| At rally, Trump says Russia probe backers tried to steal power illegally Posted: 28 Mar 2019 06:25 PM PDT  Declaring the country "hurt" by the probe, Trump called his opponents "losers" and celebrated the fact the investigation had come to a close. "After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead. "The Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally regain power by framing innocent Americans – many of them, they suffered – with an elaborate hoax," he said.
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| Theresa May’s EU Brexit deal rejected by Parliament a third time Posted: 29 Mar 2019 01:05 PM PDT  Britain now has until April 12 to announce a new plan to leave the European Union, or leave the bloc without a deal and risk a disorderly exit.
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| Corporations are endangering Americans. Trump doesn't care Posted: 30 Mar 2019 03:00 AM PDT  From Boeing to Monsanto and beyond: this week has revealed the tip of the iceberg of regulatory neglect 'Trump and his appointees have unambiguously signaled to corporations they can now do as they please.' Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Why didn't Boeing do it right? Why isn't Facebook protecting user passwords? Why is Phillip Morris allowed to promote vaping? Why hasn't Wells Fargo reformed itself? Why hasn't Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) recalled its Roundup weedkiller? Answer: corporate greed coupled with inept and corrupt regulators. These are just a few of the examples in the news these days of corporate harms inflicted on innocent people. To be sure, some began before the Trump administration. But Trump and his appointees have unambiguously signaled to corporations they can now do as they please. Boeing wanted to get its 737 Max 8 out quickly because airlines want to pack in more passengers at lower fuel costs (hence the "max"). But neither Boeing nor the airlines shelled out money to adequately train pilots on the new software made necessary by the new design. Nonetheless, Trump's FAA certified the plane in March 2017. And after two subsequent deadly crashes, the US was slower to ground them than other countries. Last week Facebook admitted to storing hundreds of millions of Facebook users' passwords in plain text that could be searched by more than 20,000 Facebook employees. The admission came just a year after the Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed that Facebook shared the personal data of as many as 87 million users with a political data firm. In reality, Facebook's business model is based on giving personal data to advertisers so they can tailor their pitches precisely to potential customers. So despite repeated reassurances by Mark Zuckerberg, the firm will continue to do what it wants with personal information. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the power to force Facebook to better guard users' privacy. But so far Trump's FTC has done nothing – not even to enforce a 2011 agreement in which Facebook promised to do just that. Altria (Phillip Morris) was losing ground on its sales of cigarettes, but the firm has recently found a future in vaping. Because inhaling nicotine in any form poses a health hazard, the FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb wanted to curb advertising of vaping products to teenagers. Gottlieb thought he had Altria's agreement, but then the firm bought the vaping company Juul. Its stock has already gained 14% this year. What happened to Gottlieb? He's out at the FDA, after barely a year on the job. Wells Fargo has publicly apologized for having deceived customers with fake bank accounts, unwarranted fees and unwanted products. Its top executives say they have eliminated the aggressive sales targets that were responsible for the fraud. But Wells Fargo employees told the New York Times recently that they're still under heavy pressure to squeeze extra money out of customers. Some have witnessed colleagues bending or breaking internal rules to meet ambitious performance goals. What has Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Agency done about this? Nothing. It's been defanged. This week, a federal jury awarded $80m in damages to a California man who blamed Monsanto's (now Bayer's) Roundup weedkiller for his cancer, after finding that Roundup was defectively designed, that Monsanto failed to warn of the herbicide's cancer risk, and that the company acted negligently. It was the second jury in eight months to reach the same conclusion about Roundup. Roundup contains glyphosate, a suspected carcinogen. Cases from more than 1,000 farmers and other agricultural workers stricken with non-Hodgkin lymphoma are already pending in federal and state courts. What has Trump's Environmental Protection Agency done about glyphosate? In December 2017 its office of pesticide programs concluded that glyphosate wasn't likely to cause cancer – although eight of the 15 experts on whom the agency relied expressed significant concerns about that conclusion, and three more expressed concerns about the data. These are just tips of a vast iceberg of regulatory neglect, frozen into place by Trump's appointees, of which at least 187 were lobbyists before they joined the administration. This is trickle-down economics of a different sort than Trump's corporate tax cuts. The major beneficiaries of this are the same big corporations, including their top executives and major investors. But these burdens are trickling down as unsafe products, fraudulent services, loss of privacy, even loss of life. Big money has had an inhibiting effect on regulators in several previous administrations. What's unique under Trump is the blatancy of it all, and the shameless willingness of Trump appointees to turn a blind eye to corporate wrongdoing. Trump and his Republican enablers in Congress yell "socialism!" at proposals for better balancing private greed with the common good. Yet unless a better balance is achieved, capitalism as we know it is in deep trouble. Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. He is also a columnist for Guardian US
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| Boeing Sued Over Ethiopia Crash as Plane Orders in Asia Waver Posted: 28 Mar 2019 06:21 PM PDT  Chicago-based Boeing is under intense scrutiny after two crashes since October killed 346 people. As the company finalizes a software upgrade for the grounded 737 Max, it's fighting to hang onto some customers whose confidence in the best-selling jet has been shaken. Boeing is also facing a criminal probe into how the plane was originally approved to fly.
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| Pet zebra shot and killed by owner in Florida after escaping Posted: 29 Mar 2019 06:47 AM PDT  A man has shot and killed his pet zebra after it escaped from his ranch in Callahan, a town in Florida.The animal, reportedly named Shadow, broke free from Cottonwood Ranch and ran down a main road, chased by several vehicles.Witnesses said the zebra was eventually cornered in a cul-de-sac around two miles from the ranch, where the owner shot and killed it.Bill Leeper, the local sheriff, said he understood that Shadow was injured during the escape and that the owner chose to euthanise the zebra while police officers were at the scene.Witnesses told WJXT-TV that the animal did not appear injured but the decision was made to kill it so that it could not hurt anyone."I had to stop and think a minute," Jenee Watkins told the news outlet."It's not every day you see a zebra trotting through your neighbourhood."Officials have confirmed that the owner did not have a valid license to keep a zebra on his ranch.A state permit is required to own and keep a zebra in Florida.It is unclear whether he will face charges over the lack of permit.Officials said the investigation into the animal's escape and death was ongoing.
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| Trump threatens to shut border with Mexico next week Posted: 29 Mar 2019 09:57 AM PDT  The president returns to a familiar threat as Democrats continue to deny him funding for construction of a border wall.
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| Ben Shapiro responds to being called 'alt-right' and 'radical' by media Posted: 30 Mar 2019 05:01 AM PDT  The Daily Wire editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro reacts to the media's attacks against him on 'Fox & Friends.'
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| IKEA's New Eco-Friendly Collection Is Our Summer Aesthetic Posted: 29 Mar 2019 09:10 AM PDT |
| Chance of UK 'no-deal' Brexit has risen 'sharply', says France Posted: 29 Mar 2019 09:45 AM PDT ![Chance of UK 'no-deal' Brexit has risen 'sharply', says France]( "Chance of UK 'no-deal' Brexit has risen 'sharply', says France") French President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Friday the risk of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal had risen "very sharply" following parliament's rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal agreement for a third time. "France is well prepared (for no deal) and will accelerate its preparations for such a scenario," the Elysee said in a statement. It said it was now up to Britain to present an alternative plan in the coming days -- whether new elections, a second referendum, or a proposal for a customs union -- otherwise the country would leave the EU with no deal.
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| Police standoff on an Atlanta-area freeway halts traffic Posted: 29 Mar 2019 03:06 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — A police standoff brought traffic to a standstill Friday on an Atlanta-area freeway as officers confronted a motorist who they believed was armed and matched the description of a robbery suspect.
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| Venezuela's Maduro announces ban on rival holding public office Posted: 29 Mar 2019 01:43 AM PDT  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime, bolstered by a Russian military deployment infuriating the US, on Thursday announced a ban on Washington-backed self-declared interim leader Juan Guaido holding public office. It was the latest scuffle between Maduro and Guaido, who lay rival claims to be the legitimate leader of the oil-producing South American nation of 30 million people.
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| Who is paying for Monsanto's crimes? We are Posted: 30 Mar 2019 03:00 AM PDT  A US court ordered Monsanto to pay $80m in damages because it hid cancer risks. That's a small consolation for victims 'And while Bayer may dole out a few billion dollars in damages, who is really being made to pay?' Photograph: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images The chickens are coming home to roost, as they say in farm country. For the second time in less than eight months a US jury has found that decades of scientific evidence demonstrates a clear cancer connection to Monsanto's line of top-selling Roundup herbicides, which are used widely by consumers and farmers. Twice now jurors have additionally determined that the company's own internal records show Monsanto has intentionally manipulated the public record to hide the cancer risks. Both juries found punitive damages were warranted because the company's cover-up of cancer risks was so egregious. The juries saw evidence that Monsanto has ghost-written scientific papers, tried to silence scientists, scuttled independent government testing and cozied up to regulators for favorable safety reviews of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. Even the US district judge Vince Chhabria, who oversaw the San Francisco trial that concluded Wednesday with an $80.2m damage award, had harsh words for Monsanto. Chhabria said there were "large swaths of evidence" showing that the company's herbicides could cause cancer. He also said there was "a great deal of evidence that Monsanto has not taken a responsible, objective approach to the safety of its product … and does not particularly care whether its product is in fact giving people cancer, focusing instead on manipulating public opinion and undermining anyone who raises genuine and legitimate concerns about the issue." Monsanto's new owner, the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, asserts that the juries and judges are wrong; the evidence of a cancer risk is invalid; the evidence of bad corporate conduct is misunderstood and out of context; and that the company will ultimately prevail. Meanwhile, Monsanto critics are celebrating the wins and counting on more as a third trial got underway this week and 11,000 additional plaintiffs await their turn. As well, a growing number of communities and businesses are backing away from use of Monsanto's herbicides. And investors are punishing Bayer, pushing share prices to a seven-year low on Thursday. Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Tom Claps has warned shareholders to brace for a global settlement of between $2.5bn and $4.5bn. "We don't believe [Monsanto] will lose every single trial, but we do believe that they could lose a significant majority," he told the Guardian. Following the recent courtroom victories, some have cheered the notion that Monsanto is finally being made to pay for alleged wrongdoing. But by selling to Bayer last summer for $63bn just before the Roundup cancer lawsuits started going to trial, Monsanto executives were able to walk away from the legal mess with riches. The Monsanto chairman Hugh Grant's exit package allowed him to pocket $32m, for instance. Amid the uproar of the courtroom scuffles, a larger issue looms: Monsanto's push to make use of glyphosate herbicides so pervasive that traces are commonly found in our food and even our bodily fluids, is just one example of how several corporate giants are creating lasting human health and environmental woes around the world. Monsanto and its brethren have targeted farmers in particular as a critical market for their herbicides, fungicides and insecticides, and now many farmers around the world believe they cannot farm without them. Studies show that along with promoting illness and disease in people, these pesticides pushed by Bayer and Monsanto, DowDuPont and other corporate players, are endangering wildlife, soil health, water quality and the long-term sustainability of food production. Yet regulators have allowed these corporations to combine forces, making them ever more powerful and more able to direct public policies that favor their interests. The Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren this week called for taking back some of that power. She announced on Wednesday a plan to break up big agribusinesses and work against the type of corporate capture of Washington we have seen in recent years. It's a solid step in the right direction. But it cannot undo the suffering of cancer victims, nor easily transform a deeply contaminated landscape to create a healthier future and unleash us from the chains of a pesticide-dependent agricultural system. And while Bayer may dole out a few billion dollars in damages, who is really being made to pay? We all are. Carey Gillam is a journalist and author, and a public interest researcher for US Right to Know, a not-for-profit food industry research group
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| Friday's Brexit vote is last chance to secure exit delay: Attorney General Posted: 29 Mar 2019 03:11 AM PDT ![Friday's Brexit vote is last chance to secure exit delay: Attorney General]( "Friday's Brexit vote is last chance to secure exit delay: Attorney General") LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Attorney General Geoffrey Cox urged lawmakers to approve the government's EU withdrawal agreement on Friday, saying it was lawmakers' last chance to ensure that Brexit will be delayed until May 22. "This is therefore the last opportunity to take advantage of our legal right," Cox told parliament, citing conclusions of a European Council summit at which the EU agreed to a delay, conditional on the withdrawal agreement being approved this week. Cox was opening a debate that is expected to conclude with a vote at 1430 GMT. ...
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| Theresa May Gambles on Last-Ditch Vote to Avoid Long Brexit Delay Posted: 28 Mar 2019 09:00 PM PDT  Members of Parliament, who've twice rejected her deal, will be asked to back the Withdrawal Agreement in a vote Friday at about 2:30 p.m. London time. Instead, the country's politicians remain stuck, unable to agree to the terms of the separation that May negotiated with the bloc, and Brexit has been postponed. If Parliament does not pass the deal by then, the country will have to decide whether to leave with no deal on April 12 — severely hitting the economy — or to delay Brexit potentially for many months or even years.
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| Woman with YouTube channel pleads not guilty to abusing kids Posted: 29 Mar 2019 02:57 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who had a popular YouTube channel featuring children pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she abused some of her seven adopted children by pepper-spraying them, striking them with a clothes hanger and making them take ice baths.
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| New Australian laws could see social media execs jailed over terror images Posted: 29 Mar 2019 10:41 PM PDT  Australia pledged Saturday to introduce new laws that could see social media executives jailed and tech giants fined billions for failing to remove extremist material from their platforms. The tough new legislation will be brought to parliament next week as Canberra pushes for social media companies to prevent their platforms from being "weaponised" by terrorists in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Facebook said it "quickly" removed a staggering 1.5 million videos of the white supremacist massacre livestreamed on the social media platform.
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| Singapore airport still ranked best in the world Posted: 29 Mar 2019 09:56 AM PDT  Singapore's Changi Airport was voted world's best airport for the seventh consecutive year according to the Skytrax ranking, which is determined by around 13.73 million travellers voting in a global customer satisfaction survey.
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| University confirms death of missing student from New Jersey Posted: 30 Mar 2019 04:45 PM PDT  Police say a University of South Carolina student from New Jersey, who was found dead about a day after she was reported missing, was murdered.
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| California lawmakers propose sweeping reforms to counter college admissions scandal Posted: 28 Mar 2019 08:50 PM PDT  The package includes measures seeking to phase out the SAT and ban preferential admissions for students related to a college's donors or alumni.
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| Israeli troops wound Palestinians, anniversary rally approaches Posted: 29 Mar 2019 12:34 PM PDT  Around 200 Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured by Israeli fire at the protests, Gaza medics say, as the demonstrations turned into an often deadly standoff between Gazans hurling rocks and petrol bombs and Israel troops on the other side of the fence. Israel defends its use of lethal force, saying that its troops are defending the border and Israelis living near it. With security already featuring prominently as an issue in Israeli elections due on April 9, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of Gaza will be a key issue as he seeks a fifth term in office.
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| Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Still Looks Doomed. Here’s the Calculation Posted: 29 Mar 2019 01:42 AM PDT  In parallel to debating May's deal, members of Parliament are trying to find an alternative way through the impasse with a series of non-binding "indicative votes." The results this week showed just how hard it will be to find a consensus that a Conservative prime minister could deliver.
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| Pope signs law to prevent child abuse in Vatican and its embassies Posted: 29 Mar 2019 06:20 PM PDT  Although the city state within Rome is tiny, and very few children live there, the sweeping legal changes reflect a desire to show that the Catholic Church is finally acting against clerical child abuse after decades of scandals around the world. It is the first time a unified and detailed policy for the protection of children has been compiled for the Vatican and its embassies and universities outside the city state. The law sets up procedures for reporting suspected abuse, imposes more screening of prospective employees, and sets strict guidelines for adult interaction with children and the use of social media.
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| The Latest: Police standoff on Atlanta-area freeway ends Posted: 29 Mar 2019 08:52 AM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on a freeway standoff outside Atlanta (all times local):
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| 'Hoarder' pleads guilty to potentially largest theft of classified information in history Posted: 29 Mar 2019 08:11 AM PDT  A former US National Security Agency contractor, portrayed as an eccentric hoarder by his lawyers, pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing classified documents in a deal likely to put him in prison for nine years. Harold Martin, 54, who worked for several private firms and had clearances to access top secret information, was arrested over two years ago for what may have been the biggest breach of classified information in history. When Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided his home south of Baltimore in 2016 they found stacks of documents and electronic storage devices amounting to 50 terabytes of files, including classified ones, prosecutors said. US Department of Justice prosecutors said in a statement that Mr Martin's actions risked the disclosure of top secret information to America's "enemies." One of their allegations was that Mr Martin talked online with people in Russian and other languages but they never found proof he shared stolen information with anyone. His lawyers said he was a hoarder who liked to take work home with him. "His actions were the product of mental illness. Not treason," lawyers Deborah Boardman and James Wyda said in a statement. Mr Martin and the government agreed that if the federal court in Baltimore accepted the plea agreement, he would be sentenced to nine years in prison on the charge of willful retention of national defense information, prosecutors said.
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| Cruise Around Town In Style With This 1984 Dodge D150 Prospector Posted: 29 Mar 2019 07:40 AM PDT  With just 31,389 miles on the odometer, this 1984 Dodge D150 Prospector still has a lot of miles to go ahead of it.
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| Returning to work is easier after baby #2. Here's why Posted: 29 Mar 2019 09:38 AM PDT  For reporter Victoria Freile, it was far less stressful returning to work after having a second child.
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| O'Rourke officially joins US presidential race, citing 'moment of truth' Posted: 30 Mar 2019 11:27 AM PDT  Beto O'Rourke, the youthful Democrat who seized national attention last fall with an unexpectedly strong Senate campaign in conservative Texas, formally launched his presidential candidacy Saturday in his hometown of El Paso, vowing to bring a unifying dynamic, progressive values and generational change to American politics. "This is our moment of truth, and we cannot be found wanting," he told an enthusiastic crowd of at least 1,000. Speaking from a spot only blocks from the border with Mexico, he underscored some of his most vigorous differences with the man he hopes to succeed in the White House -- Donald Trump -- without ever naming the US president.
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| Southeast Asia should be aware of Iran's tactics to evade oil sanctions: U.S. Posted: 28 Mar 2019 08:50 PM PDT  The United States is keen to see that Malaysia, Singapore and others are fully aware of illicit Iranian oil shipments and the tactics Iran uses to evade sanctions, a top U.S. sanctions official said on Friday. Sigal Mandelker, under-secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, told reporters in Singapore the United States had placed additional "intense pressure" on Iran this week.
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| May Risks Fresh Defeat on Day U.K. Meant to Leave: Brexit Update Posted: 29 Mar 2019 04:39 AM PDT  Key Developments:May's Northern Irish allies, the DUP, confirm they won't back the Withdrawal Agreement in Friday's voteVote expected at 2:30 p.m.Read our guide to the parliamentary numbers hereSNP lawmakers suspect Labour MPs will back the deal. The Labour Party is confident of beating the government's motion on Friday, an official familiar with the matter said, adding that any rebellion among its members is likely to be fewer than 10 MPs. Meanwhile one of the lawmakers thought to have been a potential rebel, Lisa Nandy, said in an interview that while the government is moving in the right direction on assurances regarding the U.K.'s future relationship with the European Union, it isn't enough to win her vote.
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| Oil posts biggest quarterly rise since 2009 on OPEC cuts, sanctions Posted: 29 Mar 2019 12:55 PM PDT ![Oil posts biggest quarterly rise since 2009 on OPEC cuts, sanctions]( "Oil posts biggest quarterly rise since 2009 on OPEC cuts, sanctions") The May Brent crude oil futures contract, which expired Friday, gained 57 cents, or 0.8 percent, to settle at $68.39 a barrel, marking a first-quarter gain of 27 percent. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures rose 84 cents, or 1.42 percent, to $60.14 a barrel, and posted a rise of 32 percent in the January-March period. GRAPHIC: Crude futures quarterly performance - https://tmsnrt.rs/2HSqli7 U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela have boosted prices this year.
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| HRW urges New Zealand's Ardern to discuss Muslims in China Posted: 29 Mar 2019 04:24 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — A rights group has urged New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to raise concerns about reported Chinese government abuses of Muslims during her upcoming visit to Beijing that was shortened after the killing of 50 worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand.
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| More than a dozen parents involved in college admissions scam to appear in court Posted: 29 Mar 2019 09:34 AM PDT  The parents are expected to plead not guilty.
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| US woman kidnapped in Afghanistan says husband's abuse was just like captors' Posted: 29 Mar 2019 12:32 PM PDT  Caitlan Coleman says her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, was violent towards her before, during and after their kidnapping Caitlin Coleman leaves the Ottawa court house in Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday. Photograph: Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty Images A Canadian man who was kidnapped with his wife in Afghanistan was controlling and violent towards her before, during and after their five-year hostage ordeal, she told a Canadian court on Friday. Caitlan Coleman, 33, gave testimony for a second day at the trial of Joshua Boyle, 35 who faces 19 criminal charges, including sexual assault, unlawful confinement and uttering death threats. Coleman was pregnant when she and Boyle were kidnapped by a Taliban-linked group while backpacking in Afghanistan in 2011. They spent five years as hostages, and had three children together before they were rescued by the Pakistani military. Coleman testified that during their captivity in the hands of the militant Haqqani network, Boyle dictated all aspects of her life. His behaviour "was just like my captors'", she told the court. "I was never to disagree with him, even on small things," she told the court. "In the past, he made it clear he didn't feel any guilt hurting me." Coleman, dressed in a white blazer, black dress and black headscarf, spoke through video link in an adjoining room in order to avoid being in the same room as Boyle. She had travelled from Pennsylvania, where she currently lives with her family, to testify. Boyle, wearing a navy blazer and maroon pants, sat at the front row of the courtroom, frequently taking notes on a yellow legal pad. He was briefly joined by his parents. Coleman described a pattern of abusive behaviour that culminated in a vicious assault after the couple had returned to Canada, in which Boyle demanded sex then hit her when she refused. She told the court she felt "very, very frightened" during the 27 November incident. "Josh told me to get on the bed. He took ropes he kept in a bag … and he started to tie my hands and legs." Boyle sexually assaulted her, then refused to release her, Coleman told the court. "He said he couldn't trust me, so he wasn't going to untie me," she said. She was only able to free herself after Boyle fell asleep, she told the court. "Looking back, I should have tried to leave," she said. "But I didn't." In her previous testimony, Coleman had described a "rollercoaster" relationship with Boyle, whom she met at age 16 in a Star Wars-themed online chatroom. "He was my first kiss," she told the court on Wednesday. Coleman quickly fell in love with Boyle, but she told the court that he became an emotionally and physically abusive partner, critiquing her drinking and interactions she had with men. Coleman told the court that the abuse continued in Afghanistan, where the final two years of captivity were the worst. He would choke, bite and spank her as punishment, she said. While in captivity, Boyle demanded she remain in a bathroom stall for extended periods of time – telling his wife he couldn't stand the sight of her. Coleman testified that Boyle also joked about killing her by lighting her on fire or spilling cooking oil on her. "This was probably the darkest period of my life," she told the court. During their five years as prisoners in Afghanistan, the couple and their small children are believed to have been shuttled between more than 20 locations. The court had previously heard that Boyle's violence continued after the couple returned to Canada. Coleman testified that he would often hit her and demand sex; on one occasion, he forced her to swallow powerful sleeping medication, she testified. "He stood in the bathroom and watched me take them that time … I took them because I knew that if I didn't he would hit me harder," she told the court on Wednesday. On Friday Coleman told the court that when the couple was back in Ottawa, Boyle gave her a detailed list of rules dictating her diet, weight, appearance and frequency of sex. "I would be punished if I did not follow this list," she testified, adding that Boyle withheld meals from her, and threatened corporal punishment if she did not comply. Coleman told the court that the rules required her to address her children as "Sir" and "Madam", "so I could understand I was beneath everyone." During her testimony, Coleman also said her former husband was paranoid about reports of the family in the media. "He was so focused on the fact that world's eyes were on us … he said we have to look like a happy family," she said. Coleman told the court that during interviews, Boyle – once an aspiring journalist – attempted to control the narrative of the couple's time in Afghanistan. "He would give verbal or physical instructions about what could be answered … what story we could tell or what part of captivity we could talk about," said Coleman. The 19 charges against Boyle are all related to alleged events after the family returned to Canada. Coleman was the alleged victim in 17 of the offences; a publication ban protects the identity of a second alleged victim. The trial is expected to last eight weeks.
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| How We'd Spec It: The New BMW 3-Series in Its Proper Configuration, with an Inline-Six and Few Options Posted: 29 Mar 2019 02:37 PM PDT  Yeah, BMW's turbo fours are good these days, but we still want the M340i's sweet six.
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| Fish Fry Fridays: McDonald's, Wendy's, Chick-fil-A and more serve up fish sandwiches for Lent Posted: 28 Mar 2019 09:54 PM PDT  Fish fare is most prevalent on Fridays leading up to Easter, when some Catholics avoid meat. Chains like McDonald's and Chick-fil-A are joining in.
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| The War Between Trump and Schiff is Just Starting Posted: 29 Mar 2019 09:53 AM PDT  A proponent of Trump-Russia collusion theories, Rep. Adam Schiff has been enveloped by fallout from the conclusions of Mueller's investigation.
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| Instant Pot Duo60 7-in-1 vs. Instant Pot Max Posted: 28 Mar 2019 06:48 PM PDT  Face-Off: Instant Pot Duo60 7-in-1 vs. Instant Pot Max Following its December 2013 release, the Instant Pot Duo60 7-in-1 multi-cooker became an internet sensation and an Amazon best seller, insp...
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| Tunisia says it will coordinate Arab response to U.S. move on Golan Posted: 29 Mar 2019 02:17 PM PDT  Tunisia will coordinate with fellow Arab countries to contain any fallout from the U.S. decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui said on Friday. "We will work with fellow Arab countries and the international community to contain the expected repercussions of this decision in the various regional and international forums," Jhinaoui told the meeting in Tunis.
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| AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean Posted: 28 Mar 2019 10:01 PM PDT  This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week.
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| Parents in College Scandal Face Judge and Tough Plea Deals Posted: 29 Mar 2019 01:52 PM PDT  Now they're on the road again, this time appearing in federal court in Boston on Friday as the clock ticks down on plea bargains for their alleged role in the biggest college admissions scam the U.S. has ever prosecuted. "The government's being very aggressive," said Patric Hooper, who is representing oncologist Greg Colburn and his wife, Amy. The first wave of parents, 15 of them, began to appear at noon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Page Kelley, who set bail and addressed other preliminary issues.
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| Is This 356 The Genesis Of Sports Cars? Posted: 29 Mar 2019 08:45 AM PDT  This was until Ferry Porsche decided to roll up his particularly capable sleeves. With America in full swing making cars bigger and bigger, heavier and heavier, and adding engines that were the equivalent of six Austin Minis strung together the concept of a sports car in the form we now know them as, didn't exist. Porsche took his ideas to Austria to get the ball rolling, and came up with the 356.
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