| Democrat On Trump Voter Fraud Probe Slams Voting Restriction Efforts Posted: 09 Sep 2017 11:41 AM PDT  A Democratic member of President Donald Trump's commission to investigate voter fraud issued some of the strongest criticism yet from within the panel on efforts to make it more difficult to vote.
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| Ahead of 9/11, top Trump aide says U.S. not vulnerable to terrorists Posted: 08 Sep 2017 12:31 PM PDT  "There is no current, credible actionable threat, terrorist threat, against the homeland," Tom Bossert, President Trump's homeland security adviser, told reporters just days before the 9/11 anniversary.
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| Irma: South Florida Residents Race Against Time to Prepare for Storm Posted: 08 Sep 2017 08:32 AM PDT  As South Florida residents rush to escape Hurricane Irma's wrath, some can't get out while an estimated half million people have headed to shelters.
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| Photos Show Destruction From Mexico's Strongest Earthquake In Decades Posted: 08 Sep 2017 10:53 AM PDT  Mexico's most powerful earthquake in more than eight decades hit off the country's southern coast late Thursday evening, damaging and destroying hundreds of buildings and killing at least 34 people.
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| Jose upgraded to Category 4 hurricane as it heads to islands already destroyed by Irma Posted: 08 Sep 2017 08:04 AM PDT  Hurricane Jose has been upgraded as it pushes towards Caribbean islands already destroyed by Irma. The National Hurricane Centre said that its planes had found Jose is now a Category 4 hurricane, with speeds of up to 150 miles per hour. Hurricane categories go up to 5, but it is possible that Jose will be further upgraded before it makes landfall.
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| Mueller's Russia Investigation Targets Trump Inner Circle Posted: 08 Sep 2017 12:30 PM PDT  A new report says Robert Mueller wants to interview at least 6 current and former White House aides including a Trump confidant in the investigation into possible campaign collusion with Russia. Ali Velshi discusses with Betsy Woodruff & Jill Wine-Banks.
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| Does Betsy DeVos care more about those accused of rape than its victims? | Lucia Graves Posted: 08 Sep 2017 06:29 AM PDT  Protesters at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, where Betsy DeVos delivered a policy address on sexual harassment, rape and assault on 7 September. As she announced the rollback of Obama-era rules on campus sexual assault, education secretary Betsy DeVos seemed at times less like the head of the Department of Education than the department of rape apologists.
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| FBI probing Utah cop who arrested nurse for refusing to draw blood Posted: 09 Sep 2017 11:13 AM PDT  The FBI said on Friday it is examining whether federal laws were violated by a Utah police detective who is shown on video assaulting and arresting a nurse after she refused to allow taking a blood sample from an unconscious patient.
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| As Myanmar Muslims flee crackdown, US is wary of involvement Posted: 09 Sep 2017 11:48 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't expect the United States to step in and resolve what is increasingly being described as an ethnic cleansing campaign against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims.
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| Why This Fertility Doctor Refused To Evacuate For Hurricane Irma Posted: 08 Sep 2017 07:19 AM PDT  More than 650,000 Floridians have been given orders to evacuate Miami-Dade County to avoid Hurricane Irma.
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| Houston residents confront officials over decision to flood neighborhoods Posted: 09 Sep 2017 04:03 PM PDT  By Emily Flitter HOUSTON (Reuters) - Angry Houston residents shouted at city officials on Saturday over decisions to intentionally flood certain neighborhoods during Hurricane Harvey, as they returned to homes that may have been contaminated by overflowing sewers. A town hall grew heated after City Council member Greg Travis, who represents parts of western Houston, told about 250 people that an Army Corps of Engineers official told him that certain gauges measuring water levels at the Buffalo Bayou - the city's main waterway - failed due to a decision to release water from two municipal reservoirs to avoid an overflow.
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| 'DACAmented' Teacher Explains Why America Needs Undocumented Educators Posted: 08 Sep 2017 01:25 PM PDT  Rio Djiwandana stared into the empty classroom during his prep period as he processed the morning's news.
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| China's Xi asks Macron for French help easing N. Korea tensions Posted: 08 Sep 2017 06:46 AM PDT  Chinese President Xi Jinping called on France to help ease the situation in North Korea during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, state media said Friday, days after Pyongyang's largest ever nuclear test. The conversation came one day after statements from China supporting stronger sanctions against Pyongyang and "necessary measures" at the UN Security Council, where China and France both hold vetoes.
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| Fan of Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy Arrested After Mom's Body Is Found: 'Mama's Under the Front Porch' Posted: 07 Sep 2017 06:09 PM PDT  Susan Mayo had been missing since June, authorities said.
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| How To Find Out If You've Been Hit By The Equifax Hack Posted: 07 Sep 2017 10:22 PM PDT  Everyone should be worried about the latest cybersecurity breach.
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| Egypt archaeologists unearth 3,500-year-old tomb in Luxor Posted: 09 Sep 2017 07:08 AM PDT  Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of a goldsmith dedicated to the god Amun and the mummies of a woman and her two children, the antiquities ministry said on Saturday. The finds, dating back to the New Kingdom (16th to 11th centuries BC), were made in the Draa Abul Naga necropolis on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor, famed for its temples and burial grounds. The tomb of "Amun's Goldsmith, Amenemhat" contained a sculpture carved into a recess of him seated beside his wife, the ministry said. An Egyptian antiquities worker in the recently discovered tomb of Amenemhat Credit: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters A portrait of their son was painted between them. A burial shaft in the tomb led to a chamber where the archaeologists discovered mummies, funerary statues and masks, the ministry said. Another shaft led to a chamber where the team found the mummies of a woman and two children. An Egyptian archaeologist looks at a newly-uncovered sarcophagus in the Draa Abul Naga necropolis Credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities via AFP The woman appears to have died at the age of 50 and tests showed she had suffered from a bacterial bone disease, the ministry quoted bone specialist Sherine Ahmed Shawqi as saying. The team also discovered 150 small funerary statues carved in wood, clay and limestone. A skull and a foot are seen in the recently discovered tomb of Amenemhat Credit: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters The tomb, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, is a relatively modest discovery, but one that authorities has announced with a great deal of fanfare in a bid to boost the country's slowly recovering tourism industry. "We want tomorrow's newspapers to speak about Egypt and make people want to come to Egypt," antiquities minister Khaled el-Anani told reporters. Egyptian archaeologist restoring a wooden sarcophagus at a newly-uncovered ancient tomb for a goldsmith in Luxor Credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images The tomb was discovered by Egyptian archeologists, something that a senior official at the antiquities ministry hailed as evidence of their growing professionalism and expertise. "We used to escort foreign archeologists as observers, but that's now in the past. We are the leaders now," said Mustafa Waziri, Luxor's chief archaeologist.
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| Drivers face a traffic nightmare as they flee before Hurricane Irma Posted: 08 Sep 2017 09:33 AM PDT  As the Category 4 Hurricane Irma blasts towards Florida, people continue to evacuate by the thousands — rendering highways and gas stations a nightmare. At a news conference on Thursday, Governor Rick Scott urged those in evacuation zones to get out well before the storm starts. SEE ALSO: Hurricane hunters see 'stadium effect' inside Irma's eye And for the past few days, evacuees have been sharing images of gas stations strapped for fuel and backups all the way to Atlanta as they heed advice and make their way north — many of them seemingly at a snail's pace. #Evacuations headed out on 91 around #PortSaintLucie bumper to bumper. #drivesafe #HurricaneIrma #patience pic.twitter.com/M7k2P6NuSB — Tammy Motola ❤️ (@tmotola) September 7, 2017 Traffic near the GA/FL line on I-75. @spann #irma #florida pic.twitter.com/pGgxG1EuM6 — Kerstin Liberty (@kerstintacious) September 7, 2017 I-95 traffic. Evacuation for Hurricane Irma #IrmaHurricane2017. Stay safe FL. pic.twitter.com/CvLOxEDb3h — Gaurav Darekar (@gaurav_darekar) September 8, 2017 Travel plaza warning drivers to only fuel up their vehicles, no gas cans. #HurricaneIrma #Traffic #Evacuation pic.twitter.com/a8XH9iTYFC — Kara Duffy (@KaraDuffyCBS12) September 8, 2017 These 6am traffic maps out of Florida tell quite a tale.Be safe. Get out. #Irma #HurricaneIrma #evacuation pic.twitter.com/gtdNtdQCr3 — Rick Canton (@TheRickCanton) September 8, 2017 It's 2:40am on Friday morning and this is the traffic leaving Miami. Glad some people are heeding evac orders #irma #evacuation #Hurricane pic.twitter.com/CSUZhp9QDv — Nick Adams (@NickAdms) September 8, 2017 Stuck in #evacuation traffic and no gas to be found. #irma #hurricaneirma @weatherchannel pic.twitter.com/UE4kc7h2Hc — Dr. Beth (@mbbrad4d) September 8, 2017 The National Hurricane Center (NHC) projects that Irma will reach the Florida coast on Saturday. WATCH: How to prepare for natural disasters
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| In Pictures: Huge Earthquake Strikes Off Mexican Coast Posted: 08 Sep 2017 05:41 AM PDT  The quake was the worst the country has faced for a century.
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| Hurricane Harvey First Responder Gets Flesh-Eating Bacteria From Texas Storm Water Posted: 07 Sep 2017 05:49 PM PDT  Now he wants others to take precautions against infection
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| Chelsea Handler Exposes The Most Sinister Part Of Trump's DACA Repeal Posted: 08 Sep 2017 12:21 AM PDT  In one swift sentence, Chelsea Handler summed up her moral outrage over President Donald Trump announcing his decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in six months.
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| Five roaming lions raise alarm in South Africa Posted: 09 Sep 2017 05:54 AM PDT  By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Five lions are on the loose in a rural area about 35 miles (60 km) west of South Africa's commercial capital of Johannesburg, police and conservationists said on Saturday as they launched operations to capture them. There have been a spate of such incidents this year in South Africa, which unlike most African countries keeps large, dangerous wildlife in enclosed reserves to prevent conflict with people and livestock. The area where the animals have been sighted near the town of Fochville is a patchwork of cattle farms, open countryside, crowded squatter camps and gold mining communities.
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| Egypt dig unearths goldsmith's tomb, mummies Posted: 08 Sep 2017 05:49 PM PDT  Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of a goldsmith dedicated to the god Amun and the mummies of a woman and her two children, the antiquities ministry said on Saturday. The finds, dating back to the New Kingdom (16th to 11th centuries BC), were made in the Draa Abul Naga necropolis on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor, famed for its temples and burial grounds. A burial shaft in the tomb led to a chamber where the archaeologists discovered mummies, funerary statues and masks, the ministry said.
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| Syrian army in race with US-armed fighters for eastern Syria Posted: 09 Sep 2017 09:45 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian fighters launched an offensive against the Islamic State group in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq on Saturday, bringing them into a race with government forces marching in the same direction against the extremists in their last major holdout in the war-torn country.
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| Dutch soldiers deployed against St Martin looting in wake of Hurricane Irma Posted: 08 Sep 2017 01:33 PM PDT  Dutch troops were fanning out across part of the hurricane-hit island of St Martin on Friday as shots were heard and officials admitted there had been some looting. "The situation is serious," Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said when asked about looting, adding authorities were being hampered in their efforts to deal with it as communications were cut off when Hurricane Irma roared through on Wednesday. Shots had been heard on the island, a top marine official revealed, but said it was unclear where they had come from. Hurricane Irma makes landfall in the Caribbean, in pictures "Shots have been fired, but not in a structured fashion," Major General Richard Oppelaar, the commander of the Marine Corps, told reporters in The Hague. "I can't deny there are some weapons around," he said, adding in some areas the situation remained "grim" and the atmosphere was tense. "The supermarkets are empty, so people are out searching," Oppelaar said, adding in principle security was under control with soldiers trying "to be as visible" as possible. Hurricane Irma: shocking devastation caught on camera 01:31 About 200 Dutch soldiers have now arrived on the island, which is divided between France and The Netherlands, to help deliver aid and restore order, he added. The badly damaged airport and port have now "been opened for military purposes," Rutte told reporters, adding "we are doing everything possible to get aid to the area." He said food, water and security were the priorities on the island, known in Dutch as Sint Maarten. "There are people on the streets armed with revolvers and machetes," one witness told the Dutch daily newspaper AD on Friday. Hurricane Irma | Key articles "The situation is very serious. No one is in charge." "We will not abandon Sint Maarten," Rutte vowed, adding officials were also sending medicines, tents, tarpaulins, building materials and hygiene kits as fast as possible to the Caribbean. "The military has two tasks after arriving there. Firstly to ensure that there is food and water, but also to ensure security," Rutte said. British soldiers board a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, before they are flown to help out in the areas affected by Hurricane Irma as winds of up to 175mph left death and destruction in the Atlantic Credit: PA Dutch officials have confirmed that two people were killed, and 43 wounded, 11 of them seriously, on the Dutch part of St Martin by the Category Five storm, before it was downgraded Friday to a four as it barrelled towards Cuba and Florida. King Willem-Alexander is to visit Curacao on Sunday from where the Dutch aid operation is being coordinated, and may then travel on to Sint Maarten. A fund launched by the Dutch Red Cross in the hours after the storm pummelled the island as already raised some 850,000 euros for the Dutch territory. Hurricane Irma | Advice for travellers
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| ‘Wait. What?’ Al Roker Reacts to News Rush Limbaugh Evacuated Florida Studio After Calling Hurricane Irma a Hoax Posted: 09 Sep 2017 11:16 AM PDT  After spending much of this week telling his listeners that Hurricane Irma was fake news, Rush Limbaugh his fled his home base in Palm Beach, Florida, in anticipation of landfall
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| Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 64 as Hurricane Katia Pelts Mexico Posted: 07 Sep 2017 11:13 PM PDT  The U.S. Geological Survey says it was a magnitude 8.0 quake
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| Key Obamacare Architect Who Shunned Single-Payer Now Backs It Posted: 08 Sep 2017 01:53 PM PDT  Former Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), a fiscal moderate who, as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, presided over the passage of the Affordable Care Act, expressed his support on Thursday for the creation of a single-payer health care system.
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| Bill Maher: It's An 'Inconvenient Truth' That Climate Change Deniers' Homes Are In Irma's Path Posted: 08 Sep 2017 11:46 PM PDT  "Real Time" host Bill Maher has noted how Hurricane Irma looks likely to destroy the vacation homes of several high-profile climate change deniers.
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| Equifax Sued Over Massive Breach; Company Criticized for Response to Theft Posted: 08 Sep 2017 04:57 PM PDT  Within hours of Equifax — one of the nation's three major credit bureaus — confirming that the records of some 143 million people had been compromised in a data breach, the company now faces a la...
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| The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week Posted: 08 Sep 2017 06:59 AM PDT  Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways. So each week, we round up the most hilarious 140-character quips from moms and dads to spread the joy. Scroll down to read the latest batch and follow @HuffPostParents on Twitter for more!Most of parenting is unsuccessfully attempting to sit down.— Jennifer S. White (@yenniwhite) September 4, 2017The problem with a household with a stay at home parent is that both parents think Saturday is their day off, and both parents are wrong. ...
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| Israel strikes deep in Syria, said to hit military facility Posted: 07 Sep 2017 06:49 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck a military position near the Mediterranean coast in western Syria Thursday, killing two soldiers, the Syrian army said, in a stronghold of President Bashar Assad that is also heavily protected by the Russians and Iranians.
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| Ravaged French Caribbean islands brace for new hurricane Posted: 09 Sep 2017 12:59 PM PDT  The ravaged French Caribbean islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barts braced Saturday for a second potentially devastating hurricane as shellshocked residents scrambled for safety while air and sea links were severed. France's meteorological agency issued its highest warning, saying the Category Four Hurricane Jose could become a "dangerous event of exceptional intensity". Jose was expected to pass 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Saint Martin, 95 percent of which has already been ravaged by Hurricane Irma, which struck three days ago and is expected to reach Florida at 1000 GMT Sunday.
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| Details emerge of aborted deal for Moscow's Trump Tower - 'help peace and make money' Posted: 08 Sep 2017 02:53 PM PDT  The Trump Organisation stood to make $4 million and a cut of the profits under the aborted deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, it has emerged. According to detailed plans, obtained by CNN, the scheme even included proposals to open a spa which would have been named after Mr Trump's daughter Ivanka. Negotiations were still taking place in October 2015, four months after Mr Trump announced he was running for the White House. The plans entailed building a hotel, flats and commercial property in central Moscow in a venture which would have carried the Trump brand under a franchising agreement. Ivanka Trump Credit: Susan Walsh/AP Mr Trump's interest in exploiting commercial opportunities in Moscow have hardly been secret, he first expressed interest in building a tower in the Russian capital in the 1990s. But he repeatedly denied having any business links with Russia while he was campaigning for the White House. The documents include a Letter of Understanding for the venture between Trump Acquisition LLC and the I.C. Expert Investment Company of Moscow. In an accompanying email Felix Sater, a Russian born property developer to Michael Cohen, Trump Organisation's executive vice president attached a "Letter of Understanding" for Mr Trump to sign. Mr Sater wrote: "Help world peace and make a lot of money. I would say that's a great lifetime goal for us to go after." The deal, Mr Sater added, could "possibly fix relations between the countries by showing everyone that commerce & business are much better and more practical than politics. Donald Trump meets Vladimir Putin Credit: Evan Vucci/AP "That should be Putin's message as well, and we will help him agree on that message." In late 2015 there appeared to be considerable warmth between Mr Trump and Mr Putin. The aspiring Republican candidate voiced a desire that he and the Russian leader would "get along". In turn, Mr Putin described the billionaire as "a bright and talented person without any doubt." Despite the detailed negotiations, the project was scrapped. Nevertheless, details of the proposal will rekindle suggestions that Mr Trump's desire for a rapprochement with Moscow was commercially as well as politically driven. A special counsel and the Senate Intelligence Committee are both probing alleged Russian involvement in the presidential election.
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| Teen Girl Who's Been Missing for a Month Swims Across Lake to Escape Captors: Cops Posted: 08 Sep 2017 10:46 AM PDT  The girl was a victim of sexual assault and three suspects have been arrested, cops say.
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| Drug Overdoses Are Killing A Lot More People Than HIV Or Guns At Their Worst Posted: 07 Sep 2017 05:46 PM PDT  More than 64,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to the first government report to include all recorded drug deaths from 2016.
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| DNA Proves Viking Warriors Were Women Too Posted: 08 Sep 2017 09:32 AM PDT  Scientists had assumed this famous Viking warrior was a man, but DNA proves that she was a high-ranking female officer.
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| Venezuela's Maduro seeks debt negotiations after U.S. sanctions Posted: 08 Sep 2017 02:24 PM PDT  President Nicolas Maduro has invited bondholders to unspecified "negotiations" over Venezuela's foreign debt in coming days in response to recent U.S. financial sanctions.
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| The Iran Deal Is on Thin Ice, and Rightly So Posted: 08 Sep 2017 11:22 AM PDT  The Trump administration has a compelling case that Iran's regional conduct makes the JCPOA no longer sacrosanct.
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| As Irma nears Florida, concern for animals a major issue Posted: 09 Sep 2017 04:10 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — The evacuation took 12 seconds.
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| Saudi suspends dialogue after Qatar outreach Posted: 08 Sep 2017 07:06 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia on Saturday suspended any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of distorting facts soon after a phone call between the rulers of both countries offered hope of a breakthrough in the three-month-old Gulf crisis. Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, spoke to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to express interest in talks, state media from both sides said, in the first public engagement between the leaders after the US president offered to mediate in the crisis. Saudi Arabia led the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain in cutting ties with Qatar in June, accusing it of bankrolling Islamist extremist groups and of being too close to regional rival Iran.
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