| Investigation Launched Into ‘Serious’ Air France Plane Engine Failure Posted: 01 Oct 2017 08:47 AM PDT  On Saturday, an Airbus A380 bound for Los Angeles suffered a mid-flight engine explosion and was forced to land in a remote part of eastern Canada.
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| One Photo Stands Out After Trump Says Puerto Rico Wants 'Everything Done For Them' Posted: 30 Sep 2017 07:10 PM PDT  When President Donald Trump went after local officials in Puerto Rico, accusing them of wanting "everything to be done for them," one TV writer had the perfect response.
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| Packing and cracking: The Supreme Court takes up partisan gerrymandering Posted: 02 Oct 2017 02:00 AM PDT  On October 3, the second day of the new term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that likely poses the most momentous question on its docket: Should it, for the first time in history, strike down a state's electoral map on the grounds of partisan gerrymandering?
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| It's Completely Legal To Walk Around Las Vegas With A Machine Gun Posted: 02 Oct 2017 10:56 AM PDT  Sunday's horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas once again shines a light on a nation awash in guns, with relatively few restrictions on their purchase or possession.
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| Sri Lanka remands militant monk for attacking refugees Posted: 02 Oct 2017 06:46 AM PDT  A Sri Lankan court on Monday remanded in custody a Buddhist monk charged with leading a mob which evicted Rohingya refugees, including 16 children, from a UN-protected shelter.
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| Stars react to Tom Petty's reported death at age 66 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 01:21 PM PDT  CBS News reported on Monday that legendary rocker Tom Petty had died at 66, though TMZ contends that the singer is "still clinging to life."
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| Read Cole Sprouse's Powerful Take On Whiteness And Mass Shootings Posted: 02 Oct 2017 12:30 PM PDT  While some celebrities were at a loss for words in the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, here's former Disney star and current "Riverdale" actor Cole Sprouse with a particularly cogent reaction to the horrific events.
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| Coast Guard report: Captain errors led up to El Faro sinking Posted: 01 Oct 2017 10:57 AM PDT  A Coast Guard report released Sunday says the primary cause of the 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro, which killed all 33 aboard, was the captain underestimating the strength of a hurricane and overestimating the ship's strength.
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| One eve of Gaza reconciliation, Hamas frees Fatah men Posted: 01 Oct 2017 07:01 AM PDT  By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas freed five prisoners belonging to the rival Fatah party on Sunday and Egypt sent a delegation to the Gaza Strip to oversee the Islamist group's planned handover of administrative control of the Palestinian enclave to a unity government. The West Bank-based Palestinian prime minister, Rami al-Hamdallah, and other officials of the government formed in 2014 are due in Gaza on Monday to run ministries and hold a cabinet meeting the next day. Hamas opted for reconciliation with Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah because it is short of funds and friends a decade after seizing the enclave in a brief civil war.
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| Gun Control Advocates Are Speaking Up About a Bill Making it Easier to Buy a Silencer Posted: 02 Oct 2017 09:10 AM PDT  After a deadly mass shooting, advocates of stricter gun control are criticizing a Republican bill to make it easier to buy silencers.
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| Las Vegas shooting: FBI says massacre has no connection to terrorism after Isis claims responsibility Posted: 02 Oct 2017 09:52 AM PDT  FBI investigators say they have found no links between the Las Vegas massacre and international terrorist groups after Isis claimed responsibility for the deadliest mass shooting in American history. In a brief statement, FBI special agent Aaron Rouse said the bureau had "determined to this point no connection of an international terrorist group". At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 injured after Stephen Paddock fired into a crowd of concert-goers late on Sunday.
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| Australia sends naval support to Vanuatu's volcano island Posted: 01 Oct 2017 03:53 AM PDT  Australia has sent a naval ship to help evacuate thousands of people from Vanuatu's Ambae island, where a volcano is threatening a major eruption. The Vanuatu government announced last week that all 11,000 residents on Ambae -- in the north of the Pacific archipelago -- would be moved, after the Manaro Voui volcano rumbled to life and rained rock and ash on villages. The landing ship HMAS Choules departed Australia Saturday and is due to arrive at the Pacific nation mid-week, carrying emergency specialists and food supplies.
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| Mormon Church Apostle Passes Away Posted: 01 Oct 2017 10:17 PM PDT  The New York City native was chosen as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a high-level governing body of the Mormon Church, in 1994 and received his call as a general authority in 1975.
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| Paul Ryan On Trump And Race: 'His Heart's In The Right Place' Posted: 01 Oct 2017 08:19 AM PDT  House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) defended President Donald Trump's approach to race relations amid accusations that the president has fueled discord with his attacks on peacefully protesting football players and officials trying to help the millions of Puerto Ricans affected by Hurricane Maria. "Like I said before, he's learning," Ryan said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday, when asked by host John Dickerson to rate Trump's ability to bring the U.S. together. "I know his heart's in the right place," Ryan added.
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| Trump Tells Tillerson: Don't Waste Time Talking To North Korea Posted: 01 Oct 2017 07:53 AM PDT  President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday he has told Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that the diplomat's efforts to negotiate with North Korea over that country's nuclear and missile programs are pointless.
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| More trafficking victims turn to hotline with pleas for help Posted: 01 Oct 2017 08:48 AM PDT  The tipster's account was grim. A woman had suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung at the hands of a man who for nine years had been forcing her into prostitution.
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| Parents Are Totally Relating To Jennifer Garner's Exhausted 'Yes Day' Selfie Posted: 02 Oct 2017 01:38 PM PDT  Jennifer Garner is not afraid to show her exhausted parent face.
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| Voices of the Catalan referendum in Barcelona Posted: 01 Oct 2017 07:05 PM PDT ![Voices of the Catalan referendum in Barcelona]( "Voices of the Catalan referendum in Barcelona") Photographer José Colon visited some polling stations to bring us a look and some words from those who voted today and why – and from some who came to support the right to vote and others who weren't allowed to vote at all.
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| Google And Facebook Amplify Far-Right Disinformation Campaigns After Las Vegas Shooting Posted: 02 Oct 2017 11:39 AM PDT  The aftermath of the mass shooting in Las Vegas followed the usual dreary choreography of disaster news: First, disinformation rolled in from the usual assortment of trolls, then social media platforms amplified it.
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| 35 Years of Mass Shootings in the U.S. in One Chart Posted: 02 Oct 2017 07:58 AM PDT  Hundreds of people have been killed in mass shootings since 1982
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| 'Nothing's changed': OJ Simpson makes first public comments since release from 'nowhere U.S.A' Posted: 01 Oct 2017 07:09 PM PDT  O.J. Simpson, whose racially charged 1995 murder trial riveted the nation, said nothing much had changed after spending almost a decade in "nowhere USA". The disgraced American football star was freed on parole after nine years behind bars for armed robbery. The 70-year-old left the Lovelock Correctional Center in the western state of Nevada just after midnight local time, prison spokesperson Brooke Keast said. "I don't know where he was headed," Keast said. A video released by the Nevada Department of Corrections showed him leaving the facility and heading toward a car park wearing a long coat and baseball cap as a woman said: "Come on out." Hours later, he was tracked down by reporters as he sat in the back of a white SUV in Amargosa Valley, about 75 miles northwest of Las Vegas, just after 5:30 a.m.. Former football legend O.J. Simpson signs documents at the Lovelock Correctional Center Credit: AP "Man, how in the … Have you all been … you all stalking me?" he said, according to the video obtained by the New York Post. Asked how it felt to be free, he said: "I'm in a car for the last five hours, so how do I know how it feels to be out? "I've been in nowhere U.S.A. for the last nine years doing nothing. Nothing has changed in my life. What do you expect?" he said. Asked where he was headed, he replied: "None of your business." Simpson's lawyer has said he planned to relocate to Florida following his release from the medium-security prison where he has been serving his sentence. "God bless, take care guys," he said as the reporter left, adding: "Yeah, nothing's changed." A Nevada parole official said Simpson planned to live at a home in the Las Vegas area for the foreseeable future. State Parole and Probation Capt. Shawn Arruti told The Associated Press that Simpson has one approved residential plan, and it doesn't currently include a move to Florida or any other state. Arruti said that could change in the future. Simpson was granted parole at a hearing in July and his earliest release date was set for October 1, but he had widely been expected to be freed no earlier than Monday. OJ timeline Instead, he was set free at eight minutes past midnight (0708 GMT Sunday) "to ensure public safety and avoid possible incident," Keast said. Simpson was famously found not guilty in 1995 of the grisly murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a male friend, Ron Goldman, in a case that transfixed the country and became known as the "Trial of the Century." But the former National Football League running back and actor was sent to prison in 2008 for his role in an armed robbery the previous year of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas resort. Simpson claimed at his trial that he was just seeking to recover personal items from the dealers, an explanation that satisfied his parole board. At his parole hearing in July Simpson initially did not express any remorse for his actions but eventually offered that he was "sorry that things turned out the way they did." Profile | OJ Simpson
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| 3,000 killed in Syria in deadliest month of 2017: monitor Posted: 01 Oct 2017 04:21 AM PDT  Syria's war killed at least 3,000 people including 955 civilians in September, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said Sunday, in the deadliest month of the conflict this year. "More than 70 percent of the civilians were killed in regime and Russian air strikes, or in air raids of the international coalition" fighting the Islamic State group, the Britain-based monitor's head Rami Abdel Rahman said. Backed by Russian air strikes, the forces of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are pressing a battle to retake IS-controlled areas in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.
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| The Number Of Puerto Ricans Without Water Grew To More Than Half: DoD Posted: 01 Oct 2017 10:40 AM PDT  The number of people without drinking water in Puerto Rico increased by more than 10 percent toward the end of last week, even as President Donald Trump on Sunday was characterizing the hurricane relief efforts as "amazing."
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| Marshawn Lynch Showed Up On Game Day Wearing 'Everybody vs. Trump' Shirt Posted: 01 Oct 2017 04:24 PM PDT  It's probably safe to say Marshawn Lynch won't be supporting a re-election bid for President Donald Trump.
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| GRAPHIC More Than 20 Dead, 100 Injured in a Shooting at a Concert on the Las Vegas Strip Posted: 02 Oct 2017 12:28 AM PDT Las Vegas authorities say more than 20 people are dead and 100 people are wounded after a man opened fire on an outdoor concert late Sunday.
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| U.S. casino stocks fall following mass shooting in Las Vegas Posted: 02 Oct 2017 05:48 AM PDT  MGM Resorts International, which owns the Mandalay Bay hotel from where the gunman opened fire, was down 5 percent. Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd, Wynn Resorts Ltd and Las Vegas Sands Corp each fell 1 to 2 percent. In a statement on Twitter, MGM Resorts said it had locked down hotels in the vicinity at the request of law enforcement officers.
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| Court jails Russian opposition leader Navalny for 20 days Posted: 02 Oct 2017 10:59 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Monday sent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to jail for 20 days for calling for an unsanctioned protest, which would keep him away from a major rally this weekend.
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| Air France passengers describe mid-air terror as engine disintegrates over Atlantic Posted: 01 Oct 2017 12:29 AM PDT  French aviation investigators arrived in Canada on Sunday amid questions over the cause of an apparent engine explosion that forced an Air France airliner to make an emergency landing. Passengers reported hearing a loud bang on the Paris-Los Angeles flight, followed by vibrations that shook the cabin for 20 minutes. By the time the Airbus A380 superjumbo jetliner landed at a military airfield in Goose Bay, Newfoundland on Saturday, the cowling covering one of the plane's four engines had been completely torn off. Here's a video of the landing. pic.twitter.com/aLUoM5avLH— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) 30 September 2017 Pamela Adams, a passenger, said there was "a tremendous bang… like the plane hit a Jeep at 35,000 feet. We grabbed on to something and then we sat down, and the plane righted itself fairly soon." Another passenger, Daniel McNeely, said those in window seats said the entire engine exploded "in a giant fireball." The crumpled engine of the Air France A380 superjumbo is seen in this photo taken by one of the passengers on board. Credit: AFP PHOTO / TWITTER / Sarah Eamigh Sarah Eamigh said: "The cabin started vibrating. Someone screamed, and from there we knew something was wrong. We saw the cabin crew walking through the aisles quickly, and we heard an announcement from the captain that said one of our engines had an explosion." An Air France Airbus A380 is seen during an emergency landing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Credit: Reuters Passengers nervously joked to each other as they tried to work out what had happened, Ms Adams said. Some thought the plane had struck a bird. The forced landing revived memories of engine damage to a Qantas A380 shortly after takeoff from Singapore seven years ago. The November 2010 incident prompted the grounding of the entire Qantas A380 fleet — six airliners at the time — for more than three weeks. I talked to the passenger by the window and He said the entire engine exploded into giant fireball.— Daniel McNeely (@DanMcneely) September 30, 2017 There were no injuries among the 520 people aboard the double-decker airliner. Passengers completed their journeys to Los Angeles aboard two planes sent by Air France to Goose Bay, which is used as a emergency landing spot for transatlantic flights.
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| Spain in crisis after police violence in Catalan vote Posted: 02 Oct 2017 02:54 PM PDT  Spain came under international pressure Monday to resolve a spiralling crisis with its Catalan region after a banned independence referendum was marred by shocking scenes of police violence. The country's central government vowed to stop its northeastern region breaking away from Spain after Catalonia's leader claimed that 90 percent of voters backed independence in Sunday's referendum, which Madrid says is unconstitutional and a "farce". Abroad, the focus was on the violence which saw riot police move in on polling stations in towns and cities across the region to stop people from voting, in some cases charging with batons and firing rubber bullets to disperse crowds.
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| Why it's so messed up that Trump just used the word "ingrates" in relation to Puerto Rico Posted: 01 Oct 2017 07:50 AM PDT  There isn't a low bar for Donald Trump comments anymore. The bar has been obliterated. Everything he says is terrible, including Sunday morning's tweet about political "ingrates" in Puerto Rico. In the wake of Hurricane Maria, San Juan's mayor, Carmen Yulín Cruz, has been explicit about the horrific conditions of the people in Puerto Rico, and transparent about the lack of support the island has been receiving from Donald Trump. She hasn't attacked Trump outright, but she's resorted to outright begging for help. In response to Cruz, the president has been tweeting—and golfing—amidst one of the most horrendous humanitarian crises of his administration. His latest tweets, on Sunday morning, seemed to imply that Cruz and the people of Puerto Rico aren't thankful enough for the minimal amount of aid that's been provided so far. We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico. Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates,... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017 SEE ALSO: San Juan mayor to Trump: 'We are dying' "We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico. Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates, people are now starting to recognize the amazing work that has been done by FEMA and our great Military," he tweeted. While Trump did not directly call Cruz out, his past attacks on the mayor suggest that the "politically motivated ingrates" portion of his tweet is directed squarely at Cruz. #SanJuanMayor is being partisan in her sharp unfair attacks on @realDonaldTrump But calling her 'politically motivated ingrate' is too harsh — Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 1, 2017 Trump's use of the word "ingrate" is not only disrespectful to to the mayor and her dogged relief efforts on the ground, though that's bad on its own. It also continues to perpetuate an ugly sentiment: that the people of Puerto Rico should be thankful for any attention at all from the president and his administration. Remember: the people of Puerto Rico are citizens of the United States. "Ingrate" meaning an ungrateful person. The mayor literally went on TV to beg and he called her ungrateful. https://t.co/R3AECgoiMn — David Mack (@davidmackau) October 1, 2017 Trump's tweets suggest that every person without potable water, electricity, and shelter is, in a word, ungrateful. The racial implications of his Puerto Rico inaction is also made clear with his word choice beyond "ingrate." He has repeatedly othered the people of Puerto Rico in his statements. "Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help," he tweeted on Saturday. "They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort," he said, referring to those suffering as "they," and distancing the idea that "they" are "us"—citizens who should expect their government to step in during times of need, just as they did in Houston and Florida. In a tweet that went viral on Saturday, writer Jess Dweck took his statement and flipped it on it's head, criticizing the president with his own words. Dweck shared an image of Trump and his family alongside over 50 people who, according to the caption on Getty Images, are his household staff at Mar-a-Lago Club. "They want everything to be done for them." pic.twitter.com/SsrVvH6l9s — Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) September 30, 2017 Many others have also jumped onto Twitter to criticize Trump, particularly after his latest "ingrate" tweet. Mayor who sleeps on a cot in shelter, wades through sewage to save lives, begs for help from President is a "politically motivated ingrate." https://t.co/yZJm2KvOWy — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 1, 2017 WOW. Did he really just call the Mayor of San Juan an ingrate? Holy shit. Someone stop this lunacy right now. pic.twitter.com/kCciYeBobG — Mike P Williams (@Mike_P_Williams) October 1, 2017 If you don't agree with our president then you are a "politically motivated ingrate," just so we're clear. https://t.co/nepPIcMJ7N — Hollie (@cuteniblett) October 1, 2017 I don't always ingrate. But when I do, it's politically motivated. https://t.co/kExfHEjf6I — Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) October 1, 2017 WATCH: A Russian weapons manufacturer built a legit hover bike
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| The 'Rick And Morty' Finale Blew Off America, And It Didn't End Well Posted: 02 Oct 2017 05:10 AM PDT  "Rick and Morty" took an interesting turn on Sunday when the dimension-hopping duo angered the President in the series' season three finale.
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| Teenage Surfer's Close Encounter With Shark Posted: 01 Oct 2017 10:34 PM PDT  Matt Marshall was catching a wave when he came face-to-face with a 13-foot-long shark.
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| Vegas Gunman Stephen Paddock's Family 'Dumbfounded' After Massacre Leaves At Least 58 Dead Posted: 02 Oct 2017 08:49 AM PDT  Paddock is presumed to be responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
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| Suicide attack on police station in Syrian capital kills 17 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 10:26 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Two suicide bombers stormed a police station in the Syrian capital on Monday, killing at least 17 civilians and police, state TV reported, while a drone strike in eastern Syria killed 10 Hezbollah fighters who were helping Syrian troops battle the Islamic State group.
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| Death of the Nile: Egypt fears Ethiopian dam will cut into its water supply Posted: 01 Oct 2017 11:57 PM PDT  The only reason Egypt has even existed from ancient times until today is because of the Nile River, which provides a thin, richly fertile stretch of green through the desert. Now, for the first time, the country fears a potential threat to that lifeline, and it seems to have no idea what to do about it. Ethiopia is finalizing construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, its first major dam on the Blue Nile, and then will eventually start filling the giant reservoir behind it to power the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa. Egypt fears that will cut into its water supply, destroying parts of its precious farmland and squeezing its population of 93 million people, who already face water shortages. Dam construction on international rivers often causes disputes over the downstream impact. But the Nile is different: few nations rely so completely on a single river as much as Egypt does. The Nile provides over 90 per cent of Egypt's water supply. Almost the entire population lives cramped in the sliver of the Nile Valley. Around 60 per cent of Egypt's Nile water originates in Ethiopia from the Blue Nile, one of two main tributaries. Holiday makers enjoy Nile cruises during Sham el-Nessim, or "smelling the breeze," in Cairo, Egypt Credit: AP Photo/Amr Nabil Egypt hardly gets by with the water it does have. It has one of the lowest per capita shares of water in the world, some 660 cubic meters a person. The strain is worsened by inefficiency and waste. With the population expected to double in 50 years, shortages are predicted to become severe even sooner, by 2025. Egypt already receives the lion's share of Nile waters: more than 55 billion of the around 88 billion cubic meters of water that flow down the river each year. It is promised that amount under agreements from 1929 and 1959 that other Nile nations say are unfair and ignore the needs of their own large populations. Complicating the situation, no one has a clear idea what impact Ethiopia's dam will actually have. Addis Ababa insists it will not cause significant harm to Egypt or Sudan downstream. Sayed Ahmed Abdoh poles his boat to check his fish traps in the Nile River, near Abu al-Nasr village, about 770 kilometers (480 miles) south of Cairo Credit: AP Photo/Hiro Komae Much depends on the management of the flow and how fast Ethiopia fills its reservoir, which can hold 74 billion cubic meters of water. A faster fill means blocking more water, while doing it slowly would mean less reduction downstream. Once the fill is completed, the flow would in theory return to normal. Egypt, where agriculture employs a quarter of the work force, is worried that the damage could be long-lasting. One study by a Cairo University agriculture professor estimated Egypt would lose a staggering 51 percent of its farmland if the fill is done in three years. A slower, six-year fill would cost Egypt 17 percent of its cultivated land, the study claimed. Top five | Reasons to visit Ethiopia Internal government studies estimate that for every reduction of 1 billion cubic meters of water, 200,000 acres of farmland would be lost and livelihoods of 1 million people affected, since an average of five people live off each acre, a senior Irrigation Ministry official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the figures. Other experts say the impact will be far smaller, even minimal. They say Egypt could suffer no damage at all if it and Ethiopia work together and exchange information, adjusting the rate of filling the reservoir to ensure that Egypt's own massive reservoir on the Nile, Lake Nasser, stays full enough to meet its needs during the fill. Unfortunately, that isn't happening so far. "To my knowledge, this situation is unique, particularly at this scale," said Kevin Wheeler at the Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute. "I just can't think of another case that has two large reservoirs in series without a plan on how to operate them together." Originating in Ethiopia, the Blue Nile flows into Sudan, where it joins with the White Nile, whose source is Lake Victoria in east Africa. From there it flows through Egypt to the Mediterranean. For Ethiopia, the $5 billion dam is the realization of a long-delayed dream. Ethiopia's infrastructure is among the least developed in the world, leaving most of its 95 million people without access to electricity. The hydroelectric dam is to have a capacity to generate over 6,400 Megawatts, a massive boost to the current production of 4,000 Megawatts. The dam, around 60 percent complete, is likely to be finished this year or early next. Ethiopia has given little information on when it will start the fill or at what rate. "We have taken into account (the dam's) probable effects on countries like Egypt and Sudan," Ethiopia's water, irrigation and electricity minister, Sileshi Bekele, told journalists. He added that plans for the fills could be adjusted. In a 2015 Declaration of Principles agreement, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed to contract an independent study of the dam's impact and abide by it as they agree on a plan for filling the reservoir and operating the dam. But the deadline to complete the study has passed, and it has hardly begun, held up by differences over information sharing and transparency despite multiple rounds of negotiations among the three. Frustration among Egyptian officials is starting to show. In June, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri spoke of "difficult talks" and complained of delays in the impact study. A high-ranking government official acknowledged there's little Egypt can do. "We can't stop it and in all cases, it will be harmful to Egypt," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks. Egyptian leaders in the past have rumbled about military action to stop any dam, but that option seems less likely after Egypt signed the Declaration of Principles. Salman Salman, a Sudanese water expert, said Egypt has long had an attitude of "this is our river and no one can touch it." Now, he said, "Egypt is no longer the dominant force along the Nile. Ethiopia is replacing it."
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| In photos: The leading 'culture' destinations 2017 around the world Posted: 02 Oct 2017 07:23 AM PDT ![In photos: The leading 'culture' destinations 2017 around the world]( "In photos: The leading 'culture' destinations 2017 around the world") An event pitched as the "Oscars for Museums" was held in London over the weekend, where the most innovative and influential museums and institutions were named the world's "Leading Culture Destinations 2017." Taking the top prize of the night was London's Design Museum, a space that explores the power of human invention in product, fashion, industrial and graphic design.
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| GM to launch two new electric vehicles within 18 months, 20 by 2023 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 09:00 AM PDT  General Motors said on Monday it will unveil two new battery-electric vehicles within the next 18 months, and will offer 20 electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles globally by 2023. The news came in a conference call for reporters with Mark Reuss, GM's executive vice president of global product development. GM's announcement follows similar commitments by other large global automakers, VW Group included, and the news that China is evaluating an end date for sales of new vehicles with combustion engines.
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| Trump calls Puerto Rican officials after lashing out at pleading mayor Posted: 01 Oct 2017 01:01 AM PDT  President Donald Trump spoke by phone with senior officials in hurricane- devastated Puerto Rico late Saturday, hours after lashing out at the mayor of San Juan who had pleaded for help and criticized the slow federal response. Trump, who spent the weekend at his Bedminster golf resort in New Jersey, accused Puerto Ricans via Twitter of wanting "everything to be done for them," even as criticism grew that federal relief efforts amid massive hurricane damage have fallen desperately short.
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| What's The Difference Between Cardiac Arrest & Heart Attack? Posted: 02 Oct 2017 02:02 PM PDT  Cardiac arrest and heart attacks are both serious heart failures, but they are actually two different things. These four questions will help you tell them apart and respond accordingly if you ever encounter one. Watch the video to learn more
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| U.S. directly communicating with North Korea, seeks dialogue Posted: 01 Oct 2017 04:57 AM PDT ![U.S. directly communicating with North Korea, seeks dialogue]( "U.S. directly communicating with North Korea, seeks dialogue") By Phil Stewart and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday it was directly communicating with North Korea on its nuclear and missile programs but Pyongyang had shown no interest in dialogue. The disclosure by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a trip to China represented the first time he has spoken to such an extent about U.S. outreach to North Korea over its pursuit of a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile.
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| Kendall Jenner Cries Recalling Pepsi Scandal: 'I Just Felt So F**king Stupid' Posted: 02 Oct 2017 06:34 AM PDT  The season premiere of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" came and went with nary a mention about the family's pregnancy trifecta (season finale material, obviously), but we did get some insight into how Kendall Jenner was coping after her famously terrible Pepsi ad.
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| Supreme Court won't hear Minnesota sex offender case Posted: 02 Oct 2017 01:00 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it won't review Minnesota's civil commitment program for sex offenders, which had been challenged as unconstitutional for rarely releasing residents.
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