information and intelligence on this matter which others don't. "However, also there is a history in relation to weapons of mass destruction and intelligence which is problematic, to put it mildly." Pressed on whether Moscow was being framed, he said the "overwhelming" evidence pointed to either the Russian state being responsible of losing control of the agent. Today @jeremycorbyn faced a simple test: would he condemn the Russian government for launching a chemical weapons attack on the UK, and back the actions of the British government? His failure to do so reveals where his loyalties lie.— Nick Boles MP (@NickBoles) March 14, 2018 But indicating another state could be involved he added: "If the material is from the Soviet period, the break up of the Soviet state led to all sorts of military material ending up in random hands." Labour MP Anna Turley later tweeted: "I'm afraid Seumas [Milne] doesn't speak for my Labour or British values." His words appear to echo the statement made by Russian MP Vitaly Milonov earlier this week when he said: "This poison is 50 years old. It's not modern stuff. You can create this poison from any laboratory in Ukraine or other fake countries that are happy to help you. "I think this is something to deal with in theatre or a James Bond movie."
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| Iconic Physicist Stephen Hawking Dies At 76 Posted: 13 Mar 2018 08:50 PM PDT  Stephen Hawking died Wednesday after complications due to amyotrophic lateral
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| Girl, 11, Agonizes Over Death of French Bulldog on United Flight: 'It Can't Breathe There!' Posted: 14 Mar 2018 12:45 PM PDT  The family says their dog, Kokito, barked for about an hour while in the overhead bin before his death.
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| Trump CIA pick Gina Haspel helped lead U.S. torture program Posted: 13 Mar 2018 09:47 AM PDT  Haspel ran a secret prison in Thailand, the agency's first overseas detention site, where accused terrorists were waterboarded. She later drafted the order to have videotapes of the torture destroyed.
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| Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Says Victory in Afghanistan Will Now Be 'Political' Instead of Military Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:31 AM PDT  The U.S. Defense Secretary says victory would now lie in facilitating a Taliban reconciliation with the Afghan government
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| Google guru Page tests flying taxis in New Zealand Posted: 13 Mar 2018 06:57 PM PDT  Pilot-less flying taxis are being tested in New Zealand as part of a project backed by Google co-founder Larry Page that supporters say will revolutionise personal transport. New Zealand regulators late Tuesday approved plans for Zephyr Airworks, a subsidiary of Page's company Kitty Hawk, to develop and test the futuristic air taxis. Known as Cora, the electric aircraft has a dozen small lift rotors on its wings, making it capable of vertical take-off and landing like a helicopter.
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| As Pennsylvania has shown this week, the Republicans are almost certainly in for a drubbing at the midterms Posted: 14 Mar 2018 10:06 AM PDT  Republicans searching for a silver lining in the returns from the nail-biting special congressional election in western Pennsylvania may as well admit it. True, their candidate Rick Saccone came tantalisingly close. Whoever is eventually confirmed as the victor will have to resume campaigning almost immediately ahead of the midterm elections in November, and for votes in a seat that will look very different from the one he just competed for.
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| Companies Are Disclosing How Much Less They Pay Workers Than Executives Posted: 13 Mar 2018 10:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― A moment that corporate executives may have dreaded for years has
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| Video shows officer shooting defendant in Utah courthouse Posted: 12 Mar 2018 06:59 PM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dramatic video released Monday shows a U.S. marshal firing four times at close range at a defendant inside a Utah federal courthouse after he rushed the witness stand, jumped and swung with a pen at a shackled witness who barely backed out of the way.
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| Here are the last things Stephen Hawking wrote on Reddit Posted: 14 Mar 2018 04:02 AM PDT  Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking may have passed away Wednesday morning, but the legacy he left will be felt for many years to come. Once the news of his death had reached Reddit, a thread about the legendary scientist was started on the r/science board. One of the links re-shared at the top was from Hawking's Reddit AMA, which took place two years ago. SEE ALSO: The world reacts to the death of the much-loved Stephen Hawking Many of his answers, which you can read in full in the thread, discuss the risks associated with artificial intelligence. On the evolution of AI Comment from discussion Prof-Stephen-Hawking's comment from discussion "Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!". On the need for 'beneficial intelligence' Comment from discussion Prof-Stephen-Hawking's comment from discussion "Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!". On the possibility of AI exceeding human intelligence Comment from discussion Prof-Stephen-Hawking's comment from discussion "Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!". On the reason why AI could be a threat to humans Comment from discussion Prof-Stephen-Hawking's comment from discussion "Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!". On 'technological unemployment' Comment from discussion Prof-Stephen-Hawking's comment from discussion "Science AMA Series: Stephen Hawking AMA Answers!". Finally, as a bonus, here's his favourite film, song, and the last thing he found hilarious. Image: reddit WATCH: I watched a week's worth of TV in a day
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| Trump's Call For A 'Space Force' Makes Him The Laughingstock Of The Galaxy Posted: 13 Mar 2018 08:37 PM PDT  President Donald Trump thinks the United States should launch a "Space Force,"
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| Timothy Cunningham Case: CDC Scientist Missing More Than a Month as Reward Reaches Nearly $40,000 Posted: 13 Mar 2018 07:51 AM PDT  Dr. Timothy Cunningham, an epidemiologist based in Atlanta, Ga., was last seen on Feb. 12 when he left work early, saying he wasn't feeling well.
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| 'No Excuse' for Leaving Gun in High School Locker Room, Sheriff Says Posted: 13 Mar 2018 11:14 AM PDT  "I have no excuse for my lack of responsibility with this matter"
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| Russia says 'not guilty' of ex-spy poisoning as UK deadline looms Posted: 13 Mar 2018 09:33 AM PDT  Moscow on Tuesday denied it was behind the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain as a midnight deadline loomed to explain how a suspected Russian-made nerve agent was used in the attack. "Russia is not guilty," said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter in an English city on March 4. The United States, NATO and the European Union have all backed Britain in the deepening diplomatic crisis.
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| Chinese Reporter Rolled Her Eyes On State Television, And Social Media Users Can't Deal Posted: 13 Mar 2018 03:52 PM PDT  Chinese social media users are abuzz after a camera caught a reporter's candid
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| Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76 Posted: 13 Mar 2018 09:49 PM PDT  Professor Stephen Hawking died peacefully at his home in Cambridge on Wednesday at the age of 76, his family said in a release.
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| White nationalist leader faces battery charges in Indiana Posted: 14 Mar 2018 01:41 PM PDT  PAOLI, Ind. (AP) — A white nationalist arrested for physically harassing a woman protesting at a 2016 Donald Trump rally is accused of attacking his wife and her stepfather in southern Indiana.
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| The Latest: Clinton saddened by Hawking's death Posted: 14 Mar 2018 02:12 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the death of Stephen Hawking (all times local):
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| Palestinian PM Hamdallah survives Gaza roadside bomb attack Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:39 PM PDT  By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah survived an assassination attempt in Gaza on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority said after an apparent roadside bomb targeted his motorcade. The attack on the Western-backed leader, who is spearheading the Authority's reconciliation efforts with Gaza's dominant group, Hamas, took place as the White House prepared to hold a meeting on the humanitarian situation in the enclave. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for what one Palestinian Authority security official in Gaza said was a roadside bomb.
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| Kris Kobach's Expert Won't Support Claim That Trump Really Won The Popular Vote Posted: 13 Mar 2018 03:57 PM PDT  One of the academics that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) picked to
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| Ford recalling 1.38 mn sedans over steering defect Posted: 14 Mar 2018 07:47 AM PDT  Ford announced Wednesday a North American recall of 1.38 million Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ sedans to address loose steering wheel bolts that could lead to the steering wheel detaching. In the cars being recalled, the steering wheel "may not maintain torque, allowing the bolt to loosen over time," Ford said. If not addressed, "a steering wheel could potentially detach and lead to a loss of steering control and increased risk of a crash," the company added.
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| Suspect shot and killed by Tulare officers during violent confrontation identified Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:36 PM PDT  We are learning more about the man shot and killed by Tulare Police following a violent confrontation. He has been identified by officials as 27-year-old Jontell Reedom of Tulare.
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| Sarah Sanders Simply Refuses To Say 'Russia' When Quizzed On UK Poisoning Posted: 12 Mar 2018 05:40 PM PDT  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pointedly avoided saying the word "Russia" on Monday when very specifically questioned about that country's culpability in the poisoning last week of a former Russian spy with a deadly nerve agent. British officials have determined that Sergei Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia, were poisoned with a nerve agent developed in Russia. British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Monday that it was "highly likely" that Russia was responsible for the attack. "We must now stand ready to take extensive measures," May said.
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| Police: Man shoots his 2 kids, wife before killing himself Posted: 13 Mar 2018 06:49 PM PDT  SPANAWAY, Wash. (AP) — A member of the U.S. Air Force in Washington state fatally shot his two young children and his wife before killing himself, authorities said Tuesday.
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| Finland is world's happiest country, U.S. discontent grows: U.N. report Posted: 14 Mar 2018 05:23 AM PDT  Finland is the world's happiest country, according to an annual survey issued on Wednesday that found Americans were getting less happy even as their country became richer. Burundi came bottom in the U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network's (SDSN) 2018 World Happiness Report which ranked 156 countries according to things such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption. "I've joked with the other Americans that we are living the American dream here in Finland," said Brianna Owens, who moved from the United States and is now a teacher in Espoo, Finland's second biggest city with a population of around 280,000.
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| Stephen Hawking Was an Atheist. Here’s What He Said About God, Heaven and His Own Death Posted: 14 Mar 2018 08:12 AM PDT  "I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die"
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| Missing Georgia teenager's remains found in shallow grave Posted: 14 Mar 2018 04:42 AM PDT ![Missing Georgia teenager's remains found in shallow grave]( "Missing Georgia teenager's remains found in shallow grave") AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The remains of a missing Georgia teenager have been discovered in a shallow grave, nearly one year after her mother and stepfather were arrested in connection with her disappearance, authorities said.
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| Threat To Iran Deal Grows With Rex Tillerson’s Ouster Posted: 13 Mar 2018 11:16 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― When President Donald Trump floated pulling the United States out
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| Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin is Dropping After Google’s Major Decision Posted: 14 Mar 2018 10:23 AM PDT  Google follows in Facebook's footsteps.
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| Stress Test Is Bad News For Wells Fargo & Co Stock (WFC) Posted: 14 Mar 2018 05:18 AM PDT ![Stress Test Is Bad News For Wells Fargo & Co Stock (WFC)]( "Stress Test Is Bad News For Wells Fargo & Co Stock (WFC)") Big banks have less than a month to submit their capital plans to the Federal Reserve as part of their annual Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review. Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) is off to shaky start to 2018, and analysts say this year's Fed stress test will be harder on Wells Fargo than most other banks. In February, the Fed released the details of this year's stress test scenarios.
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