| Pilots Warned Company Of Harnesses Before Deadly New York Helicopter Crash: Report Posted: 08 Apr 2018 06:57 AM PDT  Pilots for the company involved in the fatal "doors-off" helicopter crash in
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| California says Trump administration playing favorites with offshore drilling plan Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:16 AM PDT  A proposal from the Trump administration would open about 90% of America's coast to new offshore drilling with only one state receiving an exemption: Florida.
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| ‘Town Hall for Our Lives’ brings gun control conversation to lawmakers nationwide Posted: 07 Apr 2018 08:57 AM PDT  Just two weeks after young people took to the streets for March for Our Lives, they held town halls with lawmakers in more than 100 cities across the country in an effort to push the gun control forward.
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| As With Stephon Clark And Saheed Vassell, America Is A Danger To My Newborn Son Posted: 08 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT  A day after my son was born, Stephon Clark was killed by police.
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| 2 Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Crash at Fort Campbell Posted: 07 Apr 2018 10:01 AM PDT  The crash is still under investigation
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| 911 call of father accused of killing son Posted: 08 Apr 2018 10:32 AM PDT  Joseph Ray Daniels called 911 to report his 5-year-old son, who is autistic and non-verbal, missing last week. On Saturday, Tennessee authorities charged him with killing the boy.
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| Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman to meet Emmanuel Macron in France Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:52 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in France on Sunday, where his host President Emmanuel Macron is under pressure to halt lucrative weapons sales to the oil-rich kingdom because of its bombing campaign in Yemen. The two-day official visit comes after the prince's weeks-long tour of the United States, Britain and Egypt, where the prince has courted business leaders and signed a host of multimillion dollar deals. The prince's agenda for the visit to France has not been made public - apart from his dinner with Mr Macron on Tuesday - and there was speculation as to whether he would stay in a chateau he owns that has been dubbed the "world's most expensive home." The property contains 10 bedroom suites, a grand reception room with a 52ft-high frescoed dome ceiling, a library, a wine cellar with space for 3,000 bottles, and a "meditation room" under the moat circled by an aquarium with huge sturgeon inside. The buyer was not identified at the time, but the New York Times reported last December that the purchaser was the Crown Prince Mohammed - known colloquially as MBS. The report was seen as an embarrassment for the 32-year-old prince who is preaching fiscal austerity at home while leading a major crackdown on corruption by the kingdom's elite. Crown Prince Mohammed is considered the de facto Saudi leader and has recently led a modernising drive in the strictly religious kingdom, which includes allowing cinemas to open and women to drive, The French president treads a delicate line as he hosts the Saudi king-in-waiting during the visit that is expected to focus on cultural ties and investments, as well as the long-running war in Yemen, which has killed 10,000 people and left the country on the brink of famine. Mr Macron faces fierce criticism over the export of arms to the kingdom, which has been bombing Yemen since 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition intervened to fight Houthi rebels backed by Iran, the Saudis' arch-enemy. "Emmanuel Macron should put Yemen at the centre of his discussions with Mohammed bin Salman as he hosts him in France," said a statement issued this week by ten international rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. They called for "the end of bombing targeting civilians and respect for international humanitarian law" as well as the "unconditional and permanent lifting on restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid and commercial goods to Yemen". A YouGov opinion poll last month showed that three out of four French believe it was "unacceptable" to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia because of the kingdom's actions in Yemen.
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| Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Butterfly Snap Finally Becomes The Meme It Deserves Posted: 07 Apr 2018 02:03 AM PDT  An old photograph of movie star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wearing butterfly
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| National Guard Veteran: Deploying troops to border is a ‘waste’ Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:01 PM PDT  Mary Jennings Hegar, a U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard combat veteran, said the National Guard should be used as the last option in "critical situations." She said President Trump's decision to activate troops does not meet this metric.
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| GOP Senator Slams EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt For 'Juvenile' Behavior Posted: 08 Apr 2018 10:00 AM PDT  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) lambasted embattled Environmental Protection Agency
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| Fire breaks out in Trump Tower, killing one Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:15 AM PDT  A fire in an apartment on the 50th floor of Trump Tower claims the life of one man, and injures several firefighters.
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| Dozens of people in Pennsylvania forced from homes by road collapse Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:29 PM PDT ![Dozens of people in Pennsylvania forced from homes by road collapse]( "Dozens of people in Pennsylvania forced from homes by road collapse") "Everybody is now safe," Cheryl Moon-Sirianni, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's executive director of district 11, told reporters. At least 30 people in apartment buildings alongside the road were asked to evacuate on Friday in anticipation of the possible collapse of a section of Route 30, she said. Soil was dislodged at the bases of other buildings, which were likely to be saved, Moon-Sirianni said, adding that repairs could take a month or more.
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| Japan launches Marines unit amid China's growing presence Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:07 AM PDT  Japan's military on Saturday launched its first Marines unit, tasked with defending remote islands in the face of China's growing maritime presence in the region. The Self-Defence Forces' amphibious fighting unit staged an exercise with US Marines at Sasebo in western Japan following the inauguration ceremony. The 2,100-member brigade, based in Sasebo, will be responsible for defending remote islands and retaking them if they are invaded.
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| Germany seeks motive after van crashes into crowd, killing 2 Posted: 07 Apr 2018 04:15 PM PDT  MUENSTER, Germany (AP) — A van crashed into people drinking outside a popular bar Saturday in the German city of Muenster, killing two people and injuring 20 others before the driver of the vehicle shot and killed himself inside it, police said.
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| It Turns Out Puffins Have Fluorescent Beaks That Glow Under UV Light Posted: 07 Apr 2018 02:30 PM PDT  As if puffins -- the super cute seabirds know for digging burrows and mating
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| Former Border Patrol Agent: National Guard plays a ‘crucial’ role Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:56 AM PDT  Hipolito Acosta, a former Border Patrol agent, said most of the agents in the field approve of having National Guard members alongside them.
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| Far-Right Leader Viktor Orban Wins Hungary’s Election, Early Results Show Posted: 08 Apr 2018 09:01 AM PDT  BUDAPEST ― Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks set to easily win a
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| For President, all about the base on immigration, trade and the EPA Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:39 PM PDT  President Trump's latest announcements on trade, immigration, and in defense of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt are tied to his political base.
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| Fire breaks out on 50th floor of Trump Tower Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:52 PM PDT ![Fire breaks out on 50th floor of Trump Tower]( "Fire breaks out on 50th floor of Trump Tower") A raging fire that tore through a 50th-floor apartment at Trump Tower killed a man inside and sent flames and thick, black smoke pouring from windows of the president's namesake skyscraper.
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| White House official says won't 'take anything off the table' in response to Syria attack Posted: 08 Apr 2018 06:05 AM PDT ![White House official says won't 'take anything off the table' in response to Syria attack]( "White House official says won't 'take anything off the table' in response to Syria attack") WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of President Donald Trump's top homeland security advisers said on Sunday the Unites States will not rule out launching a missile attack in response to new reports about a chemical attack on a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta, Syria. "I wouldn't take anything off the table," White House Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Thomas Bossert said in an interview on ABC's "This Week." "We are looking into the attack at this point," he said, adding that the photos of the incident are "horrible." (Reporting by Sarah N. Lynch; Editing by James Dalgleish)
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| Lehigh University student arrested for racist graffiti Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:01 PM PDT  A Lehigh University student has been arrested in connection with racial graffiti scrawled in a residence hall.
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| Earthquakes in northwest Oklahoma include magnitude 4.6 Posted: 07 Apr 2018 08:16 AM PDT ![Earthquakes in northwest Oklahoma include magnitude 4.6]( "Earthquakes in northwest Oklahoma include magnitude 4.6") COVINNGTON, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Oklahoma on Saturday and was also felt in neighboring Kansas and Missouri, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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| Egypt court suspends ban on Uber and Careem Posted: 07 Apr 2018 08:27 PM PDT  An Egyptian court on Saturday suspended a ruling banning the use of ride-sharing apps Uber and Careem until an appeal is exhausted, a judicial source said. In March Cairo's administrative court banned the ride-sharing services following a lawsuit by a lawyer representing cab drivers. Uber and Careem appealed the ban, and Saturday's decision by the urgent matters court suspends the ruling until the higher administrative court makes a final verdict.
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| Democrats’ Chances Of Taking Over The House Just Got Better, Per New Forecast Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:53 AM PDT  Democrats' shot at taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives just
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| German police raid homes of suspected far-right extremists Posted: 08 Apr 2018 06:22 AM PDT ![German police raid homes of suspected far-right extremists]( "German police raid homes of suspected far-right extremists") German police raided the homes of suspected members of a far-right group in Berlin and in the states of Brandenburg and Thueringia on Sunday, searching for weapons, the chief federal prosecutor's office said. The homes of eight people suspected of founding a far-right terrorist group were searched in the raids, the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement. The investigators believe the suspects are members of the Reichsbuerger (Citizens of the Reich) group, who do not recognize modern-day Germany as a legitimate state and insist the former, far larger "Deutsche Reich" is still alive despite Nazi Germany's defeat in World War Two.
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| 'I won't be a Gabby Giffords': Congressman pulls out loaded pistol in front of gun control activists Posted: 06 Apr 2018 10:54 PM PDT  A US congressman said he pulled out a loaded Smith & Wesson pistol during a meeting with gun control activists on Friday in a bid to prove that firearms were not responsible for violence. House Republican Ralph Norman of South Carolina told The Post and Courier newspaper that he drew the handgun and placed it on a table while at a "Coffee With Your Congressman" event at a diner, in an attempt to convey that guns are only dangerous if in the wrong hands. "I'm not going to be a Gabby Giffords," said Norman, 64, referring to the former congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in the head during a meet-and-greet outside a grocery store in 2011. Giffords was gravely wounded in that attack. She survived and became a prominent gun safety advocate. Both Giffords and her husband, retired Nasa astronaut Mark Kelly, are longtime gun owners. "Americans are increasingly faced with a stark choice: leaders like Gabby, who work hard together to find solutions to problems, or extremists like the NRA and Congressman Norman, who rely on intimidation tactics and perpetuating fear," Kelly said in a statement. Gabby Giffords, of Arizona, who survived an assassination attempt in 2011 Credit: AP "If we want to protect our kids and communities, Congress must get serious about passing safer gun laws. For our kids' sake, let's show our leaders we expect them to behave more like Gabby and less like Congressman Norman." The paper said Norman also claimed: "I don't mind dying... But whoever shoots me better shoot well or I'm shooting back." Norman's indelicate reference to Giffords appeared to suggest that her debilitating injury was in some way due to her not being adequately armed. The congressman later issued a statement saying he is a concealed carry permit holder and regularly brings his gun with him when in public. "Mental health, and more importantly, a lack of morality is the driving force behind this epidemic. Guns are not the problem," he said, adding that he had responded appropriately to questions by "a group of organised anti-gun activists." America's arsenal - different kinds of registered guns in the US The incident came as Americans debate the prospect of Congress passing new gun safety laws in the wake of several mass shootings, including a February massacre at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead. Last year during his unsuccessful US Senate campaign, former judge Roy Moore of Alabama drew a pistol from his pocket while on stage at a rally as a way to show the Republican candidate's commitment to the constitutional right to bear arms.
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| Mystery over identity of 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy finally solved by FBI Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:40 AM PDT  A century-long mystery over the identity of a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy has finally been solved by the FBI. It took a forensic scientist at the FBI, using advanced DNA sequencing technology, to say definitely that the head belonged to the governor himself. Odile Loreille, an FBI biologist, drilled into a tooth extracted from the skull, collected the powder and dissolved it in a chemical solution.
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| White House Trade Adviser: The Washington Post Is 'Fake News Most Of The Time' Posted: 08 Apr 2018 09:27 AM PDT  White House trade adviser Peter Navarro escalated President Donald Trump's
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| Bessie Stringfield - Bikers You Should Know Posted: 08 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Bikers You Should Know: Bessie Stringfield Meet Bessie Stringfield a true trailblazer and hero for two-wheeled women everywhere If you were to read the list of places Bessie Stringfield rode to, and number of miles she racked up, you would be impressed if it
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| Cardi B Reveals Baby Bump On 'Saturday Night Live' Posted: 07 Apr 2018 10:31 PM PDT  "Saturday Night Live" viewers initially figured they'd have to wait to find
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| Pope Francis condemns the use of chemical weapons in Syria Posted: 08 Apr 2018 04:34 AM PDT  Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria after a suspected attack in an opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta killed dozens of people. "Terrible news comes to us from Syria with dozens of victims, many of them women and children ... so many people are struck by the effects of the chemical substances in the bombs," the pope told thousands of people gathered in St Peter's Square. Renewed air strikes have hit Douma, the last rebel-held town near Damascus, where first responders accused forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of using "poisonous chlorine gas" in attacks on Saturday.
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| House panel investigating Pruitt's condo rental Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:58 PM PDT  A U.S. congressional panel is investigating Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of a condominium tied to an energy lobbyist, a House Republican aide said on Saturday. The House of Representatives Oversight Committee, chaired by Republican Representative Trey Gowdy, has begun looking into Pruitt's housing arrangements, according to the aide, who was not authorized to speak publicly. The EPA had no immediate comment.
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| Judge: Assault weapons ban doesn't violate 2nd Amendment Posted: 06 Apr 2018 06:38 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Assault weapons and large-capacity magazines are not protected by the Second Amendment, a federal judge said in a ruling Friday upholding Massachusetts' ban on the weapons.
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| Laura Ingraham Expected Back at Fox News After Controversial Tweet Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:37 AM PDT  She upset advertisers over her tweet mocking a Parkland shooting survivor
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| How Trump vs. Amazon Explains His Entire Presidency Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:02 AM PDT  Since taking office last year, Donald Trump has carried out sustained attacks
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| American Airlines orders 47 Boeing 787s, cancels A350 order Posted: 06 Apr 2018 09:16 PM PDT  American Airlines has ordered 47 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal valued at $12 billion at list prices, while cancelling a major order for Airbus A350s. The sale brings American Airlines' total number of 787s to 89 aircraft. American Airlines said: "As part of the strategy to simplify its fleet, American agreed with Airbus today to terminate its order for 22 A350s, which was originally placed by US Airways," which it bought in 2013.
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| Cancers should be treated by type not location, new study suggests Posted: 08 Apr 2018 01:42 AM PDT  Cancer should not be treated based on where it is first found in the body, but depending on the type of tumour, scientists have said. Until now medics have treated cancers according to the part of the body they originate, such as the lungs, bowel, or breasts. But a new study has found that all 33 cancer types can be reclassified into 28 different molecular types, or "clusters", based on their cellular and genetic makeup and independent of their origin in the body. Nearly two-thirds of these clusters shared molecular similarities and were found in more than one area of the body. Sue Margolis's chronicle of her diagnosis and treatment for cancer The researchers believe that by breaking down different cancer types on a genetic level more effective treatments can be developed. "It's time to rewrite the textbooks on cancer," said Professor Christopher Benz, from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in California. "It's time to break down the silos in clinical oncology that make it difficult for patients to take advantage of this paradigm shift in cancer classification." 33 cancer types can be reclassified into 28 different molecular types Researchers mapping cancer genomes, as part of the Pan-Cancer Atlas project, found one tumour type was in 25 parts of the body and therefore would have previously all been treated differently. The US study looked at data from more than 10,000 patients as well as 23 of the most common tumour types, plus 10 rare kinds, and found that common cancers, such as in the lung and breast, can be broken down into more than one cancer. This discovery means that in some cases medications for one type of cancer should be used to treat another and drugs used for treating other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, could also be used to fight cancer. Dr Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which funded the US research, said: "This project is the culmination of more than a decade of groundbreaking work. Patients suffering from lung and colorectal cancers could benefit most from more targeted treatment "This analysis provides cancer researchers with unprecedented understanding of how, where, and why tumours arise in humans, enabling better-informed clinical trials and future treatments." Patients suffering from lung and colorectal cancers could benefit most from more targeted treatment, the study found. But in some cases, cancers that are harder to treat might require a combination of medications, researchers said. Dr Carolyn Hutter, a director at the National Human Genome Research Institute and the team lead for TCGA, said: "TCGA was the first project of its scale to characterise – at the molecular level – cancer across a breadth of cancer types. "At the project's infancy 10 years ago, it wasn't even possible, much less on such a scale, to do the types of characterisation and analysis that were being proposed. It was a hugely ambitious project."
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| The Week's Most Important Car Numbers Posted: 07 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT  From a stunning hypercar, to a mid-engined legend, these are the most important numbers of the week.
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| US congressman pulls loaded gun at constituent meeting Posted: 06 Apr 2018 06:44 PM PDT  A US congressman said he pulled out a loaded Smith & Wesson pistol during a meeting with gun control activists Friday in a bid to prove that firearms are not responsible for violence. House Republican Ralph Norman of South Carolina told The Post and Courier newspaper that he drew the handgun and placed it on a table while at a "Coffee With Your Congressman" event at a diner, in an attempt to convey that guns are only dangerous if in the wrong hands. "I'm not going to be a Gabby Giffords," said Norman, 64, referring to the former congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in the head during a meet-and-greet outside a grocery store in 2011.
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| 2019 Subaru Forester STI Render Needs To Happen In Real Life Posted: 08 Apr 2018 02:34 PM PDT  This looks production-ready.
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| Ethiopia's PM seeks end to violence that displaced nearly a million Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:25 AM PDT  By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed travelled on Saturday to a region where clashes have displaced nearly a million people, his first trip since being sworn in as premier five days ago. Violence along the border of the Horn of Africa country's Somali and Oromiya provinces first erupted in September last year, with both regions blaming the other for the unrest. The area has been plagued by sporadic clashes for decades.
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| Russian embassy seeks Boris Johnson meeting over spy case Posted: 07 Apr 2018 07:02 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Russia's embassy in London on Saturday sought a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson over the poisoning of a former Russian spy, saying its dealings with Britain over the issue had been "utterly unsatisfactory."
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| Mother Says `Fight Club` at Middle School is Responsible for Brutal Attack on Daughter Posted: 08 Apr 2018 10:09 AM PDT  A disturbing video that made the rounds on social media shows an Englewood Middle School student beating up a classmate, and the victim`s mother says this is all a part of a concerning trend at the school.
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