| Full Clapper: 'My Dashboard Warning Light Was Clearly On' Over Trump Campaign's Russia Communications Posted: 27 May 2017 11:48 PM PDT  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper tells Chuck Todd that he was "very concerned about the nature" of approaches between the Trump campaign and Russian agents during the 2016 elections
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| Full Kelly Interview: ‘Every Single Day’ Terrorists Are Plotting Against U.S. Posted: 27 May 2017 10:48 PM PDT  Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly joins Meet the Press to talk about reports that White House Adviser Jared Kushner tried to set up a secret Russia backchannel, and why he believes intelligence leaks are "darn close to treason."
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| Mayor: 'Heroes' died protecting women from anti-Muslim rant Posted: 27 May 2017 05:24 PM PDT  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police said Saturday they'll examine what appears to be the extremist ideology of an Oregon man accused of fatally stabbing two men who tried to intervene when the suspect yelled racial slurs at two young women who appeared to be Muslim on a Portland light-rail train.
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| Ramadan in Libya: little cash and too much violence Posted: 27 May 2017 01:32 AM PDT  The holy Muslim month of Ramadan began Saturday with a bitter taste for residents of Libya's capital, as a cash shortage bites, prices rise and deadly clashes returned to Tripoli. During Ramadan, Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn to dusk. Prices have multiplied by three or four times this year in Libya, including at Tomzini which is famed for its fresh spices.
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| After summits with Trump, Merkel says Europe must take fate into own hands Posted: 28 May 2017 08:56 AM PDT  MUNICH (Reuters) - Europe can no longer completely rely on its allies, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday, pointing to bruising meetings of G7 wealthy nations and NATO last week. Merkel did not mention by name U.S. President Donald Trump, who criticized major NATO allies and refused to endorse a global climate change accord, but she told a packed beer tent in Munich that the days when Europe could completely count on others were "over to a certain extent". "I have experienced this in the last few days," she said. ...
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| Young Boy Thrown Off Slide At Dublin's New Water Park Posted: 28 May 2017 03:48 AM PDT  The water slide that was responsible for the accident, the Emerald Plunge, was shut down and is being reevaluated for possible construction flaws.
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| Texas toddler deaths: Two young children found dead ‘after being locked inside hot car’ Posted: 28 May 2017 05:11 AM PDT  Two toddlers were found dead in a locked vehicle on Friday in Parker County, Texas. Temperatures had hit 96F (35C) when the mother of the children, a two-year-old girl and a 16-month-old boy, says she found them locked inside her car, according to a news release from the local sheriff's office. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's website identifies the two children as Juliet and Cavanaugh Ramirez – and says the cause of their deaths is still pending.
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| Australian trafficker Corby back home amid media storm Posted: 27 May 2017 05:15 PM PDT  Australian Schapelle Corby returned home Sunday following her deportation from Bali 12 years after her conviction for drug trafficking, as she battled through a media storm in a dramatic end to a saga that captivated her homeland. Corby and her sister Mercedes avoided cameras when she touched down in the eastern city of Brisbane early on Sunday morning, with live television broadcasts showing a convoy of vehicles believed to be carrying them leaving the airport. "It is with gratefulness and relief that this morning we mark Schapelle Corby's return to Australia," a member of her security team said, reading out a family statement at Brisbane airport.
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| Cuomo won't march in Puerto Rican parade, doesn't say why Posted: 26 May 2017 07:43 PM PDT ![Cuomo won't march in Puerto Rican parade, doesn't say why]( "Cuomo won't march in Puerto Rican parade, doesn't say why") NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that he is not marching in next month's Puerto Rican Day Parade but he did not directly address the controversy surrounding parade organizers' decision to honor a Puerto Rican nationalist.
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| Full Interview: Mitch Landrieu On Removing Confederate Monuments Posted: 27 May 2017 06:17 AM PDT  New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu discusses his decision to remove Confederate monuments from the city in an exclusive interview with NBC's Chuck Todd.
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| Two Men Stabbed to Death While Trying to Defend Muslim Women Being Harassed Posted: 27 May 2017 09:52 AM PDT  He was later arrested.
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| UK lowers attack threat level as police close in on bomber's network Posted: 27 May 2017 01:57 PM PDT  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - British intelligence experts no longer believe another attack is imminent as significant progress has been made by police investigating the suicide bomb attack on a pop concert in Manchester, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday. Police hunting a suspected network behind Salman Abedi, the bomber who killed 22 people on Monday night, said they had made two further arrests overnight and that they had a greater understanding of how his device was made. May said this meant the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), the independent body which sets the threat level, had decided it should be lowered from its highest rating "critical", which meant an attack could be imminent, to "severe".
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| Trump mulls shake-up as Kelly says 'back channel' talks are 'a good thing' Posted: 28 May 2017 01:09 PM PDT  The Trump White House is reportedly considering a major personnel shake-up, in response to the latest in a string of Russia-related scandals that have kept the administration on the defensive for weeks. Donald Trump returned to the US from a relatively successful nine-day international tour on Saturday – a day after the Washington Post reported that Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior aide, sought to set up secret "back channel" communications between Russia and the Trump presidential transition team in December 2016.
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| Congo militiamen free one French, three Congolese mine workers Posted: 28 May 2017 03:51 AM PDT ![Congo militiamen free one French, three Congolese mine workers]( "Congo militiamen free one French, three Congolese mine workers") PARIS/KINSHASA (Reuters) - Militiamen have a freed French national and three Congolese who were kidnapped in March during an attack on Banro Corp's Namoya gold mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday. "The president of the republic welcomes the news of the liberation of our compatriot kidnapped on March 1 in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo," said a statement from the office of French President Emmanuel Macron. The militiamen had kidnapped five workers, including the French national, a Tanzanian and three Congolese.
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| Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies at 89 Posted: 27 May 2017 10:11 AM PDT ![Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies at 89]( "Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies at 89") Zbigniew Brzezinski, the hawkish Polish-born Cold War strategist and former top aide to US president Jimmy Carter, has died, his family said. He was 89.
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| Media frenzy as Australian drug trafficker Corby returns home Posted: 27 May 2017 09:02 PM PDT Australian Schapelle Corby battled a media storm as she returned home from Bali Sunday 12 years after her conviction for drug trafficking, in a dramatic end to a saga that captivated her homeland. The beauty school dropout hit Australian headlines when she was arrested in 2004 at Bali airport aged 27 with several kilos of hashish stashed in her surfing gear, and was jailed the following year for 20 years. Corby and her sister Mercedes concocted an elaborate plan to avoid the cameras after they touched down in the eastern city of Brisbane early Sunday morning, using multiple vehicle convoys to confuse the media when they departed the airport.
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| Police: Man hurling racial slurs kills 2, injures 1 on train Posted: 26 May 2017 09:31 PM PDT  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two people died Friday and another was hurt in a stabbing on a Portland light-rail train after a man yelled racial slurs at two young women who appeared to be Muslim, one of whom was wearing a hijab, police said.
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| For Siemens and Other Companies, Apprentice Programs Posted: 27 May 2017 08:46 AM PDT  When Siemens wanted to find U.S. workers to build gas turbines, only 15 percent of those who applied had the skills needed.
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| Ex-Texas nurse accused of killing dozens of kids in 1980s Posted: 26 May 2017 06:42 PM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas nurse who is in prison for the 1982 killing of a toddler has been charged with murder in the death of an infant a year earlier, and authorities said Friday that they think she may have killed up to 60 young children around that time.
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| Bodies of civilians dumped near Philippines city besieged by Islamists Posted: 28 May 2017 02:38 AM PDT  By Tom Allard MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Bodies of what appeared to be executed civilians were found in a ravine outside a besieged Philippine city on Sunday as a six-day occupation by Islamist rebels fending off a military onslaught took a more sinister turn. The eight dead, most of them shot in the head and some with hands tied behind their backs, were laborers who were stopped by Islamic State-linked militants on the outskirts of Marawi City while trying to flee clashes, according to police. The discovery confirms days of speculation that Maute rebels had killed civilians during a takeover of Marawi, that the military believes is aimed at winning the Maute recognition from the Islamic State as a Southeast Asian affiliate.
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| Why The Price Of Oil Is Falling Posted: 27 May 2017 03:00 AM PDT  Crude oil's rally came to an end this week on fears that too much oil will continue to be a problem.
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| Thousands protest against Moscow housing resettlement, but numbers fall Posted: 28 May 2017 08:17 AM PDT  Thousands of Muscovites protested in the south-west of the Russian capital on Sunday against government plans to resettle millions of citizens from shoddy Soviet-era apartment blocks, but numbers had fallen compared to earlier rallies. A Reuters witness said around 5,000 people attended the latest rally, compared to organizers' estimates of 60,000 at a protest on May 14. Moscow residents are also concerned about the location and quality of the planned new accommodation, a lack of services and infrastructure and about threats the redevelopment may pose to the historic face of the Russian capital.
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| General de Gaulle's grave vandalised, say French police Posted: 27 May 2017 01:55 PM PDT  The grave of General Charles de Gaulle, France's World War II hero and post-war president, was vandalised on Saturday, police said. De Gaulle led the Free French Forces in London from 1940-44 and reshaped the country's political landscape after the war, founding the Fifth Republic in 1958. De Gaulle died in 1970 shortly before his 80th birthday.
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| 4-Year-Old's Preschool Teacher To Give Kidney to Boy's Dad: 'She's An Amazing Lady' Posted: 27 May 2017 12:41 PM PDT  Their surgery is set for next month.
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| Several teachers disciplined after student given 'most likely to become a terrorist' award Posted: 27 May 2017 03:07 PM PDT  Lizeth Villanueva, a 13-year-old from the Anthony Aguirre Junior High school in Texas, was handed the certificate one day after the Manchester attack. Ena Hernandez, Lizeth's mother, said she was upset by prize, especially considering the timing. "I was upset and very mad when I saw the award," Ms Hernandez told The Washington Post.
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| Greg Allman, Founder of the Allman Brothers Band, Dies at 69 Posted: 27 May 2017 08:41 AM PDT  The legendary Southern rocker who composed countless hits as frontman for The Allman Brothers Band and battled a very public addiction with drugs died Saturday at his home. He was 69.
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| Police say 8 dead in Mississippi shooting Posted: 28 May 2017 06:25 AM PDT ![Police say 8 dead in Mississippi shooting]( "Police say 8 dead in Mississippi shooting") Police say eight people are dead, including deputy sheriff, after shooting in Mississippi; suspect in custody.
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| Philippine military bomb Islamist militants in urban battle Posted: 26 May 2017 10:31 PM PDT  Philippine security forces dropped more bombs Saturday on a southern city where they have been battling Islamist militants for five days, vowing no let up despite the start of Ramadan. President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law across the southern third of the Philippines in response to the clashes, which have claimed at least 48 lives and he has said are part of a campaign by the Islamic State group to establish a local caliphate. "We have identified where they are consolidating so we are doing surgical air strikes to destroy the local terrorist group," local military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera told AFP.
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| Donald Trump 'looks to contain damage' from latest Jared Kushner Russia revelations Posted: 27 May 2017 01:30 PM PDT  It is a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for US President Donald Trump having returned to Washington from his first foreign trip - thanks to the latest revelations surrounding his team and Russia. Following on from a difficult meeting with world leaders at a summit in Italy, Mr Trump and his team face reports that Mr Trump's son-on-law - and top White House adviser - Jared Kushner had looked to set up a secret back channel between the Kremlin and the Trump transition team. It was meeting in December with Sergei Kislyak the Russian ambassador to the United States where Mr Kushner - who was a private citizen but involved in the transition to the White House -proposed using Russian diplomatic facilities for back-channel discussions.
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| Memorial Day NYC Events 2017 Posted: 28 May 2017 04:47 AM PDT  On this day, people across the nation pay tribute to service members with wreath layings, parades, speeches and candlelight vigils.
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| U.S. Navy Seal killed in parachute accident at Fleet Week event in Jersey City Posted: 28 May 2017 03:18 PM PDT  The Coast Guard confirms that at 12:18 p.m., they responded to a person in the water off Liberty State Park.
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| Soccer, West Point graduation, Kashmiri protests and more — it happened today: May 27 in pictures Posted: 27 May 2017 01:44 PM PDT ![Soccer, West Point graduation, Kashmiri protests and more — it happened today: May 27 in pictures]( "Soccer, West Point graduation, Kashmiri protests and more — it happened today: May 27 in pictures") Celtic's Tomas Rogic celebrates scoring, graduates of the United States Military Academy toss their hats and more of today's news from around the world in pictures.
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| South Korea says contact resumed with vessel off Somalia, crew safe Posted: 27 May 2017 03:59 AM PDT ![South Korea says contact resumed with vessel off Somalia, crew safe]( "South Korea says contact resumed with vessel off Somalia, crew safe") South Korea said on Saturday it has resumed contact with a distressed fishing vessel that feared it was being followed by a suspected pirate vessel off the waters of Somalia, and that the 3 Koreans and 18 Indonesians on board were safe. The South Korean military had dispatched its anti-piracy naval unit after communication with the Mongolian squid fishing vessel was cut when it requested help after midnight on Friday. The vessel's South Korean captain confirmed the safety of the three South Koreans, the foreign ministry said in the statement.
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| Pilot's remains back on US soil from Vietnam after 52 years Posted: 27 May 2017 05:27 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Deborah Crosby touched her father's flag-draped casket as her three brothers hugged her in a tearful embrace on the tarmac at the San Diego airport Friday — ending a more than half century search to find and bring home the remains of Lt. Cmdr. Frederick P. Crosby, shot down as a Navy pilot in the Vietnam War.
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| Right-wing provocateurs say they are being silenced. Cry me a river | Christian Christensen Posted: 28 May 2017 03:00 AM PDT  When those who pontificated about the evils of the "nanny state" and the genius of consumer choice and the "invisible hand" suddenly realize that consumers don't like them any more, and that the invisible hand is about to yank them out of their position of power.
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| Mother charged with involuntary manslaughter after accidentally smothering son as she slept Posted: 27 May 2017 03:04 PM PDT  A mother has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after she allegedly smothered her child while they slept next to each other. Arissa Ward, 23, called police in Middleton, Pennsylvania, on 30 December last year after finding her infant son unresponsive on the couch next to her where they had been sleeping. The coroner also found traces of marijuana in the child's system as Ms Ward had been breastfeeding.
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| Car bomber kills 18 in east Afghanistan on first day of Ramadan Posted: 27 May 2017 12:37 AM PDT  A suicide car bomber killed 18 people in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Saturday, the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the interior ministry said. Ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP a public bus station was hit by the bombing, but local police said the target were Afghan security forces working with American troops in the province. "A suicide car bomb in Khost province has killed 18 people and wounded six others, including two children," Danish said.
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| Kushner's Russia ties questioned as Trump cites media 'lies' Posted: 28 May 2017 01:19 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats on Sunday demanded to hear directly from top White House adviser Jared Kushner over allegations of proposed secret back-channel communications with Russia, saying the security clearance of President Donald Trump's son-in-law may need to be revoked.
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| Two men stabbed to death on Oregon train trying to stop anti-Muslim rant Posted: 27 May 2017 05:42 PM PDT ![Two men stabbed to death on Oregon train trying to stop anti-Muslim rant]( "Two men stabbed to death on Oregon train trying to stop anti-Muslim rant") A man fatally stabbed two passengers aboard a Portland, Oregon, commuter train after they tried to stop him from harassing two young women who appeared to be Muslim, police said on Saturday. Police identified the assailant, who was arrested soon after the Friday afternoon attack, as Jeremy Joseph Christian of Portland, a 35-year-old convicted felon. A senior researcher with the Southern Poverty Law Center, in a blog post, said Christian's Facebook page showed he held "some racist and other extremist beliefs." The attack unfolded hours before the start of Ramadan, Islam's holy month, when most of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims observe a daily religious fast.
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| Bodies of Indian climbers who died on Everest recovered Posted: 28 May 2017 06:21 AM PDT  Rescuers have retrieved the body of an Indian climber who died on Mount Everest and airlifted it to Kathmandu on Sunday, along with those of two others who perished last year. Ravi Kumar, 27, died this month after summiting the world's highest mountain and becoming separated from his guide soon afterwards. Rescuers said its recovery was a risky operation.
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| Student Loan Debt In The US Is So High That Many Aren't Even Paying It Posted: 28 May 2017 07:30 AM PDT  More and more Americans are struggling to make their loan payments -- and it's a real problem.
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| Report: After Pulse massacre, police training needs changes Posted: 27 May 2017 01:53 PM PDT ![Report: After Pulse massacre, police training needs changes]( "Report: After Pulse massacre, police training needs changes") ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — As a law enforcement foundation reviews how the Orlando Police Department responded to a 2016 mass shooting at a gay nightclub, the organization's staffers say in a paper that police training and protocols may need to change.
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| Rolling Thunder, French Open, Manchester tribute and more — it happened today: May 28 in pictures Posted: 28 May 2017 01:31 PM PDT ![Rolling Thunder, French Open, Manchester tribute and more — it happened today: May 28 in pictures]( "Rolling Thunder, French Open, Manchester tribute and more — it happened today: May 28 in pictures") Motorcyclists pass Marine Staff Sgt. Tim Chambers, Ret., and Christian Jacobs, 6, of Hertford, N.C., as they salute in Washington; fans watch the qualification round match between Luxemburg's Gilles Muller and Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez during the French Open in Paris; and marathon runners pay respects at flower tributes in St Ann's square in Manchester, England. These are some of the photos of the day.
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| Cable companies need to be scared, because cord cutting is here to stay Posted: 27 May 2017 09:00 AM PDT 
For a few years, cable companies saw cordcutting as another millenial fad that would go the way of the hoverboard. But Netflix's dramatic growth was just the start. Changes in viewing habits are driving a seismic change in the attitude towards cable bundles, and more people than ever are ditching cable boxes altogether.
A new set of results from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) paints a bleak picture for pay TV providers. Consumer satisfaction with cable and satellite fell this year. It was the only niche in the telecoms industry to see its customers get less happy this year, and satisfaction with wireless providers actually improved. Worse, a vastly increased number of survey respondents said that they're thinking about switching to streaming services. 9% of people polled said they were highly likely to switch this year, versus just 1.9% answering the same question in 2011. "Customer service remains abysmal, and viewers are continuing to switch over to streaming services with much higher customer satisfaction, ACSI chairman Claes Fornell said. "More than half a million subscribers defected from cable and satellite providers during the first quarter – the largest loss in history." What's even more painful for pay TV providers is that customers aren't watching less TV -- they're just watching less cable. A separate study from Nielsen came out today, showing that 90% of viewing time is still spent watching the big screen. In this particular breakup, it's definitely you, not me.
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| Group pushes for creation of war on terror memorial Posted: 27 May 2017 11:05 AM PDT  Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation founder Andrew Brennan reflects ahead of Memorial Day
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| Trump promises climate decision next week after G7 stalemate Posted: 27 May 2017 03:06 PM PDT  President Donald Trump said Saturday he would decide next week whether the United States would abide by the 2015 Paris agreement on cutting global carbon emissions. "I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!" Trump tweeted. US Defense Secretary James Mattis, in comments to be aired fully in a TV interview Sunday, said Trump -- famously skeptical of global warming -- is now "wide open" on the issue.
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