| Kavanaugh's Toughest Senate Questioners Are There In Part Due To The Me Too Movement Posted: 17 Sep 2018 02:46 PM PDT  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, now accused of sexual assault, faced
|
| How to help Florence victims Posted: 17 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Five ways you can contribute to storm relief efforts right now.
|
| Kings Plaza fire: At least 21 injured as firefighters tackle blaze at Brooklyn shopping centre parking lot Posted: 17 Sep 2018 11:54 AM PDT  Firefighters are tackling a massive fire that spread through a parking garage in Brooklyn, New York. The fire began before 9:00 a.m. local time near the Kings Plaza shopping centre in Brooklyn, erupting from a two-alarm to a seven-alarm emergency within an hour. Police and fire department officials did not respond to enquiries, and it was not immediately clear whether police suspected criminal intent or wrongdoing.
|
| Time Magazine To Be Sold To Billionaire Couple For $190 Million Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:20 PM PDT  Billionaire Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne, are buying Time magazine from
|
| Rare triple whale breach close to boat stuns onlookers Posted: 17 Sep 2018 03:14 AM PDT  Whale watchers squeal with delight as three surfacing humpbacks leap out of the water almost simultaneously in rare triple breach right next to their boat.
|
| Erdogan says luxury jumbo is 'gift' from Qatar emir Posted: 16 Sep 2018 05:55 PM PDT  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the emir of Qatar gave a luxury jumbo jet as a "gift" to Turkey, rejecting opposition claims the plane had been bought in a costly purchase for the presidency. In comments published Monday, Erdogan said Turkey had shown interest in buying the on-sale Boeing 747-8 plane -- reportedly worth around $400 million -- but Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani insisted on offering the plane as a gift. When the Qatar emir was informed of this he gave it as a gift, saying 'I won't take money from Turkey.
|
| Around 1,000 Hungarians protest against Orban at pro-EU rally Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:03 AM PDT  The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to sanction Hungary for flouting EU rules on democracy, civil rights and corruption in an unprecedented step that left Orban isolated from some powerful allies in the European Parliament. Hungary said it would seek legal ways to challenge the ruling which it described as "petty revenge".
|
| Volvo asks US government for tariff exemption for China-built XC60 crossover SUV Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:34 AM PDT  Volvo is the latest automaker to ask the U.S. government for an exemption from steep tariffs on Chinese-made SUVs, Reuters reported Friday. Buick asked trade officials in July for an exemption from a 25-percent tariff on its China-made Envision SUV earlier this year, although Volvo's interest in seeking relief from the measure is far greater. In August, the XC60 accounted for more than 31 percent of overall sales for Volvo, according to the automaker. Since May, the U.S. has imported most of its Volvo XC60 models from China, although the automaker originally imported them from its factory in Sweden when the car was launched. Unlike Buick, which petitioned for an exemption for 40,000 of its China-built Envision crossover, Volvo is seeking an unlimited exemption for XC60 crossovers built in China, according to Reuters. Earlier this year, Volvo opened its first North American production facility near Charleston, S.C., where it builds the S60 sedan and eventually the XC90 full-size crossover. DON'T MISS: Global trade war prompts Volvo to put brakes on its IPO In its letter to the U.S. Trade Representative, Volvo said it could eventually build the XC60 crossover in America, but said that a proposed 25-percent tariff would be unfairly passed to consumers. When Volvo opened its North American plant in June, CEO Hakan Samuelsson said that steep tariffs could threaten jobs at that plant and that eliminating global trade restrictions was the "right way" for the auto industry. "We will export as many cars from this factory as we will import in the U.S...That is a good example of how trade with cars should work in an open and free economy," he said in June.
|
| Pressure Mounts On Republicans To Postpone Brett Kavanaugh Vote Posted: 17 Sep 2018 09:14 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― All 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday
|
| The Latest: Border Patrol agent targeted vulnerable women Posted: 17 Sep 2018 02:14 PM PDT  LAREDO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a Border Patrol accused of killing four women (all times local):
|
| Alligator Casually Strolls Through Myrtle Beach-Area Neighborhood During Florence Posted: 16 Sep 2018 01:55 PM PDT  Gators have to weather these storms too.
|
| Sweet Pup Can't Stop Licking Rescuers After Being Saved From Florence Flooding Posted: 16 Sep 2018 05:34 PM PDT  Thanks to a couple of brave animal lovers, one lucky North Carolina dog was
|
| FEMA Will Test an Emergency System That Lets President Trump Send You Text Alerts Posted: 16 Sep 2018 07:44 AM PDT  The texts will be sent as "Presidential Alerts"
|
| Dozens buried in Philippines landslide triggered by Typhoon Mangkhut Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:46 AM PDT  Hundreds of rescuers in the Philippines dug frantically with shovels and their bare hands on Monday in an attempt to save the lives of dozens of people buried by a landslide triggered at the weekend by Typhoon Mangkhut, the world's strongest storm of the year. But despite their best efforts, weary aid workers were only able to pull dead bodies from the mud and debris that had engulfed a church and miners' bunkhouse where people had been sheltering from the fierce rain and winds topping 150 miles per hour in the early hours of Saturday morning. Grief-stricken relatives, many of them quietly praying, waited anxiously near the disaster site. Victorio Palangdan, Itogon's mayor, warned that the chances of finding any survivors were slim, raising the prospect that the previously confirmed Philippine death toll of 65 from the typhoon could significantly rise. Mr Palangdan told a news conference that of the 40 to 50 people thought buried, there's a "99 per cent (chance) that they are really dead." Itogon, #Philippines. With no chance of getting heavy equipment into the valley, rescue workers are using shovels and their hands to move rock and debris from the landslides. But there is so much of it. One official figures it will take a week. @NBCNewspic.twitter.com/4tX1LjXNKx— Janis Mackey Frayer (@janisfrayer) September 17, 2018 He revealed that dozens of residents had refused to heed police warnings to leave the area. "They laughed at our policemen. They insisted," he said, according to the AP. "They were resisting when our police tried to pull them away. What can we do?" Most of the buried are believed to be poor miners and their families, who were working illegally at the mine site. Foreign aid has begun to pour into the Philippines, which will face months of recovery after farms across the island of Luzon, which produces much of the nation's rice and corn, were submerged in muddy floodwater just a month before harvest. Francis Tolentino, a senior adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte, estimated that nationwide 5.7 million people had been affected by the storm. Many high rise buildings in Hong Kong had their windows blown out Credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP Hong Kong on Monday also began to clear up "severe and extensive" damage from Mangkhut after it struck the high-rise city on Sunday, leaving 300 injured. Roads remained blocked by felled trees and debris and some areas remained severely flooded. Windows in swaying tower blocks had been smashed by gusts of more than 142mph. After tearing through Luzon and pummelling Hong Kong and Macau, the storm hit China's Guangdong province, killing four people, three of whom were struck by trees. More than 3 million people were evacuated. But by Monday afternoon, the terrifying storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression at it moved into Guangxi province on a path to the mountainous Yunnan province, where it was expected to weaken further as it approached Vietnam, Laos and Burma. No further deaths or damage were reported.
|
| Samsung heir in South Korea's delegation to North: Seoul Posted: 16 Sep 2018 03:11 AM PDT  The heir to the Samsung empire and the leaders of several other South Korean conglomerates will go to Pyongyang this week for an inter-Korean summit, Seoul announced Sunday. Samsung's Lee Jae-yong and the heads of the SK and LG groups will be part of President Moon Jae-in's delegation as he heads for a meeting with the North's leader Kim Jong Un, Moon's office said. Kim Yong-hwan, vice-chairman of Hyundai Motor Group -- whose founder was a refugee from the North -- will be among the entourage.
|
| Ex-Trump adviser Flynn could be sentenced as soon as Nov 28: filing Posted: 17 Sep 2018 04:40 PM PDT  "General Flynn is eager to proceed to sentencing," his lawyer Robert Kelner told U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan during a hearing in July. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with Russia, in exchange for cooperating with Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. During that hearing, Kelner agreed with the judge's suggestion that a sentencing hearing could be held within 60 days of the conclusion of Flynn's cooperation with Mueller, rather than the usual 90 days so that the case could be expedited.
|
| Lisa Page: Collusion unproven at time of Mueller appointment Posted: 16 Sep 2018 12:53 PM PDT  According to a transcript reviewed by Fox News, Lisa Page testified that evidence of collusion had not been found at the time of the Mueller appointment; former federal prosecutor Steven Mulroy reacts.
|
| Roads shut after 2 fall ill in UK city where ex-spy poisoned Posted: 16 Sep 2018 05:51 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Police closed roads and called a hazardous response team Sunday night after two people became ill at a restaurant in the English city where a Russian ex-spy and his daughter were poisoned with a chemical nerve agent.
|
| North Carolina Hurricane Shelter Residents Break Into Spontaneous Song Posted: 16 Sep 2018 08:53 AM PDT  Something uplifting out of disaster.
|
| FEMA Boss Defends Trump's Puerto Rico Death Toll Denial: 'Numbers Are All Over The Place' Posted: 16 Sep 2018 08:15 AM PDT  The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday defended
|
| Organizations around the country flock to the rescue of animals amid Florence Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:39 AM PDT  Dozens of organizations, teams and families from around the country came to the rescue throughout the weekend, providing temporary homes and transportation to safer shelters.
|
| Five baby squirrels rescued after being found tied together by their tails Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:16 AM PDT  Five infant squirrels have been rescued after being found tied together by their tails. The entanglement is thought to have happened by chance with the giant knot forming as the young greys moved about their nest and each other. Grass, twigs and bits of plastic had also become interwoven into the entanglement.
|
| Are we there yet? No bottom in sight for China stocks Posted: 15 Sep 2018 09:34 PM PDT  Shanghai is the world's worst-performing major stock market this year despite respectable corporate earnings, a disconnect which is feeding growing talk that Chinese equities are now a screaming buy. Not so fast, say brokers and analysts, who warn shares have further to fall due to US-China trade squabbling, slowing Chinese economic growth, and a government crackdown on debt that is drying up liquidity. Despite China's still enviable economic growth of over six percent, the Shanghai Composite Index is down 19 percent this year and flirting with levels not seen since late 2014.
|
| The 67 Most Delish Fall Soups Posted: 17 Sep 2018 03:27 PM PDT |
| A Palestinian Has Fatally Stabbed an American-Israeli Activist in the West Bank Posted: 16 Sep 2018 08:20 PM PDT  The victim was identified as Ari Fuld, an outspoken Israel advocate on social media platforms
|
| Leading Brazil candidate says he fears electoral fraud Posted: 17 Sep 2018 01:44 PM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — The man leading Brazil's presidential election polls says he is worried that fraud could cost him victory in October, raising questions about whether he would accept defeat.
|
| Navya already sells fully self-driving cars, including in US Posted: 17 Sep 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car Project, plans to launch its first commercial service for self-driving cars later this year, essentially a fully automated ride-hailing service covering about 100 square miles in Phoenix, Arizona. The company is called Navya, and its two self-driving cars currently on sale include the Autonom Shuttle and the smaller Autonom Cab. Navya says its vehicles have been designed for "last mile" travel, i.e.
|
| Michael Moore Thinks Donald Trump Or 'One Of His Minions' Wrote Anonymous NYT Op-Ed Posted: 16 Sep 2018 01:56 PM PDT ![Michael Moore Thinks Donald Trump Or 'One Of His Minions' Wrote Anonymous NYT Op-Ed]( "Michael Moore Thinks Donald Trump Or 'One Of His Minions' Wrote Anonymous NYT Op-Ed") Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore said he believes President Donald Trump
|
| Shattered buildings, swamped fields: the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  The skeleton of a shattered school, bare walls of homes stripped of their roofs and vast cornfields drowned in muddy floodwaters: this is the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut as seen from the air. A day after the world's worst storm of the year carved a path of deadly destruction across the northern Philippines' agricultural heartland, AFP was able to fly over some of the damage in Cagayan province. "I saw widespread damage to planted crops, mostly corn.
|
| Florence death toll at 17, including 3-month-old Posted: 16 Sep 2018 05:15 PM PDT  The death toll attributed to Florence stands at 17, including 11 in North Carolina and six in South Carolina.
|
| Barn-find Porsche 901 makes post-restoration debut Posted: 17 Sep 2018 09:06 AM PDT  An early production run Porsche 901 spent decades rotting away in a barn. After three years of restoration, it's driving again, competing in the Hamburg-Berlin Classic rally
|
| Elon Musk tweets new images of SpaceX's forthcoming BFR spacecraft Posted: 16 Sep 2018 11:28 PM PDT  That's one big effing rocket. With the imminent reveal of the mystery passenger who will be flying around the moon in SpaceX's forthcoming BFR, Elon Musk tweeted two new renders of the spacecraft. SEE ALSO: SpaceX books its first passenger to fly around the moon The 106 metre (347 feet) long ship was first announced last year, and Musk said the ship will contain up to 40 cabins which will have enough space for 100 people. BFR's booster will be powered by 31 Raptor engines, while the ship itself will have 7 Raptor engines, which appear to be arranged like a honeycomb. pic.twitter.com/dUpiavvM1Z — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2018 pic.twitter.com/d1KEp44zjm — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2018 In another tweet, Musk confirmed a forward-moving wing near the nose that appears to retract or expand when required. Forward moving wing — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2018 You might've already spotted SpaceX's new render of the BFR ship, when the company announced that it had signed a passenger to fly around the moon on Thursday. Musk hinted it might be a Japanese passenger, prompting Twitter to throw out names of very rich people like entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa and legendary video game designer Hideo Kojima. SpaceX has signed the world's first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle—an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space. Find out who's flying and why on Monday, September 17. pic.twitter.com/64z4rygYhk — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 14, 2018 SpaceX will reveal the identity of the passenger on Monday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. PT via webcast. Is it you? WATCH: Someone designed a toiletry kit you actually will want to use
|
| US swimmer dies from suspected shark attack: police Posted: 16 Sep 2018 01:56 AM PDT  A swimmer has died from an apparent shark bite off the coast of Massachusetts in the northeastern United States, a police report on the rare incident said. The victim, in his mid-20s, "was bitten by what is believed to be a shark" while he swam at Newcomb Hollow Beach in the Cape Cod area, Wellfleet Police said in a statement Saturday. "The town beaches are closed to swimming for the next 24 hours," the police said.
|
| Japanese submarine conducts first drills in South China Sea Posted: 17 Sep 2018 01:31 AM PDT ![Japanese submarine conducts first drills in South China Sea]( "Japanese submarine conducts first drills in South China Sea") A Japanese submarine has for the first time joined a naval drill in the South China Sea, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday, in an expansion of Japanese activity in the disputed waterway claimed by China and others. It was the first time a Japanese submarine had conducted drills there. The exercise, which involved the submarine trying to evade detection, was conducted away from island bases built by China to push its claims in the strategic sea.
|
| Doomed Palestinian village turns to Europe as last hope Posted: 16 Sep 2018 09:49 AM PDT  KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank (AP) — For the anxious Palestinian residents of Khan al-Ahmar, there's little left to do but wait.
|
| Venomous snakes spotted escaping the flood waters from Florence Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:44 AM PDT  In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, Bradley Thomas Dixon stumbled upon these two cottonmouth snakes at a disc golf course on Topsail Island.
|
| Brett Kavanaugh's Accuser Now Has a Name. That's Changed Everything Posted: 16 Sep 2018 10:06 PM PDT  In the fight that is about to unfold over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, there will likely be no winners.
|
| Report links half of Dutch cardinals and bishops to abuse Posted: 17 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A media report linking half of the cardinals and bishops who served in the Netherlands between 1945 and 2010 to abuse cases has drawn the country's Catholic Church into the church's global sex abuse and cover-up scandal.
|
| Eli Manning's Face Turns Meme-Worthy In A Hurry Against Cowboys Posted: 17 Sep 2018 08:23 AM PDT  Yet another Dallas Cowboys sack of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning
|
| Tesla aims to stop relying on third-party body shops Posted: 17 Sep 2018 12:14 PM PDT  Tesla CEO Elon Musk has suggested that the company's priorities are shifting towards service via the implementation of collision repairs at in-house body shops. Last year, Tesla attempted to combat frequent complaints about the time taken for collision repairs by adding hundreds of body shops to their network. This required technicians to undergo weeks of training in California and sometimes purchase new equipment specially designed for Tesla models.
|
| Fearing attacks from above, Syrians in Idlib head underground Posted: 16 Sep 2018 07:08 PM PDT  The grotto in northwestern Syria has already saved his children's lives once. Fearing more air attacks, Abdulmonem is expanding the makeshift bomb shelter in case they need to take refuge there again. Residents of Idlib province and surrounding areas have been bracing themselves for a Russian-backed government offensive on the country's largest remaining rebel-held zone.
|
| Coca-Cola is considering marijuana-infused drinks Posted: 17 Sep 2018 02:15 PM PDT  Soda's overrated, so Coca-Cola's looking into weed. Coca-Cola has been eyeing cannabis-infused drinks, according to a statement. The company said Monday that it's "closely watching" the use of CBD in "functional wellness" beverages. SEE ALSO: Hero fights off weed dispensary robbers with a bong "The space is evolving quickly," Coca-Cola spokesman Kent Landers told Bloomberg News. "No decisions have been made at this time." According to a report in BNN Bloomberg, the company is "in talks" with Aurora Cannabis, a Canadian marijuana producer. While sales in sugary sodas have slowed down, Reuters notes that health drinks are on the rise. Unlike THC, the compound in cannabis that causes a high, CBD is non-psychoactive. It is believed to have anti-inflammatory, anti-nausea, anti-seizure effects, and because it doesn't make the user intoxicated, CBD products are marketed as having some of the benefits of cannabis without the intoxication. Since Canada just legalized recreational marijuana, manufacturers have been showing more and more interest in producing cannabis-infused products. Reuters calls it a "testing ground" until the U.S. comes around to legalization. "Entry into a legalized Canadian market allows them to develop and build a brand while not breaking any laws," Bruce Campbell, an investor who's invested in weed producers, told Reuters . If Coca-Cola does go forward with making weed-infused products, it would be the first non-alcoholic manufacturer to make cannabis-related drinks, which would be pretty dank. WATCH: This device will have you ditching your massage therapist
|
| Turkey's Erdogan calls for investigation into opposition role at Isbank, Hurriyet says Posted: 17 Sep 2018 06:26 AM PDT  Erdogan and his aides have previously called for greater scrutiny of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) over its 28 percent stake in Isbank, bequeathed to the party by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic. While the CHP does not receive dividends from the stake - those go to cultural associations, as stipulated by Ataturk's will - party members do have seats on the bank's board. "It owns 28 percent of Isbank shares.
|
| Macron under fire after telling young jobseeker to 'find work by crossing the road' Posted: 16 Sep 2018 10:02 AM PDT ![Macron under fire after telling young jobseeker to 'find work by crossing the road']( "Macron under fire after telling young jobseeker to 'find work by crossing the road'") Emmanuel Macron has provoked ridicule and anger by telling an unemployed man that he could find him work "just by crossing the road". The 25-year-old aspiring gardener complained of being unable to find a job when he spoke to the French president during a public open day at the Elysée Palace on Saturday. Mr Macron advised him to change his line of work, saying jobs were readily available in catering or construction. "Hotels, cafés, restaurants, I can find you [work] by crossing the road. They just want people who are ready to work," he said. There's not a single place I go to where they don't say they're looking for people." Industry officials say about 100,000 vacancies in hotel and restaurants need filling in France. They have urged Mr Macron to allow immigrants to take the jobs. But the off-the-cuff remark by Mr Macron, often derided by critics as the "president of the rich", was immediately mocked on social media. Fort de Brégançon: Emmanuel Macron's 'Riviera Camp David' with view of Mediterranean A video of the exchange went viral, prompting a torrent of posts saying that Mr Macron, 40, a former Rothschild banker married to a chocolate heiress, was out of touch. "Completely disconnected from the reality of French people," one post read. "How can someone show that much contempt, lack of empathy and ignorance in just 30 seconds?" said another. The exchange drew furious criticism from opposition parliamentarians. Laurence Rossignol, a Socialist senator and former minister for families, deplored the president's "unfortunate remarks" three days after he announced a plan to wean the French off welfare. Mr Macron's €8 billion "anti-poverty" proposals aim to end the French practice of lavish benefits payments for the poor. Instead, they are to be offered a way out of penury by finding jobs. Mr Macron, who has so far failed to fulfil election pledges to slash unemployment and revive economic growth, is struggling to restore his image after a summer of political scandals and plunging approval ratings. The president came under fire from Left and Right last month for describing the French last month as "Gauls who are resistant to change". The head of Mr Macron's party rejected accusations that his latest remarks showed contempt for the poor. "Is what the president said false? If you go to the Montparnasse area, you won't find that they need workers?" Christophe Castaner said in a TV interview yesterday. "Would you prefer empty words? I prefer a president who speaks the truth."
|
