| Obstruction Looms Over Trump McConnell Fight Posted: 22 Aug 2017 11:23 AM PDT  Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about whether Donald Trump's reported pressuring of Mitch McConnell on the Trump Russia investigation constitutes an obstruction of justice.
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| Some anchors throw shade at eclipse Posted: 22 Aug 2017 08:14 AM PDT  Monday's total solar eclipse captivated the nation and dominated news coverage, but not every anchor was as delighted, or even interested, as their audience.
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| Spain suspect says terror cell planned big attack on monuments Posted: 22 Aug 2017 03:14 PM PDT  A suspected member of the terror cell that unleashed carnage in Spain last week admitted to a judge on Tuesday that the jihadists had planned to hit monuments in an even bigger attack. Mohamed Houli Chemlal, 21, said he knew of the plans two months ago, as he, and three other suspects, appeared in court for the first time since twin attacks killed 15 people and wounded more than 100. The four are the only surviving suspects from what was believed to be a 12-man terror cell that rammed a van into pedestrians on a tourist-packed boulevard in Barcelona on Thursday.
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| Brags to Riches: Treasury Secretary's Wife Blasted After Posting Tagging Designer Duds on Instagram Posted: 22 Aug 2017 02:22 PM PDT  Louise Linton hit back at an Instagram user who chided her after she tagged her designer wardrobe.
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| 22 million Americans support neo-Nazis, new poll indicates Posted: 22 Aug 2017 08:53 AM PDT  Nine per cent of Americans say holding neo-Nazi or white supremacist views is acceptable, according to a new poll. The Washington Post ABC poll was carried out in the wake of the deadly racially-charged violence which erupted at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville earlier this month. According to the survey, 83 per cent of Americans think holding neo-Nazi views is unacceptable.
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| Navy dismisses 7th Fleet commander after warship accidents Posted: 23 Aug 2017 08:22 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Navy dismissed the commander of the Asia-based 7th Fleet on Wednesday after a series of warship accidents raised questions about its operations in the Pacific.
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| Missouri governor halts execution to examine questions over DNA Posted: 22 Aug 2017 04:06 PM PDT  By Chris Kenning CHICAGO (Reuters) - Missouri Governor Eric Greitens halted the execution of a man scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday for killing a woman during a burglary after his attorneys argued that recent DNA evidence showed he is innocent. Greitens issued the stay of execution for Marcellus Williams, 48, just over four hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection in a Bonne Terre state prison for the stabbing death of former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle during an August 1998 robbery at her home. Greitens said in a statement he would appoint a Board of Inquiry to examine the new DNA evidence and recommend whether he should commute Williams' death sentence.
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| Jared Kushner Is 'An Actual Cuckhold’ Breitbart Editor Says To Phony Bannon Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:36 AM PDT  Breitbart doesn't think very highly of Jared Kushner.
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| ExxonMobil: Oil and gas giant ‘misled’ the public about climate change, say Harvard experts Posted: 23 Aug 2017 05:53 AM PDT  Fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil "misled the public" about the risks posed by climate change, an analysis of its public and private announcements on the subject by two Harvard University academics has concluded. While the company's scientists and senior executive largely accepted the scientific consensus that global warming is real and poses significant risks, it spent thousands of dollars on regular advertorials in The New York Times (NYT) and other newspapers, in which it sought to cast doubt on the science. In some cases, the firm, led by the current US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, from 2006 to 2016, even contradicted itself.
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| Remains of US sailors found on warship that collided off Singapore Posted: 22 Aug 2017 07:19 AM PDT  Divers have found the remains of some of the 10 sailors who went missing when a US destroyer collided with a tanker off Singapore, the navy said Tuesday, the latest deadly accident involving an American warship. The US Navy has announced a fleet-wide global investigation after the incident Monday involving the USS John S. McCain and the merchant vessel, which left a gaping gash in the destroyer's hull.
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| Louise Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, apologizes for nasty Instagram spat Posted: 22 Aug 2017 12:08 PM PDT  Louise Linton, the 36-year-old Scottish actress newly wedded to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, sparked a national kerfuffle Monday when she got into a spat with one of her Instagram followers.
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| U.S. Warns Cancun Travelers of Rise in Homicides at Resorts Posted: 23 Aug 2017 10:39 AM PDT  Quintana Roo alone has seen 169 murders this year
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| Anger over rally violence boils over in Charlottesville Posted: 21 Aug 2017 07:58 PM PDT  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Anger boiled over at the first Charlottesville City Council meeting since a white nationalist rally in the city descended into violent chaos, with some residents screaming and cursing at councilors Monday night and calling for their resignations.
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| Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $700 million Posted: 23 Aug 2017 10:59 AM PDT ![Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $700 million]( "Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $700 million") The odds against winning are astronomical, but millions of Americans will be hoping for some life-altering luck on Wednesday night when winning numbers are drawn for the second-highest jackpot in the history of the Powerball lottery.
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| White House Praises Trump's Empty Afghanistan Speech As Very Presidential Posted: 22 Aug 2017 06:23 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Following President Donald Trump's primetime address on Monday, which provided little substance on U.S. strategy in a nearly 16-year war in Afghanistan, White House officials went on TV to give full-throated endorsements of Trump briefly staying on message and reading from a teleprompter.
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| Woman Claims 'False Imprisonment' On 'Burning Hot' Plane: 'We Were Melting' Posted: 23 Aug 2017 11:23 AM PDT  "It was burning hot," she said. "We were melting."
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| France's Charlie Hebdo publishes provocative Islam cartoon Posted: 23 Aug 2017 07:44 AM PDT  French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published a provocative front-page cartoon about Islam and the recent terror attacks in Spain on Wednesday, sparking fears that it could encourage Islamophobia. Critics of Charlie Hebdo saw its front-page cartoon as tarring an entire religion, practised by around 1.5 billion people worldwide, by implying it is inherently violent. As the cartoon became one of the top trending topics on Twitter in France -- with more than 15,000 tweets praising or criticising it -- prominent Socialist MP and former minister Stephane Le Foll called it "extremely dangerous".
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| Couple forced to hand adopted son back to biological parents, father murders baby weeks later Posted: 22 Aug 2017 04:17 AM PDT  A couple have been awarded compensation of $3.25m (£2.53m) after their adopted baby son was murdered by his birth father, weeks after he regained custody of the child. Rachel and Heidi McFarland sued their lawyer Jason Rieper for malpractice after he wrongly led them to believe three-month-old Gabriel's biological parents had signed release-of-custody papers. The couple had arranged to adopt the child from Rachel's teenage co-worker Markeya Atkins and were present at his birth in Des Moines, Iowa, in December 2013.
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| U.S. erred in declining protections for remote grizzly bears: judge Posted: 23 Aug 2017 04:08 PM PDT  By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - U.S. wildlife managers erred when they declined to list as endangered a small population of grizzly bears in the remote reaches of Idaho and northwest Montana, a federal judge has ruled in what conservationists on Wednesday hailed as a huge victory. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2014 determined the fewer than 50 grizzlies that roam the Cabinet Mountains and Yaak River drainage in the Northern Rockies were not in danger of extinction and did not warrant re-classifying as endangered or threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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| The Latest: Russia bristles at US sanctions Posted: 22 Aug 2017 12:32 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. and North Korea (all times local):
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| Mexican soldiers seize 140 pounds of fentanyl at US border Posted: 22 Aug 2017 07:24 AM PDT ![Mexican soldiers seize 140 pounds of fentanyl at US border]( "Mexican soldiers seize 140 pounds of fentanyl at US border") MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soldiers in northern Mexico say they have seized a surprisingly large stash of the powerful opioid fentanyl from a truck near the U.S. border.
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| Firefighters BBQ Sausages Made of Pigs They Rescued From Fire, Then Land in Hot Water Posted: 23 Aug 2017 03:15 PM PDT  The fire department apologized and took down the offending sausage images.
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| Charlottesville Shrouds Its Confederate Statues In Black To Mourn Heather Heyer Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:22 PM PDT  The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, began draping its Confederate monuments in large black fabric on Wednesday to honor the woman killed while counter-protesting a white nationalist rally in the city earlier this month. The city covered the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Wednesday afternoon along with the statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson at another nearby park.
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| British tourist held in Turkish prison after being arrested at airport with coins he found while snorkelling Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:39 AM PDT  A British father was arrested in front of his family at a Turkish airport after trying to bring home 13 historic bronze coins he found while snorkelling on holiday. Toby Robyns, 52, was arrested at Bodrun airport on Turkey's Aegean coast and could face up to five years in prison if convicted of trying to take artifacts out of the country. Mr Robyns, an ambulance driver from Southwick, West Sussex, told police he had no idea it was against the law to take the coins. "We were on a daily tour. When our boat stopped I took my goggles and dove into the water. There were broken ceramics in the sea. When I cleaned the sand off with my hand I saw the coins. I never thought that carrying them would be a crime," he said, according to a Turkish police statement. Gold coins found on the ocean floor in Turkey by divers. File picture Credit: Rex Features Police said the coins were 800 years old and were found when Mr Robyns put his luggage through an X-ray machine at the airport. Mr Robyns' wife, Heidi, and two young sons returned to the UK while he was reportedly taken to a prison in Milas, around 30 miles away. Mrs Robyns declined to comment when reached at the family home near Brighton. The family had been on a two-week summer holiday in Bodrun Mr Robyns has not been charged with a crime but is likely to be held in prison until prosecutors make a decision. Turkey's judicial system is on an August break, meaning that Mr Robyns could face several weeks in prison before any decision is made. He appeared before a magistrate's court the day after his arrest but will need to appear before a higher court if he is charged. He could face between three and five years in prison if convicted of smuggling historical artifacts, according to the BirGun newspaper. Milas Prison in Turkey, where Toby Robyns is being held Credit: Google Street View Mr Robyns was snorkelling near the island of Yassi Ada off of Bodrun. The island is sometimes called "a ship's graveyard" because of the number of wrecks that litter the waters around it. Of the dozens of sunken ships the most famous is a 4th century Roman wreck that ran into a reef near the island. Jugs, dishes and lamps were all found onboard. The area was rocked by a 5.3 magnitude earthquake on August 8 and it is possible that the coins found in shallow waters by Mr Robyns had been dislodged the tremors. The Foreign Office said it was helping in the case. "We are assisting a British man following his arrest in Bodrum, and remain in contact with his family and the Turkish authorities." Tim Loughton, the MP for East Worthing & Shoreham he was "helping with the case of Toby Robyns and liaising with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office". James Stoneham, a family friend, told The Sun: "They are accusing him of taking Turkish artefacts which he was obviously unaware of. "It was a huge shock for everybody. This was harmless fun on a holiday you've enjoyed — and now he has been put in prison. He's going to have to be held for possibly a month." Mr Stoneham added: "He found a number of coins among the rocks and sand. When he went to get his flight home they dragged him off and searched his hand luggage."
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| Was USS John S McCain Hacked Before Collision? Posted: 21 Aug 2017 11:58 PM PDT  Cyber experts said countries like Russia and China might have the capability to launch cyber attacks on warships.
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| Noam Chomsky: Antifa is a 'major gift to the right' Posted: 22 Aug 2017 04:06 AM PDT  Noam Chomsky has launched into an attack on the anti-fascist movement and argued its actions are wrong in principle and it is a "major gift to the right". Antifa, shorthand for anti-fascist organisations, refers to a loose coalition of militant, decentralised, grassroots groups which are opposed to the far-right. The movement, which was founded in Europe in the 1920s, has dominated headlines in the wake of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville earlier this month.
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| As Syria war tightens, U.S. and Russia military hotlines humming Posted: 23 Aug 2017 05:00 PM PDT  By Phil Stewart AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar (Reuters) - Even as tensions between the United States and Russia fester, there is one surprising place where their military-to-military contacts are quietly weathering the storm: Syria. It has been four months since U.S. President Donald Trump ordered cruise missile strikes against a Syrian airfield after an alleged chemical weapons attack. In June, the U.S. military shot down a Syrian fighter aircraft, the first U.S. downing of a manned jet since 1999, and also shot down two Iranian-made drones that threatened U.S.-led coalition forces.
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| Confederate flags in NYC window met with rocks, suit, tarp Posted: 22 Aug 2017 09:00 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The Confederate flags had been in a Manhattan apartment's windows for over a year. And then, in a matter of days last week, they were met with hurled rocks, a punched-out window, a tarp hung over them and legal action.
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| Fleeing Maduro critic says Venezuela now lawless Posted: 23 Aug 2017 01:12 PM PDT  Brasília (AFP) - Venezuela's fugitive former top prosecutor resurfaced in Brazil on Wednesday claiming to possess "a lot" of proof of President Nicolas Maduro's corruption and warning that her life remains in danger. Days after a dramatic escape from chaotic Venezuela, Luisa Ortega, 59, turned up the heat on Maduro, who has asked Interpol to issue a "red notice" warrant for the arrest of his critic. Ortega -- speaking at a crime-fighting conference in the Brazilian capital with representatives from the Latin American regional trading alliance Mercosur -- said Maduro enriched himself in a massive corruption scheme uncovered at Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht.
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| Doctors Bombarded by Calls From Those Who Believe They Suffered Eye Damage During Eclipse Posted: 22 Aug 2017 03:06 PM PDT  While most sky watchers have nothing to worry about, a few people may have suffered serious eye damage.
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| Breitbart News Wants Trump To Know His Base Is Not Happy About Afghanistan Posted: 22 Aug 2017 07:46 AM PDT  Breitbart News had a clear message for President Donald Trump following his speech on the war in Afghanistan Monday night: His voter base is not happy.
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| Father, Son Arrested for Dark Web Drug Trafficking Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:27 AM PDT  "He got his son, Philip Luciano, involved," states a federal court complaint. "Philip was the one who knew how to use the dark web: Philip set up their account on the dark web and handled the transactions."
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| WATCH: 'Demon Goat' In India Has Human-Like Face Posted: 22 Aug 2017 04:50 PM PDT  The goat's human-like face scared villagers.
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| North Korea mocks Trump's 'weird, ego-driven' tweets Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:58 PM PDT  Shortly after Donald Trump claimed North Korea was "starting to respect us," the regime shot back by criticising the President's Twitter habits. In a post published by the state-run KCNA news agency, the North Korean government accused Mr Trump of posting "weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts in his Twitter" and "spout[ing] rubbish to make his assistants have a hard time". Mr Trump has tweeted numerous times about North Korea, at one point admonishing them for "behaving very badly".
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| Boy, 14, arrested in Saudi for 'improper public behaviour' by dancing to Macarena in street Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:25 AM PDT  A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in the Saudi city of Jeddah for dancing to the Macarena song in a street. The boy was accused of "improper public behaviour" for enjoying the 1990s pop hit as he crossed a road. Jeddah boy dancing in the middle of Tahlia Street is the hero we need pic.twitter.com/fui9v2UuDF— Ahmed Al Omran (@ahmed) August 19, 2017 Mecca police said the unnamed boy also disrupted traffic. It was unclear if he was going to be formally charged. In a 45-second video clip, shared widely on social media, the boy stops halfway across the road and starts the well-known dance routine. The footage was first posted last year, but his arrest was reported on Monday. Some said the boy was a "legend" and "hero", while others apparently agreed with the Saudi authorities, stating that he behaviour was "immoral". That's the kind of son I wanna have ������ https://t.co/iCDJ8Kyfdk— Sahira Nahari (@sahiranahari) August 22, 2017 I love him https://t.co/Joa5BHdkvJ— آيمي روكو (@AmyRoko) August 22, 2017 Earlier this month, a singer was arrested in the religiously conservative Islamic kingdom for using the 'dab' move in an onstage dance. Abdallah al-Shahani performed the dance at a music festival in the city of Taif in southwestern Saudi Arabia. The dance had been banned in the Kingdom by the National Committee for Drug Control, on the grounds that it advocated or encouraged drug abuse, according to Saudi media. A young woman was arrested last month after footage emerged of her wearing a miniskirt and crop top at an archaeological site. The woman is being questioned after footage emerged of her walking through a fort The unnamed woman was detained by Saudi Arabia's vice and virtue police on charges of wearing "indecent clothing". لو كانت اجنبية كان تغزلوا بجمال خصرها وفتنتة عيناها .. بس لانها سعودية يطلبوا محاكمتها ! #مطلوب_محاكمة_مودل_خلود pic.twitter.com/ttYqynySN2— فاطمة العيسى (@50BM_) July 16, 2017
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| Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China Posted: 23 Aug 2017 12:55 PM PDT ![Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China]( "Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China") Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, slammed into Hong Kong, Macau and China's Guangdong province. Thousands of residents along the Chinese coast were evacuated.
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| Parks Service issues permit for San Francisco rally Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:26 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal authorities on Wednesday issued a permit to a politically conservative group for a Saturday afternoon rally in San Francisco that local officials fear could turn violent.
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| Charlottesville shrouds divisive Confederate statues in black cloth Posted: 23 Aug 2017 03:35 PM PDT  To applause from spectators, workers in Charlottesville, Virginia, covered two statues of Confederate generals with black tarpaulins on Wednesday in honor of the woman who was killed during a rally by white nationalists in the liberal-leaning college town. The council wants to remove the statues of Confederate Army generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, but cannot do because of a pending lawsuit challenging the city's plan. The Aug. 12 rally was organized by white nationalists who objected to the plans to remove the statues from a local park.
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| NASA releases stunning image of the total solar eclipse from space Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:46 PM PDT  NASA offered extensive coverage of the August 21 total solar eclipse and the space agency isn't done sharing.
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| Pence's Answer On Confederate Statues? Leave Them, And Build Others To Honor 'Progress.' Posted: 22 Aug 2017 12:31 PM PDT  The answer to what we should do with all these troublesome Confederate monuments?
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| IS claims beheading of 11 at Libya checkpoint Posted: 23 Aug 2017 09:37 AM PDT  At least 11 people were beheaded Wednesday in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group on a checkpoint manned by forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Haftar's spokesman Colonel Ahmad al-Mesmari said "at least nine soldiers were beheaded... in addition to two civilians" when the jihadists attacked at dawn in the Al-Jufra region about 500 kilometres (300 miles) south of Tripoli. IS claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq propaganda channel on the Telegram messaging app, saying its fighters had killed or wounded "21 members of Haftar's militia".
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| Woman Lost In Woods For Month Was High On Meth, Police Say Posted: 23 Aug 2017 10:02 AM PDT  "Me, personally, I think she was on meth," said Bullock County Sherrif Raymond Rodgers.
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| Donald Trump's fitness to lead 'in question' after Phoenix rally, says former Director of National Intelligence Posted: 23 Aug 2017 02:13 AM PDT  Donald Trump's address to supporters in Phoenix was "downright scary" and called into question the President's fitness to lead, according to a former top US intelligence official. James Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence, said he also thought Mr Trump's divisive remarks showed he might be "looking for a way out" of the office. Mr Trump's sometimes venomous speech in Arizona took aim at the "crooked media" and both the state's Republican senators, Jeff Flake and John McCain, with whom he has clashed previously.
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