| Pelosi: I wish George W. Bush were president now Posted: 09 Jun 2017 09:44 AM PDT  The House minority leader named more than one Republican she'd prefer as president and also recounted Trump's first remark to Congressional leaders.
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| UK Election Upset Sends Shockwaves Around the World Posted: 08 Jun 2017 09:00 PM PDT  U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party suffered a stunning setback.
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| Angry Voters Produce Another Surprise Posted: 09 Jun 2017 02:26 PM PDT  Dan Rather, president of News & Guts Media, talks with Rachel Maddow about broader lessons that can be drawn from the unexpected result of the UK snap election.
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| Minnesota officer says motorist had hand on gun when shot Posted: 09 Jun 2017 05:06 PM PDT  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota police officer charged in the death of a black motorist testified Friday that he was "scared to death" and fired because the man was pulling out his gun and ignoring commands to stop.
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| Chelsea Manning wishes she could say 'Thanks, Obama' Posted: 09 Jun 2017 11:45 AM PDT  Obama granted Manning clemency in the final days of his presidency, commuting her sentence after seven years served.
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| 56 Crazy Creative Things To Make With Cauliflower Posted: 09 Jun 2017 07:34 AM PDT |
| Sessions Scheduled for Tuesday Testimony Posted: 09 Jun 2017 12:00 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow alerts viewers that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to testify once in the House and once in the Senate on Tuesday, which could include some important follow-ups to James Comey's testimony if he doesn't back out.
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| Bob Woodward says Comey’s testimony ‘enhanced’ his credibility Posted: 09 Jun 2017 08:13 AM PDT  The former Watergate reporter said part of Comey's testimony was "very damaging" but observed that many questions remain unanswered.
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| 2 Chinese Nationals Killed By ISIS In Pakistan Posted: 09 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT  The two Chinese nationals who were abducted by ISIS last month were reportedly executed, the Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying stated.
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| Teen Breaks Down in Tears as He Receives Special Birthday Gift From Dad, Who Died 2 Months Ago Posted: 09 Jun 2017 01:48 PM PDT  Johnny Crow's father made the arrangements before his death.
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| Election judge pleads guilty to casting vote as late husband Posted: 09 Jun 2017 03:23 PM PDT ![Election judge pleads guilty to casting vote as late husband]( "Election judge pleads guilty to casting vote as late husband") EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — An 88-year-old Illinois election judge has pleaded guilty to casting a vote as her late husband.
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| Democrats: Will new GOP oversight chairman pursue Trump? Posted: 09 Jun 2017 09:45 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Trey Gowdy is known as a dogged investigator of Hillary Clinton. Now Democrats wonder whether the South Carolina Republican will pursue President Donald Trump with the same vigor he used in going after the Democratic presidential candidate.
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| Manspreading is now banned on public transit in Madrid for the good of humanity Posted: 09 Jun 2017 07:53 AM PDT  Manspreaders, your behavior and actions are so offensive that they're being banned across the globe. In the wake of warnings against manspreading on display in public transit facilities around the world, The Municipal Transportation Company in Madrid is banning the invasive act in all buses in the city. SEE ALSO: China debuts driverless train that only needs white painted lines as tracks According to CNN, the Madrid Municipal Transport Company created a warning icon similar to NYC's "Dude, Stop the Spread, Please" campaign, which encourages bus riders to please keep their legs to one seat, and one seat only. Madrid's anti-manspreading iconImage: EMT Madrid"This new icon's mission is to remind people of the need to keep a civil behavior and respect the space of everyone on the bus," the Madrid Municipal Transport Company said. "This new icon is similar to those already existing in other transport systems around the world to indicate the barring of body posture that bothers other people." The transportation agency's decision to stop the spread came after months of campaigning by women's rights groups. One group called Mujeres en Lucha started the campaign #MadridSinManspreading (#MadridWithoutManspreading) for the good of women everywhere who've had their seat taken over by a man's wandering knee. Men, close your legs or get off the bus. It's the law. WATCH: This personal air conditioner will save you from your summer meltdowns
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| US-backed force advances in fight for IS Syria bastion Posted: 09 Jun 2017 12:24 PM PDT  The Kurdish-Arab alliance known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) broke into Raqa for the first time earlier this week, months after they launched an operation to capture the jihadist stronghold. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said SDF fighters took parts of the suburb of Jazra just west of Raqa's city limits on Friday. It said heavy clashes continued to rock other parts of the neighbourhood, where at least 15 civilians were killed Thursday night in air strikes that hit an internet cafe.
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| Reach, Target, Safety: How to Choose MBA Programs Strategically Posted: 09 Jun 2017 06:30 AM PDT ![Reach, Target, Safety: How to Choose MBA Programs Strategically]( "Reach, Target, Safety: How to Choose MBA Programs Strategically") One of the most important decisions in the MBA application process is what schools you're going to apply to in the first place. The MBA application process takes time and effort, and many candidates feel overwhelmed with applying to more than the average of four or five schools. The key is to select schools strategically and come up with a competitive mix of MBA programs to target.
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| Woman Falls Into Sidewalk Basement in NJ Posted: 09 Jun 2017 01:55 PM PDT  The video shows the woman reaching the doors, looking down and tumbling six feet into a basement.
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| McCaskill rips Hatch on ‘back room’ health care bill Posted: 09 Jun 2017 03:47 PM PDT  McCaskill is unhappy about Republican plans to fast-track the Senate's version of the Obamacare repeal bill without Democratic involvement or public hearings.
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| 50 Next-Level Barbecue Salads & Sides Posted: 09 Jun 2017 07:34 AM PDT |
| Teen who took life in texting case studied suicide methods Posted: 09 Jun 2017 05:10 PM PDT  TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts teenager prosecutors say was coaxed by text messages from his girlfriend into killing himself had researched suicide online, a defense witness testified Friday.
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| Mrs. Trump Goes to Washington: Melania to Move Into White House, 5 Months After Inauguration Posted: 09 Jun 2017 12:50 PM PDT  The first lady and son Barron will be packing their bags and moving out of their Trump Tower penthouse.
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| UK's chaotic general election was a historic moment for women Posted: 09 Jun 2017 05:45 AM PDT  The aftermath of the UK's general election, which resulted in a hung parliament and huge losses for the Conservative party, is proving chaotic and unsettling. But, the general election has proved historic for female representation in government. More women than ever before have been elected to the House of Commons in the 2017 general election, outnumbering all intakes of female MPs from previous elections. SEE ALSO: British politics right now is straight out of 'Veep,' says its creator At least 207 women were elected in Thursday's general election, beating the previous record of 196 female MPs who were elected in the 2015 general election and subsequent by-elections. The record for the number of women elected in a single general election was 191 in 2015.Amid the furore surrounding the hung parliament on social media, people took to Twitter to celebrate the historic moment for women in politics: One very bright spot in the outcome of #GE2017 is that higest number of #women MPs have been elected, 200 in all.#womenempowerment — anilbhimjiyani (@anilbhimjiyani) June 9, 2017 There are now 207 women MPs in Parliament - a new record And exactly 104 years after Emily Davison died for women's right to vote #GE2017 — Claire Cohen (@clairecohen) June 9, 2017 For the first time in history, over 200 females have been elected into Parliament. pic.twitter.com/f9flPxCgr7 — Jennifer Hassan (@GuinnessKebab) June 9, 2017 And in good news: for the first time in British history, over 200 women have been elected into Parliament — Dmitry Shishkin (@dmitryshishkin) June 9, 2017 Sam Smethers, chief executive of the women's rights charity the Fawcett Society, says the result are cause for celebration, but more work has yet to be done if we are to achieve true gender equality in politics. "The number of women MPs in parliament has broken the 200 barrier for the first time with 207 women elected so far with one result remaining," wrote Smethers. "But while this is progress, the fact remains that just 32 percent of our MP's are women, up from 30 percent before the election. We are moving forward at a snail's pace and this is embarrassingly slow," she added. Smethers called for a "radical new approach" and a need for legislation requiring parties to select at least 45 percent female candidates. Increased Diversity in Parliament The UK's first female Sikh MP, Preet Gill, was elected after securing a majority of 6,917 votes to hold the Birmingham Edgbaston seat for Labour. The vote also saw the UK elect the country's first turban wearing Sikh MP, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi taking the Labour set for Slough.Labour also gained two disabled MPs, both of whom are disability rights activists. Marsha de Cordova, who is registered blind, secured the Labour seat in Battersea, London. And, Hared O'Mara, who has Cerebral Palsy Hemiparesis, won Sheffield Hallam from former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. Labour has GAINED two disabled MPs so far tonight. Both disability rights activists too. This needs to be recognised and celebrated! — Alice Kirby (@Alice__Kirby) June 9, 2017 Great news! WATCH: Step inside the secretive class that turns people into hackers
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| Britain's May reaches 'outline' power deal after election fiasco Posted: 10 Jun 2017 12:38 PM PDT  British Prime Minister Theresa May reached an "outline agreement" on Saturday with the ultra-conservative Democratic Unionist Party in order to be able to govern after a humiliating election that has left her authority in tatters. May's Conservatives lost their parliamentary majority in Thursday's vote and need the support of the 10 MPs from Northern Ireland's DUP to have a majority. "We can confirm that the Democratic Unionist Party have agreed to the principles of an outline agreement to support the Conservative government," a spokesman for May said.
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| Pokémon Go Solstice Event: What You Need To Know Posted: 08 Jun 2017 11:17 PM PDT  Pokémon Go is celebrating its first anniversary Tuesday with a Solstice event
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| House Passes Bill that Would Roll Back Consumer Financial Protections Posted: 08 Jun 2017 05:42 PM PDT  Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. The Republican-sponsored Financial Choice Act that is designed to undo Obama-era financial regulations enacted in the wa...
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| Amazon axes unlimited Drive storage Posted: 08 Jun 2017 08:06 PM PDT  For a little while now, Amazon Drive has quietly had one of the best deals around for large amounts of cloud storage. For $60 a year, you could get unlimited storage for any of your files, which is an objectively unbeatable deal. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, and Amazon is now capping the storage for its $60-a-year program at 1TB. That ain't bad, but it also means your dreams of archiving Wikipedia in the sky are going to be a lot more expensive. There are now two tiers of storage: 100GB for $12 a year, or 1TB for $60. Every extra TB of storage on top of that costs another $60, with the total capping out at 30TB. Those are good and competitive pricing tiers, but older subscribers who moved all of their files and movies to Amazon's cloud with the promise of unlimited storage are going to be rightly peeved. There's another thing longtime subscribers are going to have to watch out for: the auto-renew. Anyone currently signed up for unlimited storage will have their plan switched over to the 1TB/$60-per-month deal when their current subscription runs out, so you'll want to change that if you don't want to stay with Amazon. The one piece of good news is that anyone signed up for Amazon Prime still gets free unlimited photo storage, and anyone who signs up for Amazon Drive still gets 5GB of data for free.
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| Bear stuck in a strong current gets sucked into a waterfall Posted: 09 Jun 2017 12:07 PM PDT  A camper in Yosemite National Park witnessed an embarrassing moment for a juvenile bear. Backpackers stumbled across two bears near a river on Tuesday. Naturally, the backpackers tried to avoid the bears, but when one bear entered the water, things took a turn for the worse. The current was much stronger than the bear likely anticipated, and after a bit of a struggle, the bear was sucked down a small falls and rocketed into a section of strong rapids below. "I started laughing when I initially realize it's fighting hard against the current," the cameraman wrote in the video description. Soon his laughter turned into worry. "By the time the bear and I both realize it's not getting out, the current has already sucked the bear down the waterfall behind me and shoots the whitewater rapids tumbling end over end until the video ends." The uploader says that he were expecting the worst, so he stopped filming. Thankfully, it appears as if the bear made it out of the rapids alive. The uploader wrote that after he stopped recording, he saw the bear exit the river safely.
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| Comey friend Benjamin Wittes’ reaction to Trump complaint against Comey: 'Laughter' Posted: 09 Jun 2017 09:38 AM PDT  Yahoo News Deputy Editor Daniel Klaidman spoke to Benjamin Wittes, a friend of James Comey and editor in chief of Lawfare, to get his reaction to Comey's bombshell testimony. His reaction to the threat of a complaint against Comey by Trump: "Laughter."
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| Russia urges dialogue in Qatar-Gulf dispute Posted: 10 Jun 2017 10:16 AM PDT  Russia called Saturday for dialogue to resolve a dispute between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours, as Riyadh and its allies welcomed US President Donald Trump's demand that Doha stop funding extremist groups. Rights group Amnesty International warned of "heartbreak and fear" suffered by ordinary people caught in the diplomatic crossfire. Moscow's appeal came after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson encouraged Saudi Arabia and its allies to ease their land and sea "blockade" of gas-rich Qatar.
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| 'No time to lose', EU warns May on Brexit talks Posted: 09 Jun 2017 07:42 AM PDT  The European Union urged British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday to start Brexit talks as quickly as possible but warned of complications ahead after she lost her majority in a snap election. As May promised to stick to the timetable for starting negotiations in 10 days' time, the EU said time was running out to secure a deal before Britain formally leaves in March 2019. European Council President Donald Tusk said the "urgent task" was to conduct talks "in the best possible spirit" and minimise disruption for citizens and businesses.
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| Lawyer: Deadly Oakland fire wrongly blamed on suspect Posted: 09 Jun 2017 05:19 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawyers for the operator of an Oakland warehouse charged in a fire that killed three dozen partygoers who were packed into the building aired possible defenses on Friday to a prosecution case that legal experts say appears to be strong.
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| The Aisle You Always Skip At Trader Joe's Is Hiding The Best Products Posted: 09 Jun 2017 07:41 AM PDT |
| Frank Lloyd Wright, born 150 years ago, still fascinates Posted: 09 Jun 2017 08:54 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — It's been 150 years since the birth of America's best-known architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. But his innovative designs continue to fascinate the public, from New York's Guggenheim museum, where the circular building itself is a sculptural work of art, to the Fallingwater house built over a waterfall in the Pennsylvania woods, to his modernist home on the Wisconsin prairie, Taliesin, which served as a laboratory for his ideas.
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| Mary Kay Letourneau's Friends Are Shocked Over Split Posted: 09 Jun 2017 08:23 AM PDT  "Every time I saw them, they were always together, always in love, always respectful and sweet."
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| Comey testimony raises questions over Trump acts amid Russia probe Posted: 09 Jun 2017 04:06 AM PDT  Washington buzzed with new questions Friday after ousted FBI director James Comey accused President Donald Trump of lies and defamation, in gripping testimony that undermined an already troubled White House. During almost three hours of extraordinarily frank statements before a Senate committee Thursday, Comey described himself as "stunned" by Trump's "very disturbing" and "very concerning" behavior in several meetings. Detailing one-on-one talks with a sitting president -- which under normal circumstances are private -- Comey said he took painstaking notes for fear Trump might "lie" about the unusual encounters.
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| Iran attacks 'reinforce hatred' for US, Saudi: leader Posted: 09 Jun 2017 01:43 AM PDT  The attacks in Tehran this week will only "reinforce hatred" for the United States and Saudi Arabia, Iran's supreme leader said on Friday at a funeral for those killed. "Such acts will have no other result than to reinforce hatred for the US government and its agents in the region, like the Saudi (government)," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote in a message of condolence to the families of the dead. Wednesday's attacks on Tehran's parliament complex and the shrine of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini killed 17 people and wounded more than 50.
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| 'Cocaine cowboy' who was on lam 26 years pleads not guilty Posted: 09 Jun 2017 08:33 AM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — After 26 years on the lam, a man dubbed by investigators as one of Miami's last "cocaine cowboys" pleaded not guilty Friday to decades-old drug trafficking charges that could land him in prison for life.
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| Dying Dog Gets 'Married' in Bucket List Adventure: 'We're Trying to Make Every Day Count' Posted: 08 Jun 2017 06:16 PM PDT  Dog owner Tim Griffin wants his golden retriever's dying days to be the best of Mr. Molson's 12-year-old life.
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| The First US-Bound Civic Type R Is Up For Auction Posted: 09 Jun 2017 08:25 AM PDT  Honda donated Civic Type R #01 to charity. Now, it can be yours.
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| Can you live with an iPhone 8 that looks like this? Posted: 09 Jun 2017 10:31 AM PDT  Now that Apple has released iOS 11 into the wild, designers working on iPhone 8 concepts don't have to imagine operating system features and can create renders that are even more realistic. Add to that the most common iPhone 8 rumors and leaks, and you may end up with an iPhone 8 concept that foreshadows the real thing. Someone did exactly that, and the end result is equally impressive and troubling at the same time. A constant source of iPhone 8 leaks, including conflicting reports about Apple's next iPhone release is Twitter user Benjamin Geskin. And while he's yet to prove himself as a leaker, he certainly can create sleek renders based on available information.  In his latest series of images, he used the iPhone 8 design that most rumors agree on at this point, and merged it with iOS 11 screenshots. As you can see in the following images, it all looks great until you realize there's a massive problem staring you in the face.  That area where the front-facing cameras and sensors are occupies a huge chunk of the front side of the display, and it needs to go. Or, if it's meant to stay, then Apple has to figure out exactly how to redesign iOS 11 so that the camera assembly fits nicely with iOS 11. An iPhone 8 running iOS 11 as suggested in these images is hideous. Just look at the time, which is usually placed in the center of the top bar. That just can't happen. It'd be even uglier than any questionable Apple decision has made in the past.  One of the first things we noticed when Apple unveiled iOS 11 was the reintroduction of the antenna bars that replace the dots used in iOS 10. Apple may have done that to free up some space in the middle of the screen for that camera assembly. Apple also changed the way you open the notification pane on the phone — swiping up will open them on the lock screen — which may also have something to do with the central position of the complex camera system.  But I can only hope that the final iPhone 8 design will not ruin iOS 11's appearance like that. There are ways to fix it, such as including the entire camera assembly under the display if such a thing is technologically possible right now, or reducing the size of the camera system. Alternatively, we can always live with bigger top and bottom bezels than what's shown in these images. As great as bezel-less designs are, I'm pretty convinced that we can still cope with bezels that are a few millimeters taller if it means getting a phone without that hideous cutout.
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| Police dog fired for being too friendly gets new job Posted: 09 Jun 2017 03:13 AM PDT  Sometimes you're just not the right person or dog for the job. Gavel was too friendly for police work and flunked out of police dog academy. However, he landed firmly on his paws and found a new job that perfectly matched his personality.
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| North Korea says it tested new anti-ship missile Posted: 08 Jun 2017 07:26 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it has tested a new type of cruise missile that is a powerful means of attacking enemy warships, a day after South Korea's military detected projectiles fired from the eastern coastal town of Wonsan.
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