| California officer's killing reignites sanctuary law fight Posted: 29 Dec 2018 03:12 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The shooting death of a California police officer has reignited the debate over sanctuary laws, with a sheriff all but blaming the statewide immigration policy for the killing as he announced the arrest of a man living in the U.S. illegally.
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| Iraq hints at bigger role in Syria after U.S. withdrawal Posted: 30 Dec 2018 02:08 PM PST  Iraq's prime minister said on Sunday that top security officials from Baghdad had met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, and hinted at a bigger Iraqi role fighting Islamic State militants as U.S. troops withdraw from Syria. "This issue has a lot of complications," Adel Abdul Mahdi told reporters, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise announcement this month that he will withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq's neighbor. "If any negative development takes place in Syria it will affect us.
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| 6.9-magnitude quake hits Philippines triggering small tsunami Posted: 29 Dec 2018 12:34 AM PST  A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday triggering a tsunami warning, with small waves expected to hit southern parts of the country and neighbouring Indonesia. The quake struck southeast of Davao City at a depth of 59 kilometres (35 miles), the US Geological Survey said, a week after a volcano-triggered tsunami killed more than 400 people in Indonesia. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said "hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible" along the coasts of Indonesia and the Philippines.
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| Germany: Drugged driver forces car onto airport tarmac Posted: 29 Dec 2018 02:24 PM PST  BERLIN (AP) — A man forced open a locked gate on the security perimeter of Hannover Airport in northern Germany and drove a car onto the airfield Saturday before coming to a halt underneath an airliner and being detained, police said.
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| How F-22 and F-35 'DNA' Will Make the 'New' F-16 Viper a Real Killer Posted: 30 Dec 2018 07:00 AM PST  Here is all we know.
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| Dan Palmer: I don’t like the way the Democrats have framed the debate; the border wall is a national security issue Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:02 PM PST  GOP financier Dan Palmer says that if the president frames the debate correctly, Democrats should spare no expense to secure the U.S. southern border.
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| Trump, holed up in White House amid shutdown, will skip New Year's gala at Mar-a-Lago Posted: 29 Dec 2018 12:11 PM PST  The president's incoming chief of staff says Trump will be 'very heavily engaged' on federal shutdown negotiations instead.
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| Afghanistan to delay presidential election to July: election body Posted: 30 Dec 2018 07:03 AM PST  The announcement follows heavy criticism of October's chaotic parliamentary election, which saw problems ranging from roadside bomb attacks to malfunctioning biometric voter verification equipment, incomplete voter lists and huge delays at polling sites. The timing of the election has also been complicated by talks under way between U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and representatives of the Taliban aimed at launching a full peace process to end the war in Afghanistan. The election was originally scheduled for April 20 but Gula Jan Abdul Bade Sayad, chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said mounting problems had forced a delay.
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| Strong earthquake rattles southeastern coast of Philippines Posted: 28 Dec 2018 08:22 PM PST  A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of the Philippines around midday Saturday, local time, prompting fears of a tsunami. However, no tsunami was reported.
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| California authorities seek motive in triple slaying Posted: 30 Dec 2018 02:08 PM PST  ORCUTT, Calif. (AP) — California authorities are trying to determine why a Central Coast man stabbed and beat his sister, mother and a third person to death in their home.
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| Egypt kills 40 'terrorists' in crackdown after Giza attack Posted: 29 Dec 2018 06:26 AM PST  Egyptian police killed 40 suspects in a crackdown on Saturday after a roadside bomb hit a tour bus claiming the lives of three Vietnamese holidaymakers and an Egyptian guide. Thirty alleged "terrorists" were killed in separate raids in Giza governorate, home to Egypt's famed pyramids and the scene of Friday's deadly bombing, while 10 others were killed in the restive North Sinai, the interior ministry said without directly linking them to the attack. A security source said the raids took place early Saturday morning, hours after Friday evening's roadside bombing which officials said hit a tour bus in the Al-Haram district near the Giza pyramids killing the three Vietnamese holidaymakers and their Egyptian guide.
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| The Latest: Community vigil honors slain California officer Posted: 28 Dec 2018 08:15 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the killing of a California officer (all times local):
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| Heads up: Israeli woman stumbles upon Roman busts Posted: 30 Dec 2018 09:56 AM PST ![Heads up: Israeli woman stumbles upon Roman busts]( "Heads up: Israeli woman stumbles upon Roman busts") An Israeli woman walking near ancient ruins noticed a head sticking out of the ground, leading to the uncovering of two Roman-era busts, archaeologists said Sunday. The life-size sculptures, carved in limestone, were found in the northern city of Beit Shean earlier this month, with the Israel Antiquities Authority dating them to the late Roman period, some 1,700 years ago. The well-preserved busts are of men, one of them bearded, sculpted in the Oriental style that was becoming fashionable at the end of the Roman period, according to Eitan Klein, deputy head of the IAA's theft prevention unit.
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| Cyber-attack hits US newspaper deliveries: report Posted: 30 Dec 2018 01:14 AM PST  A malware attack that appears to have originated outside the US delayed the hardcopy distribution of several major newspapers, according to a report. The LA Times said Saturday that the attack, which was first assumed to have been a server outage, hit a computer network at Tribune Publishing which is connected to the production and printing process of multiple newspapers around the country. As a result, the delivery of the Saturday editions of the LA Times and San Diego Union Tribune were delayed.
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| U.S. medic quarantined in Nebraska for possible Ebola exposure Posted: 29 Dec 2018 03:03 PM PST ![U.S. medic quarantined in Nebraska for possible Ebola exposure]( "U.S. medic quarantined in Nebraska for possible Ebola exposure") A U.S. healthcare worker who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus while treating patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo arrived in the United States on Saturday and was put in quarantine in Nebraska. The medic, who is not exhibiting symptoms of Ebola, will remain under observation for up to two weeks at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska Medicine said in a statement.
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| No. 1 story of 2018 isn't anything Donald Trump has done. It's the death of John McCain. Posted: 30 Dec 2018 05:30 AM PST  In the tug of war for the soul of the Republican Party, Sen. McCain was the strong man at the other end of the rope.
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| Will General Motors resurrect the GMC Envoy? Trademark filing raises speculation SUV may be brought back. Posted: 30 Dec 2018 11:25 AM PST ![Will General Motors resurrect the GMC Envoy? Trademark filing raises speculation SUV may be brought back.]( "Will General Motors resurrect the GMC Envoy? Trademark filing raises speculation SUV may be brought back.") General Motors has filed for a trademark on the name Envoy, raising speculation that it will resurrect the once popular GMC SUV.
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| Two-year-old, whose Yemeni mother was initially denied a visa under Trump's travel ban, dies in California hospital Posted: 29 Dec 2018 08:09 AM PST  After an international outcry, the mother was allowed to travel from Egypt to be with her dying son at California hospital.
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| Perris torture case: Home dubbed 'House of Horrors' up for auction Posted: 30 Dec 2018 09:35 AM PST  UP FOR AUCTION: The Riverside County home dubbed a house of horrors is on the auction block.
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| California inmate who walked away from San Quentin is caught Posted: 29 Dec 2018 04:16 PM PST  SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — California authorities on a nearly four-day manhunt for an inmate who walked away from San Quentin State Prison captured him Saturday.
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| US winter storms kill seven: media Posted: 29 Dec 2018 10:04 AM PST  Parts of the United States were digging out Saturday from winter storms that media reports said led to at least seven deaths, while warmer regions braced for potential flooding during the New Year's travel period. As storm clouds moved east, they were set to bring heavy rain and probably flooding to the Gulf Coast, and both rain and freezing rain to New England. Flight tracker FlightAware reported more than 129 flight cancellations and 1,006 delays Saturday -- down from more than 500 cancelations and 5,700 delays on Friday -- as the winter storm hit north-central and Midwestern states with up to 12 inches (30 centimeters) of snow.
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| House GOP quietly ends probe into FBI's 2016 decisions Posted: 28 Dec 2018 07:41 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans say more investigation is needed into decisions made by the FBI and the Justice Department in 2016 as they brought an unceremonious end to their yearlong look at the department's handling of probes into Democrat Hillary Clinton's emails and Donald Trump's ties to Russia.
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| Bangladesh's Hasina set for landslide win as opposition demands new vote Posted: 30 Dec 2018 09:28 AM PST  Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was heading for a landslide win in a general election Sunday that was marred by opposition claims of vote-rigging and violence between rival supporters that killed at least 17 people. Hasina's ruling Awami League party easily crossed the 151 seats required to form a majority government, according to local TV station Channel 24, which is compiling results from around the country. As midnight approached, the Awami League and its allies had won 191 seats -- some by tens of thousands of votes -- while the opposition coalition had only five, the channel said.
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| U.S. judge dismisses suit vs Google over facial recognition software Posted: 29 Dec 2018 08:32 PM PST  The suit, filed in March 2016, alleged Alphabet Inc's Google violated Illinois state law by collecting and storing biometric data from people's photographs using facial recognition software without their permission through its Google Photos service.
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| 50 Years Ago, the U.S. Navy Lost a Submarine In a Shocking Accident. Here's What Happenned. Posted: 28 Dec 2018 06:33 PM PST  The death of the USS Scorpion.
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| California Will Become First State to Require Pet Stores to Sell Only Rescue Animals Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:27 PM PST  The bill, "would require all sales of dogs and cats authorized by this provision to be in compliance with laws requiring the spaying or neutering of animals, as specified."
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| Dow outlook: Why I'm optimistic about the stock market for 2019 Posted: 30 Dec 2018 09:04 AM PST  I was too optimistic in 2018. That makes me even more optimistic for 2019. When most folks expect bad times, stocks usually shine the following year.
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| Easy exercises to kick start the New Year and stick with your resolution to get healthy in 2019 Posted: 29 Dec 2018 06:05 AM PST  Brian Zehetner, director of health and wellness at Planet Fitness, shares simples exercises you can do at the gym.
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| First Gaza rocket in six weeks draws Israeli riposte Posted: 29 Dec 2018 12:46 AM PST  An Israeli aircraft hit a Hamas position in the Gaza Strip late on Friday in response to the first fire from the territory since a November flare-up, the military said. "An army attack helicopter targeted a Hamas military position in the south of the Gaza Strip," an army statement said. It said it had responded after a "launch towards Israel" that Israeli media said was a rocket.
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| The Latest: Mother says boy was not sick on trek to US Posted: 29 Dec 2018 05:59 PM PST  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on two Guatemalan children who died while in U.S. government custody (all times local):
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| Fears of intimidation, violence as Bangladesh set to vote Posted: 29 Dec 2018 07:51 AM PST  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — As Bangladeshis get set to vote in Sunday's parliamentary elections, there are fears that violence and intimidation could keep many away from the polls, including two opposition candidates who said police had barricaded them inside their homes.
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| Israel's Jewish Home party splits ahead of April election Posted: 29 Dec 2018 11:07 AM PST  A religious-nationalist party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government split on Saturday, with its leaders saying they were bolting to appeal to more secular constituents ahead of an April election. The Jewish Home party's schism posed no immediate threat to Netanyahu, for whom polls predict an easy win to a fifth term. The Jewish Home leader, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, told reporters that he and his deputy, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, were leaving to form "a new party, of religious and secular together ... in true partnership".
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| Amazon to build more Whole Foods stores to boost reach of Prime Now service Posted: 30 Dec 2018 02:20 PM PST ![Amazon to build more Whole Foods stores to boost reach of Prime Now service]( "Amazon to build more Whole Foods stores to boost reach of Prime Now service") When Amazon acquired Whole Foods for $13.4 billion back in June of 2017, many people found the move a bit curious. Now, about 18 months later, Amazon's plans with the popular supermarket chain are finally starting to crystallize. A few months ago, for example, Amazon announced that Prime members would able to receive discounts on Whole Foods purchases, with some items available at a generous 50% discount. And now comes word via The Wall Street Journal that Amazon is planning to expand the cumulative number of Whole Foods stores across the country. The reason? It will significantly expand the pool of Prime subscribers who will be able to take advantage of Amazon Prime Now, the company's free two-hour delivery service. "The push would bring Whole Foods to more suburbs and other areas where the natural grocer is quickly adding customers since the merger," the Journal explains. "That is a shift from the layoffs and slowing store growth Whole Foods experienced for several years before Amazon bought it in 2017..." Notably, Amazon is reportedly contemplating adding stores to areas that currently lack a Whole Foods presence, with areas in Idaho and Utah being two such examples. Of course, as with all things Amazon, everything can seemingly be tied back to Amazon Prime, which currently boasts more than 100 million subscribers. Over the past few years, Amazon has significantly increased the number of benefits afforded to Prime subscribers. This, of course, should be expected given that the price of a Prime subscription this year jumped from $99 to $116. All that said, free two-hour delivery from Whole Foods is undoubtedly a nice perk that will certainly keep current Prime subscribers happy and potentially sway prospective Prime subscribers to pull the trigger. And in a rare instance where the word "synergy" might appropriately be used, Amazon anticipates that the move will "attract new customers to Whole Foods and draw them back more often."
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| China's FM-2000 Short-Range Air Defense System: A Real Threat? Posted: 29 Dec 2018 05:38 AM PST  Or just another Russian copy?
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| Why now is the perfect time to look over your IRAs, 401(k)s and other retirement accounts Posted: 30 Dec 2018 03:00 AM PST ![Why now is the perfect time to look over your IRAs, 401(k)s and other retirement accounts]( "Why now is the perfect time to look over your IRAs, 401(k)s and other retirement accounts") It's a good time to make sure you start the new year off on the right foot – especially when it comes to your retirement accounts.
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| The Economists, Military, Moralists & Politicians Running Brazil Posted: 29 Dec 2018 11:00 PM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Traditionally, Brazilian presidents offered ministerial positions to politicians in return for their parties' support in Congress. But with politics-as-usual deeply discredited in the wake of successive corruption scandals, Jair Bolsonaro is trying a different tack. The new government consists of roughly four separate groups, only one of which is explicitly political.
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| Sheriff blames sanctuary law for California officer's death Posted: 28 Dec 2018 08:21 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A suspected drunken driver accused of killing a California police officer who pulled him over was captured Friday as he tried to flee back to Mexico, where he lived before illegally crossing into the U.S., authorities said.
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| Bangladesh deploys 600,000 security forces ahead of vote Posted: 28 Dec 2018 10:41 PM PST  Bangladesh stepped up security Saturday in a bid to contain violence during a general election expected to see Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina win a record fourth term. Authorities have deployed around 600,000 police, army and other security forces ahead of Sunday's vote, a senior official said, following a deadly campaign marred by clashes. The forces -- which also include the elite Rapid Action Battalion, navy, border and coast guards and auxiliary police units -- are providing security to some 40,000 election booths.
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| Flu cases surge: Here's what you need to know to stay healthy Posted: 29 Dec 2018 07:38 AM PST  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared that flu activity from the 2018-2019 season is climbing in the United States. Officials say it's not too late to get vaccinated.
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| Does the U.S. Navy Have Another Carrier-Killer Missile to Worry About? Posted: 29 Dec 2018 05:00 AM PST  Here comes the YJ-12.
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