| Trump under fresh scrutiny over relationship with Putin Posted: 13 Jan 2019 01:13 PM PST  US President Donald Trump faced uncomfortable new questions Sunday about his relationship with Vladimir Putin despite his angry dismissal of a report that he has kept top aides in the dark about his private conversations with the Russian leader. Republican lawmakers generally defended the president, saying he had been tougher on Russia than his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, but some had questions. The Post reported that Trump has gone to unusual lengths to keep his private talks with Putin secret, withholding details from senior officials and at one point even taking away his own interpreter's notes.
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| Government shutdown: TSA absences cause airport delays, terminal closures Posted: 14 Jan 2019 01:34 PM PST  Travel troubles from the government shutdown continue to mount, with some airports closing select security checkpoints to handle staffing shortages.
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| 'El Chapo' dreamed of biopic for years before capture, says trial witness Posted: 14 Jan 2019 03:17 PM PST  Alex Cifuentes, Guzman's self-described one-time "right hand man," said he learned about a planned movie project while living with Guzman in the mountains of his boss' home state of Sinaloa from 2007 to 2009. Colombian-born Cifuentes is one of about a dozen witnesses who have so far testified against Guzman after striking deals with U.S. prosecutors, in a trial that has provided a window into the secretive world of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world's most powerful drug trafficking organization. The alleged kingpin's silver screen dreams first surfaced after Penn wrote a story for Rolling Stone magazine in 2016 about traveling with Del Castillo to meet Guzman at a forest hideout, not long after Guzman had escaped from a Mexican prison through a tunnel.
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| Eastern, central US to face more winter storms, polar plunge after calmer first half of this week Posted: 13 Jan 2019 12:59 PM PST  More winter storms and Arctic air are in the offing for the eastern and central United States after a brief spell of calmer weather through the middle of this week.
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| Indonesia to resume search for crashed Lion Air jet's cockpit voice recorder Posted: 13 Jan 2019 08:18 PM PST  "If the weather is good, the ship will start to depart today," National Transporation Safety Commission (KNKT) Chief Soerjanto Tjahjono told Reuters on Tuesday. Investigators last week said they planned to use a navy ship for a fresh search for the crashed jet's second "black box" after a 10-day effort funded by Lion Air failed to find the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). A KNKT source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the team will have seven days using the ship KRI Spica to find the CVR, which could hold vital clues giving investigators insight into the actions of the doomed jet's pilots.
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| U.S. Recession Warning Signs, China's 2019 To-Do List: Eco Day Posted: 13 Jan 2019 01:52 PM PST  Here's the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help get your day started:Many financial markets are already signaling that the U.S. is more likely than not hurtling toward recession.
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| Delta Air Lines passenger got a gun through security and onto plane in Atlanta Posted: 14 Jan 2019 08:06 AM PST  A passenger got through security in Atlanta and flew on a Delta Air Lines flight to Tokyo with a gun on Jan. 2, TSA confirmed to USA TODAY.
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| The Latest: Lawmaker says customers, wildfire victims lose Posted: 14 Jan 2019 12:33 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on utility PG&E seeking bankruptcy protection (all times local):
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| Fraternity suspended after student dies at off-campus home Posted: 14 Jan 2019 01:56 PM PST  Police were called to the off-campus home early Sunday morning, but there are still few details about Noah Domingo's death.
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| Ted Cruz: Americans outside D.C. don't care about Russia investigation Posted: 13 Jan 2019 01:09 PM PST  Sen. Ted Cruz said Americans do not care much about special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe outside of Washington, D.C.
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| Every Photo of the All-New 2020 Toyota Supra Posted: 14 Jan 2019 06:40 AM PST |
| Israel claims Syria air strike, says hunt for Hezbollah tunnels over Posted: 13 Jan 2019 12:04 PM PST  Long wary of publicity around its operations against Iran-linked targets on its northern front, Israel has lifted the veil in recent days -- a sign of confidence in a campaign waged amid occasional tensions with Syria's big-power backer, Russia. "We have been taking action with impressive success to arrest Iran's military entrenchment in Syria," Netanyahu told his cabinet in televised remarks. Last week, an observer in Netanyahu's security cabinet, Tzachi Hanegbi, told a local TV station there had been "more than 220" Israeli operations against Iranian targets in Syria.
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| Austria avalanche kills 3; Ski patrollers killed in France Posted: 13 Jan 2019 06:31 AM PST  BERLIN (AP) — Three German skiers have been killed in an avalanche in Austria and a fourth is still missing, police said Sunday as snowfall set in again in the northern Alps. In France, two ski patrollers were killed when the devices they use to trigger avalanches exploded.
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| Teacher strike, Detroit auto show, winter storm: 5 things you need to know Monday Posted: 14 Jan 2019 04:16 AM PST  From a devastating snow storm to the Detroit auto show, here's what to know Monday.
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| China to collect samples from moon this year Posted: 14 Jan 2019 01:36 AM PST  China will launch a probe to collect samples from the moon around the end of this year, a space official said on Monday, weeks after Beijing hailed the successful touch down on the far side of the moon. The Chang'e-4 lunar probe landed on Jan. 3 and transmitted the first-ever "close range" image of the far side of the moon. China's National Space Administration applauded the event as a first that "lifted the mysterious veil" of the far side of the moon and claimed it as a major achievement for the country's ambitious space programme.
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| Democrats Say Mueller Must Finish Probe of Trump Russia Ties Posted: 13 Jan 2019 03:50 PM PST  The New York Times reported Friday that the FBI had opened a probe in 2017 to determine whether the president had worked, knowingly or unknowingly, on behalf of Russia and against U.S. national interests. On Saturday, a Washington Post story said Trump went to great lengths to hide details of his discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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| Pakistan university rebrands Valentine's Day as 'Sister's Day' Posted: 14 Jan 2019 02:12 AM PST  A Pakistani university is rebranding Valentine's Day as "Sister's Day", and debating marking the holiday widely seen as a Western import by handing out headscarves and shawls to its female students. The University of Agriculture in Faisalabad (UAF), in central Punjab province, said the change was taken to promote "eastern culture and Islamic traditions among the youth". "In our culture, women are more empowered and earn their due respect as sisters, mothers, daughters and wives," UAF vice chancellor Zafar Iqbal is quoted as saying on the institution's website.
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| 2019 Ram Heavy Duty Has 1,000 Lb-Ft of Cummins Torque Posted: 14 Jan 2019 07:12 AM PST  The diesel torque wars have reached their ultimate extreme.
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| Yemen ceasefire under strain as Houthi rebels boycott talks, threaten further drone attacks Posted: 13 Jan 2019 06:12 AM PST  A nascent truce in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah was dealt a fresh blow over the weekend as Houthi rebels boycotted a UN-brokered peace talks and threatened further drone strikes against pro-government forces. The threat came days after a Houthi drone attack on a government military parade in the southern province of Lahaj killed several people. A senior intelligence official injured in that attack died of his wounds on Sunday. Yahya Sarea, a Houthi spokesman, called the strike a "legitimate operation against aggression." He said Houthis were working to amass a stockpile of locally manufactured drones. "Soon there will be enough in the strategic stockpile to launch more than one drone operation in multiple battle fronts at the same time," Sarea told reporters in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa. Leaders of the Iran-backed rebel faction also refused to attend a meeting with the head of the UN ceasefire monitoring team in the strategic port of Hodeida on Sunday. Houthi fighters in Hodeidah in December Credit: ABDULJABBAR ZEYAD/REUTERS Mohammed Abdelsalam, a Houthi negotiator, said his delegation boycotted the meeting because Patrick Cammaert, the retired Dutch general who heads the monitoring team, had steered "from the course of the agreement by implementing other agendas". Writing on Twitter, he appealed to Martin Griffiths, the UN envoy for Yemen, to deal with the issue, and warned that if left unaddressed, "it is going to be difficult to discuss any other matter". The diplomatic hold-up came after fighting erupted between Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces in Hodeidah on Saturday, shattering a fragile ceasefire. The rebel-held port city, which is a lifeline for the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid, was for months the main front line in war after government forces supported by Saudi Arabia and its allies launched an offensive to capture it in June. The sides agreed to a ceasefire for Hodeida in talks chaired by Mr Griffiths in Sweden in December. The talks in Rimbo, Sweden, were the first face-to-face meeting between the chief belligerents in years. Yemen has experienced a humanitarian meltdown since a Saudi-led coalition began an aerial campaign against Houthi rebels in March 2015. Around 24 million Yemenis, or 80 percent of the population, are in need of aid. As many as 85,000 children are thought to have starved to death since the war began.
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| Saudi energy minister concerned about oil price volatility Posted: 13 Jan 2019 06:30 AM PST  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's energy minister said Sunday that major oil producers need to do better to narrow swings in prices that dip below $60 a barrel and rise above $86.
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| 5 ways empty nesters can boost their savings and turbocharge their 401(k)s Posted: 14 Jan 2019 02:00 AM PST  After the costly expense of raising kids, freshly minted empty nesters often fall behind on retirement savings. Here's a plan to boost 401(k) savings.
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| Worst is over for winter storm that clobbered U.S. Midwest, D.C. and New England Posted: 14 Jan 2019 09:26 AM PST  All Washington D.C. federal offices would be closed on Monday, but train and bus service in the metro D.C. area would resume after being shut down on Sunday, officials said. "There's some digging out to do," Jim Hayes, a forecaster with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said early Monday. "In Virginia, D.C. and Maryland, 6-to-12 inches of snow fell with some places getting 13 inches," he said.
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| Americans blame shutdown on Trump over Democrats by wide margin, poll finds Posted: 13 Jan 2019 12:52 PM PST ![Americans blame shutdown on Trump over Democrats by wide margin, poll finds]( "Americans blame shutdown on Trump over Democrats by wide margin, poll finds") When asked, "Who do you think is mainly responsible for this situation?," 53 percent of Americans blamed Trump and congressional Republicans.
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| House Plans Shutdown Votes as Senators Meet to Seek Compromise Posted: 14 Jan 2019 03:40 PM PST  The meeting on Monday didn't appear to produce any conclusion, and President Donald Trump has indicated he wouldn't sign a stopgap without the funding he's demanding for a wall on the Mexico border, suggesting there's no clear resolution in sight. The measures are unlikely to gain GOP support and advance in the Senate because they don't contain the $5.7 billion in wall funding sought by Trump. The funding bills "offer President Trump and Senate Republicans additional options to end the shutdown while allowing time for negotiation on border security and immigration policy," said Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, a New York Democrat.
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| Suspect Accused of Kidnapping Wisconsin Teen and Killing Her Parents Due in Court Posted: 14 Jan 2019 03:59 AM PST  The girl was missing for nearly three months
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| SUVs, trucks and sports cars take center stage at Detroit auto show Posted: 13 Jan 2019 04:47 PM PST  SUVs, trucks and sports cars were set to take center stage Monday as a subdued Detroit auto show kicked off with fewer carmakers and more uncertainty. With compact cars and sedans an ever-shrinking portion of the North American market, auto makers have all but abandoned them, as evidenced by what they chose to emphasize in Detroit. Trucks, SUVs and high-performance vehicles dominated the new debuts scheduled for the US's premier auto show.
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| Three children dead after being 'trapped in freezer' in Florida Posted: 14 Jan 2019 12:16 PM PST  The bodies of three children – aged 1, 4 and 6 —have been discovered in a chest freezer left outside a home in Suwanee County, Florida. Deputies from the Suwannee Country Sheriff's Office said they responded to a 911 call at a residence where three children were found not breathing. Adults were reportedly performing CPR on the children when the deputies arrived at the scene.
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| Judge Blocks Rule Change that Would Allow More Employers to Refuse Contraception Coverage Posted: 14 Jan 2019 05:51 AM PST  A federal judge on Sunday night blocked a Trump administration rule change that would have expanded the pool of employers who are entitled to refuse to cover employees' contraception due to religious or moral convictions. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam, Jr. found that the rule change would cause harm to the 13 Democratically-controlled states that have sued the administration to block the move. As a result, Gilliam stayed the implementation of the rule change, which was set to take place Monday, until the lawsuit is resolved.
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| The 2020 Volkswagen Passat in Photos Posted: 14 Jan 2019 07:33 AM PST |
| This Week: Delta, American Express results; beige book Posted: 13 Jan 2019 10:05 PM PST ![This Week: Delta, American Express results; beige book]( "This Week: Delta, American Express results; beige book") A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:
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| In-Depth Photos of the 2019 Hyundai Elantra GT N Line Posted: 14 Jan 2019 09:05 AM PST |
| Sunday snow: More than 865 flights canceled; airlines waive fees Posted: 14 Jan 2019 05:32 AM PST  A sprawling winter storm that's dumped snow from Colorado to the East Coast made a mess of air travel for the third day in a row Sunday.
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| U.S., Turkey at odds over Kurdish fighters in Syria Posted: 14 Jan 2019 03:19 PM PST  The disagreement, played out in rival tweets, is the latest consequence of U.S. President Donald Trump's Dec. 19 decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, potentially leaving the Kurdish militia under threat as Turkey weighs a new offensive there. U.S.-Turkish relations have been strained by U.S. support for the Kurdish YPG, which Turkey views as a terrorist group and an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) that has for decades waged a separatist insurgency in Turkey. The Kurdish YPG has been a U.S. ally in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists and it controls swaths of northern Syria.
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| Schumer Will Force Vote Tuesday on Deripaska-Firm Sanctions Posted: 14 Jan 2019 03:57 PM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will force a vote Tuesday on a measure to block the Treasury Department's plans to lift sanctions on three Russian companies linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
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| In Washington, three weddings (whew!) and a shutdown Posted: 12 Jan 2019 06:15 PM PST  There doesn't seem to be much love in the air in Washington these days, as a long and bitter government shutdown drags on with no end in sight. The city's Marriage Bureau, part of the US capital's federally funded court system, had been deemed "nonessential" and shuttered as part of the thorny standoff between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats. "They can shut down the US government, but they cannot shut down love in the District of Columbia," City Council member Brandon Todd said when he introduced the measure.
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| Madeleine McCann's parents find hope in escape of Jayme Closs Posted: 14 Jan 2019 08:11 AM PST  The escape of Jayme Closs from an alleged kidnapper who authorities say held her for three months has brought hope to the parents of Madeleine McCann.
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| At 700-plus horsepower, Ford's Shelby GT500 is 'the ultimate Mustang' Posted: 14 Jan 2019 06:23 AM PST  Most powerful production Ford ever debuts at Detroit auto show. Shelby GT 500 Mustang goes on sale in fall.
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| Latest: California governor urges end to LA teacher strike Posted: 14 Jan 2019 02:37 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a strike by Los Angeles teachers (all times local):
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| Britain pledges legislation in 2019 to combat deadly air pollution Posted: 13 Jan 2019 04:13 PM PST  Britain on Monday pledged to fight air pollution and introduce new legislation this year on air quality to save lives and billions of pounds for the economy. The government said Britain would become the first major economy to adopt air quality goals based on World Health Organization recommendations regarding people's exposure to particulate matter. "Air pollution continues to shorten lives, harm our children and reduce quality of life.
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| Trump quotes racist article by man he previously called a 'Hitler lover', in effort to justify his border wall Posted: 14 Jan 2019 02:08 AM PST  Donald Trump used a racist article by a conservative commentator he once described as a "Hitler lover" who "doesn't like the blacks" to justify his border wall. The US president approvingly quoted an opinion piece in which Pat Buchanan warned against a "multiracial, multiethnic, multicultural, multilingual America". Mr Buchanan, a former aide to Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, claimed Democrats opposed a wall on the US-Mexico border because they wanted "to increase the number of women, African-Americans, Asians and Hispanics, and thereby reduce the number of white men".
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| A Passenger Got a Gun On Board An Airplane. TSA Says it Wasn't Because of the Shutdown Posted: 14 Jan 2019 08:16 AM PST  The Transportation Security Administration says that the government shutdown isn't to blame for a passenger who brought a gun through a screening area and onto a plane.
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| PG&E plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as Camp Fire investigation continues Posted: 14 Jan 2019 05:21 AM PST ![PG&E plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as Camp Fire investigation continues]( "PG&E plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as Camp Fire investigation continues") Pacific Gas & Electric plans to enter bankruptcy as investigators continue to look into the utility's possible involvement in causing the Camp Fire.
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