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The North Korea Crisis Looms Over Trump's Visit To Japan

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 07:16 AM PST

The North Korea Crisis Looms Over Trump's Visit To JapanShortly after dawn on Aug. 29, residents of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido awoke to sirens, emergency alerts and breaking news banners urging them to take cover and brace for an imminent attack.


Full Perez Interview: 'Ludicrous' to Call Hillary Clinton Incapacitated

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 11:44 PM PDT

Full Perez Interview: 'Ludicrous' to Call Hillary Clinton IncapacitatedDNC Chairman Tom Perez joins Meet the Press for an exclusive interview in the aftermath of allegations that the Clinton campaign had taken over the party committee.


People Fed Up With ‘Thoughts And Prayers’ Demand Action After Texas Church Massacre

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 09:26 PM PST

People Fed Up With 'Thoughts And Prayers' Demand Action After Texas Church MassacrePresident Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)


Could Solar Technology be the Answer to Puerto Rico’s Problems?

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 08:02 AM PST

Could Solar Technology be the Answer to Puerto Rico's Problems?While more than 60 percent of Puerto Rico is still without power, the lights are on at a Children's Hospital in San Juan thanks to more than 800 brand new solar panels.


What Is The Massive Document Leak Known As The Paradise Papers?

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:51 PM PST

What Is The Massive Document Leak Known As The Paradise Papers?The Paradise Papers closely resemble a document leak from last year known as the Panama Papers, which also detailed the offshore holdings and tax avoidance schemes of some of the world's most powerful people. The Panama Papers caused a significant international fallout when they were released in April 2016, even leading to the resignation of Iceland's prime minister amid protests and the surrounding controversy. The effects of this new Paradise Papers leak remain to be seen, but it has already put increased scrutiny on high-profile figures including U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Queen Elizabeth II.


Texas shooting: Up to 14 children killed or injured in church massacre, say police

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 06:50 AM PST

Texas shooting: Up to 14 children killed or injured in church massacre, say policeAt least 12 to 14 children are among the victims in the tragic Texas church shooting, the local sheriff has said as details of families losing loved ones continue to come out. As least 26 were left dead and 20 injured following the mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs. Sheriff Joe Tackitt said "seeing the children, that's what hurts the most" regarding the scene inside the small Baptist church.


At least 19 dead as Typhoon Damrey batters Vietnam

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 08:44 PM PDT

At least 19 dead as Typhoon Damrey batters VietnamAt least 19 people have died and a dozen are missing after Typhoon Damrey barrelled into Vietnam, authorities said Sunday, just days before the country welcomes world leaders to the APEC summit. The storm made landfall on Saturday and is the worst to hit the southern coastal region – an area normally spared typhoons which are usually hit further north – in decades. Heavy rains inundated communities with floods as 130 km/h (80 mph) winds blew off roofs and knocked down electricity poles, according to Vietnam's search and rescue office. Coastal Khanh Hoa province, home to the popular white sand Nha Trang beach, was hardest hit with 14 dead and 10 injured, the government said. Fallen trees obstruct a street during a storm in Nha Trang, as Typhoon Damrey descends on southern Vietnam Credit: Social Media/Reuters More than 30,000 people, including foreign tourists, were evacuated from the area ahead of the storm. A dozen flights were also cancelled while railway services were suspended, while local authorities in Phu Yen province said Tuy Hoa city "has never suffered such devastation". There were also reports of minor damage around 500 kilometres north in Danang, the coastal city where Vietnam will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit next week. The week-long gathering, which kicks off Monday, will bring together leaders including US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping. Vietnam has been pummelled by a dozen major storms since the start of 2017, with at least 240 people reported dead or missing in floods and landslides. In September some 80 were killed after Typhoon Doksuri battered central provinces with rain, destroying thousands of homes and triggering severe floods. The World Bank said natural disasters have killed more than 13,000 people and caused more than $6.4 billion in property damage to Vietnam over the past two decades.  


The Russia that Russians see

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 12:00 PM PST

The Russia that Russians seeRight at the top of The Christian Science Monitor's Daily Edition are two words: "Perspective matters." Those words come from the mission and lived experience of the Monitor. For this week's cover story, Sara Miller Llana visited Russia for the first time to write on the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Arthur has worked extensively with cover story coauthor Fred Weir, who is one of the most contrarian Russia correspondents in the Western press – frequently looking at stories from a Russian perspective.


PSA Reveals The Word You Shouldn't Say To Someone Whose Baby Has Down Syndrome

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 11:20 AM PST

PSA Reveals The Word You Shouldn't Say To Someone Whose Baby Has Down SyndromeAn eye-opening PSA is shedding light on the experiences of young people with Down syndrome and their parents.


16 New Ways To Make Scalloped Potatoes

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 10:33 AM PST

16 New Ways To Make Scalloped Potatoes


Perez: 'I Don't Know What Donna Brazile Fell For'

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 11:53 PM PDT

Perez: 'I Don't Know What Donna Brazile Fell For'DNC Chairman Tom Perez tells Meet the Press that allegations from former acting DNC chair Donna Brazile calls her credibility into question, in an exclusive interview.


Watch As Donald Trump Totally Gives Up On Feeding Fish In Japan

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 01:31 AM PST

Watch As Donald Trump Totally Gives Up On Feeding Fish In JapanPresident Donald Trump's trip to Asia had a lighter moment on Monday when a photo opportunity went a little off-script.


Sharon Osbourne asks Harvey Weinstein 'What's wrong with me?' as she reveals he never touched her

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 11:40 AM PST

Sharon Osbourne asks Harvey Weinstein 'What's wrong with me?' as she reveals he never touched herSharon Osbourne has revealed that she is wondering what is "wrong" with her in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, with the X Factor judge confirming that the disgraced film producer never made inappropriate advances towards her.


Texas shooting: First victim confirmed as Baptist church pastor Frank Pomeroy's 14-year-old daughter

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 02:31 PM PST

Texas shooting: First victim confirmed as Baptist church pastor Frank Pomeroy's 14-year-old daughterThe 14-year-old daughter of the pastor of First Baptist Church in Texas was killed in the mass shooting at the church on Sunday, reports suggest. Sherri Pomeroy, wife of Pastor Frank Pomeroy, said her daughter Annabelle "and many friends" had been killed in the shooting, which left at least 20 people dead. Ms Pomeroy and her husband were out of town when a gunman entered the church in the small town of Sutherland Springs and opened fire.


Calls for Lenin's body to finally be buried ahead of 100th anniversary of Bolshevik revolution 

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 07:36 AM PST

Calls for Lenin's body to finally be buried ahead of 100th anniversary of Bolshevik revolution A debate over whether to bury Vladimir Lenin, whose embalmed body remains on display on Red Square, has risen again and even led to a stabbing ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. The ruling party has tried to play down Tuesday's centennial as the antithesis of Vladimir Putin's tenets of stability and traditional values. But in a newspaper interview on Wednesday calling for the anniversary to be observed without "confrontation", Valentina Matviyenko, the speaker of the upper house of parliament, was asked about removing Lenin from his glass sarcophagus in the mausoleum next to the Kremlin. She suggested a referendum could decide the long-standing issue.  Ramzan Kadyrov, the strongman leader of Russia's Chechnya republic and an outspoken Muslim believer, responded on social media that Mr Putin should decide, adding that it was "not right that a coffin with a dead person is standing in the heart of Russia".  Lenin's mausoleum is located next to the Kremlin walls in downtown Moscow. Credit: Vladimir Smirnov/TASS via Getty Images Other politicians soon chimed in. Natalya Poklonskaya, an MP with the ruling United Russia party and the leader of a crusade against a recent film about Tsar Nicholas II's affair with a ballerina, said the continuing display of the communist's cadaver was "inhumane". Ksenia Sobchak, a liberal socialite and journalist who has announced she will run in March's presidential election, promised to bury him if she won.  But a final farewell to the revolutionary, who was revered as the embodiment of Soviet ideology even after Joseph Stalin's personality cult was denounced and abandoned, would anger the Communist Party, the largest minority in parliament. Party boss Gennady Zyuganov, who laid flowers at the mausoleum with an international delegation on Sunday, argued that since Lenin's late niece had supported his display, burying him would in fact be "unnatural and blasphemous".  Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya, reignited the debate over Lenin this week. Credit: Mikhail Metzel/TASS via Getty Images It would also mean the closure of the "Lenin lab," the purpose-built Moscow institute responsible for preserving him which has also embalmed other leaders like Ho Chi Minh and Kim Jong-il. Although Lenin's pale head and hands are all that's visible beneath his dark suit, the lab's secretive group of specialists reportedly continue to work full-time preserving every aspect of his corpse, from the flexibility of his knees to the hair attachment on his chest. A state tender revealed that some £140,000 was spent on maintaining Lenin in 2016. Given the array of dyes and mixtures applied, what's on display is "closer to a wholly constructed representation of Lenin's dead body than to the original, once living man," according to Alexei Yurchak, a University of California Berkeley professor who is writing a book about his preservation. A Communist Party supporter carries a portrait of Lenin during a memorial ceremony on Red Square in 2016. Credit: Kirril Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images Nonetheless, the body remains an important symbol and the object of passionate debate. On Thursday last week, two drinking buddies in a town in southwestern Russia got into such a furious argument about whether to bury Lenin that one stabbed the other with a kitchen knife, local media reported.  A survey by VTsIOM, a state-owned pollster, earlier this year found that 63 percent of Russians favoured burying Lenin, but only a third thought it should be done in the near future.   Mr Putin, who has tended to dodge the issue since he came to power nearly two decades ago, has avoided entering the latest debate about what to do with Lenin. The presidential administration said on Thursday it was "not a topic on the Kremlin agenda", and Moscow authorities have refused to allow an opposition rally next week demanding the corpse's removal. Proposed legislation to bury Lenin stalled in April after the government spoke out against it. A Russian Orthodox Church spokesman said while he should have been buried in 1991, now was not the time to "reopen old wounds". A museum near Odessa has collected Lenin monuments dismantled under Ukraine's decommunisation law. Credit: Sergei Supinsky/AFP Photo/Getty Images According to analyst Masha Lipman, Mr Putin is unlikely to take a stance on the issue before the election, especially given the mass dismantling of Lenin statues by the pro-Western government in Ukraine.  "It's impossible to say Lenin is bad and we don't want the glorification of this cult that goes back to the Soviet days, because that's what the Ukrainians are doing," she said.


Supreme Court reverses ruling sparing killer who forgot the crime

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 09:35 AM PST

Supreme Court reverses ruling sparing killer who forgot the crimeThe nine justices ruled unanimously that Alabama can execute 67-year-old Vernon Madison, who has spent decades on death row. The amount of time condemned inmates spend on death row has increased from seven years in 1987 to more than 19 years in 2017, Breyer said, meaning the justices will face more cases of states trying to execute prisoners suffering diseases of old age.


'Here Is Where The Action Happens': Meet The People Of Houston

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 02:40 PM PST

'Here Is Where The Action Happens': Meet The People Of HoustonHouston was the 24th stop on our Listen To America road trip.


America's Efforts to Subdue North Korea Will Fail—Unless China Gets Involved

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 04:15 AM PST

America's Efforts to Subdue North Korea Will Fail—Unless China Gets InvolvedThe U.S. strategy of imposing "maximum pressure" and the Chinese strategy of addressing North Korean threat perceptions through engagement are mutually conflicting. President Donald Trump will visit Beijing on November 8, against the background of North Korea's repeated threat to detonate a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean and an increasing sense of cluelessness among the international community about how to deal with Pyongyang. One thing is certain when Trump meets President Xi Jinping in Beijing: he will push very hard for China to impose stronger pressure on North Korea.


18 Butternut Squash Soup Recipes That'll Warm You Up

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 12:19 PM PST

18 Butternut Squash Soup Recipes That'll Warm You Up


Democrats Are Terrified Of Losing Virginia's Big Election. They Should Be.

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 02:43 PM PST

Democrats Are Terrified Of Losing Virginia's Big Election. They Should Be.In Virginia's gubernatorial race on Tuesday, the Democratic Party has a chance to score its first major political win since President Donald Trump's election.


A Same-Sex Couple Gets Cozy In Starbucks' New Holiday Commercial

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 01:23 PM PST

A Same-Sex Couple Gets Cozy In Starbucks' New Holiday CommercialStarbucks' holiday cups are back and more inclusive than ever.


Israel holds bodies of 5 Gaza militants after tunnel blast: army

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 11:17 AM PST

Israel holds bodies of 5 Gaza militants after tunnel blast: armyIsrael's army said Sunday it is holding the bodies of five Palestinian militants found after it blew up a tunnel last week stretching from the Gaza Strip into its territory. Israeli media said they would most likely be retained as bargaining chips to retrieve the bodies of soldiers believed to be held by the strip's Hamas rulers. The military stressed that the Palestinian bodies were found in Israeli territory following the operation to blow up the tunnel that left at least 12 militants dead.


Texas shooting: Five-year-old boy shot four times found alive next to his dead mother and sisters

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 06:46 AM PST

Texas shooting: Five-year-old boy shot four times found alive next to his dead mother and sistersA five-year old boy was found clinging to a church pew after his mother and two sisters were shot dead in front of him during the latest massacre in Texas. Ryland Ward was found in the First Baptist Church in Texas by his aunt shortly after Devin Patrick Kelley burst in, killing 26 people. The boy's mother, Joann Ward, and her daughters, Brooke Ward, 5, and Emily Garza, 7, were killed.


Supermodel Kate Upton Marries Astros' Justin Verlander Just Days After His World Series Win

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 07:19 AM PST

Supermodel Kate Upton Marries Astros' Justin Verlander Just Days After His World Series WinCapping off a perfect week after watching her fiancé win the world series, supermodel Kate Upton is now a married woman


Purge of Saudi princes, businessmen widens, travel curbs imposed

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 09:58 AM PST

Purge of Saudi princes, businessmen widens, travel curbs imposedBy Stephen Kalin and Reem Shamseddine RIYADH (Reuters) - A campaign of mass arrests of Saudi Arabian royals, ministers and businessmen expanded on Monday after a top entrepreneur was reportedly detained in the biggest anti-corruption purge of the kingdom's affluent elite in its modern history. The reported arrest of Nasser bin Aqeel al-Tayyar followed the detention of dozens of top Saudis including billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal in a crackdown that the attorney general described as "phase one". The purge is the latest in a series of dramatic steps by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to assert Saudi influence internationally and amass more power for himself at home.


Doctor Dressed As The Joker Delivers Baby To Parents' Delight

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 09:10 AM PST

Doctor Dressed As The Joker Delivers Baby To Parents' DelightOne newborn baby will have an incredible story to tell when she gets older.


Former Heroin Addict Asks Judge to Officiate Her Wedding During Final Court Appearance

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 11:56 AM PST

Former Heroin Addict Asks Judge to Officiate Her Wedding During Final Court AppearanceJudge Chris Wilton could have thrown the book at Jennifer Jensen and take her son away, but he instead gave her a second chance.


Joe Scarborough Says Washington Would 'Melt Down' If Shooter Were Named Muhammad

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 07:55 AM PST

Joe Scarborough Says Washington Would 'Melt Down' If Shooter Were Named Muhammad"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough called out the problem with how U.S. leaders reacts to mass shootings, saying on Monday that had the gunman in Texas been named Muhammad, "Washington would be on fire this morning."


Donald Trump says Japan will buy US hardware to shoot North Korean missiles 'out of the sky'

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 07:25 AM PST

Donald Trump says Japan will buy US hardware to shoot North Korean missiles 'out of the sky'United States president Donald Trump said on Monday that Japan will be able to shoot North Korean missiles "out of the sky" after buying billions of dollars worth of American military equipment. Directly linking trade and security issues, Mr Trump was speaking on the second day of his Asia visit following a summit in Tokyo with his ally and new best political friend Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister. In addition to repeating his mantra that the "era of strategic patience" with North Korea was over, Mr Trump also pressed Japan to lower its trade deficit with the US and purchase more of its sophisticated military hardware. Referring to North Korean missiles, Mr Trump told reporters: "He (Abe) will shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the United States. "The prime minister is going to be purchasing massive amounts of military equipment, as he should. And we make the best military equipment by far." In response, Mr Abe added that his country was currently capable of intercepting missiles from North Korea "if necessary" and confirmed that he was looking into a potential arms deal with his close military ally. U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a joint news conference Credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Mr Trump has made no secret of his hardline stance against North Korea due to its flagrant defiance of UN Security Council sanctions as it pursues its nuclear weapons and missile development programme. Earlier in his Tokyo trip, Mr Trump reportedly expressed his disbelief that Japan had not tapped into its "samurai" spirit and shot down two North Korean missiles that flew over the country before landing in the Pacific Ocean earlier this year. Meanwhile, Pyongyang was quick to respond to Mr Trump's visit to Japan, with its state media accusing the US president earlier of driving tensions "to the extremes", stating that "no one can predict when the lunatic old man of the White House, lost to senses, will start a nuclear war". Trump empties his box of koi food while he and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe feed the pet fish at Akasaka Palace Credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Mr Trump arrived in Japan on Sunday on the first leg of his highly anticipated five-country Asia tour, which kicked off with a seemingly leisurely day of bonding with Mr Abe while playing golf, swapping gifts and eating hamburgers. Day two, however, took on a more serious note. Trade emerged as one of the few areas of potential contention between the two strong allies, with Mr Trump accusing Japan of unfair trade practices. Addressing business leaders gathered at the US ambassador's residence in Tokyo, Mr Trump said trade with Japan was neither free nor reciprocal, highlighting his desire to renegotiate bilateral trade relations. Trump in Japan "The United States has suffered massive trade deficits with Japan for many, many years, almost $70 billion annually," said Mr Trump. "We want fair and open trade, but right now our trade with Japan is not fair and it's not open," he said. "But I know it will be soon." North Korea remained high on the agenda, with the president also attending an emotional meeting with relatives of Japanese abducted by Pyongyang to train their spies. Profile | Shinzō Abe Among them were the parents and twin brothers of Megumi Yokota, who was 13 when she was kidnapped by North Korean agents while walking home from school 40 years ago. Following the meeting, Mr Trump told reporters: "We'll work together and see if we can do something, now the spotlight is on." He added: "Perhaps the regime itself would send them back. I think it would be a tremendous signal if Kim Jong-un would send them back." Perhaps surprisingly for a president famed for his outspoken comments and accidental gaffes while visiting a society famed for its delicate cultural nuances, the rest of the day appeared to pass smoothly for Mr Trump. The president earlier survived the trickiest of protocol tests when he met the Japanese emperor – and circumvented potential controversy by giving him a firm nod and handshake. Mr Trump's predecessor Barack Obama was widely mocked by right wing critics for bowing deeply when he met the emperor in 2009 in an apparent breach of presidential protocol of not deferring to royalty. Meanwhile, one moment of levity occurred when Mr Abe and Mr Trump were captured on camera delicately spooning fish food into a historic pond of koi carp in Tokyo's Akasaka Palace – before apparently running out of patience as both dumped the entire contents of their fish food boxes into the water. The evening was likely to continue with further mirth as Mr Trump was scheduled to be serenaded at a state banquet by the quirky Japanese popstar Pikotaro, reportedly a favourite of his granddaughter.  Mr Trump was due to bid farewell to Mr Abe, golf diplomacy and Japanese pop performances on Tuesday – and flying onto Seoul for potentially more sombre meetings with South Korean president Moon Jae-in and a visit to Camp Humphreys, a major new military hub for 28,500 US forces just south of the capital.


The Latest: Stepsister: LSD damaged Walmart shooting suspect

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 02:01 PM PST

The Latest: Stepsister: LSD damaged Walmart shooting suspectDENVER (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting at a Colorado Walmart (all times local):


The U.S. Army's Latest Armored Vehicle Could Have a Game Changing Upgrade

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 04:42 PM PST

The U.S. Army's Latest Armored Vehicle Could Have a Game Changing UpgradeFor the last century, the armored vehicles that have trundled onto mine-laden battlefields have all faced the same inherent trade-off: A M1A2 Abrams tank crew can withstand blast after blast while surrounded by depleted uranium mesh-reinforced composite armor, but what they gain in protection they sacrifice in visibility. A small group of Army engineers is working overtime to make this unfortunate fact of armored warfare an artifact of the past. The Army is currently testing a next-generation video-display system designed to offer "complete visibility" to a buttoned-up crew by integrating the video and sensor feeds from individual operator stations into a single, unified display, the branch announced on Oct. 27.


The 75 Most Delish Fall Soups

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 09:47 AM PST

The 75 Most Delish Fall SoupsCold, stormy night? There's a soup for that.


Russia paid for Facebook and Twitter investments through Jared Kushner business associate

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 06:34 AM PST

Russia paid for Facebook and Twitter investments through Jared Kushner business associateA business associated with Jared Kushner was used by Russian state entities to invest in Twitter and Facebook. The information was revealed in the Paradise Papers, a set of millions of leaked documents reviewed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and media outlets. White House adviser and son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, Mr Kushner was also the co-founder of a startup called Cadre, according to the full report by The Guardian.


Jimmy Fallon's Mother Dies Of Undisclosed Illness

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 09:12 AM PST

Jimmy Fallon's Mother Dies Of Undisclosed Illness"Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon's mother died at a New York hospital on Saturday, HuffPost confirmed, a day after he canceled a taping of his NBC program.


Rare Find at King Solomon's Mines: Ancient Pregnant Woman's Remains

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 03:53 AM PST

Rare Find at King Solomon's Mines: Ancient Pregnant Woman's RemainsThe skeleton of a pregnant woman, dating back around 3,200 years, has been found near a temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Hathor at a place that was once called King Solomon's Mines, archaeologists recently announced. Located in the Timna Valley in Israel, ancient Egyptians and others in the region used the mines for copper mining. Early archaeologists and explorers believed that King Solomon, an ancient Israeli ruler, controlled the Timna mines.


Hawaii Protesters Troll Donald Trump Over His Obama Birther Lies

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 08:57 PM PDT

Hawaii Protesters Troll Donald Trump Over His Obama Birther LiesTrump visited Hawaii and they welcomed him with "Welcome To Kenya" placards.


Texas church shooter threatened mother-in-law before rampage: official

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 03:33 PM PST

Texas church shooter threatened mother-in-law before rampage: officialA man court-martialed by the U.S. Air Force on charges of assaulting his wife and child sent threatening messages to his mother-in-law who sometimes attended the rural Texas church where he fatally shot 26 people, officials said on Monday. Gunman Devin Patrick Kelley injured another 20 people when he opened fire in the white-steepled First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday. "This good Samaritan, our Texas hero, flagged down a young man from Seguin, Texas, and they jumped in their vehicle and pursued the suspect," said Freeman Martin, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.


Zimbabwe's Mugabe fires VP, clears wife's way to top job

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 09:56 AM PST

Zimbabwe's Mugabe fires VP, clears wife's way to top jobZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday, the government said, as the veteran leader appeared to clear the way for his wife Grace to succeed him. The dramatic move came after a tense weekend in which Mnangagwa and Grace Mugabe -- who were seen as the leading candidates to replace the 93-year-old president -- openly traded barbs. "The vice president has consistently and persistently exhibited the traits of disloyalty, disrespect, deceitfulness and unreliability," Information Minister Simon Khaya Moyo told a press briefing in Harare as he announced the removal.


Here Is Why the U.S. Marines Want Their Own Anti-Ship Missiles

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 04:11 AM PST

Here Is Why the U.S. Marines Want Their Own Anti-Ship MissilesThe Marines want to be more than cargo for the Navy to transport—they want to help control the seas. The Marines have put just published a request for ideas on how to develop weapons for a coastal defense system.


31 of the Best Ways to Update Grandma's Favorite Recipes

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 02:39 PM PST

31 of the Best Ways to Update Grandma's Favorite Recipes


Tiffany & Co. is selling a $9,000 ball of yarn and everything is ridiculous

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 02:29 PM PST

Tiffany & Co. is selling a $9,000 ball of yarn and everything is ridiculousIt's unclear whether Tiffany & Co. is trolling or fishing for press, but they're definitely succeeding with the latter.  The luxury company unleashed a line of needlessly expensive everyday objects, appropriately named Everyday Objects. While ridiculously expensive pants and needlessly flashy objects have become somewhat of a mocking trend on the internet recently, Tiffany & Co. has pushed the envelope with this one. SEE ALSO: Moncler is selling a dog parka and boy is it expensive The line is described on the company's website as a collection that "transforms utilitarian items into handcrafted works of art." It features a $1,500 Sterling silver coffee can, a $9,000 ball of yarn, and $350 straw. Image: tiffany and co Image: Tiffany & Co Image: tiffany & co But it doesn't end there — the company has released dozens of totally normal products that nobody needs at totally exorbitant prices. There's a $375 ice cream scoop, a $300 silver yo-yo, and even a $600 Band-Aid box, which will definitely make the Band-Aids heal your wounds faster. Of course, they slapped these normal objects with Sterling silver, putting "the signature Tiffany Blue® hue of this design's enamel accent" on some.  The sad part: Rich people will actually shell out money for this stuff.  WATCH: Mopping with this gadget actually looks fun Every editorial product is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our journalism.


N. Korean suspects named in Kim Jong-Nam murder trial

Posted: 06 Nov 2017 03:49 AM PST

N. Korean suspects named in Kim Jong-Nam murder trialFour men suspected of plotting with two women to murder the North Korean leader's half-brother were Monday named by police as North Koreans who fled Malaysia after the assassination. The pair, who were arrested days after the assassination and face death by hanging if convicted, pleaded not guilty to murdering the estranged half-brother of Kim Jong-Un when the trial began on October 2.


Ducati Goes Big With New Scrambler 1100

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:03 PM PST

Ducati Goes Big With New Scrambler 1100Ducati Goes Big With New Scrambler 1100 Big L-twin produces 86 hp Something, something Land of Joy something something. Ducati has brought out the biggest bucket of superlatives it can find for the newly unveiled Scrambler 1100 – a big-boy version of the


Saudi-led Coalition Closes Yemen's Ports After Missile Targets Riyadh

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 06:37 PM PST

Saudi-led Coalition Closes Yemen's Ports After Missile Targets RiyadhThe Saudi-led coalition battling Shiite rebels in Yemen closed off the land, sea and air ports to the Arab world's poorest country early Monday after a missile targeted Riyadh, hours after an Islamic State-claimed militant attack in Aden killed 17.


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