| Trump calls WHCD a 'very big, boring bust' Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:48 AM PDT  President Trump denounced the White House Correspondents Dinner as "a very big, boring bust" and mocked comedian Michelle Wolf, who delivered a polarizing performance.
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| Former CIA Acting Director: House Russia report is a ‘wreck’ Posted: 29 Apr 2018 11:20 AM PDT  Former CIA Acting Director John McLaughlin said the way in which Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee handled their Russian interference investigation shows a "new level" of partisanship.
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| Authorities recover body of 4-year-old boy swept out to sea while walking with mother on beach Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:41 AM PDT  Authorities recovered the body of a 4-year-old boy who was swept away by a
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| A News Photographer Was Killed In Afghanistan. Here Are Some Of His Best Photos. Posted: 30 Apr 2018 10:40 AM PDT  A bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday has left at least nine journalists
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| Controversy after fatal police-involved shooting in Georgia Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:05 AM PDT  Ricky Boyd, 20, was shot and killed in January by Savannah police when they went to his home to question him in connection with a murder case. At first, authorities said he was armed and initiated gunfire.
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| US top court to consider use of gas on death row inmate Posted: 30 Apr 2018 10:56 AM PDT  The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on whether the state of Missouri should use gas as an alternative to a lethal injection to execute a convicted murderer-rapist with a rare congenital disease. The top US court has halted Russell Bucklew's execution twice before, most recently last month after his lawyers argued that a lethal injection could cause intense suffering. The US Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, and a series of botched executions with lethal injections has spurred debate over the constitutionality of this most common method for putting inmates to death in the United States.
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| Twin Peaks star, Pamela Gidley, dies ages 52 Posted: 30 Apr 2018 12:02 PM PDT  The American actress, Pamela Gidley, who played Teresa Banks in David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" prequel "Fire Walk with Me" passed away on April 16th, it was confirmed on Sunday.
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| Emmanuel Macron turns to Iran to propose widening nuclear deal as Trump wavers Posted: 29 Apr 2018 10:33 AM PDT  Emmanuel Macron and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran on Sunday night agreed to work together to preserver the Iran nuclear deal, in a marked signal to the US. Less than a week after the French president implored the White House to stick with the agreement during a state visit to the Washington, Mr Macron suggested that the deal could be widened. In what appears to be the latest attempt to prevent Donald Trump scrapping the agreement, the Elysee Palace said Mr Macron proposed in an hour-long phone call with Tehran that discussions should close loop holes in the deal, which have angered the US president. The Elysee said that Mr Macron raised "three additional, indispensable subjects" not covered by the current deal with Mr Rouhani, citing Tehran's ballistic missile programmes, its nuclear activities beyond 2025 and Iran's destabilising influence in the Middle East. It comes after the UK, France and Germany jointly reaffirmed their commitment on Sunday to sticking with the deal, but said that there were "important elements that the deal does not cover, but which we need to address". Mr Pompeo warned over the Iran deal during a visit to Saudi Arabia on a tour of the Middle East Credit: Amr Nabil/AP Mr Macron's intervention came after Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, called Iran "the greatest sponsor of terrorism in the world," on Sunday in a further signal that America intends to pull out of the nuclear deal. Speaking at a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during his first visit to the Middle East since being sworn in last week, Mr Pompeo struck a hawkish tone as Donald Trump's deadline for a decision on the deal looms on May 12th. However, he offered hope of some compromise to the UK, France and Germany. "We will continue to work with our European allies to fix that deal. But if a deal cannot be reached, the president has said that he will leave that deal," Mr Pompeo said. But he added: "Unlike the prior administration, we will not neglect the vast scope of Iran's terrorism. It is indeed the greatest sponsor of terrorism in the world. In fact, Iran has only behaved worse since the deal was approved. Iran detabilises this entire region." Downing Street on Sunday announced Theresa May has had separate discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the weekend in which they solidified their stance in support of the deal. FAQ | Iran nuclear talks In a nod to Mr Trump and in the wake of visits to the US last week from Mr Macron and Mrs Merkel, the three leaders acknowledged there were key issues that needed to be addressed inlcuding the question of Iran's ballistic missile programme and what happens when the deal expires. A Downing Street spokesman said: "They discussed the importance of the Iran nuclear deal as the best way of neutralising the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, agreeing that our priority as an international community remained preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. "They agreed that there were important elements that the deal does not cover, but which we need to address." "Acknowledging the importance of retaining the deal, they committed to continue working closely together and with the US on how to tackle the range of challenges that Iran poses." Number 10 said the three European leaders had also spoken about the "vital importance" of their steel and aluminum industries and their concern about the impact of US tariffs. Iran nuclear talks They pledged to work together to obtain a permanent exemption from the tariffs. There is less than two weeks to go before the May 12 deadline for Mr Trump to decide on the Iran deal. Iran has threatened to restart nuclear activity should Mr Trump scupper the agreement, with President Hassan Rouhani calling Mr Trump a "tradesman" who lacks the qualifications to deal with a complex international pact. On Sunday Mr Rouhani told Mr Macron in a telephone conversation that the Iran nuclear deal was "not negotiable". Speaking on Fox News on Sunday John Bolton, the US administration's new national security adviser, said Mr Trump had yet to make a decision Mr Bolton said: "He has made no decision on the nuclear deal whether to stay in or get out.There is no decision on that yet." A wider question remains regarding North Korea's response to reimposing sanctions on Iran just as negotiations are underway for an historic meeting between Kim Jong-un and the US leader. But Mr Pompeo said yesterday: "I don't think Kim Jong-un is staring at the Iran deal and saying, 'Oh goodness, if they get out of that deal, I won't talk to the Americans anymore,'" "There are higher priorities, things that he is more concerned about than whether or not the Americans stay in the [agreement]."
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| That's quackers! Mesmerizing overhead footage of hundreds of ducks following the leader Posted: 29 Apr 2018 02:00 AM PDT ![That's quackers! Mesmerizing overhead footage of hundreds of ducks following the leader]( "That's quackers! Mesmerizing overhead footage of hundreds of ducks following the leader") These photographs of hundreds of ducks following their leader down a river are truly mesmerizing. Rafeur Rahman of Bangladesh climbed a high bridge and saw hundreds of ducks apparently playing a game of follow the leader. More than 500 ducks live on the river, where the mosses and snails provide the perfect habitat. (Caters News)
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| 10-year-old boy found dead inside dryer after game of hide-and-seek was electrocuted: autopsy Posted: 30 Apr 2018 01:10 PM PDT  A 10-year-old Texas boy who was found dead inside a communal dryer after a
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| Florida police officer signs off after 30 years of service Posted: 29 Apr 2018 08:18 PM PDT  Sarasota Police Officer Andre Jenkins got emotional as he signed off for the last time after 30 years of service.
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| Space tourism could be possible in near future Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:41 AM PDT  Blue Origin had a successful test-launch on Sunday, part of a growing industry hoping to ferry civilians into space, with the company's goal to start sending tourists by the end of this year.
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| Joy Reid's Defenders Praise Her Apology — But Ignore Her Apparent Cover-Up Posted: 29 Apr 2018 03:18 PM PDT  Joy Reid has apologized for writing anti-LGBTQ posts on her old blog, but she
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| Golden State Killer Case: Is Suspect Joseph James DeAngelo Pretending to Be Sickly Old Man? Posted: 30 Apr 2018 12:29 PM PDT  Police believe DeAngelo is acting in a bid for sympathy from the court.
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| Deal agreed to evacuate Syria's Yarmuk refugee camp: state media Posted: 29 Apr 2018 12:49 PM PDT  A deal has been reached for the evacuation of the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmuk where Islamic State group fighters have been holed up in southern Damascus, state media reported Sunday. The transfer of "terrorist groups" to rebel-held areas of northwestern Syria would begin on Monday, said the official SANA news agency, which did not name IS jihadists. It came hours after the Syrian government and rebels agreed to evacuate opposition fighters from the areas of Yalda, Babila and Beit Sahem, also in southern Damascus, according to SANA.
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| Comey: 'I didn't get a sense' that Trump knew about Steele dossier allegations Posted: 28 Apr 2018 10:57 PM PDT  Former FBI Director James Comey tells Chuck Todd in an exclusive interview that he didn't believe President Trump was a aware of salacious allegations when he first briefed him.
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| Waffle House shooting hero James Shaw Jr. raises $197k+ for victims' families Posted: 29 Apr 2018 11:58 AM PDT  James Shaw Jr. was hailed as a hero, but he's making sure that the focus stays on the victims and their families.
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| Iran leader: U.S. pushes Riyadh to confront Tehran, stirs crisis Posted: 30 Apr 2018 05:29 AM PDT  By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader on Monday hit out at the United States a day after new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Riyadh, accusing Washington of trying to stoke a "regional crisis" by provoking its ally Saudi Arabia to confront Tehran. In remarks broadcast on state television, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated longstanding calls for the United States to "leave" the Middle East, which he called Iran's home, and said any power seeking to challenge Iran would be defeated.
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| Parkland survivors point out hypocrisy as NRA announce gun ban at meeting attended by vice president Mike Pence Posted: 30 Apr 2018 10:28 AM PDT  Survivors of the Florida school shooting and families of victims have accused the National Rifle Association (NRA) of hypocrisy after it announced that guns will be banned at their upcoming leadership conference that will be attended vice president Mike Pence. The powerful gun lobby revealed the policy in a post on its website about the annual meeting of its Institute for Legislative Action (ILA), which takes place in Dallas on 4 May. "Due to the attendance of the Vice President of the United States, the US Secret Service will be responsible for event security at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum," it said.
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| Drivers facing most expensive driving season in years Posted: 30 Apr 2018 02:15 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Get ready for a little bit more pain at the pump this summer.
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| Paul Ryan Tries To Act Cool In White House Correspondents' Dinner Video Posted: 28 Apr 2018 08:34 PM PDT  House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) really wants people to think he's cool.
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| The world's oldest recorded spider built herself a hole, then just stayed there till age 43 Posted: 30 Apr 2018 06:17 AM PDT  Just how many walking sticks would an elderly spider require? SEE ALSO: 5 common groceries made from microorganisms Researchers in Australia monitored what is most likely the world's oldest spider on record, who died at age 43, outstripping the previous record-holder, a 28-year-old tarantula. The lead researcher, Leanda Mason, said of the spider in question, "to our knowledge this is the oldest spider ever recorded, and her significant life has allowed us to further investigate the trapdoor spider's behaviour and population dynamics," according to a press release. A sedentary creature, the female Gaius villosus trapdoor spider builds itself a tunnel in the ground and stays there, seldom wandering too far from its hidey-hole. Sounds pretty ideal to be honest. Some people online were confused as to how the researchers knew the spider's age. HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WAS THE OLDEST SPIDER, HAVE YOU ASKED ALL THE OTHERS THEIR AGE? https://t.co/b5ls7v4p31 — Christine Best (@tinajaneb33) April 28, 2018 You just have to look it up on the web. — Ryan Evans (@DoNothing69) April 30, 2018 Spider census. Every spider took it. Although apparently a few of them lied about their age to get into bars, allegedly. — matthew marsden (@matthewdmarsden) April 29, 2018 Named "Number 16" (affectionate pet-names were notably absent from the paper) the female trapdoor spider was first documented as a spiderling in 1974 by a study initiated by Barbara York Main. The study monitored individuals using tagged pegs put next to their burrows. Trapdoor spiders never re-use the disused burrow of another spider, so the researchers can be fairly confident that they were monitoring the same spider for 43 years. Number 16 probably didn't die of natural causes. On Oct. 31, 2016, the researchers found that her burrow had been pierced by a parasitic wasp. Her burrow fell into disrepair thereafter, meaning that poor Number 16 was probably eaten from the inside out by a spider wasp larva. What a way to go. WATCH: Go on a tour of the moon with these 4K images
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| Fugitive suspect in killing of deputy captured, arrested Posted: 28 Apr 2018 07:04 PM PDT  NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — A man accused of killing a sheriff's deputy was arrested Saturday outside a remote cabin, ending an intense manhunt in its fourth day in the woods of central Maine.
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| Syria regime, US-backed forces in deadly clashes: monitor Posted: 29 Apr 2018 06:14 AM PDT  Rare clashes broke out Sunday between Syrian regime forces and a US-backed alliance in the east of the country, killing six alliance fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. State news agency SANA said the army seized control of four villages from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Deir Ezzor province, where the Kurdish-led alliance has been fighting the Islamic State jihadist group. The SDF and Russian-backed Syrian government forces are conducting parallel but separate offensives against IS in the oil-rich province.
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| Visit These 16 Eiffel Tower Replicas Located Outside of Paris Posted: 30 Apr 2018 02:47 PM PDT |
| Comey Calls GOP-Led Probe On Russia A 'Wreck,' Slams Trump's Credibility Posted: 29 Apr 2018 11:10 AM PDT  Former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday derided the Republican House
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| UK, U.S. study Antarctic glacier, hoping to crack sea level risks Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:16 AM PDT  Britain and the United States launched a $25 million project on Monday to study the risks of a collapse of a giant glacier in Antarctica that is already shrinking and nudging up global sea levels. The five-year research, involving 100 scientists, would be the two nations' biggest joint scientific project in Antarctica since the 1940s. Ice is thawing from Greenland to Antarctica and man-made global warming is accelerating the trend.
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| Toyota Preparing For Next Corolla: $170M Investment, 400 New Jobs Posted: 28 Apr 2018 10:09 PM PDT  The production lines at the factory in Mississippi will be completely replaced.
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| Harley-Davidson Confirms LiveWire on Schedule for 2019 Release Posted: 30 Apr 2018 10:04 AM PDT  Harley-Davidson Confirms LiveWire on Schedule for 2019 Release Harley reports its debut electric model is on schedule for a release next year, but will the MoCo's foray into ebikes right the ship? At this point it's common knowledge that things in recent
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| Trump Asks If There Are Hispanics In The Room Before Demanding His Wall Posted: 28 Apr 2018 06:30 PM PDT  President Donald Trump was met with silence at a campaign-style rally in
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| Danish citizen jailed under new Malaysian anti-fake news law Posted: 30 Apr 2018 01:57 AM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court on Monday sentenced a Danish citizen to a week in jail after he pleaded guilty to maliciously publishing false information, the first person to be punished under a controversial anti-fake news law.
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| N. Korea's Kim willing to talk to Japan 'any time': Seoul Posted: 29 Apr 2018 01:12 AM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is ready for dialogue with Japan "any time", Seoul's presidential office said Sunday, as concerns grow in Tokyo that it is being sidelined from the reconciliation drive with Pyongyang. Kim met South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a historic summit on Friday at the border truce village of Panmunjom -- becoming the first leader from the North to set foot in the South after the 1950-53 Korean War. The summit -- only the third-ever between the leaders of the two neighbours -- came ahead of Kim's planned meeting with US President Donald Trump after months of tensions sparked by North Korea's nuclear and long-range missile tests last year.
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| How Land Rover Created the Ultimate Defender Posted: 30 Apr 2018 10:54 AM PDT  If you wanted to build the perfect Defender, it'd probably look a lot like the Defender Works V8.
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| 'Am I missing something?' Parkland community shocked over weapons ban during Pence appearance at NRA event Posted: 29 Apr 2018 02:16 PM PDT  The National Rifle Association has asked attendees to refrain from bringing guns for the security of Vice President Mike Pence during an event this week.
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| Roll With It Posted: 30 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT |
| The Feigned Outrage At Michelle Wolf Posted: 30 Apr 2018 05:38 AM PDT  Sitting at a table pretty far from the stage at the annual White House
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| Lava pours from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano in mesmerising timelapse video Posted: 29 Apr 2018 09:29 AM PDT  It was filmed after an eruption on Monday following a period of increased seismic activity. Lava can be seen overflowing onto the crater floor. The largest of these flows was from approximately 06:15am to 10:30am, which is around 19 seconds into the video above, covering 90 acres.
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| Ford Rules Out Bringing ST SUVs To Europe Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:00 AM PDT  No V6 Edge for you, Europe.
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| Juvenile detention officer charged in teenager's death Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:19 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — An officer at a Florida juvenile detention center was arrested Monday on federal civil rights charges after a 17-year-old died in a beating by other inmates that was allegedly encouraged by the officer using a bounty and reward system.
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| Kim Kardashian Explains Why The Name Chicago ‘Kind Of Messes With Me’ Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:32 AM PDT  Chicago is a lot of things -- a city, a style of pizza and the name of Kim
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| EU considering 'freeze' on subsidies for illiberal member states Posted: 29 Apr 2018 04:42 AM PDT  EU member states that fail to live up the European Union's democratic values could find parts of their EU subsidies being "frozen" until they mend their ways, The Telegraph understands. Under proposals to be unveiled in Brussels this week by Guenther Oettinger, the EU's budget commissioner, Eastern EU states like Poland and Hungary could feel a financial squeeze if they were deemed to have failed to live up to the founding values of the EU. The moves comes after pressure from liberal groups in the European Parliament and leading western powers like France and Germany, who want to find a mechanism to put pressure on recalcitrant member states. "The precise details are still to be worked out, but the proposal will include the temporary freezing of funds in order to motivate a change of behaviour among states," said an EU source briefed on the document. Poland and Hungary are both major recipients of EU 'structural funds' which are designed to narrow the gap between rich and poor member states, each receiving €5.5bn and €2.7bn respectively a year. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is on a collision course with the EU after his emphatic election victory Credit: REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo Sources said the threat to freeze access to funding for projects could also include agricultural subsidies, but would not include student programmes like Erasmus to avoid punishing citizens for the misdeeds of their governments. Reports also suggest that new formulas for calculating payments will mean that southern EU states, who tend to adhere closer to liberal values, will receive higher payments when the next 7-year budget cycle begins in 2021. The decision to link EU payments to 'good behaviour' is highly controversial and risks deepening the stand-off between western Europe and the populist governments in Warsaw and Budapest. Tensions have deepened over the last two years after eastern EU countries refused to accept refugee resettlement quotas following the 2015 migrant crisis, and Poland introduced judicial reforms judged anti-democratic by the EU. The recent re-election campaign of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, which was marred by anti-semitic rhetoric, corruption scandals and warnings from OSCE election monitors about a lack of free media, only deepened concern in Brussels. Poland is currently battling Brussels over an 'Article 7' disciplinary procedure for breaches of EU commitments to maintain the 'rule of law', but is protected from serious punishment by a Hungarian promise to veto any sanctions. EU sources said the plan to explicitly link EU payments to democratic standards was in part driven by a French and German desire to have a less draconian and more flexible mechanism for pressuring states that were falling short. They added that the Commission would have to negotiate a system for deciding when payments would be frozen - but leading western states, like Germany, want it based on majority voting to avoid the kind of protective vetoes that have neutered the Article 7 process. FAQ | Article 7 of the Treaty of the EU However an Eastern EU diplomatic source said that any attempt to connect funds to the "proper functioning of the judicial system in a member state" would be a matter of serious concern, raising questions about fairness and due process. "Who would assess the state of the judicial system and on what grounds? Wouldn't there be a risk of political pressure and arbitrariness in such an assessment? Our position will depend on the shape of the proposal, but the budget must be governed by the law, not by arbitrariness," the source said. Liberal forces have become increasingly agitated that states like Poland, Hungary but also Bulgaria and Romania - who joined in 2007 - are flouting EU norms with impunity, revelling in what Mr Orban has called "illiberal democracy". When former Soviet-bloc states joined the EU in 2004, they signed up to values founded on "freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities." Now Mr Orban has talked openly about pursuing the "Hungarian model" which contests western interpretations of the EU's statement on values. Guy Verhofstadt, the leader of the liberal ALDE grouping in the European Parliament and a trenchant critic of Mr Orban, welcomed the Commission proposal. "It is grotesque for EU tax-payers' money to be spent propping up the vanity projects of illiberal ruling elites who politicise their own judiciaries, erode democratic safeguards and systematically attempt to undermine NGOs and the free press," he told The Telegraph. "From 2020 onwards, it is essential that cohesion funds are made conditional on full compliance with the rule of law and our European values of democracy and freedom." A spokesman for the Commission declined to comment on the forthcoming proposal which will cover the EU budget for 2021-2027, which has already been complicated by the €10bn-€15bn a year shortfall left by the UK's departure from the EU. Reports suggest that the Commission will propose a budget between 1.1 and 1.2 percent of the bloc's gross national income - an increase from the current 1.0 percent which results in a seven-year 1 trillion euros budget.
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| AAPL Stock: What to Expect From Apple Inc. Earnings Posted: 30 Apr 2018 05:04 AM PDT ![AAPL Stock: What to Expect From Apple Inc. Earnings]( "AAPL Stock: What to Expect From Apple Inc. Earnings") Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock is limping into the company's fiscal second-quarter earnings report expected out after the market close May 1. Investors are likely most concerned with iPhone sales and guidance, but there are several other key metrics and trends that analysts will be watching closely. Analysts are expecting Apple to report second-quarter earnings per share of $2.69 on revenue of $60.9 billion.
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| This Is the Last JK Jeep Wrangler Posted: 30 Apr 2018 09:00 AM PDT  With JL Wrangler production fully up and running, it's time to say goodbye to the JK.
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| ‘Like the Pope Abandoning Jesus.’ Why North Korean Denuclearization Is Still a Long Shot Posted: 30 Apr 2018 12:21 AM PDT  The regime's history and governing philosophies makes compliance with a denuclearization pact unlikely
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| Porsche Exclusive Builds Custom 911 S Cabrio With Crimson Cabin Posted: 30 Apr 2018 06:01 AM PDT  The mix of GT Silver Metallic on the outside and Bordeaux Red inside is a classic looking combination.
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