2018年8月8日星期三

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The Latest: O'Connor tries to rally supporters in tight race

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:43 PM PDT

The Latest: O'Connor tries to rally supporters in tight raceWESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on primaries in Missouri, Kansas, Michigan and Washington state and a congressional special election in Ohio (all times local):


Man who died after jumping out of restaurant freezer and threatening staff with knife was suspected cold-case killer

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 02:49 AM PDT

Man who died after jumping out of restaurant freezer and threatening staff with knife was suspected cold-case killerA man who died after jumping out of a freezer at a New York restaurant brandishing a knife was a suspected murderer in a cold case, police have said. Carlton Henderson, who had just been released from a Boston prison, screamed, "Away from me, Satan!" as he leapt from a walk-in freezer at Sarabeth's restaurant in Manhattan. Staff took the knife from Mr Henderson and wrestled him to the floor, where he went into cardiac arrest on Sunday, according to police.


Former Trump Campaign Official Rick Gates Admits To Staggering Criminal Activity At Manafort Trial

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 02:09 PM PDT

Former Trump Campaign Official Rick Gates Admits To Staggering Criminal Activity At Manafort TrialALEXANDRIA, Va. ― Rick Gates, once a top aide to President Donald Trump's


Huracan Driver Racks Up $45,000 In Speeding Fines On Holiday

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 11:00 PM PDT

Huracan Driver Racks Up $45,000 In Speeding Fines On HolidayThe man rented a Lamborghini... then went a bit wild.


Mollie Tibbetts' Father Believes She Is With Someone She 'Trusted'

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 05:33 AM PDT

Mollie Tibbetts' Father Believes She Is With Someone She 'Trusted'She has been missing since July 18.


97 Bacon Recipes That Are Seriously Addictive

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:27 AM PDT

97 Bacon Recipes That Are Seriously Addictive


Israeli strike kills 2 Hamas militants in Gaza: officials

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:32 AM PDT

Israeli strike kills 2 Hamas militants in Gaza: officialsAn Israeli strike on Tuesday killed two militants of the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas movement after shots were fired at soldiers, Gazan and Israeli officials said. The Islamist group's military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, confirmed in a statement that the dead men were its fighters, naming them as Ahmed Murjan and Abdel-Hafez al-Silawi. An Israeli military statement, apparently referring to the same incident, said that the army returned fire after shots were fired at its soldiers from a Hamas post in the northern Gaza Strip, next to the border with Israel.


What to Know About the Mendocino Complex Fire, the Largest Wildfire in California History

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:39 AM PDT

What to Know About the Mendocino Complex Fire, the Largest Wildfire in California HistoryThe Mendocino Complex Fire is now the largest wildfire in California history. Here's what to know about the fast-moving blaze.


Iran weighs response as US sanctions bite

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:05 AM PDT

Iran weighs response as US sanctions biteTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As Iranians awoke Tuesday to renewed U.S. sanctions that had been lifted by Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers, the question on everyone's mind remained: What happens now?


Child's remains recovered in New Mexico compound where 11 children found

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 01:32 AM PDT

Child's remains recovered in New Mexico compound where 11 children foundPositive identification by autopsy has yet to be made, but the remains were believed to be those of a 3-year-old boy whose disappearance from his home near Atlanta, Georgia, eventually led to Friday's search of the property, Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe told a news conference. The compound, surrounded by tires and a trench, is located on the outskirts of the rural community of Amalia, New Mexico, near the Colorado state line, about 50 miles (80 km) north of Taos.


Ron Estes Wins AND Loses House GOP Primary Race In Kansas

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 07:07 PM PDT

Ron Estes Wins AND Loses House GOP Primary Race In KansasMen named Ron Estes managed to win and lose the Republican primary in Kansas'


Jeep Wrangler-Based Outpost II Camper Is Ready For Anything

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 12:53 AM PDT

Jeep Wrangler-Based Outpost II Camper Is Ready For AnythingUnfortunately, you can't buy one.


Ask a Designer: Closet organization that lasts

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 07:05 AM PDT

Ask a Designer: Closet organization that lastsMost people don't start out with a messy closet. Even when a closet is carefully organized at the beginning, however, it might not take long for order to turn to chaos.


Fetus found on plane result of teen's miscarriage

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 05:20 AM PDT

Fetus found on plane result of teen's miscarriageAn 18-year-old woman from Brooklyn had a miscarriage in the bathroom of the American Airlines flight from Charlotte Monday night.


Ex-Wife of Infowars Host Alex Jones Says He's 'Worse in Real Life'

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 11:50 AM PDT

Ex-Wife of Infowars Host Alex Jones Says He's 'Worse in Real Life'She is currently locked in a bitter custody dispute over her children with the controversial host.


Pro-regime Druze militia in Syria hangs IS member: monitor

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 09:00 AM PDT

Pro-regime Druze militia in Syria hangs IS member: monitorPro-government Druze militiamen hanged a member of the Islamic State group in Syria's Sweida on Tuesday, a monitor said, just days after the jihadists executed a young hostage from the minority group. IS abducted more than 30 Druze civilians -- women and their children -- from a remote village less than two weeks ago, during a brutal onslaught in the southern province. "A member of IS was detained during an attack against a pro-regime position in the Sweida countryside," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.


Twin blazes form California's largest ever wildfire

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 01:32 AM PDT

Twin blazes form California's largest ever wildfireTwo fires mercilessly roaring through northern California have grown so rapidly that they are now the largest ever to ravage the state, authorities said. Collectively dubbed the Mendocino Complex, the wildfires have burned through 283,800 acres (114,850 hectares) -- an area nearly the size of the sprawling city of Los Angeles -- and are just 30 percent contained, according to state fire authority CalFire.


Donald Trump says rest of world must choose between trade with US or Iran

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 04:18 AM PDT

Donald Trump says rest of world must choose between trade with US or IranEuropean companies should still be able to trade with Iran despite new US sanctions, according to minister of state for the Middle East, Alaistair Burt. Donald Trump tweeted "anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States". The EU has launched a "blocking statute", designed to allow companies within the bloc to sue the Trump administration, if they are adversely affected by US sanctions, and has encouraged member states to continue trading with Tehran.


New Mexico child abuse suspects accused of training children for shootings

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 04:53 PM PDT

New Mexico child abuse suspects accused of training children for shootingsFive adults charged with abusing 11 children at a New Mexico compound, where they were found ragged and starving, were training those children to use firearms to commit school shootings, prosecutors said in court documents on Wednesday. The principal suspect, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, also was charged with abducting his 3-year-old son from his home in Atlanta last December, prompting a cross-country manhunt that led authorities to the compound they raided last Friday north of Taos, New Mexico. The 11 children found alive, ranging in age from 1 to 15 years old, were placed in protective custody.


Congressman Holds Off Progressive Challenger In St. Louis

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:03 PM PDT

Congressman Holds Off Progressive Challenger In St. LouisDemocratic Rep. William Lacy Clay, a longtime incumbent and the scion of a St.


Polish tourists killed in sightseeing plane crash in Alaska

Posted: 06 Aug 2018 06:28 PM PDT

Polish tourists killed in sightseeing plane crash in AlaskaANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Searchers on Monday found four people dead in a sightseeing airplane carrying Polish tourists in Alaska's Denali National Park — a day and a half after thick clouds hampered the response to distress calls.


Boy's remains found at New Mexico desert compound

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 07:39 PM PDT

Boy's remains found at New Mexico desert compoundThe investigation into a group of starving children found in a desert compound in New Mexico took another dark turn Tuesday, when authorities said they found the remains of a young boy at the squalid property. The father, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, had told his wife he wanted to perform an exorcism on the child, authorities said. "We discovered the remains yesterday on Abdul's fourth birthday," Hogrefe said, appearing to fight back tears.


Ford celebrates 10 millionth Mustang while banking on car's draw

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 01:37 PM PDT

Ford celebrates 10 millionth Mustang while banking on car's drawThe Ford Mustang -- an iconic American symbol of cool -- reached a major milestone Wednesday as the 10 millionth vehicle rolled off an assembly line at a Detroit-area plant. Ford marked the occasion for the car, celebrated in American song and film and recognized the world over as a quintessentially American cultural export, with a big party and parade at the Michigan headquarters -- complete with a flyover from World War II-era P-51 Mustang fighter jets that are the car's namesake. It is a key moment for Ford, which is banking on the Mustang's wide appeal to help it grow global market share.


Canada PM says will press Saudi Arabia on rights, offers olive branch

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 03:15 PM PDT

Canada PM says will press Saudi Arabia on rights, offers olive branchBy Allison Lampert and Aziz El Yaakoubi MONTREAL/RIYADH (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he would keep pressing Saudi Arabia on civil liberties amid a major diplomatic dispute but also offered an apparent olive branch, saying the kingdom had made some progress on human rights. Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir - infuriated by Canada's demand last week that jailed rights activists be released immediately - said earlier on Wednesday that there was no room for mediation, adding that Ottawa knew what it needed to do to "fix its big mistake." Riyadh on Sunday froze new trade with Canada and expelled the Canadian ambassador.


Vets ready for rare efforts to save ailing endangered orca

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 03:14 PM PDT

Vets ready for rare efforts to save ailing endangered orcaSEATTLE (AP) — Experts are preparing rare emergency efforts to administer antibiotics or feed live salmon to try to save a young emaciated orca that's part of a critically endangered pod of killer whales.


26 Boozy Popsicles That Will Make Your Summer

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 07:38 AM PDT

26 Boozy Popsicles That Will Make Your Summer


Kansas primaries: Trump-endorsed Kris Kobach in governor's race that comes down to the wire

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 09:49 PM PDT

Kansas primaries: Trump-endorsed Kris Kobach in governor's race that comes down to the wireDonald Trump's pick for the governor of Kansas, an immigration hardliner and an early supporter of the president, was locked in a race for the party's nomination, as the contest came down to the wire. Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, was trying to defeat the current Republican incumbent, Jeff Colyer, for a showdown with the Democratic candidate in November. With more than 84 per cent of votes counted in the early hours of Wednesday, Mr Kobach led 40.8 to 40.6.


25 Tweets We Definitely Don't Need To Explain To Married People

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 09:55 AM PDT

25 Tweets We Definitely Don't Need To Explain To Married PeopleOnce you've been married long enough, you'll start to notice the same themes


Wiesmann returns! New model and Salon Privé display announced

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 07:19 AM PDT

Wiesmann returns! New model and Salon Privé display announcedSports car maker is back with the announcement of a new model and a V8 heritage display set for prestigious concours


Mayoral candidate: Chicago doesn't have to be like this

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:04 AM PDT

Mayoral candidate: Chicago doesn't have to be like thisFormer Chicago superintendent of police Garry McCarthy, who was terminated by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, details his plan to reverse the wave of gun violence on 'America's Newsroom.'


Huge Brawl Breaks Out at New York Nail Salon After Customer Refuses to Pay After She Complains About Service

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 10:55 AM PDT

Huge Brawl Breaks Out at New York Nail Salon After Customer Refuses to Pay After She Complains About ServiceThe woman was apparently unsatisfied with the work done on her eyebrows.


The Latest: Soldiers pull man alive from collapsed mosque

Posted: 06 Aug 2018 07:19 PM PDT

The Latest: Soldiers pull man alive from collapsed mosqueMATARAM, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on an earthquake that struck Indonesia's Lombok island (all times local):


Canada PM does not back down on rights defense in Saudi spat

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 02:23 PM PDT

Canada PM does not back down on rights defense in Saudi spatCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday refused to apologize for calling out Saudi Arabia on its human rights record, after Riyadh said it was considering further punitive measures against Ottawa over its criticisms of the kingdom. Tensions have been high between the two countries since Monday, when Riyadh expelled Canada's ambassador, recalled its own envoy and froze all new trade and investments. Riyadh also said it will relocate thousands of Saudi students studying in Canada to other countries, while state airline Saudia announced it was suspending flights to Toronto.


Trump faces political test in Ohio as five states cast votes

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 07:59 AM PDT

Trump faces political test in Ohio as five states cast votesPresident Donald Trump faces a test of his political influence on Tuesday in a special congressional election in Ohio that has become a referendum on his leadership and a last chance to gauge Democratic strength ahead of November's midterm elections. The Ohio race for a U.S. House of Representatives seat headlines a day of voting across the country that also features primaries in four other states. Other key contests include a Democratic battle for governor in Michigan between a progressive and a mainstream candidate and a high-profile conservative challenge to the incumbent Republican governor in Kansas.


Trump 'planning to make it harder for legal immigrants to gain citizenship'

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 01:29 PM PDT

Trump 'planning to make it harder for legal immigrants to gain citizenship'The Trump administration is reportedly planning to penalise immigrants to the who have applied for public benefits, in a major departure from current US practice that could affect millions of people. The White House intends to issue a proposal in the coming weeks that would make it harder for immigrants to get a green card or become a citizen if they have used benefits like Obamacare, children's health insurance, or food stamps, according to NBC News. The proposal is reportedly part of White House policy adviser Stephen Miller's plan to reduce the number of immigrants eligible to stay permanently in the US.


'Crazy Rich Asians' Locations You Can Visit In Real Life

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 09:06 AM PDT

'Crazy Rich Asians' Locations You Can Visit In Real LifeThis has been the summer of Crazy Rich Asians. Everyone seems to be reading


NYPD: Dad fled to Thailand after tossing dead baby in river

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 04:29 PM PDT

NYPD: Dad fled to Thailand after tossing dead baby in riverNEW YORK (AP) — A Bronx dad fled to Thailand after carrying his dead 7-month-old baby around New York City in a backpack and tossing his body into a river near the Brooklyn Bridge and other tourist spots, police said Wednesday.


Ford Configurator Says 2019 Ranger Starts at $24,000

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 10:48 AM PDT

Ford Configurator Says 2019 Ranger Starts at $24,000We've reached out to Ford to confirm if this information is accurate.


Watch: The mountain where classic Land Rovers are life and death

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 05:35 AM PDT

Watch: The mountain where classic Land Rovers are life and deathIn brand's 70th year, a team from Solihull visits town of Maneybhanjang to witness how classic Land Rovers are relied on when no other vehicle can manage


Couple in Shock as They're Charged With Murder in Death of Malnourished Daughter in Michigan

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 11:32 AM PDT

Couple in Shock as They're Charged With Murder in Death of Malnourished Daughter in MichiganSeth Welch and his wife Tatiana, both 27, are accused of failing to seek medical treatment for their daughter over religious reasons.


Still raging: Largest wildfire in California history grows

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:05 AM PDT

Still raging: Largest wildfire in California history growsWildfires tearing through trees and brush, rampaging up hillsides and incinerating neighborhoods: The places and names change, but the devastation is showing signs of becoming the new normal in California. Twin fires in Northern California being treated as one are the largest wildfire in state history and by Tuesday had scorched 455 square miles (1,178 square kilometers) — nearly the size of the city of Los Angeles. The Mendocino Complex fire north of San Francisco was still growing this week as it broke the record set eight months ago.


16 Unexpected Ways To Use Rice Krispies

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 08:42 AM PDT

16 Unexpected Ways To Use Rice Krispies


US reimposes tough, unilateral sanctions against Iran

Posted: 06 Aug 2018 09:08 PM PDT

US reimposes tough, unilateral sanctions against IranThe United States re-imposed a wave of tough, unilateral sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, bringing back into effect harsh penalties that had been lifted under a historic, multi-party nuclear agreement that President Donald Trump abandoned in May. The first of two rounds of US sanctions kicked in at 12:01 am (0431 GMT), targeting Iran's access to US banknotes and key industries, including cars and carpets. Iranians are already seeing the effects of the sanctions, with Iran's rial currency losing around half its value since Trump announced the US would withdraw from the 2015 nuclear accord.


Saudi Arabia ends medical programmes and moves patients out of Canada in deepening diplomatic row

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 04:07 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia ends medical programmes and moves patients out of Canada in deepening diplomatic rowSaudi Arabia is transferring all Saudi patients currently receiving medical treatment in Canada to different countries as the diplomatic row between Riyadh and Ottawa shows no sign of abating. All Saudi medical treatment programmes in Canada have been cancelled and arrangements are already underway to move patients out of the country, a state-run Saudi news agency said on Wednesday, citing Fahd bin Ibrahim Al Tamimi, the Saudi health attaché to the US and Canada. The move comes after Saudi Arabia took the stern step this week of expelling the Canadian ambassador and suspending all new trade and investment between the two countries – a retaliation for criticism of the arrests of Saudi civil rights activists.


'Stateless' Thai cave boys and coach granted citizenship

Posted: 08 Aug 2018 07:18 AM PDT

'Stateless' Thai cave boys and coach granted citizenshipThree boys from a soccer team who were rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand last month were granted Thai citizenship on Wednesday, authorities said. Ekapol and 12 boys had gone to explore the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai province on June 23, when a rainy-season downpour flooded the cave system and trapped them underground. Three of the boys and Ekapol were considered stateless, even though they were born in Thailand, until local authorities checked their qualifications, including birth certificates, and approved their requests for Thai citizenship.


What is Lyme disease?

Posted: 07 Aug 2018 10:28 AM PDT

What is Lyme disease?New reports estimate that every state in the U.S. has seen cases of Lyme disease. What exactly is the tick-riddled disease and how can you be sure you have it?


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