| Trump’s Efforts To Scare Away Immigrants Aren’t Working Very Well Posted: 06 Jun 2018 05:41 PM PDT  In the last two months, the Trump administration has mobilized the National
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| Two EPA staffers leave as Scott Pruitt scandal worsens Posted: 06 Jun 2018 01:29 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow reports on two EPA staffers leaving the agency as the scandal of Scott Pruitt trying to use the influence of his public office to get his wife a Chick-fil-A franchise reaches a new level of corruption even for Pruitt.
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| Colbert Gives Bill Clinton A 'Do Over' On His Botched Me Too Comments Posted: 05 Jun 2018 06:55 PM PDT  "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert offered former President Bill Clinton a
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| GOP gets wiped out in California senate race Posted: 06 Jun 2018 01:30 PM PDT  In the State of Nixon and Reagan, no Republican running for U.S. Senate got more than 9% of the vote against Dianne Feinstein one of the Democrats leading the investigation of the Trump campaign & Russian operatives.
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| The Latest: Earthquake and ash eruption hit Kilauea volcano Posted: 06 Jun 2018 08:08 PM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano (all times local):
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| US man sentenced to death for torture killing of 8-year-old Posted: 07 Jun 2018 12:44 PM PDT  A US man was sentenced to death on Thursday for the torture killing of his girlfriend's eight-year-old son, who was beaten, starved and forced to sleep in a closet until his death in 2013. The boy's mother, Pearl Sinthia Fernandez, was sentenced to life in prison for her role in the death of her son, Gabriel. The pair were arrested in 2013 after paramedics were called to a home in Palmdale, northeast of downtown Los Angeles, and found Gabriel unconscious and with a broken skull as well as broken ribs and BB pellets lodged in his groin.
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| Crocodile eats beloved terrier that spent a decade taunting it Posted: 06 Jun 2018 05:14 AM PDT  A crocodile in Australia has eaten a small dog that had taunted it for a decade and was famous for chasing the eleven-foot reptile into the water. To the horror of guests at a riverside lodge who had gathered to watch the spectacle, the saltwater crocodile did not scurry towards the water as the dog ran at its head. Instead, as the dog's owner, Kai Hansen, said, the crocodile "did what crocs do" and clenched the dog in its teeth before returning to the water. Mr Hansen said he was "really sad" and had not watched the graphic footage of the incident, which was captured by onlookers. But he said he did not blame the 220-pound crocodile for attacking his 15-pound dog. Casey the crocodile on Goat Island "It was something that had a high probability of happening sometime," Mr Hansen told ABC News. "She's not doing something wrong, she's just doing what crocs do. In the early days she actually had a go at me a couple of times. These days I just throw food out from up the top and no-one is allowed to walk down there." Mr Hansen runs the Goat Island Lodge, a ramshackle lodge on the crocodile-infested Adelaide River, south of Darwin in the Northern Territory. Guests captured footage of the dog being eaten and could be heard gasping and yelling expletives. A crocodile expert, Adam Britton, said the creature should not be destroyed for eating the dog and may not necessarily attack humans. He said crocodiles which attacked people effectively learnt how to target "large prey items". "The dog got right up close to the crocodile's head," Mr Britton told ABC News. "That basically triggers a reflex reaction, and a crocodile, if you get that close to its head, it doesn't even think about it — it will just strike. If a crocodile attacks a person it's a little bit different because … that can potentially lead to it getting [another] large prey item, to put it bluntly." Mr Britton said the incident was a reminder to people to stay away from crocodile habitats, particularly if small dogs were present.
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| Trump quiet on Puerto Rico death toll at hurricane-preparedness briefing Posted: 06 Jun 2018 01:28 PM PDT  President Trump did not address the controversy over the death toll in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria during his public remarks before a briefing at FEMA on Wednesday.
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| Scott Pruitt Gives Nonsensical Explanation For Chick-Fil-A Controversy Posted: 06 Jun 2018 02:07 PM PDT  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is defending an
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| Siblings Pen Scathing Obituary for Mom They Say Ran Off With Uncle: 'World Is a Better Place Without Her' Posted: 06 Jun 2018 07:20 AM PDT  With 105 words, a family decimated their late mother, whose passing they took as an opportunity to air their decades-long grievances.
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| 8 of the World’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes, According to Experts Posted: 06 Jun 2018 09:22 AM PDT  Based on their magma type and risk to people
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| New Jersey Police Won't Face Criminal Charges For Punching Beachgoer In The Head Posted: 06 Jun 2018 05:59 AM PDT  New Jersey cops who pinned a beachgoer to the ground and punched her in the
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| 10 killed in Kenyan plane crash Posted: 07 Jun 2018 08:38 AM PDT  All 10 passengers aboard a small plane, whose wreckage was discovered in central Kenya two days after it went missing, died in the accident, the airline and government said Thursday. The families of the passengers and the crew have been notified and as a ministry, we truly regret this very sad outcome and send out our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families," said Paul Maringa, principal secretary of the transport ministry. A surveillance helicopter spotted the wreckage of the Cessna plane belonging to the FlySAX airline near the town of Njabini on the edge of the Aberdares mountain range early Thursday morning.
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| RFK's birthplace marking 50 years since his assassination Posted: 06 Jun 2018 01:44 PM PDT  BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Anecdotes and remembrances of John F. Kennedy's younger brother on the 50th anniversary of his death highlighted a special "Jack and Bobby" tour at the former president's birthplace on Wednesday.
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| EPA spokesperson calls journalist 'piece of trash' for reporting on aide's resignation Posted: 06 Jun 2018 06:40 PM PDT  A spokesperson for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) called a reporter a "piece of trash". Jahan Wilcox, who began speaking on behalf of administrator Scott Pruitt in 2017, told journalist Elaina Plott of The Atlantic magazine: "have a great day, you're a piece of trash". The insult was in response to a query from Ms Plott about her report on the resignation of one of Mr Pruitt's top aides, Millan Hupp.
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| NASA rover data shows Mars had the ingredients needed for life Posted: 07 Jun 2018 12:05 PM PDT  By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NASA rover has detected a bonanza of organic compounds on the surface of Mars and seasonal fluctuations of atmospheric methane in findings released on Thursday that mark some of the strongest evidence ever that Earth's neighbor may have harbored life. Three different types of organic molecules were discovered when the rover dug just 2 inches (5 cm) into roughly 3.5 billion-year-old mudstone, a fine-grained sedimentary rock, at Gale crater, apparently the site of a large lake when ancient Mars was warmer and wetter than the desolate planet it is today.
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| Vibrant wave photography Posted: 07 Jun 2018 01:34 PM PDT ![Vibrant wave photography]( "Vibrant wave photography") These kaleidoscopic images are the work of one persistent photographer's efforts to capture vibrant hues at the exact moment a wave breaks. Ryan Pernofski's stunning shots feature brilliant yellows, reds, blues and purples as an array of sunlight hits the water at the perfect time.
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| Argentina call off controversial World Cup friendly with Israel after campaign targeted at Messi Posted: 06 Jun 2018 03:03 AM PDT  Argentina has called off their World Cup warm-up match with Israel following pressure from Palestinian football officials and international campaign groups. The friendly had been planned for Saturday in the contested city of Jerusalem, but the team announced they would not be taking part. The sold-out game was opposed by Palestinians, who claim the eastern part of the city, annexed by Israel, as the capital of their future state. However, the Israeli embassy in Argentina blamed what it called "threats and provocations" against Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi. Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestinian football association, had encouraged fans to burn shirts bearing Messi's name if he decided to play. He said on Wednesday that the decision was a "red card from everyone to the Israelis". Messi has previously expressed support for the Palestinian cause. During the 2014 conflict, the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador shared on his Facebook a picture of an injured Palestinian child and pleaded for the violence to stop. Messi holding six-year-old Afghan boy Murtaza Ahmadi in Doha upon Barcelona's arrival to play a friendly match against Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli Credit: AFP The Palestinian Football Federation - which had urged Messi specifically not to take part - welcomed the scrapping of the game, insisting sport should not "be a tool for politicians and for political extortion". The decision comes weeks after Israeli forces shot dead at least 60 Palestinians protested on the Israel-Gaza border. "In the end, they've done right thing, and this is behind us," Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain told ESPN. "Health and common sense come first. We felt that it wasn't right to go." Miri Regev, Israel's culture minister, accused the Palestinians of terrorism, and evoked the massacre of Israeli Olympians at Munich in 1972 as a comparison. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had called Argentine President Mauricio Macri and urged him to intervene, to no avail. "It's unfortunate the soccer knights of Argentina did not withstand the pressure of the Israeli-hating inciters, whose only goal is to harm our basic right to self-defense and bring about the destruction of Israel," said Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. "We will not yield before a pack of anti-Semitic terrorist supporters," Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said it was a sad morning for Israeli sports fans, including his own grandchildren. "But there are values that are greater than even Messi. The politicisation of the Argentinean move worries me greatly," he said. About | The two-state solution Opposition figures, however, accused Israel's headline-seeking sports minister of bringing on the politicisation of the sporting event by insisting on moving the game from Haifa to contested Jerusalem and by trying to orchestrate a photo-op with Messi. Israel captured east Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed the area in a move that is not internationally recognised. Israel considers the entire city to be its capital, while the Palestinians seek east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state. Israel has largely fended off the boycott campaign, with only a small number of artists and organisations shunning the country. Argentina's snubbing would appear to be the boycott movement's greatest achievement thus far. The grassroots movement advocates boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel in what supporters say is a way to promote Palestinian rights through nonviolent means. Israel says the campaign goes beyond Israeli occupation of lands claimed by the Palestinians and masks a deeper aim of delegitimizing or even destroying the country. It has formed a government ministry whose primary mission is to combat the boycott movement. Argentina opens its Group D campaign in Russia against Iceland on June 16. They then plays Croatia on June 21 and Nigeria on June 26. It is unclear whether Argentina will play another warmup, or if it will arrive to Moscow ahead of schedule. World Cup 2018 | The best of the Telegraph's coverage WorldCup - newsletter promo - end of article
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| President Obama Had A Run-In With A Rodent At Buckingham Palace Posted: 06 Jun 2018 11:16 AM PDT  When President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stayed at Buckingham
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| Griffin honored for LGBTQ activism, pays tribute to Spade Posted: 06 Jun 2018 03:37 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kathy Griffin paid tribute Tuesday night to Kate Spade by dressing head-to-toe in the late designer's apparel to accept an honor for her activism and fundraising for LGBTQ causes.
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| Plane plunges 'like a rollercoaster' as nose and windows destroyed by hail in thunderstorm Posted: 06 Jun 2018 06:17 AM PDT  A passenger jet plunged through the air "like a rollercoaster" after it flew into a thunderstorm, dropping thousands of feet as it was bombarded with strong winds, hail and lightning. Scariest flight of my life," said Jesse Esparza, who was aboard the American Airlines flight from San Antonio, Texas, to Phoenix, Arizona. With its nose and windscreen badly damaged by hail, the plane was forced to divert to El Paso for an emergency landing.
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| Soldier steals armored vehicle, takes it on two-hour ride in Virginia: police Posted: 06 Jun 2018 04:17 AM PDT  (Reuters) - A soldier stole an armored personnel carrier from a National Guard base in Virginia on Tuesday and took the vehicle on a two-hour drive that ended in a police chase through downtown Richmond, the state capital, state police said. The unidentified man took the vehicle at about 7:50 p.m. from Fort Pickett, a Army National Guard base in Blackstone, Virginia, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in an email to Reuters.
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| Ree Drummond and Her Husband Ladd Share How Their Marriage Has Grown After 21 Years: ‘We’re Blessed That We Had Tough Times at First’ Posted: 06 Jun 2018 10:22 AM PDT  While Ree Drummond and her husband Ladd built their new hotel, they split the rooms up to avoid butting heads on the design process. Compromises like these, along with nurturing their love and faith, have kept their marriage healthy and happy.
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| Arizona Cops On Paid Leave After Video Shows Them Beating Unarmed Man Posted: 06 Jun 2018 11:57 AM PDT  Four Arizona police officers have been placed on administrative leave after
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| Malaysia draws China link to huge financial scandal Posted: 05 Jun 2018 10:21 PM PDT  Malaysia's ousted leader has denied wrongdoing over a $2.4 billion China-backed pipeline deal after the new government said the project was "highly suspicious" and linked it to a massive financial scandal. A company owned by Malaysia's finance ministry signed the 9.4-billion ringgit deal in 2016 for a Chinese state-owned company to build a gas pipeline and an oil pipeline. Najib Razak -- toppled in elections last month -- was prime minister at the time, and battling allegations billions of dollars were looted from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.
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| It Looks Like America Is Finally Going To Have A Native American Congresswoman Posted: 05 Jun 2018 08:48 PM PDT  Deb Haaland won the Democratic nomination for a New Mexico congressional seat
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| Women Won Big In Tuesday's Primary Elections Posted: 06 Jun 2018 09:20 AM PDT  A record-breaking number of women are running for ― and winning ― spots on
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| Las Vegas shooting: New CCTV video shows people running for their lives Posted: 07 Jun 2018 09:29 AM PDT  Las Vegas police have released footage from a camera positioned on top of the Mandalay Bay Resort recording during last October's mass shooting in the city - the deadliest in modern US history. The eerie video shows floodlights sweep the concert crowd before the shooting starts. The newly-released footage, provided more than eight months after the shooting, represents the fifth batch of records made public by the Las Vegas police department.
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| The Latest: Fired deputy says Trump made him "punching bag" Posted: 06 Jun 2018 05:39 AM PDT  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on developments related to the school shooting that killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida (all times local):
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| The Latest: Guatemala says 109 confirmed dead from volcano Posted: 07 Jun 2018 04:57 PM PDT  SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala (AP) — The latest on the eruption of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire (all times local):
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| Report on FBI's Clinton email probe coming next week: Inspector General Posted: 07 Jun 2018 03:18 PM PDT  A report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's internal watchdog into the agency's handling of an enquiry into the management of emails by former U.S. presidential candidate Hilary Clinton will be released next week, the agency said on Thursday. U.S. Congressional committees are also currently investigating the FBI's handling of the enquiry in 2016. The U.S. Justice Department's Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, said in a letter that most of the process to sign off on the report and protect classified information it may contain "is now complete, and we anticipate releasing the report on June 14, 2018." He also said in the letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that he will appear at the committee's June 18 hearing on the FBI's actions in advance of the 2016 presidential election.
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| Woman Seen Sleeping in Road on Police Dashcam Video in Texas Posted: 06 Jun 2018 07:36 AM PDT  Her car was found nearby.
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| Chiaozza, Virgil Abloh, Filip Pagowski, and More Artists and Designers Create Limited Edition Rugs for IKEA Posted: 07 Jun 2018 09:40 AM PDT |
| San Diego Fan Makes Epic Foul Ball Catch With Her Beer Cup -- And Celebrates Like A Boss Posted: 06 Jun 2018 02:20 PM PDT  A woman attending Tuesday night's game between the San Diego Padres and
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| 2018 Midterm Primaries: Democrats Avoided Disaster, But That Might Not Be Enough Posted: 06 Jun 2018 03:02 PM PDT  California Democrats can feel safe to exhale now.
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| Carrie Underwood Kisses Husband Mike Fisher After Winning CMT Award for Female Video of the Year Posted: 07 Jun 2018 09:57 AM PDT  PLUS: Blake Shelton takes home top honors after winning Video of the Year.
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| Regrets For Sarah Sanders? Not On The Trump Letter Question, She Says Posted: 07 Jun 2018 12:45 AM PDT  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Chris Cuomo of CNN
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| Video details the moments before Florida school shooting Posted: 06 Jun 2018 05:13 PM PDT  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A just-released video interview with a campus security monitor at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School provides new details that may prompt another round of what-if questions about the Valentine's Day shooting that killed 17 people.
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