| In rebuke to Trump, key Senate panel endorses finding that Russia attacked 2016 election Posted: 03 Jul 2018 02:01 PM PDT  The Senate Intelligence Committee, rejecting doubts conveyed by President Trump as recently as last week, has become the latest body to officially conclude that the Russian government conducted a wide-ranging campaign — including cyberattacks — to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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| Indiana church locks Holy Family in 'ICE detention' to protest separations at border Posted: 03 Jul 2018 09:49 AM PDT  An Indianapolis, Ind., church made a bold statement about Trump's "zero
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| ICE Officials Are Pressuring Separated Parents To Sign Deportation Forms Posted: 03 Jul 2018 06:21 PM PDT  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are telling detained
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| Trump administration to rescind Obama-era guidance on race in college admissions Posted: 03 Jul 2018 08:52 AM PDT  In a new memo released Tuesday, the Department of Justice called the guidance "unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with existing law, or otherwise improper."
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| Trump Orders Flags To Half-Staff In Honor Of Capital Gazette Shooting Victims Posted: 03 Jul 2018 06:53 AM PDT  President Donald Trump ordered flags flown at half-staff at federal buildings
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| GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of ignoring sexual abuse of wrestlers Posted: 03 Jul 2018 01:33 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow shares NBC News reporting that conservative congressman Jim Jordan is accused of knowing about sexual abuse of wrestlers at Ohio State when he was a coach and doing nothing about it, a charge he denies as the number of accusers increases.
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| The Latest: Thai authorities weigh cave extraction options Posted: 02 Jul 2018 07:42 PM PDT  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The Latest on the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach in a cave in northern Thailand (all times local):
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| Supreme Court battles show the danger of gaming the rules Posted: 03 Jul 2018 02:10 PM PDT  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and I stood alone in a Senate office hallway a year ago, moments after Senate Republicans nuked the filibuster rule for Supreme Court nominees in order to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. "The Senate has been damaged to a degree that it hasn't been in its history," McCain told me then. Now, with the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the court, a Republican president and GOP-controlled Senate have a clear path to confirming his replacement without any Democratic votes.
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| Vintage postcards celebrate the 4th of July Posted: 03 Jul 2018 10:53 AM PDT ![Vintage postcards celebrate the 4th of July]( "Vintage postcards celebrate the 4th of July") Vintage illustrated color postcards celebrate the Fourth of July with patriotic colors and symbols of American independence.
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| MAPS: A look at the 'County Fire' burning in Yolo County Posted: 03 Jul 2018 08:51 AM PDT  The County Fire burning in Yolo County has consumed at least 70,000 acres, roughly the size of Fremont. It's just 5 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.
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| Trump brashly declares: 'If not for me, we would now be at War with North Korea!' Posted: 03 Jul 2018 06:23 AM PDT  President Trump on Tuesday brushed aside questions over whether his assertion that he "solved" the crisis with North Korea was premature amid reports leader Kim Jong Un is trying to conceal parts of his country's nuclear weapons program.
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| Mexico's president-elect shuns guards, asks 'people' for protection Posted: 03 Jul 2018 06:24 PM PDT  By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador left the country's national palace on Tuesday in the front passenger seat of a white Volkswagen Jetta, swarmed by hundreds of jubilant supporters including one waving a live rooster. Since claiming victory on Sunday, the leftist politician has promised transformative change for Mexico. Lopez Obrador's approach to security is one of the first signs of how he is breaking from the mold of the typical Mexican presidency.
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| Rochester School Won’t Let Its First Black Valedictorian Speak, So Mayor Does Posted: 04 Jul 2018 03:14 PM PDT  Jaisaan Lovett of Rochester, New York, became the first black valedictorian in
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| DoJ loses senior leader who handled 'all the hottest potatoes' Posted: 03 Jul 2018 01:56 PM PDT  Leon Neyfakh, reporter for Slate.com, talks with Rachel Maddow about the surprise resignation of Scott Schools, an associate deputy attorney general and the senior career official at the Department of Justice.
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| Survivors of Bahamas Boat Explosion Speak Out Posted: 02 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT  Passengers who survived the fatal Bahamas boat explosion on Saturday talk about their experience for the first time.
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| Boys, coach in stable health after 10 days lost in Thai cave Posted: 02 Jul 2018 07:33 PM PDT  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — The 12 boys and soccer coach found in a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand after 10 days are mostly in stable medical condition and have received high-protein liquid food, officials said Tuesday, though it is not known when they will be able to go home.
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| Suspect Who Attacked a 3-Year-Old's Birthday Party in Idaho Charged with First-Degree Murder Posted: 02 Jul 2018 10:34 PM PDT  Timmy Kinner is being held without bond, and could face the death penalty
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| Michael Avenatti: 'I Will Run' If No One With 'A Real Chance' Challenges Trump In 2020 Posted: 04 Jul 2018 12:52 PM PDT  Michael Avenatti ― the lawyer representing Stephanie Clifford, more widely
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| Thai lucky 13 found, but still stuck as divers draw up cave rescue plans Posted: 03 Jul 2018 06:15 AM PDT  By Panu Wongcha-um and Patpicha Tanakasempipat CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Rescuers battled intensifying rain to furiously pump water from a cave in Thailand on Tuesday, as officials thrashed out plans to extract a young soccer team located by divers after being trapped and incommunicado for 10 days. Seven members of a Thai navy SEALS unit, including a medic and a counselor, were staying with the group after its dramatic discovery on an elevated rock late on Monday by divers who had struggled for hours through narrow passages and murky waters. News of the survival of the "Wild Boar" team sparked jubilation in a nation gripped by the harrowing drama, with news websites, social media and the prime minister celebrating the event and hailing the rescuers as heroes.
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| This Woman Brilliantly Documented 2 Strangers (Possibly) Falling In Love On Her Flight Posted: 04 Jul 2018 01:15 PM PDT  Two strangers may have fallen in love on a flight and the hero woman who set
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| AP Explains: Getting soccer players out of Thai cave, safely Posted: 03 Jul 2018 03:09 AM PDT  BANGKOK (AP) — Now that the missing Thai soccer team has been found, the next step is determining how to get the boys and the coach safely out of a partly flooded cave in northern Thailand. A look at the options and why extracting the 12 boys and the coach could take some time:
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| Mexico president-elect rejects bodyguards: 'The citizens will protect me' Posted: 03 Jul 2018 03:09 PM PDT  Mexico's president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, addresses the media. "I don't want bodyguards, which means the citizens will take care of me and protect me," López Obrador, or Amlo, as he is best known, told reporters as he called on Mexico's incumbent president, Enrique Peña Nieto, to discuss the transition.
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| Family of Oakland teen Jahi McMath speaks in San Francisco Posted: 03 Jul 2018 05:00 PM PDT  The mother of Jahi McMath, the Oakland girl at the center of the medical and religious debate over brain death, held a press conference in San Francisco. Nailah Winkfield said Thursday that the teen died after surgery.
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| Justin Trudeau 'does not remember' allegedly groping journalist at festival 18 years ago Posted: 03 Jul 2018 01:56 AM PDT  Justin Trudeau has publicly responded for the first time to allegations he groped a female journalist 18 years ago by saying he does not remember any "negative interactions". The Canadian prime minister, who has previously said he has zero tolerance for sexual harassment, was questioned about the incident during a three-day tour to celebrate Canada Day. The allegation first appeared in an editorial in the Creston Valley Advance newspaper shortly after the Kokanee Summit Festival in Creston, British Columbia, on 4 August 2000.
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| AT&T Raises Prices After Saying Merger Would Make Things Cheaper For Consumers Posted: 04 Jul 2018 01:58 AM PDT  AT&T, which recently acquired Time Warner in a landmark merger, is hiking up
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| The Latest: Nevada switches drug to be used in execution Posted: 03 Jul 2018 02:54 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on Nevada's plan for its first execution since 2006 (all times local):
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Driving New Energy And Money To Progressive Candidates Posted: 04 Jul 2018 05:01 AM PDT  At a Democratic gubernatorial candidate forum in Detroit on Monday,
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| Wikipedia down in several countries in EU law protest Posted: 04 Jul 2018 11:22 AM PDT  Wikipedia went down in at least three countries Wednesday in a protest at an upcoming European Parliament vote on a highly disputed law that could make online platforms legally liable for copyrighted material put on the web by users. In Spain, Italy and Poland, an explanatory protest statement about the upcoming vote came up when the online encyclopedia was consulted. "The directive would threaten online freedom and would impose new filters, barriers and restrictions to access the web," Wikipedia Spain said in its statement.
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| New Tesla Model 3 to make European debut Posted: 04 Jul 2018 02:11 AM PDT  The organizers of this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK later this month already have a lot going on at the event to shout about, but the list of exciting cars making their way to the weekend event just continues to grow. It's been confirmed that the new Tesla Model 3 will be part of a static display at the event where it will share the platform with the Model S, Model X, as well as the Tesla home charging Powerwall. As well as the standard all-wheel drive option there will also be a performance version capable of putting pressure on the likes of the BMW M3.
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| Stunning photos show dive beneath giant iceberg Posted: 03 Jul 2018 07:39 AM PDT ![Stunning photos show dive beneath giant iceberg]( "Stunning photos show dive beneath giant iceberg") These absolutely incredible shots show the stunning formations of an iceberg beneath the surface of the ocean. Taken in Tasiilaq, Greenland, by Franco Banfi, the underwater photography captures the beauty of these ice mountains beneath the ocean's surface.
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| Five Killed in Latest Mob Attack After Rumors on Social Media. Here’s What to Know About India's WhatsApp Murders Posted: 03 Jul 2018 01:22 AM PDT  At least 27 people have been killed by vigilante mobs across the country since May
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| Air strikes resume in southwest Syria after talks fail Posted: 04 Jul 2018 09:52 AM PDT  AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russian air strikes against insurgents in southwest Syria resumed on Wednesday, residents and a war monitor said, after a rebel said talks to restore government rule there peacefully had failed. The air strikes targeted the towns of Tafas, northwest of the provincial capital Deraa, and Saida, to its east, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is waging a campaign in the southwest with Russian air support to recapture the region from rebel groups, and has seized a large chunk of their territory.
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| Records: Police guarded Vegas showroom after Oct. 1 attack Posted: 03 Jul 2018 05:11 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas police officer ducked gunfire and then teamed up with other authorities to rush a high-rise hotel where a gunman was spraying bullets onto a concert below, according to video released Tuesday from the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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| Teen Scrambles Into Tree to Escape 9-Foot Alligator Posted: 03 Jul 2018 09:50 AM PDT  The gator clearly brought friends, as multiple alligators then surrounded the tree.
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| Grieving mom lived with dead daughter’s body Posted: 03 Jul 2018 06:38 AM PDT  Police in Detroit say a distraught mother who couldn't part with her daughter after she died kept the woman's body in her house for months. Linda So reports.
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| Macron says migrant centres will only work if African nations take lead as EU immigration crisis deepens Posted: 04 Jul 2018 12:38 PM PDT  Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Wednesday that EU plans to open migrant processing centres in North Africa can only work if the host countries lead the process. Speaking to the BBC during a visit to Nigeria, the French president said many African countries were concerned that such centres would act as a magnet for greater numbers of migrants. No African country has so far agreed to host the centres, planned as part of a compromise deal on the migration crisis during a tense EU summit earlier this month. Mr Macron said the idea "can fly, just if some African countries decide to organise it." Mr Macron said migration would pose problems for Europe for decades because of unplanned population growth in African countries. It is a view he has previously expressed, leading to criticism that he is voicing colonial rhetoric. He was speaking after France agreed to take about 80 migrants from the Aquarius rescue ship that was at the centre of a bitter European dispute over migration last month. French President Emmanuel Macron performs at the Shrine Africa in Lagos Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images Spain's government came under growing pressure over its handling of the migration crisis as Barcelona's mayor called for help over the arrival of busloads of migrants and critics claimed "permissive" policies were creating a magnet effect. Ada Colau, the mayor of Barcelona, issued an urgent call for resources after 500 migrants arrived in the city by bus in 15 days and an NGO ship docked with 60 rescued people turned away by Italy. Ms Colau welcomed yesterday's arrival of the Proactiva Open Arms, granted safe harbour in Barcelona after it was denied permission to dock by Italy's new populist government. But she accused Spain's government of turning a blind eye to the growing problem of migration along its own southern shores, where thousands of arrivals in recent weeks have left reception centres overflowing and forced transfers across the country. "Let's be clear, dozens of boats in the form of coaches are arriving with us. And as they arrive by coach, the state does not recognise them and they stay invisible," Ms Colau told Catalunya Radio. A member of SOS-Mediterranee checks life vests aboard the Aquarius rescue vessel Credit: PAU BARRENA/AFP/Getty Images In June, almost 6,800 migrants arrived in Spain by sea, outstripping the total number of arrivals in Greece, Italy and Malta combined. The Andalusia regional government has joined calls for a more coordinated European response, cautioning against a "policy of patches". The Open Arms is the second NGO ship to travel to Spain with migrants rescued in the Central Mediterranean; the first, the Aquarius, was granted safe harbour in Valencia in June after being stranded at sea for days with 629 people on board. While the move by Pedro Sanchez, the new prime minister, has been largely welcomed, he has also been accused of making political gestures while failing to address fundamental issues. Yesterday, his government promised an overhaul of asylum processing and air and sea reinforcements for the Spanish coastguard. Mediterranean migration But NGOs have warned that with the Spanish asylum system effectively collapsed, far greater resources are needed. Conservatives and anti-immigrant groups have meanwhile accused Spain's new Left-wing government of creating a "calling effect" with its offers of safe harbour. Vox, a small but vocal hard-Right party, claimed that just as Germany was "closing its borders to illegal immigration", Mr Sanchez's "permissiveness" was causing thousands of migrants to "direct their gazes towards Spain". The German interior minister is to fly to Vienna Thursday for talks with the Austrian government to defuse a row over his plans to set up transit camps for migrants on the border between the two countries. Horst Seehofer will meet with Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian chancellor, amid fears the plans could set off a domino effect that could threaten the future of the European Union's border-free Schengen Area. Merkel's migration tensions | Read more "The migration question will decide whether Europe can survive," Angela Merkel told German MPs on Wednesday as she defended the planned camps. Mr Seehofer won her backing for the transit centres in a last-minute compromise to avert a German political crisis on Monday after he threatened to resign and pull his Chrisian Social Union party (CSU) out of her coalition government. But the deal has left him with the difficult task of talking Germany's reluctant EU allies into accepting the migrants it turns away — after Mrs Merkel failed to persuade them at last week's EU summit. Austria reacted furiously to the announcement of the planned transit centres on Tuesday, warning it would impose its own controls on its southern borders with Italy and Slovenia. Mr Seehofer is also scheduled to hold talks on migrants with Matteo Salvini, the Italian interior minister, on a deal next week. But he played down hopes for a breakthrough at his talks in Vienna. "It's about initial talks on how to find an agreement," his spokesman said.
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| July 4th 2018: A beginner's guide to Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Posted: 04 Jul 2018 07:25 AM PDT  Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest has been held every 4 July on Coney Island, New York City, since 1916 and is exactly what it sounds like: a competitive eating competition in which participants have 10 minutes to devour as many frankfurters and buns as they can. Nathan's Famous has stood as a seafront snack venue for 102 years, situated at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues and founded by Jewish immigrant Nathan Handwerker (1892-1974), who started out selling sausages for a nickel with his wife Ida, using her Polish grandmother's secret spice recipe. Celebrated vaudevillian Eddie Cantor, who met Handwerker while working as a singing waiter and encouraged him to go into business on his own, is said to have competed in the 1917 contest against Jack West, father of the bawdy comedian Mae.
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