| Trump denounces Mueller's investigative team as 'hardened Democrats' Posted: 18 Mar 2018 09:11 AM PDT  President Trump accused Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections of Democratic bias on Sunday morning.
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| Treasure hunters and FBI search for lost Civil War gold in Pennsylvania Posted: 18 Mar 2018 09:43 AM PDT  A story that $55 million in Union gold was lost during the Civil War has long been dismissed as a myth — but this week, a team of FBI agents joined the search in rural Pennsylvania.
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| Cirque Du Soleil Aerialist Dies After Falling During Show in Florida Posted: 18 Mar 2018 01:21 PM PDT  A Cirque du Soleil aerialist is dead after falling during a performance in
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| Final Victims Recovered From Florida Bridge Wreckage Posted: 18 Mar 2018 02:09 AM PDT  Following an around-the-clock rescue effort at the site of a collapsed
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| Thomas Phelan, a 9/11 Hero, Dies of Cancer Linked to Toxic Dust Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:41 AM PDT  He's credited with rescuing hundreds people on the tragic day.
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| Putin says 'nonsense' to think Russia would poison spy in Britain Posted: 18 Mar 2018 02:28 PM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday it was nonsense to think that Moscow would have poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, who are critically ill in a British hospital. Britain has said that Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by the Soviet-era 'Novichok' nerve agent, and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Sunday that Russia has been stockpiling it and investigating how such weapons could be used in assassinations.
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| Alabama Lawmaker Opposes Arming Teachers Because 'Lady Teachers' Are 'Scared Of Guns' Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:29 AM PDT  An Alabama lawmaker says arming teachers to protect against gun violence in
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| The Latest: Bermuda police say body found near fort Posted: 19 Mar 2018 02:25 PM PDT  HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — The Latest on the American student reported missing in Bermuda (all times local):
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| Freight Train Collision In Kentucky Sends 4 To Hospital Posted: 19 Mar 2018 09:03 AM PDT  Four people were taken to a hospital after two freight trains collided and
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| Collector who bought Jesse James picture for just £7 on eBay told it could be worth £2 million Posted: 19 Mar 2018 05:28 AM PDT  A collector has hit the jackpot after being told that an old photograph he picked up on eBay for just £7 was a genuine portrait of infamous Wild West outlaw Jesse James, worth up to £2 million. Justin Whiting, 45, bought the photograph in July 2017 and immediately tracked down Will Dunniway, a 19th century photography expert from California. He was astonished when forensic experts confirmed his picture of infamous Wild West outlaw Jesse James was genuine and could sell for six figures. Single Justin, from Spalding, Lincs., said: "Anything is possible on eBay so I kept buying the odd photograph for a few quid, like other people would buy a lottery ticket. "I noticed the picture for sale - it was ten dollars. It was a bit blurry on the site but when I got it, it was a lot clearer. "I thought to myself: 'Gee wizz, this could be a real photo!' I've been obsessed with American outlaws for years and read lots of books and study their faces. Justin Whiting's photo of Jesse James (right) and an existing picture of the outlaw at a similar age Credit: Justin Whiting / SWNS.com "The picture was identical to the one in my book, except it was full length. All my friends said it was the same but I knew I needed to contact experts. "I didn't dare to believe they would say it was genuine and worth at least two million." Expert Mr Dunniway confirmed the photograph was a genuine portrait of bank robber Jesse taken when the babyfaced outlaw was just 14. His report said: "The age of this image was about 1861-2 and is correct in every way to this period. "When it is compared to the much used comparison image I believe it was taken on the same day by the same photographer. "It is very evident by the face, hair cut, jacket, shirt and tie that this is the same image of Jesse James at 14 years old. One of the originals." The eBay listing from which Justin Whiting picked up an old photo Credit: Justin Whiting / SWNS.com Justin then sent the 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches Victorian tintype photograph to Los Angeles forensic expert Kent Gibson who has verified evidence for the FBI. Mr Gibson confirmed the image was authentic and said: "All power to Justin. An authentic photograph of outlaw Billy the Kid sold for $5million in 2015 so the sky's the limit. "Jesse James is a very famous outlaw so this is obviously a valuable image." Justin, who has been out of work since 2003 due to back problems, has already been in touch with posh London auction house Christie's and is looking forward to spending his windfall. He said: "I'm definitely selling it. I'll be able to buy my own house and my own car. I can't wait. Good things do happen sometimes." Jesse may have robbed a few banks in his time, but Justin isn't taking any chances with his haul. He said: "I'm being super careful. That photograph is the most valuable thing I've ever had in my possession. It's staying in my friend's safe for now."
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| Zimbabwe's president threatens to prosecute forex culprits Posted: 19 Mar 2018 07:07 AM PDT  Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday named hundreds of mines, Chinese businesses and individuals who had illegally transferred foreign currency abroad during Robert Mugabe's rule and warned they would be prosecuted. The announcement came after the expiry of a three month amnesty for the return of funds including export proceeds, payments for phantom imports and "funds transferred to foreign banks in cash or under spurious circumstances". Authorities say Zimbabwe lost at least $1.4 billion (1.1 billion euros) in revenue as a result.
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| Trump Attacks McCabe, Comey And Mueller Probe In Sunday Tweet Barrage Posted: 18 Mar 2018 07:52 AM PDT  President Donald Trump once again attempted to dismantle the credibility of
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| Austin bombings: Who has been targeted in series of attacks, are they hate crimes and who is behind the explosions? Posted: 19 Mar 2018 07:55 AM PDT  A fourth explosion in less than a month has hit Austin, Texas, with police hunting for what they believe to be a "serial bomber" or bombers with all of the incidents believed to be linked. Police have appealed for video surveillance footage from residents and called on them to stay clear of any suspicious packages. Austin Police Chief Brian Manley asked the city "to have an extra level of vigilance and pay attention to any suspicious device whether it be a package, a bag, a backpack, anything that looks out of place and do not approach it".
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| Vladimir Putin wins re-election for fourth term Posted: 18 Mar 2018 09:28 AM PDT  The result of Russia's presidential election was known before any ballots were cast, with the only variable how many citizens would show up to cast votes. Many in the opposition abstained from voting, instead observing polling places for irregularities.
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| Report: Kushner's Company Filed False Tenant Paperwork That Boosted Property Profits Posted: 18 Mar 2018 06:21 PM PDT  The family real estate company co-owned by White House adviser Jared Kushner
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| US student found dead in Bermuda after intense search Posted: 19 Mar 2018 02:47 PM PDT HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — A Pennsylvania college student who disappeared following a rugby tournament in Bermuda was found dead Monday after an intensive search of the British island territory.
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| Bomb blast in Syria's Afrin kills seven civilians, four Syrian rebels: Anadolu Posted: 19 Mar 2018 01:12 AM PDT ![Bomb blast in Syria's Afrin kills seven civilians, four Syrian rebels: Anadolu]( "Bomb blast in Syria's Afrin kills seven civilians, four Syrian rebels: Anadolu") A bomb blast in a four-floor building in the town of Afrin in northwest Syria killed seven civilians and four Free Syrian Army members overnight, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday. The explosion hit after the Syrian rebels swept into the town with Turkish forces on Sunday, declaring full control after an eight-week campaign to drive out Kurdish YPG forces. A spokesman for the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army rebels said on Sunday they had entered Afrin before dawn, meeting no resistance.
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| We Now Know When Navy Aircraft Carriers Will be Armed with F-35s Posted: 19 Mar 2018 06:41 AM PDT  US Navy leaders have announced that the first-of-its kind carrier-launched F-35C stealth fighter will deploy for its first operational deployment on the USS Carl Vinson -- in 2021. Adm. S.D. Conn, Director, Air Warfare Chief of Naval Operations, told Congress. "Stealth technology and advanced integrated systems enable the F-35C to counter rapidly evolving air-to-air and surface-to-air threats.
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| Massive volcano described in apocalyptic poem ushered in Christianity for Iceland's Vikings Posted: 18 Mar 2018 05:01 PM PDT  A massive volcanic eruption helped convert Iceland's Vikings to Christianity more than a thousand years ago, according to new research. Memories of the largest lava flood in the history of Iceland, recorded in a medieval poem, were used to drive the island's conversion to Christianity, suggests the study. A team of scientists and historians, led by Cambridge University researchers, has used information contained within ice cores and tree rings to accurately date the massive eruption, which took place soon after the island was first settled. Having dated the eruption, the researchers found that Iceland's most celebrated medieval poem, which describes the end of the pagan gods and the coming of a new, singular god, describes the eruption and uses memories of it to stimulate the Christianisation of Iceland. The eruption of the Eldgjá in the 10th Century is known as a lava flood: a rare type of prolonged volcanic eruption in which huge flows of lava engulf the landscape, accompanied by a haze of sulphurous gases. Iceland specialises in this type of eruption - the last example occurred in 2015, and it affected air quality hundreds of miles away in Ireland. An Icelandic lava flow Credit: Telegraph The Eldgjá lava flood affected southern Iceland within a century of the island's settlement by Vikings and Celts around 874. But until now the date of the eruption has been uncertain, hindering investigation of its likely impacts. Scientists say it was a "colossal" event with around 20 cubic kilometres of lava erupted - enough to cover all of England up to the ankles. The Cambridge-led team pinpointed the date of the eruption using ice core records from Greenland that preserve the volcanic fallout from Eldgjá. Using the clues contained within the ice cores, they found that the eruption began around the spring of 939 and continued at least through the autumn of 940. At a glance | Deadliest volcanic eruptions Study first author Dr Clive Oppenheimer, of Cambridge's Department of Geography, said: "This places the eruption squarely within the experience of the first two or three generations of Iceland's settlers. "Some of the first wave of migrants to Iceland, brought over as children, may well have witnessed the eruption." Once they had a date for the eruption, the team then investigated its consequences. First, a haze of sulphurous dust spread across Europe, recorded as sightings of an exceptionally blood-red and weakened Sun in Irish, German and Italian chronicles from the same period.
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| Rep. Trey Gowdy To Trump's Lawyer: If You Have An Innocent Client, 'Act Like It' Posted: 18 Mar 2018 10:42 AM PDT  Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) pushed back against President Donald Trump's lawyer
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| Alleged Costco Thieves Busted by Their Predictable Getaway Habits, Cops Say Posted: 19 Mar 2018 09:41 AM PDT  Cops say they backed their truck up to the back door of the store.
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| Chrysler's Turbine Car Secretly Used a Ford Part Posted: 19 Mar 2018 09:00 AM PDT  To make the Chrysler Turbine Car drivable, engineers had to obtain a crate of parts from a Ford factory under shady circumstances.
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| Helicopter Carrying Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Experienced Engine Failure Last Week Posted: 19 Mar 2018 12:58 PM PDT  Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner were on a helicopter traveling from
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| Cirque du Soleil performer dies after falling during performance Posted: 18 Mar 2018 04:21 PM PDT  A Cirque du Soleil performer died Saturday after falling during the show. Witnesses describe the scene on Snapchat.
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| The Latest: Police say all victims found in bridge collapse Posted: 17 Mar 2018 08:23 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on the deadly pedestrian bridge collapse in Miami (all times local):
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| Is this how Vladimir Putin secured record landslide win? Video appears to show woman voting multiple times in Russia election Posted: 19 Mar 2018 02:20 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin has received a record number of votes to win a triumphant re-election amid an opposition boycott at home and muted reaction abroad. With 99.84 per cent of ballots counted, Mr Putin had received more than 76 per cent of the vote, the central electoral commission said on Monday. A record 56.2 million Russians voted for the current president on Sunday, almost four million more than voted for all parties in the 2016 parliamentary election, it said. While dozens of egregious examples of ballot-stuffing and other irregularities were caught on camera, the electoral commission claimed there were fewer confirmed violations than in 2012. The results of seven polling stations would be annulled due to violations, it said. It was previously reported that the results at a polling station in the Moscow region where a woman was filmed stuffing ballots would be voided. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused the authorities of falsifying votes, noting that his 33,000 electoral observers had recorded a turnout of 55 per cent, 12 per cent lower than the official figure. Monitors from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe criticised Sunday's election for lacking "real choice," saying many Russians had been pressured to vote and media had failed to cover the race critically. Electoral commission head Yelena Pamfilova hinted that British accusations that the Russian government was behind the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury had helped mobilise voters. Russian election results 2018 Putin hit a record vote in this year's election Turnout of 67% would be average for Russia "Our people always unite in difficult moments, so a big thank-you to certain leaders of Western countries, I won't name them, who also made their own positive contribution by facilitating the consolidation and unification of our people," Ms Pamfilova said. The United States, which has also raised suspicions Russia was behind Mr Skripal's poisoning, adopted new sanctions last week against Russians implicated in cyber attacks and trolling during the US election. Ms Pamfilova's comments mirrored what voters told The Telegraph in Odintsovo, a city in the Moscow region. "Why would we do it? Why would we need this right before the election?" Sergei Matveyev, a pensioner who had just voted for Mr Putin, said of the Skripal poisoning. "Those for whom sanctions are advantageous, they did it." Central electoral commission head Ella Pamfilova, centre, announces the results on Monday Credit: Sergei Bobylev/TASS via Getty The leaders of Serbia, Belarus, Iran, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba praised his victory. Chinese president Xi Jinping sent a message saying he was ready to take China-Russia relations "to a higher level". Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said the Russian president's win "solidifies his leadership," while Evo Morales in Bolivia said Mr Putin "guarantees the geopolitical equilibrium against the charge of imperialism". But Western leaders were less forthcoming with their congratulations to Sunday's victor. "We can't talk about a fair political competition in all respects as we would understand it," German foreign minister Heiko Maas said of the Russian election, speaking to counterparts from other European Union countries on Monday. "Russia will remain a difficult partner. But Russia will also be needed for solutions to the big international conflicts and so we want to remain in dialogue." Meanwhile, German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier became the first Western leader to congratulate Mr Putin on his win and praised "close cooperation" between their countries. A new gas pipeline between Russia and Germany is expected to open next year despite opposition from European leaders. Vladimir Putin celebrates his win during a concert outside the Kremlin on Sunday celebrating the fourth anniversary of Crimea's annexation Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP In a telegram, Angela Merkel congratulated and wished Mr Putin "success in the tasks ahead" and said they should "continue the dialogue with one another and to foster relations between our states and peoples". Emmanuel Macron called Mr Putin on Monday, but rather than congratulate him, he raised concerns about Russia's role in Syria, Ukraine and Salisbury. "The president of the [French] republic restated his conviction that, on a clarified basis, cooperation between Europe and Russia, essential for the security of the European continent, was in the interests of our countries," Mr Macron's office said in a statement. Swedish FM Margot Wallström said the Russian poll was "in many ways a rigged election and a foregone conclusion". At a meeting on Monday with the candidates he had easily defeated the day before, Mr Putin said "no one is planning to accelerate some kind of arms race" and called for developing "constructive" relations with other countries. The comments were a turnaround from his bellicose rhetoric during a state-of-the-nation speech earlier this month, when he claimed that Russia was developing a bevy of nuclear weapons invulnerable to US missile defence. Foreign minister Boris Johnson has said it is "overwhelmingly likely" that Mr Putin ordered the nerve agent attack on Mr Skripal, and last week the UK expelled 23 Russian diplomats suspected of spying In response, Russia kicked out 23 British diplomatic staff and shut down the UK's St Petersburg consulate and the British Council cultural group. Mr Putin denied links to the Skripal poisoning on Sunday evening. "Any reasonable person understands that it would be total rubbish, ravings and nonsense for anyone in Russia to allow themselves such antics ahead of the election and the World Cup," he told journalists. Putin vote share map Putin gained votes in most regions With Mr Putin's win a foregone conclusion, all eyes had been on the turnout. Mr Navalny, who was barred from running due to a politically tinged embezzlement conviction, called a boycott of the vote while mobilising 26,000 volunteer electoral observers. In several regions, these observers counted up to 25 per cent fewer votes than were reported by election authorities. Vedomosti newspaper pointed out that the number of registered voters had mysteriously increased by 1.5 million overnight on Sunday, according to electoral commission statements. In a YouTube livestream on Sunday evening, Mr Navalny refused to join a new party being formed by presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak, a liberal journalist and former reality TV star who garnered less than 2 per cent of the vote, accusing her of being a Kremlin stooge. "The task of all the 'opposition' candidates is for us all to languish in horror and melancholy, thinking that there are very few of us," Mr Navalny wrote on Twitter on Monday. "No one supports the opposition, etc. Don't even think of thinking this way." Ilya Yashin, who heads a rare opposition majority on a district council in central Moscow, criticised Ms Sobchak's statements yesterday that the elections were "transparent" with "few violations" and said her candidacy was meant to legitimise the president's victory after Mr Navalny was banned. "Remember, when the real independent opposition is able to participate in elections, the results look completely different from yesterday's," he said, citing the victories in his and other Moscow districts last fall and the 2013 election of independent mayor Yevgeny Roizman in Yekaterinburg.
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| 'Black Panther' clings to lead, nears an all-time record Posted: 18 Mar 2018 09:55 AM PDT  Digging in its claws, "Black Panther" has clung to its box-office lead for a fifth straight weekend, taking in an estimated $27 million in North American theaters while fending off two new films, website Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. The Disney/Marvel superhero film has now earned a domestic total of just over $600 million while becoming the first film since "Avatar" in 2009 to hold the top spot for five straight weekends. "Black Panther," starring Chadwick Boseman as the superhero king of a utopian African country, has almost singlehandedly kept the year's box office total slightly above the same period last year.
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| Saudi Crown Prince Must Answer For Atrocities In Yemen Posted: 18 Mar 2018 01:22 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia's much-discussed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is coming to
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| Ex-politburo member faces second graft trial Vietnam Posted: 19 Mar 2018 04:37 AM PDT  A former politburo member went on trial in Vietnam Monday in his second corruption case this year, as the communist state continues its public crackdown on powerful figures in politics and business accused of graft. Dinh La Thang, who was also the former head of state-run oil giant PetroVietnam (PVN), is already serving a 13-year jail term for a previous conviction for corruption. The new trial sees him accused of approving a $35 million investment of state funds in Ocean Bank in 2008 without the authorisation of PVN's board or the Prime Minister.
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| Volkswagen reveals four-wheel-drive, ID R electric-powered prototype Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:16 AM PDT  Volkswagen is a manufacturer that's been making a lot of noise recently about its plans for new electric and hybrid vehicles, but one of the first that will actually be seen in action may surprise a few people. The car has been named the ID R Pikes Peak, and as well as putting in a spectacular time at the hill climb event it's also designed to showcase the potential and spectacular performance capabilities of Volkswagen's electric car technology.
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| Lin Manuel Miranda And Ben Platt Join Forces For Ultimate Broadway Mashup Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:05 AM PDT  If we don't live to see their glory, at least we'll have this moving
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| Russia Feared Hitler's Panzer Tanks. But They Might Have Feared Who Led Them Even More. Posted: 18 Mar 2018 06:25 AM PDT  Using speed and daring, Panzer leader Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz achieved multiple victories on the Eastern Front in World War II. Russia Feared Hitler's Panzer Tanks. Strachwitz attended the Volksschule and the Gymnasium of Oppeln.
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| US, South Korea, Japan discuss denuclearization, summits Posted: 19 Mar 2018 04:00 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Top U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials discussed how to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during weekend talks ahead of upcoming inter-Korean and U.S.-North Korean summits, Seoul said Monday.
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| President says Zimbabwe to hold elections in July Posted: 18 Mar 2018 05:35 AM PDT ![President says Zimbabwe to hold elections in July]( "President says Zimbabwe to hold elections in July") Zimbabwe's first presidential and parliamentary elections since the end of former strongman Robert Mugabe's long rule will take place in July, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday. The polls will be the first major test of the new leader, who took power in November after a de facto military coup forced the 94-year-old Mugabe to resign. "As a nation, party and government, we are looking forward to very peaceful, transparent and harmonised elections in July this year," Mnangagwa told reporters after a meeting with South Africans President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday night.
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| Military-style squads swoop on kissing students on Chinese college campus Posted: 19 Mar 2018 05:09 AM PDT  AChinese college has come under fire for deploying squads dressed in military uniforms to crack down on couples who kiss and cuddle on campus. The student patrols wear camouflage and helmets, and perform intimidating night-time drills marching around Binzhou Vocational College, in the eastern Shandong province, according to videos shared on Chinese social media. A college official said the squads were responsible for clamping down on a range of "inappropriate behaviour", including smoking and dropping litter. But many in China were outraged that they have also been given powers to warn couples against showing public affection, and to threaten them with being named and shamed for their behaviour. Many in China - particularly older generations - are deeply conservative, and public affection is rare in the country. But an adventurous generation of young, mainly urban Chinese are pushing back the frontiers of what is accepted, and attitudes are far removed from the puritan days of radical Communist Party rule that their parents lived under. An adventurous generation of young, mainly urban Chinese are pushing back the frontiers of what is accepted Credit: ChinaFotoPress/Getty The campus crackdown comes amid a wider war on immoral living that has been launched since President Xi Jinping assumed leadership of the Party in 2012. Crass and vulgar comment has been targeted on the Chinese Internet, while authorities have sought to curb news reports which promote "Western values". Strict regulations on gluttony and "improper sexual relations" have also been rolled out for the Communist Party's 88 million members. But Binzhou Vocational College's student squads sparked a backlash on social media after a video went viral showing a trio of men wearing helmets and military attire confronting a couple who were embracing. The Paper, a Shanghai-based news portal, quoted a college employee saying that the patrol had only sought to give the couple a warning, but that the male student "threw a fit". There were many comments on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, expressing anger that touchy-feely couples were being intimidated by the military-style squads. "What a freak school!" said one. "The headmaster obviously doesn't have a happy marriage." Another said: "College students can get married, so why can't they have romantic relationships?" Media reports said the school had warned in an online post that "serious offenders" could have their names released and face public criticism on the campus. It comes after another college in the city of Rizhao - which is also in Shandong province - came under fire last year for rolling out a campaign against kissing, cuddling and "uncivilised" behaviour. The Shandong Foreign Languages Vocational College set up a designated room where students could see photographs of their peers who been involved in "uncivilised behaviour", such as holding hands. Additional reporting by Christine Wei
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| Kris Kobach Really, Really Did Not Want You To See This Deposition. Read It Here. Posted: 19 Mar 2018 08:15 AM PDT  The morning after Donald Trump was elected President, Kansas Secretary of
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| Russia hits back in spy poisoning row as experts called in Posted: 19 Mar 2018 12:40 PM PDT  Russia hit back at Britain in the spy poisoning row on Monday, demanding proof of its alleged involvement in a nerve agent attack, as international weapons experts arrived to take samples of the toxic substance. The March 4 poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal, which took place just two weeks ahead of Russia's presidential poll in which Vladimir Putin was re-elected, has plunged relations between London and Moscow into crisis. As the European Union offered Britain its "unqualified solidarity", the Kremlin demanded London either come up with proof of Russia's involvement -- or apologise.
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| This reunion between cat and owner might be the most heartwarming thing you'll read all day Posted: 18 Mar 2018 09:42 AM PDT  There's nothing more heartbreaking than a missing pet—but there's also nothing more heartwarming than a reunion. Get the tissues ready, this one is a doozy. Twitter user @ngvhi hopped online to share the most beautiful story about how she was reunited, five years later, with her sweet cat and first pet. Meet Panther. SEE ALSO: We're calling 'fake news' on the report that 'Black Panther' caused a surge in black cat adoptions hi I can't believe this is real because I am still in shock but my first pet ever my cat panther just came home today after going missing FIVE YEARS AGO. FIVE. YEARS. AGO. — nguhi (@ngvhi) March 16, 2018 "Sometime after Panther went missing he apparently turned up in a shelter in the next city 15 mi away," she wrote. "Days before he was going to be euthanized he was adopted! And lived with a women [sic] for a little while in yet another city." Apparently the woman who adapted Panther kept him until she couldn't any longer, and ultimately gave him to her parents—who just so happened to be @ngvhi's neighbor. So, for over a year, Panther (whose name changed to Charlie) was literally living his best indoor cat life right next door. "These happen to be the neighbors that bought a Siberian husky that quickly turned out to be too much to handle. I started taking care of him until they asked if I wanted to fully adopt him," she continued. Yep that's right, this story also involves a doggo. The neighbors took in her cat, unknowingly, and she ended up with their dog. of course I said yes which is why last year I adopted my beautiful baby boy trotsky. ALL WHILE UNBEKNOWNST TO ME MY LONG LOST CAT PANTHER WAS LIVING INDOORS. I took their dog and they took my cat. pic.twitter.com/LkkAYKb5Hi — nguhi (@ngvhi) March 17, 2018 One day, her neighbors called to ask if they had seen a missing Charlie—aka Panther. When Charlie/Panther did turn up, Trotsky the husky (which, side note, is a perfect name) didn't freak out. "HE ALREADY KNEW HIM. THEY'D LIVED TOGETHER BEFORE," @ngvhi wrote. "Our neighbors were as flabbergasted as us and insisted we keep him because he really was ours. we (I was overruled) decided to give him back since he was comfortable there and we already have a dog and cat," she tweeted. "It was heartbreaking but I can't even be sad bc today was truly surreal. They've given me permission to visit my beautiful boy whenever I'd like. How is it possible that they gave me this dog I adore and have fostered my first best friend." you know how you lose a person or pet and you wish you had one more day with them just to let them know how much you love them and how much they mean to you? I just had that day with Panther. I never would have guessed that 5 years later I'd get to kiss his little head again ❤️ pic.twitter.com/KQyEQ67QFy — nguhi (@ngvhi) March 17, 2018 "You know how you lose a person or pet and you wish you had one more day with them just to let them know how much you love them and how much they mean to you?," she wrote. "I just had that day with Panther. I never would have guessed that 5 years later I'd get to kiss his little head again." this is surreal I'd just accepted he'd died and he's sitting next to me purring like it's nothing ��❤️ my heart is so full!! pic.twitter.com/bnYxRwpKRp — nguhi (@ngvhi) March 17, 2018 Mashable has reached out to @ngvhi for more information but until then, cue all of the tears and all of the feelings. �� WATCH: We're calling 'fake news' on the report that 'Black Panther' caused a surge in black cat adoptions
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| Disgraced former Catholic Cardinal O'Brien dies aged 80 Posted: 19 Mar 2018 04:58 AM PDT  A disgraced former head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland who stepped down in 2013 after a sex scandal has died aged 80, the Church said on Monday. O'Brien initially denied the allegations but then apologized for sexual conduct he said had "fallen below the standards expected of me". O'Brien, once Britain's most senior Catholic cleric, promised to play no further role in the Church in Scotland and did not take part in the conclave that elected Benedict's successor, Pope Francis.
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| Syrian President Assad visits troops on Ghouta's front line Posted: 18 Mar 2018 10:15 AM PDT  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad visited troops Sunday on the front line in the newly captured areas of eastern Ghouta, near the capital Damascus, hailing their recent advances as a part of a larger battle against global terrorism.
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| NKorean diplomat heads to Finland for talks with US, SKorea Posted: 18 Mar 2018 07:01 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A senior North Korean diplomat who handles North American affairs was heading to Finland on Sunday for talks with the United States and South Korea.
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| Stephen Hawking leaves behind 'breathtaking' final multiverse theory Posted: 18 Mar 2018 10:27 AM PDT  A final theory explaining how mankind might detect parallel universes was completed by Stephen Hawking shortly before he died, it has emerged. Colleagues have revealed the renowned theoretical physicist's final academic work was to set out the groundbreaking mathematics needed for a spacecraft to find traces of multiple big bangs. Currently being reviewed by a leading scientific journal, the paper, named A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation, may turn out to be Hawking's most important scientific legacy. The new paper is a bid to clear up an issue thrown up by Hawking's 1983 "no-boundaries" theory Credit: Barcroft Images Fellow researchers have said that if the evidence which the new theory promises had been discovered before Hawking died last week, it may have secured the Nobel Prize which had eluded him for so long. The new paper seeks to resolve an issue thrown up by Hawking's 1983 "no-boundary" theory which described how the universe burst into existence with the big bang. According to that account, the universe instantaneously expanded from a tiny point into a prototype of what we live in today, a process known as inflation. But the theory also predicted an infinite number of big bangs, each creating their own universe, a "multiverse", which presented a mathematical paradox because it is seemingly impossible to measure. Read more | Professor Stephen Hawking Carlos Frenk, professor of cosmology at Durham University, told The Sunday Times: The intriguing idea in Hawking's paper is that [the multiverse] left its imprint on the background radiation permeating our universe and we could measure it with a detector on a spaceship. "These ideas offer the breathtaking prospect of finding evidence for the existence of other universe." Professor Thomas Hertog, from KU Leuven University in Belgium, worked with Hawking on the new theory and said he met the Cambridge scientist two weeks ago to discuss its final approval. "This was Stephen: to boldly go where Star Trek fears to tread," he said. "He has often been nominated for the Nobel and should have won it. Now he never can." In quotes | Stephen Hawking Despite the hopeful promise of Hawking's final work, it also comes with the depressing prediction that, ultimately, the universe will fade into blackness as stars simply run out of energy. He died last Wednesday in Cambridge at the age of 76, having suffered from a rare form of motor neurone disease since 1964. He eventually became confined to a wheelchair and dependent on a computerised voice system for communication. His most famous popular, A Brief History of Time, was published in 1988 and sold more than 10 million copies within 20 years.
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