| Trump: I could pardon myself — but why bother? Posted: 04 Jun 2018 06:25 AM PDT  President Trump asserted explicitly for the first time that he could pardon himself for any crimes he might have committed — and then insisted there aren't any.
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| Parkland School Resource Officer Breaks Silence On 'Haunting' Failure To Stop Shooter Posted: 04 Jun 2018 08:36 AM PDT  The school resource officer forced to resign after he failed to engage the
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| In California primaries, Democrats could crowd themselves out in key House races Posted: 05 Jun 2018 04:28 AM PDT  In Tuesday's California congressional primaries, Democrats are energized, enthusiastic and eager to send Trump a message. Walter spoke to Yahoo News' podcast, "The Long Game," about the impact of California's primary rules, and about the forces that created the desire for such a system.
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| Woman Diagnosed With Cancer After Doctor Spots Lump on Her Throat During HGTV Appearance Posted: 05 Jun 2018 02:09 PM PDT  Nicole McGuinness is now receiving treatment after the eagle-eyed doctor advised her to see a doctor after finding her on social media.
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| Scott Pruitt Asked Aide To Buy Used Trump Mattress, Book Flights On Personal Time Posted: 04 Jun 2018 11:26 AM PDT  Oddjob wasn't just a classic James Bond villain ― it's also apparently the job
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| Guatemala volcano death toll up to 69, expected to rise Posted: 04 Jun 2018 07:56 PM PDT  EL RODEO, Guatemala (AP) — Rescuers pulled survivors and bodies from the charred aftermath of the powerful eruption of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire, as the death toll rose to 69 on Monday and was expected to go higher from a disaster that caught residents of remote mountain hamlets off guard, with little or no time to flee to safety.
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| Ella Whistler, 13-Year-Old Shot at Indiana Middle School, Has 'Long Road to Recovery' Posted: 05 Jun 2018 05:56 AM PDT  A student shot Ella and another teacher before he was tackled.
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| 'The president hasn’t done anything wrong,' Sarah Sanders says 9 times in 15 minutes Posted: 04 Jun 2018 01:24 PM PDT  The White House Press Secretary made one point over and over during Monday's briefing.
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| Shark feeding frenzy Posted: 04 Jun 2018 11:17 AM PDT ![Shark feeding frenzy]( "Shark feeding frenzy") One committed photographer spent a grand total of 3,000 dive hours trying to get the perfect shots, capturing beautiful images of a rare shark feeding frenzy.
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| Tom Arnold Says Ex-Wife Roseanne Barr Is ‘Obviously’ A Racist Posted: 04 Jun 2018 04:42 AM PDT  Actor Tom Arnold is mincing no words when it comes to his ex-wife Roseanne
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| The California Primaries Are A Glorious Mess. They Could Determine Who Wins The House. Posted: 04 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT  In the past week, two major political groups have spent $100,000 on digital
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| How the Moon's movements could give us Earthlings a 25-hour day Posted: 04 Jun 2018 04:09 PM PDT  Many of us feel as if there are not quite enough hours in a day – but according to scientists, this could change in the future. Researchers have found that the effect of the Moon moving away from Earth causes our planet to spin more slowly, lengthening the day. A new study, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that 1.4 billion years ago, a day on Earth lasted just over 18 hours. This is at least in part because the moon was closer and changed the way Earth spun around its axis. The moon is currently moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.82cm a year, which could mean in around 200 million years' time, each day will be 25 hours long. Stephen Meyers, a professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the study, explained: "As the Moon moves away, the Earth is like a spinning figure skater who slows down as they stretch their arms out." This is because Earth's movement is at least in part determined by the bodies around it, such as other planets and the Moon, which exert force on it. How our days on Earth are getting longer Changes in this force can effect changes in the orbit Earth traces around the Sun as well as its rotation around and wobble on its axis. These variations, called Milankovich cycles, determine where sunlight is distributed on Earth, and so decide the planet's climate rhythms. These rhythms can be detected in the rock record, spanning hundreds of millions of years. Over billions of years, time has changed significantly on Earth, because the Solar System has many moving parts, including the other planets orbiting the Sun. Changes in the rock record can show changes in Earth's rotation and allow scientists to map how it moved over time. However, going back billions of years has previously proven difficult as most scientific methods do not give the precision needed for such a leap back in time. Over billions of years, time has changed significantly on Earth, because the Solar System has many moving parts, including the other planets orbiting the Sun Credit: NASA This groundbreaking new study used astrochronology, a statistical method that links astronomical theory with geological observation, to discover ancient climate change and reconstruct the history of the Solar System while looking back on Earth's geologic past. "One of our ambitions was to use astrochronology to tell time in the most distant past, to develop very ancient geological time scales," Dr Meyers said. "We want to be able to study rocks that are billions of years old in a way that is comparable to how we study modern geologic processes." Alberto Malinverno, Lamont research professor at Columbia, joined the project after hearing Dr Meyers speaking about his work at a conference. The two combined a statistical method that Meyers developed in 2015 to deal with uncertainty across time, called TimeOpt, with astronomical theory, geologic data and a sophisticated statistical approach called Bayesian inversion. This combination of methods allowed the pair to reliably assess the direction of the axis of rotation of Earth, and the shape of its orbit, from testing layers of rock in the 1.4 billion-year-old Xiamaling Formation from Northern China and a 55 million-year-old record from Walvis Ridge, in the southern Atlantic Ocean. From this, they could determine the length of day and the distance between Earth and the Moon. Dr Malinverno explained: "In the future, we want to expand the work into different intervals of geologic time."
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| Suspect In Arizona Killings Died By Suicide In Standoff, Police Say Posted: 04 Jun 2018 09:24 AM PDT  The Arizona man who died in a Scottsdale motel standoff after being named a
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| 12 People Have Died After Doing This Weight-Loss Treatment Posted: 04 Jun 2018 01:59 PM PDT  Update June 4, 2018: The Food and Drug Administration is releasing another warning to health care providers about a popular weight loss device. According to a statement issued by the FDA, five more deaths have been reported in patients with two liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems used to treat obesity, totaling 12 deaths attributed to the device since 2016. "We have been carefully tracking adverse events, including a total of 12 deaths over the past two years, that have been reported in patients ...
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| Firefighter is Hailed as a Hero For Comforting Little Girl After Car Crash Posted: 05 Jun 2018 05:21 AM PDT  The touching photo is warming hearts nationwide.
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| Administration sharks circle Atlantic's only national marine monument Posted: 05 Jun 2018 12:57 PM PDT  It's been six months since Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended that President Trump reduce or eliminate the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument and open it to commercial exploitation. Scientists and conservationists are mulling over the fate of this blue park as the White House sits on Zinke's guidance.
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| Dog Named Alejandro Found Dead in Crate After Delta Air Lines Flight Posted: 04 Jun 2018 06:08 AM PDT  Delta says they are investigating the Pomeranian's death.
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| Israeli troops kill Gaza man armed with ax: military Posted: 04 Jun 2018 03:50 AM PDT ![Israeli troops kill Gaza man armed with ax: military]( "Israeli troops kill Gaza man armed with ax: military") Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to cross the border from Gaza armed with an ax on Monday, the military said in a statement. A second Palestinian who was with the man fled after they damaged Israel's security fence, a military spokesman said. There was no immediate comment from Palestinian officials on the incident, which comes at a time of renewed violence along the Israel-Gaza frontier.
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| White Nationalist Who Marched In Charlottesville Elected To Local GOP Office Posted: 05 Jun 2018 01:25 PM PDT  White nationalist James Allsup is now an elected officer in the Republican
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| Cop Who Was Fired After Ramming Suspect With Car Hired By Nearby County Posted: 05 Jun 2018 02:32 PM PDT  A Georgia police officer fired a day after video captured him hitting a
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| Guatemala's Fuego Volcano Erupts, Sending Lava Into Homes and Killing 25 Posted: 03 Jun 2018 06:21 PM PDT  Volcan de Fuego is one of Central America's most active volcanos
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| Off-Duty Oregon Firefighter Killed After Motorcycle Slams Into Bear on Remote Highway Posted: 04 Jun 2018 02:57 PM PDT  Off-duty firefighter Rhett Larsen struck a bear with his motorcycle, then hurled into path of oncoming SUV.
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| Janet Jackson Calls Police to Check on 1-Year-Old Son's Welfare While Child Is with His Father Posted: 04 Jun 2018 09:37 AM PDT  The child was with his father, Jackson's estranged husband, Wissam Al Mana, at the Nobu hotel in Malibu, California.
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| RFK's final journey — The funeral train of 1968 Posted: 05 Jun 2018 04:18 AM PDT ![RFK's final journey — The funeral train of 1968]( "RFK's final journey — The funeral train of 1968") Robert Kennedy's funeral train traveled on June 8, 1968 –- a sweltering hot early summer day. Paul Fusco, then a staff photographer for Look magazine, photographed the people who lined the tracks to pay their respects.
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| George Papadopoulos' Wife Asks Trump To Pardon Her Husband Posted: 05 Jun 2018 01:31 AM PDT  The wife of former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty
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| Turkey says troops closing in on Kurd stronghold in Iraq Posted: 04 Jun 2018 07:36 AM PDT  Turkish troops are advancing on the mountainous Qandil region of northern Iraq where the leadership of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is based, a senior minister said Monday, as military operations are stepped up. Several Turkish troops have been killed in the region in recent months during clashes with the PKK, although the authorities remain vague over where the fighting is taking place. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told the state-run Anadolu news agency the target was the Qandil mountains, the PKK's key military base.
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| Analysis: Qatar crisis widens fissures among US allies Posted: 03 Jun 2018 11:11 PM PDT  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At a time when the United States hopes to exert maximum pressure on Iran, a regional bloc created by Gulf Arab countries to counter Tehran looks increasingly more divided ahead of the anniversary of the diplomatic crisis in Qatar.
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| 'Cockroaches Were Crawling All Over Me.' Josh Holt Describes Deplorable Conditions in Venezuelan Jail Posted: 05 Jun 2018 06:16 AM PDT  'I was literally just laying in the ground in my underwear and just sweating as cockroaches were crawling all over me'
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| Dozens dead after volcano erupts in Guatemala Posted: 04 Jun 2018 08:44 AM PDT ![Dozens dead after volcano erupts in Guatemala]( "Dozens dead after volcano erupts in Guatemala") Rescuers used heavy machinery and shovels Monday to search for survivors or victims of an eruption at Guatemala's Volcano of Fire, and residents said they were caught unaware by fast-moving pyroclastic flows that killed at least 25 people and left authorities fearing the toll could go higher.
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| Next-Generation Jeep Grand Cherokee To Use Alfa Romeo Platform Posted: 04 Jun 2018 03:26 PM PDT  The old bones need a replacement.
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| Kirstie Allsopp defends flying business class while leaving her children in economy Posted: 04 Jun 2018 05:23 AM PDT  Television presenter Kirstie Allsopp has defended her decision to sit her children in economy when she and her husband fly in more expensive seats. After criticism, she said she thinks letting children on social media is more dangerous than leaving them alone in economy on a plane. The Location, Location, Location star had told the Sun that upgrading her childrens' seats would be an "absurd waste of money" and that sitting in Club level should be something that people work for. Ms Allsopp explained: "Obviously this wasn't the case when they were little but now they are big enough to sit separately, they do. "Club Class should be a huge treat you've worked hard for. If kids get used to it, what do they have to work towards? It seems like an absurd waste of money and very spoiling. I suspect Gordon Ramsay and I can't be the only ones to think this." A: I'm not in club and don't drink champagne B: I have frequently been complimented by cabin crew on the behaviour of my boys C: I always introduce myself to the cabin crew concerned and say if there are any problems to alert me immediately. Don't generalise. https://t.co/SnbdErK9tq— Kirstie Mary Allsopp (@KirstieMAllsopp) June 3, 2018 She and her partner Ben Andersen occasionally upgrade to more expensive seats, she said, while her children Bay, 12, and Oscar, 10, sit in economy. Furious critics responded, with one tweeting: "As an ex crew member I hated it when parents did this. "One child spilt drink all over herself and the parents left us crew to sort it out...unfair on the crew or other pax who ended up as babysitters...while parents quaffed champagne in Club." Utter rubbish, they don't need to be "looked after" they're sitting on a plane watching movies! That's not parenting it's fussing. https://t.co/WzHyQksrAt— Kirstie Mary Allsopp (@KirstieMAllsopp) June 4, 2018 Another wrote: "Until they are adult, it's the parents job to PARENT not the Cabin Crew! Those children need looking after on a flight. I'd never have left mine." She responded, telling her Twitter followers: "People parent differently, I think letting 10 year olds have social media accounts is far more risky than anything that could happen on a plane, and the biggest dangers come from adolescent mental health issues. #horsesforcourses." Gordon Ramsay agrees, and said earlier this year: "They get entertainment on their iPads. I don't want them sat there with a 10-course f---ing menu with champagne. It is my wife and I's choice to keep them real."
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| Trump Attempts To Sing National Anthem But Can't Be Bothered To Finish Posted: 05 Jun 2018 03:07 PM PDT  Considering how angry President Donald Trump gets when NFL players kneel
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| Russia wants 'united and prosperous EU': Putin Posted: 04 Jun 2018 01:54 PM PDT  President Vladimir Putin on Monday downplayed suggestions Russia was seeking to disrupt the European Union's cohesion, saying it was in his country's interests for the bloc to remain "united and prosperous". "We have an interest in an EU that's united and prosperous, since the EU is our most important commercial and economic partner," Putin told Austria's ORF television a day before an official visit to Vienna. "The more problems at the heart of the EU, the more risks and problems there are for us.
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| Iran could unleash new refugee wave, Netanyahu tells Berlin Posted: 04 Jun 2018 09:24 AM PDT  Iran's activities across the Middle East threaten to drive another wave of refugees to Europe, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday. Netanyahu, on a tour to persuade European countries to follow the U.S. administration of Donald Trump in tearing up a nuclear non-proliferation deal with Iran, said the country was using proceeds from eased sanctions to finance conflict. Iran wanted to expand and deploy Shi'ite militias it commanded to convert Muslims from the Sunni branch of Islam, he said at a joint news conference with Merkel.
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| 2 Boy Scouts, 2 troop leaders rescued from Washington peak Posted: 04 Jun 2018 05:02 PM PDT  BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Two Boy Scouts and two troop leaders spent a night inside a cave high up Mount Baker in Washington state before they were rescued and taken to a hospital with hypothermia, officials said Monday.
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| The Latest: Woman in fatal field crash held on $500K bail Posted: 04 Jun 2018 07:32 PM PDT  ALFRED, Maine (AP) — The Latest on a court case in which a woman is accused of driving onto a Maine baseball field during a game and striking and killing a man (all times local):
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| Pete Davidson Gets 2 Tattoos For New Girlfriend Ariana Grande Posted: 04 Jun 2018 05:09 AM PDT  Now that Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande have made their romance official, the
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| The U.S. Urges China to Disclose the Death Toll From the Tiananmen Square Crackdown Posted: 04 Jun 2018 01:01 AM PDT  Hundreds, if not thousands, of unarmed protesters and onlookers were killed in a military crackdown 29 years ago
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| 2018 Ford Shelby Super Snake boasts new looks, more power Posted: 04 Jun 2018 11:00 AM PDT  The 2018 Ford Mustang GT is an impressive bit of kit straight out of the box, especially when equipped with its Performance Package Level 2 handling upgrade. The Ford tuner extraordinaire has been offering a Super Snake package for the current Mustang since the 2015 model year. Now Shelby has unveiled its Super Snake package for Ford's updated 2018 Mustang, and the power dial has been turned all the way pass 800 hp! With so much oomph, Shelby says the car will rocket to 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds.
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| Montana Republicans Are Picking Who Will Take On A Top Trump Senate Target Posted: 05 Jun 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Republicans know President Donald Trump has made defeating Montana Democratic
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