| Trump complains about Democrats’ rallying cry to ‘resist’ Posted: 25 Jun 2017 09:15 AM PDT  President Trump admitted that he likes divisive rhetoric as a campaign tactic, but now finds it frustrating when it is used by Democrats to counter his agenda.
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| 'We Love to Attack Our Leaders' Democrats Debate Pelosi's Leadership Posted: 24 Jun 2017 11:31 PM PDT  Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) join Meet the Press for an exclusive joint interview to talk about the future of the Democratic party.
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| UK: 6 hurt as car strikes people at Muslim celebration Posted: 25 Jun 2017 08:13 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Six people, including three children, were injured Sunday after a car ran into a large crowd gathered to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the northern English city of Newcastle. Police said there was no information suggesting the incident was terror-related.
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| Nigeria's Buhari sends first message since taking sick leave on May 7: presidency sources Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:54 AM PDT  By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has delivered an audio message to mark the Islamic Eid al-Fitr holiday, two senior presidency sources said, his first public statement since he left for Britain on medical leave on May 7. Buhari, a Muslim from the north, made the address, calling for peace and unity, in the Hausa language spoken widely in that part of the country. The presidency did not release video footage or photographs of Buhari making the recording heard by Reuters in which the president's voice sounds weak.
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| Chelsea Manning attends first LGBT Pride event as a free woman Posted: 26 Jun 2017 07:44 AM PDT  Chelsea Manning has attended her first LGBTQ Pride event in New York City as a free woman. The network security expert who leaked nearly three-quarters of a million classified and not-classified military documents to WikiLeaks was seen during the massive march on the streets of Manhattan riding in a red convertible and waving a flag. Ms Manning was released from prison last year after having her 35-year sentence commuted by former President Barack Obama.
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| New York City gay pride parade Posted: 25 Jun 2017 04:00 PM PDT ![New York City gay pride parade]( "New York City gay pride parade") Tens of thousands of marchers paraded through New York streets Sunday in a huge Gay Pride parade, with many proudly carrying rainbow flags or waving virulently anti-Trump signs.
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| California father buries wrong man after coroner's mistake Posted: 24 Jun 2017 07:04 PM PDT  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Eleven days after laying his son to rest, Frank J. Kerrigan got a call from a friend.
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| 'Anonymous' says NASA has found alien life, but let's all slow the hell down Posted: 26 Jun 2017 08:30 AM PDT  The shadowy hacker collective Anonymous believes that NASA is about to announce that it has discovered alien life of some kind. We've looked into these claims and concluded they are, at best, a bone-headed misunderstanding of mundane statements from a NASA official in April, or, at worst, a bold-faced lie playing all of us for clicks. Either way, it's not worth our time to fully debunk or yours to deeply consider. Simply put, there's no evidence that NASA is about to reveal that it's found aliens. SEE ALSO: It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Stop saying it's aliens. Anonymous cites out-of-context testimony from Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, given during an April 26 hearing before the House Science, Space and Technology. Consider what Zurbuchen actually said in his written testimony [emphasis added]: "... We haven't found definitive signs of life elsewhere just yet, our search is making remarkable progress and astrobiology is a focus of a growing number of NASA missions." That's a far cry from saying something like, "Oh boy, oh wow, we've definitely found little green men, but I can't tell you about it yet because we're a very secretive government agency," which seems to be what Anonymous heard. Oh, and also, Zurbuchen flatly denies the Anonymous report. Are we alone in the universe? While we do not know yet, we have missions moving forward that may help answer that fundamental question. — Thomas Zurbuchen (@Dr_ThomasZ) June 26, 2017 Here are some other stories to catch you up on what NASA has actually been up to on its hunt for life in the solar system: NASA's newest treasure trove of alien planets will help us find our place in the galaxy These seven planets could be where we find alien life NASA confirms discovery of nearest rocky exoplanet to Earth so far Potentially habitable planet found orbiting our neighboring star If we keep using 'Earth-like' to describe alien planets, it will become meaningless If you'll excuse me, I'm going to write about something else now. UPDATE: June 26, 2017, 12:23 p.m. EDT This story was updated to include tweets from Zurbuchen related to the Anonymous report. WATCH: NASA has discovered a water world in our solar system capable of sustaining life
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| Ed Gillespie is not interested in the latest Trump tweets Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Ed Gillespie has a tricky road ahead of him as he campaigns for Virginia governor this year. The Republican nominee wants to talk about state issues, not President Trump, not Russia and certainly not what's on Twitter. The latest sign is that former President Obama has already decided to campaign for the Democratic nominee, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam.
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| Air Asia Pilots Asks Passengers ‘To Pray’ During Wild Flight Posted: 25 Jun 2017 09:04 AM PDT  The pilot twice asked passengers to pray on Air Asia flight D7237 from Australia to Malaysia as the plane shook like a "washing machine" for two hours, according to passengers.
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| Stalin tops Putin in Russian poll of greatest historical figures Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:07 AM PDT  Russians have picked Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as the greatest figure in history, a new poll said Monday, beating President Vladimir Putin into joint second alongside poet Alexander Pushkin. In the poll conducted in April by the Levada Centre independent pollster, Russians were asked to pick the ten greatest individuals of all time. Stalin came out on top with 38 percent, while Putin shared second place on 34 percent with Russia's beloved national bard Pushkin.
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| US Government Websites Hacked By ISIS Propaganda Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:36 AM PDT  Ohio Gov. John Kasich's website was hacked to broadcast pro-ISIS propaganda, displaying a message in Arabic message and playing a call to Islamic prayer.
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| Philando Castile's family reaches $3M settlement in death Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:13 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last July, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement with the city that employed the officer, avoiding a federal wrongful death lawsuit that attorneys said could have taken years to resolve.
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| Texas sanctuary city law could lead to immigration police state: lawyer Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:18 PM PDT  A small border town and some of the largest cities in Texas told a federal judge on Monday a new state law aimed at punishing sanctuary cities could lead to an immigration police state and asked him to halt it because it was unconstitutional. The Republican-backed law in Texas, the U.S. state with the longest border with Mexico, takes effect on September 1. It is the first of its kind since Republican Donald Trump became president in January, promising to crack down on illegal immigration.
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| Over 150 dead as overturned fuel truck explodes in Pakistan Posted: 25 Jun 2017 09:50 PM PDT  BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan (AP) — Alerted by an announcement over a mosque's loudspeaker that an overturned tanker truck had sprung a leak, scores of villagers raced to the scene with fuel containers Sunday to gather the oil. Then the wreck exploded, engulfing people in flames as they screamed in terror.
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| Sea level rise is accelerating, with Greenland in leading role Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:57 PM PDT  Global sea level rise is accelerating as the Greenland Ice Sheet sheds more of its ice, scientists have found. Given this quickening pace, it's possible that by the end of this century, sea level rise could threaten coastal communities around the world, from Miami to Mumbai. A new study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, is one of a few recent works to confirm an acceleration in sea level rise during the past few decades. There had been greater uncertainty about this before, with climate deniers latching onto that and arguing that such an acceleration has not, in fact, been occurring. SEE ALSO: Trump to mayor of sinking island: Don't worry about sea level rise However, by using calculations of the various contributing factors to sea level rise, such as melting ice sheets, water expansion that occurs as the oceans warm, and other factors, researchers from institutions in China, Australia, and the U.S. found that global mean sea level increased from about 2.2 millimeters per year in 1993 to 3.3 millimeters per year in 2014. July 30, 2013 in Qaqortoq, Greenland.Image: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesWhile that may seem tiny, the numbers add up quickly. These rate changes are the difference between a decadal sea level rise rate of 0.86 inches and 1.29 inches, with greater acceleration expected in the future. The findings also made clear how major contributors to sea level rise have been changing over time. And it doesn't paint a pretty picture. Whereas global ice mass loss constituted 50 percent of sea level rise in 1993, this rose to 70 percent in 2014. The study found that the largest increase came from the Greenland Ice Sheet, which made up just 5 percent of the global mean sea level rise rate in 1993, and now constitutes 25 percent of it. Given scientists' concerns about Antarctica's stability, look for melting glaciers to comprise an even greater share of the sea level rise budget in the near future. Sea level is accelerating! and largest change is coming from increased mass flux of Greenland ice sheet. Now contributes 25% of annual rise. — Chris Harig (@chrisharig) June 26, 2017 The sea level rise rates we expect over next 100 years are several times what the Dutch dealt with in the last 500 years of dike building. — Chris Harig (@chrisharig) June 26, 2017 A different study published in early June found the rate of sea level rise just about tripled between 1990 and 2012. A study published in 2016 found that if global warming continues above 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels through 2100, then sea levels would end up rising faster than at any time during human civilization. That study found that in a warming scenario of 5 degrees Celsius, or 9 degrees Fahrenheit, which is roughly the path we're on now, New York City could see more than a meter, or about 3.6 feet, of sea level rise with an even higher upper limit. This would make a Hurricane Sandy-sized storm surge far more common in the city. A separate study published in February found that current rates of sea level rise are likely unprecedented in at least the past 2,800 years. This week's findings are in line with NASA's estimate for the current rate of sea level rise, which is 3.4 millimeters per year. Calved icebergs from the nearby Twin Glaciers are seen floating on the water on July 30, 2013 in Qaqortoq, Greenland.Image: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThe significance of the new study is that it resolves lingering uncertainties about mismatches between what scientists know about contributors to sea level rise, and measured rates from satellites. This study, along with other recent work, shows the two match up closely, and it nails down the sea level rise acceleration. Also, the new research shows that coastal communities that are already struggling with increased flooding on an annual basis, such as Miami Beach, will have to cope with a rapidly worsening situation in coming decades. For every millimeter that the local sea level rises, the easier it becomes for the ocean to hit previously unheard of flood levels. Storm surges ride on top of background sea levels, and like a basketball player playing on a court with a steadily rising floor, even weaker storms are becoming more likely to score a slam dunk. WATCH: It's official, 2016 was Earth's warmest year on record
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| ‘He colluded or obstructed’: Trump turns Russia suspicions against Obama Posted: 26 Jun 2017 07:54 AM PDT  U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing the "VA Accountability Act" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2017. Under fire from Justice Department and congressional investigations, President Trump on Monday attempted to deflect suspicion of collusion with Russia and obstruction of justice onto his predecessor. In a string of tweets, Trump said it was former President Obama who "colluded or obstructed" for not taking more decisive action against Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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| These Ice Cream Sundaes Are Going Viral Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:18 AM PDT  Because churro + soft serve = ��
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| We Test Ride the Vanderhall Venice Three-Wheeler Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Vanderhall Motor Works Venice Roadster – Ride Drive (?) Review Sometimes, three wheels is better than four Photography by Vanderhall Not too long ago RideApart first told you about Vanderhall Motor Works , a Utah-based company making three-wheeled vehicles.
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| US urges Qatar and Saudi-led group to 'lower rhetoric' Posted: 25 Jun 2017 10:59 AM PDT  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Sunday for a "lowering of rhetoric" between Qatar and a four-nation group led by Saudi Arabia after Doha denounced their sweeping list of demands. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt want Qatar to meet their 13-point ultimatum -- ostensibly aimed at fighting extremism and terrorism -- in return for an end to a nearly three-week-old diplomatic and trade "blockade" of the emirate.
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| 5 Ways J.K Rowling Considered Changing ‘Harry Potter’ Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:14 AM PDT  Celebrate the 20th anniversary of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by looking back on what could have been different.
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| Sheriff: Man killed missing son, 5, after Disneyland trip Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:28 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators suspect the father of a 5-year-old California boy who has been missing for two months killed the child after a family outing at Disneyland in a plot to get back at his estranged wife during a bitter separation, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said Monday.
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| Sean Spicer angrily confronted by CNN reporter during tense off-camera press briefing Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:29 PM PDT  A CNN reporter has argued with White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer over the West Wing's decision to bar cameras from broadcasting the daily press briefings. Jim Acosta, the White House correspondent for the cable news network, challenged Mr Spicer after the White House representative admonished the reporter while he was trying to ask a question on healthcare. "There's no camera on, Jim", Mr Spicer said .
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| Fugitive lawyer says he's fled the US using fake passport Posted: 25 Jun 2017 07:05 PM PDT  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A fugitive Kentucky lawyer at the center of a nearly $600 million Social Security fraud case has fled the country using a fake passport and has gotten help from someone overseas with a job to help support himself.
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| Western Digital won't consent to SK Hynix participation in Toshiba chip unit sale Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:41 AM PDT  Western Digital Corp has told Toshiba Corp that it will not agree to a sale of the Japanese conglomerate's prized memory chip unit to a preferred bidding consortium that includes rival chipmaker SK Hynix Inc. Western Digital, which jointly runs Toshiba's main semiconductor plant, has been feuding bitterly with its Japanese partner over the $18 billion sale and has sought a U.S. court injunction to prevent any deal that does not have its consent. "I must make it clear that Western Digital will not consent to a transaction with the proposed consortium," CEO Stephen Milligan said in a letter sent to Toshiba's board.
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| Trump says Obama 'colluded' on Russia, without giving evidence Posted: 26 Jun 2017 11:41 AM PDT  U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that investigators apologize for looking into Russian interference and possible collusion with his 2016 election campaign, accusing predecessor President Barack Obama of having "colluded or obstructed," but he did not provide evidence. Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Mueller, along with several congressional committees, are investigating allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia used cyber attacks and fake media stories to help Republican Trump against his Democratic Party opponent, Hillary Clinton.
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| Dozens missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks in reservoir Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:26 AM PDT ![Dozens missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks in reservoir]( "Dozens missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks in reservoir") Nine people died and 28 are missing after a multidecked tourist boat carrying about 170 passengers sank in Colombia's Penol-Guatape reservoir on Sunday during the long holiday weekend, a government official said. Ninety-nine people were rescued, Margarita Moncada, the head of disaster relief for Antioquia province, told journalists.
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| Ford testing plug-in hybrid Escape Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:25 AM PDT  The possibility of a plug-in hybrid version of the Ford Escape dates back as far as 2009 when Ford actually took a prototype to the Detroit Auto Show, and a small batch of them were handed over to a California utility to be tried out. It now seems as though a plug-in hybrid variant of the current model could finally be arriving in showrooms for sale to the public, and it could possibly be unveiled as soon as next year. Although Ford has confirmed it's currently testing a new Escape PHEV prototype, no details have yet been released regarding the expected range, how it's likely to perform, or how much it will eventually cost to buy.
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| PM Theresa May pays out for N. Ireland deal to govern Britain Posted: 26 Jun 2017 08:45 AM PDT  British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives struck a hotly contested pact with a Christian fundamentalist party on Monday that will allow her party to govern after they suffered an electoral disaster. The deal reached with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was slammed by opposition parties as political bribery, amid concerns about its impact on the province's delicate peace process. "I welcome this agreement which will enable us to work together in the interests of the whole United Kingdom," May said in a statement.
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| Arkansas inmate on lam for 32 years visiting mom when caught Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:06 PM PDT  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The mother of an Arkansas prison escapee who had been on the run for more than three decades said she has been in contact with her son since soon after his escape and that he was visiting her when he was arrested.
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| SitRep: CIA’s Secret Syria Contacts; Tillerson Bashed by Anonymous WH Officials; State Shuttering Afghan Office Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:13 AM PDT  Pentagon Push in Africa; Israel and Syria Spar; U.S. Arming Jets in South Korea
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| Q&A: Afraid of sharks? Flu, asteroids pose far greater risk Posted: 25 Jun 2017 06:49 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — You might want a bigger boat, but you probably don't need better odds.
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| Donald Trump 'insists on meeting with Putin despite team's advice' Posted: 26 Jun 2017 09:43 AM PDT  Donald Trump reportedly wants to hold a bilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin, despite caution from several officials in his administration. Both Mr Trump and Mr Putin are expected to attend a multinational summit next month in Germany. While the US President is eager for a meeting with all the diplomatic trimmings, calling for media access and all the typical protocol associated with such engagements, many officials from the State Department and the National Security Council reportedly believe it would be better for the two to maintain their distance in the midst of probes into Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election.
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| Brave Dad Describes Moment He Caught Girl Who Fell Out of Ride: 'God Dropped an Angel' Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:23 PM PDT  Matthew Howard was clearly at the right place in the right time.
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| Signs Of Sadism Include Bitter Tastes, Like Black Coffee Posted: 25 Jun 2017 07:00 PM PDT  Although sadism is often linked with serial killers or other extreme behaviors, this isn't always the case, and these personality types are much more common than we think.
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| 2018 BMW X3 Posted: 26 Jun 2017 07:00 AM PDT  New engines and more tech highlight the changes.
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| US-backed force has seized a quarter of Raqa from IS: monitor Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:01 AM PDT  US-backed fighters have seized a quarter of Syria's Raqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said Monday, less than three weeks after they first entered the northern city. Arab and Kurdish militiamen from the Syrian Democratic Forces smashed into the jihadists' main Syrian bastion on June 6 after a months-long drive to encircle it. "Since the offensive began, the SDF have captured around 25 percent of the city's built-up neighbourhoods," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP on Monday.
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| Two police, family of six killed in latest Mexico violence Posted: 26 Jun 2017 08:38 AM PDT  Two federal police officers were mowed down Saturday in Mexico's Veracruz state, where gunman also killed a family of six, in the latest spasm of violence linked to criminal gangs. In the nearby city of Coatzacoalcos, the dead included two adults and four children who died in a hail of bullets as they ate dinner at an outdoor restaurant. Authorities added that two women were fatally shot in the town of Orizaba, also in Veracruz, one of Mexico's most violent states.
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| China urges Afghans, Pakistan to form crisis-management mechanism Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:03 AM PDT  By Kay Johnson ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - China's foreign minister has urged leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan to improve relations and establish a crisis prevention and management mechanism during visits to both countries, the Chinese foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Wang Yi was scheduled to speak in Islamabad on Sunday, a day after meeting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul. Wang said a three-way conference mechanism involving the two countries and China could promote dialogue and cooperation, the Chinese ministry said in a statement.
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| Milky Way nightscapes Posted: 25 Jun 2017 06:24 AM PDT ![Milky Way nightscapes]( "Milky Way nightscapes") Thousands of glittering stars lighting up beautiful Indonesian and Malaysian nightscapes will take your breath away.
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| Obama and family go river rafting during Indonesia vacation Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:12 AM PDT  BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his family were seen on a river rafting trip Monday as they vacationed in Indonesia, where he lived for several years as a child.
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| White House adviser Ivanka Trump: ‘I try to stay out of politics’ Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:45 AM PDT  Ivanka Trump told "Fox & Friends" that she speaks up when she disagrees with her father on certain issues — but does not "profess to be a political savant."
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| Transplanted: Large Idaho sequoia tree finds new home Posted: 25 Jun 2017 12:38 PM PDT  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A large sequoia tree with a history rooted in conservation was standing in the way of progress, so on Sunday, it was moved.
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| New flying car concept seeks to revolutionize personal transport Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:00 AM PDT  While some automakers look towards today's infrastructure of roads for the future of transportation, multiple companies are instead looking towards the sky. One of these is Neva Aerospace which used last week's 2017 Paris auto show to reveal its take on the future of transportation, and it's yet another flying car. Neva Aerospace says its flying car will be capable of flying for up to 20 or 30 minutes, travel at speeds up to 50 mph, and climb 3,000 feet in the air.
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| Battling to save campaign, Schulz hits out at 'arrogant' Merkel Posted: 25 Jun 2017 08:38 AM PDT  Social Democrat chief Martin Schulz lashed out Sunday at Chancellor Angela Merkel, accusing her of "arrogance" as he sought to reverse his party's plunging popularity three months before general elections. Schulz's decision to take his party's reins initially jolted the Social Democratic Party (SPD) to life, but the trend has reversed. With weeks to go before Germany heads to the polls on September 24, the SPD is trailing Merkel's centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) by 15 percentage points, according to a survey published Sunday by Bild am Sonntag.
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