| World Leaders Respond To The Coordinated Strike In Syria Posted: 13 Apr 2018 07:49 PM PDT  The U.S., U.K. and France have defended their decision to launch coordinated
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| Full Ernst: Trump needs to come to Congress for further Syria strikes Posted: 14 Apr 2018 10:55 PM PDT  In an exclusive interview on Meet the Press, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) tells Chuck Todd that she is "comfortable" with air strikes on Syria, but that the president needs authorization for any ground troops.
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| Starbucks faces social media backlash over tepid apology for alleged racial profiling Posted: 14 Apr 2018 02:00 PM PDT  Cell phone video captured a bewildered man at Starbucks this week asking Philadelphia police why they were arresting his two black friends. Onlookers said there didn't appear to be a reason for the arrest. The men were simply sitting at the coffee shop, waiting for their business associate — the aforementioned bewildered man — to show up before placing their orders. SEE ALSO: The tech talent gap is real. Increased diversity is the solution. Now, Starbucks has confirmed that the incident was a mistake, and "are disappointed this led to an arrest." The three-sentence apology, however, is short on details or a even just a blunt admission of guilt. The company did not reply to Mashable's request for more details at the time of this publication. We apologize to the two individuals and our customers for what took place at our Philadelphia store on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/suUsytXHks — Starbucks Coffee (@Starbucks) April 14, 2018 On April 12, a Twitter user posted a 45-second video of the arrest online, in which she commented: "All the other white ppl are wondering why it's never happened to us when we do the same thing." @Starbucks The police were called because these men hadn't ordered anything. They were waiting for a friend to show up, who did as they were taken out in handcuffs for doing nothing. All the other white ppl are wondering why it's never happened to us when we do the same thing. pic.twitter.com/0U4Pzs55Ci — Melissa DePino (@missydepino) April 12, 2018 The "same thing," specifically, is waiting for a friend or sitting at Starbucks before ordering a drink. This is obviously common in many Starbucks scenarios, as Starbucks is one of the nation's most popular meeting places. As the company states on its website: Details are still lacking, but it appears a Starbucks employee may have called the police on the two black men who — according to Commissioner Richard Ross — didn't leave the establishment after they were refused access to the bathroom because they weren't paying customers. In the tweeted statement, Starbucks apologized to the two customers. It's unlikely such a public apology would have occurred if Starbucks wasn't directly responsibly for the arrest. It's also unlikely that Starbucks would have been forced to publicly apologize for the event had the video of the wrongful arrest not been published to social media. It became an issue they couldn't ignore. As of 4:30 p.m. Eastern time on April 14, the Twitter video has accumulated nearly four million views and the social media conversation around it continues. How revealing that a @Starbucks employee, who works in a place where people spend hours sitting around using the wifi and tapping away on their laptops with or without coffee, gets alarmed enough to call the cops just because black men enter the space and don't order right away. https://t.co/pdzXYfMc09 — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) April 14, 2018 You'll notice that nowhere in this "apology" was an admission of wrongdoing. Starbucks doesn't think the employees were wrong to call the cops on those men, they're just sorry the men got arrested over it. https://t.co/wcE6s20lwk — EricaJoy (@EricaJoy) April 14, 2018 This is an example of saying a lot but saying nothing. Who called the cops, why did they call the cops, why were the black men targeted for minding their business. I have been to starbucks all over the country 50% of people there not doing nothing but chilling. Need better answer https://t.co/SdfDHSxK0C — Robert Littal (@BSO) April 14, 2018 It took Starbucks two days to issue a paragraph. — Mohamed Salih (@MohamedMOSalih) April 14, 2018 Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson addressed the situation that occurred in Philadelphia later on Saturday with a statement posted in the company's newsroom. It owns what happened more explicitly than the initial statement, notably in this passage. UPDATED April 15, 2018, 11:12 a.m. ET with Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson's statement. WATCH: NASA needs you to send them pictures of clouds
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| Man accused of shooting at black teenager who knocked on his door to ask for directions Posted: 14 Apr 2018 04:48 PM PDT  A man who allegedly fired a shotgun at a black teenager who knocked on his door to ask for directions after missing the school bus, has been charged with assault with intent to murder. Brennan Walker, 14, told police that he overslept, missed his bus and was trying to walk to school when he got lost. Hoping to ask for directions, he knocked on retired firefighter Jeffrey Zeigler's front door in the suburban Detroit neighbourhood.
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| Tens Of Thousands In Hungary Protest Far-Right Leader Viktor Orbán Posted: 14 Apr 2018 11:40 AM PDT  Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Hungary's capital of
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| UK could launch retaliatory cyber attack on Russia if infrastructure targeted - Sunday Times Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:08 PM PDT  Britain would consider launching a cyber attack against Russia in retaliation if Russia targeted British national infrastructure, the Sunday Times reported, citing unnamed security sources. Britain's relations with Russia are at a historic low, after it blamed Russia for a nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England, prompting mass expulsions of diplomats. Russia has denied involvement, and on Saturday also condemned strikes against Syria by Western powers, which Britain took part in.
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| Mother Who Drove Family of 8 Off Cliff Was Drunk: Report Posted: 14 Apr 2018 09:04 AM PDT  Two of the children also had Benadryl in their system.
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| Students Were Sexually Assaulted and Used Drugs Because Teachers Protested, Kentucky Governor Says Posted: 14 Apr 2018 12:00 PM PDT  'Children were harmed'
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| Superman celebrated in honor of 80th anniversary Posted: 14 Apr 2018 09:21 AM PDT  The iconic superhero made his debut in Action Comics #1 in 1938, evolving into cartoons, a TV series and the big screen.
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| Cohen Denies Report That Mueller Has Evidence Of Secret Prague Trip Posted: 14 Apr 2018 04:44 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's lawyer is doubling down after a new report suggesting
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| Kate McKinnon Kills As Laura Ingraham On 'Saturday Night Live' Posted: 14 Apr 2018 11:02 PM PDT  Astounding chameleon Kate McKinnon claimed one more victim on "Saturday Night
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| Syria strikes: US Defence Secretary James Mattis says 'this was a one-time shot' - for now Posted: 13 Apr 2018 07:24 PM PDT  The US military has revealed the three-nation stake on Syria targeting alleged chemicals assets is over for now – declaring "right now this is a one-time shot". Defence Secretary James Mattis said the US, UK and France had acted together, having determined that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad had used chemical weapons against civilians a week ago. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, said the targets included a Syrian research facility, a chemical weapons storage facility and a command post.
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| The Latest: Cosby lawyers ask accuser about pyramid scheme Posted: 14 Apr 2018 03:20 AM PDT  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the Bill Cosby sexual-assault retrial (all times local):
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| Peru's Vizcarra begins presidency with 57 pct approval rating Posted: 15 Apr 2018 04:12 PM PDT  Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra kicked off his presidency with a 57-percent approval rating, according to an Ipsos poll published in a local newspaper on Sunday. A former vice president, Vizcarra took office on March 23 after his predecessor, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, resigned in a graft and vote-buying scandal. The Ipsos survey, published in El Comercio, showed 13 percent of Peruvians polled disapproved of Vizcarra.
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| OPCW continuing mission into alleged Douma gas attack despite air strikes Posted: 14 Apr 2018 06:13 AM PDT  Experts from the world's global chemical arms watchdog are continuing their mission to probe an alleged gas attack in Douma despite Western air strikes in Syria, the body said Saturday. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been "working in close collaboration" with UN security experts "to assess the situation and ensure the safety of the team," it said. It vowed in its statement that the fact-finding mission due to go to Douma later Saturday "will continue its deployment to the Syrian Arab Republic to establish facts around the allegations of chemical weapons use in Douma".
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| Nearly 1,400 Sharks Spotted In Mysterious Gathering Off East Coast Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:19 PM PDT  Nearly 1,400 basking sharks were spotted in aerial photos in a puzzling
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| `I Don`t Play Mega Millions:` New Jersey Man Comes Forward as $533 Million Winner Posted: 14 Apr 2018 01:41 PM PDT  Food processing plant manager Richard Wahl says he`s only played Mega Millions once before he won a major jackpot.
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| Kentucky Gov. Apologizes After Claiming Teacher Protest Would Result In Child Abuse Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:15 PM PDT  Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin apologized Sunday after recently saying school
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| Weibo to ban gay, violent content from platform Posted: 13 Apr 2018 08:33 PM PDT  China's Sina Weibo will remove gay and violent content, including pictures, cartoons and text posts, during a three-month clean-up campaign, the microblogging platform said. Friday's announcement comes amid a clampdown targeting content across social media platforms as China's leaders look to tighten their grip on a huge and diverse cultural scene popular with the young. Weibo announced the move on its official administrator's account, saying the action aimed to comply with China's new cyber security law that calls for strict data surveillance.
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| Prominent LGBTQ Lawyer Sets Self On Fire In 'Protest Suicide' Of Climate Change Posted: 14 Apr 2018 06:55 PM PDT  David Buckel, a prominent LGBTQ civil rights attorney, fatally set himself on
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| Photos: Antiwar activists and Syrians protest U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria Posted: 15 Apr 2018 02:09 PM PDT  Antiwar activists and Syrians worldwide demonstrated against the joint U.S., British and French airstrikes launched in Syria Saturday. The missile attack was in response to a suspected chemical attack on civilians by Syrian President Bashar Assad's government. (AP)
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| Satellite pictures show damage done by Western airstrikes on Assad chemical sites Posted: 15 Apr 2018 05:11 AM PDT  New satellite images reveal the damage caused to a Syrian chemical weapons research site after it was hit by Western jets on Saturday. The targets included a centre in the greater Damascus area used for the research, development, production and testing of chemical and biological weaponry as well as a chemical weapons storage facility near the city of Homs. A third target, also near Homs, contained both a chemical weapons equipment storage facility and a command post. The US, UK and France said hundreds of missiles were fired at the sites, in response to last week's chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta which left at least 40 dead. State-controlled Syrian TV claimed Syrian air defenses shot down 13 missiles fired in the attack. Syria slider 3 The Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Storage Facility in Syria before and after the strike. Satellite image ©2018 DigitalGlobe. Pictures circulating on pro-government Twitter accounts showed a Syrian soldier standing next to what they claimed to be a missile fired from an American or British jet that had been intercepted, however experts said it looked to be an old Soviet air-to-air missile that was not involved in the attack. The Pentagon said that it believes the airstrikes "attacked the heart of the Syrian chemical weapons program," significantly degrading Syria's ability to use such weapons again. Syria slider 2 The Barzeh research centre in Syria before and after the strike. Satellite image ©2018 DigitalGlobe. Russian officials said the damage was minimal, maintaining that all key air bases were intact and the purported chemical weapons facilities had been abandoned long ago. Syria slider 1 The Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Storage Facility in Syria before and after the strike. Satellite image ©2018 DigitalGlobe. Capt. Adulsalam Abdulrazek, a former officer in Syria's chemical program, said the overnight strikes probably hit "parts of, but not the heart" of the operation. He said they were unlikely to curb the government's ability to produce such weapons or launch new attacks. Abdulrazek defected from the program in 2012, when he was based in eastern Ghouta, the suburb hit by a chemical attack in 2013 and allegedly again on April 7. He said there were an estimated 50 warehouses storing chemical weapons before the program was dismantled in 2013. He said he believes those fixed storage facilities, mostly in rural areas, are intact or only slightly dispersed, and that the program was only partly dismantled because Damascus didn't allow inspections. IHS Jane's expert Karl Dewey said the scientific research facility on the northeastern edge of Damascus is thought to have integrated chemical payloads onto artillery. It is one of at least three sites that have been consistently referenced in association with Syria's chemical weapons program, including Masyaf and Dummar, also known as Jamraya, both reported to have been hit by Israeli strikes last year.
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| Legal fight lingers for man freed in 1980 murder case Posted: 14 Apr 2018 07:23 AM PDT  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — John Floyd spent 36 years locked up for a New Orleans murder he insisted he didn't commit. A federal judge sees things the same way and ordered his release from jail last year and a new trial. Her decision was backed by a federal appeals court.
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| Only 11 Syrian refugees have been taken in by the US this year Posted: 14 Apr 2018 02:57 PM PDT  America has accepted just 11 Syrian refugees so far this year, it was revealed, hours after Donald Trump ordered air strikes on the country, risking sparking an uprising in violence. It prompted accusations of hypocrisy by the Trump administration. In 2015, under Barack Obama's presidency, the US admitted 2,192 Syrian refugees, State Department figures show.
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| Uber Sticking By Self-Driving Cars Despite Recent Fatality Posted: 14 Apr 2018 12:48 AM PDT  The company wants to resume testing of its driverless fleet.
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| ‘SNL’ Host John Mulaney Wrote Last Night’s Best Sketch In 2010 Posted: 15 Apr 2018 11:57 AM PDT  Comedian John Mulaney wrote for "Saturday Night Live" from 2008 to 2014. In
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| Israel says new Gaza tunnel foiled, lifts veil on detection lab Posted: 15 Apr 2018 09:17 AM PDT  By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it destroyed a guerrilla tunnel from the Gaza Strip and gave rare details on a classified military laboratory spearheading efforts to foil the cross-border digs. Palestinian gunmen used tunnels to blindside Israeli forces during the 2014 Gaza war. Israel has since been developing detection technologies and laying down an underground frontier wall which, it says, will end the Gaza tunnel threat by 2019.
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| Mother Discovers Cancerous Tumor on Her Foot During Pedicure Posted: 15 Apr 2018 09:27 AM PDT  She had to have her foot amputated.
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| Saudi king slams Iran, US Jerusalem move at Arab summit Posted: 15 Apr 2018 12:56 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday slammed Iran's "blatant interference" in the region and lashed out at the US over Jerusalem as Arab leaders met in the kingdom for their annual summit. The 82-year-old monarch dubbed the Arab League meet the "Jerusalem summit" as he took aim at Washington's decision to recognise the disputed city as the capital of Israel and transfer the US embassy from Tel Aviv.
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| The Latest: House condemns Gov. Bevin over comments Posted: 14 Apr 2018 04:25 PM PDT FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on protests by Kentucky teachers (all times local):
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| Hear The 2019 Audi TT RS Play Its Five-Cylinder Symphony Posted: 15 Apr 2018 01:11 PM PDT  Don't expect any major styling changes.
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| Mercedes: Nissan Will Never Get X-Class' V6 Diesel For The Navara Posted: 15 Apr 2018 01:10 AM PDT  A sporty Navara to take on the Ford Ranger Raptor is planned, but it won't have Mercedes' 3.0-liter diesel engine.
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| In Peru, Pence defends Syrian strike to Latin America allies Posted: 15 Apr 2018 01:18 AM PDT  LIMA, Peru (AP) — Thousands of miles from home, Vice President Mike Pence was thrust into a new, more immediate, role on the world stage Saturday: explaining President Donald Trump's military strike in Syria to a summit of Latin America leaders.
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| Removing Richard Spencer from Facebook is a gesture, not a fix Posted: 14 Apr 2018 10:33 AM PDT  After a long month and an even longer week for Facebook, the social network is taking publicity-friendly steps to scrub hateful views from its platform. Two pages associated with the prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer were removed on Friday. Both the National Policy Institute, an organization that favors a white ethnostate, and Altright.com, Spencer's online magazine, no longer have a home on Facebook. SEE ALSO: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook testimony turned into a lesson on how the internet works The removals came after Vice News reached out to the site to find out why those two pages were still active. The query was prompted after Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg insisted during his Congressional testimony that "we do not allow hate groups on Facebook." A third group flagged by Vice, The Nationalist Initiative, was also removed. It's not clear how many followers that third page had, but the two connected to Spencer combined for around 15,000 followers. The move comes exactly one month after Facebook banned Britain First, the far-right, anti-Islamic group whose hateful and misleading tweets were once retweeted by Donald Trump. Earlier in the week, Zuckerberg told Congress: "We do not allow hate groups on Facebook, overall. So if there's a group that, their primary purpose or a large part of what they do is spreading hate, we will ban them from the platform overall." The pledge was met with skepticism in various corners of the world. In one example, a group of civil liberty organizations in Myanmar penned an open letter to Zuckerberg, decrying "the inadequate response of the Facebook team" to stamping out hate speech. That skepticism isn't without merit. Spencer is a widely known figure on the internet because of his toxic, xenophobic views, but it took a media organization asking "Why?" for any action to be taken. This isn't difficult to research, either. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal advocacy nonprofit, maintains a running list of active hate groups in the United States. As of this writing, 62 groups are listed; we won't link to them here, but a quick Google search reveals that many also appear on Facebook even now. Make no mistake: It's great to see Facebook stepping up and shutting down the influence of problematic figures like Spencer and Britain First. But there are plenty of groups out there that exist and are known, but haven't made headlines yet. Why does it take a major news event, or a query from a media organization, for Facebook to take action? Wouldn't it be more of a fix to root these problem groups out before they build a platform for themselves? WATCH: It seems Mark Zuckerberg's team should be the one answering questions
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| Scepticism as Myanmar announces return of first Rohingya family Posted: 15 Apr 2018 04:30 AM PDT  Myanmar's government said it has repatriated the first family of Rohingya refugees, among the 700,000 who fled a brutal crackdown, but the move was slammed by rights groups as a publicity stunt which ignored warnings over the security of returnees. The stateless Muslim minority has been massing in squalid refugee camps in Bangladesh since the Myanmar army launched a ruthless campaign against the community in northern Rakhine state last August. The United Nations says the operation amounts to ethnic cleansing, but Myanmar has denied the charge, saying its troops targeted Rohingya militants.
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| Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Said He Doesn't Want Cruz's Inheritance Money Posted: 14 Apr 2018 01:05 PM PDT  He said he wants ten minutes alone in a room with him instead.
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| California fire: Blaze spreads near Coachella music festival Posted: 15 Apr 2018 10:03 AM PDT  A large fire is quickly spreading near the Coachella music festival in California. Firefighters have said the blaze, currently six miles from the festival, is 10 per cent contained. More than 100 firefighters are battling the blaze – which was first reported at 4.30am local time.
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| Jeremy Corbyn will try to force parliamentary vote to keep Theresa May in check over Syria Posted: 15 Apr 2018 01:31 PM PDT  Jeremy Corbyn will try to force a vote in Parliament that would make it difficult for Prime Ministers to take military action without the approval of MPs as he suggested Bashar al-Assad could be innocent of last week's chemical weapons attack. The Labour leader suggested on Sunday that all planned use of force should be signed off by the Commons as he announced plans for a "war powers act" which would ensure that all governments are accountable "for what they do in our name". Following raids on the Syrian regime's chemical weapons stockpiles on Saturday, Mr Corbyn questioned the legal basis for the mission, adding that Mrs May should have respected a convention supposedly laid down by the coalition government in 2011. Labour sources indicated that Mr Corbyn will apply to the Speaker on Monday for an emergency debate under a Parliamentary mechanism called Standing Order No24. It allows MPs to call for a debate within 24 hours on matters of national importance. The Prime Minister will also ask for an emergency debate, but while her bid will not include a request for a vote, Mr Corbyn is likely to ask for a vote which could include a call for Prime Ministers to consult Parliament in future. Although such votes are not binding, any defeat for the Prime Minister would be humiliating and would make it politically more difficult for her to take military action in future. It is up to the Speaker to decide whether to allow either of the applications. Mr Corbyn told the BBC: "There is precedent over previous interventions where parliament has had a vote, and I think what we need in this country is something more robust, like a War Powers Act, so that governments do get held to account by parliament for what they do in our name. "She could have recalled parliament last week - it is only the Prime Minister who can recall parliament - or she could have delayed until tomorrow when parliament returns." Despite receiving intelligence briefings on the chemical attack in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Mr Corbyn again refused to blame the Assad regime, suggesting that "other parties" had access to chlorine gas and could not be ruled out. His claims appeared to clash with Emmanuel Macron, the French President, who said that he had "proof" of Assad's culpability, while a number of eyewitness accounts also place a regime helicopter in the area at the time of the gassing. Mr Corbyn also questioned the legality of the strikes, suggesting that the Government's legal justification - humanitarian grounds - was not universally accepted by other countries. "If we want to get the moral high ground, as a country with a history of international involvement, then we need to abide by international law," he added. "I say to the Foreign Secretary, and I say to the Prime Minister, where is the legal basis for this?" Mr Corbyn has also written to the Prime Minister asking that the advice provided by the Attorney General be published. However, his decision to undermine the Government was heavily criticised on social media, with Labour MP John Woodcock describing Mr Corbyn's stance as "deeply troubling". The Foreign Secretary and Labour leader were both interviewed on the Andrew Marr programme Credit: Jeff Overs/BBC Brandon Lewis, the Conservative Party chairman, said that Mr Corbyn's refusal to blame the Assad regime showed he was "more worried about upsetting Russia than about preventing use of chemical weapons". "Corbyn seems determined to obfuscate to avoid showing leadership on chemical weapons and UK defending itself or most vulnerable in the world," he added. The Labour leader also faced criticism when he refused to condemn "demented" claims made by the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, who has now suggested that both the Salisbury and Douma attacks were orchestrated by the UK. When asked what he made of the comments, Mr Corbyn said: "I'm quite surprised. He's either got to back it up or withdraw it." In the wake of the Salisbury attack, the evidence against Russia's culpability has continued to grow, with newly declassified intelligence now showing that the Kremlin hacked Yulia Skripal's emails for at least five years. The intelligence, released by Sir Mark Sedwill, Theresa May's National Security Adviser, also shows that Russian agents have tested the effectiveness of Novichok as a weapon for carrying out assassinations. In a letter sent to Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg , Sir Mark revealed that the agent was being smeared on door handles as part of a secret chemical weapons programme codenamed Foliant in which President Vladimir Putin was "closely involved". But when asked whether he was prepared to lay point the finger at the Kremlin, Mr Corbyn said that he would require "incontrovertible evidence" of Russia's involvement. Rounding on the Labour leader, Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, said he was struck by his failure to dismiss the allegations with the "sort of vehemence and vigour you might have expected". "It is quite extraordinary in the view of the weight of evidence now...to continue to deny the likelihood of Russian involvement, of state-sponsored involvement," Mr Johnson added. "Quite extraordinary and a blindness to reality. I find it very, very perplexing. A defiant refusal to accept that the Kremlin is responsible."
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| Tax Day trivia: Why do we have the IRS (and other factoids)? Posted: 15 Apr 2018 03:45 AM PDT  April 15 is usually marked each year as the traditional day people need to file their taxes, so it's not exactly celebrated as a holiday. But how did April 15 become the big day--and how did we get the IRS in the first place?
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| Firefighters rescue man after his car plunges off cliff Posted: 15 Apr 2018 05:08 AM PDT  Raw video shows the rescue of a man whose car fell from a cliff in Northern California.
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| See The 2019 Aston Martin Rapide AMR Being Pushed Hard On Track Posted: 14 Apr 2018 02:26 AM PDT  Key specs: 4 doors, naturally aspirated V12, 592 horsepower, 210 miles per hour.
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| GOP devotes $250M to midterm strategy: Keep House majority Posted: 15 Apr 2018 01:39 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee has committed $250 million to a midterm election strategy that has one goal above all else: Preserve the party's House majority for the rest of President Donald Trump's first term.
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| US calls for additional sanctions on Venezuela Posted: 14 Apr 2018 12:37 AM PDT  US Vice President Mike Pence on Friday called for more sanctions on Venezuela to isolate President Nicolas Maduro and his administration, overshadowing the opening of a summit in Peru with Latin American leaders. Pence urged the extra measures as he met with Venezuelan opposition figures in Lima who called for more sanctions and "intervention" in their crisis-hit country. Maduro was not invited to take part in the summit, which began on Friday but was overshadowed by Pence's calls for sanctions and US-led strikes in Syria, which caused the vice president to abruptly leave the opening ceremony.
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| Indian lawmaker arrested over rape as protests mount Posted: 13 Apr 2018 11:04 PM PDT  By Krishna N. Das and Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A lawmaker from India's ruling party was arrested on Friday in connection with the rape of a teenager, police said, after days of protests by activists accusing authorities of failing to investigate the case and other attacks. The rallies, which echoed mass protests against sexual violence in 2012, have piled pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi who, hours earlier on Friday, had promised to take action. The BJP lawmaker, Kuldeep Singh Sengar from the legislature of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, was arrested in connection with the rape case, senior state police officer Rahul Srivastav told Reuters.
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| 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2: Spock Confirmed, But Not the Way You Think Posted: 15 Apr 2018 09:05 AM PDT  This is big.
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| Pope 'deeply disturbed' by lack of common response to Syria Posted: 15 Apr 2018 05:30 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis told the faithful in St. Peter's Square that he is "deeply disturbed" by the international community's failure to come up with a common response to the crisis in Syria and other parts of the world.
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