| Pompeo defends Trump foreign policy in hearing, even if he can’t say what it is Posted: 25 Jul 2018 06:02 PM PDT  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's job at a Senate hearing on Wednesday afternoon was to paint the Trump administration's foreign policy toward Russia, North Korea, Syria and the rest of the world as coherent and consistent. That was no easy task.
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| Betsy DeVos' $40 Million Yacht Set Adrift By Vandals At Ohio Dock Posted: 26 Jul 2018 09:01 AM PDT  A $40 million yacht owned by the family of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
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| Judge demands more information from U.S. on family reunifications as deadline approaches Posted: 25 Jul 2018 08:56 AM PDT  "Some of this information is unpleasant..." said Judge Dana Sabraw. "It's the reality of a policy that was in place that resulted in large numbers of families being separated without forethought as to reunification and keeping track of people. And that's the fallout we're seeing."
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| Colombia's top sniffer dog gets police protection after gangs put £50,000 price on its head Posted: 26 Jul 2018 11:44 AM PDT  A police sniffer dog who has found record amounts of illegal drugs has been moved from her post after one of Colombia's biggest drug gangs put a bounty on her head. Sombra, which means Shadow in English, had been based in Turbo in the Urabá region of Colombia, a strategic point for traffickers with easy access to the sea. In the last few years, the German Shepherd's work has led directly to 245 arrests. Colombia's biggest drugs gang, the Urabeños, put a price on Sombra's head after she sniffed out 10 tonnes of their cocaine earlier this year. The gang is offering the equivalent of £53,000 for anyone who kills her, according to police intelligence. She was redeployed earlier this year from the Urabeños heartland to the country's main airport. Bogotá's El Dorado is considered safer because it is outside the area of the gang's influence. The gang is offering the equivalent of £53,000 for anyone who kills Sombra But police say they are taking no chances. As well as her usual handler, Sombra is now accompanied by extra officers to increase her protection. The Urabeños, who are also known as the Gulf Clan, are considered Colombia's most powerful criminal organisation. The gang's boss, Dairo Antonio Úsuga also known as Otoniel, is one of Colombia's most wanted men. "The fact they want to hurt Sombra and offer such a high reward for her capture or death shows the impact she's had on their profits," said a police spokesperson. Colombia is one of the world's leading producers of cocaine, with an output of around 910 tonnes per year, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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| Explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing — lone suspect wounded Posted: 26 Jul 2018 05:46 AM PDT ![Explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing — lone suspect wounded]( "Explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing — lone suspect wounded") A bomb exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, wounding the lone assailant, the embassy said in a statement, but police described the weapon merely as a "fireworks device."
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| U.S. Airlines Are Editing Their Websites to Remove Taiwan's Name at China's Request Posted: 25 Jul 2018 11:27 AM PDT  China set a deadline for the changes to reflect its claim on the island
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| Progressive Hawaii Candidate Channels Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez In New Ad Posted: 25 Jul 2018 02:55 PM PDT  Kaniela Ing, a progressive Hawaii state representative running for Congress,
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| Ferguson Fire Forces Yosemite Valley To Evacuate All Visitors Posted: 24 Jul 2018 05:39 PM PDT  Fire officials announced Tuesday that Yosemite Valley, the heart of
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| What would the world be like without Roe v. Wade? Posted: 26 Jul 2018 10:52 AM PDT  A reversal of Roe v. Wade would make abortions harder to obtain in many states. But it wouldn't mean a return to the pre-1973 status quo. Medical technology and the world have changed since then.
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| 11-year-old girl catches piranha relative in Oklahoma lake Posted: 25 Jul 2018 01:30 PM PDT  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An 11-year-old girl has quite the fish tale: A rare pacu with human-like teeth chomped down on the worm at the end of her line while she was fishing with her grandparents and brother in an Oklahoma lake.
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| The student activist who stood up against a man's deportation is a true hero Posted: 25 Jul 2018 01:34 PM PDT  Elin Errson, the Swedish student activist who tried to prevent an asylum-seeking Afghan man from being deported, is our new hero. And we're not alone in our admiration. On Monday, Errson boarded a flight headed from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Istanbul, Turkey. She refused to take her seat until a 52-year-old asylum-seeker, who was ultimately to be sent back to Afghanistan, was removed from the flight, according to the Hill. Errson live-streamed her protest aboard the flight on Facebook. Since then, the footage of the protest has been viewed 2.9 million times. SEE ALSO: A handy guide to the immigrant rights activists and experts you should follow on Twitter "I don't want a man's life to be taken away just because you don't want to miss your flight," Errson says to other passengers in her video. "I am not going to sit down until the person is off the plane." The video also documents Errson struggling with flight attendants, who try to take her phone and prevent her from filming. "I am doing what I can to save a person's life," Errson explains to the attendants (off camera). "As long as a person is standing up, the pilot cannot take off. All I want to do is stop the deportation and then I will comply with the rules here. This is all perfectly legal, and I have not committed a crime." The protest staged by Errson caused a 2-hour delay in takeoff, and tension with other passengers is palpable in the 14-minute-long video. At one point, a frustrated passenger can be heard telling Errson to sit down, to which she replies: "What is more important, a life, or your time? … I want him to get off the plane because he is not safe in Afghanistan. I am trying to change my country's rules, I don't like them. It is not right to send people to hell." The asylum-seeker was eventually escorted off the plane by Swedish authorities, according to the Washington Post, and passengers can be heard cheering in the video as he leaves the plane. Now, many are hailing Errson as a hero. Elin Errson is a hero. Watch and share everywhere. I stand with her. https://t.co/4BxmsBk7xX — Chris Henry (@Socialist_Chris) July 24, 2018 #ElinErsson is a brave and courageous woman. Swedish student's plane protest stops man's deportation 'to hell' https://t.co/X8Yl5aWwfH — Women's March (@womensmarch) July 25, 2018 This Swedish woman is a hero. She stopped the deportation of a man from Gothenburg to Afghanistan. She refused to sit down until he was taken off of the plane. Afghans, let's somehow recognize her from our community ? ❤️ ���� https://t.co/CHz33O0AH2 #elinerrson — ariana delawari (@arianadelawari) July 24, 2018 This is pure courage. As a young woman, I am proud of you. You're my hero. Hope to meet you one day. #ElinErrson — elifhanımcım (@thelovelygirll) July 25, 2018 "I hope that people start questioning how their country treats refugees," Elin Ersson said in an interview with the Guardian. "We need to start seeing the people whose lives our immigration [policies] are destroying." Errson told the Guardian she had been working with refugees for the past year, many of whom are from Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the activist told the Guardian she believes the asylum seeker was probably taken to Stockholm and deported from there. As for Errson, she may face a significant fine if the airline or passengers decide to press charges, according to a spokesperson for the Swedish police. Still, Errson's protest is a reminder that we all have the ability to stand up to the injustices we see. We'll be thinking about this story for a long time. WATCH: 'We're being used': Rapper Vic Mensa pleads for gun control legislation.
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| Amazon beats estimates, Wall Street breathes sigh of relief Posted: 26 Jul 2018 02:46 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall St breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after Amazon.com's quarterly results beat estimates, sending the online retailer's stock to a record high and alleviating fears of deepening troubles across the FANG group after Facebook's results sent its shares reeling.
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| 'Fox And Friends' Avoids Questioning Kellyanne Conway About CNN Reporter Ban Posted: 26 Jul 2018 07:05 AM PDT  "Fox & Friends" on Thursday failed to question White House counselor Kellyanne
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| A Fatal Shooting Is Sparking New Debate About Florida's Stand Your Ground Law. It Could Be Even Harder to Prosecute This Time Posted: 25 Jul 2018 02:14 PM PDT  "Stand Your Ground shouldn't make Florida the Wild West"
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| Pakistan election in disarray as incumbent rejects result Posted: 26 Jul 2018 04:18 AM PDT  'Our democratic process has been pushed back by decades', says Shahbaz Sharif (centre), the younger brother of the ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Pakistan's general election has been plunged into chaos after the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) said it would reject the result amid widespread allegations that the military was rigging the ballot in favour of the party led by the former cricketer Imran Khan.
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| Disney Plans To Eliminate Plastic Straws From Properties By 2019 Posted: 26 Jul 2018 07:28 AM PDT  The Walt Disney Company has announced its plan to eliminate single-use plastic
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| Michael Cohen's Trump Tape Release May Mean He's Ready To Make A Deal, Experts Say Posted: 25 Jul 2018 12:35 PM PDT  Michael Cohen's decision to allow Tuesday's release of a secretly recorded
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| Thousands flee wildfire burning near California mountain towns Posted: 26 Jul 2018 04:44 PM PDT  By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fast-moving Southern California wildfire believed set by a serial arsonist forced more than 3,000 residents of mountain resort communities to flee their homes on Thursday as crews fought to save homes in the path of the flames. The Cranston Fire was one of several wildland blazes that erupted on Wednesday in Riverside County, east of the city of Hemet, that authorities said appeared to have been ignited by the same suspect. Brandon McGlover, 32, was taken into custody in Hemet on Wednesday and booked on five counts of arson, the U.S. Forest Service said in a statement on the Inciweb fire tracking website.
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| Jason Spencer, US politician pranked by Sasha Baron Cohen, to resign after yelling racial slurs in show Posted: 24 Jul 2018 10:58 PM PDT  A Republican politician has been forced to resign after footage emerged of him shouting racial slurs in a US television show. Jason Spencer, a Georgia state representative, was duped by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen into dropping his trousers and shouting the N-word in an apparent attempt to deter terrorists. Mr Spencer initially refused to quit after the show aired on Sunday, calling it a "ridiculously ugly episode" . He has come under mounting pressure to stand down with several major US networking showing the embarrassing footage on prime time news shows. David Ralston, the Speaker of Georgia's House of Representatives, told CNN Mr Spencer's actions and language were "reprehensible", adding: "Georgia is better than this." This image released by Showtime shows Jason Spencer in a scene from the series "Who Is America," starring Sacha Baron Cohen Credit: AP Mr Spencer has now said he will stand down at the end of the month. Baron Cohen, who is known for tricking public figures with fake interviews, styles himself as Col Erran Morad, an Israeli anti-terrorism expert, for his latest show "Who is America?" During the skit, the comedian convinces the state representative he is taking part in an anti-terrorism training class and suggests he bare his rear end to scare off a would-be attacker. "If you want to win, you show some skin," Baron Cohen tells him, claiming it would fend off terrorists because they are afraid of homosexuality. The lawmaker can also be seen using offensive language as he pretends to be an Asian tourist while attempting to take up-skirting photos of a dummy wearing a burka. Sacha Baron Cohen | Read more Mr Spencer has previously backed legislation banning Muslim women from wearing burkas in public, and in 2016 he sought to update a 1951 state law that outlawed Ku Klux Klan members from wearing hoods at public rallies. He quickly dropped the proposal after criticism. He later shouts "USA" and the N-word as he acts out how he would attract attention to ward off a potential kidnapper. Baron Cohen then says: "Are you crazy? The 'n-word' is noonie! Not this word. This word is disgusting". GOP Gov. Nathan Deal said in a tweet: "There is no excuse for this type of behavior, ever, and I am saddened and disgusted by it." Mr Spencer said in a statement Baron Cohen had taken "advantage of my paralysing fear that my family would be attacked". "My fears were so heightened at that time, I was not thinking clearly nor could I appreciate what I was agreeing to when I participated in his 'class'," he said. Sacha Baron Cohen pranked a number of US lawmakers in his recent series Credit: AP Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice-presidential candidate and Dick Cheney, President George W Bush's vice president, are also set to feature on the show. Ahead of the show's airing Ms Palin announced on Facebook that she had joined "a long list of American public personalities" to fall victim to the "sick 'humour' of the British 'comedian' Sacha Baron Cohen" .
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| Deadly wildfires ravage coastal region near Athens, killing dozens Posted: 26 Jul 2018 05:02 AM PDT ![Deadly wildfires ravage coastal region near Athens, killing dozens]( "Deadly wildfires ravage coastal region near Athens, killing dozens") Sorrow became tinged with anger in Greece on Thursday as rescuers searched scorched land and the coastline for survivors, three days after a wildfire destroyed a small town outside Athens and killed at least 83 people.
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| 9 Madewell Finds To Get During Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale Posted: 25 Jul 2018 09:52 AM PDT  The list of items to shop at Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale goes on and on. From
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| Violence as 600 migrants storm Morocco-Spain border fence Posted: 26 Jul 2018 06:30 AM PDT  More than 600 African migrants reached the Spanish territory of Ceuta Thursday after storming a double border fence with Morocco and attacking police with caustic quicklime and excrements. The scramble over the barbed wire-decked barrier is the biggest in Ceuta since February 2017, when more than 850 migrants entered the overseas territory over four days. The incident further increases pressure on Spain, which has now surpassed Italy as the number one destination for migrants crossing the Mediterranean by boat.
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| White House says Trump will meet with Putin in 2019, 'after the Russia witch hunt is over' Posted: 25 Jul 2018 01:21 PM PDT  President Trump's proposed Washington meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be put off until 2019, the White House announced Wednesday.
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| Only rhino to survive Kenyan relocation is attacked by lions Posted: 26 Jul 2018 08:17 AM PDT  The only rhino to survive a bungled relocation to a Kenyan wildlife park has been attacked by lions, tourism minister Najib Balala said on Thursday. Ten out of 11 black rhinos being moved by the state wildlife service last month died in their new home in Tsavo East National Park, prompting protests from conservation groups around the world. Balala said an independent inquiry had found that negligence by conservation officers was to blame for the deaths.
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| Federal immigration officials detain registered sex offender Posted: 25 Jul 2018 03:24 PM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal agents arrested an immigrant who is in the U.S. illegally after a North Carolina sheriff declined their request to keep the registered sex offender in custody, immigration officials said Wednesday.
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| Google and Facebook are strangling the free press to death. Democracy is the loser Posted: 26 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT  As gatekeepers to the news, Google and Facebook pose dangers to even the most successful outlets. After Europe's top monopoly buster Margrethe Vestager fined Google more than $5bn for abusing its dominance over mobile phone technology, it's tempting to relax about the power of big tech. The reason given by the publisher – a sharp decline in revenue – is largely the result of Google abusing its monopoly over online advertising, in tandem with Facebook.
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| Emails Show Michigan Republicans Scheming To Gerrymander 'Garbage' Dems Posted: 26 Jul 2018 03:26 AM PDT  A federal lawsuit in Michigan has unearthed a cache of emails that suggests
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| Next-Gen Land Rover Evoque Spied Climbing Curbs At The 'Ring Posted: 25 Jul 2018 05:53 AM PDT  The new Evoque looks like a Velar after spending a few moments underneath a shrink ray.
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| Unofficial Results in Pakistan's Election Show Lead For Imran Khan, But Opponents Allege Fraud Posted: 25 Jul 2018 08:31 PM PDT  Khan's opponent Shahbaz Sharif has already charged fraud and vowed not to accept the results
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| Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume Posted: 25 Jul 2018 01:47 AM PDT ![Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume]( "Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume") LONDON (AP) — A man who survived exposure to the deadly nerve agent Novichok has described how his partner sprayed it on her wrists thinking it was perfume, and collapsed minutes later.
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| Thai cave boys adopt saffron robes of Buddhist novices to honor dead rescuer Posted: 25 Jul 2018 03:21 AM PDT  By Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Eleven boys from a soccer team rescued from a flooded Thai cave in a drama that gripped global audiences were ordained as Buddhist novices on Wednesday in memory of a volunteer diver who died during their rescue. "Their lives will change now," Manit Prakobkit, an official of a regional cultural group, told media. "This experience will help them to appreciate their parents and give them a taste of Dhamma." The group will spend nine days living at another Buddhist temple, adhering to the teachings and precepts of Buddhism, Thailand's main religion.
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| Expert explains how to survive the unlikely event of a shark attack Posted: 26 Jul 2018 04:49 AM PDT  Chances are most people who have swam in the ocean have been very close to sharks and didn't even know it; however, some haven't been so lucky.
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| Brock Turner sought 'outercourse' with victim, says lawyer for ex-Stanford student Posted: 25 Jul 2018 02:09 PM PDT  Brock Turner appears in court in Palo Alto, California, in 2015. A lawyer for Brock Turner, the former Stanford student convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, argued in court during an appeal hearing that his client was seeking "outercourse" with his victim. The attorney's appeal of the high-profile case, which led to international outrage after Turner received a lenient sentence in 2016, advanced in a California court this week, with an unusual legal claim that experts said was shocking and hurtful to survivors of sexual violence.
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| Hamas vows revenge after Israeli raid kills 3 militants Posted: 26 Jul 2018 02:26 AM PDT  The military wing of Gaza's rulers Hamas on Thursday vowed revenge after Israeli strikes killed three militants in the latest flare-up of violence. Israel said the artillery fire late Wednesday was in retaliation for shots fired at troops along the border which injured one soldier. "We announce the raising of the preparedness level to the highest and alert all of our soldiers and forces in every location," said a statement from the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.
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| Demi Lovato 'Awake' and 'With Her Family' After Apparent Overdose Posted: 25 Jul 2018 06:28 AM PDT  The statement did not say what led to the singer's hospitalization.
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