| Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Bring A Joint Progressive Push To Kansas Posted: 20 Jul 2018 06:50 PM PDT  KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Democratic U.S. House
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| Donald Trump's Boast About Being 'Your Favorite President' Goes Awry Posted: 21 Jul 2018 05:53 AM PDT  Twitter users pounced on President Donald Trump early Saturday after he
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| Nine family members among 17 dead in US 'duck boat' tragedy Posted: 21 Jul 2018 03:04 PM PDT  Out of 11 of us there's only two that's surviving, that's me and my nephew" Tia Coleman, her voice breaking, told Fox59 from her hospital bed. Coleman said the boat's captain had told passengers earlier in their trip that they "won't need" life jackets. Coleman told CNN affiliate KOLR of her own near-death by drowning: "I was yelling, I was screaming, and finally I said, 'Lord, just let me die, let me die.' She eventually floated to the surface.
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| Former president George HW Bush’s cardiologist killed in bicycle drive-by shooting Posted: 21 Jul 2018 01:41 PM PDT  George HW Bush's former cardiologist has been killed in a bicycle drive-by shooting in Houston, Texas. Dr Mark Hausknecht was riding his bicycle near the Texas Children's Pavilion for Women hospital just before 9am, when he was shot twice by another man on a bicycle, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said at a news conference. Mr Hausknecht, 65, encountered the shooter as the pair rode in opposite directions down the same street.
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| Novichok victim Charlie Rowley became contaminated after breaking bottle, brother says Posted: 21 Jul 2018 01:00 PM PDT  The Salisbury man struck down by the Novichok nerve agent which killed his girlfriend was contaminated when the container containing the chemical weapon splintered in his hand, his brother revealed on Sunday. Charlie Rowley was discharged from hospital on Friday, after spending 20 days in hospital recovering from the effects of the military grade nerve agent which took the life of Dawn Sturgess two weeks ago. Shortly before being released from Salisbury District Hospital Mr Rowley told his brother Matthew that he and Miss Sturgess, 44, were contaminated after handling a container disguised as a perfume bottle. It came as police continued a fingertip search of Queen Elizabeth Gardens, the park in Salisbury where Mr Rowley and Miss Sturgess are believed to have stumbled across the glass bottle. Officers have been examining a river which flows through the gardens and have now also turned their attention to a toilet block next to a car park used by hundreds of people before it was sealed off. Mr Rowley told his brother Matthew that he and Miss Sturgess were contaminated after handling a container disguised as a perfume bottle Credit: AFP Detectives are understood to be continuing to question Mr Rowley, 45, following his release from hospital, in order to build up as detailed a picture as possible of the events which led to Miss Sturgess' death. It is thought he has not yet been able to remember where he and Miss Sturgess found the container, which police believe contained the same Novichok agent used in the attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury last March. Mr Rowley's brother Matthew told The Sunday Telegraph his brother's recollection of what took place was still "vague", but he added: "He told me that they found something that looked like a perfume bottle. Dawn sprayed what was inside it on both her wrists and rubbed them together, like you do when you're trying perfume. "Charlie said she then gave the bottle to him and somehow it splintered or broke in his hands. That's how he must have got contaminated." Home of Charlie Rowley where police found the source of the Novichok The bottle was discovered by police just over a week ago, during a minute search of Mr Rowley's flat in the small town of Amesbury, a 15 minute drive north of Salisbury. The couple caught a bus to the flat after spending the afternoon and early evening in Queen Elizabeth Gardens on June 29. The next day they collapsed within a few hours of each other and were rushed to hospital. Matthew Rowley said that following the death of Miss Sturgess he was convinced his brother would also die. Novichok poisoning - Salisbury – Amesbury timeline and map "I was so thankful when they told me he had regained consciousness and was getting better and to talk to him on the phone at the hospital was such a relief," he said. "I'm his older brother and I was so worried he was going to die. "Charlie is so angry about what happened to Dawn. Really angry. He was fond of her and his daughter got on with hers. They were like a family to him." Mr Rowley, 47, a former mechanic and bar manager from Warminster, has not been told when he will be reunited with his brother. But it is understood that police are anxious that Charlie Rowley's account of what happened should not be compromised by discussing it with other people. Detectives will want the opportunity to extract as much evidence as possible from Mr Rowley, who remains a key witness in the investigation into the Novichok attack and the subsequent death of Miss Sturgess. The couple were poisoned by the same nerve agent that poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Credit: Jack Taylor/Getty A source who has been briefed on the progress of the investigation said: "They want to get out of Charlie the best account of where he was and what happened so they can get to the bottom of this matter." Scotland Yard said: "We have been talking to Mr Rowley in hospital and we will of course be talking to him now he has been discharged. However we don't intent to release further details about this process." John Glen, the Conservative MP for Salisbury, said he hoped the continuing police investigation would not only lead to the perpetrators of the attack being brought to justice, but also reassure residents who have had to endure two chemical weapon attacks on their doorstep. "The searches are part of the investigation to find out where Dawn and Charlie picked up what appears to have been a contaminated container disguised as a perfume bottle. We all hope that for the sake of Salisbury they will soon make all the areas they have sealed off, such as the park and the couple's homes, safe," he said. Novichok in Salisbury: How could this happen four months after Skripal attack? Reports last week suggested police have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack on the Skripals. Counter terror police using facial recognition technology and CCTV images reportedly identified a number of Russian agents thought to be responsible. It is believed the hit squad flew back to Russia shortly after carrying out the attack, travelling to London from Salisbury by train.
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| Caught in the Middle: India Between the United States and Iran Posted: 22 Jul 2018 04:26 PM PDT  Washington has made it clear that New Delhi must pick a side.
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| Crying Neo-Nazi Chris Cantwell Pleads Guilty To Assault At Charlottesville Rally Posted: 21 Jul 2018 11:29 AM PDT  Christopher Charles Cantwell, a white supremacist who was labeled the "crying
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| Revelations of US cardinal sex abuse will force pope's hand Posted: 21 Jul 2018 07:59 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Revelations that one of the most respected U.S. cardinals allegedly sexually abused both boys and adult seminarians have raised questions about who in the Catholic Church hierarchy knew — and what Pope Francis is going to do about it.
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| Islamic State announces death of one of its Egypt branch leaders Posted: 22 Jul 2018 01:41 PM PDT ![Islamic State announces death of one of its Egypt branch leaders]( "Islamic State announces death of one of its Egypt branch leaders") A local leader of Islamic State's branch in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has been killed, the group and a security source said on Sunday. The group identified the leader as Abu Jaafar al-Maqdesi and released a poster-like mourning notice titled "Caravans of shuhada (martyrs)" with a photo of a smiling, bearded man wearing a coat and a cap. "Brother Abu Jaafar al-Maqdesi, may God accept him," a brief message posted on the group's telegram channels read, without giving details on where, when or how he was killed.
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| The Army’s Advanced New Night Vision Goggles Are Just Over The Horizon Posted: 22 Jul 2018 07:00 AM PDT  A big deal?
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| Trump Blames The Media For His Bad Days. So Do His Supporters. Posted: 22 Jul 2018 09:33 AM PDT  President Donald Trump attacked the media on Sunday for its coverage of his
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| Thai boys rescued from cave to be ordained in Buddhist ceremony Posted: 22 Jul 2018 04:47 AM PDT  Most members of the Thai youth football team rescued from a flooded cave will have their heads shaved, don robes and be ordained in a Buddhist ceremony this week, officials said Sunday. The "Wild Boars" are enjoying their first few days home after being discharged from hospital and speaking to the media about their harrowing ordeal inside the Tham Luang cave near the Myanmar border. All made a speedy and surprising recovery after a week in hospital, and on their first day out they prayed for good fortune in a traditional ceremony and mourned a former Thai navy SEAL who died during the rescue efforts.
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| Unexpected Health Crisis Forces Sergio Marchionne Out at Fiat Chrysler Posted: 21 Jul 2018 01:40 PM PDT  Jeep and Ram boss Mike Manley takes over as CEO after Marchionne suffers complications following surgery.
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| Hamas accepts cease-fire after massive Israeli Gaza strikes Posted: 21 Jul 2018 01:02 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza's militant Hamas rulers said Saturday they had accepted a cease-fire ending a massive Israeli onslaught on militant positions after a soldier was shot dead, once again pulling the sides back from the brink of a full-fledged war.
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| Dad Of Brother And Sister Parkland Survivors Fatally Shot In Robbery Posted: 21 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT  A Florida family has been devastated again by gun violence. The father of two
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| Prize-winning Los Angeles food critic Gold dead at 57 Posted: 22 Jul 2018 01:38 AM PDT  Jonathan Gold, the Los Angeles restaurant critic whose reviews of the city's neighborhood eateries became a window into its soul, died Saturday aged 57, his newspaper reported. The only food critic to win journalism's most prestigious prize, the Pulitzer, Gold succumbed in hospital to pancreatic cancer which had been diagnosed in early July, the Los Angeles Times quoted his wife Laurie Ochoa as saying. "He was the soul of this city and all of its amazing flavors," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti wrote on Twitter.
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| Spain’s Billion-Dollar Ethanol-Powered S-80 Super-Submarines Are Too Big to Fit in their Docks Posted: 21 Jul 2018 08:00 AM PDT  And won't start out with key air-independent propulsion technology.
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| 'Walking Dead' Star Danai Gurira Gives 'Heartbreaking' Goodbye To Andrew Lincoln Posted: 21 Jul 2018 07:56 AM PDT  It seems like just yesterday "Walking Dead" finally gave us the Michonne/Rick
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| Donald Trump's intelligence chief says he meant no disrespect to president over Putin meeting Posted: 21 Jul 2018 08:03 PM PDT  Dan Coats, US Director of National Intelligence, said on Saturday he in no way meant to be disrespectful toward President Donald Trump with what he called his "awkward response" to news of a second planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr Coats issued a statement seeking to control the damage from an interview he gave at the Aspen Institute security forum in Colorado on Thursday in which he expressed surprise when the news broke that Mr Trump was planning another summit with Mr Putin. "Some press coverage has mis-characterised my intentions in responding to breaking news presented to me during a live interview. My admittedly awkward response was in no way meant to be disrespectful or criticize the actions of the president," hesaid. "I and the entire intel community are committed to providing the best possible intelligence to inform and support President Trump's ongoing efforts to prevent Russian meddling in our upcoming elections, to build strong relationships internationally in order to maintain peace, denuclearise dangerous regimes and protect our nation and our allies." Mr Coats was on stage at the Aspen Institute taking questions when he was informed by Andrea Mitchell, the MSNBC anchor who moderated the event, about the second summit. "Say that again. Did I hear you?" he asked, appearing amused. "OK, that's going to be special." The White House had no comment on Saturday about his new statement. Mr Coats' appearance at the Aspen Institute had generated some frustration at the White House. One source said there was a belief that if he had been in Washington instead of Colorado, he would not have been surprised by the news. Mr Trump has drawn heavy criticism from Republicans and Democrats over his summit last Monday in Helsinki, Finland, with Mr Putin, when he seemed reluctant to blame Russia for meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. Trump and Putin | In talks Mr Trump later made clear he supported the US intelligence community's findings about Russian meddling. On Saturday, the Salt Lake Tribune published a letter from Jon Huntsman Jr, the US ambassador to Moscow, that appeared to reject a suggestion from a columnist for the newspaper that he resign after Mr Trump's remarks in Helsinki. "I have taken an unscientific survey among my colleagues, whom you reference, about whether I should resign. The laughter told me everything I needed to know," the letter said. A State Department spokeswoman had no immediate comment on Mr Huntsman's letter.
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| Man suspected of shooting officer found, killed by police Posted: 20 Jul 2018 09:42 PM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — A man suspected of gunning down a Hawaii police officer was killed during a shootout with officers Friday after a three-day search across the Big Island, authorities said.
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| This Ford F-350 Mega Raptor Makes All Other Raptors Look Cute Posted: 22 Jul 2018 01:00 PM PDT  We might have just found the king of the unofficial Raptors.
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| Trade accords on Xi's agenda during Senegal swing Posted: 21 Jul 2018 03:14 PM PDT  China's President Xi Jinping inked a clutch of trade accords Saturday on the first visit by a Chinese leader to Senegal in almost a decade. Senegalese President Macky Sall welcomed his counterpart to Dakar for afternoon talks before Xi continues a tour of the region Sunday, heading to Rwanda, then South Africa on Tuesday ahead of a BRICs summit of developing nations starting Wednesday.
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| Around 25,000 protest immigration stance of Merkel's Bavarian allies Posted: 22 Jul 2018 10:43 AM PDT ![Around 25,000 protest immigration stance of Merkel's Bavarian allies]( "Around 25,000 protest immigration stance of Merkel's Bavarian allies") Around 25,000 people braved the rain in Munich on Sunday to protest the hardline immigration stance of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies three months before they face a tough state election in Bavaria. The protest is another sign of the Christian Social Union's (CSU) waning popularity after an Infratest poll published last week put its support in Bavaria at 38 percent, compared with the 47.7 percent it secured in a 2013 regional election. March organizers said in a statement they were demonstrating against the "irresponsible divisive politics" of top members of the CSU which governs Bavaria and is the sister party to Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU).
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| Julian Assange Could Be Turned Over To U.K. Authorities Soon: Report Posted: 21 Jul 2018 02:45 PM PDT  Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, may soon be forced out
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| These Are The Victims Of The Missouri Duck Boat Accident Posted: 21 Jul 2018 11:08 AM PDT  On Thursday, a duck boat carrying 31 people across Table Rock Lake near
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| The Latest: Baby didn't initially know parents at reunion Posted: 21 Jul 2018 03:43 AM PDT  SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — The Latest on a family reuniting in Honduras after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local):
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| Woman Says She Telepathically Urged Mountain Lion Out of Her Oregon Home Posted: 21 Jul 2018 10:12 AM PDT  Lauren Taylor found the predatory big cat asleep on her couch and says she showed it the way out with her mind.
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| Clinton: Trump-Putin a 'mystery', Russia may attack election infrastructure Posted: 21 Jul 2018 05:40 PM PDT  Hillary Clinton has criticized Donald Trump's performance at the Helsinki summit earlier this week, calling his failure to tackle Vladimir Putin over Russian interference in the 2016 US election "deeply disturbing" and a "mystery". Speaking at OzyFest – a festival of talks and music – in Central Park, New York on Saturday, Clinton also said Russian agents were targeting the November midterm elections in a renewed attempt to disrupt US democracy, and could this time attack election infrastructure such as "the servers you send results to" and "the operations of voting machines". Clinton beat Trump by nearly 3m ballots in the popular vote in 2016, but lost in the electoral college.
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| Tornado stuns Iowa town but residents say they'll rebuild Posted: 20 Jul 2018 08:19 PM PDT  MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — With the scope of the devastation still sinking in, business owners and residents of the central Iowa city of Marshalltown on Friday began picking up bricks from collapsed buildings, dragging away downed trees and trying to return to the lives they knew before a powerful tornado roared through their community.
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| Watch Saleen Unveil Tuned Sportruck XR With Up To 700 HP Posted: 20 Jul 2018 07:20 PM PDT  It also has an upgraded suspension with available parts like shocks with 12 inches of travel up front and 14 inches in the rear.
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| Israel evacuates hundreds of White Helmets to Jordan in face of Syria advance Posted: 22 Jul 2018 03:51 PM PDT  Israel evacuated hundreds of White Helmets rescuers and their family members threatened by advancing Syrian regime forces to Jordan on Sunday for resettlement in Western countries. Jordan's foreign ministry announced in a statement that the kingdom received 422 Syrian citizens, after earlier saying it had given permission for 800 to arrive. Foreign ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Kayed said Britain, Germany and Canada had initially agreed to accept around 827 rescuers and their relatives, but eventually settled on a figure of 422.
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| SpaceX makes beautiful pre-dawn rocket landing at sea. See it here. Posted: 22 Jul 2018 06:42 AM PDT  SpaceX's rocket landings are back and better than ever. After a months long dry spell, SpaceX just completed its latest and greatest rocket landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after launching a satellite to orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:50 a.m. EDT. SEE ALSO: Thai cave rescue saga shows how Elon Musk's narcissism gets the best of him The rocket's first stage touched down on the SpaceX drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" (yes, that's what it's called), shortly before 2:00 a.m. and less than 9 minutes in total after the initial liftoff. You can see the start of the landing at around the 23-minute mark in the video below, but the feed cuts off before the rocket actually enters the scene. The landing marks one of the first landings and launches of the company's newest, upgraded Falcon 9 rockets, called Block 5. Before this launch, SpaceX got rid of a backlog of their Block 4 rockets by launching without landing them back on Earth. That type of launch without landing is the traditional way of getting things to orbit, but SpaceX managed to change that. The whole point in the company's rocket landings hinge on the fact that it could reduce the cost of flying to orbit. By reusing rocket stages for multiple launches, it could drive down the exorbitant cost of flying to space for companies and nations around the world. SpaceX has been killing it the past couple years. The company — founded by Elon Musk — launched 18 times in 2017. This year, the Elon Musk-founded company launched its maiden voyage of the huge Falcon Heavy rocket, which is effectively three Falcon 9 boosters strapped together. WATCH: From balloons to satellites, here's how big tech is battling it out to bring internet to the most remote areas
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| Police name murder suspect in Los Angeles store hostage standoff Posted: 22 Jul 2018 12:50 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Los Angeles police named a 28-year-old man on Sunday as the suspect who took hostages and barricaded himself for three hours inside a Trader Joe's grocery store in which he fatally shot a woman. Gene Atkins is being held on a $2-million bail on suspicion of murder for Saturday's attacks, said Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Drake Madison. Atkins is likely to appear in court to be formally charged early this coming week, Madison added.
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| First 'Wonder Woman 1984' Footage Shows Adorable Moment With Little Girl Posted: 21 Jul 2018 01:07 PM PDT  Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman is back. And so is ... erm ... Chris Pine?
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| CIA: China is waging a 'quiet kind of cold war' against US Posted: 20 Jul 2018 10:13 PM PDT  ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — China is waging a "quiet kind of cold war" against the United States, using all its resources to try to replace America as the leading power in the world, a top CIA expert on Asia said Friday.
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| Buzz Aldrin Did Not Attend Gala Kicking Off the 50th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing Posted: 22 Jul 2018 08:14 AM PDT  The former NASA astronaut usually attends the event
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| After Helsinki, Can Trump and Putin Strike a Grand Bargain on Nukes? Posted: 22 Jul 2018 04:23 PM PDT  Presidents Trump and Putin want to get nuclear arms control back on track. Here's how they can get it done.
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| Manley role at Fiat Chrysler a turning point for carmaker Posted: 21 Jul 2018 05:51 PM PDT  The nomination of Mike Manley as CEO of Fiat Chrysler marks a turning point for the carmaker, putting a brand with historic Italian roots in the hands of someone with no ties to Italy — a Brit who showed his mettle by growing the quintessentially American Jeep into a global brand.
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| Georgia Sheriff In Hot Water With Dodge Charger Hellcat Purchase Posted: 21 Jul 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Feds think that $69,258 for a police car is too much.
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| Saudi Arabia slams 'racial discrimination' of Israeli law Posted: 21 Jul 2018 02:27 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia has slammed a controversial Israeli law as "perpetuating racial discrimination" against Palestinians by defining the country as the nation state of the Jewish people, state media reported. The law adopted by Israel's parliament on Thursday also defines the establishment of Jewish communities as being in the national interest and downgrades Arabic from an official language to one with special status. Citing a Saudi foreign ministry source, the official Saudi Press Agency said late Friday the kingdom "rejects and disapproves" of the new legislation which it argued contradicts international law.
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| Israel to reopen Gaza goods crossing Tuesday if calm holds Posted: 22 Jul 2018 03:57 AM PDT  Israel will reopen its only goods crossing with the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday if calm is maintained, a minister said, after having closed it July 9 partly over kites carrying firebombs. UN officials meanwhile warned that the Gaza Strip was facing serious fuel shortages affecting hospitals as well as water and sanitation facilities, calling for restrictions to be lifted. Lieberman, speaking at the crossing, stressed that calm also meant an end to months of kites and balloons carrying firebombs over the border fence from the Palestinian enclave run by Islamist movement Hamas to burn Israeli farmland.
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| Elon Musk reaches deal with artist in ‘farting unicorn’ image row Posted: 21 Jul 2018 02:29 PM PDT  Elon Musk has reached an agreement with an artist over an image of a "farting unicorn" the Tesla boss used to promote his cars. Tom Edwards, a potter from Colorado, US, who had claimed the business mogul had "ripped off" his drawing featured on a mug, said the issue had now been resolved "in a way that everyone feels good about". Mr Musk had last year posted the cartoon unicorn image on Twitter, without permission, to advertise his Tesla electric car range.
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| This Is What It’s Like To Own A $5,000 Mercedes SL600 Posted: 22 Jul 2018 07:00 AM PDT  It goes without saying that a cheap car comes with expensive repairs.
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| Grandfather arrested after California boy shoots cousin, 2 Posted: 20 Jul 2018 06:22 PM PDT  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A 4-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 2-year-old cousin Friday at a home in Southern California and deputies arrested the victim's grandfather for allegedly leaving the gun where the kids could find it, authorities said.
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| Egypt's Sisi says false rumors main threat to Arab countries Posted: 22 Jul 2018 09:06 AM PDT ![Egypt's Sisi says false rumors main threat to Arab countries]( "Egypt's Sisi says false rumors main threat to Arab countries") Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned on Sunday that Arab countries, including Egypt, were vulnerable to imploding from within under what he described as a barrage of rumors aimed at spreading instability. Addressing a military academy graduation ceremony in Cairo, Sisi said that his government had detected 21,000 false rumors over a period of three months. Sisi, who was elected president after he led the army in ousting Mohamed Mursi following mass protests against the Islamist president's one year in office, sees himself as trying to rebuild Egypt following years of turmoil that began in 2011.
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| Trump claims Cohen tape may be illegal and insists he did nothing wrong Posted: 21 Jul 2018 10:15 AM PDT  Donald Trump calls out as he arrives on Air Force One in New Jersey on Friday, en route to his Bedminster golf club. Trump also questioned the legality of both the raids and the tape, writing: "Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer's office (early in the morning) – almost unheard of. In New York state, it is legal to make such a tape recording.
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| Vikings offensive line coach Tony Sparano dies at 56 Posted: 22 Jul 2018 12:20 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — Tony Sparano once beat Bill Belichick with the single wing, but wasn't as old as that made him sound.
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| Glickenhaus Drops New Teaser For Retro-Themed Sports Car Posted: 21 Jul 2018 07:14 PM PDT  We see all kinds of classic Ferrari and Chevrolet Corvette influence in there.
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| Some countries buying Russian gear deserve sanctions waivers: Mattis Posted: 20 Jul 2018 11:11 PM PDT  US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday spoke in support of waivers for sanctions being imposed against nations buying military gear from Russia. The move comes amid concerns that imposing sanctions, particularly in the case of India and other Asian allies, could threaten friendly relationships that the US has been working to bolster in recent years. India, the world's top defense importer, has purchased Russian military hardware and expertise for decades, and has been in talks with Moscow to buy S-400 long range surface-to-air missile systems.
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