| Susan Collins Receives 3,000 Coat Hangers Ahead Of Kavanaugh Vote Posted: 08 Sep 2018 04:00 PM PDT  As a reminder of what could be at stake if President Donald Trump's latest
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| Mike Pence Says He's 'More Than Willing' To Sit Down With Robert Mueller Posted: 09 Sep 2018 09:30 AM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday he's "more than willing" to be
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| Death toll rises, flights resume, power back in Japan quake Posted: 07 Sep 2018 09:51 PM PDT  SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Japanese rescue workers and troops searched Saturday for the missing for a third straight day in a northern hamlet buried by landslides from a powerful earthquake. Power was restored to most households and international flights resumed to the main airport serving the Hokkaido region.
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| Syria's Idlib under 'violent' air strikes after Tehran failure Posted: 08 Sep 2018 01:01 PM PDT  Al Munţār (Syria) (AFP) - Syria's last major rebel bastion Idlib was Saturday targeted by the "most violent" Russian air strikes in a month, a monitor said, after the failure of a three-way summit on the Syrian conflict. The renewed strikes came a day after the leaders of rebel backer Turkey and regime allies Russia and Iran failed at the summit in Tehran to agree on how to stave off a threatened offensive on the northwestern province of Idlib. Aid organisations have warned that any military campaign to retake the region of nearly three million people on the Turkish border could spark one of the worst humanitarian disasters in Syria's seven-year war.
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| Amber Guyger Named as Dallas Officer Accused of Shooting Botham Jean in His Own Home Posted: 09 Sep 2018 03:32 AM PDT  It's unclear what prompted the shooting.
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| Cincinnati victims didn't have any known links to gunman Posted: 08 Sep 2018 01:18 PM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — The three people shot and killed in the lobby of a Cincinnati office building didn't have any apparent connection to the gunman.
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| Trump Moves To Extricate Himself From Stormy Daniels Deal, Lawsuit Posted: 09 Sep 2018 12:13 AM PDT  A lawyer for President Donald Trump filed a court document on Saturday arguing
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| Jack Ma: English teacher turned internet tycoon Posted: 07 Sep 2018 07:08 PM PDT  Jack Ma was a cash-strapped Chinese entrepreneur and former English teacher when he convinced friends to give him $60,000 to start a Chinese e-commerce firm called Alibaba in 1999. Almost two decades later, Alibaba is an internet juggernaut and Ma is among the world's richest men, with a net worth of more than $40 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Alibaba Group includes Tmall.com for business-to-consumer transactions and Taobao, China's most popular online consumer marketplace with hundreds of millions of products and services listed.
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| Armed groups agree to keep Tripoli ceasefire: U.N Posted: 09 Sep 2018 10:22 AM PDT ![Armed groups agree to keep Tripoli ceasefire: U.N]( "Armed groups agree to keep Tripoli ceasefire: U.N") Armed groups vying for control of the Libyan capital have agreed to set up a mechanism to "consolidate" a recently agreed ceasefire, the United Nations' Libya mission, UNSMIL, said on Sunday. On Tuesday, the United Nations persuaded various armed groups to halt fighting that had killed dozens in Tripoli, one of the many sites of unrest gripping the oil producer. "Parties agreed today to freeze their forces' movements, a monitoring & verification mechanism to consolidate the ceasefire + development of a plan to withdraw armed groups from sovereign locations and critical infrastructure in #Tripoli," UNSMIL tweeted.
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| Egypt set to release Lebanese tourist jailed over Facebook post Posted: 09 Sep 2018 12:59 PM PDT ![Egypt set to release Lebanese tourist jailed over Facebook post]( "Egypt set to release Lebanese tourist jailed over Facebook post") A Lebanese tourist who was sentenced to eight years in prison for posting a video on Facebook the authorities claimed had insulted the country is set to walk free after a court cut the prison term and suspended it, the state-run MENA news agency said on Sunday. A Cairo court in July found Mona el-Mazboh guilty of deliberately spreading false rumors that would harm society, attacking religion, and public indecency. El-Mazboh was arrested at Cairo airport in June at the end of her stay in Egypt after a 10-minute video in which she was complaining of sexual harassment and conditions in Egypt using explicit language went viral on social media.
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| Pope tells bishops to fight abuse, culture behind it Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:55 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis told newly ordained bishops Saturday that they must reject all forms of abuse and work in communion to fight the clerical culture that has fueled the sex abuse and cover-up scandal rocking his papacy.
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| PUP RESCUE: Nearly 100 Chihuahuas rescued after being dumped throughout Houston area Posted: 09 Sep 2018 09:50 AM PDT  Houston animal rescuers have been responding to large groups of dogs that they believe were dumped.
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| Sen. Ben Sasse Admits He 'Regularly' Considers Leaving The GOP Posted: 09 Sep 2018 05:37 AM PDT  Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) acknowledged on Saturday that he "regularly" considers
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| Kim Jong-un gets his kicks but rockets absent at North Korea's 70th birthday bash Posted: 09 Sep 2018 02:37 PM PDT  North Korea on Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the country's founding with a parade of goose-stepping soldiers, tanks and military hardware, but it held back on displaying its intercontinental ballistic missiles, believed to be capable of hitting the United States. The parade was considerably more muted than the bombast seen in previous years and much of the mass public event was devoted to lauding civilian efforts to strengthen the local economy. Analysts said the switch in focus and absence of the usual visual jingoism not only underscored leader Kim Jong-un's strong emphasis on the economy but could also be interpreted as a conciliatory gesture towards Washington. Sunday morning's parade came amid stalled diplomatic talks with the US over the issue of denuclearisation. It had been feared that the appearance of advanced missiles would have been viewed as a provocation by the Trump administration and could have destabilised the uneasy détente that has existed since the two countries' leaders met at a historic June summit in Singapore. Washington and Pyongyang have reached an impasse over the starting point for disarmament. The US wants Kim to proceed with denuclearisation first, but North Korea wants its security guaranteed and a peace agreement to formally end the Korean War of 1950-53. North Koreans wave flowers at Kim Jong-un as he surveys their procession from a balcony Credit: Ed Jones/AFP However, the stalemate has been showing signs of softening in recent days. On Friday President Trump told reporters on Air Force One that a personal letter from Kim Jong-un was going to be delivered soon. "I think it's going to be a positive letter," he predicted. Earlier the president had tweeted his thanks to Kim for his "unwavering faith" in him, adding "We will get it done together!" in reference to denuclearisation. Flare-up: aeroplanes forming the number 70 fly in formation Credit: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan "Kim and Trump are trading gestures to appease the US Congress and show to the world that the deal is on. And, indeed, the deal is on but Kim will not fully denuclearise," North Korea analyst Loretta Napoleoni told The Telegraph. Analysts have repeatedly warned that despite the current thaw on the Korean Peninsula, Kim has never committed to fully surrendering his nuclear weapons. Korean People's Army soldiers march across Kim Il-sung Square Credit: ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images Jeffrey Lewis, a nonproliferation expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, tweeted that the understated nature of the Pyongyang parade indicated that North Korea "wants a version of the Israel deal." He explained: "They don't test nuclear weapons or show them off at parades; we pretend they don't exist." According to reporters at the scene, the parade was split into two sections, civilian and military. The military segment featured soldiers wearing uniforms from different periods of national history, then switching to civilian groups, ranging from nurses to construction workers alongside colourful floats. Kim Jong-un clasps the hand of Chinese envoy, Li Zhanshu during the parade Credit: Ed Jones/AFP Kim surveyed the procession from a balcony in Kim Il Sung square, at times locking hands with Li Zhanshu, a senior envoy sent by Xi Jinping, the Chinese president. Foreign delegations from Russia, Syria, Vietnam and African nations reflected Kim's concerted push this year in terms of promoting his own personal diplomacy and trying to cultivate a more statesman-like image. French actor Gerard Depardieu was in attendance Credit: SEBASTIEN BERGER/AFP/Getty Images In a break from recent tradition, he did not address the crowd. Instead Kim Yong-nam, the country's ceremonial head of state told the audience that North Korea had achieved status as a military power, and would now pursue efforts to strengthen its economy. A gala was held on the eve of the 70th anniversary Credit: AP Photo/Ng Han Guan The anniversary celebrations also mark the revival of North Korea's iconic mass games after a five-year hiatus. The mass games involve tens of thousands of people performing precisely choreographed dancing in a symbol of national unity. This year's spectacle - tickets start at just over $100 and go up to more than $800 per seat - also has a strong economic theme.
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| Nike's Online Sales Soar After Colin Kaepernick Ad Campaign Launches Posted: 07 Sep 2018 07:13 PM PDT  Nike's online sales have rocketed since the company revealed that former San
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| Stefan Lofven: welder turned Sweden PM grappling with immigration Posted: 08 Sep 2018 08:55 PM PDT  Sweden's Social Democratic Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has probably never stood so alone: roasted by the right for leaving the door wide open to asylum-seekers and lambasted by the left for later slamming it shut. At 61, Lofven, a former metal worker and union leader, now faces the biggest challenge of his career -- to keep one of Europe's last centre-left governments in power. Born in Stockholm in 1957, poverty forced his mother to give him up when he was 10 months old to a foster family in Solleftea, 500 kilometres (310 miles) north of the capital, where the father was a factory worker.
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| Edgecombe County town mayor, wife found dead in home; 3 charged in connection with murder Posted: 08 Sep 2018 05:03 PM PDT  A Rocky Mount woman was charged with conspiracy robbery in connection with the deaths of a small town mayor and his wife in Edgecombe County.
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| Alibaba's Jack Ma to unveil succession plan next week, remain chairman Posted: 08 Sep 2018 07:47 AM PDT ![Alibaba's Jack Ma to unveil succession plan next week, remain chairman]( "Alibaba's Jack Ma to unveil succession plan next week, remain chairman") Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's billionaire co-founder Jack Ma will announce a succession plan on Monday to hand the reins of his sprawling empire to a new generation of leaders but will remain executive chairman for the time being. Ma will announce the plan on his 54th birthday and the handover strategy will stretch over a significant period of time, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper reported citing a company spokesman. Alibaba declined to comment but pointed towards the SCMP story when asked about Ma's plans.
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| Classics for sale: Audi TT quattro Sport Posted: 08 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  A brilliant car with an unusual reputation, the Audi TT was one of the sportscars of the 2000s. And there's one in our classifieds for a bargain price
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| Japan quake toll up to 20 as rescuers dig through landslides Posted: 07 Sep 2018 06:49 PM PDT  ATSUMA, Japan (AP) — The toll from an earthquake that rocked Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido rose to 20 on Friday, and 19 others remained unaccounted for in one small town after an entire mountainside collapsed on their homes.
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| Fighting child abuse must be Church's priority: Vatican panel Posted: 09 Sep 2018 12:14 PM PDT  A Vatican commission on child protection set up by Pope Francis said Sunday that the fight against abuse must be the priority of the Catholic Church and emphasised the importance of listening to victims. The Church has been deeply shaken by a series of child abuse scandals across the world, and the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors was created in 2014 and renewed earlier this year to address the issue. "We make a real effort to bring the voices of the survivors to church leadership," O'Malley told the Vatican's news website on Sunday after the end of the commission's ninth plenary assembly.
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| Clashes between Kurds and Syrian army troops leave 18 dead Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:36 AM PDT ![Clashes between Kurds and Syrian army troops leave 18 dead]( "Clashes between Kurds and Syrian army troops leave 18 dead") Clashes erupted on Saturday between U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters and Syrian troops in the centre of the city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria that left at least 18 people killed, Kurdish forces said. The fighting took place after a Syrian military convoy entered areas in the city which the Kurdish YPG militia's internal security forces said were under their control. "They entered our areas of control and arrested civilians and members of the patrol targeted our forces," the internal security forces, known as the Asayish, said in a statement.
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| Bredesen seeks votes from women in Tennessee Senate race Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:15 PM PDT  GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn could make history by becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in Tennessee.
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| Kellyanne Conway: Trump Believes Op-Ed Writer Is In National Security Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:16 PM PDT  President Donald Trump believes the author of the anonymous New York Times op-
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| Should You Be Using a Blood Pressure Monitor? Posted: 08 Sep 2018 11:39 AM PDT  More than 100 million Americans have high blood pressure, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), but only about half of them have it under control. Now preliminary research suggests t...
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| Rouhani evokes Iran-Iraq war in call to defy US pressure Posted: 08 Sep 2018 01:14 AM PDT  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani evoked memories of the devastating Iran-Iraq war on Saturday to call for unity in the face of economic hardships and US pressure. This is an economic, psychological and propoganda war," Rouhani said on state television. "We had sweet days and we had hard days during the sacred defence," he said, using the official name for the war with Iraq which claimed up to two million lives between 1980 and 1988.
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| Despite Outrage, Nike Sales Increased 31% After Kaepernick Ad Posted: 08 Sep 2018 12:08 PM PDT  After the ad, many Nike customers blasted the decision on social media
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| The 2020 Kia Telluride Three-Row SUV Is Big, Boxy, and Bold Posted: 08 Sep 2018 03:45 PM PDT  The new eight-seater slots in above the Sorento.
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| Pressure grows on German spy chief over Chemnitz protests Posted: 08 Sep 2018 08:16 AM PDT  Germany has been deeply shaken by the most violent right-wing protests in decades after the Aug. 26 killing of the German man in Chemnitz, in the eastern state of Saxony, for which two immigrants were arrested. Friday's comments by Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the BfV domestic intelligence agency, aggravated tensions about whether politicians and the authorities are being too complacent in the face of rising xenophobia in Germany, where many thought the lessons of its Nazi history had long been learned. Maassen said he was skeptical about "media reports on right-wing extremists hunting down people in Chemnitz", adding that a video circulating showing that happening could have been faked.
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| 84 dead in fighting in Yemen's Hodeida after talks fail Posted: 09 Sep 2018 08:21 AM PDT ![84 dead in fighting in Yemen's Hodeida after talks fail]( "84 dead in fighting in Yemen's Hodeida after talks fail") Clashes and air strikes have left 84 people dead around Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeida since the collapse of UN-brokered peace talks, hospital sources said Sunday. The sources in Hodeida province, controlled by Huthi rebels, said 11 soldiers and 73 insurgents had been killed since the talks were abandoned on Saturday. The pro-government coalition, which includes Saudi and UAE air forces, has been pushing to close in on Hodeida, the entry point for some 70 percent of Yemen's imports including food and aid, since June.
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| Tweeters Stir Over Donald Trump's Claim He 'Fell Asleep' To Barack Obama's Speech Posted: 08 Sep 2018 01:54 AM PDT  People online mocked President Donald Trump after he joked about falling
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| Soon the Air Force Will Select One of these Three Jets to Become its Jet Trainer for the 21st Century Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:32 AM PDT  And they'll help train pilots even when on the ground.
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| Ariana Grande Posts Sweet Photo Of Mac Miller After His Death Posted: 08 Sep 2018 02:49 PM PDT  Ariana Grande posted a tribute to her former boyfriend and rapper Mac Miller
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| Sweden faces political deadlock after far-right gains Posted: 09 Sep 2018 04:17 PM PDT  Far-right parties have made spectacular gains throughout Europe in recent years amid growing anxiety over national identity and the effects of globalization and immigration following armed conflict in the Middle East and North Africa. In Sweden, an influx of 163,000 asylum seekers in 2015 - the most in Europe in relation to the country's population of 10 million - has polarized voters and fractured the long-standing political consensus. The Sweden Democrats, a party with roots in the white supremacist fringe, had 17.6 percent, up from 12.9 percent in the last election four years ago.
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| Syrian war documentary wins top Venice prizes Posted: 08 Sep 2018 03:33 AM PDT  A film that follows two friends through four nightmarish years of the Syrian civil war has lifted some of the top prizes at the Venice film festival, which ends Saturday. "Still Recording", a documentary by Ghiath Ayoub and Saeed Al Batal, records what happened to two idealistic art students after they were swept up in the fervour of the Syrian revolution. Friends Saeed and Milad leave Damascus and go to Douma in 2011, a suburb under rebel control, to set up a radio station and recording studio.
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| Russian police detain hundreds protesting against pension reform Posted: 09 Sep 2018 12:07 PM PDT  The protests, organized by jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his supporters, were a challenge to the authorities who were hoping for a high turnout at regional elections also being held on Sunday, despite anger over the pension move. Footage of the protests, which were held in more than 80 towns and cities, showed the police sometimes using force to disperse rallies, beating participants with batons and dragging them away. The authorities refused to authorize most of the meetings, declaring them illegal.
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| Women celebrate size inclusivity at alternative fashion week Posted: 08 Sep 2018 09:15 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — To woots and cheers from the crowd, women with bodies not often seen on fashion runways strutted with smiles on their faces wearing pieces from Loft's new plus line, including five cast from hundreds who attended an alternative New York Fashion Week event, The Curvy Con.
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| Gaza teen dies of wounds from Israel border clash: ministry Posted: 08 Sep 2018 10:37 AM PDT  A Palestinian teen died of his wounds Saturday a day after he was shot by Israeli troops during a protest on the Gaza border, the enclave's health ministry said. The Israeli army shot dead another 17-year-old Palestinian, Bilal Khafaja, on Friday and wounded at least 45 others as thousands of demonstrators approached Gaza's border with Israel in multiple locations.
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| Mattis holds UAE talks after Yemen support warning Posted: 08 Sep 2018 04:45 AM PDT  Pentagon chief James Mattis held talks in the United Arab Emirates late Friday after warning last month that US support for its military intervention in Yemen was not unconditional. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed tweeted that his talks with Mattis covered "the enhancing of defence and military ties" and "issues of mutual interest." He did not give further details.
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| New York Times Beefs Up Security Amid Anonymous Op-Ed Controversy Posted: 07 Sep 2018 08:44 PM PDT  The New York Times has beefed up its security in light of the controversial
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| Russian Forces are Adding a Silent-but-Deadly New Weapon to Their Arsenal Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:47 AM PDT  According to a report from Jane's 360, the Russian Ministry of Defense plans on acquiring new "silenced" mortar systems to help its commandos remain undetected downrange.
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| Serious new allegations against CBS chief amid departure talks Posted: 09 Sep 2018 01:38 PM PDT  Six more women have stepped forward to accuse influential CBS chairman Leslie Moonves of sexual harassment and assault, as reports circulated that his negotiated departure from the network might be imminent. The New Yorker reported Sunday that the women say they were harassed or assaulted between 1980 and the early 2000s by Moonves, who in more than two decades with the network helped lift it from last place to profitable status as America's most-watched. The accusations were more serious than those from six other women who The New Yorker reported in July had accused Moonves of unwanted touching or kissing.
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| Nine Line Apparel counters Nike with 'Just Stand' shirt Posted: 08 Sep 2018 06:21 AM PDT  Veteran-owned and 'relentlessly patriotic' Nine Line Apparel shares their response to Nike's Colin Kaepernick ad; CEO shares details on 'Fox & Friends.'
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