| US Fires Missile to Test System Designed to Intercept Missile Attack Posted: 30 May 2017 08:31 AM PDT  Just two days after North Korea's latest missile launch, the US military fired a missile from the California coast in a test designed to defend against an attack from the rogue country.
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| Correction: Mississippi Shooting-The Latest story Posted: 31 May 2017 03:15 PM PDT  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — In a story May 30 about a series of shootings in Mississippi, The Associated Press reported erroneously, based on incorrect information from authorities, the middle name of the man charged in the shootings. His name is Willie Cory Godbolt, not Corey.
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| Feds Consider Banning All Laptops on Flights to and From U.S. Posted: 30 May 2017 12:53 PM PDT  "I might," said Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly.
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| Kellyanne Conway on Kushner outreach to Russia: ‘Back channels like this are the regular course of business’ Posted: 30 May 2017 06:35 AM PDT  The White House counselor dismissed concerns over reports that President Trump's son-in-law had proposed a secret back channel between Russia and the Trump transition team during a December meeting with the Russian ambassador.
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| Macron vows to renegotiate sale of French shipyard Posted: 31 May 2017 12:29 PM PDT  Saint-Nazaire (France) (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that his government would seek to renegotiate the sale of the STX France shipyard to Italy's Fincantieri, in order to "guarantee job preservation" at the site. Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire will negotiate "a new shareholding structure" for the sale "in the coming weeks", Macron said during a visit to the Saint-Nazaire shipyard, the last gem in France's once-thriving shipbuilding industry.
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| Truck bomb kills at least 80, wounds hundreds in Afghan capital Posted: 31 May 2017 04:05 PM PDT  The blast, at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, was one of the deadliest seen in Kabul, killing 80 people and wounding another 463, Deputy Interior Minister Murad Ali said. A huge crater was caused at the blast site close to the German embassy compound, tearing the front off a building facing the street and shattering windows and blowing off doors in houses hundreds of meters away. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said some embassy staff had been injured and at least one local security guard was killed.
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| Robert De Niro: U.S. has fallen from ‘uplifting drama’ to ‘tragic, dumba** comedy’ Posted: 30 May 2017 09:09 AM PDT  Robert De Niro told Brown University's graduating class that the United States has fallen from "an inspiring, uplifting drama" to a "tragic, dumba** comedy."
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| NYPD sergeant indicted in fatal shooting of woman in the Bronx Posted: 31 May 2017 09:57 AM PDT  An NYPD sergeant who fatally shot a 66-year-old Bronx woman has been indicted on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges.
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| Pulse Nightclub Survivor, 20, Killed In Car Crash Posted: 31 May 2017 06:29 AM PDT  Jahqui Sevilla, 20, was killed Monday morning along with a 53-year-old mother.
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| Bigelow Aerospace, Time To Put Up Or Shut Up About UFOs Posted: 30 May 2017 04:56 PM PDT  Bigelow Aerospace founder and president Robert Bigelow recently spoke with '60 Minutes' and discussed his long-held belief that alien UFOs have and are visiting Earth. But he's not just another UFO enthusiast, Bigelow has privatized piles of relevant evidence. Whatever he knows, he should tell us.
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| Lawrence On Trump White House 'demolition Derby' Posted: 30 May 2017 12:23 PM PDT  Trump loses his Communications Director after less than 4 months in office and reportedly wants to bring one of his most controversial campaign aides to his Russia White House war room.
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| This creepy ‘faceless fish’ species was just discovered in the depths of the ocean Posted: 31 May 2017 09:03 AM PDT 
Despite ever increasing numbers of deep-sea expeditions, scientists continue to maintain that humanity has only a very cursory knowledge of the kinds of creatures that live in the depths of Earth's oceans. A month-long voyage off the coast of Australia has just discovered plenty of evidence to support that fact, including a fish with absolutely no face. Easily the most interesting revelation from the scientists' journey, the faceless fish measures roughly 22 inches in length, and looks like a slimy torpedo. The creature is officially known as a "Faceless Cusk," and it certainly lives up to its name. With no visible eyes and a totally featureless head with the exception of two nostrils, its mouth is situated on the bottom of its body, giving it a very odd appearance. 
The creature has only been observed once before, and that was way back in 1873, when a ship snagged one off the coast of Papua New Guinea. This most recent expedition, which was led by Dr. Tim O'Hara of the Australia's Museums Victory, used nets to trawl at depths of 2.5 miles beneath the surface. The group also used sonar and camera rigs to make additional observations, and the team says that of the species they were able to catalog, roughly one-third are completely new to science. "This little fish looks amazing because the mouth is actually situated at the bottom of the animal so, when you look side-on, you can't see any eyes, you can't see any nose or gills or mouth," O'Hara remarked, via satellite. "It looks like two rear-ends on a fish, really."
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| Man held in killing of 8 people often threatened violence Posted: 31 May 2017 09:45 AM PDT  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Willie Cory Godbolt, the man accused of killing a sheriff's deputy and seven people he knew in rural Mississippi, has led a life marked by violence, starting with his own parents.
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| With or without Trump, US businesses moving on climate Posted: 31 May 2017 01:54 PM PDT  President Donald Trump may be dragging out his decision on whether to ditch the Paris climate agreement, but major American corporations have not waited for a government signal to start cutting their carbon emissions. Before Trump had even raised the possibility of scrapping US involvement in the landmark 2015 treaty, Coca-Cola and the engineering giant General Electric already had pledged to reduce their carbon footprints by 25 percent and 20 percent, respectively, by 2020. Apple meanwhile boasts of running its US operations on 100 percent renewable energy.
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| Merkel wants to foster India ties, softens message on U.S. as Trump scolds Posted: 30 May 2017 07:12 AM PDT  By Michelle Martin and Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany wants to develop its ties with India but this should not be at the cost of its trans-Atlantic relationship, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Merkel, trying to repair damage after shocking Washington on Sunday by declaring the era in which Europe could rely on its partners was somewhat over, repeatedly stressed the importance of trans-Atlantic ties.
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| Turkey condemns US for arming Kurds with weapons ahead of Raqqa assault Posted: 31 May 2017 09:38 AM PDT  The Pentagon has confirmed the first new shipment of arms to Kurdish fighters closing in on Isis in the militants' de facto capital of Raqqa is on its way to Syria. Small arms including AK-47s and small-calibre machine guns as well as vehicles were being transferred to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a mainly Kurdish alliance of fighters, spokesperson Eric Pahon told reporters on Tuesday. The news was met with consternation in Ankara, where Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called the decision a "mistake".
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| A future American president's deadly duel Posted: 30 May 2017 02:55 AM PDT  On this day in 1806, future President Andrew Jackson nearly died in a duel when he killed his opponent, a fellow plantation owner.
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| Fisherman, 73, Miraculously Survives After 9-Foot-Long Great White Shark Jumps on His Boat Posted: 30 May 2017 10:46 AM PDT  The rescue team reported he was "covered in blood with numerous lacerations on his right arm."
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| Michael McCarthy On Trial Charged With Killing 'Demon' Child Bella Bond Posted: 31 May 2017 04:27 AM PDT  Michael McCarthy, who allegedly killed 2-year-old toddler Bella Bond was the boyfriend of the child's mother, Rachelle, but not the biological father of Bella.
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| Nest has a new security camera and it’s smarter than ever Posted: 31 May 2017 12:01 AM PDT 
Nest exists in a strange place in the smart home. While every other company is rushing to be the whole-home smart assistant that you've never needed (see: Amazon Alexa), Nest has tried to identify a few key niches and make its products around those. It successfully made its name in thermostats; now, smart cameras are the new big thing. Nest has a new one, and it's riding the AI trend to a creepier stop than ever.
The new camera is called Nest Cam IQ, and on the surface, it isn't all that different to the Nest Indoor or Outdoor Camera that came before it. Fundamentally, it's still an internet-connected camera that live-streams video from your house to an app. If you never had any use for a home camera before, it's still going to be pointless. But for people who are interested in tracking the comings and goings in a house, Nest's new camera will be invaluable. Out of the box, it will ship with a feature that can identify humans (rather than cats or shadows) and alert you to the presence of a person in the house. With a Nest subscription, you can even had the app identify people using facial recognition, and then alert you when certain people show up. The Nest Cam IQ costs $299, and is available for pre-order right now on the website. Delivery should be expected sometime in June.
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| Quitting Paris climate deal would threaten US security, UN chief warns Posted: 30 May 2017 04:06 PM PDT  The UN secretary general, António Guterres, speaks on climate change at the New York University Stern School of Business. The UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned on Tuesday that if Donald Trump withdraws from the Paris climate agreement, there could be negative economic, security and societal consequences for the US. Guterres issued the warning after calling on world leaders to adhere to the agreement in his first major speech on climate change as secretary general.
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| Boy, 10, Flies Off Waterslide at Opening Day of New Amusement Park Posted: 30 May 2017 08:49 AM PDT  The Wave in California remains closed as the investigation continues.
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| Death toll climbs from mudslides and floods in Sri Lanka Posted: 31 May 2017 10:08 AM PDT ![Death toll climbs from mudslides and floods in Sri Lanka]( "Death toll climbs from mudslides and floods in Sri Lanka") The death toll from mudslides and floods in Sri Lanka has climbed past 200, with 96 others missing, the government said Wednesday. The Disaster Management Center said 203 people were confirmed dead. More than 77,000 have been displaced and over 1,500 homes destroyed since rains began inundating the southern and western areas of the Indian Ocean island nation last Friday.
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| China says Philippines' 600-kg drug seizure was largest in shared crackdown Posted: 29 May 2017 07:19 PM PDT  Philippine authorities last week seized more than 600 kg of methamphetamines in the largest such bust since China launched a crackdown on drug-smuggling in cooperation with the Southeast Asian nation, Chinese customs said on Monday. China is the main source of methamphetamine consumed in the Philippines, which is caught in the throes of a brutal war on drugs waged by President Rodrigo Duterte. Two people arrested in a May 12 raid on suspected smugglers told Chinese authorities they hid the drugs in five printing machines to smuggle them into the Philippines, customs officials in the coastal city of Xiamen said.
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| Apple WWDC 2017 Preview: A Siri Speaker Plus Software Posted: 31 May 2017 04:47 PM PDT  WWDC tends to be a software-focused event, but Apple may be announcing several new devices at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 5. There's a remote possibility we'll get a sneak peek of the iPhone 8, but based on recent reports, there's a much better chance we'll see a revamped a new Siri-powered speaker that will compete against Amazon's legion of Alexa speakers, a revamped 10.5-inch iPad Pro and an update to Apple's MacBook lineup. Apple CEO Tim Cook will kick off WWDC 2017 on June 5.
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| The Latest: House intel panel asks Trump press aide for info Posted: 30 May 2017 03:45 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the ongoing investigations into Russia interference in the 2016 election (all times local):
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| Rescued Chibok girls won't be going back to home town for school Posted: 30 May 2017 07:53 AM PDT  The rescued Chibok girls will not be going back to their rural home town to complete their schooling, Nigeria's minister for women said on Tuesday. Speaking at a ceremony welcoming 82 newly rescued girls to a government rehabilitation facility in Abuja, Aisha Alhassan said all the girls will be heading back to class in September, without specifying where. There are a total of 106 rescued Chibok girls that were kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists in 2014 who are receiving medical and psycho-social treatment at the Women Affairs Centre, located on the outskirts of the capital.
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| Tamir Rice: Police officer who shot 12-year-old boy dead fired Posted: 30 May 2017 10:11 AM PDT  Cleveland Police announced they have fired police officer Timothy Loehmann for the 2014 shooting death of 12 year old Tamir Rice. Mr Loehmann was not fired for the shooting. Cleveland Director of Public Safety Michael McGrath confirmed it was due to inaccuracies on his job application.
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| Shutdown for 50th anniversary of Biafra declaration Posted: 30 May 2017 06:10 AM PDT  Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since the declaration of an independent republic of Biafra sparked a brutal civil war. In Onitsha, the economic hub of Anambra state on the banks of the River Niger, most markets were closed and the streets were largely empty of people and traffic. Separatist sentiment persists in the region, which is dominated by the Igbo people, and the main pro-Biafran independence group has called on supporters to stay at home.
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| Did Aliens Ever Live On Mars? Posted: 30 May 2017 09:00 AM PDT  We can't say yes or no with certainty, but new findings made by NASA's Curiosity rover extend the time frame in which life as we know it could have existed on the red planet.
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| Silk Road website founder loses appeal of conviction, life sentence Posted: 31 May 2017 12:38 PM PDT  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ross Ulbricht, the accused mastermind behind the underground Silk Road website for the sale of illegal drugs to customers worldwide, failed to persuade a federal appeals court to overturn his conviction and life sentence. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Wednesday rejected Ulbricht's claim that he was denied a fair trial because he could not introduce evidence of corruption by two federal agents involved in his probe. It also rejected the 33-year-old Ulbricht's claim that his prison term of life with no possibility of parole, was too long.
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| Google points out everyone's terrible spelling, and then misspells a word Posted: 30 May 2017 04:03 PM PDT  While Scripps National Spelling Bee this week tries to convince us that America can spell, Google has the state-by-state breakdown to prove otherwise. SEE ALSO: California State University's grad stole features a pretty brutal spelling error The search engine revealed Tuesday which word comes up the most when people type in, "How to spell..." and the results are something else. America's most misspelled words - it's #spellingbee week and we mapped top "how to spell" searches by state#dataviz pic.twitter.com/oHkRHj8Eku — GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) May 30, 2017 The results are telling — Wisconsin looks up how to spell their own state name the most, while New Hampshire is worried about diarrhea and getting that right. @GoogleTrends "Wisconsin" being the most misspelled word in Wisconsin is perfect. — Jamison Stoltz (@EditorStoltz) May 30, 2017 @GoogleTrends Diorrh... diahrr... dioeri... never mind... — davepaisley (@davepaisley) May 30, 2017 Google itself has some of its own spelling problems to sort out. Its original map spelled Washington D.C.'s most searched word as "nintey," which is definitely not how you spell out the number 90. It was corrected later, along with some incorrect letter counting, with a new map and legend marked as the "one to use." We've made a few corrections to the legend. This is the one to use pic.twitter.com/0Z8fUlzmHc — GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) May 30, 2017 Helpfully, or embarrassingly, Google broke down the searches by letter-length. Most searches are for six to 10 letter words, like California, New York, Minnesota, Kentucky and Ohio's "beautiful" or Illinois' "appreciate." Good old Pennsylvania really pulled through with "sauerkraut." Some concernedly short search queries were "liar" in Rhode Island and "nanny" in Mississippi. The two longest words hailed from West Virginia and Connecticut (way harder to spell than Wisconsin) and were the same: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins. But the best finding was "tomorrow" topping searches in both Arizona and Colorado — but with different letter lengths. In Arizona, searches for the word were six to 10 letters, while in Colorado they were 11 to 19 letters — that's a lot of extra Ms and Rs. @GoogleTrends Interesting how "tomorrow" has eight letters in Arizona and eleven letters in Colorado — ᵖᵉᵗᵉ (@petecasellini) May 30, 2017 Catch the spelling bee finals on Thursday — they'll be on ESPN. Maybe "chihuahua" or "banana" will be the ultimate stumper. But probably not, considering last year's winning words were "gesellschaft" and "Feldenkrais." WATCH: The adaptation differences in the Harry Potter series are wickedly permissible
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| ISIS-linked group under heavy fire in the Philippines as civilians flee Posted: 30 May 2017 10:42 AM PDT ![ISIS-linked group under heavy fire in the Philippines as civilians flee]( "ISIS-linked group under heavy fire in the Philippines as civilians flee") The Philippine Army battles Islamic State-linked Maute group leaving many displaced.
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| Trump is broadening his search for FBI director Posted: 30 May 2017 02:27 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is widening his search for FBI director, meeting with two additional candidates to replace ousted director James Comey.
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| Taiwan backlash over Emirates flag ban Posted: 31 May 2017 02:45 AM PDT  Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, faced fierce criticism in Taiwan Wednesday after it reportedly banned cabin crew from wearing the island's flag on their uniforms due to pressure from China. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had lodged protests with Emirates in both Dubai and Taipei. The airline's cabin crew traditionally wear the flag pin of their own country on their uniforms.
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| Chelsea Clinton weighs in on Kathy Griffin debate Posted: 31 May 2017 12:07 PM PDT  Clinton said, "I hope we can all least agree that it's never funny to joke about violence toward anyone, and particularly in this political climate, toward our president."
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| Principal's Suicide in School Parking Lot Came Amid Adultery Allegations, Officials Say Posted: 31 May 2017 10:59 AM PDT  Dennis Reeves was allegedly having an affair with his secretary.
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| Ryan Edwards’ Fiancée Mackenzie Standifer Seemingly Confirms Drug Rumors Posted: 31 May 2017 11:33 AM PDT  "Here's a thought… maybe instead of making assumptions and tearing people down, you could spend that time praying for us instead," she tweeted
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