| Pres. Trump calls off summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Posted: 24 May 2018 08:52 AM PDT  A senior administration official says Trump made the decision after statements from North Korea threatened a "nuclear-to-nuclear showdown" and called Vice President Pence a "political dummy."
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| Toddler fighting for her life after being hit by alleged street racer: Police Posted: 23 May 2018 09:00 PM PDT  Her mother was killed; the drivers are out on bond but both face felony charges including vehicular homicide.
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| Publix Suspends Contributions To NRA-Backed Politician Amid Protests Posted: 25 May 2018 02:55 PM PDT  Protests prompted supermarket chain Publix to suspend all political
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| Hawaii volcano: Aerial footage shows rivers of lava flowing to the ocean Posted: 25 May 2018 11:04 AM PDT  Newly-released aerial footage of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii shows lava flows that extend to the ocean. The footage, released by the United States Geological Survey, is from an unmanned aerial craft hovering over one of the main fissures. Authorities have warned that even small pieces of molten rock can be fatal.
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| Several airlines hold off listing Taiwan as part of China Posted: 25 May 2018 03:57 AM PDT  Several international airlines still listed Taiwan as a separate country on their websites on Friday despite a deadline set by Beijing for carriers to refer to the self-governed island as a Chinese territory. According to a copy of the letter circulating on Chinese social media, it was dated April 25 and gave carriers 30 days to comply, indicating a deadline of May 25.
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| Rudy Giuliani: Trump Won't Interview With Mueller Until We Get ‘Spygate’ Report Posted: 24 May 2018 10:59 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― After weeks of describing June's planned meeting with North Korea
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| Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Teased, Again Posted: 25 May 2018 10:51 AM PDT  The super Mustang is seen overhead in this latest shot.
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| Malaysia's anti-graft agents take ex-PM's statement, meet whistleblower Posted: 23 May 2018 09:23 PM PDT  By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Former Malaysian premier Najib Razak, whose near 10-year rule ended two weeks ago, returned to an anti-graft agency on Thursday to resume his explanation for the suspicious transfers of $10.6 million dollars into his bank account. The sum represents just a fraction of billions of dollars that went missing from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a state fund founded by Najib, in a scandal that was a key reason why voters dumped him in an election on May 9. Entering the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, the embattled 64-year-old Najib appeared relaxed, smiling and waving as he walked through a throng of journalists.
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| US denies involvement in Syria missile strike which kills 12 Posted: 24 May 2018 03:17 PM PDT  A dozen pro-regime fighters were killed in an air strike on Syrian army positions a monitor said Thursday, claiming the attack was carried out by the US-led coalition, but the Pentagon denied the report. State media reported the overnight air raid in an area where both the regime and coalition have been battling holdout jihadists, but said it only caused material damage. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a broad network of sources across Syria, said the strike had hit army positions south of Albu Kamal, a town on the border with Iraq. "At least three vehicles were destroyed by the strike," said Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman. He said the 12 pro-regime fighters killed were not Syrians, but he could not provide more details on their identity. A military source quoted by state news agency SANA said "some of our military positions between Albu Kamal and Hmeimeh were hit this morning in an aggression by American coalition warplanes". A United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation military observer uses binoculars near the border with Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights Credit: BAZ RATNER/Reuters The Pentagon denied the strikes were carried out by the coalition fighting the Islamic State group. "These reports are false, the coalition did not strike any Syrian army positions in eastern Syria," said Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Kone Faulkner. "The coalition's mission is to defeat ISIS (IS) in designated parts of Iraq and Syria, and to set conditions for follow-on stability operations. This mission has not changed." Less than 24 hours after the overnight strikes, missiles targeted a weapons depot belonging to Lebanon's Hezbollah movement at an airbase in the central province of Homs, according to the Observatory. A member of the pro-government forces puts a portrait of the Syrian president on a military weapon Credit: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP Its director Abdel Rahman said the missiles "would have been fired by Israel". SANA said Syrian air defences had intercepted the missiles in Homs, but reported explosions in the area. Albu Kamal and Hmeimeh lie in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province, where Russian-backed Syrian troops and the US-led coalition have been waging separate offensives against IS. A "de-confliction" line in place along the Euphrates River since last year is meant to keep the two assaults from crashing into each other. Loyalist troops are present west of the river while the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are on the east. A military source from forces allied to Syria's government said the strikes had targeted two regime military positions near a frontline with IS. Syrian security forces enter the town of Rastan in the central Homs province on May 16, 2018 after rebels and their relatives were evacuated Credit: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP "There are no Iranian or Lebanese fighters among the dead," the source said. Iraqi Shiite militia are also fighting alongside Syrian regime forces in the area. The Observatory said the government was sending reinforcements. It was not immediately clear whether jihadists were active in the area at the time, nor whether the pro-regime casualties may have been accidental. The coalition has carried out several deadly strikes against Syrian government forces and allied fighters in recent months. In February, coalition bombing raids in Deir Ezzor province killed at least 100 regime and allied fighters, including Russian nationals, in retaliation for an attack on SDF positions. And in September 2016, US-led strikes on regime military positions in the east left more than 60 Syrian troops dead. The coalition later said it had mistaken the fighters for IS jihadists. Syria: timeline of British involvement since 2013 The Islamic State group has lost nearly all the territory it once controlled in Syria and Iraq but it still holds some villages in the Euphrates Valley area. On Monday, Syrian troops and allied forces ousted IS from the last districts it held in the capital Damascus. After a fierce month-long battle, an evacuation deal saw the remaining jihadists bussed out of the city towards small pockets of land still held by IS in the Badiya, a vast desert area stretching from central Syria to its eastern border with Iraq. The day after the transfer, IS fighters in the Badiya attacked a nearby government position, leaving more than two dozen Syrian troops and allied fighters dead. The Observatory said the IS fighters responsible were from the group that had just been transferred out of the Yarmuk area in southern Damascus.
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| Fish Market Buys Freedom For Fred The 70-Pound Octopus Posted: 25 May 2018 12:07 PM PDT  A 70-pound octopus named Fred not only has eight arms, but possibly nine
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| Mexican Mafia busted for running crime in LA County jails Posted: 23 May 2018 06:47 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County jails are run by the sheriff, but the Mexican Mafia wielded the power in the underworld behind bars.
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| Star Wars-loving family builds massive Millennium Falcon on their roof Posted: 24 May 2018 09:00 AM PDT  The Powell family built their tribute to the "fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy" in honor of 'Solo,' the latest Star Wars film, with help from friends and family.
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| Kīlauea Volcano: Eruptions, lava flows continue to threaten residents Posted: 25 May 2018 12:20 PM PDT  As the eruption at Hawaii's Kīlauea Volcano continues to evolve, the multitude of dangerous threats to residents are showing no signs of subsiding.
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| Border Agent Fatally Shoots Migrant Woman In Texas Posted: 24 May 2018 02:27 PM PDT  A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a migrant woman Wednesday in the Texas
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| Mother & 21-Month-Old Killed by Alleged Drag Racer Posted: 25 May 2018 06:44 AM PDT  Jessica Raubenolt, 24, was pushing her daughter Lillia in a stroller across the street on Wednesday when a Ford Mustang slammed into them, according to police
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| N. Korea slams 'ignorant and stupid' Pence, renews summit threat Posted: 23 May 2018 08:32 PM PDT  North Korea called US Vice-President Mike Pence "ignorant and stupid" for his warnings over a planned summit with Donald Trump, renewing a threat to cancel as the US president said the fate of the historic talks will be decided next week. Trump is due to meet his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12 for high stakes talks aimed at ridding the reclusive state of its newly acquired nuclear weapons and improving ties after decades of animosity.
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| Man Discovers Handgun Impaled In Front Bumper Of Car Posted: 24 May 2018 04:23 PM PDT  This brings new meaning to the term "gunning your engine."
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| Get The Bohemian Look Of This Nantucket Home Posted: 24 May 2018 05:00 AM PDT |
| Australian grandmother Maria Exposto sentenced to death for drugs in Malaysia Posted: 24 May 2018 06:20 AM PDT  An Australian grandmother who said she was tricked into carrying drugs into Malaysia after falling for an online romance scam was Thursday sentenced to death after an earlier acquittal was overturned, her lawyer said. Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was arrested in December 2014 while in transit at Kuala Lumpur airport with 1.1 kilos (2.4 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine stitched into the compartment of a backpack she was carrying. The 54-year-old was cleared in December of trafficking after a High Court judge ruled she did not know she was transporting the drugs. But prosecutors challenged the decision and an appeals court overturned the acquittal Thursday, and found her guilty, her lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said. Anyone caught with at least 50 grams (1.75 ounces) of crystal meth is considered a trafficker in Muslim-majority Malaysia, and death by hanging is mandatory in the case of a conviction. FAQ | Methamphetamine Shafee slammed the ruling as "perverse" and said Exposto would make a final appeal to the country's top court. "I thought there was an overwhelming case for the defence. I am shocked with the decision," he said. The mother of four argued she did not know about the hidden stash of "ice". She said she had been fooled into carrying the bag after travelling to China to see someone she met online called "Captain Daniel Smith", who had claimed to be a US serviceman. After engaging in a long online romance, Exposto had travelled to Shanghai to see "Smith". But she did not succeed in meeting her supposed love interest while there and ended up being given a bag by a stranger, who asked her to take it to Melbourne. When she arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport to change flights, she mistakenly went through immigration as she was unfamiliar with the airport. She voluntarily offered her bags for customs inspection and the drugs were discovered. There are at least 900 people on death row in Malaysia, officials have said, but executions have been rare in recent years. Malaysian lawmakers have voted to amend legislation so that capital punishment is no longer mandatory in drug-trafficking cases. But the changes have not yet come into force as they must be passed by the upper house. Two Australians were hanged in Malaysia in 1986 for heroin trafficking - the first Westerners to be executed in the country - in a case that strained relations. In 2013 Dominic Bird, a former truck driver from Perth, was acquitted of drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with 167 grams of crystal methamphetamine.
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| People Are Disgusted By Hellmann’s Suggestion To Put Mayo On Sushi Posted: 25 May 2018 02:09 PM PDT  An ad on Twitter is making some people uneasy.
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| Mexican Mafia run jail crime like an 'illegal government' Posted: 23 May 2018 11:42 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County jails are run by the sheriff, but the Mexican Mafia wields the power in the underworld behind bars.
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| Moses Farrow Defends Woody Allen And Accuses Mia Farrow Of Abuse Posted: 24 May 2018 04:32 AM PDT  Woody Allen's son Moses Farrow came to the filmmaker's defense on Wednesday in
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| Syria Kurds announce capture of prominent French jihadist Posted: 24 May 2018 08:31 AM PDT  Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria on Thursday announced the capture of French jihadist Adrien Guihal, known as the voice that claimed 2016 attacks in France for the Islamic State group. "The SDF's intelligence services conducted an operation on May 19 that led to the capture of a group of IS jihadists led by Adrien Guihal, known as Abu Osama al-Faransi," the Syrian Democratic Forces said in a statement. Guihal was thought to be among the most dangerous members of the large French contingent in the ranks of the Islamic State group, whose self-styled "caliphate" spanned huge swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria before collapsing last year.
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| OPEC, Russia prepared to raise oil output under U.S. pressure Posted: 25 May 2018 11:58 AM PDT  By Katya Golubkova, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Rania El Gamal ST PETERSBURG/DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Russia are discussing raising OPEC and non-OPEC oil production by some 1 million barrels a day, sources said, while OPEC's chief said a complaint from U.S. President Donald Trump over high prices had triggered the idea of upping output. Riyadh and Moscow are prepared to ease output cuts to calm consumer worries about supply adequacy, their energy ministers said on Friday. Saudi Arabia's Khalid al-Falih and Russia's Alexander Novak both said any such move would be gradual.
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| Rose McGowan Reacts to Seeing Harvey Weinstein in Handcuffs: It's 'a Very Good Feeling' Posted: 25 May 2018 09:58 AM PDT  Rose McGowan says it's both "surreal" and "real" to see Harvey Weinstein in handcuffs.
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| Full text of the letter from President Trump to Kim Jong Un Posted: 24 May 2018 05:06 PM PDT ![Full text of the letter from President Trump to Kim Jong Un]( "Full text of the letter from President Trump to Kim Jong Un") WASHINGTON (AP) — Below is the full text of the letter President Donald Trump sent to North Korea's Kim Jong Un:
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| Armed Citizen Kills a Shooter Who Opened Fire in an Oklahoma Restaurant Posted: 24 May 2018 08:42 PM PDT  A woman and a young girl were injured but expected to survive, police said
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| Rachel Dolezal Faces Felony Charges of Welfare Fraud in Washington State Posted: 25 May 2018 05:55 AM PDT  The charges could lead to 15 years in prison.
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| Minnesota police release video of officers tasing and arresting NBA star Sterling Brown over parking violation Posted: 24 May 2018 05:12 AM PDT  Footage of police tasing basketball player Sterling Brown over a parking violation has been released. The NBA player was arrested and shocked with a stun gun in January by Milwaukee police after he parked his car across a number of disabled spaces. Mr Brown, who is black, announced on Wednesday he would be taking legal action against the Milwaukee police department.
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| Nicaragua's way out of crisis is early elections: OAS Posted: 23 May 2018 06:23 PM PDT  Early elections are the only way for crisis-gripped Nicaragua to restore peace, the head of the Organization of American States (OAS) said Wednesday, after a spate of recent anti-government unrest left at least 76 dead. "Anyone who thinks there is a solution for Nicaragua other than an electoral one is seriously wrong," said Luis Almagro, head of the Washington-based pan-American group. Almagro said he was calling for a "free, fair and transparent electoral process" in the Central American nation led by leftist President Daniel Ortega.
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| Boris Johnson rips Russia in hoax phone call Posted: 24 May 2018 08:00 AM PDT  British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson discussed dealing with Moscow in an 18-minute phone call with Russian pranksters impersonating the prime minister of Armenia in a recording posted online Thursday and confirmed by the foreign ministry as genuine. During the hoax, which purportedly occurred last week, Johnson congratulates the caller -- whom he thinks is new Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan -- before promptly turning to Britain's frayed relations with Russia. "It's very important, I think, prime minister that we don't have a new Cold War," he added on the call, advising "determination and firmness" in dealing with Moscow.
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| Now Boba Fett Is Getting His Own 'Star Wars' Movie Posted: 25 May 2018 01:25 AM PDT  An upcoming "Star Wars" standalone movie will reportedly focus on one of the
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| Trump fundraiser expands U.S. lawsuit accusing Qatar of hacking his emails Posted: 24 May 2018 01:20 PM PDT  A fundraiser for U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday added several defendants to a lawsuit claiming the Persian Gulf state of Qatar hacked his email accounts and shared the contents with news organizations. Elliott Broidy, whose access to Trump has been the subject of press coverage in the United States in recent months, sued Qatar in federal court in Los Angeles in March. On Thursday, he filed an amended complaint adding as defendants the brother of the Qatari ruler and Ahmed al-Rumaihi, a former head of investments at the Qatari sovereign wealth fund.
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| Woman Mauled By Bear in Montana Walks Miles to Safety With Skull Fracture Posted: 23 May 2018 06:02 PM PDT  A 28-year-old woman who finally earned her "dream job" working as a grizzly bear researcher is now recovering in the hospital from serious injuries after she was attacked by one of the powerful animals
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| Bishop Michael Curry Joins Christian March To White House To 'Reclaim Jesus' Posted: 25 May 2018 10:35 AM PDT  Bishop Michael Curry, the Christian leader who emerged as an unexpected star
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| Toronto restaurant bombing: Police hunt two men after 'IED' injures 15 diners Posted: 24 May 2018 10:44 PM PDT  Two unidentified men walked into a restaurant on Thursday in the Canadian city of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen people, and then fleeing, authorities said. The blast went off in the Bombay Bhel restaurant at about 10:30 p.m. Fifteen people were taken to hospital, three of them with critical injuries, the Peel Regional Paramedic Service said in a Tweet. The two male suspects went into the restaurant and detonated their improvised explosive device, Peel Regional Police said in a Tweet.
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| Venezuela's Maduro swift to act days after election victory Posted: 23 May 2018 06:38 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nicolas Maduro hasn't wasted time consolidating power in the aftermath of his disputed victory in Venezuela's presidential election. He has thrown out U.S. diplomats, arrested alleged military conspirators and cracked down on the nation's last remaining critical major newspaper.
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| Pakistan votes to bring tribal areas into political fold Posted: 24 May 2018 08:24 AM PDT  Pakistan passed legislation Thursday paving the way for its restive tribal areas, long a focal point in the global war on terror, to enter the political mainstream, ending a colonial-era arrangement that endorsed collective punishment and fuelled militancy. The constitutional amendment would see the semi-autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along the border with Afghanistan officially merged into neighbouring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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| 2 People Injured In Indiana School Shooting Posted: 25 May 2018 07:00 AM PDT  At least two people have been injured in a school shooting in Indiana.
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| Australian nun in last-minute appeal of Manila deportation Posted: 25 May 2018 03:09 AM PDT  An elderly Australian nun facing deportation after angering Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte launched a last-minute appeal against the order on Friday, the deadline for her to leave the country. Sister Patricia Fox, 71, has been accused of illegally engaging in political activism as the government cracks down on foreign critics on its soil. Duterte, who accuses the Melbourne native of "disorderly conduct", had the immigration service detain her briefly last month, after which her missionary visa was cancelled.
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| U.S. House starts recess as immigration battle rages Posted: 24 May 2018 11:37 AM PDT  The U.S. House of Representatives broke on Thursday for an 11-day recess with majority Republicans deadlocked over legislation to protect "Dreamer" immigrants from deportation while President Donald Trump insisted that Congress meet all his hard-line immigration demands. Republicans have been deeply divided for years over immigration.
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| Cat Seen Clinging to Roof of Van Speeding Down a Highway Posted: 24 May 2018 07:09 AM PDT  Officials are trying to figure out how the cat got there.
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