| Trump says 'DACA is dead' in post-Easter tweetstorm Posted: 02 Apr 2018 07:06 AM PDT  The president blamed Democrats for the demise of the Obama-era immigration policy, even though he himself effectively ended the program eight months ago.
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| Family's Fatal Cliff Car Crash Likely Was Intentional, Police Say Posted: 02 Apr 2018 03:53 AM PDT  A week after a mysterious car crash killed at least six members of a
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| Study: This is the star sign most likely to become a CEO Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:41 PM PDT  Whether you're a loyal daily horoscope checker or a complete skeptic, it's
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| Fighters start to quit last rebel pocket of Syria's Ghouta Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:36 PM PDT  Syria's regime drew closer to taking full control of Eastern Ghouta on Monday as state media reported that fighters began evacuating the last rebel-held pocket of the former opposition stronghold near Damascus. A Russian-brokered deal had been reported on Sunday for fighters with Jaish al-Islam, the largest rebel group still in Ghouta, to leave the enclave's main town of Douma. The retaking of Eastern Ghouta would mark a major milestone in President Bashar al-Assad's efforts to regain control of territory seized by rebel factions during Syria's seven-year civil war.
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| A send-off for former White House staffers Posted: 01 Apr 2018 09:17 PM PDT  Former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks got her photo-op exit from the White House on her final day working for the president, but not all of the others who have left the administration received the same treatment.
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| Paddleboarder Critically Injured In Shark Attack Near Hawaii Beach Posted: 01 Apr 2018 05:40 PM PDT  A 25-year-old man paddleboarding off a beach in Hawaii was rushed to a local
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| Exclusive: Mexican leftist has 18-point lead as campaign kicks off - poll Posted: 02 Apr 2018 02:49 AM PDT  By Christine Murray MONTERREY (Reuters) - Mexican left-wing presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has an 18-point lead ahead of the July 1 election, according to a poll published on Monday that showed him with a growing advantage at the start of formal campaigning. Lopez Obrador, who launched his campaign on Sunday, holds 38 percent of the vote, according to the poll by Parametria, published by Reuters on Monday ahead of wider distribution. A Lopez Obrador victory could usher in a Mexican government less accommodating toward the United States, where President Donald Trump has stoked trade tensions with Mexico and aggressively moved to curb immigration.
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| Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, dies at 81 Posted: 02 Apr 2018 10:35 AM PDT ![Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, dies at 81]( "Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, dies at 81") Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, died on Monday at the age of 81, triggering an outpouring of tributes to one of the country's defining and most divisive figures.
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| Dorian Harris Stole Beer From A Corner Store, So The Clerk Shot Him Dead: Police Posted: 02 Apr 2018 01:26 PM PDT  A corner store clerk in Memphis, Tennessee, shot a black teenager to death
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| China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific Posted: 02 Apr 2018 06:32 AM PDT  China's defunct Tiangong 1 space station mostly burned up on re-entry into the atmosphere over the central South Pacific on Monday, Chinese space authorities said.
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| Older Ford Mustang Hits 150 MPH, Colorado Police End Pursuit Posted: 01 Apr 2018 02:28 PM PDT  Obviously, don't try this at home – or on the highway.
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| Hearts ache, anger surges after Siberian mall fire kills 64 Posted: 01 Apr 2018 12:38 PM PDT  KEMEROVO, Russia (AP) — Trapped inside a movie theater at a burning shopping center, 11-year-old Vika Pochankina made a panicked phone call to her aunt. "I'm suffocating. Tell Mama that I loved her," the girl said.
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| Trump Threatens ‘No more DACA Deal’ in Sunday Tweets Posted: 01 Apr 2018 08:57 AM PDT  President Trump claimed people are coming through Mexico to take advantage of DACA, or Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, when speaking to reporters and later threatened to end the Obama-era policy in a tweet.
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| On World Autism Awareness Day, Remember 'The Neglected End Of The Spectrum' Posted: 02 Apr 2018 02:45 AM PDT  When I hear that ping between 7 and 9 p.m., my heart leaps, because I know
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| Bahrain makes largest oil discovery in its history Posted: 01 Apr 2018 12:10 PM PDT  Bahrain on Sunday announced it has discovered the largest oil and gas field in the history of the small kingdom, which unlike its Gulf neighbours is not energy-rich. "The new resource is forecast to contain highly significant quantities of tight (light crude) oil and deep gas, dwarfing Bahrain's current reserves," said the country's Higher Committee for Natural Resources, which is chaired by Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad. The find in the Khaleej al-Bahrain, off the west coast, was "the largest discovery of oil in the country's history", it said in a statement.
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| Kellyanne Conway Is Biggest White House Leaker, Says Author Of New Book Posted: 01 Apr 2018 06:55 PM PDT  The author of the latest book on President Donald Trump's White House claims
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| The marchers are long gone from Selma, Ala. The poverty persists. Posted: 02 Apr 2018 02:57 AM PDT ![The marchers are long gone from Selma, Ala. The poverty persists.]( "The marchers are long gone from Selma, Ala. The poverty persists.") It seems that a town that made history has, 50 years later, been left behind by it.
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| North Carolina officer shoots, kills man during traffic stop Posted: 02 Apr 2018 11:33 AM PDT  A white North Carolina police officer shot and killed a black passenger who refused orders not to reach for a gun after a late-night traffic stop led to a physical struggle, authorities said Saturday.
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| British and American soldiers killed in Syria were on mission to capture Isil member, Pentagon says Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:41 PM PDT  A British and an American soldier killed in Syria last week were on a secret mission to kill or capture a member of the Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (Isil), the Pentagon has confirmed. Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar, from Austin, Texas, and Sgt. Matt Tonroe, a SAS sniper from Manchester, died in an improvised explosive devise blast in Manbij, Syria. The pair was killed and five other troops wounded on March 30. Few details have been released about the circumstances, but Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway, a Pentagon spokesman, said on Monday that they died in the top secret mission. The US military has not said whether the IED was in a building, a vehicle or buried in the road. The troops were out of their vehicles at the time of the explosion, according to a US official. There is also no word on whether the target was found and captured or killed. One indicator of the sensitivity of the mission was that Dunbar was identified publicly by the Army only as being "assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C." That specific language has been used in the past when troops killed in action have actually been part of the Army's elite Delta Force, a counterterrorism unit that is not publicly identified. CNN reported that Dunbar was assigned to Delta. Delta Force and the Naval Special Warfare Development Group - popularly known as Seal Team Six - are among the so-called Tier One units that specialise in high-risk counterterrorism and hostage rescue missions that are rarely acknowledged. Special operations forces have been in the Manbij area recently looking for high-value Isil operatives that may have fled to the area, the US official said. There are currently around 2,000 US troops in Syria, who mostly work with local allies fighting Isil. On Thursday President Donald Trump said that the US would "be coming out of Syria, like, very soon". It later emerged that he had suspended the funds for a $200 million stabilisation project in the country. His remarks caught military leaders off guard, and were strongly criticised by Lindsey Graham, Republican senator for South Carolina. Mr Graham warned that pulling out of Syria now, with Isil on the run, would be "the single worst decision" that the president could make.
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| Elon Musk makes light of Tesla's woes in April 1 Twitter prank Posted: 01 Apr 2018 10:00 PM PDT  Elon Musk, the flamboyant boss of Tesla and SpaceX, took to Twitter on April Fool's day to joke the electric car-maker, which has been rocked by bad news, was going bankrupt. "Despite intense efforts to raise money, including a last-ditch mass sale of Easter Eggs, we are sad to report that Tesla has gone completely and totally bankrupt. It has lost about a quarter of its share value since the end of February, and is also currently under investigation by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) following a fatal accident involving one of its cars in California on March 23rd.
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| Opioids prescribed less in states where medical marijuana legal, studies find Posted: 02 Apr 2018 11:31 AM PDT  A woman holds the prescribed medical marijuana product used to treat her daughter's epilepsy after making a purchase at a medical marijuana dispensary in Butler, Pennsylvania. The number of opioid prescriptions for the elderly and the poor declined in states where medical marijuana is legal, two new studies have found. In one study, researchers at the University of Georgia, Athens, used data from Medicare Part D, a government-run prescription drug program for people older than 65.
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| Woman's Dream of Taking Disney Cruise Dashed as She's Turned Away Since She Was Too Pregnant Posted: 02 Apr 2018 11:41 AM PDT  Disney Cruise Lines forbids women more than 25 weeks pregnant from boarding its ships.
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| Sinclair Broadcasting Orders Local Anchors To Record Bizarre 'Hostage' Video Posted: 01 Apr 2018 09:03 PM PDT  It's being slammed on Twitter as a "hostage" video.
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| Ethiopia installs new PM amid hopes he can stop protests Posted: 02 Apr 2018 05:55 AM PDT  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Young and outspoken Abiy Ahmed has been sworn in Monday as Ethiopia's prime minister, amid hopes he will be able to quell the sustained anti-government protests that have rocked Africa's second most populous nation.
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| 16 Tweets That Will Make Introverts Nod In Agreement Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:37 PM PDT  If you're an introvert, you likely value your alone time. You think before you
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| Man wounded after police say he fired at Kentucky officer Posted: 31 Mar 2018 08:02 PM PDT  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A man was shot and wounded after police say he fired a revolver at an officer during an early-morning incident in Louisville, Kentucky.
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| South Korea Is Deploying Hyper-Precise Missiles to Protect Seoul from North Korea Posted: 01 Apr 2018 05:08 AM PDT  South Korea's government would like nothing better than a peaceful, no-drama relationship with North Korea, and the administration of President Moon Jae-in clearly hopes that new talks with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un may de-escalate tensions. North Korea maintain hundreds of long-range Koksan 170-millimeter self-propelled guns, and 240- and 300-millimeter multiple rocket launchers capable of striking Seoul.
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| Israel rejects calls for independent probe of Gaza violence Posted: 01 Apr 2018 10:45 AM PDT  Israel rejected calls for an independent probe on Sunday after its soldiers killed 16 Palestinians and wounded hundreds more when a major demonstration led to clashes along the border with the Gaza Strip. Israel's military has faced questions from rights groups over its use of live fire on Friday, the bloodiest day in the conflict since a 2014 war, while Palestinians accused soldiers of firing on protesters posing no threat. Both UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini have called for an independent investigation.
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| 2018 Lexus RX L First Drive: More To Love Posted: 02 Apr 2018 06:02 AM PDT  Lexus added a third row to its best-selling vehicle, giving buyers even more reason to be excited.
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| Chinese space station Tiangong-1 set to crash land on Monday Posted: 01 Apr 2018 01:51 AM PDT  Call it Apocalypse not quite Now. The Chinese space station hurtling uncontrollably towards Earth is estimated to smash into the planet a day later than expected. Tiangong-1, known as "Heavenly Palace", was due to have entered the Earth's atmosphere by Sunday afternoon but now may not arrive until Monday morning. The delay, which offers Easter celebrators a temporary reprieve, was announced by the European Space Agency [ESA}, which is monitoring the station's movements. Yet the timings remain "highly variable" and it is unclear where and in what state the abandoned craft will eventually hit. The space station, placed into orbit in 2011, was due for a controlled re-entry but stopped working in March 2016. Without its engines it is unable to change course. How China lost control of it's space station It is said to be orbiting the Earth 16 times a day and tumbling over every three minutes in a downward spiral towards our planet. Yet experts said the chance of injury from the craft to those on the ground is minimal, given it is likely to break up during re-entry. Nearly 6,000 uncontrolled re-entries of large objects have occurred over the past 60 years without harming anyone, according to the ESA. The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 or 'Heavenly Palace' Credit: Quirky China News/REX/Shutterstock The China Manned Space Engineering Office moved to play down concerns on its WeChat social media account, saying there is "no need for people to worry". A spokesman said that such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". Lu Kang, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, said the country would step up efforts to coordinate with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs as the craft approaches. During re-entry, atmospheric drag will rip away solar arrays, antennas and other external components at an altitude of around 100 kilometres (60 miles), according to the Chinese space office. A photo of the giant screen at the Jiuquan space center shows the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft approching Tiangong-1 module for the automatic docking on July 18, 2012 Credit: STR/AFP/GettyImages The intensifying heat and friction will cause the main structure to burn or blow up, and it should disintegrate at an altitude of around 80 kilometres, it said. Most fragments will dissipate in the air and a small amount of debris will fall relatively slowly before landing across hundreds of square kilometres, most likely in the ocean. One expert said the craft would break up into a "series of fireballs", adding it would be a "spectacular show".
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| Teen Applies to 20 Colleges, and Gets Full Scholarships to All of Them Posted: 02 Apr 2018 11:01 AM PDT  Michael Brown is expected to make his decision by May 1.
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| What's Up With This Silent Ferrari 488 Prototype? Posted: 02 Apr 2018 07:05 AM PDT  We think this is the successor to the 488. Here's why.
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| Don’t Get Married Yet If Your Partner Does These 9 Things Posted: 02 Apr 2018 09:01 AM PDT  For engaged couples with a wedding on the horizon, it's important to take
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| Turkey orders arrest of cleric Gulen over killing of Russian envoy Posted: 02 Apr 2018 09:09 AM PDT  Turkey has ordered the arrest of the Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen and seven others over the 2016 assassination of the Russian envoy to Turkey, the Haberturk newspaper said on Monday, a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the country.
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| India's lower-caste Dalits lead nationwide protests against court judgment Posted: 02 Apr 2018 03:55 AM PDT  By Suchitra Mohanty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Protesters led by India's lower-caste Dalit community on Monday set fire to police posts and blocked railway tracks as they opposed a Supreme Court ruling that bars immediate arrest of individuals accused of discriminating against them, media said. Dalits are at the bottom of India's ancient caste hierarchy and form about a quarter of the population. Some protesters carried banners demanding a nationwide shutdown, while others held placards saying the judgment was diluting the law.
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| BMW Hints i3, i8 Might Not Live After This Generation Posted: 02 Apr 2018 03:10 AM PDT  A final decision is yet to be taken.
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| The Trump Administration Is Suing California Again Posted: 02 Apr 2018 03:24 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's administration is once again battling California,
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| Fire destroys historic farm, 2 houses, kills 23 farm animals Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:52 PM PDT  WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) — A blaze that destroyed a historic family dairy farm, including two homes, and killed 23 cows and calves was an accident, Vermont fire officials said Monday.
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| 'Walking Dead' Delivers A Carol Easter Egg On Easter Posted: 01 Apr 2018 07:34 PM PDT  In many ways, "The Walking Dead" is a perfect show for Easter. People are
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| Anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela dies aged 81 Posted: 02 Apr 2018 09:28 AM PDT  Archbishop Desmond Tutu said he and generations of activists were "deeply" inspired by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who died in a Johannesburg hospital on Monday, despite controversies that dogged the anti-apartheid struggle veteran until her death. "She refused to be bowed by the imprisonment of her husband, the perpetual harassment of her family by security forces, detentions, bannings and banishment," Mr Tutu said in a statement on Monday. "May she rest in peace and rise in glory." Ms Mandela, who was often called "the mother of the nation," had been in and out of the hospital since the beginning of the year, according to a statement released by her family on Monday, and died early Monday afternoon surrounded by family and loved ones. "Mrs Madikizela-Mandela was one of the greatest icons of the struggle against Apartheid," the statement said. "She fought valiantly against the Apartheid state and sacrificed her life for the freedom of the country." Ms Mandela was married to African National Congress leader and South Africa's first president Nelson Mandela for nearly four decades, though most of their marriage was spent apart after Mr Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela As an anti-apartheid struggle activist, Ms Mandela fought hard for her husband's release, and images of the couple holding hands as Mr Mandela walked out of prison in 1990 helped usher in the arrival of the democratic era in South Africa. During her husband's imprisonment, however, Ms Mandela's fight in the liberation struggle became mired in controversy. In 1986, she was widely linked to "necklacing", when suspected traitors were burnt alive by a petrol-soaked car tyre being put over their head and set alight, after she endorsed the practice in a speech. In 1991, Ms Mandela was convicted of kidnapping and assault, after her bodyguards murdered a 14-year-old boy who had been accused of being an informer. Stompie Seipei, was found near her Soweto home with his throat cut. Her six-year jail term was reduced on appeal to a fine. Ms Mandela's six-year jail sentence was reduced to a fine and she later denied any involvement when she appeared at the Truth and Reconciliation hearings. Nelson and Winnie met in the 1950s - when he was married to his first wife Evelyn Mase Credit: Getty Ms Mandela separated from Mr Mandela, with whom she had two daughters, in 1992. She subsequently served briefly as a deputy minister in his administration, but was sacked after allegations of corruption emerged. Despite these difficulties, many South Africans continued to support Ms Mandela in her later years. "The struggle could never have been what it became without the undying zeal and passion of Mam' Winnie both for the country and our people," the ANC Women's League said in a statement on Monday. "As a woman she kept the family and the hopes of all black people alive." Mandela was an icon of the anti-apartheid movement Credit: Getty Political party leaders, government ministers and neighbors gathered outside her home in Soweto on Monday evening upon hearing the news of her death. "She's been a mother of the nation," Ms. Mandela's neighbor Duduzile Mhkize told a local news channel. "She's done great things for the country. She's done great things for the world." Though she had criticized the African National Congress party in recent years, Ms Mandela remained loyal to the beleaguered party she supported weeks before her death. After being discharged from a Johannesburg hospital in January, she appeared with President Cyril Ramaphosa at a polling station in Soweto in March. "I'm always with my president. We are going to surprise the country," Ms Mandela told the media. "I'm back."
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