| Trump Says 'Fake News' Won't Show Crowd Size As CNN Shows Crowd Size Posted: 22 Sep 2017 08:56 PM PDT  President Donald Trump did what he usually does and attacked the so-called "fake news" during his speech at a campaign rally for Republican Sen. Luther Strange in Alabama on Friday night.
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| Hundreds of American medical students stranded in Dominica Posted: 23 Sep 2017 08:25 AM PDT  American students were reportedly stranded on Friday in Dominica after Hurricane Maria leveled the Caribbean island.
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| Inside Relief Flight to Hurricane Battered St. Thomas Posted: 23 Sep 2017 09:03 AM PDT  NBC News got rare access inside a U.S. military relief flight supplying food, water and even a mobile air traffic control tower to St. Thomas — an island devastated by Hurricane Irma and hit again by Maria, delaying critical relief efforts.
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| Forget Cheat ‘Sheet’ — Student Outwits Professor With Enormous 'Cheat Poster' Posted: 24 Sep 2017 06:01 AM PDT  When Professor Reb Beatty of Maryland's Anne Arundel Community College arrived at his accounting class to administer a test last week, he hardly could have imagined that he'd be the one getting outsmarted. In a Sept. 20 Facebook post that's since gone viral, Beatty explained that he'd told his students that they were allowed to bring in a "3x5" cheat sheet to use during the test. Beatty, however, failed to specify the unit of measurement he was referring to.
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| 'Hallelujah': Slain nursing student's family praises verdict Posted: 23 Sep 2017 11:00 AM PDT  SAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — It was a prayer circle 6 ½ years in the making.
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| Meghan Markle’s Ex-Husband Is Producing a Show Based On Her Relationship With Prince Harry Posted: 22 Sep 2017 07:18 PM PDT  According to Deadline, Trevor Engelson, her ex-husband, is producing an as-of-yet-untitled show with a premise that sounds awfully familiar — because it's based on his own relationship with Markle, and her relationship with Prince Harry.
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| These Are The 21 States Russian Hackers Targeted In The 2016 Election Posted: 23 Sep 2017 01:00 PM PDT  The Department of Homeland Security told told election officials in 21 states on Friday that Russian hackers attempted to access their voting systems in the 2016 election.
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| Companies Look to Bridge U.S. ‘Middle Skills’ Gap Posted: 23 Sep 2017 09:16 AM PDT  Companies like Toyota, Boeing, General Motors and Dow Chemical are all starting or expanding specialized job training programs to bridge the gap in technical skills for "middle skills jobs."
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| Red faces as Russia's Kalashnikov monument shows Nazi gun Posted: 23 Sep 2017 03:48 AM PDT  Workers in Moscow have erased the illustration of a gun from a freshly-inaugurated monument of Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the legendary AK-47 assault rifle, after it was found that the drawing was of a Nazi weapon. The sculptor, Salavat Shtsherbakoff, has acknowledged his mistake," the state-supported Russian Military History Society, which backed the monument, told TASS news agency Friday. The erroneous drawing was of an StG44 -- for Sturmgewehr (Storm Rifle), a name reputedly conferred by Hitler himself.
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| Bill Maher Uses Children's Book To Explain Donald Trump's Deal With Democrats Posted: 23 Sep 2017 12:15 AM PDT  Bill Maher believes there's a simple explanation for why "fast-talking city slicker" President Donald Trump reportedly cut a deal with Democrats over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program earlier this month.
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| Turkey extends troop deployment mandate, pressures Iraqi Kurds on vote Posted: 23 Sep 2017 11:09 AM PDT  By Daren Butler and Raya Jalabi ISTANBUL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament voted on Saturday to extend by a year a mandate authorizing the deployment of Turkish troops in Iraq and Syria, stepping up pressure against an independence referendum in northern Iraq's Kurdish region in two days' time. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Turkey would take security, economic and political steps in response to the referendum, which President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman described as a "terrible mistake" that would trigger new regional crises. The United States and other Western powers have, like Turkey, urged authorities in the semi-autonomous Iraqi region to cancel Monday's vote.
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| New earthquake, magnitude 6.1, shakes jittery Mexico Posted: 23 Sep 2017 08:58 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong new earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least two people, toppling already damaged homes and a highway bridge, and causing new alarm in a country reeling from two even more powerful quakes that together have killed more than 400 people.
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| Is Now the Time to Launch a Preemptive Military Strike on North Korea? Posted: 23 Sep 2017 04:57 AM PDT  Polls indicate that a majority of the American population is supportive of military action against North Korea. As tensions with North Korea rise to dangerous levels, there are voices in the Congress starting to call for a preemptive military strike on the regime in Pyongyang. Indeed, polls indicate that a majority of the American population is supportive of military action against North Korea.
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| Thousands greet Qatar's emir on return home Posted: 24 Sep 2017 11:37 AM PDT  Thousands of Qataris lined the streets of central Doha Sunday to welcome back the emir as he returned from his first trip abroad during the ongoing Gulf diplomatic crisis. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani travelled to Turkey, France, Germany and the US -- where he addressed the UN General Assembly -- his first overseas engagement since Qatar was isolated politically by neighbouring states. The emir was greeted by crowds numbering in their thousands as his car, part of a large convoy, wound its way slowly through the capital, said an AFP correspondent on the spot.
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| Clinton Says Angela Merkel Is The Most Important Leader In The Free World Posted: 24 Sep 2017 08:12 AM PDT  Hillary Clinton told MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid that she believes German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the most important leader in the free world ― an extraordinary assessment by a former presidential candidate, U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady, and a remark likely to be seen as an affront to President Donald Trump.
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| Kurds stick with independence vote, 'never going back to Baghdad': Barzani Posted: 24 Sep 2017 02:57 PM PDT  By Maher Chmaytelli and Daren Butler ERBIL, Iraq/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurds will go ahead with a referendum on independence on Monday because their partnership with Baghdad has failed, Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani said on Sunday, shrugging off international opposition to the vote. In response, the Iraqi government asked the autonomous Kurdish region to hand over control of its international border posts, its international airports and called on foreign countries to stop importing Kurdish crude oil.
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| The Latest: Before church shooting, bizarre Facebook posts Posted: 24 Sep 2017 04:09 PM PDT  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a church in Nashville (all times local):
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| Helping Ponso, sole survivor of 'Chimpanzee Island' in I. Coast Posted: 23 Sep 2017 08:17 PM PDT  Grand-Lahou (Ivory Coast) (AFP) - "Oooah! Oooah!" Screeching to see visitors on the forested "Chimpanzee Island" in Ivory Coast, Ponso is the last, lonely survivor of a colony of 20 apes who mysteriously died or vanished. Chimpanzee Island adjoins the village of Grand-Lahou in the Bandaman estuary, an outlying reach of tropical forest about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the commercial capital, Abidjan. Since August 2015, the association Les Amis de Ponso (Friends of Ponso) has paid for the animal's food and for a dedicated carer, Germain Djenemaya Koidja, according to a wooden signpost near the landing stage and the website sosponso.org.
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| Everything We Learned From Russia's Massive Zapad Military Exercise Posted: 23 Sep 2017 05:04 AM PDT  Nicholas J. Myers
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| Deadly aftershock, volcanic ash spread alarm in Mexico Posted: 23 Sep 2017 09:57 PM PDT  By Michael O'Boyle and Noe Torres MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 aftershock that shook Mexico on Saturday was blamed for five deaths, spreading fear among anxious residents reeling from a string of natural disasters and interrupting the search for survivors from a bigger tremor earlier this week. The Popocatepetl volcano south of Mexico City sent a column of ash into the sky, capping an intense period of seismic activity including two powerful tremors this month that have killed more than 400 people and caused damage of up to $8 billion. Mexico's capital was shattered by Tuesday's magnitude 7.1 quake that flattened dozens of buildings and killed at least 307 people.
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| This Baseball Team Learned There's A Wrong Way To Celebrate Japanese Culture Posted: 22 Sep 2017 09:40 PM PDT  The San Jose Giants, a farm team for the San Francisco Giants, was forced to apologize earlier this month after it shared a tone-deaf tweet to celebrate its annual Japanese Heritage Night.
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| What Can We Expect From Megyn Kelly's New NBC Show? Posted: 24 Sep 2017 05:10 AM PDT  The former Fox News host has a new gig—and it's not about politics.
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| Last flight home for icon of 'German Autumn' of terror Posted: 23 Sep 2017 07:37 AM PDT  Forty years ago next month, German anti-terror commandos stormed a Lufthansa jet in Somalia, shot its Palestinian hijackers and freed 90 hostages, a climax in a bloody era of far-left militancy. The 1977 Mogadishu raid became a symbol of the "German Autumn" when the state was at war with the "urban guerrillas" of the Red Army Faction (RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, and their international allies. On Saturday, the storied old Boeing 737 "Landshut", having quietly rusted away in Brazil for almost a decade, finally came home, destined to serve as a memorial to that turbulent era.
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| India, at U.N., calls Pakistan 'pre-eminent export factory for terror' Posted: 23 Sep 2017 09:37 AM PDT  By David Brunnstrom UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - India responded with irritation on Saturday to Pakistani allegations of brutality in Kashmir, saying that while India had made substantial progress since independence, all Pakistan had achieved was a reputation as the "pre-eminent export factory for terror." Addressing the annual United Nations General Assembly, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj rejected allegations by Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at the world body earlier in the week in which he accused India of state-sponsored terrorism, and violating human rights. "Those listening had only one observation: 'Look who's talking!'," Swaraj said.
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| 'Human computer’ Katherine Johnson opens Nasa research facility named in her honour Posted: 24 Sep 2017 01:13 AM PDT  One of Nasa's "human computers", who helped plan the mission that saw an American astronaut orbit the Earth for the first time, has opened a new research centre named in her honour. The key contribution of Katherine Johnson, 99, and other African-American women to the US space programme was recounted in the film Hidden Figures, which gave overdue recognition to their work.
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| Saints Players React to Donald Trump's Comments Posted: 24 Sep 2017 03:22 PM PDT  New Orleans Saints players respond to Donald Trump's comments following their Week 3 game against the Panthers.
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| Conservative theologians accuse pope of spreading heresy Posted: 23 Sep 2017 03:16 PM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Several dozen tradition-minded Roman Catholic theologians, priests and academics have formally accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy with his 2016 opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics.
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| Saudi Arabia marks national day with fireworks, concerts Posted: 23 Sep 2017 08:36 AM PDT  With iconic buildings bathed in green light and planned cultural shows, concerts and fireworks, Saudi Arabia geared up to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the kingdom on Saturday. Car stereos blared patriotic songs as citizens began racing through the streets of the capital Riyadh at midnight in cars bedecked with the national flag to mark the annual event in the kingdom, founded in the 1930s. The national day celebration coincides with a crucial time for Saudi Arabia, which is in a battle for regional influence with arch-rival Iran, bogged down in a controversial military intervention in neighbouring Yemen and at loggerheads with fellow US Gulf ally Qatar.
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| Woman Charged After Allegedly Leaving Baby in Hot Car While She Shopped Posted: 23 Sep 2017 07:55 AM PDT  She said she had to go make a return, according to authorities.
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| MLB's First Player Just Took A Knee During The National Anthem Posted: 23 Sep 2017 08:03 PM PDT  Bruce Maxwell, catcher for the Oakland Athletics, just became the first major league baseball player to take a knee during the national anthem in Saturday's game against the Texas Rangers.
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| Melania Trump meets Prince Harry, Trudeau, thanks U.S. Invictus team Posted: 23 Sep 2017 05:09 PM PDT  By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Melania Trump, on her first solo international trip on Saturday, to Toronto, met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and invited Britain's Prince Harry to visit the White House. Trump, 47, who is leading the U.S. delegation attending the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games for wounded soldiers in Canada's biggest city, also wished the U.S. team luck in a brief speech. "On behalf of my husband and our entire country, I want to thank you and your families for all you have sacrificed to keep us safe," Trump said at a reception for the U.S. team.
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| Kabul suicide attack on NATO convoy wounds three civilians Posted: 24 Sep 2017 03:58 AM PDT  A suicide car bomber targeting a NATO convoy wounded three Afghan civilians in Kabul on Sunday morning without causing casualties to Danish troops on board, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing in the west of the Afghan capital. "Around 11:02am, a suicide car bomber detonated himself, targeted a convoy of foreign forces near Afshar neighbourhood of Kabul city," Najib Danish, interior ministry spokesman, told AFP.
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| These 7 Wild Creatures Were Found Deep In The Pacific Posted: 23 Sep 2017 06:00 AM PDT  NOAA has been conducting years of deep sea exploration in the Pacific, researchers have found some pretty wild creatures.
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| Ask RideApart: How Hard Is It to Ride a Motorcycle? Posted: 23 Sep 2017 12:24 PM PDT  Ask RideApart: How Hard Is It to Ride a Motorcycle? Readers: Hey, RideApart! How hard is it to ride a motorcycle? Kyra: I'm glad you asked! Readers: Wait, are you about to make this question an opportunity to teach a life lesson? Kyra: Why, yes, I think so!
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| Parents of Accused Teen: Boy’s Hanging Was Accidental Posted: 23 Sep 2017 06:09 AM PDT  Rhianna Larkin and Eric Sullivan tell Newsweek the hanging of an 8-year-old biracial boy in New Hampshire was a tragic mistake, not a hate crime.
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| Arrowverse Crossover 2017 Gets Title, Key Art Posted: 22 Sep 2017 10:21 PM PDT  Barry and Iris' much anticipated wedding will take place in this year's Arrowverse crossover.
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| Arkansas schoolteacher loses job and faces criminal charges after 'seducing' four of her students Posted: 23 Sep 2017 03:12 AM PDT  A US teacher faces one count of first-degree sexual assault after allegedly having sex with four of her students, including two which took place in her apartment on the same day, according to police. Prosecutors said that the single charge was filed as only one of the students was under 18 years of age at the time of the alleged incidents. The investigation into the schoolteacher started when parents accused the 25-year-old of having sexual relations with several students at Marked Tree High School, where Goline taught.
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| Kylie Jenner Gives BFF Jordyn Woods a Mercedes-Benz for Her Birthday Amid Pregnancy News Posted: 23 Sep 2017 08:52 AM PDT  Kylie Jenner may be pregnant with her first child, but on Friday it was all about her BFF Jordyn Woods
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| The Latest: Trump blasts NFL players who kneel during anthem Posted: 22 Sep 2017 06:51 PM PDT  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's campaign trip to Alabama (all times local):
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| Conflict leaves blind in rebel-held Ukraine stuck in dark Posted: 23 Sep 2017 08:16 PM PDT  Partially sighted Georgiy Lukyanov makes his way through the ageing lathes in the factory where he works in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. The grim, dilapidated eight-storey plant, which produces disposable shoe covers and jar lids for pickles and jams, was set up in 1930 by the Soviet authorities in the industrial city of Donetsk to offer employment to visually impaired people. "For people like me, this work is the only chance to remain a normal member of society," 54-year-old Lukyanov, who has worked at the factory for 15 years, told AFP.
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| Mass grave of 28 Hindus found in Myanmar: army Posted: 24 Sep 2017 08:46 AM PDT  Myanmar's army said Sunday that a mass grave of 28 Hindus had been discovered in violence-wracked Rakhine state, blaming the killings on Muslim Rohingya militants. The announcement could not be independently verified in an region that has been seized by communal violence since Rohingya militant raids on August 25 triggered a sweeping security crackdown. "Security members found and dug up 28 dead bodies of Hindus who were cruelly violently and killed by ARSA extremist Bengali terrorists in Rakhine State," a statement posted on the army chief's website said.
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| Why this Invictus Games will be the making of Prince Harry Posted: 23 Sep 2017 11:20 AM PDT  Like many great ideas, it started somewhere between inauspicious and accidental. It was March 2008, and a young army officer was flying home from Afghanistan: not because he wanted to but because he'd been ordered to. As he stewed, he saw a curtain at the front of the plane blowing open slightly. Beyond it were three comatose soldiers wrapped up in what looked like clingfilm and with bandages round the stumps of missing limbs. It was the first time this officer had seen seriously injured men, and the sight rattled him somewhere deep within himself. That officer was Prince Harry. Prince Harry (R) races to scramble his Apache with fellow pilots Credit: WPA Pool,/Getty Images He didn't know it at the time, but he had sown the first seeds of what would eventually blossom into the Invictus Games, a multi-sport event for wounded, injured and sick service personnel whose third edition begins in Toronto on Saturday. First came London 2014, then Orlando 2016. Next year will be Sydney. But right now all eyes are on Toronto, particularly given the worldwide interest in Harry's relationship with California-born 'Suits' actress Meghan Markle. The speculation about whether an engagement announcement is imminent will irritate Harry, who has put his heart and soul into the Games - this years being the biggest yet. Prince Harry meets veterans and their families ahead of the Invictus Games 01:20 He will want people to concentrate purely on the competitors - more than 550 of them from 16 nations competing in 11 adaptive sports. They've lost limbs, suffered crippling injury, battled cancer, dealt with post-traumatic stress, and any number of other physical and mental ailments. For every competitor there, it's the start line rather than the finish line which is the real achievement, an achievement which Harry will consider far more worthy of comment than the status of his relationship. Many are speculating an engagement announcement to actress Meghan Markle is imminent Credit: George Pimentel/WireImage For the Invictus Games – 'invictus' is Latin for 'unconquered' – are not just Harry's brainchild. They are his baby through and through: forged not perhaps strictly in his own image but certainly according to his own values. They are fiercely competitive, but they're also fun. They give a voice to the damaged and the forgotten, just as he has done with the Sentebale charity in Lesotho for orphans and vulnerable children. And they leave no man or woman behind: there are gold, silver and bronze medals, but also medallions for every competitor. Prince Harry arrives in Toronto ahead of 2017 Invictus Games 01:07 'Sport is surely the best way to support recovery of mind and body,' Harry said in 2014. 'The premise is simple: set yourself a target, take your mind off all the negative thoughts and concentrate on the challenge in front of you, all while relearning to use your body.' Prince Harry attends the launch of the UK's Invictus Games team at the Tower of London Credit: Jeremy Selwyn/PA Someone battling the daily fires of post-traumatic stress or the difficulties of life as a triple amputee is not suddenly going to find themselves cured by competing there, but the experience could help them on their path back to as normal a life as possible. The Games have mental and social benefits as well as physical ones. After talking to the competitors, it's clear they fill the void which so many service personnel experience when they're forced to retire. They offer, if only for a few days, the things which many have been missing: their country's flag on their chest or left arm, being part of a team, the quickfire dark humour, the camaraderie. It gives them that military fix which they yearn for. Prince Harry (right) relaxes with fellow Pilots - many ex-servicemen miss the camaraderie the army gave them Credit: John Stillwell/Getty Images And Harry himself knows all this, feels all this. The army gave him what he'd always sought, the chance to prove himself. His fellow soldiers accepted him for the man he was rather than the title he bore: for the first time in his life he was treated as a normal bloke rather than anyone special. And he was good at his job. On his second tour of Afghanistan in 2012–13, he co-piloted Apache helicopters, something only the very best pilots in the Army Air Corps (AAC) get to do. Lt Col David Meyer, who oversaw Harry's extensive training before that deployment, said: 'Harry's [preparatory training] course was incredibly well-galvanised and they tended to galvanise around him. That was one of his key strengths, as he wasn't better than anyone else at flying or anything like that, but he just understood the whole team ethic, how to win together.' Could there possibly be a better description of what the Invictus Games are all about? Bryony Gordon's Mad World: Prince Harry 27:16 Moreover, it was his army experience which helped him get through the 'two years of total chaos' he suffered in his late twenties while still struggling to come to terms with the death of his mother, Princess Diana. In April this year, he told the Telegraph's Bryony Gordon that his work with the personnel recovery unit, where he listened to servicemen and women talk about mental health issues, had proved a turning point in his understanding. 'I know there is huge merit in talking about your issues and the only thing about keeping it quiet is that it's only ever going to make it worse,' he said. 'Not just for you but everybody else around you as well because you become a problem. I, throughout a lot of my twenties, was a problem and I didn't know how to deal with it.' HRH Prince Harry at the Launch of the INVICTUS GAMES Credit: Julian Simmonds/TMG While writing UNCONQUERABLE: THE INVICTUS SPIRIT, I spoke to dozens of people. Not one of them had a bad word to say about Harry. He's genuinely interested in people: he wants to know their stories, he wants to know what makes them tick. He looks out for them. His emotional intelligence is extraordinary. Mike Goody, who lost a leg in Afghanistan and swam in the 2014 and 2016 Games, said: 'Harry was an absolute legend. He was everywhere. He was literally boosting everything, pumping everything, getting everyone going, really encouraging.' And multiple sclerosis sufferer Mary Wilson, athletics team captain in 2014, said: 'I told him, 'your mum would be proud of you.' Prince Harry Invictus Games 2016 The men and women who compete at the Invictus Games could do amazing things for our society, if only we let them. Harry's final remarks at Orlando 2016 were addressed to the competitors, but they apply to all of us. Here we have a group of people who have something to teach us - if only we will listen. The Invictus spirit is there for anyone who chooses to take it. 'You are all Invictus. You are now ambassadors for the spirit of these games. Spread the word. Never stop fighting. And do all you can to lift up everyone around you.' UNCONQUERABLE: THE INVICTUS SPIRIT is published by HarperCollins (£14.99). To order your copy for £12.99 plus p&p call 0844 871 1514 or visit books.telegraph.co.uk. Boris Starling will be speaking about the book at the Bridport Literary Festival on Remembrance Sunday, 12th November. Tickets from 01308 424901 orwww.bridlit.com Copy of At a glance | Invictus Games Five to watch in Toronto. Lamin Manneh Lamin Manneh, 39, formerly of the Irish guard who was injured in Afghanistan, and will be competing in rowing, archery,shotput and discus at the games Credit: John Nguyen/JNVisuals A former Guardsman who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan. Competing in sitting volleyball, rowing and athletics. 'The Games have inspired many other people to have a sense of self-belief - that nothing is impossible if you commit to it.' Michelle Partington A former RAF paramedic who was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Competing in rowing and powerlifting. 'Invictus has given me a fire back in my belly, helping me physically and mentally.' Dave Sandles Veteran army Corporal who has lived with a spinal cord injury for 22 years. Competing in cycling and rowing. 'The Games shows that people with my type of impairment are capable of so much.' Michelle Turner An RAF Sergeant whose heart condition had largely confined her to life indoors. Competing in rowing, powerlifting and swimming. 'I'm on a journey that is making me do things I never thought I'd do again.' Charlie Walker Charlie Walker who will be competing in this year's games Credit: Harriet Courage/Speed Communications Former army Private who had his legs amputated following meningitis. Competing in wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby. 'Invictus keeps me physically fit and mentally strong, and lets me know that I haven't been forgotten.'
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| 5 Moments You Missed This Week On 'Days Of Our Lives,' 'Bold and the Beautiful,' And 'Young and the Restless' Posted: 23 Sep 2017 11:28 AM PDT  These five major moments from this week's episodes of "Days of Our Lives," "The Young and the Restless," and "The Bold and the Beautiful" were too good to miss.
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