| Giuliani: Trump 'Probably Does' Have The Power To Pardon Himself, But Won't Posted: 03 Jun 2018 07:32 AM PDT  President Donald Trump doesn't intend to pardon himself, Rudy Giuliani said on
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| $4 verdict shocks family of man fatally shot by police Posted: 02 Jun 2018 08:49 AM PDT  The family of Gregory Hill, who was killed in 2014 after two Florida sheriff's deputies responded to a noise complaint at his home, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the sheriff's office. The jury awarded his family $4.
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| Hundreds Of Shoes Form Memorial In Puerto Rico After Maria Death Toll Spikes Posted: 02 Jun 2018 04:27 PM PDT  Puerto Rico residents began leaving pairs of shoes outside the island's
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| Trump says June 12 summit with North Korea is start of ‘process’ Posted: 02 Jun 2018 08:42 AM PDT  The President said the summit with Kim Jong Un could be the first of multiple meetings as the two countries work towards a deal.
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| 12 Baby Ducks Rescued From Sewer Grate Posted: 03 Jun 2018 12:51 PM PDT  They will be held until they are older.
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| New Mexico, Colorado wildfires force hundreds to evacuate Posted: 02 Jun 2018 02:06 PM PDT  The two fires, about 250 miles (400 km) apart in the drought-parched Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States, have consumed almost 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares)between them, officials said. The larger of the two, the so-called Ute Park Fire in Colfax County, New Mexico, was zero percent contained after scorching nearly 28,000 acres by Saturday near Cimarron, a town of about 1,100 people northeast of Santa Fe, according to a bulletin on the New Mexico Fire Information website. About 300 homes were threatened in Cimarron, where officials issued a mandatory evacuation on Friday.
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| Five dead as E coli outbreak spreads across the US in contaminated lettuce Posted: 02 Jun 2018 05:12 AM PDT  Five people have died due to an E coli outbreak across the United States, thought to be spread by romaine lettuce. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed 197 cases of the deadly disease across 35 states, making it the largest E coli outbreak since 2006, when 200 people were affected. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says there is no single grower or distributor to be blamed for the outbreak, and is still investigating, Arizona's Yuma growing region is thought to be the source of the contaminated lettuce.
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| Internet boyfriend Benedict Cumberbatch literally fought off a bunch of muggers Posted: 02 Jun 2018 10:09 AM PDT  Benedict Cumberbatch helped fight off a group of muggers attacking a cyclist in London, a mere stone's throw from Sherlock Holmes' Baker Street home. "The cyclist was lucky, Benedict's a superhero," said Cumberbatch's Uber driver, who witnessed the whole thing and eventually joined to help. Yeah, we know. SEE ALSO: Benedict Cumberbatch takes a strong stand on equal pay Cumberbatch reportedly leapt out of his Uber to help the struggling cyclist, who was being attacked by no less than four assailants. Bystanders told The Sun that he shouted "Leave him alone!" and then pulled the muggers off their victim. One of the attackers tried to punch Cumberbatch before fleeing the scene (is that you, Watson?), but the man has Marvel training. Image: tumblr"It all got a bit surreal," said the Uber driver, Manuel Dias. "Here was Sherlock Holmes fighting off four attackers just round the corner from Baker Street." Surreal indeed. Dias suspected the muggers ran away, not only because they were being physically bested by a literal superhero, but because they recognized Cumberbatch. Imagine getting in a fight and then realizing you're up against a ripped Dr. Strange! After the attackers left, Cumberbatch checked that the victim was okay and gave him a hug. The cyclist sustained some minor injuries but avoided any severe harm – though we're not sure how he recovered from that hug. WATCH: You won't feel so good if you watched this before watching 'Avengers: Infinity War
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| 'Roseanne' Shouldn't Have Been Revived To Begin With, Says Michelle Wolf Posted: 02 Jun 2018 11:45 AM PDT  Comedian Michelle Wolf doesn't think we should be cheering ABC for their
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| Deployed soldier surprises son at graduation Posted: 03 Jun 2018 11:30 AM PDT  U.S. Army Sgt. Damon Solomon surprised his son Tyler at his high school graduation Saturday in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
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| Woman drives onto Maine little league field, killing one Posted: 02 Jun 2018 08:47 AM PDT  Cell phone video shows a car swerving onto the field during a Little League game, then hitting and killing a man. The driver left the scene and was arrested at her home, now charged with manslaughter.
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| Georgia Cop Fired After Video Shows Him Hitting A Suspect With His Car Posted: 03 Jun 2018 08:31 AM PDT  A Georgia police officer has lost his job after dashcam video from his patrol
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| Merkel voices support for Macron's proposed European defence force Posted: 03 Jun 2018 05:26 AM PDT  Angela Merkel on Sunday gave German support to French proposals for a joint European military "intervention force" that will take action in trouble spots around the world. Britain has already backed the planned force, which will operate independently of the European Union, despite misgivings that it could be seen as a "European army". The force is a key element of Emmanuel Macron's proposals to reform European defence and integrate the continent's many militaries more closely together. Until now German reluctance has been seen as a major obstacle, but Mrs Merkel on Sunday gave qualified support to the plans. "I am in favor of President Macron's proposal for an intervention initiative," the German chancellor told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper. "However, such an intervention force with a common military-strategic culture must fit into the structure of defense cooperation," she added. "European defense cooperation is very important. Of the 180 weapon systems that currently coexist in Europe, we must move to a situation like the United States, which has only about 30 weapons systems." The new intervention force has been touted as an opportunity to involve Britain in European defence cooperation after Brexit. FAQ | European joint defence force Earl Howe, the junior defence minister, said last month: "It will help to achieve what we are looking for, which is a deep and special partnership with our European colleagues in defence and security". Mrs Merkel said she welcomed the opportunity to involve Britain in the force. But she also stressed that the the EU's existing defence pact and any "common military strategy" are "closely related", which will stoke Brexiteer fears that the force could involve Britain in a European army by the back door. Mr Macron is thought to be keen to involve Britain in future European defence cooperation as one of the continent's most effective militaries. But he is also pushing for the force in part because of frustrations with the slow pace of EU defence integration. Twenty-three member states signed up to a defence cooperation pact last year after Britain dropped its opposition in light of Brexit. But progress has been slow amid foot-dragging from several members, including Germany, where there are traditional misgivings over the role of the military, given the country's Second World War history. Mrs Merkel emphasised that the German armed forces would remain commanded by parliament and not the government, and "would not take part in every mission".
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| Saudi warns of military action if Qatar gets Russian missiles: report Posted: 02 Jun 2018 04:50 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia has threatened military action against Qatar if it goes ahead and acquires Russia's top of the range S-400 air defence missile system, Le Monde daily reported. Citing information it had obtained, Le Monde said Friday that Riyadh had written to French President Emmanuel Macron asking him to intervene to prevent the deal going ahead and to help preserve regional stability. There was no immediate official reaction from the president's office or the French foreign ministry to the report.
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| Whale Found In Thailand Dies From Eating Over 80 Plastic Bags Posted: 03 Jun 2018 09:00 AM PDT  A whale found in a canal in southern Thailand has died after eating more than
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| China 'intimidating' neighbours with South China Sea military build up, US secretary of defense says Posted: 02 Jun 2018 08:20 AM PDT  China is expanding its military presence in the South China Sea in order to intimidate and coerce its neighbours, the US's most senior defence official has claimed. "China's policy in the South China Sea stands in stark contrast to the openness that our strategy promotes, it calls into question China's broader goals," said James Mattis, the US defence secretary.
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| Correction: Spelling Bee story Posted: 03 Jun 2018 09:17 AM PDT  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — In a story June 1 about the Scripps National Spelling Bee, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Jashun Paluru finished fourth. He finished in a tie for third.
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| Jared Kushner's Father Rips Ethics Watchdogs As 'Jerks' Who Can't Get A 'Real Job' Posted: 02 Jun 2018 05:37 PM PDT  Jared Kushner's father, real estate magnate Charles Kushner, slammed federal
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| Dancing FBI agent accidentally shoots bar patron in Denver: police Posted: 03 Jun 2018 09:19 AM PDT ![Dancing FBI agent accidentally shoots bar patron in Denver: police]( "Dancing FBI agent accidentally shoots bar patron in Denver: police") The agent was taken to police headquarters, Putnam said, and later released to an Federal Bureau of Investigation supervisor. The Denver District Attorney's office will decide whether to press any charges against the agent. Denver district attorney spokesman Ken Lane said by email on Sunday morning that the DA's office had no comment as the incident remains under investigation by the Denver Police.
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| Targeted cancer treatments far outperform traditional methods Posted: 02 Jun 2018 06:58 AM PDT  Cancer treatments that attack tumors based on their individual genetic traits -- not their location in the body -- far outperform traditional methods, extending survival for twice as many patients, a study said Saturday. The precision medicine field of targeted therapy involves testing tumors for clues about their genetic mutations, and matching patients with new drugs designed to block cancer's growth on a molecular level. The results of the first and largest precision medicine trial to look at survival across a host of cancer types and many different targeted therapies were released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago, the world's largest annual cancer meeting.
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| Pope to meet 5 abused Chilean priests Posted: 02 Jun 2018 09:27 AM PDT  Pope Francis will on Saturday meet five Chilean priests who were sexually abused by another priest, Fernando Karadima, in an effort to heal their wounds and those of the church, the Vatican said. In a letter to Chileans issued last week, the pope had voiced his "shame" that the Catholic church had failed "to listen and react in time" to allegations of sexual abuse by Chilean clergy. Several members of the Chilean church hierarchy are accused by victims of ignoring and covering up child abuse by Karadima during the 1980s and 1990s.
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| Israel strikes Hamas military targets and naval forces in Gaza as rocket fire breaks calm Posted: 03 Jun 2018 06:38 AM PDT  Israeli aircraft pounded over a dozen militant targets in Gaza, the army said Sunday, after Palestinian projectile fire shattered a ceasefire reached just days ago after the worst flare-up since a 2014 war. The latest escalation came hours after thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral of a young female volunteer medic killed by Israeli fire on Gaza's border. In a first wave of air strikes, Israeli "fighter jets targeted 10 terror sites in three military compounds belonging to the Hamas terror organisation in the Gaza Strip," the army said in a statement early Sunday. "Among the targets were two Hamas munition manufacturing and storage sites and a military compound," the army said. The strikes came in retaliation for rockets fired at Israel, as well as "various terror activities approved and orchestrated by the Hamas terror organisation over the weekend," the army said. A few hours later aircraft shot at "five terror targets at a military compound belonging to the Hamas terror organisation's naval force in the northern Gaza Strip," the army said in a separate statement. There were no reports of casualties in Gaza. On Saturday evening, militants in the Palestinian enclave fired two projectiles at southern Israel, where air raid sirens sent residents to bomb shelters. A picture taken from Gaza City on May 29, 2018, shows a smoke billowing in the background following an Israeli air strike Credit: THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images The Iron Dome aerial defence system intercepted one projectile, while the other was believed to have fallen short of its target and landed within Gaza, according to the army. Early Sunday, four more projectiles were separately launched at Israel. Three were intercepted, the army said, with the fourth apparently hitting an open field. No group in Gaza claimed responsibility for the projectile attacks, which came shortly after the Saturday funeral of Razan al-Najjar, 21, a volunteer with the Gaza health ministry, who was fatally shot in the chest near Khan Yunis on Friday. Ambulances and medical crews attended the funeral, where Najjar's father held the blood-stained white medics' jacket she wore when she was shot, as mourners called for revenge. Gazans have since March 30 staged border protests demanding the return of Palestinians to land they fled or were expelled from during the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation, now inside the Jewish state. Palestinian paramedics mourn over the death of their colleague Razan al-Najjar i Credit: SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images The demonstrations have been accompanied by smaller clashes as youths hurl stones at Israeli soldiers and attempt to breach the border fence, at times laying explosive devices on the fence or throwing grenades. The demonstrations and violence peaked on May 14 when at least 61 Palestinians were killed in clashes as tens of thousands of Gazans protested the US transfer of its embassy in Israel to the disputed city of Jerusalem the same day. On Sunday, Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra announced the death of Mohammad Hamada, 30, who was wounded on May 14. Hamada's death brings the toll of Gazans killed by Israeli fire since the end of March to 124. Low-level demonstrations have continued since.
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| U.S. In Early Talks To Arrange Trump, Putin Summit: Report Posted: 01 Jun 2018 11:35 PM PDT  American officials are in initial talks with Russian representatives in a bid
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| US-Mexico border: How hope, aspiration and love drives migrants through a perilous journey Posted: 02 Jun 2018 04:47 AM PDT  As Donald Trump stood before his jubilant supporters at the end of his thank you tour in Alabama in December 2016 chants of "build the wall" echoed around the Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The boisterous crowd interrupted the then president-elect to remind him of the promise he had made during the election campaign: to clamp down on people illegally crossing the border into the US. The infamous structure, despite being practically impossible to deliver, serves as a physical and metaphorical blockade stopping undocumented immigrants entering the US from Mexico and Central America, 11 million of whom already reside in the country.
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| Wounded RFK aide from shooting still pushing RFK legacy Posted: 03 Jun 2018 08:42 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Schrade had an up-close view of the Kennedy dynasty in the 1960s.
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| New Italy PM starts off in shadow of his powerful deputies Posted: 02 Jun 2018 03:44 PM PDT  Italy's new prime minister Giuseppe Conte mostly kept quiet on his full first day in office Saturday, while his two powerful deputies took centre stage in setting the tone of the populist government's policy. Conte, a political novice, was finally sworn in on Friday as the head of a government of ministers from the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the far-right League, ending months of uncertainty since elections in March.
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| Ford SVT Mustang Cobra vs. Pontiac GTO Posted: 02 Jun 2018 10:30 AM PDT  One carries on muscle-car tradition, the other seeks to redefine it.
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| Police officer fired after hitting suspect with car Posted: 02 Jun 2018 10:16 PM PDT  A police officer in Athens, Georgia, was fired after an investigation showed he intentionally hit a fleeing suspect with his cruiser.
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| Uber driver arrested after passenger shot dead in US Posted: 02 Jun 2018 07:39 AM PDT  Police in the US city of Denver have arrested an Uber driver for first-degree murder in the shooting death of his passenger. Local media, citing the medical examiner's office, identified the victim as Hyun Kim, 45. A witness called police shortly before 3:00 am Friday from Interstate 25, a highway in the Colorado city, to report that "an Uber driver... said his ride tried to attack him and the driver shot him," an officer stated in a court document.
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| Al Shabaab fighters seize town in central Somalia - residents Posted: 02 Jun 2018 05:49 AM PDT ![Al Shabaab fighters seize town in central Somalia - residents]( "Al Shabaab fighters seize town in central Somalia - residents") By Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's militant Islamist group al Shabaab has retaken a small town in the centre of the country after it was abandoned by government troops, residents said on Saturday. "Al Shabaab attacked from various sides. After one hour of fighting, the government forces left and al Shabaab seized control," Hussein Nur, a local elder, told Reuters by phone.
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| Why Is CNN Giving Steve Bannon A 60-Minute Infomercial? Posted: 02 Jun 2018 10:38 AM PDT  When Fareed Zakaria announced via Twitter on Thursday night, "CNN Exclusive -
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| Best Cell-Phone Plans for Seniors Posted: 03 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Getting older has its benefits, especially if you're looking to save some money on your wireless cell-phone service. In early May, Sprint rolled out a new offer for people 55 and up, countering a...
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| Gavin Newsom Is Helping His Republican Rival. Now Other Democrats Are Crying Foul. Posted: 02 Jun 2018 12:52 PM PDT  Gavin Newsom is doing something odd.
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| Officials: Ex-Baptist leader mishandled separate rape claims Posted: 02 Jun 2018 03:56 PM PDT ![Officials: Ex-Baptist leader mishandled separate rape claims]( "Officials: Ex-Baptist leader mishandled separate rape claims") FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The president of a leading Baptist seminary in Texas was dismissed because of his response to two rape allegations made years apart by students, according to officials at the Fort Worth-based school.
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| Google retreating from military AI project: reports Posted: 01 Jun 2018 07:19 PM PDT  Google workers on Friday got word that the internet titan will retreat from a deal to help the US military use artificial intelligence to analyze drone video following an outcry from staff, according to reports. The collaboration with the US Department of Defense was said to have sparked rebellion inside the California-based company. An internal petition calling for Google to stay out of "the business of war" garnered thousands of signatures, and some workers reportedly quit to protest a collaboration with the military.
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| Lego Bugatti Chiron: 3599 Pieces of Awesome Posted: 03 Jun 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Comprised of 3599 pieces, with a true W16 engine and a working eight-speed gearbox, it's almost as good as the real Chiron.
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| All-New BMW Z4 Prototype Driven: The Supra’s German Brother Posted: 03 Jun 2018 03:00 PM PDT  Now with sports-car cred.
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| Trump's 'tragic' policies likely to make child poverty much worse, says UN Posted: 01 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT  A school bus in Cleveland, Mississippi, where 12% of teens were not in school in 2015. The Trump administration must pay urgent attention to the shockingly high number of children living in poverty in the US, the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty declares in a heavyweight report on the condition of America today – warning of the prospect of the American dream "becoming the American illusion".
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| Relief for North Korea only after clear, irreversible steps to denuclearization: Mattis Posted: 02 Jun 2018 10:46 PM PDT  By Idrees Ali SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday North Korea will receive relief only after it takes clear and irreversible steps to end its nuclear program, adding it would be a bumpy road to a summit between U.S. and North Korean leaders. The comments sought to address concern the United States may be rushing to strike a breakthrough in the unprecedented summit between the two leaders after U.S. President Donald Trump put the meeting back on track for June 12 in Singapore.
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| 2 tourists stabbed to death at Vegas hotel Posted: 02 Jun 2018 06:49 AM PDT  Police say a man and woman who were part of a tour group from Vietnam were found stabbed to death inside a hotel room in Las Vegas. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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| Populists campaign in Sicily after forming Italy government Posted: 03 Jun 2018 01:35 PM PDT  ROME (AP) — Days after taking office, the two pillars of Italy's first populist government led rallies Sunday in Sicily to maintain their popular support while detailing their strategies for deporting migrants and implementing other campaign promises that helped put them in power.
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| Nicaragua buries victims of latest violence Posted: 01 Jun 2018 08:20 PM PDT  Mourning families held funerals across Nicaragua on Friday for 16 people killed in one of the bloodiest days of protest in the country, where weeks of anti-government demonstrations have left more than 100 dead. Anguished relatives sobbed over the caskets of their loved ones at a series of funerals in the capital Managua, shocked over the brutal repression of what was a peaceful Mother's Day march on Wednesday. "Lord give me peace in my heart... I never expected this," said his weeping mother, Yadira Cordoba, as she clung to his coffin while it was being closed.
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| Danes seek to limit male circumcision to those 18 and over Posted: 02 Jun 2018 11:51 AM PDT ![Danes seek to limit male circumcision to those 18 and over]( "Danes seek to limit male circumcision to those 18 and over") TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Danish group says petition seeking to set a minimum age of 18 for non-medical male circumcision in the country has gathered the required 50,000 signatures to send the proposal to Parliament for debate later this year.
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| Trio reach Earth from ISS with football slated for World Cup Posted: 03 Jun 2018 07:26 AM PDT  Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov made it back to Earth Sunday along with an official match football that could be used later this month in the opening game of the World Cup in Moscow. Shkaplerov, Scott Tingle of the United States and Norishige Kanai of Japan touched down on the Kazakh steppe on time at 1239 GMT after a 168-day mission aboard the International Space Station. Footage from the Russian space agency Roscosmos showed the Soyuz descent module carrying the three touch down as recovery helicopters circled over the landing site.
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| The Singapore hotel where top brass, dealers and spies rub shoulders Posted: 03 Jun 2018 07:54 AM PDT  By Greg Torode SINGAPORE (Reuters) - For the region's military officers, diplomats, weapons manufacturers and spies, there are few livelier places than the lobby of Singapore's Shangri-La hotel around mid-year. Here, beneath pillared ceilings and chandeliers, they gather for an annual informal bash - called the Shangri-La Dialogue - organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. This year's chapter was held at the weekend and the chatter was particularly lively given the strategic shifts shaking Asia, from North Korea to rapidly-evolving rivalry between India and China.
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| Nigeria's Senate president summoned for questioning over robbery Posted: 03 Jun 2018 03:15 PM PDT  Nigerian police on Sunday summoned the head of the upper house of parliament for questioning after members of a criminal gang implicated him following a brutal bank robbery that left 33 people dead. Senate President Bukola Saraki, the third-most powerful politician in the country who has denied the allegation, served from 2003 to 2011 as state governor of Kwara, where the brazen daylight robberies took place in the central town of Offa on April 5. National police spokesman Jimoh Moshood said 22 suspects have been arrested over the robbery of six Offa banks, including five ring leaders who alleged Saraki's involvement in the gang.
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| Canada hoping its tariff threat will prompt US back down Posted: 01 Jun 2018 06:21 PM PDT  WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Canada's finance minister said Friday he is hopeful the threat of retaliation against U.S. trade measures will persuade the Trump administration to back away from the steel and aluminum tariffs it has imposed on its G7 allies.
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| America's poor becoming more destitute under Trump: U.N. expert Posted: 02 Jun 2018 04:10 PM PDT  Poverty in the United States is extensive and deepening under the Trump administration whose policies seem aimed at removing the safety net from millions of poor people, while rewarding the rich, a U.N. human rights investigator has found. Philip Alston, U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty, called on U.S. authorities to provide solid social protection and address underlying problems, rather than "punishing and imprisoning the poor". In a report, Alston said that as welfare benefits and access to health insurance were being slashed, President Donald Trump's tax reform awarded "financial windfalls" to the mega-rich and large companies, further increasing inequality.
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