| Trump Supporters Chant ‘Lock Her Up’ As President Mocks Dianne Feinstein At Iowa Rally Posted: 09 Oct 2018 06:07 PM PDT  The audience at President Donald Trump's rally in Iowa on Tuesday night
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| Michelle Obama Doesn't Think Democrats Should Stop Being Civil Posted: 11 Oct 2018 02:38 PM PDT  Former first lady Michelle Obama says Democrats should not embrace a strategy
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| These Photos Show The Catastrophic Wind Damage From Hurricane Michael Posted: 11 Oct 2018 10:07 AM PDT  Hurricane Michael brought destruction to northern Florida this week, toppling
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| Hurricane Michael makes landfall near Panama City Beach, Florida Posted: 10 Oct 2018 12:43 PM PDT  ABC News' Rob Marciano reports from inside the storm as strong winds lash the Gulf Coast.
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| 6-month sentence for man who sold bank accounts to Russians Posted: 10 Oct 2018 01:30 PM PDT ![6-month sentence for man who sold bank accounts to Russians]( "6-month sentence for man who sold bank accounts to Russians") WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man on Wednesday was sentenced to six months in prison for unwittingly helping the Russian effort to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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| Beto still trails Cruz in Texas Senate polling Posted: 11 Oct 2018 08:42 AM PDT  A new Quinnipiac poll has found that Rep. Beto O'Rourke's long-shot quest to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, which has generated so much enthusiasm and financial support from national Democrats, has stalled well short of success.
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| Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Effort To Bring Jamal Khashoggi Back To Saudi Arabia: Report Posted: 10 Oct 2018 06:11 PM PDT  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered an effort to lure
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| Kim Jong-un's new Rolls-Royce shows North Korean sanctions are 'a bit of a joke' Posted: 11 Oct 2018 03:30 AM PDT  Kim Jong-un attended his recent meeting with Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, in what appeared to be a new Rolls-Royce, in defiance of international sanctions as world powers fracture over restrictions against nuclear-armed North Korea. Images of Kim arriving show a jet black Rolls-Royce with darkened windows and a distinctive logo on its wheel hubs. It is unclear how the vehicle would have been transported to Pyongyang given United Nations sanctions that ban items including luxury automobiles and motor vehicles. "The sanctions regime has become a bit of a joke," said Robert Dujarric, a professor of international relations at the Japan campus of Temple University. China and Russia have become increasingly vocal about loosening sanctions, splitting with the US on the issue. At three-way talks in Moscow, vice foreign ministers from North Korea, China and Russia agreed "it is necessary to consider adjusting sanctions...at an appropriate time," according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement. China and Russia first made the call to ease sanctions at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York late September. China argued they should be relaxed in view of the "positive development of the past few months", while Russia said the start of negotiations needed to be followed by lifting of restrictions. South Korea this week also said it was considering easing sanctions, but backed off the proposal after the US rejected the idea. The US has held strong on its views that sanctions should only disappear once North Korea has irreversibly denuclearised. Inside North Korea: fascinating images of the world's most secretive state North Korea, sanctioned under multiple UN Security Council resolutions for its nuclear weapons programme, has repeatedly called for them to be rolled back after it halted nuclear and missile tests. Pyongyang has also agreed to allow international inspectors into those sites once US and North Korea officials agreen on logistics. Even with sanctions in place Mr Dujarric said getting around them for some items could be fairly simple. For instance, a North Korean operative could could easily buy a car from Rolls-Royce in London and ship it to China, where it could be trucked over the land border, said Mr Dujarric. The Phantom, which starts at £318,120, is not military-grade technology and would not have raised eyebrows. "The Chinese authorities are not going to make a fuss over a car, even if they know it is going to Mr Kim himself", Mr Dujarric told The Telegraph. China is North Korea's main ally. "In any case, it is quite clear that the sanctions are beginning to fade and neither China nor Russia are doing the US any favours on that front for their own reasons," he added.
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| Wildly Inaccurate Trump Op-Ed On Health Care Receives Swift Backlash Posted: 10 Oct 2018 09:36 AM PDT  USA Today on Wednesday published an opinion piece credited to President Donald
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| Amazon Pledges to Compensate Its Warehouse Workers More Following Criticism Posted: 10 Oct 2018 01:04 PM PDT  Amazon.com Inc. is sweetening the pay for some of its longtime warehouse workers
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| Turkey says heavy arms pullout completed in Syria's Idlib Posted: 10 Oct 2018 08:05 AM PDT  Turkey on Wednesday said a planned buffer zone in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib has been cleared of heavy weapons as part of a deal reached between Moscow and Ankara. "The pullout of heavy weapons from the de-militarised zone was completed on October 10," the Turkish defence ministry said in a statement. Regime ally Russia and rebel supporter Turkey announced an agreement on September 17 to create a demilitarised buffer zone ringing the Idlib region, home to three million people.
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| Tennessee Woman Stabs Friend at Haunted House With Knife She Thought Was a Prop: Cops Posted: 11 Oct 2018 07:12 AM PDT  Police are investigating the incident.
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| Netanyahu sad to see Nikki Haley go as Palestinians breathe sigh of relief Posted: 10 Oct 2018 05:46 AM PDT  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised the outgoing US ambassador to the United Nations for her "uncompromising" struggle for Israel, as Palestinians talked of their relief at her departure. The outspoken politician had sparked controversy in the Middle East for her fervent support for Israel and hawkish line on Iran, Israel's chief foe. Several Israeli leaders including the premier expressed their sadness at her decision to leave.
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| California judge mulls new trial in $289M Roundup award Posted: 10 Oct 2018 07:25 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco judge said Wednesday she is considering tossing out the lion's share of the $289 million judgment against agribusiness giant Monsanto and ordering a new trial over whether the company's weed-killer caused a groundskeeper's cancer.
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| I Confronted Mitch McConnell And Interrupted Susan Collins. And I'll Do It Again. Posted: 10 Oct 2018 12:34 PM PDT  "How many stories do you have to hear before you believe survivors?" I asked
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| Hurricane Michael makes landfall Posted: 10 Oct 2018 11:41 AM PDT  Monster storm is the third-strongest on record to ever hit the U.S.
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| Trump: I could see campaigning with Kanye Posted: 11 Oct 2018 06:10 AM PDT  President Trump lavished praise on Kanye West hours before a meeting at the White House with the rapper who has become one of his most outspoken supporters.
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| These 9 Electric Cars Are Set to Rival Tesla Posted: 11 Oct 2018 02:23 PM PDT |
| What We Know About The Disappearance Of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Posted: 10 Oct 2018 05:15 PM PDT  Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist living in self-imposed exile,
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| Astronauts make emergency landing after Russian rocket carrying them to International Space Station fails Posted: 11 Oct 2018 04:37 AM PDT  An American and Russian astronaut have survived an emergency landing in Kazakhstan after the Soyuz rocket carrying them to the International Space Station failed in mid-flight. The latest in a long string of Russian rocket crashes, Thursday's star-crossed flight is yet another black eye for the Roscosmos space agency, which remains the only reliable way to get to the ISS. The Russian-made rocket began to plummet to earth a little more than two minutes into the six-hour mission due to a "vehicle malfunction". The engines were seen to cut out in the air, after which the Soyuz MS-10 spaceship holding Russian commander Alexei Ovchinin and Nasa astronaut Nick Hague jettisoned from the drifting launch vehicle. An internal camera showed the capsule jerking the pair around violently as the flight malfunctioned. Soyuz-FG rocket booster blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague of the ISS Expedition 57/58 prime crew aboard to the International Space Station (ISS) Credit: Donat Sorokin/TASS The video link broke off and the pair plunged toward the ground in "ballistic descent mode," experiencing gravitational forces six times normal. The capsule's parachute deployed successfully, however, landing them on the grassy steppe near Zhezkazgan, about 250 miles from the Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia. State media showed rescuers helping the two crew members into a helicopter, and Nasa said the men were in good condition. "Vehicle malfunction. That was a quick flight," Mr Ovchinin declared dryly over the radio at the beginning of the emergency descent. Rescuers help the two crew members out of a helicopter in Kazakhstan Credit: Russian Central Military District/TASS via Getty Images The crash comes after Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin accused Elon Musk of conspiring with the Pentagon to force other players out of the space industry and suggested that international astronauts had sabotaged the ISS by drilling the hole found in its hull. Adding to the embarrassment was a string of tweets by Roscosmos detailing the successful completion of three launch stages that never actually happened. The agency later deleted tweets with false information such as "287 seconds: The second stage successfully jettisoned". Russia's space agency has deleted the tweets detailing the successful launch that didn't actually happen, but here are screenshots. The ship had crashed before the second stage could "jettison normally at 287 seconds" pic.twitter.com/AD8o4MPPjI— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) October 11, 2018 After a normal liftoff from the same launchpad from where Yury Gagarin began the first manned space flight, the accident occurred amid the transition from the four large launch boosters to the next set of engines. "Thank God the crew is alive," Vladimir Putin's spokesman said. "According to preliminary information, the cause [of the crash] came during the separation of the first stage from the second stage," Yury Borisov, deputy prime minister for the military industrial complex, told reporters. "A special commission will get to the bottom of this." A Nasa statement blamed an "anomaly with the booster" for the incident and promised a thorough investigation. Astronauts emergency landing location – Kazakhstan Part of the second stage may have gotten caught on the first due to "poor fastening," pushing the craft off-course and causing the emergency shutdown of the engines, Interfax news agency quoted a space industry source as saying. Further Roscosmos launches have been suspended, Mr Borisov said. Another two-man Russian-American crew had been scheduled to set out for the space station on 20 December. An American, a Russian and a German astronaut who had planned to return from the ISS on the Soyuz MS-10 ship will have to reconsider their plans. A plume of smoke trails behind the rocket before its crash Credit: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters Besides the two astronauts, the crashed rocket had been carrying supplies, but the ISS has enough reserves for another six months of operations. Roscosmos tweeted photographs of Mr Rogozin speaking with Mr Hague and Mr Ovchinin while they relaxed on couches with blood pressure and pulse monitors on their arms. After a medical examination they would fly back to Moscow, it said. Russian experts said the astronauts, both former military pilots, had been trained to withstand even more intense g-forces. A rescue team arrives at the capsule after it crash landed in the grasslands of Kazakhstan 250 miles from Baikonur cosmodrome Credit: Russian Central Military District/TASS via Getty Images A lengthening list of accidents has raised doubts about the state of Russia's space programme. In a gross human error, an unmanned Soyuz rocket launched from Russia's new Vostochny cosmodrome in November crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after it was programmed with the launch coordinates for Baikonur. The disaster, which came after Mr Rogozin had declared the mission a success, destroyed 19 international satellites worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Russian unmanned cargo rockets of different designs crashed in 2016, 2015 and 2014. Alexei Ovchinin and Nick Hague wave to onlookers before boarding the spacecraft Credit: Sergei Savostyanov/TASS/Barcroft In 2013, a Proton-M rocket carrying three satellites for the Glonass navigation system, Russia's rival to GPS, burst into flames and slammed into the crowd on live television. Mr Rogozin, who was sanctioned by the United States and European Union in 2014 over Russia's intervention in Ukraine crisis, lost his position as deputy prime minister this year but retained much of his influence with the appointment as head of Roscosmos. Speaking to state television on Thursday, he praised the "calm actions" of the crew and ground controllers but said conclusions about the crash could only come later. The ISS, which has been circling the earth at more than 17,000 miles per hour since 1998, is one of the few remaining areas of cooperation between Moscow and Washington amid rising political tensions. Mr Hague was born in 1975, the year the United States and Soviet Union launched their first joint space mission.
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| When Neil Armstrong Went to the Moon, He Brought Souvenirs of the Wright Brothers' Flight. Now They're for Sale Posted: 11 Oct 2018 08:19 AM PDT  Armstrong described himself as a "devotee" of the Wright Brothers
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| F-22 Raptor vs. the Mythical YF-23: Why the F-23 Never Happened Posted: 11 Oct 2018 01:00 AM PDT  Ultimately, the Air Force selected Lockheed's YF-22 design, which was also an exceptional aircraft, for its ATF requirement. The YF-22 would eventually evolve into today's F-22A Raptor, which became operational in late 2005 and remains the single best air superiority fighter ever built. However, in many ways, the YF-23 was a superior design that was well ahead of its time.
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| CN Traveler readers have voted for the world's best cruises lines 2018 Posted: 10 Oct 2018 04:30 AM PDT  In the market for a cruise holiday soon? You might want to take the recommendations of Condé Nast Traveler readers, who cast their votes for the best cruise lines of 2018. Winners are grouped by size, mega, large, medium and small ships, so that cruises rank on level playing fields.
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| Toyota Recalls 975,000 Cars for Stalling and Airbag Defects Posted: 11 Oct 2018 11:04 AM PDT  The problem is (again) the Prius, but Tundra, Sequoia, and Avalon models are also involved.
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| Pope visit to North Korea feasible if well prepared, South Korean bishop says Posted: 11 Oct 2018 07:46 AM PDT  The bishop, Lazarus You Heung-sik of Daejeon, spoke ahead of a meeting next week in the Vatican between Francis and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who will be carrying an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Pyongyang. "If the pope goes there, it will be a gigantic step, a qualitative step for the Korean peninsula, for its pacification," said You, who was in Rome for a meeting of bishops from around the world known as a synod. "North Korea could enter the world community as a normal country.
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| Sears Could File for Bankruptcy As Soon As This Weekend Posted: 10 Oct 2018 07:58 AM PDT  The company is in talks for financing that would fund operations
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| US arrests alleged Chinese national for targeting major aviation companies Posted: 10 Oct 2018 01:22 PM PDT  The FBI calls the case against a Chinese intelligence officer "unprecedented."
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| New York Man Built 200-Pound Bomb To Detonate On Election Day: Feds Posted: 11 Oct 2018 04:11 AM PDT  A New York state man built a 200-pound bomb in his basement and planned to
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| Trump Directs EPA to Loosen Rules on Ethanol in Gasoline Posted: 10 Oct 2018 05:24 AM PDT  President Trump has directed the EPA to loosen restrictions on the ethanol mix in summer gasoline, a move that could potentially increase smog and almost certainly provide a boost for corn farmers. U.S. ethanol, primarily derived from corn, is an octane-boosting additive that oil refiners must mix up to 10 percent in each gallon in order to comply with the Renewable Fuels Standard. Trump is not expected to change this law, which was adopted in 2007 and set a target of 36 billion gallons of ethanol by 2022.
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| Eric Holder Revises Michelle Obama’s Famed Quote: 'When They Go Low, We Kick Them' Posted: 10 Oct 2018 05:45 PM PDT  Eric Holder, the former U.S. attorney general who served in the Obama
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| Limo operator arrested, charged after crash killed 20 Posted: 11 Oct 2018 08:56 AM PDT  The operator of a New York limousine company has been charged with criminally negligent homicide after the deadliest accident in the United States for nearly a decade, police confirmed Thursday. Nauman Hussain, 28, was arrested and arraigned on Wednesday evening on one count of criminally negligent homicide with 20 names, a New York state police spokeswoman confirmed to AFP. Hussain's father, who is in Pakistan, owns the Prestige Limousine company and is also thought to be under investigation.
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| Times are changing for the all-American pickup truck - it's gone electric Posted: 11 Oct 2018 07:42 AM PDT  Before the first model has even gone into production, Bollinger Motors is teasing renderings of its second all-electric pickup truck, the B2. Within the mountains of upstate New York, you'll find Bollinger Motors, a startup created in 2014 that developed the world's first all-electric pickup truck. The Bollinger Motors B2 pickup truck will greatly resemble B1, but more cargo flexibility was the focus of the second model.
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| FT says Murdoch in line for Tesla chair. Musk reply - incorrect Posted: 10 Oct 2018 09:58 PM PDT  Tesla has until Nov. 13 to appoint an independent chairman of the board, part of settlements reached last month between Tesla, Musk and U.S. regulators in the wake of Musk tweeting in August that he had secured funding to take the electric car maker private. The SEC settlement capped months of debate and some investor calls for stronger oversight of Musk, whose recent erratic public behaviour raised concerns about his ability to steer the money-losing company through a rocky phase of growth.
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| ‘The Mother of All Scams’: Roubini Slams Crypto in Senate Hearing Posted: 11 Oct 2018 07:21 AM PDT  In a scathing prepared testimony for a hearing on crypto and blockchain Thursday, Roubini read Bitcoin believers the riot act, calling virtual currencies "the mother of all scams and (now busted) bubbles." He also fired shots at the technology behind digital tokens, which many believe is what holds the real promise. "Blockchain is the most over-hyped technology ever," wrote the New York University professor, who is also chairman at Roubini Macro Associates.
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| Benjamin Moore Reveals Its 2019 Color of the Year Posted: 10 Oct 2018 04:40 PM PDT  This year, an agreeable hue we can all live with
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| U.S. Marshals Service Says It Recovered 123 Missing Michigan Children, But Did It? Posted: 10 Oct 2018 02:20 PM PDT  The U.S. Marshals Service said a major effort to find missing kids and victims
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| Justice For Jamal Khashoggi Now Depends On Trump's Moral Judgment And Diplomatic Skills Posted: 10 Oct 2018 07:49 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― As reports about missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi grow
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| Georgia Knew Its Voter Roll Practice Was Discriminatory. It Stuck With It Anyway. Posted: 10 Oct 2018 08:10 PM PDT  A Georgia process for verifying voters' information has left the applications
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| New 992-Generation 2020 Porsche 911 Debuts in November, Goes on Sale Next Summer Posted: 11 Oct 2018 06:00 AM PDT  The lead-up to the new 992 generation of the Porsche 911 has been long, but the wait is about to pay off. Porsche also shared the launch cadence for the 911 lineup. The Los Angeles auto show at the end of November marks the new 2020 911's public debut.
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