| Far-Right Leader Viktor Orban Wins Hungary’s Election, Early Results Show Posted: 08 Apr 2018 09:01 AM PDT  BUDAPEST ― Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban looks set to easily win a
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| National Guard deployed, part of Trump’s plan for ‘sealing up’ southern border Posted: 07 Apr 2018 08:55 AM PDT  The move was approved by the Secretary of Defense and championed by President Trump. NBC's Maya Rodriguez is a the border with the story.
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| Misused data from Facebook users could ‘absolutely’ be higher than 87 million, Cambridge Analytica co-founder says Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:05 AM PDT  Christopher Wylie says in an interview with Meet the Press, it's "very difficult to verify" how many people had access to data of Facebook users, but that it "could be higher" than 87 million, the number Facebook provided this week.
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| Pilots Warned Company Of Harnesses Before Deadly New York Helicopter Crash: Report Posted: 08 Apr 2018 06:57 AM PDT  Pilots for the company involved in the fatal "doors-off" helicopter crash in
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| 2 Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Crash at Fort Campbell Posted: 07 Apr 2018 10:01 AM PDT  The crash is still under investigation
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| ‘Town Hall for Our Lives’ brings gun control conversation to lawmakers nationwide Posted: 07 Apr 2018 08:57 AM PDT  Just two weeks after young people took to the streets for March for Our Lives, they held town halls with lawmakers in more than 100 cities across the country in an effort to push the gun control forward.
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| Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's Butterfly Snap Finally Becomes The Meme It Deserves Posted: 07 Apr 2018 02:03 AM PDT  An old photograph of movie star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wearing butterfly
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| National Guard Veteran: Deploying troops to border is a ‘waste’ Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:01 PM PDT  Mary Jennings Hegar, a U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard combat veteran, said the National Guard should be used as the last option in "critical situations." She said President Trump's decision to activate troops does not meet this metric.
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| 911 call of father accused of killing son Posted: 08 Apr 2018 10:32 AM PDT  Joseph Ray Daniels called 911 to report his 5-year-old son, who is autistic and non-verbal, missing last week. On Saturday, Tennessee authorities charged him with killing the boy.
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| Dozens of people in Pennsylvania forced from homes by road collapse Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:29 PM PDT ![Dozens of people in Pennsylvania forced from homes by road collapse]( "Dozens of people in Pennsylvania forced from homes by road collapse") "Everybody is now safe," Cheryl Moon-Sirianni, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's executive director of district 11, told reporters. At least 30 people in apartment buildings alongside the road were asked to evacuate on Friday in anticipation of the possible collapse of a section of Route 30, she said. Soil was dislodged at the bases of other buildings, which were likely to be saved, Moon-Sirianni said, adding that repairs could take a month or more.
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| Earthquakes in northwest Oklahoma include magnitude 4.6 Posted: 07 Apr 2018 08:16 AM PDT ![Earthquakes in northwest Oklahoma include magnitude 4.6]( "Earthquakes in northwest Oklahoma include magnitude 4.6") COVINNGTON, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Oklahoma on Saturday and was also felt in neighboring Kansas and Missouri, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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| Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman to meet Emmanuel Macron in France Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:52 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to arrive in France on Sunday, where his host President Emmanuel Macron is under pressure to halt lucrative weapons sales to the oil-rich kingdom because of its bombing campaign in Yemen. The two-day official visit comes after the prince's weeks-long tour of the United States, Britain and Egypt, where the prince has courted business leaders and signed a host of multimillion dollar deals. The prince's agenda for the visit to France has not been made public - apart from his dinner with Mr Macron on Tuesday - and there was speculation as to whether he would stay in a chateau he owns that has been dubbed the "world's most expensive home." The property contains 10 bedroom suites, a grand reception room with a 52ft-high frescoed dome ceiling, a library, a wine cellar with space for 3,000 bottles, and a "meditation room" under the moat circled by an aquarium with huge sturgeon inside. The buyer was not identified at the time, but the New York Times reported last December that the purchaser was the Crown Prince Mohammed - known colloquially as MBS. The report was seen as an embarrassment for the 32-year-old prince who is preaching fiscal austerity at home while leading a major crackdown on corruption by the kingdom's elite. Crown Prince Mohammed is considered the de facto Saudi leader and has recently led a modernising drive in the strictly religious kingdom, which includes allowing cinemas to open and women to drive, The French president treads a delicate line as he hosts the Saudi king-in-waiting during the visit that is expected to focus on cultural ties and investments, as well as the long-running war in Yemen, which has killed 10,000 people and left the country on the brink of famine. Mr Macron faces fierce criticism over the export of arms to the kingdom, which has been bombing Yemen since 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition intervened to fight Houthi rebels backed by Iran, the Saudis' arch-enemy. "Emmanuel Macron should put Yemen at the centre of his discussions with Mohammed bin Salman as he hosts him in France," said a statement issued this week by ten international rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. They called for "the end of bombing targeting civilians and respect for international humanitarian law" as well as the "unconditional and permanent lifting on restrictions on the delivery of humanitarian aid and commercial goods to Yemen". A YouGov opinion poll last month showed that three out of four French believe it was "unacceptable" to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia because of the kingdom's actions in Yemen.
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| Japan launches Marines unit amid China's growing presence Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:07 AM PDT  Japan's military on Saturday launched its first Marines unit, tasked with defending remote islands in the face of China's growing maritime presence in the region. The Self-Defence Forces' amphibious fighting unit staged an exercise with US Marines at Sasebo in western Japan following the inauguration ceremony. The 2,100-member brigade, based in Sasebo, will be responsible for defending remote islands and retaking them if they are invaded.
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| Rep. Ted Lieu Urges Trump To Keep Pruitt As Symbol Of Administration's Corruption Posted: 07 Apr 2018 08:24 PM PDT  While Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) has railed against Scott Pruitt, he quipped
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| Democrats’ Chances Of Taking Over The House Just Got Better, Per New Forecast Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:53 AM PDT  Democrats' shot at taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives just
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| Former Border Patrol Agent: National Guard plays a ‘crucial’ role Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:56 AM PDT  Hipolito Acosta, a former Border Patrol agent, said most of the agents in the field approve of having National Guard members alongside them.
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| It Turns Out Puffins Have Fluorescent Beaks That Glow Under UV Light Posted: 07 Apr 2018 02:30 PM PDT  As if puffins -- the super cute seabirds know for digging burrows and mating
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| Teens Who Killed Man After Throwing Sandbag From Overpass Won't Serve Jail Time Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:34 AM PDT  The family's attorney is highly upset.
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| Ethiopia's PM seeks end to violence that displaced nearly a million Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:25 AM PDT  By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed travelled on Saturday to a region where clashes have displaced nearly a million people, his first trip since being sworn in as premier five days ago. Violence along the border of the Horn of Africa country's Somali and Oromiya provinces first erupted in September last year, with both regions blaming the other for the unrest. The area has been plagued by sporadic clashes for decades.
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| Egypt court suspends ban on Uber and Careem Posted: 07 Apr 2018 08:27 PM PDT  An Egyptian court on Saturday suspended a ruling banning the use of ride-sharing apps Uber and Careem until an appeal is exhausted, a judicial source said. In March Cairo's administrative court banned the ride-sharing services following a lawsuit by a lawyer representing cab drivers. Uber and Careem appealed the ban, and Saturday's decision by the urgent matters court suspends the ruling until the higher administrative court makes a final verdict.
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| Tesla Is Cranking Out 2,000 Model 3s a Week Posted: 08 Apr 2018 07:30 AM PDT  It falls short of the goal Elon Musk started back in January.
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| White House Trade Adviser: The Washington Post Is 'Fake News Most Of The Time' Posted: 08 Apr 2018 09:27 AM PDT  White House trade adviser Peter Navarro escalated President Donald Trump's
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| GOP Senator Slams EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt For 'Juvenile' Behavior Posted: 08 Apr 2018 10:00 AM PDT  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) lambasted embattled Environmental Protection Agency
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| Bessie Stringfield - Bikers You Should Know Posted: 08 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Bikers You Should Know: Bessie Stringfield Meet Bessie Stringfield a true trailblazer and hero for two-wheeled women everywhere If you were to read the list of places Bessie Stringfield rode to, and number of miles she racked up, you would be impressed if it
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| Mystery over identity of 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy finally solved by FBI Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:40 AM PDT  A century-long mystery over the identity of a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy has finally been solved by the FBI. It took a forensic scientist at the FBI, using advanced DNA sequencing technology, to say definitely that the head belonged to the governor himself. Odile Loreille, an FBI biologist, drilled into a tooth extracted from the skull, collected the powder and dissolved it in a chemical solution.
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| Fire breaks out on 50th floor of Trump Tower Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:52 PM PDT ![Fire breaks out on 50th floor of Trump Tower]( "Fire breaks out on 50th floor of Trump Tower") A raging fire that tore through a 50th-floor apartment at Trump Tower killed a man inside and sent flames and thick, black smoke pouring from windows of the president's namesake skyscraper.
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| Trump sends National Guard to assist border 'crisis' Posted: 08 Apr 2018 09:55 AM PDT  President Donald Trump and border-state governors deployed the National Guard to assist U.S. Customs and Border Patrol with what he said is a 'crisis' of illegal crossings.
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| US congressman pulls loaded gun at constituent meeting Posted: 06 Apr 2018 06:44 PM PDT  A US congressman said he pulled out a loaded Smith & Wesson pistol during a meeting with gun control activists Friday in a bid to prove that firearms are not responsible for violence. House Republican Ralph Norman of South Carolina told The Post and Courier newspaper that he drew the handgun and placed it on a table while at a "Coffee With Your Congressman" event at a diner, in an attempt to convey that guns are only dangerous if in the wrong hands. "I'm not going to be a Gabby Giffords," said Norman, 64, referring to the former congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in the head during a meet-and-greet outside a grocery store in 2011.
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| 2019 Subaru Forester STI Render Needs To Happen In Real Life Posted: 08 Apr 2018 02:34 PM PDT  This looks production-ready.
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| Lehigh University student arrested for racist graffiti Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:01 PM PDT  A Lehigh University student has been arrested in connection with racial graffiti scrawled in a residence hall.
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| How Trump vs. Amazon Explains His Entire Presidency Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:02 AM PDT  Since taking office last year, Donald Trump has carried out sustained attacks
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| Cardi B Reveals Baby Bump On 'Saturday Night Live' Posted: 07 Apr 2018 10:31 PM PDT  "Saturday Night Live" viewers initially figured they'd have to wait to find
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| Pope Francis condemns the use of chemical weapons in Syria Posted: 08 Apr 2018 04:34 AM PDT  Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria after a suspected attack in an opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta killed dozens of people. "Terrible news comes to us from Syria with dozens of victims, many of them women and children ... so many people are struck by the effects of the chemical substances in the bombs," the pope told thousands of people gathered in St Peter's Square. Renewed air strikes have hit Douma, the last rebel-held town near Damascus, where first responders accused forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of using "poisonous chlorine gas" in attacks on Saturday.
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| Cancers should be treated by type not location, new study suggests Posted: 08 Apr 2018 01:42 AM PDT  Cancer should not be treated based on where it is first found in the body, but depending on the type of tumour, scientists have said. Until now medics have treated cancers according to the part of the body they originate, such as the lungs, bowel, or breasts. But a new study has found that all 33 cancer types can be reclassified into 28 different molecular types, or "clusters", based on their cellular and genetic makeup and independent of their origin in the body. Nearly two-thirds of these clusters shared molecular similarities and were found in more than one area of the body. Sue Margolis's chronicle of her diagnosis and treatment for cancer The researchers believe that by breaking down different cancer types on a genetic level more effective treatments can be developed. "It's time to rewrite the textbooks on cancer," said Professor Christopher Benz, from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in California. "It's time to break down the silos in clinical oncology that make it difficult for patients to take advantage of this paradigm shift in cancer classification." 33 cancer types can be reclassified into 28 different molecular types Researchers mapping cancer genomes, as part of the Pan-Cancer Atlas project, found one tumour type was in 25 parts of the body and therefore would have previously all been treated differently. The US study looked at data from more than 10,000 patients as well as 23 of the most common tumour types, plus 10 rare kinds, and found that common cancers, such as in the lung and breast, can be broken down into more than one cancer. This discovery means that in some cases medications for one type of cancer should be used to treat another and drugs used for treating other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, could also be used to fight cancer. Dr Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which funded the US research, said: "This project is the culmination of more than a decade of groundbreaking work. Patients suffering from lung and colorectal cancers could benefit most from more targeted treatment "This analysis provides cancer researchers with unprecedented understanding of how, where, and why tumours arise in humans, enabling better-informed clinical trials and future treatments." Patients suffering from lung and colorectal cancers could benefit most from more targeted treatment, the study found. But in some cases, cancers that are harder to treat might require a combination of medications, researchers said. Dr Carolyn Hutter, a director at the National Human Genome Research Institute and the team lead for TCGA, said: "TCGA was the first project of its scale to characterise – at the molecular level – cancer across a breadth of cancer types. "At the project's infancy 10 years ago, it wasn't even possible, much less on such a scale, to do the types of characterisation and analysis that were being proposed. It was a hugely ambitious project."
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| South Carolina Republicans push bill that would allow secession if the US violates the Second Amendment Posted: 07 Apr 2018 01:45 PM PDT  South Carolina Republicans have introduced a bill that would give the state capital the power to secede from the United States if the federal government violates the Second Amendment and begins seizing legally purchased guns. The bill, which went to the state's House Judiciary Committee Thursday, is unlikely to make it through the legislature this session, but its introduction sends a powerful message at a time when the US is seeing an intense debate about gun control. "The general assembly shall convene to consider whether to secede from the United States based upon the federal government's unconstitutional violation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution if the federal government confiscates legally purchased firearms in this state," the bill reads.
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| NHL Teams Honor Victims Of Canada's Junior Hockey Bus Crash Posted: 08 Apr 2018 10:56 AM PDT  Professional hockey teams across North America came together to pay tribute to
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| The Latest: Kansas lawmakers break off school funding talks Posted: 06 Apr 2018 07:05 PM PDT ![The Latest: Kansas lawmakers break off school funding talks]( "The Latest: Kansas lawmakers break off school funding talks") TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the Kansas Legislature's debate over increasing public school funding to meet a court mandate (all times local):
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| American Airlines orders 47 Boeing 787s, cancels A350 order Posted: 06 Apr 2018 09:16 PM PDT  American Airlines has ordered 47 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal valued at $12 billion at list prices, while cancelling a major order for Airbus A350s. The sale brings American Airlines' total number of 787s to 89 aircraft. American Airlines said: "As part of the strategy to simplify its fleet, American agreed with Airbus today to terminate its order for 22 A350s, which was originally placed by US Airways," which it bought in 2013.
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| PETA Ad Calls For Deporting 'Undesirable' Trophy Hunter Donald Trump Jr. Posted: 06 Apr 2018 11:55 PM PDT  People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will post a cheeky billboard ad in
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| U.S. attorney general renews calls to prosecute first-time border crossers Posted: 06 Apr 2018 07:32 PM PDT  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ramped up calls on Friday to criminally prosecute immigrants who cross illegally into the United States, adding to a barrage of statements on immigration by the administration of President Donald Trump this week. Pointing to an upswing in border crossings to levels seen during former President Barack Obama's tenure, Sessions said he was ordering U.S. attorneys offices near the Southwest border to prioritize bringing cases against first-time offenders. Once border crossers are charged with illegal entry and deported, they can be charged with a felony carrying significant jail time if they are caught crossing illegally again.
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| The Mk 13 Mod 7 Will Be the Marines' New Sniper Rifle. Here Is What It Can Do. Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:01 AM PDT  This is all we know about a weapon of war that could be the U.S. Marines' arsenal for decades. The Mk 13 Mod 7 Will Be the Marines' New Sniper Rifle. The Marine Corps plans on adopting the Mk 13 Mod 7 sniper rifle for Marine scout snipers, officials confirmed to Marine Corps Times on April 2, a much-needed and long-overdue replacement for the M40 system that Marines have wielded since the Vietnam War.
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| Baby wet wipes 'cause food allergy', new study warns Posted: 07 Apr 2018 01:32 AM PDT  Parents should avoid using infant wipes and thoroughly wash soap off their babies to reduce the risk of childhood food allergies, scientists have warned. Researchers have hailed a "major advance" in understanding what causes the complaints after tests revealed links between skin damage and intolerance to certain foods. They suggest that an increasing failure by parents to rinse away soap after washing their babies is contributing to the rise in childhood food allergies. The top layer of skin is made of lipids, types of fat, which can be disrupted by soap and soapy chemicals in wipes, the team at Northwestern University found. If a child already carries genes which predisposes them to altered skin absorbency, contact with these chemicals can then heighten risk that comes with exposure to food allergens. The UK has some of the highest prevalence of allergic conditions in the world, with over 20 per cent of people affected by one more disorder, while hospital admissions for anaphylaxis - a potentially fatal allergic reaction - has risen more than 615 per cent in the last 26 years. Around eight per cent of British children are thought to suffer from a food allergy. Published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the "recipe" for childhood food allergies was identified by comparing clinical data with genetic mutations which occur in humans and experiments on neonatal mice involving allergen exposure. Soapy chemicals can disrupt the layer of fat in the skin Credit: Alamy "They [babies] may not be eating food allergens as a newborn, but they are getting them on their skin," said Professor Cook-Mills, who led the research. "Say a sibling with peanut butter on her face kisses the baby, or a parent is preparing food with peanuts and then handles the baby. "Reduce baby's skin exposure to the food allergens by washing your hands before handling the baby. "Limit use of infant wipes that leave soap on the skin. Rinse soap off with water like we used to do years ago." Clinical evidence shows more than a third of children with food allergies also suffer from eczema. However, problems that occur with skin barrier mutations may not be visible until long after a food allergy has started. The neonatal mice in the experiment with the mutations had normal-appearing skin, and the dry, itchy skin of dermatitis did not develop until the mice were a few months old, the equivalent of a young adult in human years. After the mice received three to four skin exposures of food and dust allergens for 40 minutes during a two-week period, they were then given egg or peanut by mouth. They suffered allergic reactions at the site of the skin exposure and in the intestine, as well as anaphylaxis. "This is a recipe for developing food allergy," said Professor Cook-Mills. "It's a major advance in our understanding of how food allergy starts early in life."
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