| Top General Says He Would Reject An 'Illegal' Nuclear Strike Order From Trump Posted: 18 Nov 2017 05:29 PM PST  The top nuclear commander in the U.S. said Saturday that he would reject an "illegal" nuclear attack order from President Donald Trump, and would instead steer the commander in chief to other "options."
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| The FAA Can't Stop People From Throwing Live Turkeys Out Of Planes Posted: 18 Nov 2017 04:28 PM PST  The Federal Aviation Administration has found no violations with an infamous Arkansas event that involves dropping live turkeys from a plane ― but that may be because no one ever thought they'd need a rule about that.
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| Keystone pipeline leak won't affect last regulatory hurdle Posted: 17 Nov 2017 10:01 PM PST  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Discovery of a 210,000-gallon oil leak from the Keystone pipeline would seem to be poor timing four days before regulators in Nebraska decide whether to allow a major expansion of the system, but officials say state law does not allow pipeline safety to be a factor in their decision.
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| Republican congressman Greg Gianforte ‘misled authorities’ on assault against reporter Posted: 18 Nov 2017 08:24 AM PST  Greg Gianforte told an officer that Guardian newspaper reporter Ben Jacobs had grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him to the floor of his campaign office after "interrogating" him, according to notes from a Gallatin County sheriff's officer who interviewed the politician after the incident unfolded. "He grabbed my wrist, he spun and we ended up on the floor ... so he pulled me down on top of him," the sergeant quoted the politician as saying.
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| Palestinian Official: U.S. Threat to Close Washington Office Is 'Extortion' Posted: 18 Nov 2017 06:46 AM PST  The Trump administration's threat aims to spark peace talks with Israel
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| Hidden Camera Shows Dying WWII Veteran's Gasps For Help Were Ignored Posted: 19 Nov 2017 01:02 PM PST  A World War II veteran's last breaths were among nurses who were secretly filmed laughing and failing to adequately perform CPR or call for help in a timely fashion, a disturbing video shows.
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| US serviceman arrested for fatal road accident in Okinawa Posted: 19 Nov 2017 10:05 AM PST  A US Marine who tested positive for excess alcohol was arrested in Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Sunday after an elderly local man was killed in a road accident, police said. The 20-year-old was held for alleged negligent driving resulting in death, said Kazuhiko Miyagi, a road traffic officer with Okinawa police. The US Marine Corps confirmed the accident in a statement, expressing "sincere condolences" to the family of the dead man and promising full cooperation with the investigation.
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| Argentina says signals detected, likely from missing submarine Posted: 19 Nov 2017 07:43 AM PST  Hopes that 44 crew members of a missing Argentine navy submarine may be found alive rose after the defense ministry said the vessel likely tried to communicate via satellite on Saturday as an international search mission was underway in the stormy South Atlantic.
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| Jeff Sessions Yuks It Up Over Russians In Speech To Lawyers Posted: 18 Nov 2017 06:13 AM PST  Attorney General Jeff Sessions had lawyers rolling in the aisles with a surprising string of Russian quips at the start of a speech he gave Friday.
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| Video Shows New Yorkers Rushing To Free People Trapped Under Scaffolding Posted: 19 Nov 2017 02:20 PM PST  Dozens of New Yorkers jumped into action after a scaffolding collapse in lower Manhattan Sunday morning left several people trapped, but fortunately with only minor injuries.
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| The Latest: Border agent injured in Texas dies Posted: 19 Nov 2017 02:36 PM PST ![The Latest: Border agent injured in Texas dies]( "The Latest: Border agent injured in Texas dies") VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the death of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Texas (all times local):
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| Sri Lanka arrests 19 after Buddhist-Muslim violence; four injured Posted: 18 Nov 2017 07:02 AM PST ![Sri Lanka arrests 19 after Buddhist-Muslim violence; four injured]( "Sri Lanka arrests 19 after Buddhist-Muslim violence; four injured") By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan police arrested 19 people after a clash between "extremists" from the majority Buddhist and minority Muslim communities in which four people were injured, a spokesman said on Saturday. Tension has been growing between the two communities this year, with some hardline Buddhist groups accusing Muslims of forcing people to convert to Islam and vandalizing Buddhist archaeological sites. Some Buddhists nationalists have also protested against the presence in Sri Lanka of asylum seekers from mostly Buddhist Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority.
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| Did the Houthis Have Iran's Blessing before Launching a Missile at Riyadh? Posted: 17 Nov 2017 05:46 PM PST  The Saudi government and the Pentagon believe Iran was directly behind the missile launch, even though some Iranian government officials deny any involvement. Did the Houthis Have Iran's Blessing before Launching a Missile at Riyadh? Much of the debate over the missile Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis launched toward Riyadh last weekend focuses on possible military retaliation from Saudi Arabia.
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| Americans aged 18-34 most likely to oppose assault weapons ban, poll finds Posted: 19 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PST  The previous national federal ban on assault weapons lapsed more than a decade ago, and Congress has not renewed it. Resistance to a ban on military-style assault weapons is strongest among millennials, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released this week. It's a finding that experts said might be driven by the popularity of first-person shooter video games such as Call of Duty and the increasing prominence of military-style guns in the consumer market.
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| Judge Running For Ohio Governor Boasts On Facebook He's Bedded 50 Women Posted: 17 Nov 2017 06:47 PM PST  An Ohio Supreme Court justice who is campaigning to become governor of the state took to Facebook on Friday to reveal that he has been "sexually intimate" with 50 "very attractive females."
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| Family Sues After Death of Boy, 5, Who Was Crushed at Rotating Restaurant Posted: 18 Nov 2017 01:54 PM PST  He died shortly after at the hospital.
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| US warship sustains minor damage after tug drifts off Japan Posted: 18 Nov 2017 07:04 PM PST  An American warship has been damaged after a tug boat drifted into the destroyer during a drill off Japan, according to the US navy, the latest in a spate of incidents in Asia. The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold was participating in a scheduled towing exercise in Sagami Bay on Saturday when the Japanese tug lost propulsion, according to the US 7th Fleet. The incident came as Japanese and US forces take part in a 10-day joint naval drill until November 26 in a show of force aimed at North Korea, whose nuclear ambitions dominated US President Donald Trump's recent Asia trip.
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| Three Major Alabama Newspapers Urge Voters To 'Reject' Roy Moore Posted: 19 Nov 2017 09:47 AM PST  Three of Alabama's largest newspapers owned by the same company on Sunday urged voters to "stand for decency" and "reject" Alabama Republican Roy Moore in the state's Dec. 12 Senate special election.
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| Turkey prosecutors open probe of former, acting US attorneys Posted: 18 Nov 2017 11:39 AM PST  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation Saturday of two United States prosecutors involved in putting a Turkish-Iranian businessman on trial for allegedly violating U.S. sanctions against Iran, according to Turkey's official news agency.
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| Freeport evacuating Indonesian mine worker families after shootings Posted: 18 Nov 2017 04:43 AM PST ![Freeport evacuating Indonesian mine worker families after shootings]( "Freeport evacuating Indonesian mine worker families after shootings") U.S. miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc is evacuating spouses and children of workers from its giant Indonesian copper mine after a string of shootings in the area raised security concerns. The move follows efforts by Indonesian authorities on Friday to evacuate villages near Freeport's Grasberg mine in the eastern province of Papua that authorities said had been occupied by armed separatists. Freeport has asked family and household members of its employees to prepare over the weekend for a temporary relocation from the mining town of Tembagapura, about 10 km (6.2 miles) from Grasberg, company sources said.
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| Russia Nixes Billionaire Plan to Turn the Tu-160 Bomber into the Ultimate Passenger Jet Posted: 18 Nov 2017 05:39 PM PST  Rich businessmen around the world want Russia to turn its Tupolev-160 strategic bomber into a private jet. A senior Tupolev executive claims that the aircraft manufacturer has turned down many requests to civilianize its Tu-160 (NATO codename Blackjack), a long-range strategic bomber that resembles America's B-1 Lancer, and its TU-22M3 Backfire bomber.
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| British publicist who arranged Donald Trump Jr's meeting with Russian lawyer breaks silence on collusion claims Posted: 19 Nov 2017 02:34 AM PST  The British music publicist who arranged a meeting between Donald Trump's inner circle and a Russian lawyer who claimed to have damaging information on Hillary Clinton has insisted he was a merely "useful idiot" who became inadvertently embroiled in the scandal. Rob Goldstone has agreed to be questioned by Special Counsel Robert Mueller about the meeting, which is at the heart of a probe into alleged collusion between Mr Trump presidential campaign and the Kremlin. The publicist emailed the US leader's son, Donald Trump Jr, last year offering "official" Russian documents he claimed would "incriminate" Hillary Clinton and "be very useful to your father".
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| Black Friday Shopping Experts Reveal Their Winning Strategies Posted: 18 Nov 2017 02:46 AM PST  Preparing for Thanksgiving dinner is a challenge, but gearing up for Black Friday is arguably worse.
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| After Macron meeting, Hariri says will clarify position in Lebanon Posted: 18 Nov 2017 06:09 PM PST  By John Irish and Marine Pennetier PARIS (Reuters) - Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as Lebanon's prime minister this month while in Saudi Arabia, said on Saturday he would clarify his position when he returns to Beirut next week. Hariri's resignation on Nov. 4 threw Lebanon into political crisis and put it center-stage in the Middle East's overarching rivalry between Sunni Saudi Arabia and its allies and a bloc led by Shi'ite Iran. "With regard to the political situation in Lebanon, I will go to Beirut in the coming days, I will participate in the independence celebrations, and it is there that I will make known my position on these subjects after meeting President (Michel) Aoun," Hariri said after holding talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
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| Protesters march in solidarity with hurricane-hit Puerto Rico Posted: 19 Nov 2017 12:21 PM PST  Protesters marched Sunday in Washington in solidarity with hurricane-hit Puerto Rico, criticizing the lackluster US response to the storm and calling for reform. Demonstrators gathered at the US Capitol with Puerto Rican flags and signs that read "Fight for Puerto Rico," then marched toward the Lincoln Memorial at the other end of the National Mall. "We have men and women in Puerto Rico who are suffering.
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| Democrats Select Candidate To Replace GOP Congressman Who Resigned Over Abortion Posted: 19 Nov 2017 01:49 PM PST  Democrats on Sunday picked Conor Lamb to run for the congressional seat vacated by former Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), who resigned last month after it was revealed that he'd urged a woman he was having an affair with to have an abortion.
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| 'He Will Not Step Down.' Roy Moore Allegations Divide Women in Alabama Posted: 18 Nov 2017 09:57 AM PST  The accusations of sexual misconduct are dividing Republicans and women
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| World Toilet Day Posted: 19 Nov 2017 04:31 AM PST ![World Toilet Day]( "World Toilet Day") World Toilet Day is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Today, 4.5 billion people live without a household toilet that safely disposes of their waste.
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| President has 'serious questions' about Moore allegations: White House legislative affairs director Posted: 19 Nov 2017 03:34 AM PST  White House legislative affairs director Marc Short discusses Roy Moore, the GOP's tax plan, and more with George Stephanopoulos on "This Week."
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| Man Accidentally Shoots Self, Wife During Gun Safety Discussion Posted: 18 Nov 2017 02:53 PM PST  A Tennessee man accidentally shot himself and his wife Thursday during a discussion at their church about gun safety concerns.
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| US puts Palestinians on notice: DC office may be shuttered Posted: 17 Nov 2017 06:32 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration put the Palestinians on notice Friday that it will shutter their office in Washington unless they've entered serious peace talks with Israel, U.S. officials said, potentially giving President Donald Trump more leverage as he seeks an elusive Mideast peace deal.
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| Don't Be That Person Who Wastes Absurd Amounts Of Food On Thanksgiving Posted: 19 Nov 2017 02:46 AM PST  It's time to put together your festive Thanksgiving menu ― but this year, try to cook up a way to make sure that most of it actually gets eaten.
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| Syrian army, allies take back Albu Kamal from Islamic State Posted: 19 Nov 2017 04:32 AM PST ![Syrian army, allies take back Albu Kamal from Islamic State]( "Syrian army, allies take back Albu Kamal from Islamic State") The Syrian army and its allies took complete control over Albu Kamal, Islamic State's last significant town in Syria, a military news service run by Hezbollah said on Sunday. The army had declared victory over Islamic State in Albu Kamal earlier this month but the jihadists then staged a counter-attack using sleeper cells hidden in the town.
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| Lee Harvey Oswald's killer Jack Ruby told FBI informant to 'watch the fireworks' hours before JFK's assasination Posted: 19 Nov 2017 03:01 AM PST  Jack Ruby told an FBI informant to "watch the fireworks" on the day President John F Kennedy was assassinated, the latest release of JFK files reveals. Ruby, who went on to shoot and mortally wound Lee Harvey Oswald two days later, made the comments hours before the President was killed in Dallas, Texas. Although the President was assassinated on 22 November 1963, the interaction between Ruby and the FBI informant, identified as Bob Vanderslice, was not officially relayed to the FBI until March 1977.
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| Netanyahu to meet France's Macron on Lebanon crisis Posted: 19 Nov 2017 06:17 AM PST  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris in early December for talks expected to include developments in Lebanon, Netanyahu's office said on Sunday. In a phone call on Sunday, "President Macron updated Prime Minister Netanyahu with the measures he is taking in the crisis in Lebanon," it said in a Hebrew-language statement.
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| Hunter mutilated in bear attack has face rebuilt in pioneering surgery Posted: 19 Nov 2017 05:35 AM PST  A hunter left disfigured from a near-fatal bear attack has had his face rebuilt after undergoing months of surgeries. Lee Brooke's nose and moustache were "ripped off" his face during the grizzly attack during a hunting trip in Wyoming in October last year. The 60-year-old told FOX 31 he came across an elk he had shot the day before on his excursion, but quickly realised a bear had already claimed the kill. He turned to leave when the bear suddenly attacked, knocking him unconscious. When he woke he found the aggressive animal standing over him. Mr Brooke recalled the shock of seeing his "nose and moustache laid out on the ground", adding: "Now I knew what was wrong with my face." He underwent months of surgeries Credit: FOX31 Denver (KDVR-TV) He explained: "I felt her sniffing my cheek. I felt her whiskers. "I should've bled to death right there. I should've at least drowned on my blood." With blood in his eyes blurring his vision, he managed to reach for a steak knife in his pocket, later joking: "I don't know that I would have been brave enough to stab her if I could see her. "I had to lean in to stab her in the head. So I was [that] close to her nose." He spent around an hour alone in the woods before help arrived, recalling: "I said 'Lord I could do with a little help about now!'" His brother-in-law, George Neal, eventually found him and remembered seeing Lee's torn-off nose and upper lip on the ground. He grabbed the body parts and stuffed them in Lee's pocket before calling 911. He said the bear "ripped his face right off". A wild bear (not pictured) attacked him in Wyoming Credit: AP Mr Brooke underwent months of reconstructive surgery at the Swedish Medical Center's Burn and Reconstructive Unit in Colorado. Dr Benson Pulikkottil and Dr Lily Daniali removed a fibula and a flap of skin from his leg, then used the bone and skin to rebuild his face. Doctors will eventually reconstruct his nose, possibly even using a part of his own nose they managed to preserve. "They were so confident and compassionate and communicated really well back and forth," said Mr Brooke. "Everybody was phenomenal. They built me up and never let me down. They're the best of the best." Woman's yoga session interrupted by bear licking her neck
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| Animal Welfare Groups Slam Proposal To Speed Up Poultry Plant Lines Posted: 18 Nov 2017 10:59 AM PST  Animal welfare advocates are joining worker rights and food safety groups in opposition to a poultry industry proposal to speed up portions of processing lines at chicken plants.
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| The Day Domestic Violence Came To Church Posted: 18 Nov 2017 04:01 AM PST  On a Saturday night in 2014, 18-year-old Danielle Shields sent a friend a series of panicked texts.
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| Kenya's Odinga calls for international help in deadly crisis Posted: 19 Nov 2017 08:15 AM PST  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called Sunday for "international intervention" in the country's election crisis, saying at least 31 supporters have been killed by police and militia since his return from an overseas trip on Friday.
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| 13 times nature was scary AF in 2017 Posted: 18 Nov 2017 11:00 AM PST  Never underestimate the power of nature — it continues to be filled with the most alarming creepy crawlers in the world. Every year it seems like there's no escaping from what nature has to offer. There were 13 times (and definitely more) of nature not holding back from being absolutely terrifying. SEE ALSO: Here are some of the most stunning nature photographs of 2017 There's no where to run from slithering snakes in gas pumps and bears breaking into your homes. 1. When spider crabs ripped the crap out of an octopus They didn't even have one small ounce of remorse. 2. This python attacking a hyena twice its size Never underestimate the little guy...even if it's 25 feet long and weighs 200 pounds. 3. A crocodile's attempt at ripping off an elephant's trunk This scene is nothing like The Lion King. 4. The time this giant fish savagely flipped a fisherman's boat over Hey Florida, you can keep your humongous sea monsters. Thanks. 5. A spider LIVING IN A WOMAN'S EAR. NO. BIG. DEAL. Nope. No, thank you. 6. This bobcat picking a fight with a guy and his dog No chill whatsoever. 7. A snake's failed attack on a motorcyclist So much for minding your business on the road. 8. The moment locusts invaded an area in southern Russia Who needs to go outside anyways? 9. When a crocodile dragged a cow through the water ... casually, of course Lalalalalalalala nothing to see here. 10. That time a snake hid inside a gas pump Forget putting gas in your car anymore. 11. This spider wasted no time capturing a toad in his web Spider showed the toad no mercy. 12. When a carpet python slithered his way into a hotel bathroom skylight Who needs to use the bathroom anyway? 13. This bear making his way into a Colorado resident's garage Just throw the whole garage away. It goes to show that nowhere is safe anymore. 2017 you've been the scariest yet. There's no way next year can top this. Image: giphy WATCH: 2 ways you can catch a parasite in the US
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| Syria toxic gas inquiry to end after Russia again blocks U.N. renewal Posted: 17 Nov 2017 06:08 PM PST  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - An international investigation into who is to blame for chemical weapons attacks in Syria will end on Friday after Russia blocked for the third time in a month attempts at the United Nations to renew the inquiry, which Moscow has slammed as flawed. In the past two years, the joint U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inquiry has found the Syrian government used the nerve agent sarin in an April 4 attack and has also several times used chlorine as a weapon.
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| 'All I See Is Little Legs.' 2 Boys Killed on Sidewalk as Crash Sends Police Car Off Road Posted: 18 Nov 2017 11:45 AM PST  A car heading to an emergency crashed and ran onto the sidewalk, killing two
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| Trump reverses elephant trophy decision, keeps ban Posted: 17 Nov 2017 08:06 PM PST  President Donald Trump said Friday he will uphold a ban on importing trophies of elephants hunted and killed in Zimbabwe, pending further review, reversing his own administration's decision from just a day earlier after a public outcry. Will update soon with Secretary Zinke. Just hours before, Trump's spokeswoman Sarah Sanders had defended the US Fish and Wildlife Service's move to end the 2014 ban initiated under Trump's predecessor Barack Obama.
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| Head of Puerto Rico power authority quits amid row over restoration of electricity Posted: 17 Nov 2017 08:09 PM PST  The head of Puerto Rico's power authority has resigned amid a scandal over efforts to restore electricity to the hurricane-hit island, its governor announced Friday. Governor Ricardo Rossello told a news conference that Ricardo Ramos had resigned as executive director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to avoid "distractions." Rossello defended Ramos' management but suggested that his resignation was necessary in the midst of the controversy. He did not say whether or not he had asked for his resignation. More than half of the population of Puerto Rico is still without electricity nearly two months after Hurricane Maria ravaged the US territory of more than three million people. Critics of Ramos have also questioned the decision to award a tiny American firm a $300 million contract to help restore power, a deal that has since been cancelled. Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosello Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Barcroft Media Whitefish Energy, a small company that reportedly had just two employees prior to starting work on the island, was founded two years ago and is based in the hometown of US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke – arousing suspicions that President Donald Trump's administration could have wielded influence over the deal. Ramos appeared before the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources earlier this week, saying that prioritizing "immediate assistance" led him to agree to the Whitefish contract. On Friday, local newspaper El Vocero also reported that Ramos awarded a $99,500 contract to Pedro Juan Morales Gonzalez, who was involved in a 2008 bribery scandal but was not charged.
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| Catherine Zeta-Jones Gushes Over Michael Douglas In Anniversary Instagram Post Posted: 19 Nov 2017 10:46 AM PST  Catherine Zeta-Jones wished her "best friend" and husband, Michael Douglas, a happy wedding anniversary
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| Stephen Colbert Expertly Spoofs Sean Hannity’s Hillary Clinton Flow Chart Posted: 18 Nov 2017 01:32 AM PST  "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert can't get enough of Fox News host Sean Hannity's flowchart skills.
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| Kim Davis Denied This Gay Man A Marriage License, And Now He May Run Against Her Posted: 19 Nov 2017 01:57 PM PST  Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk whose steadfast opposition to same-sex marriage made her a darling of Christian conservatives, may draw a re-election opponent next year that again puts her in the national spotlight.
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