| Trump Marveled At Historic Hurricanes — Until Someone Brought Up Climate Change Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:10 PM PDT  WASHINGTON — Days after expressing amazement at the size of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, President Donald Trump on Thursday suddenly didn't seem too impressed about their ferocity when asked about climate change's impact.
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| Newark Customs Officers Arrested For Alleged 'Rape Table' Assault Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:18 AM PDT  Three Customs and Border Protection officers working at Newark Liberty International Airport were arrested on Wednesday over a disturbing ritual dubbed a "rape table."
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| No country for migrant stowaways caught on ferry between Ukraine and Turkey Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:13 AM PDT  By Julie Astrid Thomsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Twelve migrants, apparently from North Africa, have been sailing to and fro on a Danish passenger ferry between Istanbul and Odessa for the last seven weeks locked in four cabins, with no country willing to take them. According to the Danish DFDS ferry operator, Turkey and Ukraine both refuse to accept the men, who have been violent and threatening suicide. "There has been a tendency to violence and aggressions and they have threatened to jump overboard... so there is no alternative to locking them inside the cabins," a DFDS spokesman told Reuters on Thursday.
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| Man who killed estranged wife, 7 others had drinking problem Posted: 13 Sep 2017 01:57 PM PDT  PLANO, Texas (AP) — Meredith Hight had gathered friends at her suburban Dallas home for a day of grilling and watching football when her estranged husband showed up and opened fire, killing her and seven others before a police officer killed him.
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| This Tiny Florida Island Village Is Pulling Together In Irma's Aftermath Posted: 14 Sep 2017 10:44 AM PDT  GOODLAND, Fla. - As Florida begins to recover from the impact of Hurricane Irma, residents of some small communities want the public to know that it's not only large cities like Miami or Tampa that were hit hard by the storm. "We're less than a dot on the map," Kelly Kirk told HuffPost. Kirk and her parents are the owners of Kirk Fish Company, a retail and wholesale seafood company in Goodland, which has about 400 year-round residents. "So it's easy to look at big cities that are highly populated and see that, and it's not as easy to see us down here," she added.
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| Police department warns women not to call 911 after photo of officers helping during Irma goes viral Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:17 AM PDT  The Gainesville Police Department is creating quite the stir on social media after a photo of its police officers on duty during Hurricane Irma goes viral.
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| The 73 Most Delish Spaghettis Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:57 AM PDT |
| Clinton blasts Don Jr.'s 'absurd lie' about Russian lawyer meeting Posted: 13 Sep 2017 07:59 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton isn't buying Donald Trump Jr.'s latest explanation for meeting a Kremlin-connected lawyer during the presidential campaign.
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| 'We’re Having Gang Wars All Over Again' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:45 AM PDT  LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas ― Brian Silva, an unemployed African-American man from one of Little Rock's roughest neighborhoods, still struggles on a daily basis not to go back to the life of crime he knows so well.
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| 7 Facts Surrounding The Death Of Kenneka Jenkins Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:30 AM PDT  Here's what we know so far about the developing "death investigation" of 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins.
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| Teacher Spends 70 Hours Creating Incredible 'Harry Potter'-Themed Classroom Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:59 PM PDT  An Oregon teacher transformed his classroom into a magical oasis.
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| Chicago Newspaper Hits Back After Police Union Attacks Reporters For Doing Their Job Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:34 PM PDT  The Chicago Sun-Times published a blistering editorial Wednesday night, denying a police union's demand that effectively told the newspaper's reporters to stop doing their job. "Chicago needs a great police force," the board wrote. On Tuesday, the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police sent a letter to Sun-Times investigative reporters Tim Novak and Robert Herguth and managing editor Chris Fusco, criticizing them over their recent piece on lax discipline for Chicago police officers who violate department policy on alcohol and drug use.
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| China mourns death of oldest panda Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:19 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — China is mourning the death of the world's oldest panda, Basi, who attracted millions of visitors during a visit to the United States 30 years ago.
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| Nancy Pelosi: Republican Leaders Got Rolled On The Spending Deal Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:34 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
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| New Pictures Emerge Out Of Florida Keys In Irma's Aftermath Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:34 AM PDT  Initial assessments said 90 percent of homes on the island chain were damaged.
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| Laci Peterson's mother recalls last time she spoke to her Posted: 12 Sep 2017 07:03 PM PDT  Sharon Rocha told "20/20" that the last time she saw Laci, she let her feel the baby kick and said, "Scott doesn't like to do this."
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| American Fighting for ISIS Reportedly in Custody Posted: 14 Sep 2017 12:11 PM PDT  Military and State spokespeople say they are aware of reports.
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| Couple Sentenced to 5 Years Probation Over YouTube Pranks They Pulled on Kids Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:27 AM PDT  Michael and Heather Martin entered Alford pleas to two counts of child neglect.
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| Shkreli ordered jailed for online bounty on Hillary Clinton's hair Posted: 13 Sep 2017 04:00 PM PDT  Shkreli, who had been free on $5 million bail since his December 2015 arrest, was silent and stony-faced as U.S. marshals led out of U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto's Brooklyn courtroom. Matsumoto ruled that Shkreli's Sept. 4 post, made shortly before Clinton embarked on a book tour, showed he posed a danger to the public.
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| Motel 6 Admits Arizona Sites Were Reporting Guests To ICE Without Chain's Approval Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:56 PM PDT  Employees at Motel 6 locations in Phoenix have ceased working with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in light of a new report that revealed motel staffers were reporting guests who appear to be undocumented immigrants, according to a spokeswoman for the motel chain.
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| Bernie Sanders To Introduce Single-Payer Bill With Major Support In Senate Posted: 13 Sep 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will introduce on Wednesday a new version of his plan to give everybody government-run health insurance, potentially opening a new chapter in the ongoing debate over how to make health care in the U.S. more affordable and available.
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| Bella Hadid shouts at security guard for pushing female paparazzo: 'Do not touch her!' Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:14 AM PDT  Just days after saving sister Gigi on the runway during a New York Fashion Week show, Bella just gave us another reason to love her even more. Paparazzi swarmed the 20-year-old model while leaving the Michael Kors Spring 2018 show during New York Fashion Week on Wednesday. During Milan Fashion Week last year, Bella's sister Gigi found herself in a similar situation involving notorious internet prankster Vitalii Sediuk.
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| Democrats Flip State House Seats In 2 Districts That Trump Won By Double Digits Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:04 AM PDT  Democrats won two GOP-held legislative seats in Oklahoma and New Hampshire on Tuesday, bringing the total number of state legislature seats the party has flipped since the November election to six.
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| Melania Trump's footwear to visit regions hit by Hurricane Irma turns heads Posted: 14 Sep 2017 07:34 AM PDT  Melania Trump ditched her stilettos for her latest trip to a hurricane-hit region.
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| The Definitive List of Epic Drives Around the World Posted: 13 Sep 2017 11:59 AM PDT |
| Russian navy fires cruise missiles into eastern Syria Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:21 PM PDT  ABOARD THE ADMIRAL ESSEN (AP) — Russia fired a salvo of cruise missiles from the Mediterranean on Thursday and said they struck Islamic State targets in eastern Syria. Activists there said at least 20 civilians were killed in what they described a "fanatical" bombardment — blaming some of it on Russia and some on the United States.
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| McDonald's workers 'tried to flush newborn baby down toilet’ after giving birth in branch bathroom Posted: 14 Sep 2017 03:45 AM PDT  A McDonald's employee tried to flush her newborn baby down the toilet after giving birth in one of the restaurant's bathrooms, a court has heard. Sarah Lockner, 25, clocked out from an evening shift at a branch of the fast-food chain in Redwood City, California and went to the toilet after saying she had stomach pains. A colleague who checked on her found a large pool of blood outside the cubicle, and when another co-worker peeked over the door she saw Lockner holding a newborn baby.
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| 8 Foods That Contain Probiotics (And They Aren't Yogurt) Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:01 AM PDT  Everybody knows that yogurt is a good source of probiotics ― even people who don't really know what probiotics are.
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| Lifehacker Writer Whitesplains Chopsticks; Asian People Reject It Posted: 13 Sep 2017 08:03 PM PDT  A writer for Lifehacker, a popular tech and lifestyle blog, has issued an apology after running a short article about chopsticks that stirred up some feelings within the Asian community.
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| Turkey will take its own security measures after Russia defense deal: Erdogan Posted: 13 Sep 2017 09:05 AM PDT  By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday dismissed NATO allies' concern over Turkey's deal to buy a missile defense system from Russia and said Ankara would continue to take the security measures it thought right. Turkey, whose relations with its allies have frayed in recent months, said it opted for the S-400 because Western companies had offered no "financially effective" alternative.
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| 'Fixer Upper' stars Chip and Joanna Gaines announce new Target line Posted: 13 Sep 2017 10:38 AM PDT  You can now decorate your home like Chip and Joanna Gaines!
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| Trump dispenses hoagies, handshakes in hurricane zone Posted: 14 Sep 2017 02:29 PM PDT  NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump doled out hoagies and handshakes in the sweltering Florida heat on Thursday as he took a firsthand tour of Irma's devastation and liberally dispensed congratulatory words about the federal and state recovery effort.
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| 110 Seafood Dinners Too Easy To Mess Up Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:57 AM PDT |
| Gator Fished Out of Resident's Swimming Pool, Taken Into Custody for Trespassing Posted: 14 Sep 2017 11:29 AM PDT  There's something lurking beneath those Florida flood waters.
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| Two Muslim Teens On Navigating Girlhood And Islamophobia In Their America Posted: 13 Sep 2017 07:54 AM PDT  Welcome to "The Story We Share," a series of Q&As that profile two people with similar identities ― but who live in very different places.
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| 'South Park' Skewers White Nationalists And White Americans Who Forgive Them Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:20 AM PDT  In an episode that didn't feature a nonwhite character save for a black child named "Token," "South Park" attempted to tackle the emboldened white nationalist movement in America.
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| Indian bullet train met with criticism as Modi celebrates with Japanese PM Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:19 AM PDT  Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone of a £14.4bn high-speed train project in his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi's western home state of Gujarat on Thursday. Funded largely by a loan from Japan, the bullet train is expected to reduce the time of the 310-mile long journey between Gujarat's largest town of Ahmedabad and the port city of Mumbai to less than three hours, which currently takes eight. The 750-seat train travels at a speed of 217mph, more than twice the maximum speed of any Indian Rail locomotive, is scheduled to run from mid-August 2022 to mark the country's 75th Independence Day anniversary. Indian Rail officials said the major portion of the train's route would be elevated, except for a 4.3 mile stretch under the sea. Mr Abe and Mr Modi visit Ahmedabad Credit: HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images "This enterprise will launch a revolution in Indian railways and speed up India's journey into the future" Mr Modi said, adding that it will be an engine of economic transformation for the country. But political allies of Mr Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), opposition leaders, analysts and economists strongly disagree. They question the necessity of the bullet train project at a time when money is desperately needed for other projects that have been starved of resources. "We are getting a bullet train without asking for it and do not know exactly what problems this will solve," said the Shiv Sena, the BJP's ultra Right-Wing ally in the federal government, that politically controls Mumbai. "Modi's dream is not of the common man, but of the rich" the party declared, adding the bullet train is being introduced at the cost of the cash-strapped and broken down local rail network. Founded by the Colonial administration in 1853, Indian Railway is the world's third largest network and transports 23 million people every day. Indian commuters at a railway station in New Delhi Credit: PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images Currently, however, it is broke due to decades-long recurring losses spawned by inefficiency and corruption. Senior officials admit Indian Railway barely has enough money to pay for itself, let alone invest in modernisation and safety measures, resulting in frequent accidents. The federal Railway Ministry recently told parliament that over 800 people had died in around 450 accidents between 2013 and 2017 due to poor maintenance, outdated rolling stock, corroded rail lines and bridges dating back to colonial times. Roughly 15,000 people a year were run over by speeding trains while crossing rail tracks, and around 3,000 of them were hit on Mumbai's busy suburban network, which transports over seven million commuters. "The big question that will not go away, is whether the same investment on upgrading the entire Indian Railway network would be more economically beneficial, than a single, high cost bullet train project," said economic and political analyst Mohan Guruswamy.
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| Evidence of 'night parrot', one of world's rarest birds, found in Australia Posted: 14 Sep 2017 01:38 AM PDT  A feather from one of the most elusive birds in the world has been found in South Australia, the first proof in more than a century that it lives there, wildlife experts said Thursday. The "night parrot" ranks among the world's rarest avian species and was thought extinct until an intrepid Australian naturalist provided photo evidence of one in Queensland state in 2013. It has since also been spotted in Western Australia.
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| Meet the Billionaire Immigrant Who Just Made One of the Largest Donations to Hurricane Harvey Relief Posted: 13 Sep 2017 03:25 PM PDT  Meet the Billionaire Immigrant Who Just Made One of the Largest Donations to Hurricane Harvey Relief
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| Ruling may be imminent in St. Louis police shooting case Posted: 14 Sep 2017 04:26 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge may be close to a ruling in the case of a white former St. Louis police officer charged with first-degree murder in the 2011 death of a black man who was a drug suspect, and Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Thursday that he has put the National Guard on standby in case unrest breaks out.
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| Tillerson Offers State Department Employees First Look at Redesign Posted: 14 Sep 2017 07:33 AM PDT  Not everyone is impressed. "It's fluffy, meaningless B.S."
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| Seat Deal! Mom Negotiates $4G From Airline After Giving Up Spot on Overbooked Flight Posted: 14 Sep 2017 09:23 AM PDT  She plans on going to Hawaii with the money.
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