| Judge demands more information from U.S. on family reunifications as deadline approaches Posted: 25 Jul 2018 08:56 AM PDT  "Some of this information is unpleasant..." said Judge Dana Sabraw. "It's the reality of a policy that was in place that resulted in large numbers of families being separated without forethought as to reunification and keeping track of people. And that's the fallout we're seeing."
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| What would the world be like without Roe v. Wade? Posted: 26 Jul 2018 10:52 AM PDT  A reversal of Roe v. Wade would make abortions harder to obtain in many states. But it wouldn't mean a return to the pre-1973 status quo. Medical technology and the world have changed since then.
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| Betsy DeVos' $40 Million Yacht Set Adrift By Vandals At Ohio Dock Posted: 26 Jul 2018 09:01 AM PDT  A $40 million yacht owned by the family of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos
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| Police arrest man suspected of starting California wildfire Posted: 25 Jul 2018 09:42 PM PDT  A man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of starting a fire that burned five homes and prompted evacuation orders for an entire Southern California mountain town.
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| Deadly wildfires ravage coastal region near Athens, killing dozens Posted: 26 Jul 2018 05:02 AM PDT ![Deadly wildfires ravage coastal region near Athens, killing dozens]( "Deadly wildfires ravage coastal region near Athens, killing dozens") Sorrow became tinged with anger in Greece on Thursday as rescuers searched scorched land and the coastline for survivors, three days after a wildfire destroyed a small town outside Athens and killed at least 83 people.
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| Judge Says Suit Challenging Citizenship Question On 2020 Census Can Advance Posted: 26 Jul 2018 09:41 AM PDT  A federal judge in New York ruled Thursday that a lawsuit challenging the
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| Colombia's top sniffer dog gets police protection after gangs put £50,000 price on its head Posted: 26 Jul 2018 11:44 AM PDT  A police sniffer dog who has found record amounts of illegal drugs has been moved from her post after one of Colombia's biggest drug gangs put a bounty on her head. Sombra, which means Shadow in English, had been based in Turbo in the Urabá region of Colombia, a strategic point for traffickers with easy access to the sea. In the last few years, the German Shepherd's work has led directly to 245 arrests. Colombia's biggest drugs gang, the Urabeños, put a price on Sombra's head after she sniffed out 10 tonnes of their cocaine earlier this year. The gang is offering the equivalent of £53,000 for anyone who kills her, according to police intelligence. She was redeployed earlier this year from the Urabeños heartland to the country's main airport. Bogotá's El Dorado is considered safer because it is outside the area of the gang's influence. The gang is offering the equivalent of £53,000 for anyone who kills Sombra But police say they are taking no chances. As well as her usual handler, Sombra is now accompanied by extra officers to increase her protection. The Urabeños, who are also known as the Gulf Clan, are considered Colombia's most powerful criminal organisation. The gang's boss, Dairo Antonio Úsuga also known as Otoniel, is one of Colombia's most wanted men. "The fact they want to hurt Sombra and offer such a high reward for her capture or death shows the impact she's had on their profits," said a police spokesperson. Colombia is one of the world's leading producers of cocaine, with an output of around 910 tonnes per year, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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| 26 bodies found after Laos dam collapse, hundreds still missing Posted: 25 Jul 2018 03:50 AM PDT  Rescuers recovered 26 bodies and hundreds remain missing after a dam collapse swamped several villages in southern Laos, as survivors Wednesday questioned why they got little warning of the deluge. Two South Korean contractors said they reported damage at least a day before parts of the Xe-Namnoy dam gave way Monday and unleashed a wall of water. A Thai consular official, Chana Miencharoen, at the scene of the relief effort in Attapeu province told AFP that by Wednesday late afternoon 26 bodies had been recovered.
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| Progressive Hawaii Candidate Channels Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez In New Ad Posted: 25 Jul 2018 02:55 PM PDT  Kaniela Ing, a progressive Hawaii state representative running for Congress,
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| White House says Trump will meet with Putin in 2019, 'after the Russia witch hunt is over' Posted: 25 Jul 2018 01:21 PM PDT  President Trump's proposed Washington meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be put off until 2019, the White House announced Wednesday.
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| Shark Week: Here are the Wild Physics of a Great White Leap Posted: 25 Jul 2018 05:53 PM PDT  You don't want to be a seal when it's chow time
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| Global stocks fail to hold four-month peak as Facebook plunges Posted: 26 Jul 2018 01:29 PM PDT  By Trevor Hunnicutt NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stock markets failed to hold onto four-month highs on Thursday as a record sell-off in Facebook shares offset optimism that the European Union and the United States would settle their differences on trade. Facebook Inc, the fifth-largest global stock by market capitalization, collapsed 18.96 percent, the biggest one-day wipeout in U.S. stock market history, after the social media company's earnings report showed slowing usage in the biggest advertising markets. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's fortune took an almost $16 billion hit as the declines wiped more than $120 billion off the company's value.
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| Water is buried beneath Martian landscape, study says Posted: 25 Jul 2018 08:49 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A huge lake of salty water appears to be buried deep in Mars, raising the possibility of finding life on the red planet, scientists reported Wednesday.
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| Disney Plans To Eliminate Plastic Straws From Properties By 2019 Posted: 26 Jul 2018 07:28 AM PDT  The Walt Disney Company has announced its plan to eliminate single-use plastic
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| Man Allegedly Steals Ambulance for Sandwich Quest Because It Was Too Hot to Walk Posted: 26 Jul 2018 07:59 AM PDT  He had just been released from the hospital
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| Hundreds of migrant children still not returned to parents amid warnings they are disappearing into 'black hole' Posted: 26 Jul 2018 04:55 PM PDT  More than 700 migrant children remain in custody after being separated from their families despite a court order that they be reunited with relatives by Thursday evening. In a court filing, the Trump administration said more than 1800 migrant children had been handed back to family members in time for a deadline set by a federal judge in San Diego. That still leaves more than 700 children who were not "eligible" to be reunited, including 431 with parents who have already been deported. The American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the case against the government, said the data showed "dozens of separated children still have not been matched to a parent". And immigration campaigners said the government's attempts to meet the deadline were characterised by confusion and risked leaving children in a "black hole". Lutheran Social Services workers link arms to obscure children arriving with adults in Phoenix to be reunited Credit: Matt York/AP Maria Odom, vice president of legal services for Kids in Need of Defence, said two children who were represented by the group were sent from New York to Texas to be reunited with their mother. When they arrived, they learned their mother had already been deported, she said. Her group now cannot find the children, aged 9 and 14. It was an example, she added, "of how impossible it is to track these children once they are placed in the black hole of reunification." The story behind photograph that revealed a scandal The Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy toward illegal immigration led to the separation of about 2,500 children while their parents, some asylum seekers, went through a legal process. An outcry at home and abroad forced President Donald Trump to order a halt to the separations in June. US Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego ordered the government to reunite the families and set Thursday as the deadline. Mr Sabraw has criticised some aspects of the process, but in recent days, he has praised government efforts. As of Monday, 900 people had received final orders of removal, and civil rights groups said they must decide if they want to return home as a family or leave their child in the United States to fight for asylum separately. Government lawyers told a federal judge this week that 917 parents may not be eligible for prompt reunification because they have already been deported, have waived reunification, have criminal backgrounds, or are otherwise deemed unfit. The group included 463 the government said are no longer in the United States. Rights activists said some may have been coerced or misled into returning home, believing it was the only way to see their child. Government officials have said everyone in an immigration detention center has been given notice of their rights and contact information for a lawyer. One immigrant, Douglas Almendarez, told Reuters he believed that returning to Honduras was the only way to be reunited with his 11-year-old son. "They told me: 'He's ahead of you'," said Mr Almendarez, 37, in the overgrown backyard of his modest soda shop several hours drive from the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa. "It was a lie." As he has previously stated during his time in office, Jeff Sessions, attorney general, on Thursday said voters backed Mr Trump, who made his hardline immigration stance a keystone of his 2016 election campaign. "We have a very generous legal immigration system," he said in Boston. "But the illegality must end. That's what the American people want."
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| 9 Madewell Finds To Get During Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale Posted: 25 Jul 2018 09:52 AM PDT  The list of items to shop at Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale goes on and on. From
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| Pompeo defends Trump foreign policy in hearing, even if he can’t say what it is Posted: 25 Jul 2018 06:02 PM PDT  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's job at a Senate hearing on Wednesday afternoon was to paint the Trump administration's foreign policy toward Russia, North Korea, Syria and the rest of the world as coherent and consistent. That was no easy task.
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| 11-year-old girl catches piranha relative in Oklahoma lake Posted: 25 Jul 2018 01:30 PM PDT  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An 11-year-old girl has quite the fish tale: A rare pacu with human-like teeth chomped down on the worm at the end of her line while she was fishing with her grandparents and brother in an Oklahoma lake.
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| The 2019 Mercedes A220 Sedan Is America's New Baby Benz Posted: 25 Jul 2018 05:30 PM PDT  The A220 is the 190E reincarnate.
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| Google and Facebook are strangling the free press to death. Democracy is the loser Posted: 26 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT  As gatekeepers to the news, Google and Facebook pose dangers to even the most successful outlets. After Europe's top monopoly buster Margrethe Vestager fined Google more than $5bn for abusing its dominance over mobile phone technology, it's tempting to relax about the power of big tech. The reason given by the publisher – a sharp decline in revenue – is largely the result of Google abusing its monopoly over online advertising, in tandem with Facebook.
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| Explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing — lone suspect wounded Posted: 26 Jul 2018 05:46 AM PDT ![Explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing — lone suspect wounded]( "Explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing — lone suspect wounded") A bomb exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, wounding the lone assailant, the embassy said in a statement, but police described the weapon merely as a "fireworks device."
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| Pakistan Election 2018: Imran Khan declares victory as rivals decry 'rigging' Posted: 26 Jul 2018 12:14 PM PDT  Imran Khan declared victory in Pakistan's rancorous general election on Thursday as rivals alleged he had benefited from widespread vote rigging. The cricketer-turned-opposition politician appeared set to be prime minister after unofficial forecasts gave him a commanding lead. The 65-year-old given the nicknamed 'Captain' by supporters looked just short of a full majority, but was expected to find small coalition partners easily and declared he had been given a popular mandate. In a speech broadcast from his Bani Gala estate outside Islamabad, he restated his populist promises, vowing a new Pakistan where he would crackdown on corruption and build an Islamic welfare state. However there were fears last night of political paralysis, or even violence after his unexpectedly strong performance at the polls was rejected by rival parties. Khan declared victory in a televised speech on Thursday afternoon Credit: REUTERS The Pakistan Muslim League party of jailed prime minister Nawaz Sharif said the result was based on "massive rigging" that "will cause irreparable damage to the country". Mr Khan said he was prepared to cooperate in any investigation into vote fraud, but claimed the poll had been "the cleanest elections in Pakistan's history". Reaching out to his country's arch rival, he said he wanted talks with India to resolve their simmering dispute over Kashmir. He said the Indian media had made him feel like a Bollywood villain but "if India takes one step towards us, we will take two steps towards them". Imran Khan has had to be very flexible indeed on his long climb to power in Pakistan He went on: "Right now, it is one-sided where India is constantly just blaming us." "The leadership of Pakistan and India now need to come to the table to resolve this and end blame games. We are stuck at square one." He said he wanted peace in Afghanistan and "mutually beneficial" relations with then US, which he has often berated for its foreign policy in the region. The cricketer-turned-politician who began his political struggle 22 years ago added, "God has given me the chance to make my dream come true." Imran Khan interview Supporters of his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (Pakistan Justice Movement) party had been celebrating all day and gathered outside his hill-top estate as the day wore on. " I haven't slept all night, I am so excited" said 27-year-old Khurram Shahzad. "He is an honest man and a great man. He will be the greatest leader we have had in our history." Mr Khan's election marks the end of a long transformation from night-clubbing sportsman to a conservative, nationalist leader of the world's sixth most populous nation. His declaration in the mid -1990s that he would trade his sporting popularity for the brutal world of Pakistan's politics caused scorn at the time and he spent years at the political margins. Shahbaz Sharif shows a document as he speaks during a press conference at his political office in Lahore Credit: AFP His former wife, Jemima Goldsmith, yesterday added her congratulations, but appeared to offer a warning that he must not become corrupted by power. She said his victory followed 22-years of "humiliations, hurdles and sacrifices". "It's an incredible lesson in tenacity, belief and refusal to accept defeat. The challenge now is to remember why he entered politics in the first place." The suicide bomber struck outside a crowded polling station in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta Credit: Arshad Butt/ AP European Union poll monitors are on Friday due to give their verdict on whether polling was free and fair. The military establishment which has ruled Pakistan directly or indirectly for much of its history has been accused of sabotaging rivals to favour Mr Khan. Shahbaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) since his brother Nawaz was ousted and jailed, said voting had seen "outright rigging and the results based on massive rigging will cause irreparable damage to the country." His party would use "all political and legal options for redressal of these glaring excesses," he vowed.
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| 'Fox And Friends' Avoids Questioning Kellyanne Conway About CNN Reporter Ban Posted: 26 Jul 2018 07:05 AM PDT  "Fox & Friends" on Thursday failed to question White House counselor Kellyanne
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| Michael Cohen's Trump Tape Release May Mean He's Ready To Make A Deal, Experts Say Posted: 25 Jul 2018 12:35 PM PDT  Michael Cohen's decision to allow Tuesday's release of a secretly recorded
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| Family says Oakland murder suspect mentally ill Posted: 24 Jul 2018 11:28 PM PDT  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A paroled robber who allegedly stabbed to death an 18-year-old woman in an unprovoked attack at a California train station is mentally ill and failed to receive proper treatment, his family said Tuesday.
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| Thousands flee wildfire burning near California mountain towns Posted: 26 Jul 2018 04:44 PM PDT  By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fast-moving Southern California wildfire believed set by a serial arsonist forced more than 3,000 residents of mountain resort communities to flee their homes on Thursday as crews fought to save homes in the path of the flames. The Cranston Fire was one of several wildland blazes that erupted on Wednesday in Riverside County, east of the city of Hemet, that authorities said appeared to have been ignited by the same suspect. Brandon McGlover, 32, was taken into custody in Hemet on Wednesday and booked on five counts of arson, the U.S. Forest Service said in a statement on the Inciweb fire tracking website.
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| The student activist who stood up against a man's deportation is a true hero Posted: 25 Jul 2018 01:34 PM PDT  Elin Errson, the Swedish student activist who tried to prevent an asylum-seeking Afghan man from being deported, is our new hero. And we're not alone in our admiration. On Monday, Errson boarded a flight headed from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Istanbul, Turkey. She refused to take her seat until a 52-year-old asylum-seeker, who was ultimately to be sent back to Afghanistan, was removed from the flight, according to the Hill. Errson live-streamed her protest aboard the flight on Facebook. Since then, the footage of the protest has been viewed 2.9 million times. SEE ALSO: A handy guide to the immigrant rights activists and experts you should follow on Twitter "I don't want a man's life to be taken away just because you don't want to miss your flight," Errson says to other passengers in her video. "I am not going to sit down until the person is off the plane." The video also documents Errson struggling with flight attendants, who try to take her phone and prevent her from filming. "I am doing what I can to save a person's life," Errson explains to the attendants (off camera). "As long as a person is standing up, the pilot cannot take off. All I want to do is stop the deportation and then I will comply with the rules here. This is all perfectly legal, and I have not committed a crime." The protest staged by Errson caused a 2-hour delay in takeoff, and tension with other passengers is palpable in the 14-minute-long video. At one point, a frustrated passenger can be heard telling Errson to sit down, to which she replies: "What is more important, a life, or your time? … I want him to get off the plane because he is not safe in Afghanistan. I am trying to change my country's rules, I don't like them. It is not right to send people to hell." The asylum-seeker was eventually escorted off the plane by Swedish authorities, according to the Washington Post, and passengers can be heard cheering in the video as he leaves the plane. Now, many are hailing Errson as a hero. Elin Errson is a hero. Watch and share everywhere. I stand with her. https://t.co/4BxmsBk7xX — Chris Henry (@Socialist_Chris) July 24, 2018 #ElinErsson is a brave and courageous woman. Swedish student's plane protest stops man's deportation 'to hell' https://t.co/X8Yl5aWwfH — Women's March (@womensmarch) July 25, 2018 This Swedish woman is a hero. She stopped the deportation of a man from Gothenburg to Afghanistan. She refused to sit down until he was taken off of the plane. Afghans, let's somehow recognize her from our community ? ❤️ ���� https://t.co/CHz33O0AH2 #elinerrson — ariana delawari (@arianadelawari) July 24, 2018 This is pure courage. As a young woman, I am proud of you. You're my hero. Hope to meet you one day. #ElinErrson — elifhanımcım (@thelovelygirll) July 25, 2018 "I hope that people start questioning how their country treats refugees," Elin Ersson said in an interview with the Guardian. "We need to start seeing the people whose lives our immigration [policies] are destroying." Errson told the Guardian she had been working with refugees for the past year, many of whom are from Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the activist told the Guardian she believes the asylum seeker was probably taken to Stockholm and deported from there. As for Errson, she may face a significant fine if the airline or passengers decide to press charges, according to a spokesperson for the Swedish police. Still, Errson's protest is a reminder that we all have the ability to stand up to the injustices we see. We'll be thinking about this story for a long time. WATCH: 'We're being used': Rapper Vic Mensa pleads for gun control legislation.
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| Sergio Marchionne, saviour of Fiat and Chrysler, dead at 66 Posted: 25 Jul 2018 08:24 AM PDT  Sergio Marchionne, who died Wednesday at the age of 66, was little known when he took the driving seat at Fiat in 2004. The visionary Italian-Canadian executive had already been preparing to hand over control of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in 2019. "It is with the deepest sadness that Exor has learned of the passing of Sergio Marchionne," it said in a statement.
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| Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume Posted: 25 Jul 2018 01:47 AM PDT ![Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume]( "Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume") LONDON (AP) — A man who survived exposure to the deadly nerve agent Novichok has described how his partner sprayed it on her wrists thinking it was perfume, and collapsed minutes later.
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| Emails Show Michigan Republicans Scheming To Gerrymander 'Garbage' Dems Posted: 26 Jul 2018 03:26 AM PDT  A federal lawsuit in Michigan has unearthed a cache of emails that suggests
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| North Korea Is Still Producing 'Fissile Material' Despite a Pledge to Denuclearize, Mike Pompeo Says Posted: 25 Jul 2018 10:27 PM PDT  North Korea has continued producing fuel for nuclear weapons despite Kim Jong Un's support for denuclearization
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| Cult members hanged for Tokyo subway attack, other crimes Posted: 26 Jul 2018 01:13 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Thirteen members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult were hanged this month for crimes committed in the 1990s, culminating in sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people and sickened thousands. Some details about the condemned cult members:
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| Facebook's grim forecast: privacy push will erode profits for years Posted: 25 Jul 2018 09:07 PM PDT  The second-quarter results were the first sign that a new European privacy law and a succession of privacy scandals involving Cambridge Analytica and other app developers have bit into Facebook's business. The company further warned that the toll would not be offset by revenue growth from emerging markets and Facebook's Instagram app, which has been more immune from privacy concerns. Facebook's fortunes shifted in under two hours as the company first reported revenue and user growth that missed expectations and then issued warnings about future growth and expenses.
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| Next-Gen Land Rover Evoque Spied Climbing Curbs At The 'Ring Posted: 25 Jul 2018 05:53 AM PDT  The new Evoque looks like a Velar after spending a few moments underneath a shrink ray.
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| A look at the main candidates in Pakistan national elections Posted: 25 Jul 2018 04:30 AM PDT  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is set to elect its third consecutive civilian government in Wednesday's parliamentary elections.
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| Chris Hardwick To Return To Host ‘Talking Dead’ After AMC Investigation Posted: 25 Jul 2018 03:38 PM PDT  AMC has reinstated Nerdist co-founder Chris Hardwick to host his "Walking
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| Violence as 600 migrants storm Morocco-Spain border fence Posted: 26 Jul 2018 06:30 AM PDT  More than 600 African migrants reached the Spanish territory of Ceuta Thursday after storming a double border fence with Morocco and attacking police with caustic quicklime and excrements. The scramble over the barbed wire-decked barrier is the biggest in Ceuta since February 2017, when more than 850 migrants entered the overseas territory over four days. The incident further increases pressure on Spain, which has now surpassed Italy as the number one destination for migrants crossing the Mediterranean by boat.
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| Federal immigration officials detain registered sex offender Posted: 25 Jul 2018 03:24 PM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal agents arrested an immigrant who is in the U.S. illegally after a North Carolina sheriff declined their request to keep the registered sex offender in custody, immigration officials said Wednesday.
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