| Striking images from Alaska after earthquake rocks Anchorage Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:07 PM PST  A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday shook buildings, collapsed roads and triggered at least nine aftershocks — producing a lot of dramatic photos and footage.
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| Photos of the week: 11/23 - 11/30 Posted: 30 Nov 2018 02:00 PM PST  Border agents fired tear gas on migrants, including children, near the
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| Take a number: Migrants, blocked at the border, wait their turn to apply for asylum Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:08 PM PST  On the ground in Juarez, where migrants seeking asylum are given a number – written on their arms – and sent away to wait.
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| GM CEO Plans Meeting With Lawmakers on Plant Cutbacks, Sources Say Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:49 PM PST ![GM CEO Plans Meeting With Lawmakers on Plant Cutbacks, Sources Say]( "GM CEO Plans Meeting With Lawmakers on Plant Cutbacks, Sources Say") Among the lawmakers planning to meet with GM's Mary Barra are Democratic Senators Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Gary Peters of Michigan, according to the aides who asked not to be identified. Another congressional staffer said Barra planned to meet with representatives states affected by the company's planned cutbacks, which were announced Monday.
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| Marriott says Starwood database hacked Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:28 AM PST  Marriott said on Friday that a guest reservation database of its Starwood Hotel brand was breached, potentially exposing information on 500 million guests.
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| Louisiana gets $11M settlement in interest rate manipulation Posted: 01 Dec 2018 11:23 AM PST ![Louisiana gets $11M settlement in interest rate manipulation]( "Louisiana gets $11M settlement in interest rate manipulation") BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is receiving $11 million as its share of a multistate settlement with Deutsche Bank over the manipulation of a key benchmark involving global interest rates.
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| 20 Car-Themed Apparel Choices for Gifts or Your Own Wardrobe Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:00 AM PST |
| Mueller's Russia investigation picks up steam, and so do Trump's tweets Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:21 PM PST  The president's Twitter messages belie a very tough week in the special counsel's investigation into his campaign's ties with Russia.
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| Israel bombs Syria in 'first strike' since air defences were upgraded Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:21 AM PST  Israel struck several positions south of Damascus in the first strikes since Syrian air defences were upgraded following the accidental downing of a Russian plane in September, a war monitor said Friday. Damascus claimed its air defence systems shot down all "hostile targets" late Thursday. Israel did not confirm carrying out raids but denied any losses. According to the Syria Observatory for Human Rights, the strikes hit two positions in the south of Damascus province, including an area believed to be an Iranian weapons depot near the capital. "Israeli forces bombarded for an hour," Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said. Two missiles hit "weapons depots belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah (militant group) as well as Iranian forces" in Kisweh. Another missile hit the area of Harfa, where there is a Syrian military base, the Britain-based monitor said. In Kisweh, "the depots that were targeted are used to temporarily store rockets until they are taken somewhere else," Abdel Rahman said. "It appears the Israelis had intelligence that weapons had arrived there recently," he said. The state news agency said the attack was foiled and did not admit to any losses. "Our air defences fired on hostile targets over the Kisweh area and downed them," SANA said, citing a military source. A military source quoted by the pro-government Al-Watan daily said "the aggression, despite its intensity, was not able to implement any of its goals and all enemy bodies were downed." Initial reports by the Observatory suggested there were no casualties. The Israeli military denied any of its assets were hit but stopped short of denying it had conducted strikes at all. "Reports regarding an IDF (Israeli military) aircraft or an airborne IDF target having been hit are false," it said in an English-language statement. It said a Syrian surface-to-air missile was fired in the direction of an open area of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights but it was unclear if it had hit Israeli-held territory.
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| Putin warmly greets Saudi crown prince at G20 summit Posted: 30 Nov 2018 10:20 AM PST  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman exchanged a high-five and laughed heartily together on Friday as they took seats next to each other at a plenary session of the Group of 20 summit. Putin's friendly behavior toward the crown prince contrasted sharply with that of other leaders at the Buenos Aires summit, amid suspicions of his possible involvement in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamalco Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October. Saudi Arabia has said the prince had no prior knowledge of the murder, which has sorely tested the kingdom's relations with the United States, other Western nations and Turkey.
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| Women Sleep Better With Dogs Than With Human Partners, Study Says Posted: 30 Nov 2018 10:46 AM PST  For the best sleep of your life, tell your partner to hightail it to the couch
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| Ukraine bars Russian men from entry as tensions flare Posted: 30 Nov 2018 07:31 AM PST  Ukraine on Friday barred Russian men aged 16-60 from entry as tensions mounted between the two countries over Moscow's seizure of three Ukrainian ships last week. The move came after Kiev imposed martial law in border regions this week in response to the Russian seizure of the ships and 24 sailors off Moscow-annexed Crimea. "As of today, entry is restricted for foreigners -- in the first instance for male citizens of the Russian Federation age 16 to 60," the head of the border service Petro Tsyhykal said at a meeting with President Petro Poroshenko that was broadcast live.
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| FAA says 3 believed aboard when jet crashed in Indiana woods Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:49 PM PST  MEMPHIS, Ind. (AP) — A Chicago-bound jet crashed in southern Indiana shortly after taking off from a local airport Friday, and investigators believe everyone on board the small twin-engine plane was killed, according to police.
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| Laura Loomer: Alt-right commentator chains herself to Twitter HQ after being banned but gives up after two hours Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:49 AM PST  Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist and activist, handcuffed herself to the front door of Twitter's headquarters in New York City on Thursday, after she was banned from the platform for hate speech. The 25-year-old was permanently banned from the social media platform on 21 November after she posted a tweet attacking Ilhan Omar, an incoming congresswoman who is Muslim. Ms Loomer's tweet, which accused the politician of being "anti Jewish" and supporting sharia law, was deemed by Twitter to have violated the company's rules against hateful conduct.
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| Trump's 'Remain In Mexico' Border Deal Has Serious Legal Problems Posted: 30 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PST  President Donald Trump's plan to make Central American asylum-seekers wait in
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| Friday Rewind: Chaos at the southern border Posted: 30 Nov 2018 05:31 AM PST  Border Patrol officers fire tear gas as dozens of migrants rush a border fence.
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| House race in limbo after North Carolina voter fraud claims Posted: 30 Nov 2018 03:06 PM PST  Harris edged Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes in the Nov. 6 congressional election. The board voted 7-2 to hold a hearing due "to claims of numerous irregularities and concerted fraudulent activities related to absentee mail ballots," Joshua Malcolm, vice chairman of the board of elections, said in a recorded session on Friday. It is the second time in as many years the board has considered voter fraud accusations in Bladen County, with charges after the 2016 elections ultimately dismissed.
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| The Latest: Officer's lawyer says indictment not surprising Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:10 PM PST  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on a former Dallas police officer indicted for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in his apartment (all times local):
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| Trump Organization Considered Giving Putin The Penthouse In Planned Moscow Tower Posted: 30 Nov 2018 02:12 AM PST  The Trump Organization considered giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a
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| 3 dead, 8 injured in immigrant smuggling attempt at border Posted: 30 Nov 2018 07:46 PM PST  SAN DIEGO (AP) — An attempt to smuggle immigrants into the country illegally ended with three people dead and eight seriously injured in a crash in a remote, rugged area of California near the Mexico border, authorities said.
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| Here’s The Excruciating Audio Of Mic’s Co-founder Telling Everyone It’s Over Posted: 30 Nov 2018 05:59 AM PST  At an all-hands meeting in New York on Thursday morning, Chris Altchek stood
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| YouPorn bans Starbucks products from its offices after the cafe chain bans porn Posted: 01 Dec 2018 07:54 AM PST  Starbucks doesn't want customers using each cafe's free WiFi to look at porn. Now, YouPorn has apparently responded with a blanket ban on Starbucks products in its offices. The coffee company confirmed on Thursday that a plan is in motion to prevent customers from accessing online pornography over in-store WiFi. "We have identified a solution to prevent this content from being viewed within our stores and we will begin introducing it to our U.S. locations in 2019," a spokesperson said. SEE ALSO: Deaf and hard-of-hearing customers in the U.S. celebrate Starbucks' first 'Signing Store' That's probably a smart move for a family-friendly business like Starbucks, but YouPorn had a little fun with the news. In an internal memo obtained by Forbes, YouPorn vice president Charlie Hughes imposed a blanket ban on Starbucks products in the company's offices, effective Jan. 1, 2019. "In light of the news that Starbucks has blocked customers from searching and viewing adult content within their establishments, Starbucks products will officially be banned from the YouPorn offices," Hughes wrote. (A YouPorn spokesperson later confirmed to Forbes the authenticity of the memo.) It's hard to imagine an employer actually taking disciplinary action against one of its workers over their coffee brand preference. Maybe Hughes is serious, but the more likely explanation is this memo "leak" is just a clever public relations move aimed at getting YouPorn into a few headlines. In which case, job well done. In the dumpster fire that is our current 24-hour news cycle, YouPorn's silly, hopefully non-serious clapback at this sensible move from Starbucks amounts to a welcome break. WATCH: Join us in ogling these Starbucks holiday drinks from around the world
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| Dutch church holds 24/7 service to shield asylum-seekers Posted: 30 Nov 2018 08:00 AM PST  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — For more than a month, a rotating roster of preachers has been leading a non-stop, round-the-clock service at a small Protestant chapel in The Hague in an attempt to shield a family of Armenian asylum-seekers from deportation.
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| California mudslide concerns Posted: 30 Nov 2018 05:41 AM PST  Heavy rains in areas left barren by wildfires cause flashfloods throughout the state. ABC News' Janai Norman reports.
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| Grim tidings from science on climate change Posted: 01 Dec 2018 03:18 AM PST  Scientists monitoring the Earth's climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news this year, adding a sense of urgency to UN talks starting next week in Poland on how best to draw down the greenhouse gases that drive global warming. The 2015 Paris Agreement calls on humanity to block the rise in Earth's temperature at "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) compared to preindustrial levels, and 1.5C if possible. Earth's average surface temperature from January to October 2018 was one degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than the 1850-1900 baseline.
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| Michelle Obama Shades Donald Trump While Talking About White House Morals Posted: 30 Nov 2018 11:32 PM PST  Former first lady Michelle Obama noted the important role that morals played
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| The 20 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week (Nov. 24-30) Posted: 30 Nov 2018 12:25 PM PST  The ladies of Twitter never fail to brighten our days with their brilliant ―
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| Trump's ex-campaign chairman faces March sentencing Posted: 30 Nov 2018 08:34 AM PST  U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team must submit a report to the court on Dec. 7 outlining how Manafort had breached his deal with federal prosecutors, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said. Jackson said she would hold a hearing in January to decide whether Manafort had broken his agreement after prosecutors alleged he had committed new federal crimes by lying to the FBI when he was supposed to be cooperating with the investigation. Manafort's lawyers disagree that be breached the deal and have said he was truthful in his interviews with investigators.
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| Immigrant deported after seeking refuge in N Carolina church Posted: 29 Nov 2018 07:46 PM PST  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A Mexican immigrant who sought refuge in a North Carolina church for nearly a year was deported Thursday, federal authorities said.
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| Mall shooting suspects agrees on return to Alabama Posted: 30 Nov 2018 12:29 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — A man suspected in an Alabama mall shooting that resulted in police killing another black man on Thanksgiving agreed Friday to return home from Georgia to face charges.
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| Airline apologises for staff who mocked five-year-old Abcde's name Posted: 29 Nov 2018 06:36 PM PST  An American airline has apologised after a member of staff was accused of ridiculing five-year-old Abcde Redford's name. Traci Redmond was travelling with her daughter, who pronounces her name "ab-si-dee", when she said a Southwest Airlines boarding gate employee at at California's John Wayne Airport began laughing and took a photograph of the child's boarding pass, before posting it online. "The gate agent started laughing, pointing at me and my daughter, talking to other employees. So I turned around and said, 'Hey if I can hear you, my daughter can hear you, so I'd appreciate if you'd just stop,'" she told ABC7 News. They were travelling to their home in El Paso, Texas, and were boarding early as Abcde has epilepsy. "While I was sitting there, she took a picture of my boarding pass and chose to post it on social media, mocking my daughter," said Ms Redmond. The boarding pass posted online "It was actually brought to my attention by somebody who had seen it on Facebook and reported it to Southwest Airlines. And after two weeks of doing a formal complaint, Southwest hadn't done anything." The airline apologised to the family in a statement. "We take great pride in extending our Southwest Hospitality to all of our Customers, which includes living by the Golden Rule and treating every individual with respect, in person or online. The post is not indicative of the care, respect, and civility we expect from all of our employees," it said, although it declined to say what action it had taken against its member of staff. The name Abcde may be rare but it is not unique. In 2014, seven-year-old Abcde Santos, who has autism, made headlines when she was turned away from a shopping centre Santa's grotto because of the pit bull service dog
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| Fix Facebook, whether it wants to or not: whistleblower Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:06 PM PST  Eight months after revealing the links between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica (CA), whistleblower Christopher Wylie is pushing for the internet giant to be regulated -- whether it wants to or not. "Facebook knew about what happened with Cambridge Analytica, well before the Trump election, well before Brexit, it did nothing about it," Wylie told AFP. Last March, Wylie revealed that data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica took millions of Facebook users' data to build psychological profiles of users.
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| Top Gifts Under $50 Posted: 30 Nov 2018 03:01 AM PST  Do you have a price point in mind but aren't quite sure what to buy that special someone this holiday season? Consumer Reports put together a series of gift guides that are grouped by price. Here...
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| Trump Meets MBS, Family Fights, Ukraine Statement: G20 Update Posted: 30 Nov 2018 03:29 PM PST  The highlight promises to be a highly anticipated dinner between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday, when the two men will discuss de-escalating their battle over trade. The two-day meeting in Buenos Aires is being closely watched for its unscripted moments, particularly how leaders interact with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman amid the global outcry over the murder of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi.
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