| Former Obama chief of staff: The president cannot, does not and did not order a wiretap Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:38 AM PDT  The chief of staff for former President Barack Obama says President Trump's claim that Obama ordered wiretapping at Trump Tower ahead of the 2016 the election is just plain wrong. "The president cannot order a wiretap," Denis McDonough, who served as Obama's chief of staff throughout his second term, said on "CBS This Morning" on Thursday. "The president does not order a wiretap.
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| Explosive device discovered at Port Authority Bus Terminal, suspect arrested Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:34 PM PDT  A man with an extensive criminal record allegedly planted an explosive device at New York City's bustling Port Authority Bus Terminal during rush hour on Wednesday. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) said several officers responded to a report of a suspicious bag at Deli Plus, an eatery inside the bus station, at 5:18 p.m. The deli caters to commuters in the south wing of the terminal's main concourse, which is located one block from Times Square. Arsenio Mason, 39, a resident of Jersey City, N.J., was arrested at 8 p.m. — roughly three hours after the officers first responded.
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| Photos of the day - March 17, 2017 Posted: 17 Mar 2017 10:44 AM PDT ![Photos of the day - March 17, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 17, 2017") A woman and a child get rescued after a massive landslide and flood in the Huachipa district of Lima, Peru; President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.; and a boy joins other participants in the St. Patrick's Day parade on the streets of Dublin, Ireland.
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| Let them NOT eat cake: Venezuelan bakers face the president in ‘bread war’ Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:32 PM PDT  An organization that represents Venezuela's baking industry is pushing back against President Nicolas Maduro's crackdown on bakeries and bakers, whom he has blamed for the country's bread shortage. Earlier this week Maduro charged that bakers are waging a "bread war" by illegally using government-imported flour to make expensive sweet breads and croissants.
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| Teen Finds 7.44 Carat Diamond In Crater Of Diamonds, Arkansas Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:51 AM PDT  The officials also said that this was the seventh largest diamond to be discovered since the establishment of the park in 1972.
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| House Speaker Paul Ryan holds a press conference Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:25 AM PDT  House Speaker Paul Ryan holds a press conference and responds to questions from reporters regarding a range of issues.
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| Israel carries out air strikes on Syria: army Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:23 AM PDT  Israeli aircraft carried out several strikes on Syria overnight, prompting the launch of ground-to-air missiles in response, one of which was intercepted, the army said on Friday. It was the most serious incident between the two countries, which remain technically at war, since civil war broke out in Syria in March 2011. "Overnight... aircraft targeted several targets in Syria," an Israeli army statement said.
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| Votes Expose GOP Duplicity On Trump Taxes Posted: 15 Mar 2017 06:39 PM PDT  Congressman Bill Pascrell, member of the House Ways and Means Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the mounting pressure in Congress to force the release of Donald Trump's tax information.
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| Florida governor replaces anti-death penalty prosecutor Posted: 16 Mar 2017 05:02 PM PDT ![Florida governor replaces anti-death penalty prosecutor]( "Florida governor replaces anti-death penalty prosecutor") Florida Governor Rick Scott on Thursday replaced a local prosecutor who declared she would not seek the death penalty in a case against a man accused of killing an Orlando police officer and refused to recuse herself. In an executive order, Scott removed State Attorney Aramis Ayala, the elected prosecutor in central Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit, and reassigned the murder case to State Attorney Brad King of the nearby Fifth Judicial Circuit. Ayala, at a news conference earlier on Thursday, said Florida's death penalty system was the cause of "legal chaos" and said she would not seek the death penalty against Markeith Loyd, charged in the Jan. 9 shooting of the policewoman.
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| ‘Maybe he’s past his prime’: Rand Paul, John McCain trade blows over foreign policy Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:23 AM PDT  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky have exchanged sharp public blows this week. The most recent shot came from Paul on Thursday. Paul was addressing McCain's comments about him on the Senate floor the day before.
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| Philippine lawmaker seeks to impeach Duterte over drug fight Posted: 16 Mar 2017 03:20 AM PDT  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine lawmaker filed an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday because of the thousands of deaths in his anti-drug crackdown and alleged corruption, although the bid faces an uphill battle with Duterte's allies holding an overwhelming majority in Congress.
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| What's Barack Obama Doing Now? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 02:07 AM PDT  On Tuesday night, Obama was at Noi Thai Cuisine at Honolulu's Royal Hawaiian Center having dinner with his friends and sister.
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| Woman Celebrating 21st Birthday Killed After NYPD Traffic Agent Drunkenly Crashes Car: Cops Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:28 AM PDT  Amanda Miner, who turned 21 Wednesday, was in the back seat of a grey 2013 Infiniti sedan when it slammed into the median of the Williamsburg Bridge.
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| Egyptian statue recently unearthed is not Ramses II Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:49 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — A massive statue recently unearthed in Cairo and thought to depict one of the country's most famous pharaohs may be of another ancient Egyptian ruler, the country's antiquities minister said Thursday.
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| Greek anarchists 'likely' behind IMF Paris letter bomb Posted: 16 Mar 2017 11:55 AM PDT  Investigators suspect a Greek anarchist group was behind a letter bomb that injured an IMF secretary in Paris on Thursday, the day after an explosive device was found in Berlin, sources close to the probe said. Fragments of Greek stamps were found at the Paris offices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where the letter bomb exploded, leaving the secretary with injuries to her face and hands. A far-left Greek group called Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei is "likely behind" the Paris attack, a Greek police source told AFP in Athens.
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| Health care fight raises concerns about Paul Ryan’s political skills Posted: 15 Mar 2017 07:15 PM PDT  Paul Ryan's leadership has long been questioned by Republicans who think he's politically naïve, and the current health care fight is raising new concerns about Ryan's political savvy, as the Republican speaker of the House faces the toughest test of his career. The Wisconsin Republican has always prioritized ideas and policy details above political strategies, and that's often been part of his appeal. The latest example: As the GOP health care bill came under fire last week, Ryan held an on-camera briefing with reporters and conducted a half-hour seminar on the details of the legislation.
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| Great Barrier Reef will never be as pristine as it once was: scientists Posted: 15 Mar 2017 06:49 PM PDT ![Great Barrier Reef will never be as pristine as it once was: scientists]( "Great Barrier Reef will never be as pristine as it once was: scientists") By Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef will never recover from the impact of unseasonably warm waters, scientists said on Thursday, as more of the World Heritage Site comes under renewed threat from a recent spike in sea temperatures. Warm seas around the reef killed some two-thirds of a 700 kilometer (496.4 miles) stretch of coral last year after warm water caused the coral to expel living algae, triggering it to calcify and turn white, a process known as bleaching. "Given time, coral can recover from bleaching but the problem comes when you get repeated events.
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| French school shooting: 4 shot, 10 hurt, student arrested Posted: 16 Mar 2017 05:22 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — A 16-year-old student who had troubled relations with his peers opened fire at a high school in southern France on Thursday, wounding three other students and the principal who tried to intervene, officials said.
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| 2017 Audi RS3 Sedan Posted: 17 Mar 2017 07:52 AM PDT  No ordinary small Audi.
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| Americans take to the air against ISIS Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:09 AM PDT ![Americans take to the air against ISIS]( "Americans take to the air against ISIS") U.S. forces engage in coalition operations against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.
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| Break in the Case? Cops Searching Property Where Bodies of Indiana Hikers Were Found Posted: 17 Mar 2017 01:07 PM PDT  The property owner, Ron Logan, has been arrested on an unrelated probation violation.
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| After Dutch reject populism, will other Europeans follow? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 02:47 PM PDT  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch voters showed Europe that populism isn't always inevitable.
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| Trade war drives fresh wedge between Ukraine and rebels Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:42 AM PDT  It was always an uncomfortable paradox for Ukraine's warring sides: while Kiev and Russian-backed rebels battled each other for nearly three years, trade kept flowing across the frontline. Now even those tenuous links have finally ruptured after Ukraine's leader Petro Poroshenko ordered a halt to all goods deliveries to the eastern separatist regions, ramping up tensions in the festering conflict. The move was a last resort for Kiev, as coal from their former industrial heartland remains a key energy source and authorities are reluctant to sever the few threads binding the insurgent fiefdoms to Ukraine.
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| The ‘Ides of Trump’ postcard campaign wants to pink-slip the president Posted: 16 Mar 2017 10:27 AM PDT  For months a project called the Ides of Trump has been organizing people to meet in small groups to compose postcards to the president. The postcards probably won't arrive for a day or two, so we don't know yet how successful the campaign was, but as of Thursday, Donald Trump was still president.
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| 5 Unexpected Last-Minute Family Spring Break Vacation Ideas Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:10 AM PDT ![5 Unexpected Last-Minute Family Spring Break Vacation Ideas]( "5 Unexpected Last-Minute Family Spring Break Vacation Ideas") If you haven't locked in your spring break travel plans, there's still time to plan a cost-effective family getaway in a unique locale. From alluring beach getaways to spring skiing destinations, here are five kid-approved vacation ideas to jumpstart your search. Florida practically invented spring break in the 1930s, when it was promoted as an ideal training ground for college athletes.
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| Wal-Mart Supplier Issues Massive Recall Posted: 17 Mar 2017 04:02 AM PDT  A Vernon, California, supplier to Walmart Stores issued a recall of frozen pizza over possible listeria contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday.
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| New York court to determine if chimp is legally a person Posted: 16 Mar 2017 01:00 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Should a chimpanzee be treated as a person with legal rights?
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| The iPhone 8 is causing problems months before it’s even announced Posted: 16 Mar 2017 12:29 PM PDT 
For every year in recent memory, the iPhone has been the phone to beat. Some years Samsung pulls it off, other years their ambitions, uh, go up in flames. Things are looking even more critical than usual this year: the iPhone 8 is slated to be a bigger change and a bigger deal than usual for Apple, while Samsung is looking to rebound from a disastrous 2016.
One sign that Apple is taking the iPhone 8 seriously are the supply-chain rumors surrounding OLED displays. Organic light-emitting diode screens are known for having better contrast, deeper blacks and superior energy efficiency compared to traditional LCDs, which is why Samsung and other manufacturers have used them for years. Apple has not, preferring to stick with the tech it knows and loves. But for 2017, things are changing, and Apple is throwing a wrench in everyone else's works. There's a limited number of OLED displays produced by manufacturers every year, and a new report suggests Apple has captured 14% of the supply. That's enough to cause shortages for other manufacturers like Huawei, which is reportedly unable to secure a supply of OLED displays for its phones this year. Samsung is believed to be Apple's supplier. Samsung itself produces OLED panels in-house, so the supply of OLED for Samsung's devices is secure. According to Digitimes,"about 70% of global output of OLED panels in 2017-2018, mainly from Samsung Display, will be consumed by Samsung Electronics and Apple, therefore limiting the supply of OLED panels to other smartphone vendors, said the sources." That's a problem for every company not named Samsung or Apple. The report says that Oppo and Vivo have supply of OLED panels locked down already thanks to pre-existing orders, but other manufacturers are going to be out of luck. That's actually rather bad news for consumers, as a lack of OLED panels means competing phones will be worse. That means we're faced with another year of choosing between Samsung, Apple, and no one else. The screen is a particularly important component this year in particular, because smartphone design is moving to take away bezels and make devices entirely out of screen. We've already seen this no-bezel approach with the LG G6 this year, and the Galaxy S8 and iPhone 8 are both expected to have an edge-to-edge display with no bezel, and no home buttons either.
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| 20 Best Trader Joe's Finds Under $5 Posted: 16 Mar 2017 10:29 AM PDT  Pick up these Eat This, Not That!-approved foods next time you hit up this budget-friendly grocery store.
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| Otters frolic in the snow at Chicago aquarium Posted: 17 Mar 2017 08:18 AM PDT  Otters enjoy a snow day at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, having a ball jumping, sliding and rolling around in the snow.
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| Mexico state has so many mass graves, lacks space for bodies Posted: 16 Mar 2017 04:24 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The clandestine graves being unearthed in Mexico's Veracruz state are of such an industrial scale that backhoes or bulldozers were likely used in creating them and contain so many bodies that officials aren't digging in some places because they don't have space for the remains, a prosecutor said Thursday.
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| Abandoned Cold War warships laid to rest in Landévennec Posted: 15 Mar 2017 06:00 PM PDT ![Abandoned Cold War warships laid to rest in Landévennec]( "Abandoned Cold War warships laid to rest in Landévennec") Eerie photographs reveal a warship graveyard in Landévennec, France, the final home for Cold War boats before they are scrapped. Rusting replica missiles and dentist chairs still remain on the abandoned ships, formerly used during the war years.
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| HHS Secretary Tom Price is confronted about Planned Parenthood Posted: 16 Mar 2017 09:18 AM PDT  At CNN's town hall Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price discussed the GOP's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. He took questions from people worried about defunding Planned Parenthood.
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| Trump vows appeal up to Supreme Court after loss on travel ban Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:04 PM PDT ![Trump vows appeal up to Supreme Court after loss on travel ban]( "Trump vows appeal up to Supreme Court after loss on travel ban") By Dan Levine and Mica Rosenberg HONOLULU/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A defiant President Donald Trump has pledged to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary to fight for his revised travel ban, parts of which were halted by two different federal judges in recent days. The legal path forward will be challenging, though, as lawsuits work their way through federal courts on opposite sides of the country, in Hawaii and Maryland. On Thursday, a federal judge in Washington state said he was also weighing a temporary restraining order.
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| Is US Responsible For Syria Mosque Bombing That Killed, Injured Dozens? Posted: 16 Mar 2017 05:59 PM PDT  The airstrike about 20 miles west of Aleppo occurred during evening prayers, killing 42 and injuring more than 100.
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| Popular Saudi cleric banned from Twitter Posted: 17 Mar 2017 02:24 AM PDT  A Saudi Islamic leader with more than two million Twitter followers has been banned from writing by a court that convicted him of jeopardising public order. Awad al-Qarni, previously accused of links to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, was also fined 100,000 riyals ($27,000), Okaz newspaper reported on its website late Thursday. It did not name the "famous preacher" but Qarni himself confirmed the verdict on his @awadalqarni Twitter account late Thursday.
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| 8 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now Posted: 16 Mar 2017 09:36 AM PDT 
If you love getting paid iPhone and iPad apps for free — and we know you do — definitely check out Wednesday's roundup, where you'll find a number of sales that haven't yet ended. Of course, there are also eight fresh apps on sale in today's list, and you'll find them all laid out below. These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. There is no way to tell how long they will be free. These sales could end an hour from now or a week from now — obviously, the only thing we can guarantee is that they were free at the time this post was written. If you click on a link and see a price listed next to an app instead of the word "get," it is no longer free. The sale has ended. If you download the app, you will be charged. Data Widget 
Normally $1.99. Apple Watch is supported now! The first iOS data widget, a single swipe is all! It takes a creative design named double progress, which brings time and data in one simple diagram. You can see all at a glance . Compatible with all carrier networks! Real-time monitoring,history. Green App: no consumption data, no GPS, no ads
Download Data Widget System Info 
Normally $1.99. The App that you must have!
Download System Info Selfism 
Normally $0.99. Invest in yourself by building new habits and increasing your self-worth each day. Similar to an investment account, your worth will be adjusted with each completed or missed day and additionally with each developed habit.
To develop a habit you must complete it for 66 days out of the last 70, and in time, with patience and persistence, you will feel like a million. • Add an motivational picture and write down why you want to develop a habit, and you'll be reminded in case you "forget". • Track the metrics for each habit to keep yourself motivated and always aiming higher. • To get you started each day, you'll be greeted by an inspirational quote. • Earn additional value by performing randomly suggested daily ventures, that are guaranteed to make a difference in your day or that of others. • Share your progress in style or invite a partner to keep track of your progress on selected habits and motivate each other with rewards. Are you ready to invest in yourself?
Download Selfism Bean's Quest 
Normally $2.99. "An iOS platformer that actually works." ~ Penny Arcade "…offering a huge amount of replay value and an overall stellar presentation." ~ Touch Arcade Enjoy platforming perfection on the go! Five worlds to explore with three achievements per stage! Bean's Quest is a gorgeous 2D platformer with a twist! ~~ FEATURES ~~
% Supports the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus!
% Universal app plays on both iPhone and iPad!
% iCloud support. Your progress will remain in-sync between multiple devices!
% Five unique worlds to conquer!
% Over 150 challenges to complete.
% Game Center Leaderboards integrated.
% Incredible soundtrack with over 10 original pieces of music! ~~ STORY ~~ Emilio has been cursed and his girlfriend kidnapped! Transformed by dark magic into a jumping bean, you must bounce your way to victory through 50 levels spread over 5 worlds. Can you rescue your one true love and find your missing pet axolotls? Bean's Quest brings back retro platforming to your iPhone or iPad with super intuitive controls; touch left or touch right - it's so simple! ~~ CRITICAL RESPONSE ~~ "An iOS platformer that actually works." ~ Penny Arcade
"…offering a huge amount of replay value and an overall stellar presentation." ~ Touch Arcade
"One of the best games on the iOS platform, hands-down." ~ iPhoneAlley
"The graphics are perfectly vibrant, and have just enough of that 16-bit era pixely-ness to them without going overboard. The original soundtrack by Flashygoodness is an excellent pairing, and the controls work great…" ~ TouchArcade
"The graphics are fun, colorful, and a treat to look at." ~ AppAdvice Awarded MMGN's App of the Week. ~~ GORGEOUS ART ~~ Beautiful 16-bit stylised artwork fills every stage with a fluid 60 frames per second. Older hardware is also supported. Shimmering diamonds, sparkling special effects and subtle parallax culminate in a mesmerising view! ~~ MUSIC ~~ Each world has a unique soundtrack by acclaimed composer Flashygoodness. ~~ PHYSICS MAYHEM ~~ Push blocks, spin seesaws, roll boulders, crush enemies and dodge spike-balls! Classic platforming blended with physics puzzles and adorable creatures. ~~ DIAMONDS FOREVER! ~~ Every stage is jam packed with jewels to collect. A guy's gotta surprise his girl when he rescues her, right? ~~ RESCUE THOSE AXOLOTLS! ~~ The evil wizard who cursed you also kidnapped your pet axolotls - brutal! There's one hidden in every stage, track them down if you can! ~~ ACHIEVE PERFECT JUMP! ~~ Every stage has a perfect jump count. Make it to the end fast enough and you'll earn the perfect jump badge!
Download Bean's Quest Strand 
Normally $2.99. Strand is the perfect way to save your thoughts, snippets, and ideas. Everything great starts out small. Sometimes, you just need a place to jot down a quick thought or piece of information, and this is what Strand does best. Unlike other note-taking apps, which are too heavy with features, Strand is the perfect starting place where you can quickly and easily type anything you need or want to remember later. Add photos, and bring your ideas to life in an app that is easy to easy, clean, and elegant. You could use Strand for things like: • Microblogging or keeping a small journal
• Jotting down your next big idea
• Storing little information you may need later.
• Typing thoughts or reminders to yourself
• And much, much more. With Strand, your data is saved to the cloud, and available on all your iOS devices. Be sure to give Strand a try today!
Download Strand Weatherproof Dress 
Normally $0.99. Many have been waiting on this app safely. It shows you not only the weather but also what you can wear. Any weather the app has the appropriate clothing. Whether in the deep winter, hot summer or on a rainy day. The app knows what you can attract.
The weather forecasts range from the current condition over the course of the day to the 7 day forecast.
The clothing preview can be adapted in skin and hair color.
Download Weatherproof Dress Life 
Normally $0.99. Life is a powerful to-do list & game app that rewards you for completing tasks. Your progression in the game is directly dependent upon things that you do in real life. Actionable reminders
Since so many of the reminders we set on our phone are about things that we have to 'do on our phone', Life allows you to set actionable reminders. Got a reminder notification to 'Pay the phone bill'? just slide to go to the website. 'Call mom for cheese cake recipe'? just slide the notification to call. Works with Calling, messaging, Email and URL links. Unified powerful list
All tasks and reminders are unified in one single main list which can be as big as possible but the data you need is still instantly reachable with an innovative sort and scroll slider that takes you to the tasks you need. Sublists
Independent lists can also be created which appear as a single entry in the main list and can be sorted along all other tasks. Archive
A lot of to-do apps in the appstore clutter your list with completed tasks that you are not sure you want to delete. With a single pull up of the list, archive all your your completed tasks be it sublists, actionable tasks, reminders or just plain list items. When you need them back simply swipe them back into your main list. Game
All the hard work you do through the day completing tasks on your list are rewarded as points which are used in the game. Use points to strategise attacks on alien infested continents of earth while managing defenses, resources, economy and your fighters as aliens attack back. The more things you get done in real life, the faster you get rid of the alien invasion.
Download Life Pointillisted 
Normally $0.99. Be an electronic Georges Seurat! The Pointillisted app generates pointillist artwork using images from the Photo Library, including those shared in iCloud, similar to the photo mosaic generating app Patched. Generated images can be customized by size and type of point (rectangle, circle, triangle, and hexagon), size adjusted to color, and variance in location. Single colors can be isolated in an image. Save artwork to the Photo Library and share through standard services: copying to the pasteboard, posting to social media sites, and sending via email or SMS. To turn pointillist artwork into a sticky note mosaic, download the sister app, Posted.
Download Pointillisted
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| Canine shelter takes on Tehran stray dog problem _ humanely Posted: 15 Mar 2017 11:11 PM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — On a cold winter morning in the Iranian capital recently, a homeless dog lay basking in the sun's rays for warmth. Suddenly, the canine moaned — it had been shot with an anesthetic dart from a blowpipe. It ran several steps, then fell immobilized.
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| Man gets 40 years after kidnap victim describes 'hell' Posted: 17 Mar 2017 12:55 AM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California woman who was drugged along with her boyfriend and then dragged from their home described the "hell that we have survived" in emotional testimony before her abductor was sentenced to 40 years in prison in a crime so elaborate and bizarre that police initially dismissed it as a hoax.
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| Passenger's Headphones Explode During Flight to Australia Posted: 16 Mar 2017 09:46 AM PDT  And authorities are blaming the battery (of course).
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| Donald Trump is killing Meals on Wheels and it's a serious problem Posted: 16 Mar 2017 08:40 AM PDT  Put impaired veterans, elderly shut-ins and those who cannot leave their homes on the long list of American's that the president doesn't seem to want to support. President Trump is — you guessed it — coming under fire again for a newly proposed budget that would completely eliminate federal funding for the Meals on Wheels program. That's a problem. SEE ALSO: Texas legislator expertly trolls Republicans with bill that would fine men for masturbating Meals on Wheels provides food to the elderly, poor, disabled, veterans and others who often cannot leave their homes or prepare their own meals. Beyond providing nutritious food for the seniors, the service also supplies those that may lack social interactions with a friendly visit from a volunteer and a safety check to ensure they are okay. Under Trump's proposed budget, the entirety of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's $3 billion Community Development Block Grant program would be eliminated. These grants fund services for low-income Americans — including grants for Meals on Wheels. Because Meals on Wheels programs are typically funded by several sources, it's thankfully improbable that that Trump's cuts would end the services altogether, but the number of people the program is able to serve would be greatly reduced. The obviously problematic proposal has many people up in arms, and they're sounding off on Twitter. Meals on Wheels is sometimes the ONLY human contact a senior might have...I've seen it with my own eyes.This is just horrifying. https://t.co/TzuICEhxzC — LtUhura 2017 (@LtUhura2017) March 16, 2017 Trump's so pro veteran he's going to cut #MealsonWheels pic.twitter.com/WWPQwxCglE — Wolf Girl ॐ (@WolfGirl_84) March 16, 2017 #MealsOnWheels brings meals to the elderly. Sometimes that's the only meal they have for the day. Sometimes it's the only person they see. https://t.co/OjhYPgiWoA — McBlondeLand (@McBlondeLand) March 16, 2017 When my dad was first showing signs of dementia & I couldn't get to OH to get to him yet #MealsOnWheels SAVED him. Literally kept him alive. — yvette nicole brown (@YNB) March 16, 2017 "Elderly people voted overwhelmingly for #Trump — and this is how he's choosing to repay them." #MealsOnWheels https://t.co/9ymAz6hmPf — David A Johnson (@infpwriter) March 16, 2017 Heartless. #mealsonwheels #letthemeatcake #trumpbudget pic.twitter.com/fALZrQrRxg — Narcoleptic Flamingo (@ccuspis) March 16, 2017 #MealsOnWheels this was how my grandma got food on a regular basis. she was a VETERAN.#trumpbudget logic is just CLOAKED in self-interests — standard civilian (@iHateY0Utoo) March 16, 2017 1) I used to deliver #mealsonwheels when I was a preteen and teenager. You have no idea how impoverished, sick, and elderly my route was. — The Watcher (@ItsTheReichTime) March 16, 2017 What kind of sick f*ck cuts Meals on Wheels? Seriously. WTF #MealsOnWheels #Trumpcare #TrumpTrain #MAGA — AudreyHipburn (@AudreyHipburn12) March 16, 2017 Politicians cut programs like #MealsonWheels 1st b/c they are not likely to protest or take to social media. They hv no voice. — Tonya GJ Prince (@TonyaGJPrince) March 16, 2017 These are people's grandparents who live in food deserts & in social isolation everyday, and you people want to cut #MealsOnWheels? Sick. — #Wholesome Anna (@little__f0ot) March 16, 2017 Seriously #DonaldTrump? Cutting the budget for #MealsonWheels program?Meals. On. Wheels. It's like you WANT the entire world to hate you. — Tracy Meisky (@TLMeisky) March 16, 2017 You can click here to donate to Meals on Wheels, or here to find your nearest program to volunteer your lunch break. To oppose Trump's budget cuts, be sure to contact your state's representatives in the Senate and the House to speak out and vote against the proposal. WATCH: Trump never has to buy sunglasses again because Obama's photographer will shade him forever
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| Iraqi forces edge into Mosul's Old City, Nuri mosque in sight Posted: 17 Mar 2017 07:05 AM PDT ![Iraqi forces edge into Mosul's Old City, Nuri mosque in sight]( "Iraqi forces edge into Mosul's Old City, Nuri mosque in sight") By John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces battling Islamic State in Mosul edged into the Old City and around the al Nuri mosque on Friday trying to seal off a main road to prevent militants sending in suicide bombers to attack their positions. Troops are meeting fierce resistance as militants retreat into the Old City, where street fighting is expected in the narrow alleyways and around the mosque where Islamic State declared its caliphate nearly three years ago. A helicopter fired rockets into the area and heavy gunfire and mortar blasts echoed as troops made forays in districts near the Nuri mosque, where Islamic State's black jihadist flag hangs from its leaning minaret.
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| T-Mobile Not At Fault For 911 'Ghost Call' Problems That May Have Led To Multiple Deaths Posted: 17 Mar 2017 06:06 AM PDT  An issue with "ghost calls" from T-Mobile's network flooding emergency services may have resulted in the death of an infant and adult in Dallas.
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| Turkey threatens to send Europe '15,000 refugees a month' Posted: 17 Mar 2017 03:38 AM PDT  Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has threatened to "blow the mind" of Europe by sending 15,000 refugees a month to EU territory, in an intensifying dispute with the bloc. Ankara and Brussels almost a year ago on March 18 signed a landmark deal that has substantially lessened the flow of migrants from Turkey to Europe. "If you want, we could open the way for 15,000 refugees that we don't send each month and blow the mind" of Europe, Soylu said in a speech late Thursday, quoted by the Anadolu news agency.
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