| Gore: Trump ‘tears down America’s standing in the world’ by leaving Paris climate accord Posted: 17 Jul 2017 07:16 AM PDT  Former Vice President Al Gore said Monday that the U.S. is "going through a challenging time" under the Trump administration, decrying President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
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| GOP Sen. Heller receives threatening note over health care Posted: 17 Jul 2017 12:25 PM PDT  Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., received a note at his Las Vegas office over the weekend that reportedly threatened the senator if he voted to take away the note writer's health care. The note writer said he would die from losing insurance if Heller backed the Republican plan — and that he would take Heller down with him if that happened, according to veteran reporter Jon Ralston at the Nevada Independent.
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| Australian woman 'shot and killed by police after she called 911 to report assault' Posted: 16 Jul 2017 11:06 PM PDT  An Australian woman was shot and killed by a police officer in the US after she called 911 to report an assault near her home, family members have said. Justine Ruszczyk, also known as Justine Damond, 40, had already taken the last name of Don Damond, the man she had plans to marry next month. "Basically, my mom's dead because a police officer shot her for reasons I don't know," Zach told Australia's Star Tribune.
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| Tourists train at Israeli 'counter-terrorism boot camp' Posted: 18 Jul 2017 09:12 AM PDT ![Tourists train at Israeli 'counter-terrorism boot camp']( "Tourists train at Israeli 'counter-terrorism boot camp'") Taking in the scene of a simulated fruit market in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, a group of tourists ponders whether a poster-size figure of an Arab man holding a cellphone is a threat and should be shot. It is part of a counter-terrorism "boot camp" organized by Caliber 3, a company set up by a colonel in the Israeli army reserves. Admission includes watching former Israeli commandos take down an "attacker" and other means to thwart assaults, including the use of an attack dog.
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| Family Wants Answers After Woman’s Mysterious Death At Mexico Resort Posted: 17 Jul 2017 08:51 AM PDT  "Someone needs to be held responsible for this."
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| Teenage Isil bride from Germany captured in Mosul Posted: 18 Jul 2017 04:08 AM PDT  A 16-year-old German Islamic State bride, who reportedly joined the jihadist group after being radicalised online, has been captured by Iraqi forces in the ruins of Mosul. Linda Wenzel, from the small town of Pulsnitz, near Dresden, was discovered by troops with a group of 20 other suspected foreign female Isil members in a tunnel under the Old City on Thursday. Pictures shared on social media show the girl being escorted by security forces, appearing pale and unveiled but wearing a colourful scarf around her neck. Social media images alleging to show an Isil sniper believed to be 16-year-old German Linda W Credit: Twitter She appears pale, afraid and covered in dust, unveiled but wearing a colourful scarf around her neck. She was initially mistaken for a kidnapped Yazidi girl because of her lack of Arabic. Linda was reported missing from her home a year ago, where she had been living with her mother, Katharina, and step-father, Thomas. She grew up in a Protestant family, and had not showed any interest in religion until a few months before her disappearance. In the spring of 2016 she told her parents for the first time that she was interested in Islam. Friends in Pulsnitz say she converted to Islam around this time and was radicalised online in chat rooms. She started learning Arabic, taking the Koran to school, wearing conservative clothing and becoming fascinated with Islam before her disappearance. Police believe she had fallen in love with a Muslim man she met online who persuaded her to move to Syria to join him. Image posted by Vian Dakhil, Yazidi member of Iraq's council of representatives Credit: Twitter She disappeared last July after telling her parents she wanted to stay the weekend at a friend's house. She travelled to Istanbul posing as her mother Katharina, and then down to Turkey's border with Syria, where she crossed with the help of an Islamist group aligned with Isil. The jihadists then handed her over to an Isil fighter who is believed to have groomed her over the internet and convinced her to travel to the group's so-called caliphate. Linda is thought to have made it to Mosul before the Iraqi army launched the offensive to retake the city in October. Iraqi forces image allegedly showing an Isil sniper believed to be 16-year-old German Linda Wentzel Credit: Iraqi army Until six months before she fled to join Isil, she had never even travelled by train alone. "I am devastated by the fact that she was apparently completely brainwashed and persuaded to leave the country by someone and that she managed to hide it from me," Mrs Wenzel said last July. When she searched her room, Mrs Wenzel found an Islamic prayer mat and a tablet computer with a second Facebook account they did not know about on it. On this second account Linda was in touch with people in the Middle East and shared messages such as "Pray, the end is approaching". Linda Wentzel, aged 16, orignally from Pulsnitz near Dresden in Germany Credit: ENTERPRISE NEWS AND PICTURES "At the moment the priority is to determine whether this is Linda W or not. The police will undertake all necessary investigations," Lorenz Haase, chief prosecutor and spokesman for the Dresden prosecutor's office, told the Telegraph. "If it is confirmed, we would reopen criminal proceedings against her which were set aside. We had set aside the proceedings on the grounds we did not know her whereabouts and she is a minor. She is understood to have been handed over to American troops stationed in Iraq for questioning. Four other German women were also reportedly discovered last week in a tunnel system built by Isil. A little girl named Amina was found by Iraqi Army soldiers when they heard her cries from the rubble. Credit: Rex Iraqi forces say they discovered weapons and suicide belts at the site, presumably to be used for assaults on soldiers. They were part of a group of 20 female fighters, including Russian, Turkish, Canadian and Chechen, apprehended in the last remaining pocket of Isil territory in Mosul. It is not clear whether Linda and the other women will be held in Iraq or deported back to Germany to face trial. A senior Iraqi judge told the Telegraph earlier this year that foreign members of Isil would be tried in Iraqi courts, however as she is considered a minor they may decide to extradite her. Only a handful of European Isil members under 18 year of age have ever been detained, most of whom after voluntarily returning home.
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| 2 killed, 9 hurt in cleaver attack at Chinese Walmart store Posted: 16 Jul 2017 09:25 PM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — Two people were hacked to death and another nine injured by a man wielding a meat cleaver inside a Walmart store in China's southern manufacturing hub of Shenzhen, police in the city's Bao'an district said Monday.
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| Magnitude 7.8 quake hits off Russia's Kamchatka: USGS Posted: 17 Jul 2017 07:33 PM PDT ![Magnitude 7.8 quake hits off Russia's Kamchatka: USGS]( "Magnitude 7.8 quake hits off Russia's Kamchatka: USGS") (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.8 off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami warning but the threat has now passed, the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Pacific Tsunami Center said. The epicenter was west of Attu, the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands.
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| Outgoing federal ethics chief: ‘We are pretty close to a laughingstock at this point’ Posted: 17 Jul 2017 06:35 AM PDT  Walter M. Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, said President Trump's apparent disdain for ethical norms has undermined the credibility of the U.S. around the world.
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| GOP Rep. Rohrabacher gets to the bottom of Martian civilization: There wasn’t any Posted: 18 Jul 2017 02:48 PM PDT  A Republican lawmaker asked a panel of NASA scientists Tuesday for opinions on whether Mars could have had civilized life "thousands of years ago."
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| Officials: Australian woman shot after cops heard loud sound Posted: 18 Jul 2017 05:08 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Australian woman who called 911 to report a possible assault was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer after the officers heard a loud sound near their squad car, according to information released Tuesday by Minnesota investigators.
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| London delivery drivers protest against rise in acid attacks Posted: 18 Jul 2017 09:53 AM PDT  Distressed over a rise in acid attacks, some 200 delivery drivers protested in front of the British parliament on Tuesday, demanding the government takes action. The protest was organised after five people, including delivery driver Jabed Hussain, were attacked with acid in the space of just 90 minutes on the night of July 13. London has seen a sharp rise in acid attacks in recent years.
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| Plane Evacuated Because A Passenger "Passed Gas?" Posted: 17 Jul 2017 09:49 AM PDT  All passengers were evacuated from the plane after multiple people experienced nausea and headaches.
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| America’s Not First. It’s Third. Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:19 PM PDT  The United States slips behind France and the U.K. in this year's soft-power ranking.
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| Boy, 10, Who Died After Trip to Neighborhood Pool Had Fentanyl in His System Posted: 18 Jul 2017 10:58 AM PDT  Alton Banks started vomiting at his Overtown home after a trip to the neighborhood pool on June 23. He died that night.
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| Swiss couple found on glacier 75 years after disappearance Posted: 18 Jul 2017 09:04 AM PDT  A Swiss couple that disappeared in the Alps 75 years ago has been found preserved in a receding glacier, ending decades of uncertainty for their family, relatives and media said Tuesday. The bodies were found lying near each other in the Diablerets massif in southern Switzerland on Thursday, along with backpacks, a bottle, a book and a watch, according to Le Matin daily. A DNA search has been planned to definitively establish their identities, but Maryline Dumoulin told AFP police were "99 percent" certain the remains were of her grandparents, who went missing on August 15, 1942.
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| Pakistan's Supreme Court starts hearings to decide PM's future Posted: 17 Jul 2017 04:45 AM PDT  By Drazen Jorgic ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday began hearings that will decide the fate of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is fighting for his job as he contests the damning conclusions of a corruption investigation into his family's wealth. The Supreme Court could put Sharif on trial on corruption charges or disqualify him from office, but few expect the judges to dismiss the case after an investigation team submitted a 254-page report into his family wealth last week. Speaking outside the Supreme Court, Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said Sharif's family lawyers had challenged the legality of the investigators' findings, including allegations falsified evidence was submitted.
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| Trump says GOP won’t give up on health care: ‘We will return!’ Posted: 18 Jul 2017 05:51 AM PDT  The president is blaming the failure of the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare on Democrats and "a few Republicans," and vowing lawmakers will "come together" despite a bitter battle over the legislation.
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| Kin sue to stop inheritance as grandad, mom die mysteriously Posted: 17 Jul 2017 02:34 PM PDT  The family of a man suspected in the slaying of his millionaire grandfather filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire on Monday accusing him of killing his grandfather and possibly his mother, who was lost at sea during a mother-son fishing trip, in a bid to collect a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
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| Vatican trial dawns for alleged misuse of hospital donations Posted: 17 Jul 2017 12:04 PM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Other than St. Peter's Basilica, there is hardly better real estate in Vatican City than the sprawling penthouse apartment in the Vatican gardens, where the rooftop terrace has in-your-face views of the dome itself and overlooks the hotel that Pope Francis calls home.
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| Video Of Saudi Woman In Miniskirt Triggers Probe Posted: 18 Jul 2017 01:10 AM PDT  The video triggered debate in Saudi Arabia with some praising the woman for her "bravery" while others called for her arrest.
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| US-backed forces say advancing against IS in Syria's Raqa Posted: 17 Jul 2017 01:41 AM PDT  US-backed forces said Monday they had seized a new neighbourhood from the Islamic State group in the jihadist stronghold of Raqa in northern Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, have been pressing an operation to capture the jihadist stronghold since last year, and entered the city in June. "The Al-Yarmuk district was liberated yesterday," the SDF's spokeswoman for the Raqa operation Jihan Sheikh Ahmed told AFP.
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| Transgender activist trolls the Texas Governor and it feels so, so good Posted: 17 Jul 2017 07:51 AM PDT  Forget petitions or protest: Trolling for social change is some of the best kind of activism there is. Texas activist Ashely Smith recently decided to politely troll Texas Governor Gregg Abbott. Abbott, a strong supporter of the state's anti-trans bathroom bill, didn't seem to notice he was posing for a picture with a transgender woman and LGBTQ activist. SEE ALSO: Meet 'Sam,' a transgender toy that's teaching kids about gender fluidity "How will the Potty Police know I'm transgender if the Governor doesn't?" Smith wrote. Abbott recently announced his re-election campaign for Governor. Smith, a member of Indivisible's Austin chapter, isn't exactly a fan of the governor, a strong social conservative who recently revived an anti-trans bathroom bill in the legislature. Much like North Carolina, the governor wants to require people to use the bathroom according to the sex assigned on their birth certificate. "We're about 1-in-300 people, we're all over the place, we're your friends and your neighbors," Smith said of the bill to My San Antonio. "Some of us are not immediately obvious as trans. And the idea that you are going to be able to enforce a bathroom bill, I mean the enforceability is just not there." If Governor Abbott thinks he can force a bill like this, he should take a look at this joint selfie. It's actually a pretty good one. WATCH: Watch this team rescue an elephant that was swept into the sea
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| Charlie Gard doctors remain 'unconvinced' after flying visit by US neurosurgeon who said he could treat him Posted: 18 Jul 2017 02:00 PM PDT  The British doctors caring for Charlie Gard are understood to remain unconvinced by an American neurosurgeon who claimed he could treat the little boy. Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) staff spent five and half hours on Tuesday locked in discussions with Dr Michio Hirano, a US specialist who flew back to the US on Tuesday night. Charlie's mother Connie Yates was also present at the meeting to determine the best course of action for her 11-month-old son. Dr Hirano had flown to London on Monday to examine the boy and assess brain scans carried out at the weekend. Timeline: Charlie Gard's parents' battle 02:17 Dr Hirano had said his experimental therapy could help treat Charlie, who suffers from a rare genetic disease. GOSH believes that Charlie has suffered irreversible brain damage and that life support should be withdrawn but his parents Connie Yates and Chris Gard, from Bedfont in west London, argue he should be transferred to a New York hospital for treatment from Dr Hirano. A High Court has already ruled that Charlie be allowed to 'die with dignity' but agreed to further examination after hearing Dr Hirano's therapy could significantly improve his quality of life. Dr Michio Hirano Miss Yates, 31, thanked Dr Hirano and another specialist, who cannot be named, for flying in to see her child. She said: "Our gorgeous baby boy is still stable. We are at his bedside and feel satisfied he is not suffering or in any pain. As Charlie's loving parents we are doing the right thing for our son in exploring all treatment options." She said that Dr Hirano had requested a new MRI scan and a 30-minute EEG scan but that "GOSH preferred a longer EEG which the judge ordered". Miss Yates added: "Our son has now undergone the scans. We have facilitated the experts in every possible way. Charlie will be having some more tests shortly." It is not clear what those tests are. Connie Yates and Chris Gard with baby Charlie Great Ormond Street has declined to comment on the discussions with Dr Hirano while the court case is ongoing. But it is understood the hospital failed to be persuaded by claims he had made in the High Court last week that he could help Charlie and that he had seen no evidence of irreversible brain damage. The hospital is understood to be sticking by its position statement issued last Thursday. In that statement, the hospital said: "It has been and remains the unanimous view of all those caring for charlie at Great Ormond Street that withdrawal of ventilation and palliative care are all that the hospital can offer him consistent with his welfare. "That is because in the view of his treating team and all those from whom GOSH obtained second opinions, he has no quality of life and no real prospect of any quality of life." The case will come back to the High Court on Friday with further hearings expected next week that will finally decide the fate of Charlie,who suffers from mitochondrial depletion syndrome. His doctors say he is blind, deaf, unable to move and badly brain damaged, with no hope of recovery. The case has become a cause celebre with interventions from Donald trump and the Vatican in support of Charlie's parents. The Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court have both uphold the decision of Mr Justice Francis in the High Court that Charlie's life support be withdrawn.
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| Man Takes Selfies With Alleged Wallet-Snatcher Posted: 18 Jul 2017 03:22 AM PDT  A 25-year-old man from Brooklyn posted a video on Facebook on Saturday where it is seen that he is taking selfies and videos with his wallet snatcher while waiting for police outside a Manhattan train station.
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| Salesforce Is Hiring 150 Work-From-Home Employees Posted: 17 Jul 2017 11:39 AM PDT  The extra perks sound amazing, too.
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| Kenyan vice president candidate debates himself after rivals' no-show Posted: 18 Jul 2017 04:57 AM PDT  Kenyans hoping to watch a televised debate between vice-presidential candidates in next month's election were left disappointed on Monday when only one of six meant to be on stage was left fielding questions alone for an hour. Surrounded by five empty podiums, Eliud Muthiora Kariara, a former banker turned running mate to independent presidential candidate Japhet Kavinga Kaluyu, answered questions posed by two moderators and the audience. Broadcasters had planned to have six minor candidates, including Kariara, take the stage first, with the front-runners from the two biggest parties facing off separately later.
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| Scary vengeance-seeking bird has a vendetta against poor woman Posted: 18 Jul 2017 07:45 AM PDT  Birds are kind of scary and we don't know why. Maybe it's because they're fast flyers, or they're always pecking at dirty stuff, or they just seem to be everywhere at all times, loudly chirping away. Or maybe at anytime, they can choose to attack you viciously and without remorse. They're terrifying and we can prove it. Twitter user emilyrose caught a vengeance-seeking bird attacking her mother on video, and we want this sucker in handcuffs. I got a call from my mom crying saying I needed to come home asap because a bird was attacking her and I came home to this... pic.twitter.com/k3oDmaftA3 — emilyrose (@walsh_emilyrose) July 17, 2017 SEE ALSO: Parakeet only wants to be friends with birds, real or not, who look exactly like itself Yo, bird, CHILL. This bird is after to this poor mom like she owes it money or something. Did this she accidentally hit this bird's sister with her car? It seems to have a seriously personal vendetta against this innocent woman. Even when emilyrose's mom goes inside to escape the evil creature, it stalks the front door and will not, under any circumstances, leave this family alone. It even gets the cat and dog riled up by trying its hand at breaking and entering. We're calling the cops. This nonsense has gone far enough. WATCH: 'Forest Bathing': How steeping yourself in nature could help with stress
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| Tesla driver recants, says Autopilot not to blame for crash Posted: 17 Jul 2017 12:36 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — A Tesla driver says his car's partially self-driving Autopilot system wasn't responsible for a crash in Minnesota, despite what he initially told investigators.
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| Man And Dog Attacked By Bobcat In Arizona Posted: 18 Jul 2017 03:53 AM PDT  The attack was captured in a video that was posted on Facebook by Jason Garrido, who witnessed the incident Sunday.
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| China upset about 'negative' Taiwan content in U.S. defense bill Posted: 17 Jul 2017 12:56 PM PDT  China said on Monday it had lodged a stern complaint with the United States after the U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of a big annual defense bill that would expand exchanges with self-ruled Taiwan.
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| Here's What to Do When Your Boss Doesn't Care About You Posted: 18 Jul 2017 07:49 AM PDT ![Here's What to Do When Your Boss Doesn't Care About You]( "Here's What to Do When Your Boss Doesn't Care About You") If you think your boss couldn't care less about your career growth, unfortunately, you're not alone. In fact, according to a new Monster poll, 72 percent of respondents said they do not feel like their manager or supervisor is interested in their job growth. With that in mind, here are some ways to continue your career growth when your boss isn't helping pave the way.
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| Iran says it has received 'contradictory signals' from Trump Posted: 17 Jul 2017 09:02 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Iran's foreign minister said the government has received "contradictory signals" from the Trump administration and doesn't know how to interpret them, but he held open the possibility of talks and improved relations with the United States.
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| Babysitter Breaks Kid's Arm for Wetting Pants: Cops Posted: 18 Jul 2017 10:52 AM PDT  The babysitter, 21-year-old Haillee Howell, allegedly twisted the boy's arm and hit him with a spatula.
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| Putin shows off Russian advances at MAKS-2017 Aviation and Space Salon Posted: 18 Jul 2017 12:07 PM PDT ![Putin shows off Russian advances at MAKS-2017 Aviation and Space Salon]( "Putin shows off Russian advances at MAKS-2017 Aviation and Space Salon") The MAKS airshow and exhibition is a major international event in the aerospace business. Here are photos from the first day of this year's gathering.
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| Bad News Keeps Coming for Harley-Davidson Posted: 18 Jul 2017 08:28 AM PDT  Bad News Keeps Coming for Harley-Davidson Sales in the United States drop considerably over this time last year Hard times are continuing to hit one of the world's most iconic motorcycle brands. Harley-Davidson motorcycle sales in the United States declined
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| We Put Moe's New Queso Against Chipotle's New Queso And We Were Shocked By Who Won Posted: 17 Jul 2017 11:39 AM PDT  There can only be one cheese queen.
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