| Strzok, Benczkowski, SCOTUS to Make Headlines next Week Posted: 06 Jul 2018 02:33 PM PDT  Joy Reid looks ahead to the coming news week, with embattled FBI agent Peter Strzok set to testify publicly in Congress, Trump loyalists hoping to put former Russian Alfa-Bank lawyer Brian Benczkowski in the DoJ, and Donald Trump's SCOTUS announcement.
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| Trump Defends Jim Jordan Over Ohio State Abuse Allegations Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:28 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Thursday defended Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who at
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| Outrage after white man calls police on black woman at North Carolina pool Posted: 06 Jul 2018 09:24 AM PDT  Adam Bloom asked to see Jazmine Abhulimen's ID at their neighborhood pool, then called the police. Abhulimen, who recorded the incident, said she felt unfairly targeted and Bloom has since lost his job.
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| Here's What School Is Really Like For Some Migrant Children Separated From Their Parents Posted: 06 Jul 2018 05:36 AM PDT  Serious challenges, including a lack of experienced teachers, may be
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| Mike Pompeo visits North Korea seeking details on denuclearization Posted: 06 Jul 2018 09:08 AM PDT  The Secretary of State made his third trip to the country, this time with a mission to nail down details of Kim Jong Un's denuclearization promise after reports that North Korea is expanding their weapons program.
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| Thai officials aim to rescue kids from cave before rain hits Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:52 PM PDT  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Worried that heavy monsoon rain could soon make the job even more difficult, Thai officials said Saturday that they may need to quickly rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a partially flooded cave by helping them make risky dives to safety.
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| Deadly torrential rains and flooding batter southwestern Japan Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:48 PM PDT ![Deadly torrential rains and flooding batter southwestern Japan]( "Deadly torrential rains and flooding batter southwestern Japan") Torrents of rainfall and flooding battered a widespread area in southwestern Japan on Saturday, with local media casualty reports climbing quickly. Public broadcaster NHK said 38 people were dead, four were injured seriously and 47 were missing. Television footage showed a residential area in Okayama prefecture seeped in brown water spreading like a huge lake.
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| Man punches restaurant worker, video shows Posted: 06 Jul 2018 05:23 PM PDT  Surveillance video shows the attack which happened at a George Webb restaurant in Milwaukee.
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| Tyler Honeycutt, Former NBA Player, Found Dead After Standoff With Police: Report Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:04 AM PDT  Former basketball player for the Sacramento Kings, Tyler Honeycutt, was found
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| Effort to Rescue Thai Soccer Teammates and Coach Trapped in Cave Continues Posted: 05 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT  Two teammates, Queu and Kaan, said they don't blame their soccer coach after he and 12 of their teammates were trapped in a cave after a hike on June 23.
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| Mike Pence: 'We will never abolish ICE' Posted: 06 Jul 2018 12:26 PM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence visited the headquarters of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Washington, D.C., on Friday, where he delivered a speech that attacked the push to abolish the agency.
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| Trump Administration May Be Preparing A New Obamacare Sabotage Effort Posted: 07 Jul 2018 02:41 PM PDT  Another piece of the Affordable Care Act's machinery is grinding to a halt, at
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| Three Canadian YouTube travel bloggers killed after falling over a waterfall in British Columbia Posted: 06 Jul 2018 11:02 AM PDT  Three Canadian YouTube travel bloggers have been killed after falling over a waterfall in British Columbia. Ryker Gamble, Alexey Lyakh and Megan Scraper were part of High On Life, a video blog group which posts videos of their travel adventures on social media. The trio were swimming at the top of Shannon Falls in Squamish, British Columbia on Tuesday when they slipped and fell into a pool 98ft below, local police siad. The High On Life group, which has more than one million Instagram followers and more than 500,000 YouTube subscribers, named the trio in a post online. In a video tribute the group praised them as "three of the warmest, kindest and most driven and outgoing people you could ever meet". Their Facebook page says: "High On Life is the attitude to embrace all of life's opportunities with a positive outlook and energy." "There are truly no words that can be said to ease the pain and the devastation we are all going through right now," they said. The video bloggers, who were all in their late 20s and early 30s, had hiked up Shannon Falls on Tuesday and were swimming in a pool system at the top of the falls. The adventurers were "then walking along the ledge shortly thereafter" before falling nearly 100ft, said Corporal Sascha Banks, from Canada's Federal Police. Megan Scraper and Alexey Lyakh had recently celebrated five years together The tragedy occurred when Ms Scraper slipped and fell, with Mr Gamble and Mr Lyakh also getting swept away as they tried to save her , according to the Vancouver Sun. The difficult terrain meant it took the Squamish Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) force two days to find and recover the adventurers. "I can't say enough about the incredible skilled work done by the RCMP teams along with Squamish Search and Rescue," Cpl Banks said in a statement. Ms Banks added that heavy water flow and a a steep mountainside area posed a significant challenge for the crew involved in the efforts. Their Facebook page says: "High On Life is the attitude to embrace all of life's opportunities with a positive outlook and energy." Mr Gamble and Mr Lyakh founded the High On Life group, which is based in Vancouver, with another high school friend after they travelled the world in 2012. The adventurers turned their passion for travel into full-time jobs, posting pictures and videos of their experiences online in partnership with various brands. The group made headlines in 2016 after Mr Gamble, Mr Lykah and another member were handed five-year bans from US federal lands after an out-of-bounds excursion on a sensitive hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. In one of his most recent Instagram posts, 30-year-old Mr Gamble wrote: "Life isn't about responsibilities, tough decisions and hard work, it's about feeling bliss and living in the moment." High On Life has created a GoFundMe memorial fund in support of the three travellers families.
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| Buddhist meditation may calm team trapped in Thai cave Posted: 05 Jul 2018 07:28 PM PDT  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — At a gilded temple in Thailand's mountainous north, Ekapol Chanthawong honed a skill that will serve him well as he sits trapped underground in a dark cave: meditation.
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| The Mars Opportunity Rover Has Defied All Odds for 15 Years. But Now, It Could Be in Danger Posted: 06 Jul 2018 01:39 PM PDT  It was only supposed to last for 90 days
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| Three contract workers injured at Shell Convent, La. refinery: company Posted: 05 Jul 2018 08:09 PM PDT ![Three contract workers injured at Shell Convent, La. refinery: company]( "Three contract workers injured at Shell Convent, La. refinery: company") Three contract workers were injured on Wednesday while working on a hydrogen line on a sulfur unit at Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Convent, Louisiana, refinery, a company spokesman said on Thursday. The sulfur unit is shut as part of a planned overhaul of units at the 209,787 barrel-per-day (bpd) Convent refinery that includes the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit, the sources said. "Shell initiated its emergency response plan, which included immediately deploying personnel to respond to the incident," Shell spokesman Ray Fisher said on Thursday.
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| Scott Pruitt's Resignation Is Just The Start Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:49 AM PDT  It started way back on Sept. 27, 2017, with a Washington Post report exposing
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| Divers work tirelessly to rescue soccer team trapped in Thailand cave Posted: 06 Jul 2018 09:12 AM PDT  Dozens of divers have joined Thai Navy SEALS to rescue the trapped soccer team, facing a dangerous race against time to bring the boys to safety.
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| North Korea hits out at Pompeo over ‘regrettable and gangster-like' US demands in nuclear talks Posted: 07 Jul 2018 02:14 AM PDT  North Korea has attacked US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, saying it was "regrettable" the US was making unilateral denuclearisation demands on Pyongyang during high-level talks. America's top diplomat left North Korea on Saturday after two days of negotiations, saying much remained to be done but insisting the two sides had discussed the idea of Pyongyang making a full declaration of its weapons of mass destruction stockpiles and setting a timeline for giving them up. "These are complicated issues but we made progress on almost all of the central issues,'' Mr Pompeo told reporters on the airport tarmac before leaving Pyongyang, following his third visit to North Korea.
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| Trump Lashes Out at Sen. Elizabeth Warren, George H.W. Bush Posted: 05 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT  He made fun of the former president's slogan promoting volunteerism and mocked the MeToo movement.
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| Widespread riots in Haiti over fuel prices Posted: 07 Jul 2018 03:20 PM PDT ![Widespread riots in Haiti over fuel prices]( "Widespread riots in Haiti over fuel prices") The Haitian government suspended a fuel price hike Saturday after widespread violence broke out across the capital and in the northern city of Cap-Haitien.
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| The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week, June 30 To July 6 Posted: 06 Jul 2018 06:01 AM PDT  Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest
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| Fires menace US West, tornado touches Colorado wildfire site Posted: 05 Jul 2018 10:23 PM PDT  DENVER (AP) — An erratic wildfire charging through extremely dry land in the heart of Colorado ski country destroyed three homes and forced people to flee, authorities said Thursday.
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| Mother Teresa charity shocked after India babies 'sold' Posted: 06 Jul 2018 07:46 AM PDT  An Indian charity founded by Mother Teresa expressed outrage and regret Friday after a nun and an employee were arrested for allegedly selling infants for adoption for potentially thousands of dollars. It should have never happened," said the Missionaries of Charity organisation, set up by the Catholic missionary nun in 1950. After the arrests, 13 girls living in the home were shifted to another shelter, the Press Trust of India reported, adding that 22 children from a nearby shelter that was run by the same charity were also moved to a new accommodation on Friday.
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| 21 people treated for rabies exposure after woman rescues abandoned baby raccoon Posted: 06 Jul 2018 11:57 AM PDT  A woman who lives in the southern part of Weld County, Colorado found a baby racoon on her property and took the animal into her home after she believed the animal had been abandoned by its mother, a Weld County Department of Health and Environment press release stated. According to Colorado's Greeley Tribune, the woman then apparently had 20 visitors to her home, all who reportedly expressed interest in seeing the baby raccoon. "This was a baby wild animal, so I think there was some heightened interest to seeing a baby animal in the home," Rachel Freeman, the health department's supervisor, told the newspaper.
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| Michael Cohen Hires Former Clinton White House Attorney Lanny Davis Posted: 06 Jul 2018 11:58 AM PDT  Michael Cohen, beleaguered former personal attorney for President Donald
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| The Latest: Ruling delayed on family reunification deadline Posted: 07 Jul 2018 03:34 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration's request for more time to reunify parents and children separated at the border (all times local):
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| Dueling tariffs raise fears of long U.S.-China trade battle Posted: 06 Jul 2018 01:22 PM PDT  By Michael Martina and David Lawder BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-China trade fight resulting in duties on $34 billion worth of each other's imports was seen dragging on for a potentially prolonged period, as Washington and Beijing flexed their muscles with no sign of negotiations to ease tensions. Friday marked the start of the U.S. duties that were promptly met with retribution by China, as Beijing accused the United States of triggering the "largest-scale trade war." The escalating fight between the world's two biggest economies meant that it could "take economic and political pain to get these two parties to the (negotiating) table," said Scott Kennedy, head of China studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
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| We Finally Know Why Ant-Man Wasn’t in Avengers: Infinity War Posted: 06 Jul 2018 01:13 PM PDT  Something happens while he's in the Quantum Realm, which means he won't be much help in Avengers 4. Maybe Captain Marvel can help with that.
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| U.S. using DNA testing in effort to reunite families it separated Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:04 AM PDT  The U.S. government, under court order to quickly reunify parents and children who were separated after crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico, has expanded its use of DNA tests to establish paternity in immigration matters. The government says DNA testing is a faster means of confirming parentage than relying on assembling documents such as birth certificates. Under President Barack Obama, DNA testing of unauthorized border-crossers was rare, former administration officials said, but one said it was sometimes used as a last resort to verify family connections when placing unaccompanied minors with sponsors in the United States.
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| Mother of girl declared dead twice slams doctors at funeral Posted: 06 Jul 2018 02:54 PM PDT  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — After battling for more than four years to keep a comatose daughter declared brain dead from being issued a California death certificate, Nailah Winkfield forcefully told mourners at her daughter's funeral service Friday to stop letting doctors "pull the plug on your people."
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| Man killed when tire mysteriously crashes into his car on New York highway Posted: 06 Jul 2018 05:32 PM PDT  The vicitm, David Dorazio, was driving a 1998 Saturn sedan on Sunrise Highway in West Babylon Thursday afternoon when the tire struck the car, Suffolk County Police said.
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| The Latest: Evacuations reduced at Southern California fire Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:47 PM PDT  GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local):
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| Insider attack kills US soldier in Afghanistan Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:41 PM PDT  A US soldier was killed and two others wounded in an "apparent insider attack" in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, NATO said, the first such killing in nearly a year. "The wounded service members, who are in stable condition, are currently being treated," NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan said in a statement. NATO did not release the identity of the American soldier killed or provide further details about where the incident took place.
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| At least 24 killed in Mexico fireworks explosion Posted: 05 Jul 2018 10:30 PM PDT  At least 24 people were killed in a series of explosions on Thursday at fireworks warehouses in the town of Tultepec in central Mexico, including rescue workers who died saving others' lives, officials said. The initial explosion occurred at about 9:30am, then spread to other warehouses just as police and firefighters began attending to the first victims. Tultepec, a town of 65,000 people just north of Mexico City, is known for its artisanal fireworks - and a history of deadly accidents. "We deeply regret the deaths of those who were killed this morning in... Tultepec, including our firefighter and police colleagues who lost their lives saving those of many others," read a tweet from the Red Cross in the state of Mexico, where Tultepec is located. At least 24 people were killed - including a minor - and 49 wounded, officials said. Damaged buildings and cars litter the site Credit: Moises Castillo/AP The victims included four firefighters and five police. Hundreds of soldiers, police and firefighters deployed to the neighborhood of Xahuento, on the outskirts of the town, cordoned off a wide area around the smoldering workshops where the explosions ocurred. An anguished teenager was asking rescue workers for news about his father, a fireworks maker who worked in the area. "I left school to look for him as soon as we heard about the explosion. But they won't let me through and nobody is giving me any information," said Allan Osvaldo, 14. Fireworks explosions at a warehouse in #Mexico`s city of #Tultepec kill 19, injure 40. Casualties are said to include firefighters and rescuers who had arrived to help initial blast victims pic.twitter.com/kxhMukTBWT— Benjamin Alvarez (@BenjAlvarez1) July 5, 2018 Hours later, his father reappeared, badly shaken but safe. "I was in my workshop when I heard the explosion. I ran out and was immediately enveloped in the cloud of smoke," said the father, 43-year-old Osvaldo Urban, his voice trembling. "I'm so grateful to be OK." An overpowering smell of gunpowder hung in the air, and occasional detonations could still be heard hours after the original accident. Charred furniture and bricks hurled by the explosions could be seen lying in the grass, even outside the ample security perimeter. A forensic technician walks by a wall reading "Danger" while inspecting the site Credit: Daniel Becerril/Reuters "I was having breakfast when there was a terrible blast. We left the house running and I saw a huge white cloud in the sky, as if it were going to rain - except today it rained fire," said Alondra Perez, 62, who lives across the road. Two badly damaged firetrucks were visible beside one totaled workshop, and a police officer told AFP an ambulance had been completely charred in one blast. "People here insist on continuing to make fireworks. It's their tradition. But they don't gauge the consequences of these tragedies. It's infuriating, because our firefighter colleagues... end up dead saving these people," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity. This was the scene on December 20, 2016, when explosions ripped through the San Pablito fireworks' market in Tultepec Credit: Jose Luis Tolentino/AP Tultepec is known for making the fireworks for holidays and saints' days. It has been hit by devastating explosions in the past. On June 6, seven people were killed in a similar blast. And on December 20, 2016, 42 people were killed and 70 injured in a series of spectacular explosions at Tultepec's San Pablito market, the largest fireworks market in the country.
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| Activists block major freeway to protest gun violence in Chicago Posted: 07 Jul 2018 02:14 PM PDT ![Activists block major freeway to protest gun violence in Chicago]( "Activists block major freeway to protest gun violence in Chicago") Hundreds of protesters calling for an end to gun violence in Chicago partially shut down a major freeway in the city on Saturday, restricting traffic as they demanded lawmakers and members of the community do more to stop the bloodshed.
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| Trump 'Apologizes' For Pocahontas Slur, Uses It Again 2 Seconds Later Posted: 05 Jul 2018 07:30 PM PDT  Despite groans from his supporters in the crowd, President Donald Trump
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| Woman finds nearly 50 brown recluse spiders in bedroom Posted: 06 Jul 2018 12:00 PM PDT  The woman was rushed to the hospital with hallucinations after she was bitten several times by brown recluse spiders.
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| Family of Ohio State doctor says it's cooperating in probe Posted: 07 Jul 2018 03:17 PM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The family of a former Ohio State University team doctor accused by athletes of sexual misconduct says it is "shocked and saddened" by the allegations and is cooperating with the school's independent investigation.
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| Macron gathers world's top sovereign funds to send climate signal Posted: 05 Jul 2018 10:02 PM PDT  By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - Sovereign wealth funds managing more than $2 trillion are to lay out a strategy on Friday in Paris to pressure companies to be more climate-friendly, French officials said. President Emmanuel Macron, who has cast himself as the guardian of the Paris agreement on climate change since Washington announced it would pull out, is championing the initiative, which will bring together the heads of six sovereign funds to thrash out a pro-environment investment framework. The guidelines, which funds will ask the companies they invest in to meet, are expected to influence other big asset managers, French presidential advisers said.
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| Pigs, paws and pistachios: US goods face tariffs in China Posted: 06 Jul 2018 04:06 AM PDT  From pig heads to pistachios to whiskey, China's proposed list of targeted US products for higher border taxes could take a bite out of bilateral trade between the world's top two economies. After Washington imposed new tariffs on billions of Chinese imports just past the stroke of midnight Friday, Beijing hit back immediately dollar for dollar. China has not officially updated its list of items targeted but last month gave a detailed run-down that was not expected to change.
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| Body found in California wildfire's path marks season's first fatality Posted: 06 Jul 2018 02:27 PM PDT  By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Crews fighting a fast-moving Northern California wildfire on Friday discovered the charred remains of a person apparently caught in the flames, sheriff's officials said, marking the first such fatality in a particularly intense fire season across the state. Investigators were trying to identify the man or woman found in the debris of a home burned to the ground by the Klamathon fire, which broke out Thursday near the Oregon border during a blistering California heat wave and quickly blackened more than 8,000 acres (3,237 hectares). "We don't know who it is, we're trying to do best we can to identify the person," said Lieutenant Jeremiah LaRue if the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office.
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| With US out, others reaffirm commitment to Iran nuclear deal Posted: 06 Jul 2018 07:03 AM PDT  VIENNA (AP) — Five world powers agreed with Iran on Friday to forge ahead with negotiations with the country and maintain its ability to export gas and oil as they seek to preserve a nuclear deal with Tehran despite the withdrawal of the United States.
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| Divers to check sunken Thai boat for Chinese tourists: governor Posted: 05 Jul 2018 06:05 PM PDT  The search for dozens of missing Chinese tourists whose boat capsized off the Thai holiday island of Phuket resumed early Friday, with divers poised to scour the sunken hull, the local governor told reporters. The boat, which had left the popular snorkelling spot of Koh Racha to return to Phuket, was carrying 105 passengers, the majority Chinese tourists. Helicopters, police and fishing boats were deployed early Friday as the rescue mission restarted.
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| As Trade War Begins, Feds Eye $30 Billion Bailout Fund For Farmers Facing Losses Posted: 05 Jul 2018 09:56 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's trade war was officially launched at 12:01 Friday
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| 8 Great Stocks to Buy for the Third Quarter Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:44 AM PDT ![8 Great Stocks to Buy for the Third Quarter]( "8 Great Stocks to Buy for the Third Quarter") Bank of America loves these stocks now. Overall, the U.S. stock market has been relatively solid so far this year, with the S&P 500 index up about 2 percent for the year. The Bank of America analyst team recently selected the following eight U.S. stocks as its top "buy" ideas for the third quarter.
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| Maisie Williams Is The 'Last Woman Standing' As 'Game Of Thrones' Winds Down Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:23 AM PDT  Maisie Williams, aka Arya Stark, gave desperate "Game of Thrones" fans an
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