| Additional officers placed on leave over United passenger removal Posted: 12 Apr 2017 03:23 PM PDT  Videos of Dr. David Dao being dragged down the aisle of the plane and then returning to the cabin with blood on his face went viral.
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| Andrea Mitchell: Trump Now More Negative About Russia Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:33 AM PDT  NBC's Andrea Mitchell offers analysis on President Trump' response to a question about Russia's role in being on the Syrian airbase believed responsible for a chemical attack on Syrian citizens.
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| Power from California sun turns wholesale electricity prices negative Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:15 PM PDT  The amount of solar power generated by California sunshine has been driving wholesale electricity prices down to zero and even into the negative at times.
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| Venezuela protests spread to poor areas, two more deaths amid unrest Posted: 12 Apr 2017 12:32 PM PDT  By Alexandra Ulmer and Corina Pons CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans in poor areas blocked streets and lit fires during scattered protests across the country on Tuesday night, and two people were killed during the growing unrest in the midst of a crippling economic crisis. In a worrying sign for leftist President Nicolas Maduro, groups in Caracas' traditionally pro-government hillside slums and low-income neighborhoods took to the streets, witnesses and opposition lawmakers reported. Maduro foes were galvanized by footage of a crowd in the south-eastern Bolivar state heckling and throwing objects at the closely-protected leader during a rally on Tuesday, before state television cut off the broadcast.
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| Video Shows Man Beaten by Officer, Police Dept. Says It’s Unacceptable Posted: 12 Apr 2017 08:40 AM PDT  Nandi Cain tells NBC Nightly News that he thought he was "going to be the next Trayvon Martin" when a Sacramento Police officer stopped him for allegedly jaywalking and beat him to the ground.
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| Nigeria seizes $43 million cash stash in Lagos house Posted: 13 Apr 2017 08:09 AM PDT  Nigeria's anti-graft agency seized over $43 million in cash during a raid on a Lagos apartment in what it hailed as a victory for President Muhammadu Buhari's war on corruption following a string of setbacks. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement issued late Wednesday it discovered the "humongous" amount of money in an apartment in Ikoyi, an upscale district of Lagos. "She comes looking haggard, with dirty clothes, but her skin didn't quite match her appearance, perhaps a disguise," said the anonymous source quoted in the EFCC statement.
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| In surprise move, Iran's Ahmadinejad to run for president Posted: 12 Apr 2017 04:16 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday stunned the country by unexpectedly filing to run in the May presidential election, contradicting a recommendation from the supreme leader to stay out of the race.
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| Republican Sen. Ben Sasse takes on ‘alt-right’ movement Posted: 12 Apr 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Republican Sen. Ben Sasse from Nebraska took aim at the "alt-right" movement and said, "American exceptionalism was an understanding about the historical moment in which the American founding flipped on its head the relationship between rights and government."
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| United continues to take hits from stocks, loyalty members and fellow airline Posted: 12 Apr 2017 02:42 AM PDT  Stocks have plunged at United Airlines, frequent flier members are cutting up their loyalty cards, a competing airline has thrown shade at United in a bold new ad, and the incident has traveled around the world and reached the highest levels of governments. On April 11, Emirates posted a snarky and rather audacious video on Twitter, getting back at United CEO Oscar Munoz who is cited as having said "Those [Gulf] airlines aren't airlines," back in March.
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| Teen Accidentally Shoots, Kills Self on Instagram Live as Friends Watch Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:21 AM PDT  Malachi Hemphill was just 13 when his mom believes he died while playing with a gun in his bedroom.
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| Russia blocks U.N. Security Council condemnation of Syria attack Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:32 PM PDT  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia blocked a Western-led effort at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to condemn last week's deadly gas attack in Syria and push Moscow's ally President Bashar al-Assad to cooperate with international inquiries into the incident. It was the eighth time during Syria's six-year-old civil war that Moscow has used its veto power on the Security Council to shield Assad's government.
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| Aide says San Bernardino shooter was 'out for blood' Posted: 13 Apr 2017 09:22 AM PDT  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A classroom aide who was just feet away during the fatal shootings of a teacher and a student at a San Bernardino elementary school said she believes the gunman was "out for blood."
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| United States' first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:41 PM PDT ![United States' first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River]( "United States' first female Muslim judge found dead in Hudson River") Sheila Abdus-Salaam, a 65-year-old associate judge of New York's highest court, was found floating off Manhattan's west side at about 1:45 p.m. EDT (1545 GMT), a police spokesman said. Police pulled Abdus-Salaam's fully clothed body from the water and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Abdus-Salaam, a native of Washington, D.C., became the first African-American woman appointed to the Court of Appeals when Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo named her to the state's high court in 2013.
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| New Burger King ad tricks ‘OK Google’ voice assistant on purpose, Google shuts it down Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:16 PM PDT 
Voice-activated assistants like Siri and Alexa offer the ultimate in convenience since you can access a wealth of info and powerful usability features with nothing but a few spoken words. Unfortunately, that ease of use also makes them particularly vulnerable to trolling, and while you might expect such shenanigans from a bored friend, you probably won't be prepared for a Burger King commercial to attempt a hijack of your know-it-all speaker. Unfortunately, that's exactly what was about to happen, before Google stepped in to save the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_O54le4__I The ad, which suggests that because the Whopper is just such an awesome menu item it can't be fully described in such a short ad slot, ends with a Burger King restaurant employee saying "Ok Google, what is the Whopper burger?" If you happen to have a Google Home speaker nearby, or even an Android device like a smartphone or tablet with the voice command enabled, the goofy ad would have prompted your gadget to begin reciting the Whopper description from Wikipedia. That is, if Google hadn't seen the ad for itself and pushed a hotfix that prevents the ad from triggering anything. It's a funny trick, at least in concept, but in reality the idea of an advertisement prompting one of your own devices to continue the ad in a different form is really, really obnoxious. That sentiment seems to be carrying over to Burger King's YouTube comments section and ratings, too, as it now has a negative overall like/dislike ratio as well as plenty of complaints from, well, pretty much everyone. Would-be customers with an already establish distrust of advertising aren't likely to find this kind of thing all that entertaining.
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| Trump sees global gains from 'chemistry' with China's Xi Posted: 12 Apr 2017 04:43 PM PDT  President Donald Trump waxed lyrical about his good "chemistry" and "bonding" with Chinese leader Xi Jinping Wednesday -- a rhetorical U-turn which the White House believes is already paying dividends. Putting harsh campaign rhetoric about China's "rape" of the US economy in the rear-view mirror, Trump went out of his way to praise Xi for help on North Korea and Syria. Trump hosted China's leader -- the most powerful in decades -- at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last week, and the pair spoke again by phone on Tuesday.
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| Marshals nab last of 'cocaine cowboys,' on lam for 26 years Posted: 13 Apr 2017 12:59 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — A quarter-century after he vanished on the eve of a major drug indictment, the last of Miami's fabled "cocaine cowboys" was in custody Thursday, nabbed on a suburban bike ride with his wife near Disney World.
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| Airlines Troll United After Passenger Removal Incident Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:04 AM PDT  Rival airlines took advantage of the company's public relation's nightmare to throw some shade.
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| Spicer responds after U.S. drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan Posted: 13 Apr 2017 10:35 AM PDT  Press secretary Sean Spicer said United States forces used GBU-43 bomb on "a system of tunnels and caves that ISIS fighters used to move around freely" in Afghanistan.
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| Airplane maker ATR signs $536M, 20-aircraft deal with Iran Posted: 13 Apr 2017 01:57 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — European airplane manufacturer ATR said Thursday it sealed a $536-million sale with Iran Air for at least 20 aircraft, the latest aviation firm to strike a deal following Iran's nuclear accord with world powers.
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| Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia returned to Saudi Arabia Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:15 AM PDT ![Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia returned to Saudi Arabia]( "Saudi woman seeking asylum in Australia returned to Saudi Arabia") By Katie Paul RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi woman claiming she sought asylum in Australia was stopped on a layover in the Philippines and returned to Riyadh on Wednesday. Dina Ali Lasloom said in self-recorded videos the Philippine authorities had held her at the Manila airport and confiscated her passport. "My name is Dina Ali and I'm a Saudi woman who fled Saudi Arabia to Australia to seek asylum," she said in one video, adding she feared violence from any relatives who came to bring her back home.
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| Taiwan bans eating dogs and cats Posted: 12 Apr 2017 03:33 AM PDT  Taiwan has banned the eating of dogs and cats, lawmakers said Wednesday. The bill also hiked the penalty for killing or abusing animals to a maximum two-year jail term and a stiff fine of Tw$2 million, more than doubling that for repeat offenders. "This shows that Taiwan is a society with advanced animal welfare," said lawmaker Wang Yu-min who proposed the amendment.
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| What changes under Turkey's new constitution plan Posted: 11 Apr 2017 09:05 PM PDT  Turkey on Sunday votes in a landmark referendum on a new constitution that would grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expanded powers. While critics say the move is part of a grab by Erdogan for one-man rule, supporters say it will simply put Turkey in line with France and the United States and is needed for efficient government. The current constitution was adopted in 1982 after the 1980 military coup.
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| Man, 2 daughters dead after 911 call, car fire, police shots Posted: 12 Apr 2017 11:48 PM PDT  GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) — The 911 call from a distraught Oregon mother came in shortly after midnight.
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| Fox host O'Reilly's future uncertain after sexual harassment accusations Posted: 12 Apr 2017 11:51 PM PDT  A week after President Donald Trump defended the star Fox News host Bill O'Reilly following accusations of sexual harassment, he is on vacation from his hugely popular show and his future uncertain. The right-wing television personality announced what he called a long-planned break during his show on Tuesday, saying he would return on April 24 -- amid reports he may not come back.
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| United Airlines Dragging Passenger Off Plane Was Illegal Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:13 PM PDT  The airline was not within its rights to forcibly remove a seated passenger from an "overbooked" flight, says lawyer Brian Mahany.
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| Undocumented Mother of 4 to Be Deported After Losing Court Battle Posted: 12 Apr 2017 11:16 AM PDT  Maribel Trujillo Diaz's youngest child is just 3 and has special needs.
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| Parade of satire: Puck magazine Easter illustrations from cartooning’s Gilded Age Posted: 13 Apr 2017 09:06 AM PDT ![Parade of satire: Puck magazine Easter illustrations from cartooning's Gilded Age]( "Parade of satire: Puck magazine Easter illustrations from cartooning's Gilded Age") "Puck," considered America's first successful humor magazine, was the creation of Austrian-born cartoonist Joseph Keppler (1838-1894). The magazine took its name from the mischievous sprite in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," as well as its tagline, "What fools these mortals be!"
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| Mosul zoo's last two animals reach safer ground in Jordan Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:57 AM PDT  The last two surviving animals from Mosul's dilapidated zoo arrived this week at an animal shelter in Jordan, after months of malnutrition and a long journey out of Iraq that included being stuck at the border for 12 days. Simba the lion and Lola the bear lived in a once-peaceful animal park that has been destroyed by months of fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants. The park, located in Eastern Mosul, was retaken by Iraqi forces earlier this year. Amir Khalil, a vet from animal charity Four Paws who saw the animals in Mosul in February and organized their transfer to Jordan, said the animals were in a dire state.
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| The Latest: Little new information in unsolved killing of 8 Posted: 13 Apr 2017 09:22 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the unsolved killing of eight family members in southern Ohio (all times local):
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| Wife of Man Who Was Among 13 Killed in Bus Crash Found Dead in Home Posted: 12 Apr 2017 01:53 PM PDT  Police said there was no sign of foul play.
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| David Dao Files Petition Against United Airlines, City Of Chicago Posted: 13 Apr 2017 09:20 AM PDT  The passenger at the center of the airline's overbooking incident demanded that all related evidence be preserved.
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| Spicer says he let Trump down with comments comparing Assad and Hitler Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:56 AM PDT  White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Wednesday he had let down President Donald Trump with his "inexcusable and reprehensible" comments comparing the use of poison gas by Syria's president to the atrocities of Adolf Hitler. "On both a personal level and a professional level that will definitely go down as not a very good day in my history," he added. Spicer triggered an uproar at a White House briefing on Tuesday while discussing chemical weapons use by the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying that even Hitler did not use chemical weapons during World War Two.
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| Deepest Life on Earth May Be Lurking 6 Miles Beneath Ocean Floor Posted: 12 Apr 2017 07:15 AM PDT  A host of hardy microbes may be living miles beneath the ocean floor, new research suggests. Complex chemical compounds found in the rocks spewed from oceanic mud volcanoes suggest microbial life-forms may be dwelling some 32,800 feet (10,000 meters) beneath the seafloor. "Although we cannot pinpoint the exact origin of the organic matter, chemical analysis of the constituents resembles molecular signatures that could be produced by microbial life deep within or below the mud volcano," the researchers wrote in the study.
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| Report: Homeland Security fields 1,000 sex abuse complaints Posted: 11 Apr 2017 02:50 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — An advocacy group said Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog fielded more than 1,000 complaints of sexual assault or sexual abuse from people in custody in a little more than two years.
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| Will Honda bring clarity or confusion to the electric vehicle market with its latest cars? Posted: 13 Apr 2017 06:38 AM PDT  Japanese carmaker Honda has set itself a huge target of selling 75,000 electrified cars in the US within the next four years and it believes that the key to meeting that goal is to offer buyers a range of three very different types of plug-in car, all called Clarity. Clarity is the name Honda bestowed on its Hydrogen Fuel Cell car, which has been available for lease in the US since 2016. At this week's New York Auto Show it has turned the name into a three-car range by lunching the Clarity Plug-in Hybrid and the Clarity Electric, both of which look similar to the fuel cell original but are very different beneath the skin.
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| Genesis GV80 Concept Revealed! Posted: 12 Apr 2017 12:20 PM PDT  A preview of its first luxury SUV, because a brand cannot live on sedans alone.
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| JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup profits up; Wells Fargo flat Posted: 13 Apr 2017 06:52 AM PDT  Strong trading results in the first quarter drove profits higher at JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, which also got a boost from a decline in funds set aside for bad energy loans, the banks reported Thursday. "The momentum we saw across many of our businesses towards the end of last year carried into the first quarter, resulting in significantly better overall performance than a year ago," Citigroup chief executive Michael Corbat said.
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| Killing of key militant a success and worry for Philippines Posted: 12 Apr 2017 06:40 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The killing of a Muslim extremist leader on a resort island in the central Philippines this week was a clear victory for the military, but it also drove home an unsettling reality: that the militants are venturing farther from their jungle hideouts to spread terror.
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| Teacher Accused of Kidnapping 15-Year-Old Student Running Out of Prescription Medication: Authorities Posted: 12 Apr 2017 05:42 PM PDT  The 50-year-old teacher accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old former student may be catastrophically low on blood pressure meds.
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| Trump on North Korea: ‘We are sending an armada’ Posted: 12 Apr 2017 09:36 AM PDT  President Trump is doubling down on his tough talk on North Korea in a new interview with Fox Business. On Wednesday morning, Trump also tweeted, "Had a very good call last night with the President of China concerning the menace of North Korea."
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| Wall Street's 'Charging Bull' artist challenges 'Fearless Girl' sculpture Posted: 12 Apr 2017 12:13 PM PDT  The sculptor of Wall Street's "Charging Bull" statue is seeing red over New York City's decision to keep in place the "Fearless Girl" sculpture that now stares it down, saying the adjacent art has changed the meaning of his work and violated his legal rights. The city's ruling to let the bronze depiction of a defiant girl remain until February 2018 just feet from the bull's flaring nostrils should be reviewed, said a lawyer for sculptor Arturo Di Modica. "How did the process happen and should permits be revoked?" the attorney, Norman Siegel, said in an interview on Wednesday, adding that his client ought to have been consulted.
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| Spicer apologizes for 'insensitive' reference to Holocaust Posted: 11 Apr 2017 07:22 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer apologized Tuesday for making an "inappropriate and insensitive" comparison to the Holocaust in earlier comments about Syrian President Bashar Assad's use of chemical weapons — remarks that drew instant rebuke from Jewish groups and critics.
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