| White House adviser Ivanka Trump: ‘I try to stay out of politics’ Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:45 AM PDT  Ivanka Trump told "Fox & Friends" that she speaks up when she disagrees with her father on certain issues — but does not "profess to be a political savant."
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| Pakistan Tanker Explosion: at Least 153 Killed Posted: 25 Jun 2017 09:09 AM PDT  An oil tanker truck crashed on a busy highway in Pakistan Sunday, killing at least 153 people when it exploded as crowds rushed to the scene to collect leaking fuel.
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| Air Asia Pilots Asks Passengers ‘To Pray’ During Wild Flight Posted: 25 Jun 2017 09:04 AM PDT  The pilot twice asked passengers to pray on Air Asia flight D7237 from Australia to Malaysia as the plane shook like a "washing machine" for two hours, according to passengers.
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| UK: 6 hurt as car strikes people at Muslim celebration Posted: 25 Jun 2017 08:13 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Six people, including three children, were injured Sunday after a car ran into a large crowd gathered to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the northern English city of Newcastle. Police said there was no information suggesting the incident was terror-related.
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| US urges Qatar and Saudi-led group to 'lower rhetoric' Posted: 25 Jun 2017 10:59 AM PDT  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Sunday for a "lowering of rhetoric" between Qatar and a four-nation group led by Saudi Arabia after Doha denounced their sweeping list of demands. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt want Qatar to meet their 13-point ultimatum -- ostensibly aimed at fighting extremism and terrorism -- in return for an end to a nearly three-week-old diplomatic and trade "blockade" of the emirate.
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| Johnson: 'I Would Like to Delay' the Senate Healthcare Vote Posted: 24 Jun 2017 11:12 PM PDT  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joins Meet the Press for an exclusive interview to explain why he isn't prepared to vote for the Senate's healthcare bill.
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| Slain Minnesota man's family in $3 million police-shooting settlement Posted: 26 Jun 2017 08:14 AM PDT  The agreement between the Minnesota city and Valerie Castile, the victim's mother, comes a week after the officer who shot Castile, 32, five times was found not guilty of any crime - the bloody aftermath that was seen by millions of people after Castile's girlfriend livestreamed it online. Castile's death drew national attention, coming amid a wave of high-profile police killings of black men, which sparked street protests in cities across the United States.
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| California father buries wrong man after coroner's mistake Posted: 24 Jun 2017 07:04 PM PDT  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Eleven days after laying his son to rest, Frank J. Kerrigan got a call from a friend.
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| Plane Diverted After Passenger Tries To Open Emergency Exit Posted: 26 Jun 2017 03:05 AM PDT  According to eye witnesses on the Southwest flight at the time of the incident, the "disruptive" woman was showing unruly behavior even before she got on the plane.
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| Dozens missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks in reservoir Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:26 AM PDT ![Dozens missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks in reservoir]( "Dozens missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks in reservoir") Nine people died and 28 are missing after a multidecked tourist boat carrying about 170 passengers sank in Colombia's Penol-Guatape reservoir on Sunday during the long holiday weekend, a government official said. Ninety-nine people were rescued, Margarita Moncada, the head of disaster relief for Antioquia province, told journalists.
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| Trump complains about Democrats’ rallying cry to ‘resist’ Posted: 25 Jun 2017 09:15 AM PDT  President Trump admitted that he likes divisive rhetoric as a campaign tactic, but now finds it frustrating when it is used by Democrats to counter his agenda.
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| 'We Love to Attack Our Leaders' Democrats Debate Pelosi's Leadership Posted: 24 Jun 2017 11:31 PM PDT  Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) join Meet the Press for an exclusive joint interview to talk about the future of the Democratic party.
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| China's Xi to visit Hong Kong for 20th anniversary of handover Posted: 24 Jun 2017 08:43 PM PDT  BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong from June 29 to July 1 to mark the 20th anniversary of the handover of the Asian financial hub from British colonial rule to the mainland, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. Hong Kong was handed back to China under a "one country, two systems" formula, promising a high degree of autonomy on July 1, 1997. Xi's visit comes at a time when many Hong Kong residents see China as increasingly interfering in city affairs.
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| Arkansas inmate on lam for 32 years visiting mom when caught Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:06 PM PDT  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The mother of an Arkansas prison escapee who had been on the run for more than three decades said she has been in contact with her son since soon after his escape and that he was visiting her when he was arrested.
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| These Ice Cream Sundaes Are Going Viral Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:18 AM PDT  Because churro + soft serve = ��
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| Stalin tops Putin in Russian poll of greatest historical figures Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:07 AM PDT  Russians have picked Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as the greatest figure in history, a new poll said Monday, beating President Vladimir Putin into joint second alongside poet Alexander Pushkin. In the poll conducted in April by the Levada Centre independent pollster, Russians were asked to pick the ten greatest individuals of all time. Stalin came out on top with 38 percent, while Putin shared second place on 34 percent with Russia's beloved national bard Pushkin.
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| Looking at the Obama family rafting together in Bali makes it seem easier to breathe Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:47 AM PDT  An Obama sighting is a thing to behold these days—and everyone seems to go nuts when they do appear, even if it's just Michelle or Barack introducing rappers at award ceremonies. It's safe to say, the former first family is busy and might not be missing us as much as we miss them. The crew was spotted rafting in Bali, Indonesia, Sunday where they are currently on vacation. And, well, when you're rafting down a river in Bali, chances are you're not thinking about the state of American democracy or the American people. We don't blame them. SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama's latest Instagram post gives new meaning to squad goals The Obamas are with Barack's sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, visiting her side of the family in Indonesia, where Barack lived for a few years during his childhood. President Obama with his family and his sister Maya and her family in Bali. pic.twitter.com/Epn9f8focn — meta (@metaquest) June 25, 2017 Barack moved with his mother at the age of 6, and stayed until he turned 10, before returning to Hawaii. While visiting his former home, the family trekked to Bongkasa Village in Badung on Bali island where they donned matching safety gear and hopped in a raft. Image: AFP/Getty ImagesLook at those adventurous faces :') Image: AFP/Getty ImagesTheir weekend also included a visit to the Jatiluwih rice terraces in Tabanan on Bali Island. Image: AFP/Getty Images Image: AFP/Getty ImagesBarack will be making a speech to the Indonesian Diaspora Congress on July 1, wrapping up their nine-day vacation shortly after, according to AP. Don't forget to bring Bo and Sunny next time, though! We miss them just as much. WATCH:
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| Ed Gillespie is not interested in the latest Trump tweets Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT  Ed Gillespie has a tricky road ahead of him as he campaigns for Virginia governor this year. The Republican nominee wants to talk about state issues, not President Trump, not Russia and certainly not what's on Twitter. The latest sign is that former President Obama has already decided to campaign for the Democratic nominee, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam.
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| US Government Websites Hacked By ISIS Propaganda Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:36 AM PDT  Ohio Gov. John Kasich's website was hacked to broadcast pro-ISIS propaganda, displaying a message in Arabic message and playing a call to Islamic prayer.
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| We Test Ride the Vanderhall Venice Three-Wheeler Posted: 26 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Vanderhall Motor Works Venice Roadster – Ride Drive (?) Review Sometimes, three wheels is better than four Photography by Vanderhall Not too long ago RideApart first told you about Vanderhall Motor Works , a Utah-based company making three-wheeled vehicles.
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| Mosul battle to end in days as troops advance in Old City: Iraqi general Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:58 AM PDT  By Marius Bosch and Khaled al-Ramahi MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - The battle to wrest full control of the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State will be over in a few days, the Iraqi military said on Monday, as elite counter-terrorism units fought militants among the narrow alleyways of the historic Old City. An attempted fight-back by militants failed on Sunday night and Islamic State's grip on the city, once its de facto capital in Iraq, was weakened, a senior commander said.
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| AP: Authorities delayed investigating gay 'demons' case Posted: 26 Jun 2017 08:34 AM PDT  SPINDALE, N.C. (AP) — For two years, Matthew Fenner said he pleaded with authorities to investigate his allegations that a group of fellow congregants at the Word of Faith Fellowship church had punched, slapped and choked him to expel his "homosexual demons."
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| Greenland now a major driver of rising seas: study Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:37 AM PDT  Ocean levels rose 50 percent faster in 2014 than in 1993, with meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet now supplying 25 percent of total sea level increase compared with just five percent 20 years earlier, researchers reported Monday. "This result is important because the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)" -- the UN science advisory body -- "makes a very conservative projection of total sea level rise by the end of the century," at 60 to 90 centimetres (24 to 35 inches), said Peter Wadhams, a professor of ocean physics at the University of Oxford who did not take part in the research. Greenland alone contains enough frozen water to lift oceans by about seven metres (23 feet), though experts disagree on the global warming threshold for irreversible melting, and how long that would take once set in motion.
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| Milky Way nightscapes Posted: 25 Jun 2017 06:24 AM PDT ![Milky Way nightscapes]( "Milky Way nightscapes") Thousands of glittering stars lighting up beautiful Indonesian and Malaysian nightscapes will take your breath away.
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| Is Sergey Kislyak Going Home? Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:31 PM PDT  The U.S.-Russia Business Council is throwing a retirement party at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington July 11.
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| Nigeria's ill president sends recorded greetings from London Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:36 AM PDT  Nigeria's ailing President Muhammadu Buhari marked the end of Ramadan with an audio broadcast to the nation, his first public message since heading to London on medical leave nearly two months ago, the president's office said. The recording attributed to the president was played on Nigerian radio channels over the weekend and featured a tired hesitant voice that appeared to be his, speaking in the Hausa language used in the Muslim-majority north, where Buhari is from. Some Nigerians questioned the use of Hausa for Buhari's first message since departing for London on May 7, accusing him of addressing only his kinsmen rather than the nation as a whole.
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| There's an easter egg when you post or comment about Harry Potter on Facebook Posted: 25 Jun 2017 06:28 PM PDT  Facebook certainly didn't forget about Harry Potter's 20th anniversary. The social media giant quietly rolled out an easter egg in time for Jun. 26, the day J.K. Rowling first published Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1997 (which Americans will of course know as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone). SEE ALSO: We ranked the most dateable Harry Potter characters because the world needs to know If you post or comment the name of any of the houses in Harry Potter on Facebook — that's Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, or Ravenclaw — the name will be displayed in the color of the house, and out pops some magic. You can also click on the word to make the wand appear again. The easter egg also works when you post or comment the name Harry Potter, too. Image: freia lobo/mashablePretty cool, huh? Go forth and spam those house names, Harry Potter fans. Mashable has reached out to Facebook for comment. WATCH: Tech studio turns your deepest memories into mind-blowing abstract art
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| 2018 BMW X3 Posted: 26 Jun 2017 07:00 AM PDT  New engines and more tech highlight the changes.
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| Seattle employers cut hours after latest minimum wage rise, study finds Posted: 26 Jun 2017 03:07 PM PDT  Low-wage workers on average now clock 9 percent fewer hours and earn $125 less each month than before the Pacific Northwest city set one of the highest minimum wages in the nation, the University of Washington research paper said. Seattle, which has a booming economy and a strong technology sector, is midway through an initiative to increase its minimum wage for all employers to $15 an hour.
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| Kentucky lawyer in $600 million fraud scheme flees U.S.: report Posted: 26 Jun 2017 12:52 PM PDT  A Kentucky lawyer who pleaded guilty to participating in a $600 million disability fraud scheme has fled to a country that does not have an extradition treaty with the United States, local media reported. Eric Christopher Conn, 56, used a fake passport to flee to a country he did not identify, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader, which said it exchanged emails with a person it identified as Conn. The paper said on Sunday that person answered correctly questions only Conn would know. Scott White, Conn's attorney, could not be reached by Reuters for comment, but he told the newspaper that he also received emails from that same address, from a person he believed to be Conn.
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| Marines rekindling old Afghan relations in Helmand Province Posted: 26 Jun 2017 06:04 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province, U.S. Marines are rekindling old relationships and identifying weaknesses in the Afghan forces that the Trump administration hopes to address with a new strategy and the targeted infusion of several thousand American forces.
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| Family of US black motorist gets nearly $3mn over police shooting Posted: 26 Jun 2017 08:26 AM PDT  The family of a black motorist fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer, whose dying moments were livestreamed on Facebook, said Monday it had reached a nearly $3 million civil settlement with the US city that employed the acquitted cop. The death of Philando Castile -- one in a series of high-profile shootings of African-Americans by police -- stunned the nation. Jeronimo Yanez, 29, was found not guilty of manslaughter earlier this month for shooting the 32-year-old Castile during a traffic stop last year, after the driver informed the officer that he was carrying a gun, for which he had a legal permit.
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| Transplanted: Large Idaho sequoia tree finds new home Posted: 25 Jun 2017 12:38 PM PDT  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A large sequoia tree with a history rooted in conservation was standing in the way of progress, so on Sunday, it was moved.
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| AT&T promises massive broadband investment if Trump gives it tax breaks Posted: 25 Jun 2017 09:01 AM PDT 
There's a tired old trick for internet service providers that want a tax break to continue gouging customers. The ISP will make some vague promise of future broadband investment, in return for immediate tax breaks or approval of an industry deal. On the surface, it sounds good: delivering broadband to rural areas is often uneconomic, so government often wants to cut a deal with private industry to deliver it. But the problem is that internet providers seem to have a really tricky time keeping to their promises, and unexpected roadblocks just happen to always spring up right around the time the investment is meant to happen. That's why AT&T's promise to President Trump that it ill invest $22 billion in new infrastructure -- in return for immediate tax cuts -- is so terribly worrying.
The promise came during a meeting yesterday at the White House. Executives from the telecoms industry made the pilgrimage to kiss the ring, and just like Trump's cabinet, they all had good things to say. Verizon president john Stratton lauded Trump's "focus on U.S. job creation and U.S. leadership in these industries," while AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that "It's been dizzying the pace that the regulatory playing field has been cleared and been made more clear for companies that invest like ours." In a CNBC interview after the meeting, Stephenson laid out the terms under which his for-profit company would consider investing money in private infrastructure: "We're on pace to invest around $22 billion in capital in the United States this year...if we have some kind of tax reform, see that rate move down, we'll consider stepping up our capital investment."
It's a kind offer, but it's exactly the kind of vague, details-lacking announcement that AT&T may well never follow through on. DSLReports noted back in 2014 that AT&T has been making the same promise to bring broadband to 100% of people in its regions for the last decade, and has used it as the carrot in a number of mergers and acquisitions. Coincidentally, Charter has just been fined $13 million for failing to meet the terms laid out by New York State to approve a merger. Those terms -- surprise surprise! -- included deploying broadband to 35,000 new homes and upgrading internet speeds to 100Mbps. Neither of those things have been completed. Unfortunately, vague promises of future investment is exactly the kind of thing that President Trump falls for. Two of his most high-profile deals -- keeping Ford and Carrier manufacturing plants in the US -- have quietly fallen apart in the last couple months. It's easy to tout AT&T's promised investment now as the reason to decrease taxes, but unless something changes dramatically, expect to hear these same promises as the reason for further tax cuts four years from now.
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| Signs Of Sadism Include Bitter Tastes, Like Black Coffee Posted: 25 Jun 2017 07:00 PM PDT  Although sadism is often linked with serial killers or other extreme behaviors, this isn't always the case, and these personality types are much more common than we think.
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| Elon Musk packs the best of SpaceX's latest landing in 20-second video Posted: 25 Jun 2017 05:01 PM PDT  While you were out enjoying the sun and sights here on Earth, SpaceX was busy making history, again. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk wants your trip to Mars to be like a Carnival cruise On Sunday, SpaceX pulled off its 13th flawless rocket landing, delicately putting the Falcon 9 on the seaborne drone ship called "Just Read the Instructions." And while SpaceX founder Elon Musk knows that every space nerd on the planet was watching in real time, he's also aware of the power of social media. To that end, Musk posted a high-speed version of the space-to-Earth landing on Instagram. Sped up version of today's rocket landing on the Droneship Just Read the Instructions (guess it did) A post shared by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) on Jun 25, 2017 at 2:41pm PDT "Sped up version of today's rocket landing on the Droneship Just Read the Instructions (guess it did)," wrote Musk, on Twitter and Instagram. The successful launch and landing allowed SpaceX to deploy one of a series of low-Earth orbit satellites from voice and data communications company Iridium. This was the second launch and landing in 48 hours for SpaceX, adding more real world proof to Musk's dream of making space travel as common and frequent as airplane flights. WATCH: SpaceX did something amazing over the weekend
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| Ford testing plug-in hybrid Escape Posted: 26 Jun 2017 02:25 AM PDT  The possibility of a plug-in hybrid version of the Ford Escape dates back as far as 2009 when Ford actually took a prototype to the Detroit Auto Show, and a small batch of them were handed over to a California utility to be tried out. It now seems as though a plug-in hybrid variant of the current model could finally be arriving in showrooms for sale to the public, and it could possibly be unveiled as soon as next year. Although Ford has confirmed it's currently testing a new Escape PHEV prototype, no details have yet been released regarding the expected range, how it's likely to perform, or how much it will eventually cost to buy.
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| New York City gay pride parade Posted: 25 Jun 2017 04:00 PM PDT ![New York City gay pride parade]( "New York City gay pride parade") Tens of thousands of marchers paraded through New York streets Sunday in a huge Gay Pride parade, with many proudly carrying rainbow flags or waving virulently anti-Trump signs.
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| China urges Afghans, Pakistan to form crisis-management mechanism Posted: 25 Jun 2017 02:03 AM PDT  By Kay Johnson ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - China's foreign minister has urged leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan to improve relations and establish a crisis prevention and management mechanism during visits to both countries, the Chinese foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Wang Yi was scheduled to speak in Islamabad on Sunday, a day after meeting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul. Wang said a three-way conference mechanism involving the two countries and China could promote dialogue and cooperation, the Chinese ministry said in a statement.
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| Two police, family of six killed in latest Mexico violence Posted: 26 Jun 2017 08:38 AM PDT  Two federal police officers were mowed down Saturday in Mexico's Veracruz state, where gunman also killed a family of six, in the latest spasm of violence linked to criminal gangs. In the nearby city of Coatzacoalcos, the dead included two adults and four children who died in a hail of bullets as they ate dinner at an outdoor restaurant. Authorities added that two women were fatally shot in the town of Orizaba, also in Veracruz, one of Mexico's most violent states.
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| Subway digging uncovers 'Pompeii-like scene' in Rome Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:18 AM PDT  ROME (AP) — Digging for Rome's new subway has unearthed the charred ruins of an early 3rd-century building and the 1,800-year-old skeleton of a crouching dog that apparently perished in the same blaze that collapsed the structure.
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| Asylum seekers in Canada who fled Trump now trapped in legal limbo Posted: 26 Jun 2017 04:59 AM PDT  By Anna Mehler Paperny and Rod Nickel TORONTO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Thousands of people who fled to Canada to escape President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal migrants have become trapped in legal limbo because of an overburdened refugee system, struggling to find work, permanent housing or enroll their children in schools. Refugee claims are taking longer to be completed than at any time in the past five years, according to previously unpublished Immigration and Refugee Board data provided to Reuters. Those wait times are set to grow longer after the IRB in April allocated "up to half" of its 127 tribunal members to focus on old cases. The number of delayed hearings more than doubled from 2015 to 2016 and is on track to increase again this year.
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| This Ingenious Hack Frees Up So Much Space In Your Kitchen Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:17 AM PDT  Why didn't we think of this sooner?
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