| Trump Assails 'Phony Witch Hunt' Ahead Of Possible Indictment In Russia Probe Posted: 29 Oct 2017 09:03 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out against what he called a "phony" investigation into whether his campaign colluded with Russia last year, criticizing Democrats for conducting a "witch hunt" and saying that they ― including Hillary Clinton ― are the guilty ones.
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| White Supremacists Meet Heavy Resistance At Tennessee Rallies Posted: 28 Oct 2017 10:15 AM PDT  — White supremacists, neo-Nazis and fascists descended on two Middle Tennessee towns Saturday for "White Lives Matter" rallies, striking fear into communities desperate to avoid the kind of violence that visited Charlottesville, Virginia, nearly three months ago.
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| Who Leads Democrats? McCaskill: 'So Many People' Preparing Presidential Run Posted: 29 Oct 2017 12:56 AM PDT  Sen. Clare McCaskill (D-Mo.) tells Chuck Todd that it's hard to identify a leader of the Democratic party, but that there is still room for moderates.
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| NBC / WSJ Poll: President Trump Struggles to Grow Beyond Base Posted: 28 Oct 2017 11:06 PM PDT  In the latest NBC News / WSJ polling, President Trump's approval rating continues to sit at historic lows.
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| The Lack Of Women Leaders Is A National Emergency Posted: 28 Oct 2017 02:45 AM PDT  There have been so many horrifying stories about male predatory behavior since the Harvey Weinstein story broke earlier this month, but one quote has truly stood out.
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| George Washington's church to remove plaque honouring first US president as monuments row takes twist Posted: 29 Oct 2017 10:23 AM PDT  The church where George Washington worshipped is removing a plaque honouring the memory of America's first president in the latest example of the way historic monuments are influencing contemporary politics. Officers at Christ Church, in Alexandria, Virginia, said it was removing the plaque for the slave-owning president along with one for a second parishioner, General Robert Lee, who rose to the head of the Confederate army during the Civil War. "The Vestry has unanimously decided that the plaques create a distraction in our worship space and may create an obstacle to our identity as a welcoming church, and an impediment to our growth and to full community with our neighbours," church officers said in a letter to the congregation following a month-long consultation period. Washington was one of the congregation's founding members in 1773, paying for pew number five, while General Lee's daughter left the church $10,000 in her will. The two plaques have hung on either side of the altar since 1870, soon after Lee's death, paid for by city residents. Workers in New Orleans prepare to remove a statue of General Robert Lee in May Credit: AP But local authorities across the US have removed a string of Confederate statues and memorials from public places in recent years. Critics say there is no place in modern America for symbols associated with racism and slavery. The issue is highly charged. One person died in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August when counter-protesters clashed with white nationalists protesting against the removal of a General Lee Statue. All are welcome. (Except George Washington.) pic.twitter.com/xy6cct4C8k— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) October 28, 2017 The controversies prompted Donald Trump to ponder whether Washington would be targeted next. In its letter, first reported by the Republican Standard website, church officers said that times had changed. "We understand that both Washington and Lee lived in times much different than our own, and that each man, in addition to his public persona, was a complicated human being, and like all of us, a child of God," they wrote. The plaques are due to be relocated by next summer as the church decides how better to commemorate its famous worshippers.
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| Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City honored quake victims Posted: 29 Oct 2017 12:01 PM PDT ![Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City honored quake victims]( "Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City honored quake victims") A raised fist made of helmets, pick axes and broken rubble rolled ahead of hundreds of walking skeletons, costumed dancers and flowery floats Saturday in Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade, which this year honored the 228 capital residents killed by a Sept. 19 earthquake.
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| Bill O'Reilly Sues Ex-Politician Who Dated One of His Accusers Posted: 28 Oct 2017 09:32 AM PDT  O'Reilly is asking for at least $5 million in damages
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| High winds sweep Central Europe, leave 5 dead, others hurt Posted: 29 Oct 2017 02:19 PM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — High winds knocked down trees and caused widespread travel chaos across much of Central Europe on Sunday, leaving five people dead and several injured.
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| Cops: Idaho woman intentionally drove off cliff with 3 kids Posted: 29 Oct 2017 07:28 AM PDT  An Idaho woman who drove her sport utility vehicle off a cliff and into a reservoir in a crash last year that killed her and her three young children did so deliberately, officials said Friday.
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| Why Nazis And White Supremacists Are Putting The Fear In Middle Tennessee This Weekend Posted: 28 Oct 2017 07:06 AM PDT  ― In post-Charlottesville America, any large gathering of racists and fascists becomes both spectacle and specter.
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| Trump Ally Roger Stone Suspended From Twitter After Vicious Attacks On CNN Journalists Posted: 28 Oct 2017 06:17 PM PDT  Twitter has suspended the account of Roger Stone ― a notorious Republican political operative and longtime friend and former adviser to Donald Trump ― after Stone went on a vicious, profane tirade against several CNN journalists.
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| Rouhani says Iran will keep producing missiles, state TV reports Posted: 29 Oct 2017 06:56 AM PDT  Iran will continue to produce missiles for its defense and does not consider that a violation of international accords, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday in a speech broadcast on state television. Rouhani spoke days after the U.S. House of Representatives voted for new sanctions against Iran's ballistic missile program, part of an effort to clamp down on Tehran without immediately moving to undermine an international nuclear agreement.
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| Huge Bearded Seal Blocks Airport Runway In Alaska Posted: 29 Oct 2017 06:18 AM PDT  When airport foreman Scott Babcock went out onto the runway at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport in Utqiagvik, Alaska, on Monday to clear some snow, he was surprised to find a visitor waiting for him on the asphalt: a 450-pound bearded seal chilling in the milky sunshine.
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| Belgium could offer Catalan leader asylum: minister Posted: 29 Oct 2017 06:40 AM PDT  Belgium could offer asylum to Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, the country's immigration minister has suggested, as the Spanish political crisis rages. Puigdemont was officially deposed by Madrid as president of the Catalan region on Friday after its parliament unilaterally declared independence from Spain, and now faces possible criminal charges of rebellion. Belgian Immigration Minister Theo Francken, a member of the Flemish separatist N-VA party, questioned whether Puigdemont could be sure of a fair trial and said he could be given asylum in Belgium if he asked for it.
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| Florida Police Release Eerie New Surveillance Video In Hunt For Suspected Serial Killer Posted: 28 Oct 2017 09:27 AM PDT  Florida police have released a new surveillance video of a "person of interest" wearing a long jacket with a hood and repeatedly flipping open a cell phone in investigators' hunt for a suspected serial killer in a Tampa neighborhood.
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| Carmelo Anthony posted a photo of the Oklahoma City Thunder's damaged charter plane Posted: 28 Oct 2017 12:00 PM PDT  This looks worse than it really was. But damn it looks bad, right? Members of the Oklahoma City Thunder were greeted by a surprising sight when their charter plane landed in Chicago in the early hours of Saturday morning: a giant, ugly dent in the plane's nose. SEE ALSO: NAACP issues travel advisory for American Airlines Carmelo Anthony shared a look at the damage on Instagram, along with a completely fair question: WTF? What possibly could we have hit in the SKY at this time of night? Everyone is Safe, Though. "All Praise Due" #ThunderStrong A post shared by Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony) on Oct 27, 2017 at 11:12pm PDT The aircraft, which landed safely when all was said and done, "likely encountered a bird," according to a Delta Airlines statement shared with ESPN. A happy ending for the team, but not so much for that poor bird. With a dent of that size, you'd think it was a rough ride for the Thunder. Not so, according to a team official. The flight was "a little rough," according to ESPN, but not in a way that left everyone aboard alarmed. MID-AIR SCARE: Oklahoma City Thunder's plane believed to have hit a bird during flight to Chicago; no injures reported. pic.twitter.com/vmUENYnodR — ABC News (@ABC) October 28, 2017 While the damage looks significant, the nose of most passenger-bearing jets is not as sturdy as you might think. In truth, the weatherproof enclosure — called a "radome" (a portamanteau of "radar" and "dome") — holds the plane's radar antenna. And clearly, it's easily damaged when some poor bird collides with it in midair. Still, what a jarring thing to see as you're exiting a plane. WATCH: This futuristic organizer will replace your basic toiletry kit
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| The Latest: Doomed sailboat had communications failures Posted: 27 Oct 2017 07:53 PM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on the rescue of two women lost at sea since May (all times local):
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| Death Toll Rises to 23 in Hotel Attack in Somalia's Capital Posted: 28 Oct 2017 08:17 AM PDT  A suicide truck bomb exploded outside a popular hotel
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| Barack Obama Plans To Serve America Again, This Time In The Courthouse Posted: 28 Oct 2017 07:28 AM PDT  Former President Barack Obama reportedly plans to show up for jury duty next month after being called to serve in Cook County, Illinois.
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| Remarkable Dinosaur Finds Threatened By Trump Plan To Shrink Utah Monument Posted: 28 Oct 2017 08:18 PM PDT  Environmentalists and scientists were rattled this week following a report that President Donald Trump plans to scale back two of southern Utah's national monuments.
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| Once again, Kenya delays election in some areas over risk of violence Posted: 28 Oct 2017 01:26 AM PDT ![Once again, Kenya delays election in some areas over risk of violence]( "Once again, Kenya delays election in some areas over risk of violence") By Ed Cropley and George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities said on Friday they would indefinitely delay further attempts to hold a repeat presidential election in some areas due to the risk of violence, as the opposition rejected the re-run as "a sham" and said the polls should be cancelled. The east African nation had been due to hold elections on Saturday in four western counties, after residents blocked roads and clashed with police on during an attempt to hold the polls there on Thursday. Opposition leader Raila Odinga pulled out of the contest earlier this month, saying the contest against President Uhuru Kenyatta was not going to be fair.
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| One-on-one with Gov. Chris Christie Posted: 29 Oct 2017 05:10 AM PDT  New Jersey governor and former federal prosecutor Chris Christie sits down with George Stephanopoulos on "This Week."
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| At least five dead as storm hits central Europe Posted: 29 Oct 2017 07:43 AM PDT  At least five people died in a windstorm that hit central Europe on Sunday, causing widespread power outages and traffic disruptions. In the Czech Republic, falling trees killed a woman in a forest near the central city of Trebic and an elderly man on the street in Jicin northeast of Prague. In Germany, a 63-year-old man sleeping in a van at a camping site on Jade Bay in the north of the country drowned when he tried to escape flash floods on foot, police said.
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| New York police officers 'charged with raping handcuffed teenager in their van' Posted: 28 Oct 2017 03:47 AM PDT  Two New York police officers have been charged with allegedly raping a handcuffed teenage girl in their van. Officers Eddie Martins and Richard Halls are accused of having sex with the 18-year-old after arresting her in south Brooklyn. Both men have been indicted on first-degree rape charges after a week-long hearing which culminated with a grand jury vote on Friday, The New York Post reported.
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| Iraq orders 24-hour truce in standoff with Kurds over Kirkuk takeover by Iraqi forces Posted: 28 Oct 2017 11:11 AM PDT ![Iraq orders 24-hour truce in standoff with Kurds over Kirkuk takeover by Iraqi forces]( "Iraq orders 24-hour truce in standoff with Kurds over Kirkuk takeover by Iraqi forces") Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi forces agree to a 24-hour truce after fighting broke out Oct. 16 when Iraqi forces took control of Kirkuk.
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| These 'Fun Size' Salads May Be The Scariest Trick This Halloween Posted: 29 Oct 2017 08:19 AM PDT  What could be scarier than getting an apple or raisins this Halloween?
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| JFK files release is Trump's latest clash with spy agencies Posted: 28 Oct 2017 05:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a showdown 25 years in the making: With the world itching to finally get a look at classified Kennedy assassination files, and the deadline for their release just hours away, intelligence officials were still angling for a way to keep their secrets. President Donald Trump, the one man able to block the release, did not appreciate their persistence. He did not intend to make this easy.
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| They Were Homeless In California. Then The Fires Came. Posted: 28 Oct 2017 04:00 AM PDT  It's 2:00 p.m. on a Wednesday afternoon and Fernando Gomez doesn't know where he and his one-year-old daughter will sleep tonight.
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| In 1942, Japan Ordered 2 Battleships to Be Built with Huge 20-Inch Guns Posted: 27 Oct 2017 06:13 PM PDT  In January 1936 Japan announced its intention to withdraw from the London Naval Treaty, accusing both the United States and the United Kingdom of negotiating in bad faith. In the wake of this withdrawal, Japanese battleship architects threw themselves into the design of new vessels. The first class to emerge were the 18.1-inch-gun-carrying Yamatos, the largest battleships ever constructed.
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| After getting locked in a convenience store cooler a man decides to stay and drink beer Posted: 28 Oct 2017 06:48 AM PDT  There are worse places to get trapped than a walk-in cooler filled to the brim with bottles of beer, but very few people would stay there voluntarily. A very lucky unlucky 38-year-old man in Wisconsin decided to take advantage of the binge drinking possibilities, according to police. The man's name was not released but police said he made a stop at Kwik Trip convenience store Tuesday to buy some beer but got stuck in the cooler when it was locked at 11:50 p.m. SEE ALSO: HOPii is an all-in-one personal brewery that fits on your countertop Temperatures can reach 32 degrees, but still the man weathered on for a cold brew. Image: Via giphyWhen the workers reopened the walk-in cooler the next day, the man left the store without paying for an 18 ounce bottle of beer and three cans of malt liquor. He also knocked over a stack of 30-packs breaking open three cases. Police gave the man a misdemeanor citation for retail theft. I guess you could call this a missed hopportunity. h/t: USA Today WATCH: Grab your piece of video gaming nostalgia with one of these awesome console reboots
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| Kurdish leader Barzani resigns after independence vote backfires Posted: 29 Oct 2017 03:14 PM PDT  By Raya Jalabi and Maher Chmaytelli ERBIL/BAGHDAD Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said he would give up his position as president on Nov. 1, after an independence referendum he championed backfired and triggered a regional crisis. There was high drama at the Kurdish parliament, which was stormed by armed protesters as it met to approve the veteran leader's resignation as Kurdish president. In a televised address, his first since Iraqi forces launched a surprise offensive to recapture Kurdish-held territory on Oct. 16, Barzani confirmed that he would not extend his presidential term after Nov. 1 "under any conditions".
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| Questions surround first charges in Muller probe Posted: 29 Oct 2017 09:17 AM PDT  ABC News' Cecilia Vega, Pierre Thomas, and Dan Abrams report the latest details on the Russia investigation on "This Week."
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| Astros Player Banned From 5 Games For Racist 'Slant-Eye' Gesture Posted: 28 Oct 2017 12:59 PM PDT  Houston Astros' first baseman Yuli Gurriel has apologized for making a racist gesture in the dugout during Friday night's Game 3 of the World Series.
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| JFK files release is Trump’s latest clash with spy agencies Posted: 28 Oct 2017 06:20 PM PDT  It was a showdown 25 years in the making: With the world itching to finally get a look at classified Kennedy assassination files, and the deadline for their release just hours away, intelligence officials were still angling for a way to keep their secrets. President Donald Trump, the one man able to block the release, did not appreciate their persistence. He did not intend to make this easy. Like much else surrounding investigations of the 1963 killing of President John F. Kennedy, this week's release of 2,800 records from the JFK files was anything but smooth. It came together only at the last minute, with White House lawyers still fielding late-arriving requests for additional redactions in the morning and an irritated Trump continuing to resist signing off on the request, according to an account by two White House officials. They spoke only on condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions. The tale of the final hours before the congressionally mandated 25-year release deadline on Thursday adds a new chapter to the story of Trump's troubled relationship with his spy agencies. He again flashed his skepticism and unpredictability in dealing with agencies long accustomed to a level of deference. Intelligence officials, meanwhile, were again left scratching their heads about a president whose impulses they cannot predict. JFK assassination | The conspiracy theories And those officials had their own story tell, some rejecting the notion they were slow to act on Trump's expectations for the documents. The CIA began work months ago to get its remaining assassination-related documents ready for release on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the process. The person, who was not authorized to publicly to discuss the process and spoke only on condition of anonymity, said the goal was to have all the agency's documents ready to be released in full or with national security redactions before the deadline. Since taking office, Trump has challenged the integrity of intelligence leaders, moved to exert more control over U.S. spying agencies and accused his predecessor of using government spycraft to monitor his campaign. In the JFK files matter, one White House official said, Trump wanted to make clear he wouldn't be bullied by the agencies. Whatever occurred in the lead-up to deadline day, Trump was irritated Thursday that agencies still were arguing for more redactions. The president earlier in the week had tweeted to tease the release of the documents, heightening the sense of drama on a subject that has sparked the imaginations of conspiracy theorists for decades. Under a 1992 law, all of the records related to the assassination were to be made public unless explicitly withheld by the president. JFK Files are released, long ahead of schedule!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2017 Just before the release Thursday, Trump wrote in a memorandum that he had "no choice" but to agree to requests from the CIA and FBI to keep thousands of documents secret because of the possibility that releasing the information could still harm national security. Two aides said Trump was upset by what he perceived to be overly broad secrecy requests, adding that the agencies had been explicitly warned about his expectation that redactions be kept to a minimum. "The president and White House have been very clear with all agencies for weeks: They must be transparent and disclose all information possible," White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah said Friday. Late last week, Trump received his first official briefing on the release in an Oval Office meeting that included Chief of Staff John Kelly, White House Counsel Don McGahn and National Security Council legal adviser John Eisenberg. Trump made it clear he was unsatisfied with the pace of declassification. After strict consultation with General Kelly, the CIA and other Agencies, I will be releasing ALL #JFKFiles other than the names and...— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2017 Trump's tweets, an official said, were meant as a signal to the intelligence community to take seriously his threats to release the documents in their entirety. According to White House officials, Trump accepted that some of the records contained references to sensitive sources and methods used by the intelligence community and law enforcement and that declassification could harm American foreign policy interests. But after having the scope of the redactions presented to him, Trump told aides he did not believe them to be in the spirit of the law. On Thursday, Trump's top aides presented him with an alternative to simply acquiescing to the agency requests: He could temporarily allow the redactions while ordering the agencies to launch a new comprehensive examination of the records still withheld or redacted in part. Trump accepted the suggestion, ordering that agencies be "extremely circumspect" about keeping the remaining documents secret at the end of the 180-day assessment. JFK Files | Why now? "After strict consultation with General Kelly, the CIA and other agencies, I will be releasing ALL JFK files other than the names and addresses of any mentioned person who is still living," Trump wrote in a Friday tweet. "I am doing this for reasons of full disclosure, transparency and in order to put any and all conspiracy theories to rest." Trump returned to the topic in a Saturday night tweet: "JFK Files are released, long ahead of schedule!" The deadline set by law came Thursday, the day the documents were released.
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| State police: Quash grand jury on trooper shooting policy Posted: 29 Oct 2017 09:51 AM PDT ![State police: Quash grand jury on trooper shooting policy]( "State police: Quash grand jury on trooper shooting policy") EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's state police agency, facing pushback over its practice of investigating line-of-duty shootings by its own troopers, is trying to shut down a grand jury looking into the propriety of the policy.
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| Lions, chimps, sharks get added protection under UN convention Posted: 28 Oct 2017 07:22 AM PDT  Lions, chimpanzees, giraffes, leopards and a wide variety of sharks received added protection at a UN wildlife conference in the Philippines, organisers said Saturday. Some 34 endangered species were selected to receive heightened conservation efforts at the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) conference that just concluded in Manila. Protecting migratory species poses particular difficulties since they cross borders, including possibly moving to countries with less stringent wildlife protection systems, said Bradnee Chambers, CMS executive secretary.
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| Gruesome Discoveries at Funeral Homes Put Spotlight on Spotty Regulations Posted: 28 Oct 2017 08:15 AM PDT  Maggots wriggled along the garage floor near cardboard-boxed corpses stacked
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| World War III: This is How the U.S. Military Would Have Invaded Cuba in 1962 Posted: 27 Oct 2017 06:22 PM PDT  Attention, people of Cuba: Obey the orders of the U.S. Army, or suffer the consequences. This is what the Cubans would have been told, had the United States invaded the island during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. "Resistance to the United States armed forces will be forcefully stamped out.
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| Why one major 'Stranger Things' star was missing at the Season 2 premiere this week Posted: 28 Oct 2017 10:11 AM PDT  One Stranger Things star was notably absent from Thursday's Season 2 premiere in Los Angeles. British actor Charlie Heaton, who plays creepy photo stalker man Jonathan Byers in the Netflix series, was barred entry to the U.S. last Saturday. SEE ALSO: Netflix is making a 'Stranger Things' after-show to feed the obsession The reason? A drug-sniffing dog reportedly picked up on something that prompted a search of Heaton's luggage, at which point authorities discovered "a small amount of cocaine," according to the Associated Press. Heaton was neither arrested nor charged, but he was barred from entering the U.S. and promptly sent back to London. It's worth noting here that the AP's report comes via an anonymous source — an official who "couldn't discuss the matter publicly." A Friday night report from People contains the same information, via an unnamed law enforcement source. That story also includes a vague statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection which lays out the federal agency's rules for handling foreign nationals in violation of controlled substance laws. It read: "A violation, conspiracy to violate or simply an attempt to violate any U.S. State, federal or any foreign government controlled substance violation renders a foreign national inadmissible to the United States." Heaton hasn't yet made any public statements on the matter, though this would explain his absence from Thursday's premiere. WATCH: Alicia Silverstone served us that '90s nostalgia by resurrecting her Cher costume
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| Bombs kill at least 17 people in Somali capital Mogadishu Posted: 28 Oct 2017 12:37 PM PDT  By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least 17 people in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said, two weeks after a huge truck bomb killed hundreds of civilians in the city. Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks on Saturday. A suicide car bomb was rammed into a hotel, Nasahablod Two, about 600 meters from the presidential palace, and then armed militants stormed the building, police said.
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| Elon Musk Shares New Photo of the Boring Co. Tunnel Under LA Posted: 28 Oct 2017 03:00 PM PDT  The sci-fi mass transit tunnel in California is becoming a reality.
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| Rose McGowan Offered $1 Million In Harvey Weinstein Hush Money: Report Posted: 29 Oct 2017 01:35 PM PDT  Rose McGowan says someone in Harvey Weinstein's inner circle offered her $1 million in late September to stay quiet about sexual assault allegations against the Hollywood mogul, The New York Times reported.
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| The Ivy League Has An Unexpected Friend In Donald Trump Posted: 29 Oct 2017 04:00 AM PDT  At first glance, Yale University doesn't seem like a school with much love for the current president.
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| Domestic abuse shelters for men help spotlight male victims Posted: 28 Oct 2017 08:47 AM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas group has opened what's believed to be only the second shelter in the U.S. exclusively for men who are victims of domestic violence, as advocates say more men are seeking help amid changing views about male victims.
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