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Twitter Chokes As President 'Grabby Hands' Vows To Protect Women From Migrant Caravan

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 11:03 PM PDT

Twitter Chokes As President 'Grabby Hands' Vows To Protect Women From Migrant CaravanWhat do women want? President Donald Trump thinks he knows.


Yahoo News Explains: Midterms 2018 Explained

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 11:29 AM PDT

Yahoo News Explains: Midterms 2018 ExplainedThe midterm elections look like they're going to be hotly contested. Republicans now control both houses of Congress. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 seats in the Senate are up for grabs, so both parties are putting up the fight of a lifetime.


Conspiracy theorists try, fail, to smear Robert Mueller with sexual misconduct claim

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 01:37 PM PDT

Conspiracy theorists try, fail, to smear Robert Mueller with sexual misconduct claimTwo conservative activists revealed at an inauspicious press conference in Northern Virginia what they (but few others) deemed to be credible allegations of rape against special counsel Robert Mueller.


Judge Orders Georgia's Brian Kemp To Give Thousands More People A Shot At Voting

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 12:04 PM PDT

Judge Orders Georgia's Brian Kemp To Give Thousands More People A Shot At VotingA federal judge in Georgia on Friday ordered state Secretary of State Brian


School bus driver finds 7-year-old boy dead of hit-and-run at Pennsylvania bus stop

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 01:03 PM PDT

School bus driver finds 7-year-old boy dead of hit-and-run at Pennsylvania bus stopA 7-year-old boy was found dead of a hit-and-run at a Pennsylvania bus stop on


Police: No Foul Play Suspected After Saudi Sisters Found Dead In Hudson River

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 02:44 PM PDT

Police: No Foul Play Suspected After Saudi Sisters Found Dead In Hudson RiverThe two Saudi Arabian sisters who were found dead on the shores of the Hudson


Missing migrants, lost and dead: AP methodology

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 02:21 AM PDT

Missing migrants, lost and dead: AP methodologyThe Associated Press set out to count the number of dead and missing migrants worldwide since 2014, the year that Europe's deadly migration crisis prompted the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration to start its Missing Migrants project.


Slashed award accepted in Monsanto cancer trial

Posted: 31 Oct 2018 06:08 PM PDT

Slashed award accepted in Monsanto cancer trialA cancer-stricken groundskeeper has accepted a slashed award in a landmark trial focused on weed-killer Roundup, setting the stage for an appeal by maker Monsanto. Judge Suzanne Bolanos last week denied Monsanto's request for a new trial but cut the $289 million damages award to $78 million to comply with the law regarding how punitive damages awards must be calculated. In her ruling, Bolanos gave Johnson the choice of accepting the lessened damages award or triggering a new trial focused on what Monsanto should pay in the case.


Trump, stoking caravan fears, says troops will fire on migrants if they 'throw rocks'

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 05:39 PM PDT

Trump, stoking caravan fears, says troops will fire on migrants if they 'throw rocks'President Trump warned the caravan of Honduran migrants making its way toward the southwest border of the United States that if they began to "throw rocks" they might expect a hostile reception from U.S. troops.


Grim New Details About Whitey Bulger's Death Revealed

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 09:16 AM PDT

Grim New Details About Whitey Bulger's Death RevealedNew details are emerging about the death of notorious mob boss Whitey Bulger


What It's Worth: What You Can Get With $1M

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 01:41 PM PDT

What It's Worth: What You Can Get With $1MWhether you're in the biggest city or smallest suburban town, every map dot in


Here's How to Deal with the Khashoggi Incident

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 12:18 PM PDT

Here's How to Deal with the Khashoggi IncidentHere's a hint: It's not sanctions.


Trump ad with Mexican cop-killer is 'blatant racist fear mongering,' experts say

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 01:07 PM PDT

Trump ad with Mexican cop-killer is 'blatant racist fear mongering,' experts sayPresident Donald Trump's latest campaign ad featuring an immigrant who was convicted of killing police officers is being criticized as racist.


Man Says Republican Senate Candidate Literally Took His Health Care Away

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 03:23 PM PDT

Man Says Republican Senate Candidate Literally Took His Health Care AwayDemocrats have hammered Republican candidates in this political cycle for


Brooklyn Synagogue Cancels Event After 'Kill All Jews' Graffiti Found Inside

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 08:42 AM PDT

Brooklyn Synagogue Cancels Event After 'Kill All Jews' Graffiti Found InsideA Brooklyn synagogue canceled a speaking event Thursday night after "Kill all


Indonesia finds 'minor' faults in two other 737-MAX jets after crash

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 08:30 AM PDT

Indonesia finds 'minor' faults in two other 737-MAX jets after crashIndonesia's transport ministry said Friday it had found "minor" faults in two other Boeing 737-MAX 8 jets, including a cockpit indicator display problem which an analyst said may be similar to one reported in the crashed Lion Air Jet. The ministry is inspecting 10 of the newly released jets owned by Lion and flagship carrier Garuda, as authorities analyse data from a recovered black box that may help explain why flight JT 610 plummeted into the Java Sea, killing 189 people on Monday. Few details were released, but the ministry said it had looked over half a dozen jets so far and discovered that one had a problem linked to its cockpit display while another had a glitch in a jet stabilisation system.


Texas, beware! The caravan of criminals is coming — in ad backing Ted Cruz

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 09:14 AM PDT

Texas, beware! The caravan of criminals is coming — in ad backing Ted CruzA super-PAC funded by Sen. Ted Cruz's supporters has released a new attack ad against his opponent, Beto O'Rourke, charging that he is "cheering on" the caravan of Central American migrants heading toward the U.S.


New York police investigate antisemitic graffiti inside Brooklyn synagogue

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 11:21 AM PDT

New York police investigate antisemitic graffiti inside Brooklyn synagogueAn inter-faith vigil In New York on Monday in memory of the victims of the Pittsburgh shooting. Police said Friday they are investigating antisemitic vandalism inside a New York synagogue, less than a week after the deadliest attack on American Jews and amid a rash of other antisemitic incidents. The discovery of antisemitic graffiti inside Union Temple, in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, prompted the cancelation of a political event hosted by Broad City's Ilana Glazer, according to CBS.


Doctor Says She Was Racially Profiled By Flight Staff Who Doubted Her Credentials

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 03:19 PM PDT

Doctor Says She Was Racially Profiled By Flight Staff Who Doubted Her CredentialsA black Harvard-educated doctor says she was racially profiled by employees on


Victims of Pittsburgh synagogue attack are laid to rest

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 01:11 PM PDT

Victims of Pittsburgh synagogue attack are laid to restFunerals were planned Thursday for Bernice and Sylvan Simon, husband and wife, and Dr. Richard Gottfried, a dentist who worked part-time at a clinic treating refugees and immigrants. The oldest victim, 97-year-old Rose Mallinger, will be honored at a service Friday. Her daughter was injured in the attack.


15 Noncommittal Gifts To Give The Person You Just Started Dating

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 10:51 AM PDT

15 Noncommittal Gifts To Give The Person You Just Started DatingJust started talking? Still haven't defined the relationship? Aren't sure if


Explainer: Democratic win of House would put Trump under microscope

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 03:08 AM PDT

Explainer: Democratic win of House would put Trump under microscopePolls show Democrats likely to win control of the House with Republicans likely to retain their majority in the Senate. Here is what to expect, based on interviews with more than a half-dozen congressional aides: The investigative committees will ramp up. The majority party in the House or Senate receives more money and staff for investigations than the minority party.


16 Warm Gifts For People Who Are Always Cold

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 05:00 AM PDT

16 Warm Gifts For People Who Are Always ColdThere's no denying it: Temperatures are dropping and winter is coming, which


Another exec out amid sex harassment tension at Google

Posted: 31 Oct 2018 09:16 PM PDT

Another exec out amid sex harassment tension at GoogleGoogle parent Alphabet on Wednesday confirmed that an executive accused of sexual harassment left the company without an exit package as tension over its handling of such matters heightened. Word that Rich DeVaul, a director at X lab devoted to "moonshots" such as internet service from balloons, was out came with reports that women employees were organizing a walk-out on Thursday to protest lenient handling of sexual misconduct in the workplace. Alphabet declined to give details about DeVaul's departure from the company on Tuesday.


In Texas, Beto and Cruz take the fight to the border

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 09:26 AM PDT

In Texas, Beto and Cruz take the fight to the borderBeto O'Rourke, campaigning along the Texas border as President Trump warned of a migrant invasion, said: "This desire to stir paranoia and fear … is a political ploy five days away from the deciding election of our lifetimes."


Top US companies stand up to oppose Trump effort to roll back trans rights

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 07:28 AM PDT

Top US companies stand up to oppose Trump effort to roll back trans rightsSome of America's largest companies including Apple, Amazon, Bank of America and JP Morgan have published a letter supporting legal protection for transgender people following reports the Trump administration is considering limiting its definition of gender. Fifty companies, which employ 4.8 million people between them, signed the statement after the White House was revealed to be considering narrowing gender definitions to "immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth", according to a department of health memo obtained by the New York Times.


Edmund Zagorski: Death row inmate becomes first man killed by electric chair in Tennessee for more than a decade

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 07:44 PM PDT

Edmund Zagorski: Death row inmate becomes first man killed by electric chair in Tennessee for more than a decadeA convicted double murderer has been executed by electrocution in Tennessee – the first man in the state to be killed that way since 2007. Zagorski had refused the use of the injection. Zagorski had asked for the electric chair over lethal injection believing it would be a quicker and less painful way to die.


Jamal Khashoggi's Body Dissolved After Dismemberment, Turkish Official Says

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 09:36 AM PDT

Jamal Khashoggi's Body Dissolved After Dismemberment, Turkish Official SaysThe body of journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have been dissolved in acid after


Congregations attacked at synagogue to hold joint service

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 02:49 PM PDT

Congregations attacked at synagogue to hold joint servicePITTSBURGH (AP) — The three congregations attacked at a Pittsburgh synagogue will gather for a joint service Saturday, while a prayer vigil is planned outside their desecrated worship space to mark the time the massacre began one week earlier.


Whoops! Mike Pence's Hollywood Slam Backfires In 'The Hollywood Of The South'

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 12:36 AM PDT

Whoops! Mike Pence's Hollywood Slam Backfires In 'The Hollywood Of The South'Vice President Mike Pence tried to share a fairly typical Republican talking


Trump blames Obama for family separations at border

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 08:18 AM PDT

Trump blames Obama for family separations at borderPresident Donald Trump made his remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Thursday.


Indonesian investigators examine black box from crashed jet

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 07:47 AM PDT

Indonesian investigators examine black box from crashed jetIndonesia's second-deadliest air disaster since 1997 has prompted renewed concern about its patchy safety record, and the government has said Lion Air will be regulated more closely. "Tonight we will move as quickly as possible to download what is in this black box," Haryo Satmiko, deputy chief of Indonesia's transportation safety committee (KNKT), told a news conference. Despite initial reports, authorities did not know for certain whether the "crash survivable memory unit" was from the flight data recorder or cockpit voice recorder, as portions of it were missing, Satmiko said.


Pakistan hardliners vow no let up in paralysing blasphemy protests

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 06:04 AM PDT

Pakistan hardliners vow no let up in paralysing blasphemy protestsIslamist hardliners incensed by the acquittal of a Christian woman for blasphemy vowed no let up Thursday to protests paralysing major Pakistani cities a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed to confront them. Demonstrations broke out after the Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a blasphemy conviction for Christian mother Asia Bibi, ending her eight year ordeal on death row but infuriating Muslim conservatives. One key protest leader has called for the assassination of the country's top judges and for mutiny against the army's top brass since the court's decision reignited the touchpaper issue.


The Civil Rights Movement Is On The Ballot This November

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PDT

The Civil Rights Movement Is On The Ballot This NovemberIn the lead-up to this year's midterm elections, HuffPost Opinion asked


US economy market adds 250,000 new jobs in October

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 05:59 AM PDT

US economy market adds 250,000 new jobs in OctoberThe unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7 per cent, the lowest rate since 1969. "The US released the strongest employment report in over a decade today," said Eric Norland of CME Group. The BLS said the major October jobs gains were in healthcare (36,000), manufacturing (32,000), construction (30,000) and transportation (25,000).


SEMA may sue US highways agency over replica car laws

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 10:20 AM PDT

SEMA may sue US highways agency over replica car lawsAfter three years of delays implementing laws that would allow low-volume US car companies to build turnkey classic car replicas, SEMA is considering legal action


'War and peace in Liberia' —Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros on the frontline

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 11:35 AM PDT

'War and peace in Liberia' —Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros on the frontlineTim Hetherington and Chris Hondros's powerful photographs played an important role in moving the world to action and ultimately bringing the Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003) to an end. Slideshow and discussion with Michael Kamber, Nov. 10, 2018, at the Bronx Documentary Center. Exhibition on view through Dec. 16, 2018.


Turkey demands Saudi cooperation in Khashoggi probe

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 02:41 PM PDT

Turkey demands Saudi cooperation in Khashoggi probeANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's justice minister on Thursday renewed a call on Saudi Arabia to cooperate in the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, saying "no one can escape responsibility."


Mike Pence Tells Rally, 'I'm Kind Of A Big Deal'; Twitter Users Are Skeptical

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 01:27 PM PDT

Mike Pence Tells Rally, 'I'm Kind Of A Big Deal'; Twitter Users Are SkepticalBeing a heartbeat away from the presidency may have gone to Mike Pence's head


Indonesia struggles with damaged black box from crashed jet, hunts for second

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 04:43 AM PDT

Indonesia struggles with damaged black box from crashed jet, hunts for secondThe Lion Air Boeing Co 737 MAX, which only went into service in August, crashed on Monday into the Java Sea. Air traffic control lost contact with it 13 minutes after it took off from the capital, Jakarta, heading north to the tin-mining town of Pangkal Pinang. Searchers have found one black box and just one passenger has been identified from partial human remains recovered from the shallow waters.


Fist fight caused deadly China bus crash

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 02:16 AM PDT

Fist fight caused deadly China bus crashA scuffle between a driver and a passenger caused their bus to plunge from a bridge into a river in southwest China, killing at least 13 people, police said Friday. Dramatic video footage of Sunday's crash shows a woman striking the driver over the head with an object, prompting him to hit back with one hand. The driver then suddenly yanks the wheel hard to the left and the bus veers onto incoming traffic, striking a car before breaking through the rails of the bridge crossing the Yangtze River, in the southwest city of Chongqing.


Claire McCaskill And Joe Donnelly Are Giving Trump Cover On Immigration

Posted: 01 Nov 2018 04:02 PM PDT

Claire McCaskill And Joe Donnelly Are Giving Trump Cover On ImmigrationA decade ago, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill addressed the Democratic National


The Midterms Minute: is the Democrats' 'blue wall' being rebuilt?

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 02:48 PM PDT

The Midterms Minute: is the Democrats' 'blue wall' being rebuilt?In today's politics news: Dems poised to pick up six in Pennsylvania; Bill Clinton persona non grata; early voting surpasses 2014 Barack Obama campaigns for the Democrats in Florida. Photograph: Larry Marano/Rex/Shutterstock


Trump administration to restore all US sanctions on Iran removed under nuclear deal

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 08:05 AM PDT

Trump administration to restore all US sanctions on Iran removed under nuclear dealThe Trump administration has announced it is re-instating all US sanctions on Iran suspended under the 2015 nuclear deal. Six months after the president announced he was withdrawing the US from the eight-party deal signed by Barack Obama with the intention of limiting Iran's alleged nuclear weapons ambitions, the US government said a second batch of sanctions would come into effect on Monday. Iran's economy has long relied on its exports of crude oil.


Subaru and Toyota to Recall 165,000 Vehicles for Engine Issues

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 11:33 AM PDT

Subaru and Toyota to Recall 165,000 Vehicles for Engine IssuesSubaru and Toyota say they will recall 400,000 vehicles worldwide for potential engine issues that could lead to a car stalling or losing power. The problem is with four-cylinder engines found in...


Dramatic whale rescue

Posted: 02 Nov 2018 07:39 AM PDT

Dramatic whale rescueA fisherman risks his life jumping on the back of a humpback whale tangled in rope to cut it loose. ABC News' Kendis Gibson reports.


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