| Donald Trump Jr. mocks protesters' plans for election anniversary Posted: 26 Oct 2017 08:27 AM PDT  On the anniversary of Election Day 2016, thousands of anti-Trump liberals are planning to get together to vent their frustrations, and it's got more than a couple conservatives and supporters of the president chuckling.
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| Elizabeth Warren Reams GOP: 'The System Is Rigged' Against Americans Posted: 25 Oct 2017 04:34 AM PDT  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Senate Republicans' vote to overturn a new regulation to help consumers fight Wall Street is proof that "the system is rigged."
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| JFK files: How to read one of the most-anticipated release of documents in over half a century Posted: 26 Oct 2017 11:24 AM PDT  The National Archives has released a highly anticipated trove of documents related to the 1963 assassination of late President John F Kennedy. It is expected that this latest release will contain more information about Mr Kennedy's killer Lee Harvey Oswald and his life in the months leading up to the assassination in Dallas, Texas including a trip he took to Mexico in September 1963. The National Archives will likely post them as zip files available for download.
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| Honda Urban EV Concept Will Be Built in 2019 Posted: 26 Oct 2017 07:29 AM PDT  This delightfully retro, unabashedly minimalist electric hatchback will hit the European market in production form sometime in 2019.
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| U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley Was Evacuated From a South Sudan Displacement Camp Posted: 25 Oct 2017 07:32 PM PDT  The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, was evacuated from a U.N. camp for displaced people in South Sudan on Wednesday because of a demonstration against President Salva Kiir, witnesses said.
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| Worried Trump Will Strike North Korea, Democrats Pitch Bill To Slow Him Down Posted: 25 Oct 2017 09:30 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's increasingly tense relationship with Pyongyang has rattled members of Congress to such a degree that three Democratic senators announced a bill on Wednesday that would prohibit Trump from striking North Korea ― with nuclear or conventional weapons ― without obtaining congressional approval first.
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| Mexico arrests top Sinaloa cartel heroin trafficker Posted: 26 Oct 2017 01:41 PM PDT ![Mexico arrests top Sinaloa cartel heroin trafficker]( "Mexico arrests top Sinaloa cartel heroin trafficker") MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the top heroin traffickers for the sons of Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested Thursday, Mexican prosecutors said.
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| Yes, Democrats Funded The Steele Dossier. The Question Is Whether They Got The Goods. Posted: 25 Oct 2017 02:03 PM PDT  Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund an opposition research effort against Donald Trump that culminated in numerous damning allegations against him, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
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| Mom and dad charged in death of 4-month-old infant found rotting in swing Posted: 26 Oct 2017 12:03 PM PDT  An Iowa couple has been charged with murder after the decaying body of their 4-month-old infant was found in a baby swing inside their home, according to WHO.
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| US worried about Pakistan government's stability: Tillerson Posted: 25 Oct 2017 02:26 AM PDT  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday the United States was concerned that extremist groups pose a threat to the "stability and security" of the Pakistan government. Tillerson, who arrived in New Delhi late Tuesday after a frosty reception in Islamabad, said the US was worried that too many extremist groups were finding safe havens inside Pakistan from which to launch attacks on other nations. "Quite frankly my view -- and I expressed this to the leadership of Pakistan -- is we also are concerned about the stability and security of Pakistan's government as well," he told reporters in New Delhi.
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| Caring police officer steps in after forgotten child is left alone on his birthday Posted: 25 Oct 2017 06:46 AM PDT  A kind-hearted police officer has been praised for stepping in to help a boy celebrate his birthday after his parents failed to pick him up. Wisconsin's Green Bay Police Department (GBPD) officer Darryl Robinson took the boy out on his special day when he was left alone. The kind-hearted officer treated the boy to a meal at McDonald's and took him for a ride in his police car. GBPD posted on Facebook: "The parent is incarcerated and there were no other known family contacts. "Officer Robinson responded to a local elementary school for a child that was not picked up at the end of the school day," the post said. "Thanks to the owners of our local McDonald's, we were given free cheeseburger coupons to hand out in certain situations. Officer Robinson took the child for a meal at McDonald's and a ride around in the police car for his birthday." They added the family was eventually located and the child was dropped off. The department added: "Thank you to Officer Robinson for taking some extra time to celebrate the child's birthday; we are proud to have him as part of the GBPD team!" His actions were praised online, with one posting: "What a fine officer. No one is more committed to the community than Officer Darryl Robinson. That little boy will remember that for the rest of his life." Another wrote: "Thank you Officer Robinson for treating that young boy like a human being even though his parents are having a hard time right now." Police officer stuns shoplifter with amazing act outside court
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| Indonesian fireworks factory explosion kills dozens Posted: 26 Oct 2017 07:25 AM PDT ![Indonesian fireworks factory explosion kills dozens]( "Indonesian fireworks factory explosion kills dozens") An explosion and inferno at a fireworks factory near the Indonesian capital on Thursday killed dozens people, most of them female workers, and injured dozens, police said.
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| Here's an Effective Way to Get Pesticides Off Fruit Posted: 25 Oct 2017 11:45 AM PDT  After a 15-minute baking soda soak, almost all of the chemicals had been removed from the surface of an apple—but some were still lurking in the fruit.
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| More Than 800 People Have Been Shot To Death Since The Las Vegas Massacre Posted: 25 Oct 2017 02:45 AM PDT  Gabrielle Linzy went to bed worrying about pre-calculus.
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| The turbulent reign of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Posted: 25 Oct 2017 06:56 PM PDT  Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej was the world's longest ruling monarch when he died last year aged 88. Here are some key dates during the reign of Bhumibol, Rama IX of the Chakri dynasty. - June 9, 1946: Bhumibol ascends the throne aged 18 after his brother is shot dead in mysterious circumstances at the Royal Palace in Bangkok.
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| Kellogg's Apologizes For 'Racist' Corn Pop Art on Cereal Box Posted: 26 Oct 2017 10:10 AM PDT  Kellogg's was called out on Twitter for having racist art on their Corn Pops box and say it will be replaced.
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| Cholesterol Levels Are Dropping In the U.S. Here's What That Means Posted: 25 Oct 2017 09:01 PM PDT  There's good news when it comes to the nation's cholesterol levels, according to the most recent survey on lipids from the U.S. government
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| House Republicans Approve Budget In Step Toward The GOP Dream Of Tax Cuts Posted: 26 Oct 2017 08:51 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― House Republicans approved the Senate-passed budget on Thursday, yet another important step toward the GOP's ultimate goal of cutting taxes.
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| US Northwest could be hit by the worst natural disaster in the history of America any day Posted: 25 Oct 2017 05:36 AM PDT  A new report has looked at the different ways an earthquake of epic proportions could wreak havoc in the Northwest of America. Citizens living in the vicinity of the Cascadia Subduction Zone have long been aware a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, which has been branded "The Really Big One", could hit the region on any given day. The quake, which is predicted to be the worst natural disaster in the history of the continent, would release damaging and probably deadly shaking in coastal Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and northern California.
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| US suspects Niger villager betrayed Army troops Posted: 25 Oct 2017 01:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military believes someone in a Niger village may have tipped off attackers to the presence of U.S. commandos and Nigerien forces in the area, setting in motion the ambush that killed four Americans, a senior defense official says.
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| 12 Fathers Across The Country On What It Means To Be A 'Good Dad' Posted: 26 Oct 2017 08:45 AM PDT  As gender roles have changed significantly over the past decades, so too have the roles of parents.
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| Puerto Rico Could Take '100 Years' To Rebuild Posted: 25 Oct 2017 10:31 AM PDT  It could take Puerto Rico '100 years' to rebuild, according to Ben Carson.
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| Woman arrested after she crashes wedding, throws drink at boyfriend and punches woman he was kissing Posted: 25 Oct 2017 05:51 AM PDT  A woman who allegedly crashed a wedding, threw a drink over her boyfriend and punched a woman she had seen him kissing, has been arrested. Shelby McDowell told police she had not been invited to the event at Hammock Beach Parks Resort in Palm Coast, Florida, but had instead gone to spy on her boyfriend Darby Johns. The victim told investigators from Flagler County Sheriff's Office that Ms McDowell threw a drink over herself and Mr Johns.
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| Bobby Flay attempts to shut down rumors of Food Network friction after 'Iron Chef' drama leaks Posted: 26 Oct 2017 11:55 AM PDT  Bobby Flay cooked up some controversy while filming "Iron Chef Showdown" earlier this year -- but it's unclear whether or not he intentionally burned Food Network.
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| Trump Celebrates Xi Jinping's 'Extraordinary Elevation.' But Does He Know What It Means? Posted: 25 Oct 2017 03:27 PM PDT  U.S. President Donald Trump turned to his favorite platform on Wednesday to fire off a quick congratulatory message to Chinese President Xi Jinping for his "extraordinary elevation."
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| Azerbaijan blacklists US celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain Posted: 25 Oct 2017 05:06 PM PDT  Azerbaijan has declared US celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain persona non grata over a visit to the Armenian-controlled breakaway territory of Nagorny Karabakh, officials said Thursday. The television star reportedly travelled to Karabakh earlier this month to produce an episode of his award-winning culinary show "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown", which explores culture and cuisines of lesser-known places around the globe. Bourdain "has been put onto the persona non grata list for his disrespect of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and sovereignty," foreign ministry spokesman Hikmet Hajiyev told AFP.
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| Filipino WWII veterans awarded Congressional Gold Medal Posted: 25 Oct 2017 12:22 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Celestino Almeda joined the Philippine Commonwealth Army in 1941, fought alongside U.S. soldiers during World War II and for nearly a decade has been seeking money the federal government had promised.
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| Four unanswered questions the new JFK files could shed light on Posted: 26 Oct 2017 08:41 AM PDT  The release of thousands of top secret government files today could be the moment that finally lays to rest many of the conspiracy theories that have swirled around President John F. Kennedy's assassination. For five decades the shooting has spawned myriad myths and theories about what happened on that infamous day in Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963. Some are clearly farfetched, such as the idea Mr Kennedy was murdered by a poisoned dart from a bystander seen holding an umbrella or the 'Year Zero' theory that posits the assassination was part of a centuries-old plot that had seen all US presidents elected in a zero year die in office. Yet, there are legitimate questions surrounding the shooting that have never been fully answered. The most prominent include what exactly the CIA and FBI knew about the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, what he was doing in New Mexico weeks before the shooting and what information was classified after the assassination. The new documents More than 3,000 classified files related to the US president's murder are due to be released today, and will be pored over by historians for clues about his death. President Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline in the open-top limousine moments before the assassination Credit: Reuters The documents will be published after President Donald Trump announced at the weekend he would not block their release and they are expected to include testimony from the then heads of the CIA and FBI. They are also said to contain statements from President Kennedy's wife, Jackie, and the attorney of a mafia boss central to the mystery. Official version of events The official version of events is that as President Kennedy's open-topped Lincoln Continental limousine reached Dealey Plaza a former US Marine and known Marxist, Lee Harvey Oswald, was waiting on the sixth floor of the overlooking Texas School Book Depository with a Carcano Model 91/38 infantry rifle. Oswald, whose shooting skills had been graded as 'sharpshooter' while in the military, fired three shots at the motorcade at around 12.30pm. The first bullet deflected off an oak tree before ricocheting off the pavement on the other side of the square, slightly injuring bystander James Tague. The path of the three bullets fired by Oswald Credit: Telegraph The second struck the President in the neck wounding him, but not fatally, before hitting Texas Governor John Connally in the back and lodging in his left thigh. The third hit Mr Kennedy in the head causing catastrophic injuries. The President was rushed to the nearby Parkland Memorial Hospital but pronounced dead at 1pm. Oswald was arrested shortly afterwards, but was never fully questioned over the shooting as he was gunned down by nightclub operator Jack Ruby in Dallas Police Headquarters the day after the assassination. In the intervening decades there have been a number of official inquiries into the assassination which have corroborated the official timeline of events and determined that both Oswald and Ruby acted alone. Was there a second shooter? This is one of the main bodies of conspiracy around the assassination and spawned the infamous "grassy knoll" hypothesis. Proponents argue that Oswald could not have inflicted the damage he did on the President from the angle he was shooting, so there must have been a second gunman who delivered fatal shot. The view from the window from which Oswald fired at President Kennedy Credit: AFP This set of theories really took off when the Zapruder footage emerged in 1976, which captured President Kennedy's final moment from just feet away. Conspiracists posit that as the footage shows the President's head jerking backwards with the impact of the third shot, the fatal bullet must have come from in front of him - rather than the elevated position behind the motorcade from which Oswald was firing. Ideas as to who this supposed second shooter could have been range from an sniper in a nearby storm drain, to members of the President's secret service accidentally shooting him as they returned fire in the ensuing melee. This strain of speculation was lent credence when a congressional select committee, set up in part due to the outcry caused by the footage, concluded there was "probably" a conspiracy involving a second gunman on the "grassy knoll" in the central square. A still from the Zapruder footage, which emerged in 1976, moments before the fatal shot Credit: YouTube This theory has since been discredited by analysis of the audio from the assassination and modern visual recreations, but the conspiracies still persist. The new evidence could finally debunk this genre of the JFK mythology if classified testimony from those in the motorcade at the time sheds light what happened in the frantic moments after the first shots rang out. What did the CIA and FBI know about Oswald? Lee Harvey Oswald was not an unknown quantity to the US authorities when he pulled the trigger on that sunny afternoon in Dallas. The 24-year-old had served four years in the US Marines before being honourably discharged in 1959. It was later changed to a dishonorable discharge, outraging Oswald, who made threats late in 1963 when he learned the military had rejected his appeal of its decision. The CIA also had cause to monitor Oswald due to his openly Marxist views (one of his nicknames in the Marines was Oswaldskovich due to his socialist sympathies) and his links with hostile Communist countries. Lee Harvey Oswald being led down a corridor of the Dallas police station Credit: AP In the same year that he left the Marines, Oswald travelled to the Soviet Union and tried to renounce his US citizenship in a bid to settle in Russia. He ultimately failed to become a Soviet citizen and returned to the US in 1962 with his Russian wife Marina Prusakova and newborn daughter, June. As such, Oswald was being monitored by the FBI and CIA in the lead-up to the assassination, including during a week he spent in Mexico City, where he had meetings at the Cuban consulate and Soviet embassy. The official explanation for these meetings is that Oswald was again attempting to obtain Soviet citizenship along with a visa to visit Cuba on a return journey to Russia. However, the full extent of what the CIA and FBI knew about Oswald and what, if any, contact agents had with him has never been established. Many of the conspiracy theories portray Oswald as a fall guy and patsy of various other sinister forces at play. The classified files should give a clearer picture of the US security agencies' intelligence on and relationship with Oswald. What was Oswald doing in Mexico City weeks before the assassination? Oswald's visit to Mexico City is another element of the JFK story that has been fertile for conspiracies, principally for those suggesting either the Soviets or Cubans had a hand in the assassination. Lee Harvey Oswald photographed holding his rifle and copies of a communist newspaper Credit: Reuters Intelligence documents released in 1999 show that after Oswald failed to obtain the visas, someone impersonated Oswald in phone calls made to the Soviet embassy and the Cuban consulate. They also linked Oswald to a known KGB assassin called Valery Kostikov, whom the CIA and FBI had been following for over a year. News of these developments was learned hours after the president's death and dominated discussions at the highest levels of the US government in the aftermath of the assassination. However it is still unclear exactly what happened in Oswald's meetings in Mexico City and what US agencies knew. The testimonies of the heads of the FBI and CIA should unearth more detail about this crucial period in the run-up to the fatal shots being fired. Was there a government cover-up? The most common iteration of conspiracy around JFK is that it was somehow an inside job. Suspects range from rogue CIA operatives angry at President Kennedy's handling of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion, to it being masterminded by his successor, then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. The new files are very unlikely to do anything but challenge these theories. Cuban president Fidel Castro, left, and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev at the United Nations in 1960. Both were in power when President Kennedy was slain Credit: AP Yet they should unearth more information about how the US government handled the aftermath of the assassination with a key area of interest to historians being the intelligence around Oswald's links with the Soviet Union and Cuba. America had been on the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union the year before over the Cuban Missile Crisis and there were fears that any evidence linking the communist countries to President Kennedy's death could provoke World War Three. The new cache of classified document should clarify what was known about Oswald's links to foreign nations at the highest levels of government, and what was withheld from the public.
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| Nobody Really Likes Roy Moore -- Not Even Alabama Republicans Posted: 25 Oct 2017 10:16 AM PDT  — "You wanna see some Alabama politics, man?" a local chiropractor asks.
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| 2 Crimean Tatar leaders freed from prison, flown to Turkey Posted: 25 Oct 2017 07:28 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Two prominent Crimean Tatar leaders who were imprisoned in Russian-occupied Crimea have been released and flown to Turkey, Ukraine's president said Wednesday.
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| Sherri Papini: California investigators question parts of 'kidnapped' joggers' story Posted: 26 Oct 2017 09:32 AM PDT  Detectives have questioned parts of the account given by a California woman who was kidnapped, beaten and branded during a three week ordeal. Ms Papini said she was abducted by two women and the FBI has released sketches of them based on the mother-of-two's description. Mystery also surrounded a man from Michigan who had been texting Ms Papini in the days before she disappeared.
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| World Series studs you should watch -- even if you don't care about the game Posted: 25 Oct 2017 11:07 AM PDT  The Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros are meeting in the World Series -- a first for the Dodgers since 1988, and a major win for the city of Houston, which is recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey.
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| Reagan's Son: Donald Trump Is A 'Danger To The World' And Must Be Removed Posted: 26 Oct 2017 12:25 AM PDT  The son of former President Ronald Reagan is calling on lawmakers to remove President Donald Trump from office either via impeachment or by taking action under the 25th Amendment.
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| Haunting images of America's best-preserved ghost town Posted: 26 Oct 2017 02:14 PM PDT ![Haunting images of America's best-preserved ghost town]( "Haunting images of America's best-preserved ghost town") In the hills east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, they used to mine gold. Now, Bodie is a ghost town, and for those allowed in at night, its slowly deteriorating houses, vehicles, and shops tell a story of time against the backdrop of the stars.
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| Boeing keeps tough line on Bombardier as earnings fall Posted: 25 Oct 2017 10:15 AM PDT  Boeing strongly defended its tough stance in a trade dispute with Canada's Bombardier Wednesday, as it reported lower quarterly earnings in part due to unexpected costs on a military contract. Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg defended a complaint against the Canadian company over alleged illegal subsidies. The dispute has deepened tensions between Canadian Prime Minister and US President Donald Trump.
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| Iraqi leader visits Iran as Tehran seeks to drive wedge with Washington Posted: 26 Oct 2017 02:59 AM PDT  Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Iraq's U.S.-backed prime minister on Thursday that he should not rely on the United States in the fight against Islamic State, seeking to drive a wedge between Washington and one of its close allies. "Unity was the most important factor in your gains against terrorists and their supporters," Khamenei told the visiting Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi, according to state TV. "Don't trust America ... It will harm you in the future." Iraq is one of the only countries in the world that is closely allied to both the United States and Iran.
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| Kathy Griffin Referred To Anderson Cooper As A ‘Spineless Heiress’ Posted: 25 Oct 2017 12:54 PM PDT  On Sunday, the Daily Beast published an article in which the comedian referred to Anderson Cooper as "the Spineless Heiress."
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| Why a Nuclear War Between America and North Korea Is Very Possible Posted: 25 Oct 2017 07:34 AM PDT  It has maybe 60 nuclear bombs already, ICBMs to put US mainland cities within range and the technology to miniaturize nuclear warheads for increased range. Solid fuelled launchers and 100-odd nuclear facilities and assets hidden in deep mountain recesses give it strategic depth against 'surgical' strikes.
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| Orphanage owner in India: Texas girl had no eating problem Posted: 25 Oct 2017 04:25 PM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — The owner of a now-closed orphanage in India where a young girl was living before a Texas couple adopted her last year says the child had no difficulty eating despite her adoptive father's account to police when reporting her missing.
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