| Trump Mourns 'Young And Beautiful' Lives 'Destroyed' By Russia Probe Posted: 27 May 2018 07:36 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Sunday lamented the lives "devastated" by special
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| Alberto, first named storm of the season, threatens Gulf Coast Posted: 27 May 2018 08:39 AM PDT  Residents along the Gulf Coast are preparing for Alberto, which is expected to dump up to a foot of rain across parts of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. All three states have declared states of emergency.
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| Olympian Gus Kenworthy Mourns Death Of Dog He Adopted From Meat Farm Posted: 28 May 2018 08:08 AM PDT  U.S. freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy wrote a gut-wrenching goodbye Sunday to a
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| Full Panel: 'The Chinese want a seat at the table' on North Korea talks Posted: 26 May 2018 11:34 PM PDT  Victor Cha joins Andrea Mitchell, Eugene Robinson, Amy Walter and Matthew Continetti to talk about the back forth over whether the North Korea summit will still take place in Singapore.
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| Earthquake shakes northeast China, but no apparent damage Posted: 27 May 2018 11:13 PM PDT ![Earthquake shakes northeast China, but no apparent damage]( "Earthquake shakes northeast China, but no apparent damage") BEIJING (AP) — A moderate earthquake shook northeastern China early Monday, but no damage or injuries have been reported.
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| India steps up hunt for origin of mysterious brain-damaging virus Posted: 28 May 2018 06:16 AM PDT  By Subrat Patnaik and D. Jose MUMBAI/KOCHI (Reuters) - India began a fresh round of tests to trace the origin of a rare brain-damaging virus that has killed 13 people, a health official said on Monday, as initial tests on animals suspected of carrying the Nipah virus showed no sign of the disease. All animal samples, including those from bats, cattle, goats and pigs from the southern state of Kerala, sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, were negative for Nipah, said animal husbandry officer A. Mohandas. The department was now collecting samples of fruit bats from Perambra, the suspected epicenter of the infection and nearby areas, Mohandas said.
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| 26 Syria regime, 9 Russia fighters killed in IS attack: monitor Posted: 27 May 2018 04:31 AM PDT  At least 26 Syrian regime forces and nine Russian fighters were killed in an Islamic State group attack earlier this week in Syria's eastern desert, a monitor said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the jihadists had targeted a group of Syrian and allied Russian fighters near the town of Mayadeen in Deir Ezzor province on Wednesday. Some of those Russian nationals were government troops, but not all of them," said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
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| Rudy Giuliani Admits White House Is Trying To Discredit Russia Investigation Posted: 27 May 2018 10:25 AM PDT  President Donald Trump's lawyer flatly admitted that the White House is waging
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| Real-life 'Spider-Man' who climbed building to save child to meet with French president Posted: 27 May 2018 07:38 PM PDT  It's surely a stunt out of a Hollywood film. A man's dramatic climb up the side of a building to rescue a child in Paris earned him widespread praise, plus a meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron. SEE ALSO: NASA shares the story of how a SpaceX launch completely melted this poor camera 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama, an undocumented Malian migrant, took less than 40 seconds to scale four floors of an apartment block in the city's 18th arrondissement on Saturday afternoon. Videos of the incident were widely shared on social media, showing Gassama being cheered on by a crowd of onlookers. "I saw all these people shouting, and cars sounding their horns. I climbed up like that and, thank God, I saved the child," Gassama said, according to AFP. "I felt afraid when I saved the child... (when) we went into the living room, I started to shake, I could hardly stand up, I had to sit down." Firefighters arrived later at the scene. A spokesperson for the Parisian fire department told AFP it was fortunate "there was someone who was physically fit and who had the courage to go and get the child." The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, congratulated Gassama for his "act of bravery" on Twitter, and said she had called him personally to "thank him warmly." "He explained to me that he had arrived from Mali a few months ago dreaming of building his life here," Hidalgo added in another tweet. Il m'a expliqué être arrivé du Mali il y a quelques mois en rêvant de construire sa vie ici. Je lui ai répondu que son geste héroïque est un exemple pour tous les citoyens et que la Ville de Paris aura évidemment à coeur de le soutenir dans ses démarches pour s'établir en France. — Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) May 27, 2018 "I told him that his heroic act is an example to all citizens and that the city of Paris will obviously be very keen to support him in his efforts to settle in France." An online petition has been started to help push immigration authorities to receive Gassama's papers. A presidential spokesperson told AFP that Macron will meet Gassama on Monday morning. Authorities say the child's parents were not at home at the time, according to France 24. The child's father has been placed in custody, and will face court on Sunday evening for neglecting his parental responsibilities. WATCH: We hitched a ride on Potlandia, a dispensary touring 'cannabus'
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| Ellicott City Floods: Army National Guardsman, Eddison Hermond, Missing Amid Maryland Floods Posted: 28 May 2018 10:26 AM PDT  A storm hit the town Sunday.
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| Video Shows Police Officer Punching Woman On New Jersey Beach Posted: 28 May 2018 06:53 AM PDT  The police department of Wildwood, New Jersey, is investigating a viral video
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| The Latest: Girl seriously wounded in school attack improves Posted: 28 May 2018 10:47 AM PDT  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on a science teacher shot while tackling an armed student in Indiana (all times local):
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| China Has Dispatched Warships to Challenge U.S. Vessels Sailing Near Disputed Islands Posted: 27 May 2018 10:25 PM PDT  The Chinese military says it has dispatched warships after U.S. Navy vessels sailed near Beijing-claimed islands in the South China Sea.
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| Republicans Who Thought North Korea Summit Would Save Election Now Rebooting Posted: 28 May 2018 02:55 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― While President Donald Trump may have seen a successful summit
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| Spider-Man' of Paris, 22, Climbs Building to Save Child, 4, Dangling from Balcony Posted: 28 May 2018 07:34 AM PDT  Everyday heroes are just as spectacular as the ones in comic books!
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| Summer in the city — New York City's parks in 1978 Posted: 27 May 2018 09:07 AM PDT ![Summer in the city — New York City's parks in 1978]( "Summer in the city — New York City's parks in 1978") An exhibit of 65 images from 1978 offers a colorful glimpse into the history of New York City's parks.
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| France grants honorary citizenship to hero ‘Spider-man’ migrant who scaled Paris building to save four-year old Posted: 28 May 2018 12:20 AM PDT  It took less than a minute of extreme bravery for Mamoudou Gassama, a Malian migrant, to scale the façade of a Paris building and save a four-year-old boy clinging to the edge of a balcony for dear life. Barely 24 hours later, the 22-year-old's spectacular fourth-floor rescue earned him an invitation to the Elysée Palace, where President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hailed his "courage and devotion" and offered him French nationality and a job as a fireman. His feat highlights the quandary facing Paris in dealing humanely with a migrant influx that homeless charities this month warned risked ending in tragedy, after two refugees drowned in canals and a third was stabbed. France has been transfixed by video footage of the Malian's exploits, which has been viewed millions of times on social media and turned Mr Gassama into an overnight celebrity with the nickname "Spider-Man". The film shows a crowd cheering on Mr Gassama from the street as he pulls himself from balcony to balcony with his bare hands. With a neighbour in the apartment block in Paris's multi-ethnic 18th arrondissement unable to reach the boy, Mr Gassama manages to grab the four-year-old, who it appears climbed on to the balcony after being left alone by his father. The crowd goes wild. "I ran. I crossed the street to save him," he told Mr Macron at their Elysée meeting. "When I started to climb, it gave me courage to keep climbing." God "helped me" too, said Mr Gassama, who said that his legs felt like jelly once the child was safe and sound. "Thank God I saved him." French President Emmanuel Macron to grant Malian migrant who save child French nationality Credit: AP POOL According to BFM TV, the boy had fallen from the balcony of his father's sixth floor flat to the floor below and had somehow managed to cling on until Mr Gassama came to his rescue. While "Spider-Man" was scaling the building, it transpired that child's father – who lives alone with his son – was outside playing Pokémon Go on his mobile phone. He now faces a maximum two-year prison term and €30,000 (£26,000) fine for dereliction of parental duty. In excerpts of their conversation posted on the President's Facebook page, Mr Macron said: "Bravo. You saved a child. Without you, no one knows what would have become of him. You need courage and the capability to do that. "This is an exceptional act. We'll obviously be setting all your papers straight and if you wish it, we will start the process of naturalisation so that you can become French." The president said Mr Gassama deserved a "meaningful" job, adding: "What you have done corresponds with what firemen do. If this fits your wishes, you could join the fire brigade so that you can do [such acts] on a daily basis." Mr Gassama, who lives in a hostel for migrants in Montreuil, an eastern suburb of Paris, told Mr Macron how he tried to cross the Mediterranean in March 2014 to reach Italy after a long, arduous spell in Libya, but was caught by police and beaten. "But I wasn't discouraged," he said. After crossing at an unspecified date, he was allowed to legally stay in Italy, but decided to join his older brother, who has lived in France for decades. ������VIDÉO - Un homme a escaladé à mains nues la façade d'un immeuble hier après-midi dans le 18ème à #Paris pour secourir un petit garçon de 4 ans accroché à un balcon. (Snapchat) pic.twitter.com/xTHvHJQD1D— Brèves de presse (@Brevesdepresse) 27 May 2018 His red-carpet treatment comes just weeks after Mr Macron enacted an asylum and immigration bill, which migrants' rights groups criticised as inhumane. Mr Macron said there was no contradiction between this and rewarding Mr Gassama's bravery. Meanwhile, authorities are preparing to evacuate around 2,400 migrants from makeshift encampments in Paris. There was approval across the political spectrum for Mr Gassama to be granted honorary citizenship. But Nicolas Bay, general secretary of the far-Right Front National party, only supported the move on condition that the government throw out "all illegal immigrants". Mr Gassama is due to receive a residency permit on Tuesday and start working as a fireman. The Paris fire brigade said: "Mamoudou Gassama clearly has the required values to join." Mamoudou Gassama, 22, from Mali, is to be awarded French nationality and a job as a fireman for his heroics Credit: Thibault Camus/AP Despite leaving his four-year-old alone, social services decided to return custody of the boy to the father, said to be "distraught". However, an inquiry has been launched. This is not the first time an undocumented migrant has been hailed a hero in France. Lassana Bathily, a Malian Muslim, was awarded French citizenship after helping save the lives of several customers during a terrorist hostage drama in a Jewish supermarket in Paris in 2014 in which four people were killed, as well as the assailant. The 24-year-old shop assistant was in the underground stockroom of the Hyper Casher store when gunman Amédy Coulibaly burst in upstairs, firing from a Kalashnikov. He hid many in a freezer, which he switched off.
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| Hormel Recalls 228,000 Pounds Of Spam Posted: 28 May 2018 12:02 AM PDT  Hormel Food Corp. is recalling more than 228,000 pounds of canned pork and
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| Russia urges harshest punishment for Ivan the Terrible painting attacker Posted: 28 May 2018 11:03 AM PDT  Russia on Monday called for the harshest possible punishment after a visitor to Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery caused serious damage by attacking a famous 19th-century painting of Ivan the Terrible. Russia's deputy culture minister Vladimir Aristarkhov told a news conference the gallery on Monday that his ministry expects the man to receive "the most severe punishment possible". "We would like to initiate a discussion on toughening up the punishment for the vandalism of art," Tretyakov Gallery director Zelfira Tregulova added, speaking in the Repin Room of the gallery where the crime took place.
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| EU moves to ban single-use plastics Posted: 28 May 2018 05:38 AM PDT  The European Commission on Monday proposed banning single-use plastic products such as cotton buds and plastic straws and putting the burden of cleaning up waste on manufacturers in an effort to reduce marine litter. Under the proposal, single-use plastic products with readily available alternatives will be banned and replaced with more environmentally sustainable materials. The proposal also requires EU countries to collect 90 percent of single-use plastic drink bottles by 2025 and producers to help cover costs of waste management and clean-up.
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| Correction: Venezuela-Jailed American-Improbable Release Posted: 27 May 2018 12:19 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 26 about the release of an American jailed in Venezuela, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the U.S. government had imposed sanctions on Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores. It has not.
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| Memorial Day: Arlington National Cemetery rapidly running out of room forcing controversial Pentagon rethink Posted: 28 May 2018 08:20 AM PDT  Arlington National Cemetery, America's most celebrated and hallowed military resting place is rapidly running out of space, forcing a controversial rethink on which veterans should be eligible to be buried there. The Virginia cemetery, founded at the time of the US Civil War, currently contains the remains of 420,000 former servicemen and women, among them assassinated US president John F Kennedy. It is also the location of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the focus of official remembrance events such as those of Memorial Day.
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| Republican Congressman On Retiring Early: All I Do Is Answer Questions About Trump Posted: 28 May 2018 08:33 AM PDT  Rep. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.) isn't running for Congress again next year because
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| One Harvey Weinstein accuser says she won't celebrate his arrest in a must-read thread Posted: 27 May 2018 03:03 PM PDT  In the days following Harvey Weinstein's arrest, some within the entertainment industry have posted a statement released by Time's Up — the organization created in the wake of the scandal. Others, like actress Annabella Sciorra, have taken things a step further. Sciorra was one of the women to come forward in Ronan Farrow's follow up stories featured in The New Yorker. On Sunday, she shared that she felt the farthest thing from celebratory when she heard the initial news about his arrest. SEE ALSO: Harvey Weinstein hands himself in to police in New York "The law finally caught up with Harvey Weinstein on Friday and charge him with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault," she tweeted. "But nothing about that felt celebratory to me." The law finally caught up with Harvey Weinstein on Friday and charged him with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault. But nothing about that felt celebratory to me. — Annabella Sciorra (@AnnabellSciorra) May 27, 2018 "The smirk on his face as he was led out of the police station in cuffs made me physically sick," she continued. "The public statement from his lawyer was intended only to denigrate all the brave women who came forward and spoke out against him." "All that says is, money buys VIP treatment in the justice system no matter how serious or violent the crimes," she tweeted, after referencing his "million dollar bond." Compare that to the case of Kalief Browder, who was denied bail after being accused of a misdemeanor, then spent four years in Rikers, over half of it in solitary confinement, awaiting a trial that never occurred. — Annabella Sciorra (@AnnabellSciorra) May 27, 2018 "Compare that to the case of Kalief Browder, who was denied bail after being accused of a misdemeanor, then spent four years in Rikers, over half of it in solitary confinement, awaiting a trial that never occurred," she went on, referencing the tragic case of Browder, who ultimately committed suicide at the age of 22 because of mental distress due to his incarceration. "If there was truly 'equal justice under the law,' Harvey Weinstein would be behind bars in Rikers today, waiting for his own day in court, not free to roam New York, his other hunting ground, wearing an ankle bracelet," Sciorra wrote. If there was truly 'equal justice under the law', Harvey Weinstein would be behind bars in Rikers today, waiting for his own day in court, not free to roam New York, his other hunting ground, wearing an ankle bracelet. — Annabella Sciorra (@AnnabellSciorra) May 27, 2018 Mira Sorvino, who has been a vocal Time's Up supporter and came forward with her own Weinstein story in 2017, chimed in and thanked Sciorra for her words. This thread is so important. I feel the same way, there was no jubilation although I was heartened that he was starting the process of standing trial. — Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) May 27, 2018 WATCH: 82 women walked this year's Cannes red carpet in protest, calling for gender equality in the film industry
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| Facebook’s Health Groups Offer A Lifeline, But Privacy Concerns Linger Posted: 28 May 2018 02:45 AM PDT  When Mel Neve founded her Facebook group Women with PTSD United four years
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| Focus-Based Mach 1 Electric SUV Report Might’ve Been Inaccurate Posted: 27 May 2018 02:32 PM PDT  The plot thickens. Sort of.
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| Spain saves over 500 migrants at sea Posted: 27 May 2018 09:33 AM PDT  Spain's maritime rescue service said Sunday it had rescued 532 migrants who were attempting the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa this weekend. Rescue boats intercepted 239 migrants travelling in eight small boats off Spain's southern coast on Sunday, a day after 293 migrants were pulled from nine vessels. Three of the boats sank on Sunday right after the migrants were plucked from them due to their "poor state", the maritime service said in a Twitter message.
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| Iran sanctions shadow falls on smaller German banks Posted: 26 May 2018 07:24 PM PDT  Germany's biggest lenders have shied away from business with Iran after past penalties for breaching US sanctions, but smaller banks have leapt on opportunities afforded by the nuclear deal rejected by Donald Trump. There are just months to go until a November deadline issued by Washington after the US president abandoned a hard-fought agreement that loosened business restrictions on the Islamic Republic in exchange for Tehran giving up its pursuit of nuclear weapons. "We will continue to serve our clients," for now, said Patrizia Melfi, a director at the "international competence centre" (KCI) founded by six cooperative savings banks in the small town of Tuttlingen in southwest Germany.
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| US Rep. says he's battling alcoholism, drops re-election bid Posted: 28 May 2018 04:54 PM PDT  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Congressman Thomas Garrett of Virginia announced Monday that he will no longer seek re-election, saying he needs to work on recovering from alcoholism and renewing his commitment to his family.
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| Israeli army kills Gaza fighter while thwarting border breach Posted: 28 May 2018 11:06 AM PDT ![Israeli army kills Gaza fighter while thwarting border breach]( "Israeli army kills Gaza fighter while thwarting border breach") Israeli tank fire killed a Hamas fighter at a frontier outpost on Monday while soldiers chased down and caught two other Gazan militants who tried to cross into Israel, the military said. During their pursuit of the two Palestinians attempting to infiltrate armed with "knives, wire cutters and combustible material", the Israeli soldiers were shot at from inside the Gaza Strip, the military said in a statement. "In response, an IDF (Israel Defense Forces) tank targeted an adjacent military observation post," it said.
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| Flash flooding in Maryland as rain soaks most of the state Posted: 27 May 2018 03:13 PM PDT  Water rescues are being reported in Ellicott City, Maryland.
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| Ex-CIA Chief Says Trump Will 'Throw Anything At The Wall' To Hurt Mueller Probe Posted: 27 May 2018 09:10 PM PDT  George W. Bush's CIA chief Michael Hayden dismissed Donald Trump's "spygate"
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| Nicki Minaj Has Relationship Advice For You: 'Queen, Know Your Worth' Posted: 27 May 2018 08:51 AM PDT  Sit down, because Nicki Minaj has a lot to tell you about relationships and
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| BMW M8 Gran Coupe Concept Filmed At Villa d'Este 2018 Posted: 28 May 2018 01:12 AM PDT  We can only hope the production version will look that good.
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| U.S. proposes U.N. sanctions against six senior South Sudan officials: draft Posted: 27 May 2018 12:19 PM PDT ![U.S. proposes U.N. sanctions against six senior South Sudan officials: draft]( "U.S. proposes U.N. sanctions against six senior South Sudan officials: draft") The United States has proposed the U.N. Security Council impose sanctions against several South Sudanese ministers and officials, accusing them of obstructing peace efforts and blocking humanitarian assistance to civilians, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Sunday. A resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by Russia, China, France, Britain or the United States to pass. The council sanctioned several senior South Sudanese officials on both sides of the conflict in 2015, but a U.S. bid to impose an arms embargo in December 2016 failed.
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| Croatia blocks extradition of suspect in Hamas murder Posted: 28 May 2018 11:26 AM PDT  Croatia's top court on Monday blocked the extradition of a Bosnian man to Tunisia over the alleged murder of an aerospace engineer, described by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas as one of its members. Mohamed Zaouari, 49, was killed in a hail of bullets outside his house in the Tunisian city of Sfax in December 2016. "The Supreme court accepted the appeal of the suspect... and rejected the request for extradition from the Republic of Tunisia," the court said in a statement.
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| 1 new Ebola death confirmed in Congo, bringing total to 12 Posted: 27 May 2018 12:18 PM PDT  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Another person has died in Congo of a confirmed case of Ebola, bringing the number of fatalities from the latest outbreak to 12, the country's health ministry said Sunday.
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| Russia forces among dozens dead in IS east Syria attacks Posted: 27 May 2018 06:43 AM PDT  Russian fighters were among dozens of pro-government forces killed in eastern Syria this week in a deadly wave of attacks by Islamic State group jihadists, Moscow and a monitor said Sunday. After the collapse of its so-called "caliphate" last year, IS now only holds tiny pockets of Syria, mainly in the vast desert stretching to its eastern border. The deadliest was on Wednesday, when IS targeted a group of Syrian and allied Russian fighters near the town of Mayadeen in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.
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| Kremlin: permanent U.S. military presence in Poland would harm European security Posted: 28 May 2018 07:14 AM PDT  The Kremlin expressed concern on Monday over media reports that Poland has requested a permanent U.S. military presence on its soil, saying NATO's expansion towards Russia's borders undermined stability in Europe. Warsaw could offer up to $2 billion in funding for such a military presence, according to a Polish Defense Ministry proposal reported by Polish media. A government source in Poland confirmed to Reuters such a proposal had been made.
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| The 13 Best Self-Care Retreats in the World Posted: 28 May 2018 04:00 AM PDT |
| Trump Unbelievably Rips Dems For Immigrant Kids Being Separated From Parents Posted: 26 May 2018 10:23 PM PDT  President Donald Trump has bashed the Democrats for a hugely controversial
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| Saudi Arabia Told The World Its Problem Was Islam. It's Actually Tyranny. Posted: 27 May 2018 04:47 PM PDT  Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman doesn't apologize for much. In the past
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