| Defiant Pres. Trump Continues Twitter Storm Against Media Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:35 AM PDT  The president, on vacation at his resort in New Jersey, unleashed another Twitter tirade on Saturday. He again attacked the hosts of 'Morning Joe' and referred to CNN as 'Fraud News CNN.'
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| Little Rock Mass Shooting: At Least 28 Injured in Arkansas Club Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:31 AM PDT  Little Rock Police said 25 people were shot, while three club-goers suffered other injuries, during a dispute at the Power Ultra Lounge nightclub in the Arkansas capital.
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| Illinois Fiscal Crisis: State Approaches Third Year Without Budget Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:37 AM PDT  Illinois now has $15 billion in unpaid bills and, with no budget, state agencies have had to cut back — in some cases — life-saving services.
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| Trump to speak with Xi, Abe as North Korea, steel issues loom Posted: 02 Jul 2017 12:03 AM PDT  U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday, calls that come as frustration builds in the White House over North Korea's nuclear program and overcapacity in the steel market. The talks come ahead of meetings he will hold with both leaders on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7-8 where trade practices are expected to be high on the agenda. Trump, who pledged a hard line on trade during his campaign for office, has been weighing new quotas or tariffs on steel imports for national security reasons and plans to discuss his concerns at the G20.
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| Pilot said engine failed before fiery freeway crash Posted: 30 Jun 2017 11:28 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a small plane told air traffic controllers he had lost an engine before the aircraft crashed on a busy freeway near a Southern California airport and exploded into flames, injuring the pilot and his fiancé.
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| Man held in kidnapping of Chinese scholar who is feared dead Posted: 01 Jul 2017 10:41 AM PDT  Man held in kidnapping of Chinese scholar who is feared dead.
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| Deadly suicide bombing in the Syrian capital of Damascus Posted: 02 Jul 2017 06:52 AM PDT ![Deadly suicide bombing in the Syrian capital of Damascus]( "Deadly suicide bombing in the Syrian capital of Damascus") The scene from the bombing in the Tahrir Square district.
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| Man Arrested for Kidnapping as Missing Scholar Feared Dead Posted: 01 Jul 2017 11:14 AM PDT  A man has been charged with kidnapping a visiting University of Illinois scholar from China who authorities believe to be dead
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| The Fight for Mosul: U.S.-Backed Iraqi Forces Corner ISIS Fighters Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:39 AM PDT  On Saturday, U.S.-backed forces squeezed the remaining ISIS militants into the narrow streets of Mosul's Old City as they looked to re-take full control of the strategic city.
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| Tanker and freighter collide off Britain Posted: 01 Jul 2017 07:58 AM PDT  A tanker and a cargo ship collided off Britain on Saturday on one of the world's busiest shipping routes, but no injuries or spills were reported, authorities said. The tanker had 38,000 tonnes of petrol onboard when it collided at around 0100 GMT with a 220-metre (720-foot) cargo vessel in the Strait of Dover, which is where the North Sea and the Channel meet. "Although both vessels have been damaged, there is no water ingress and no pollution," Britain's maritime and coastguard agency said.
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| San Diego Hikers Reunited With Family After Going Missing in Mexico Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:52 AM PDT  On June 20, 61-year-old Morgan Fox and his two daughters went missing in Mexico's Baja peninsula. After days of searching, a Mexican helicopter spotted them on Tuesday and launched an operation to rescue them.
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| Will Germany Finally Pay the Holocaust Survivors of the Romanian Death Train? Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:41 AM PDT  Over the last 65 years, the German government has paid out more than $70 billion in reparations to Jewish victims of the Holocaust. However, a small group of Jews in the Romanian city of Iasi have received nothing.
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| U.S., Philippines hold naval patrol to deter Islamist militants Posted: 30 Jun 2017 10:51 PM PDT ![U.S., Philippines hold naval patrol to deter Islamist militants]( "U.S., Philippines hold naval patrol to deter Islamist militants") The United States and Philippine navies held a joint naval patrol on Saturday in dangerous southern Philippine waters, amid rising international concern about Islamist militancy and piracy in the region. US Navy littoral combat ship USS Coronado joined a Philippine Navy frigate, BRP Alcaraz, in patrolling the Sulu Sea where numerous pirate attacks on commercial shipping have been made since 2015. "Our at-sea operations with the Philippine Navy demonstrate our commitment to the alliance and deter piracy and illegal activities," US Rear Admiral Don Gabrielson said in a statement issued by the US embassy in Manila.
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| Q&A: Marijuana is legal in Nevada but not in casinos or bars Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:00 AM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sin City has launched its latest legal vice.
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| Body Of Missing 5-Year-Old Boy Found Near Lake In California Posted: 02 Jul 2017 12:33 AM PDT  Aramazd Andressian Jr., a 5-year-old California boy had been missing since April 21, when he was last spotted with his father while leaving Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
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| Senators Debate the Future of Healthcare: Medicaid for All? Posted: 01 Jul 2017 10:57 PM PDT  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) join Chuck Todd for an exclusive joint interview to discuss whether Medicaid might be expanded to cover a greater set of people.
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| Teen Bitten by a Shark While Boogie Boarding in South Carolina Posted: 02 Jul 2017 11:11 AM PDT  "I felt a terrible sting and didn't know what it was"
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| Indonesia aid helicopter crashes after volcano erupts Posted: 02 Jul 2017 07:00 AM PDT ![Indonesia aid helicopter crashes after volcano erupts]( "Indonesia aid helicopter crashes after volcano erupts") JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A helicopter carrying eight people crashed Sunday while on the way to help with evacuations near a volcano that erupted on the main Indonesian island of Java. Officials didn't know the fate of the people on board, but villagers said they found two bodies at the crash site.
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| Drone kills two Qaeda suspects in Yemen Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:29 AM PDT ![Drone kills two Qaeda suspects in Yemen]( "Drone kills two Qaeda suspects in Yemen") A drone strike likely to have been carried out by the United States killed two suspected Al-Qaeda members in southern Yemen, a security official said on Sunday. One of the suspects was identified as Ibrahim al-Adani, who was said to have run Al-Qaeda's finances in the region. The United States considers the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, to be the group's most dangerous branch and has conducted a long-running drone war against its leaders.
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| Congo declares Ebola outbreak over after four deaths Posted: 01 Jul 2017 01:59 AM PDT  Democratic Republic of Congo declared its two-month Ebola outbreak officially over on Saturday after 42 days without recording a new case of the disease. The outbreak in Congo's remote northeastern forests, a record eighth for the country where the disease was first discovered in 1976, killed four out of the eight people infected, Health Minister Oly Ilunga said in a statement. "I declare on this day, at midnight, the end of the outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever of the Ebola virus in DRC," Ilunga said.
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| Congress Gets an Earful On Break Posted: 02 Jul 2017 01:07 AM PDT  Kasie Hunt tells NBC's Jordan Frasier what to expect when Congress returns to Capitol Hill after hearing from voters during the holiday recess.
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| Bronx hospital rampage witness speaks out Posted: 01 Jul 2017 02:40 PM PDT  Eric Fisher was barricaded inside a room in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center during Friday's deadly rampage.
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| China's Xi: No tolerance for subversion in Hong Kong Posted: 01 Jul 2017 05:25 AM PDT  HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Saturday that any activities in Hong Kong seen as threatening China's sovereignty and stability would be "absolutely impermissible," employing some of his harshest language yet against burgeoning separatist sentiment in the territory.
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| Man Who Allegedly Crawled Into Woman's Bed, Asked To Spend The Night Is Arrested: Cops Posted: 02 Jul 2017 11:11 AM PDT  Sungjae Song, 26, is a South Korean citizen who lives in Palisades Park, New Jersey.
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| Next-Gen Nissan Self-Driving Leaf EV Launching Sept. 5 Posted: 01 Jul 2017 03:10 AM PDT  The company teased the launch in a tweet Friday. The company is also appealing to lawmakers to support self-driving technology.
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| Central America hit by massive power outages Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:19 PM PDT  San José (AFP) - A huge power outage plunged millions of people across Central America into darkness Saturday, as authorities from Panama to Costa Rica to El Salvador scrambled to restore electrical service. The blackout affected some five million people in Costa Rica alone, where officials largely had managed to restore service after a nationwide power outage lasting about five hours. Authorities pinned blame for the power outages on a downed Panamanian transmission line that adversely affected the power supply for much of the region.
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| State laws expand concealed guns to public facilities Posted: 01 Jul 2017 09:18 AM PDT  Starting Saturday, concealed guns are allowed at college campuses in Georgia and Kansas, more public buildings and bus stations in Tennessee, and at the Iowa state Capitol as new laws took effect continuing the steady expansion of gun rights in Republican-controlled states.
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| Rebels accuse Syrian army of chlorine attack, army calls it fabrication Posted: 01 Jul 2017 12:31 PM PDT ![Rebels accuse Syrian army of chlorine attack, army calls it fabrication]( "Rebels accuse Syrian army of chlorine attack, army calls it fabrication") A Syrian rebel group accused the Syrian army of using chlorine gas against its fighters on Saturday in battles east of Damascus - an accusation the military swiftly denied as a fabrication. The United States said on Wednesday the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appeared so far to have heeded a warning issued earlier in the week not to carry out a chemical weapons attack after saying it saw possible preparations for one. Western governments including the United States say the Syrian government was behind an April gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun that killed dozens.
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| Chicago schools make partial payment to teachers' pensions Posted: 30 Jun 2017 05:41 PM PDT ![Chicago schools make partial payment to teachers' pensions]( "Chicago schools make partial payment to teachers' pensions") The cash-strapped Chicago Public Schools (CPS) said it sent $464 million to its teachers' pension fund by Friday's fiscal year-end deadline, leaving an additional $250 million payment to be made in the fall. Unlike other Illinois school districts, which are part of a state-wide teachers retirement system subsidized with state dollars, CPS has its own pension fund. "Only CPS has to take hundreds of millions of dollars out of the classroom for teacher pensions, but despite the unfairness of this law, CPS is meeting its obligation to our teachers' pensions today," CPS CEO Forrest Claypool said in a statement.
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| US planning to create 'Space Corps' as sixth branch of armed forces Posted: 01 Jul 2017 05:58 AM PDT  The House Armed Services Committee has voted to create a US "Space Corps", which would become a new branch of the armed forces and incorporate the current space missions of the US Air Force. If the US Space Corps goes ahead, it would be the first new military service in the country since 1947. The move has caused consternation as committee members of the panel say they were only recently informed, giving them little time to protest against the proposal.
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| Californians take a shine to solar power Posted: 01 Jul 2017 06:57 PM PDT  Jacquie Barnbrook had grown tired of the high electricity bills and her gas-guzzling luxury car when she finally decided to take the plunge last year. The 52-year-old Los Angeles resident joined an ever-growing number of Californians who are switching to solar power for their energy needs in a bid to not only save money but to also do their part for the environment in a state setting the pace for the rest of the country in that sector. Nearly 4.9 million homes are powered by solar energy in California -- the nation's green trailblazer and the most populous state -- and that number is expected to continue to grow, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, a non-profit trade association.
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| US, Philippine navies patrol troubled waters in Philippines Posted: 01 Jul 2017 07:30 AM PDT ![US, Philippine navies patrol troubled waters in Philippines]( "US, Philippine navies patrol troubled waters in Philippines") MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. and Philippine navy ships have patrolled waters in the southern Philippines where kidnappings by ransom-seeking Abu Sayyaf militants have sparked a regional security alarm.
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| Trump, Merkel and coal take center stage at climate protests ahead of the G20 in Hamburg Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:00 AM PDT ![Trump, Merkel and coal take center stage at climate protests ahead of the G20 in Hamburg]( "Trump, Merkel and coal take center stage at climate protests ahead of the G20 in Hamburg") About 4,000 people marched through the city center Sunday to protest against the climate and trade policies of the world's major developed and emerging economies.
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| Man Charged With Murder in Road Rage Slaying of Teen Girl: Cops Posted: 02 Jul 2017 10:18 AM PDT  David Desper turned himself in Sunday.
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| Is Eating McDonald's Better Than Eating Nothing? Posted: 01 Jul 2017 08:30 AM PDT  It's easy to vilify McDonald's by employing hyperbole.
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| How to Dine Out with a Toddler: The Dos and Don't You Dares Posted: 02 Jul 2017 06:00 AM PDT  This article, How to Dine Out with a Toddler: The Dos and Don't You Dares, originally appeared on Chowhound.
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| Russia bus crash 'kills 14' Posted: 02 Jul 2017 06:08 AM PDT  Fourteen people died, two of them children, when a long-haul passenger bus collided with a truck in Russia on Sunday, the authorities said. The bus was travelling from Samara on the Volga river to Izhevsk, around 900 kilometres (550 miles) east of Moscow, when the accident happened, according to the Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes. The bus rolled over and caught on fire as a result of the collision, the regional interior ministry said, adding that it would be arresting both drivers.
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| Defiant Kashmiri militant denounces U.S. terrorist designation Posted: 01 Jul 2017 05:34 AM PDT  By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Kashmiri militant commander on Saturday denounced his designation as a terrorist by the United States, vowing to continue his armed fight against Indian rule over its part of the divided Himalayan territory. Syed Salahuddin called the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration "idiotic", saying it was a gift to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was visiting Washington on Monday, the day Salahuddin was declared a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. "They cannot quote a single incident to prove that we are terrorists," Salahuddin told a news conference in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistani portion of Kashmir, where he has been based for some 25 years as leader of the Hizbul Mujahideen, the largest of the anti-Indian Kashmiri militant groups.
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| Prince Charles, Duchess of Cornwall celebrate Canada 150 Posted: 01 Jul 2017 11:23 AM PDT  OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Prince Charles praised Canada for inclusiveness and fairness as the country marked its 150th anniversary with a celebration on Parliament Hill that drew thousands and included a performance from Bono and the Edge from U2.
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| Glamorous pet owners are getting matching manicures with their cats Posted: 01 Jul 2017 07:33 AM PDT  First thing's first: you should never, ever paint your pet's claws with actual nail polish. It's toxic to them! But should you hunger for you and your cat to have matching manicures, there's a glamorous alternative. Cristi, a cat owner from California, routinely purchases nail caps for her cat, Wednesday. One day, she found a purple, glittery set — the same purple glitter as her own manicure. SEE ALSO: Cats have been getting humans to do their bidding for 9,000 years Hell yeah. Bffs pic.twitter.com/aa7eCQbxVX — cristi cupcake (@cristimari_) June 24, 2017 As it turns out, Cristi wasn't the only one to have this idea. After another user shared her image, it went viral, and other pet owners started sharing manicure pics, too. the only way to be pic.twitter.com/6n49uyyee3 — POI$ON IV¥ (@jadejumps) June 25, 2017 I've done this with my ruby ♥️✨ pic.twitter.com/JSTqvHSSm2 — Melanie (@reverseoceans) June 25, 2017 pic.twitter.com/SEHjPJQejV — J (@rockmanticsoul) June 24, 2017 And for those sneering right now, we'd like to point out that, from a logical standpoint, this makes perfect sense. Friends get matching manicures all the time. Pets are the best friends ever. Therefore, it would stand to reason that humans and their pets should have matching manicures. Checkmate. [H/T: BuzzFeed ] WATCH: These aren't stuffed animals, they're chiffon cakes
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| Kasich signs Ohio state budget, vetoes Medicaid freeze Posted: 30 Jun 2017 09:47 PM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. John Kasich once again stood against fellow Republicans in the Ohio Legislature on Friday to support Medicaid expansion, which now provides health insurance to 700,000 low-income Ohioans.
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| Total to sign $4.8 bn gas deal with Iran: oil ministry Posted: 02 Jul 2017 03:11 AM PDT  French energy giant Total is to sign a $4.8 billion agreement to develop an Iranian offshore gas field, the oil ministry said Sunday, in the biggest foreign deal since sanctions were eased. "The international agreement for the development of phase 11 of South Pars will be signed on Monday in the presence of the oil ministry and managers of Total, the Chinese company CNPC and Iranian company Petropars," a ministry spokesman told AFP. Total signed a preliminary deal with Iran in November as the lead partner alongside China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Iran's Petropars.
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| Fisherman charged in wife's lake killing despite no body Posted: 01 Jul 2017 07:47 AM PDT  A commercial fisherman's story about his wife disappearing into the depths of Lake Erie on a boating trip isn't adding up, and Pennsylvania authorities believe they know why. They say he's the one who put her there.
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| Fire rips through Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon Posted: 02 Jul 2017 10:57 AM PDT ![Fire rips through Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon]( "Fire rips through Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon") With at least 1 dead and 6 wounded, the fire leaves an estimated 700 refugees homeless again.
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| The Pros And Cons Of Living In An Airbnb Posted: 02 Jul 2017 08:12 AM PDT  Perspective for the transient in us all.
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| What Is the Difference Between Key Limes and Conventional Limes? Posted: 01 Jul 2017 07:00 AM PDT  Well, in the case of "regular" limes vs. Key limes, the truth is, not a ton. Of course there's more separating the two than meets the eye, but the differences are fairly minute and, indeed, the two can often be used interchangeably in recipes without risk of total disaster. Key limes are smaller than the standard Persian limes and have thin, leathery skin.
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| Germany produced record 35 percent of power from renewables in first half Posted: 02 Jul 2017 04:48 AM PDT  Germany raised the proportion of its power produced by renewable energy to 35 percent in the first half of 2017 from 33 percent the previous year, according to the BEE renewable energy association. Germany is aiming to phase out its nuclear power plants by 2022. Its renewable energy has been rising steadily over the last two decades thanks in part to the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) which was reformed this year to cut renewable energy costs for consumers.
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| US warship sails close to S. China Sea island occupied by Beijing Posted: 02 Jul 2017 10:41 AM PDT  An American warship on Sunday sailed close to a disputed island in the South China Sea occupied by Beijing, a US official said, a provocative move that could further strain relations between the superpowers. The USS Stethem destroyer passed less than 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers) from tiny Triton Island in the Paracel Islands archipelago, which is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam, the official told AFP. The operation, meant to demonstrate freedom of navigation in disputed waters, came just hours before a previously scheduled phone call between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
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