| Zimbabwe's New Leaders Are None Other Than Mugabe's Former 'Enforcers' Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:42 PM PST  Jubilant crowds filled the streets of Zimbabwe's cities on Tuesday, after the country's speaker of parliament announced that President Robert Mugabe had resigned after decades in power.
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| Military Staff Removed From White House After 'Incident' On Trump's Asia Trip: Report Posted: 21 Nov 2017 08:14 PM PST  Three members of a White House team staffed by military personnel have been removed from their positions after being accused of improper contact with foreign women during President Donald Trump's recent trip through Asia, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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| No verdict yet in San Francisco pier killing as jury breaks Posted: 22 Nov 2017 12:40 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The criminal case against a Mexican man accused of killing a woman on a crowded San Francisco pier is coming to a close more than two years after setting off a national firestorm over immigration.
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| Elite Royal Navy rescue team sent as possible calls detected from missing Argentine submarine Posted: 22 Nov 2017 03:33 AM PST  The Royal Navy has deployed its elite submarine rescue team to join the search for a missing Argentine submarine, after failed satellite calls thought to be from the vessel raised hopes the crew were still alive. HMS Protector also began scouring the South Atlantic as part of the international hunt for the missing vessel, and HMS Clyde was being diverted from South Georgia. Argentine officials said naval bases had detected seven incomplete satellite calls over the weekend attributed to the sub and were now trying to use them to pinpoint its location. The communication attempts "indicate that the crew is trying to re-establish contact, so we are working to locate the source of the emissions," the Argentine Navy said on its Twitter account, adding that the calls lasted between four and 36 seconds. An international team of ships and aircraft were braving heavy seas and high winds to search for the German-built ARA San Juan which has been lost since last week. Argentine navy loses contact with submarine carrying 44 01:08 The Royal Navy said it was flying the Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG) to the region to join the hunt. The highly trained team of medics, engineers and escape specialists is continuously on six hours notice to go anywhere in the world. Team members are parachute trained so that they can leap into the water at the scene if needed, but in this case will embark on HMS Protector. They carry inflatable boats and life rafts, medical equipment and communications gear which allows them to talk to trapped crews. Arrived on task in the search area in the early hours of this morning and have commenced sonar and visual search for #ARASanJuan as part of the ongoing multinational operation. Conditions remain challenging given current weather. pic.twitter.com/Sxgi9MZGo5— HMS_Protector (@protector_hms) November 19, 2017 The San Juan and its 44 crew last made contact on Wednesday when she was 267 miles off the coast in the Gulf of San Jorge. The latest possible calls were a sign for "cautious enthusiasm", naval experts said, showing the crew may be alive, afloat and at a shallow enough depth to attempt to communicate. HMS Protector has begun sonar scans to hunt for the submarine Credit: MOD Claudio Rodriguez, whose brother Hernan is aboard the submarine, told a local television channel: "They've got to be afloat. Thank God. That gives us hope, because we knew that if they were down below, they would be screwed." HMS Protector, the Royal Navy's 5,000 ton ice patrol and survey ship, was diverted to join the search from a routine mission in the area and can bring its high definition sonar to bear on the search. Search and rescue mission for Argentinian submarine The hunt also includes help from Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and the United States. America on Sunday said it was sending a second P-8 Poseidon submarine hunting navy patrol plane to join the search. The US Navy has also dispatched two submarine rescue chambers that can dock onto stricken boats and ferry crew to the surface from hundreds of feet underwater. ARA San Juan submarine Credit: Argentine defence ministry/AFP The San Juan is a TR-1700 class submarine which had been returning from a routine mission to Ushuaia, near the southernmost tip of South America, to its base at Mar del Plata, about 250 miles south of Buenos Aires. Timeline | Submarine accidents Among those on board is Argentina's first female submarine officer, 35-year-old weapons officer Eliana Krawczyk. Rescuers are focusing on an ocean patch about 190 miles in diameter located about 270 miles from the coast of the southern province of Chubut.
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| Catholic School Statue Covered Up For Being Too Gross And Weird Posted: 21 Nov 2017 11:49 PM PST  A Catholic school in Australia has covered up a statue of a saint giving a loaf of bread to a boy after complaints that it was too suggestive.
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| Additional remains found of U.S. soldier killed in Niger Posted: 21 Nov 2017 09:07 AM PST  Investigators found additional human remains in early November of U.S. Army Sergeant La David Johnson, who was killed in an ambush last month in Niger along with three other U.S. soldiers, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The ambush drew attention to the little-known U.S. military presence in Niger, and it came under further scrutiny when President Donald Trump's handling of condolence messages to the families of the dead U.S. soldiers was criticized by lawmakers in Washington. Investigators found the remains on Nov. 12 and military medical examiners have verified that the remains were Johnson's, Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement.
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| President Trump and Vladimir Putin Just Had an Hour-Long Phone Call Posted: 21 Nov 2017 02:27 PM PST  Iran and Ukraine were also on the agenda
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| Net neutrality repeal was decided after 'enormous numbers' of fake people sent messages of support for Trump administration Posted: 22 Nov 2017 09:20 AM PST  The profound and fundamental changes currently being made to the internet are being done partly on the basis of hundreds of thousands of fake people, according to New York's attorney general. This week, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it would repeal Obama-era protections that guaranteed net neutrality. Campaigners say that the move would allow internet companies to force people to pay for access to specific websites, for instance, or charge a fee if they want to download things at any speed.
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| What 3 Creepy Meetings With Charlie Rose Taught Me About Toxic Sexism And Blurred Lines Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:49 PM PST  A few years ago I belonged to the group of people who thought that working for Charlie Rose represented the holy grail of journalism.
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| Dramatic video shows mad dash as North Korean defector shot 5 times, pulled to freedom Posted: 22 Nov 2017 05:24 AM PST  The United Nations Command in control of the border between the two Koreas released dramatic video footage on Tuesday of what happened when a North Korean solider defected to the South earlier this month.
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| Lebanon's PM Hariri shelves resignation, easing crisis Posted: 22 Nov 2017 12:42 PM PST  By Ellen Francis and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday shelved his decision to resign as prime minister at the request of President Michel Aoun, easing a crisis that had deepened tensions in the Middle East. Hariri made his announcement after returning to Beirut for the first time since he quit abruptly on Nov. 4 in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia. Top Lebanese officials have said Riyadh forced him to quit and held him in the kingdom.
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| As World Turns More Slowly, We Face Earthquake Boom, Scientists Warn Posted: 20 Nov 2017 09:15 PM PST  More powerful earthquakes could rock the globe in 2018 because of infinitesimal changes in the speed of the Earth's rotation, scientists warn.
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| "They said, I’m sorry, because you weren’t physically injured, you can’t go to the private events." Posted: 21 Nov 2017 11:10 AM PST  Lisa Hamp was in the same building as the gunman on the day of the Virginia Tech shooting. She and her classmates pushed against the door of the room to keep him from entering. Last fall, we were talking, and we were like, "Are you going to the 10-year anniversary?" And I said, "I haven't been to one since my senior year, which was the first anniversary, but I'd love to go because now I'm recognizing all this power from recovery and healing.
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| The Argentine Navy Says Noises It Detected Are Not From the Missing Submarine Posted: 20 Nov 2017 07:49 PM PST  The submarine, with a crew of 44, went missing after reporting a failure in its battery system
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| Karina Vetrano murder : Man beat jogger so hard her teeth broke, court hears Posted: 21 Nov 2017 03:13 AM PST  Cathie and Philip Vetrano heard the accused Chanel Lewis explain that he struck Karina Vetrano so hard that her teeth broke. In a pre-taped confession, Mr Lewis said he "lost it" and grabbed the 30-year-old from Queens as she ran past him through a marshy swamp along a bike path in Spring Creek Park. The confession was recorded back in February 2017 after Mr Lewis spent the night in a police precinct watching cartoons.
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| Years into journey, transgender teen still finding himself Posted: 22 Nov 2017 08:58 AM PST  HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — It's been six years since Theo Ramos first cut himself in the school bathroom, six years since his parents and friends and teachers found out he wanted to be a boy instead of a girl, six years in transition.
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| Shelter Dogs Get Week-Long 'Vacation' To Spend Thanksgiving In Real Homes Posted: 22 Nov 2017 08:54 AM PST  Twenty Georgia shelter dogs don't have permanent homes yet, but that won't stop them from celebrating Thanksgiving in style.
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| U.S. diplomats accuse Tillerson of breaking child soldiers law Posted: 21 Nov 2017 02:05 PM PST  By Jason Szep and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters. A confidential State Department "dissent" memo, which Reuters was first to report on, said Tillerson breached the Child Soldiers Prevention Act when he decided in June to exclude Iraq, Myanmar, and Afghanistan from a U.S. list of offenders in the use of child soldiers.
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| AP source: Border patrol agent may have fallen Posted: 20 Nov 2017 07:16 PM PST  DALLAS (AP) — A U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation into the death of a border patrol agent said Monday that the surviving agent who radioed in for help doesn't remember what happened.
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| Mom Allegedly Killed in Front of Family by Her Children's Dad Posted: 22 Nov 2017 11:23 AM PST  "He stood right there and he looked me dead in my face and unloaded the gun again on her," the victim's mother, Gloria Blaylock, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution
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| Undocumented Immigrant Whose Wife Has Cancer Finally Granted Temporary Stay Posted: 22 Nov 2017 01:53 PM PST  Thanks to a large social media push, an undocumented immigrant from Bangladesh will get to stay in the U.S. ― for now.
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| Man Wrongly Convicted of Murder Will Get $15 Million From L.A. County Posted: 22 Nov 2017 12:06 PM PST  Franklin O'Connell has maintained his innocence for the last 32 years.
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| 15 Twists On Shepherd's Pie Your Winter Dinner Rotation Is Missing Posted: 22 Nov 2017 07:16 AM PST |
| Russia Wanted Trump As President And It Got Him. Now What Does America Do? Posted: 22 Nov 2017 02:00 AM PST  WASHINGTON ― Russia's tyrant works to help the Republican nominee win America's presidential election.
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| Why Some Women Are Attracted To Serial Killers Like Charles Manson Posted: 20 Nov 2017 05:38 PM PST  It may be hard to wrap your head around, but even after being convicted in the brutal killings of actress Sharon Tate and several others, cult leader Charles Manson still had women pursuing him romantically.
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| Wes Goodman: Anti-LGBT Republican politician 'caught having sex with man in his office' facing 30 sexual misconduct accusations Posted: 22 Nov 2017 01:43 AM PST  An anti-LGBT Republican politician who was allegedly caught having sex with a man in his office is facing more than 30 accusations of sexual misconduct. Wes Goodman, a state legislator for Ohio, has already been forced to resign after a witness to the reported extramarital affair told the Ohio House Chief of Staff. Mr Goodman, who routinely promotes "family values", is married to a woman who is an assistant director of an annual abortion rally known as March for Life.
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| U.S. warns citizens against risks of travel to Saudi Arabia Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:37 PM PST  The U.S. State Department on Tuesday warned citizens to "consider the risks" when traveling to Saudi Arabia due to militant threats and the threat of ballistic missile attacks on civilians by rebels in Yemen. The warning comes two weeks after U.S.-allied Saudi Arabia said it had shot down a ballistic missile fired by Iran-aligned Houthis from Yemen towards the Saudi capital Riyadh. The missile, which the Houthis said was in response to Saudi-led air strikes on civilians in Yemen, was shot down near Riyadh airport without causing any casualties.
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| What Experts Have Learned So Far From the JFK Records Releases Posted: 22 Nov 2017 06:05 AM PST  In the months since the document drops began, here's what experts have gleaned from newly released JFK assassination files
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| Lisa Murkowski Says She's OK With Killing The Health Insurance Mandate Posted: 21 Nov 2017 07:27 PM PST  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) cast a decisive, dramatic vote to save health care for millions of people over the summer.
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| FBI: Border agent's death a 'potential assault ' Posted: 21 Nov 2017 04:13 PM PST  DALLAS (AP) — An FBI official said Tuesday that the bureau is investigating the death of a border patrol agent and severe injuries to another as "potential assault," but he wouldn't rule out that they could have been hurt in some other way.
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| Russian oligarch Kerimov questioned in France over tax evasion Posted: 22 Nov 2017 03:21 AM PST  Billionaire Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov faced a second day of questioning by investigators in France on Wednesday, two days after his arrest in Nice on suspicion of tax evasion. Kerimov, 51, spent a second night Tuesday at a police station in the southern resort city, where he was arrested on arrival at the airport on Monday night, legal sources said. A source close to the probe told AFP he was suspected of laundering "tens of millions of euros" hidden away from tax authorities.
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| Sean Hannity’s Thanksgiving Advice For Dealing With Liberals Hits A Snag Posted: 21 Nov 2017 12:39 AM PST  Fox News host Sean Hannity offered to give advice for dealing with "liberal relatives" during Thanksgiving.
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| U.S. threatens to sue Harvard over admissions policies Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:09 PM PST  The U.S. Justice Department has threatened to sue Harvard University to force it to turn over documents as it investigates whether the Ivy League school's admission policies violate civil rights laws by discriminating against Asian-American applicants.
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| Putin hosts Iran, Turkey leaders in major new Syria diplomacy push Posted: 22 Nov 2017 10:11 AM PST  By Denis Pinchuk and Stephen Kalin SOCHI, Russia/RIYADH (Reuters) - Russia's Vladimir Putin hosted the presidents of Turkey and Iran to discuss Syria on Wednesday, launching a major diplomatic push to finally end a civil war that has been all but won by the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian opposition groups, meeting in Saudi Arabia to seek a unified position ahead of peace talks, decided to stick to their demand that Assad leave power, Al Arabiya television reported, following speculation they might soften their stance after their hardline leader quit.
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| Sarah Silverman Says She 'Fell In Love' With Trump Voters While Traveling Posted: 21 Nov 2017 10:39 AM PST  Sarah Silverman has some things to say about Trump voters she's encountered while traveling for work ― and they're all positive!
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| Man arrested in cop killing; mom accused of helping him flee Posted: 21 Nov 2017 01:50 PM PST  NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Tips from informants helped lead law enforcement to the man accused of fatally shooting a rookie police officer, and the suspect's mother is accused of helping him evade arrest during a four-day manhunt, officials said Tuesday.
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| Ratko Mladic still a 'legend', says Bosnian Serb chief Posted: 21 Nov 2017 11:57 AM PST  The Bosnian Serb political leader Milorad Dodik said he believed Ratko Mladic would remain "a legend" regardless of the verdict at his genocide trial on Wednesday. UN war crimes judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) are to hand down their long-awaited judgement on "The Butcher of Bosnia" in The Hague. Despite the multiple charges against him, which include genocide, Mladic remains a hero to many in Serbia.
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