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- Couple Ordered To Pay Enslaved Nanny $121,000 After 2 Years Of Work
- Trump: I'm a 'very stable genius'
- A U.S. Mountain Was Just The Second-Coldest Place On Earth
- Wing explodes in flames after on-ground collision at Toronto’s airport
- Merkel optimistic at start of government talks with Social Democrats
- US Navy locates crashed plane deep on Pacific seabed
- Staff Interacted Several Times With Vegas Mass Shooter, Hotel Says
- GOP tax change sparks creative counters in high-tax locales
- Syria regime forces push towards Idlib airbase: monitor
- Memphis Megachurch Stands By Pastor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teenager
- Trump's Demands To Help Dreamers Could Doom Deal, Top Dem Says
- Thieves steal estimated millions in jewelry in real-life ‘Italian Job’ heist
- Takata Adds 3.3 Million Air Bags to Massive Recall
- Sen. Tom Cotton on Wolff book: Trump has 'been active, engaged and effective leader'
- School district changes bullying policy after child suicide
- Palestinians attack car of Greek Patriarch in protest against land deals
- Climate Change Has Quadrupled Ocean 'Dead Zones,' Researchers Warn
- Turkey to reopen iconic 'Iron Church' after revamp
- Brad Pitt Bids Six Figures To Watch 'Game Of Thrones' With Emilia Clarke
- Norwegian Cruise Line sailed right through the nightmarish winter storm
- Battle looms for rebel-held Syrian province after IS defeat
- Trump Says He's 'Like, Really Smart' After His Mental Stability Is Questioned in New Book
- Planes collide at Toronto's Pearson Airport; passengers safe
- Just off Israeli highway, 500,000-year-old site found
- Rob Bishop Continues His Taxpayer-Funded Feud With Patagonia
- Pope baptizes 34 cooing, crying babies in Sistine Chapel
- Saudi fighter jet crashes, Yemen rebels claim downing it
- New-born baby found dead on plane in Indonesia
- Marijuana Industry Not Freaking Out Over Threat Of Federal Crackdown
- Readers write: Mosaic nation, intriguing tour, possibilities for every area
- Germany, Turkey pledge to thaw ties that coup crackdown and arrests froze
- Math Reveals Your Royal Roots
- High tech, low tech: Big U.S. cities embrace twin approach to crime
- Ex-Sheriff David Clarke Faces Trial Over Facebook Taunts Against Plane Passenger
- US senator says no evidence of 'sonic attacks' in Cuba
- Iran parliament holds special meeting on protests
- Ranking The Best Shows On Hulu You Can Stream Right Now
- South Korea Has Its Own Massive Artillery That NATO Loves (and North Korea Hates)
- California pulls ad critics said promoted pot use
- South Africa's parliament to review rules on removing president
- How 'wi-fi' connects human brains and explains why people have 'gut feelings'
- Illegal immigrant acquitted in California death gets prison on gun charge
- 13 youths killed by 'armed elements' in south Senegal
Couple Ordered To Pay Enslaved Nanny $121,000 After 2 Years Of Work Posted: 07 Jan 2018 02:39 PM PST |
Trump: I'm a 'very stable genius' Posted: 06 Jan 2018 05:52 AM PST |
A U.S. Mountain Was Just The Second-Coldest Place On Earth Posted: 06 Jan 2018 01:17 PM PST |
Wing explodes in flames after on-ground collision at Toronto’s airport Posted: 06 Jan 2018 08:25 AM PST |
Merkel optimistic at start of government talks with Social Democrats Posted: 07 Jan 2018 01:12 AM PST German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she was "optimistic" going into exploratory talks with the Social Democrats (SPD), whose leader Martin Schulz said his party would not draw any red lines at the start of discussions. Merkel's conservative bloc and the SPD have scheduled five days of talks to see if they can find enough common ground to form a re-run of the 'grand coalition' that has governed Germany for the last four years. Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) - the Bavarian sister party to Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) - said he was going into the talks in "high spirits" and said the parties needed to come to an agreement. |
US Navy locates crashed plane deep on Pacific seabed Posted: 05 Jan 2018 07:09 PM PST |
Staff Interacted Several Times With Vegas Mass Shooter, Hotel Says Posted: 05 Jan 2018 08:33 PM PST |
GOP tax change sparks creative counters in high-tax locales Posted: 06 Jan 2018 08:28 AM PST |
Syria regime forces push towards Idlib airbase: monitor Posted: 07 Jan 2018 09:45 AM PST Syrian regime forces on Sunday seized a strategic town as they pushed towards a jihadist-held airbase in an offensive to reclaim ground in northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said. Government forces backed up by Russian air power are conducting an operation to carve out a foothold in the southeast of the province, the last one that had remained completely beyond regime control. Troops captured Sinjar, the "biggest town in southeast Idlib", from Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate and were within 14 kilometres (9 miles) of the Abu al-Duhur military base, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. |
Memphis Megachurch Stands By Pastor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teenager Posted: 07 Jan 2018 07:47 AM PST |
Trump's Demands To Help Dreamers Could Doom Deal, Top Dem Says Posted: 05 Jan 2018 05:53 PM PST |
Thieves steal estimated millions in jewelry in real-life ‘Italian Job’ heist Posted: 06 Jan 2018 08:32 AM PST |
Takata Adds 3.3 Million Air Bags to Massive Recall Posted: 07 Jan 2018 07:02 AM PST |
Sen. Tom Cotton on Wolff book: Trump has 'been active, engaged and effective leader' Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:21 AM PST |
School district changes bullying policy after child suicide Posted: 07 Jan 2018 10:36 AM PST |
Palestinians attack car of Greek Patriarch in protest against land deals Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:45 AM PST Palestinian Christians on Saturday pummeled the car of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem during a visit to the occupied West Bank in protest against the church's decision to sell land to Jewish groups. The Greek Orthodox church is one of the biggest private landowners in the Holy Land and in recent years has stirred controversy both among Israelis and Palestinians by trying to sell prime assets to private investors. Hundreds of Palestinians blocked Patriarch Theophilos III's convoy as he drove to a church in Bethlehem to attend an Orthodox Christmas mass. |
Climate Change Has Quadrupled Ocean 'Dead Zones,' Researchers Warn Posted: 05 Jan 2018 09:03 PM PST |
Turkey to reopen iconic 'Iron Church' after revamp Posted: 06 Jan 2018 11:45 PM PST The leaders of Turkey and Bulgaria are Sunday due to reopen the Bulgarian St Stephen's Church in Istanbul after seven years of restoration, in a gesture of harmony in an often turbulent relationship between the two neighbours. The Bulgarian Orthodox church in Balat, a historic Istanbul neighbourhood on the shores of the Golden Horn traditionally home to Christians and Jews, was built in 1898 after its original wooden structure was destroyed in a fire. For President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who hosts Bulgaria's conservative Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the ceremony will be a riposte to charges that Turkey's Islamic-rooted government does not do enough to protect the rights of Christian minorities and their heritage. |
Brad Pitt Bids Six Figures To Watch 'Game Of Thrones' With Emilia Clarke Posted: 07 Jan 2018 01:51 PM PST |
Norwegian Cruise Line sailed right through the nightmarish winter storm Posted: 06 Jan 2018 09:07 AM PST As a powerful 'bomb cyclone' ravaged the U.S. East Coast with snow and high winds this week, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship sailed right into its path, giving thousands of passengers a fearsome experience they aren't likely to forget. SEE ALSO: Incredible photos from space show off the historic East Coast 'bomb cyclone' Passengers on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise were treated to monstrous waves, winds, rain, and flooding for multiple days as the ship made its way to New York City, navigating right into the storm that made headlines all week, passengers told CBS New York Friday. The videos that passengers shared are harrowing. #BOMBCYLONE at sea aboard the #NCLbreakaway pic.twitter.com/o2T4s7iv5M — Christina Mendez (@christinamendez) January 4, 2018 Some were more in awe of the boat-rocking waves than afraid of them. Even if passengers steered clear of the deck and windows on the cruise, the onslaught of rain caused flooding, and one passenger shared a video showing running water on the carpeted floor and more leaking through the ceiling. Passengers who spoke to CBS New York shared stories of people crying and throwing up, and general panic. "When you're on a boat in the middle of the ocean and water is pouring down the stairs, you're thinking 'this is not going to end well,'" passenger Karoline Ross told CBS New York. "This was the worst moment of my life." "I'm completely traumatized," passenger Emma Franzese told CBS New York. "I'll never go on any type of boat again in my life after this." After the tumultuous trip, Norwegian Cruise Line apologized to guests in two statements, saying the ship "encountered stronger than forecasted weather conditions." Though as meteorologists were quick to note on social media, the storm was well-forecast, and the ship should not have been in that location. Oh look, another cruise ship with a death wish sailing into a massive talked about for days storm, then saying 'that storm wasn't forecast...duno where it came from' https://t.co/seGtXVr1xB — Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) January 6, 2018 WATCH: This NYC store is an environmentalist's wonderland |
Battle looms for rebel-held Syrian province after IS defeat Posted: 07 Jan 2018 12:27 PM PST |
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Planes collide at Toronto's Pearson Airport; passengers safe Posted: 06 Jan 2018 05:43 AM PST Dozens of passengers were evacuated from an aircraft at Toronto's Pearson Airport late on Friday after a plane under tow struck an arriving jet that was waiting to park, sparking a small fire, the airport authority said. Fire and emergency services responded to the collision between the two planes from Sunwing Airlines and Westjet Airlines , which happened at 6:19 p.m. (2319 GMT), the Greater Toronto Airport Authority said in a statement. |
Just off Israeli highway, 500,000-year-old site found Posted: 06 Jan 2018 04:23 PM PST Israeli archaeologists announced Sunday they have uncovered a rare site dating back some half a million years -- just next to a modern highway and only several metres underground. Archaeologists envision the site at Jaljulia, northeast of Tel Aviv, as a sort of "paradise" for prehistoric hunter-gatherers, with a stream, vegetation and an abundance of animals. "It's hard to believe that between Jaljulia and highway 6, five metres below the surface, an ancient landscape some half of a million years old has been so amazingly preserved," Ran Barkai, head of Tel Aviv University's archaeology department, which participated in the dig, said in a statement. |
Rob Bishop Continues His Taxpayer-Funded Feud With Patagonia Posted: 06 Jan 2018 09:39 AM PST |
Pope baptizes 34 cooing, crying babies in Sistine Chapel Posted: 07 Jan 2018 03:04 AM PST |
Saudi fighter jet crashes, Yemen rebels claim downing it Posted: 07 Jan 2018 09:47 AM PST |
New-born baby found dead on plane in Indonesia Posted: 07 Jan 2018 05:30 AM PST Indonesian police Sunday detained the suspected mother of a new-born baby who was found dead in a aircraft toilet at Jakarta's international Airport. Hani, a 37-year-old migrant worker from Cianjur in West Java, was held soon after arriving from Bangkok at Soekarno-Hatta airport around 1:00 am, said airport police chief Ahmad Yusef. Police suspect that Hani, who had worked as a domestic helper in Abu Dhabi for four years, secretly gave birth during an Etihad flight from there to Jakarta on Saturday. |
Marijuana Industry Not Freaking Out Over Threat Of Federal Crackdown Posted: 05 Jan 2018 08:11 PM PST |
Readers write: Mosaic nation, intriguing tour, possibilities for every area Posted: 06 Jan 2018 03:00 AM PST Regarding the Nov. 27 cover story, "Heartland strong": I loved this article because it shows the mosaic substance of our nation. Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test? Regarding the Nov. 20 cover story, "A billionaire's war on poverty": This article was so full of wonderful details of George Kaiser's support for his community of Tulsa, Okla., that I found myself applying these ideas here in St. Louis, Ferguson, and other nearby suburbs of Missouri. |
Germany, Turkey pledge to thaw ties that coup crackdown and arrests froze Posted: 06 Jan 2018 05:31 AM PST Germany and Turkey's foreign ministers on Saturday agreed to pull out all the stops to improve ties that have soured due to disputes over Ankara's post-coup crackdown and the arrests of German citizens in Turkey, but they stressed differences remain. Meeting in an ornate imperial palace in central Germany, the pair said they were keen to make amends after falling out as Ankara rounded up suspected supporters of a failed 2016 coup, a comedian mocked Turkey's president and a German-Turkish journalist was detained without charge. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel pointed to historic links between the countries including the role Turkish guest workers played in rebuilding Germany after World War Two, Turkey's hospitality in taking in German refugees during the Nazi era and the 3 million-strong Turkish community here. |
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High tech, low tech: Big U.S. cities embrace twin approach to crime Posted: 06 Jan 2018 01:03 PM PST Gun violence in major U.S. cities fell in 2017 as police used the latest crime-fighting software combined with a revival of old-fashioned community policing to build trust with a skeptical public. Law enforcement officials and criminologists credit that dual approach with helping extend the decades-long reduction in crime in New York City and reducing gun violence in Chicago by 20 percent in 2017. Chicago became a symbol of U.S. gun violence after homicides soared nearly 60 percent in 2016, drawing frequent criticism from Donald Trump during his campaign for the presidency and after he was elected. |
Ex-Sheriff David Clarke Faces Trial Over Facebook Taunts Against Plane Passenger Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:00 PM PST |
US senator says no evidence of 'sonic attacks' in Cuba Posted: 06 Jan 2018 10:46 AM PST |
Iran parliament holds special meeting on protests Posted: 07 Jan 2018 06:00 AM PST Iranian lawmakers held a closed-door session on Sunday to discuss the deadly protests that hit the country last week, while more pro-regime rallies were held in several cities. "The security officials confirmed that most of those arrested have been released," Gholamreza Heydari, a reformist lawmaker in Tehran, told parliament's ICANA website. Mohammad Reza Kachouie, another deputy, said most of those detained were unemployed people, "without university degrees". |
Ranking The Best Shows On Hulu You Can Stream Right Now Posted: 06 Jan 2018 05:59 AM PST |
South Korea Has Its Own Massive Artillery That NATO Loves (and North Korea Hates) Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:04 PM PST In December 2017, Norway announced it would purchase twenty-four K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers from South Korean firm Hanhwa for $215 million, with an option for up to twenty-four more in the future. The K9 edged out an upgraded M109 howitzer offered by the Swiss firm RUAG and the German Panzerhaubitze 2000, which has a similar main gun and performance profile, but a slightly faster rapid-fire rate compared to the K9. This marks just the latest success of the South Korean howitzer system, which is already serving with Turkey and will soon enter service with three other NATO countries, as well as India and Finland. |
California pulls ad critics said promoted pot use Posted: 05 Jan 2018 05:49 PM PST |
South Africa's parliament to review rules on removing president Posted: 07 Jan 2018 04:35 AM PST By Joe Brock JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) - South Africa's parliament said on Sunday it would review its rules relating to removing the country's president, after the constitutional court said on Dec. 29 that lawmakers had previously failed to hold President Jacob Zuma to account. The court ruling has piled pressure on Zuma and his allies as his opponents within the ruling African National Congress (ANC) are pushing for him to be removed as head of state before his term ends in 2019, when national elections will be held. Zuma is in a weakened position after Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected leader of the ANC last month, narrowly beating Zuma's ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. |
How 'wi-fi' connects human brains and explains why people have 'gut feelings' Posted: 06 Jan 2018 01:30 PM PST Humans brains are interconnected through type of 'wi-fi' which allows us to pick up far more information about other people than we are aware of, a leading professor claims. Prof Digby Tantum, Clinical Professor of Psychotherapy, at the University of Sheffield, believes that language plays only a part of in how humans communicate and that actually the brain is working hard to pick up tiny micro-signals that communicate what a person is thinking. It explains how people often have a 'gut feeling' or intuition about a person or situation even if they cannot logically determine why. And it may be the reason why commuters find it so difficult to maintain eye contact on a busy train. Too many people overloads the brain with too much subliminal information. In addition, it may also explain why laughter is infectious. Prof Digby Tantum Prof Tantum describes the phenomenon as 'The Interbrain' and outlines the theory in a new book of the same name. "We can know directly about other people's emotions and what they are paying attention to," he said. "It is based on the direct connection between our brains and other people's and between their brain and ours. I call this the interbrain. "One of its advantages is that the connection exists in the background. We take it for granted unless it is brought to the surface of our minds. "People with autism have little or no interbrain connection. They are often able to pick up or learn what expressions mean and yet that doesn't seem to solve the problem of that lack of human connection." Prof Tantum believes that the communication between brains may happen as an 'inadvertent leak' and it may be linked to smell. Areas of the brain which have the most activity of neurons are located in the prefrontal cortex, and are linked with smelling. They also are situated where they follow the gaze. Slight changes in a person's chemistry could, for example emit molecules which signal fear, illness or sexual arousal even if they are not saying or doing anything to suggest those states. Brain gain: 10 ways to think yourself younger "The input from the eyes gets carried to the back of the brain for processing but the receptors in the nose contact a thin extrusion of the brain tissue directly," added Prof Tantum. "The area of the brain that is closest to the nose is the orbitofrontal cortex. It might be there because so many of our most basic connections to other people are via smell." Prof Tantum also argues that the interbrain is the reason people are drawn to religions or feel the need to come together in huge crowds at football matches or concerts. "The experience of transcendence is one and this might be the root of spirituality and indeed what many people would consider the meaning of life," he said. "Being in crowd mode may also make us experience what it would be like to transcend out perspective, our time, our place and our capacity, to feel for a moment, like a driving being. It also may explain why some people commit atrocities like murder and terrorism. The book argues that feelings of hate, disgust, rage and contempt effectively switch off the interbrain, making it impossible to see a situation from another person's point of view. However Prof Tantum believes the internet could have a damaging effect on such communication, which has evolved over millions of years, and what probably sets humans apart from other animals "The face looking at you in the video chat is the face of someone seconds before," he said. "Even if you and they have excellent bandwith connection it is their face milliseconds before. "Emotional contagion occurs at the speed of light, not the speed of electronic transmission. Face-to-face visual input is accompanied by sound, by gesture, by the smell of sweat, by the possibility of touch, and by a connect. "So what is lacking in this vast network is an interbrain connection between its human participants." |
Illegal immigrant acquitted in California death gets prison on gun charge Posted: 05 Jan 2018 05:30 PM PST The 45-year-old Mexican national, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, has been held behind bars since his arrest in the July 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle, and was fully credited for the three-year sentence, a spokesman for the San Francisco district attorney's office said. The San Francisco Sheriff's Department handed Garcia Zarate over to U.S. Marshals on Friday on warrants stemming from federal gun charged related to the Steinle incident, sheriff's department spokeswoman Nancy Crowley said. |
13 youths killed by 'armed elements' in south Senegal Posted: 06 Jan 2018 01:47 PM PST Thirteen youths were killed on Saturday by "armed elements" in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, an area ravaged by armed conflict for more than three decades, a security source said. The victims were out collecting wood in the Bayotte forest, 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the regional capital Ziguinchor, "when they were attacked by an armed band of 15 people," army spokesman Abdou Ndiaye told AFP. |
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