| With racial tension high in Florida race, Trump calls Gillum a 'thief' Posted: 29 Oct 2018 12:18 PM PDT  The president portrayed the choice in the race as between a Republican with an Ivy League pedigree and a Democrat he sees as a criminal.
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| Cory Booker After Synagogue Shooting: 'We Need To Understand That Words Matter' Posted: 29 Oct 2018 09:28 AM PDT  Sen. Cory Booker implored fellow officials to be "mindful of what we're
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| FedEx Ends NRA Discount Program, Citing Low Shipping Volume Posted: 30 Oct 2018 12:38 PM PDT  FedEx has used the slogan "The World on Time" in varying capacities since
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| The synagogue massacre was actually in Mister Rogers's neighborhood. What would he say? Posted: 29 Oct 2018 01:31 PM PDT  Karen Struble Myers of the Fred Rogers Center reflected on what Rogers's message for America would be in the aftermath of the shooting in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh, where lived in and filmed his famous TV show.
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| Travel blogger who warned against dangerous selfies dies 'taking cliff edge photo' Posted: 30 Oct 2018 08:53 AM PDT  A travel blogger who fell to her death alongside her husband while apparently taking selfies on a cliff edge had previously warned tourists against attempting to capture dangerous photographs. Rangers at Yosemite National Park in California found the bodies of Vishnu Viswanath and Meenakshi Moorthy around 800 feet below Taft Point, where visitors can gaze over an unguarded cliff face. Viswanath's brother, Jishnu Viswanath, told reporters on Tuesday the pair had set up a tripod close to the sheer ledge shortly before they apparently fell.
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| Migrant Caravan Rests as a Second Group Tries to Enter Mexico Posted: 28 Oct 2018 09:25 PM PDT  A second caravan clashed with Guatemalan and Mexican forces, with one killed
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| FBI warns potential targets that suspicious packages may still be in the mail Posted: 30 Oct 2018 11:57 AM PDT  Mail bombing suspect makes first appearance in court.
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| Trump blames media, 'the true Enemy of the People,' for inspiring hate Posted: 29 Oct 2018 06:34 AM PDT  President Trump lashed out at the press Monday for criticism of his response to the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue and the mail bomb plot targeting Democrats.
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| Butler High School Classes Resumed After Shooting For Safety Reasons, Superintendent Says Posted: 29 Oct 2018 09:27 AM PDT  A high school in Matthews, North Carolina, resumed classes on Monday after one
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| Who is Gab founder Andrew Torba? Posted: 29 Oct 2018 12:34 PM PDT  The murder of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday has brought new attention to Gab, the social media service created by Andrew Torba that bills itself as pro-free speech and serves as a gathering place for white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremist figures online, and counted among its users suspected gunman Robert Bowers.
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| 'What Happened Yesterday Will Not Break Us': Pittsburgh After The Horror Posted: 29 Oct 2018 09:53 AM PDT  PITTSBURGH -- Susan Friedberg Kalson stood near the synagogue where a day
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| What It’s Worth: $250,000 Posted: 30 Oct 2018 08:45 AM PDT  Whether you're in the biggest city or smallest suburban town, every map dot in
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| Steve King's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Tuesday Posted: 30 Oct 2018 05:00 PM PDT  After 16 years of tolerating his outrageous and offensive comments, it appears that the Republican Party has finally reached its limit with Iowa Rep. Steve King.
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| Rabbi Has One Haunting Question For Trump Defender After Synagogue Shooting Posted: 29 Oct 2018 09:17 PM PDT  A former aide to President Donald Trump ran into a wall of opposition on a CNN
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| Lion Air passenger flight carrying 189 people crashes into sea in Indonesia Posted: 29 Oct 2018 03:49 AM PDT ![Lion Air passenger flight carrying 189 people crashes into sea in Indonesia]( "Lion Air passenger flight carrying 189 people crashes into sea in Indonesia") An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea on Monday as it tried to circle back to the capital, Jakarta, from where it had taken off minutes earlier, and there were likely no survivors, officials said.
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| 3 Palestinian teens killed in Israeli strike buried in Gaza Posted: 29 Oct 2018 11:41 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians on Monday laid to rest three teenage boys killed in an Israeli airstrike, with their families insisting they had no militant ties as mourners called on Gaza's militant groups to retaliate.
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| Robert Bowers: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect Described as Ghost by Neighbors Posted: 29 Oct 2018 10:50 AM PDT  Robert Bowers, 46, lived in a tiny one-bedroom apartment a half-hour away from the temple where he allegedly unleashed his attack.
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| India deploys huge security for inauguration of world's biggest statue Posted: 30 Oct 2018 11:50 AM PDT  Thousands of police officers guarded the world's biggest statue ahead of its inauguration by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, anticipating protests by angry locals displaced by the enormous figure. Indian authorities have planned a spectacular opening of the 182-metre (600-foot) tall tribute to Indian independence hero Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, with Air Force jets and helicopters to shower flowers on the statue during a flypast.
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| After years of fighting insurgencies, the Army pivots to training for a major war Posted: 30 Oct 2018 02:00 AM PDT  After 17 years of fighting grinding counterinsurgencies in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is shifting its gaze.
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| Rabbi cites Jesus in prayer for synagogue victims with Pence Posted: 29 Oct 2018 09:16 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A rabbi invited to pray at a Michigan campaign stop with Vice President Mike Pence on Monday referenced "Jesus the Messiah" at the event.
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| Global wildlife populations fall 60 per cent as WWF declares state of emergency for natural world Posted: 29 Oct 2018 05:01 PM PDT  Conservationists have issued a demand for urgent international action after a major report uncovered an unprecedented crisis in nature that threatens to devastate the world economy and imperil humanity itself. Only a global pact on the scale of the Paris Agreement on climate change will save the natural world from irreversible collapse, the World Wide Fund for Nature said after publishing a report showing a cataclysmic decline in global wildlife populations. Global vertebrate populations have fallen by 60 per cent since 1970 as human activity destroys their natural habitats in grasslands, forests, waterways and oceans, the organisation said. Until the turn of the 20th century, humanity's consumption of the world's natural resources was smaller than Earth's ability to replenish itself. But over the past 50 years expanding agricultural activity and the over-exploitation of natural resources to feed a growing world population, particularly its booming middle class, has pushed many ecosystems to the brink of collapse. The Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil, is being cleared for soy monoculture Credit: Adriano Gambarni/ PA "Humans are living beyond the planet's means and wiping out life on earth in the process," the report warns. From the savannahs of Africa to the rain forests of South America and oceans across the world, few wildlife populations have been spared. While great attention has been given to the impact of poaching on elephants and rhinos in Africa, the story has been more dismal in Latin America and the Caribbean, where 89 percent of indigenous mammals like the jaguar and anteater have been wiped out. Statistics are just as grim in the world's rivers, lakes and seas. More than 80 per cent of freshwater populations has vanished, with freshwater fish accounting for a higher rate of extinction than any other vertebrate. Since 1950 nearly 6bn tonnes of fish and other seafood have been removed from the world's oceans. Employees move freshly caught fish at a factory in the Angolan coastal city of Benguela Credit: AFP For surviving populations the impact of human activity is also stark: some 90 per cent of the world's seabirds have plastic in their stomach, compared to just 5 per cent in 1960. Plastic pollution now stretches across the seas of the earth, even reaching the bottom of the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific, the deepest natural point in the world. With just a quarter of the planet's land now free from human impact, the space bird, reptile and mammal populations' need to recover is growing ever more limited. "We are the first generation to know we are destroying our planet and the last that can do anything about it," said Tanya Steele, chief executive of the WWF. "The collapse of global wildlife populations is a warning sign that nature is dying." As tragic as the collapse of wildlife populations is, the impact of habitat loss will have a profound impact on human wellbeing, conservationists say. Man's encroachment on nature threatens agriculture itself, because crops pollinated by animals account for 35 per cent of global food production, while habitat loss means that the soil for crops to grow is not being replenished with nutrients. Under threat | The 19 species on the World Wildlife Fund's critically endangered list The loss of South American rainforests has reduced rainfall thousands of miles away, also imperilling crop production. As many as 70,000 species of plants are used commercially or in medicine, posing a danger to efforts to fight disease and protect industry. Yet the issue, conservationists say, is not being taken as seriously as climate change — even though protecting nature can help mitigate the impact of global warming — which is why it is essential for big business and government to come together to find a solution to the crisis. "The statistics are scary, but all hope is not lost," said Ken Norris, director of science at the Zoological Society of London, which collaborated on the report. "We have an opportunity to design a new way forward that allows us to coexist sustainably with the wildlife we depend on."
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| Trump Calls Florida's Andrew Gillum A 'Thief' In Tweet Supporting Ron DeSantis Posted: 29 Oct 2018 10:33 AM PDT  President Trump referred to Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum as a "thief" in a tweet supporting Republican Ron DeSantis.
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| Turkey demands truth over Khashoggi killing as Saudi prosecutor visits Posted: 29 Oct 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Khashoggi's death at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul nearly four weeks ago has escalated into a crisis for the world's top oil exporter, which initially denied any knowledge of or role in his death. Saudi public prosecutor Saud Al Mojeb arrived in Istanbul overnight, days after he contradicted weeks of Saudi statements by saying that Khashoggi's killing was premeditated. On Monday he met Istanbul's chief prosecutor.
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| Previous flight of crashed Lion Air jet terrified passengers Posted: 30 Oct 2018 07:02 AM PDT  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Relatives numbed by grief provided samples for DNA tests to help identify victims of the Lion Air plane crash that killed 189 people in Indonesia, as accounts emerged Tuesday of problems on the jet's previous flight including rapid descents that terrified passengers.
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| Backstage at 'Dancing with the Stars' Posted: 29 Oct 2018 06:38 PM PDT  Pros and celeb dancers prepare for Halloween Night in the ballroom.
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| Kentucky Dad Apologizes For Father-Son Nazi Halloween Costumes Posted: 29 Oct 2018 01:55 AM PDT  A Kentucky father who donned a Nazi uniform and dressed his son as Adolf
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| NRCC Chairman Condemns Rep. Steve King: ‘We Must Stand against White Supremacy’ Posted: 30 Oct 2018 12:27 PM PDT ![NRCC Chairman Condemns Rep. Steve King: 'We Must Stand against White Supremacy']( "NRCC Chairman Condemns Rep. Steve King: 'We Must Stand against White Supremacy'") Representative Steve Stivers (R., Ohio), who chairs the National Republican Congressional Committee, condemned Representative Steve King (R., Iowa) in a Tuesday tweet for appearing to sympathize with white-nationalist ideology. Congressman Steve King's recent comments, actions, and retweets are completely inappropriate. Stivers, as the head of the House GOP's campaign arm, is the most prominent Republican to speak out against King, who has been scrutinized recently for endorsing a white-nationalist fringe candidate for mayor of Toronto and meeting with far-right Austrian politicians historically tied to the Nazi party.
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| Over nearly a century, Rose Mallinger saw the best and worst of America. Until Saturday. Posted: 29 Oct 2018 12:31 PM PDT  The oldest victim of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting had seen anti-Semitism rise and fall over the years, but was shielded from the worst of it. Until Saturday.
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| 10 Things to Know for Today Posted: 29 Oct 2018 05:18 AM PDT  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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| Wellies ahoy as New Zealand quake leaves Harry and Meghan unshaken Posted: 30 Oct 2018 12:39 AM PDT  Prince Harry and wife Meghan competed at "welly wanging" and were gifted a toy kiwi Tuesday, but narrowly missed out on the ultimate New Zealand experience when a powerful earthquake rattled parts of the country they had left just the previous day. The "Shaky Isles" lived up to their name as the royal roadshow moved to Auckland from Wellington, where the national parliament was temporarily suspended when a deep 6.2-magnitude tremor hit the central North Island. Reporters travelling with Harry and Meghan said they did not feel the mid-afternoon quake and the royals proceeded as planned with a walkabout on the Auckland waterfront.
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| How Hysteria And Hatred About Migrants Spread From Fox To Trump -- And Pittsburgh Posted: 29 Oct 2018 05:34 PM PDT  The role of President Donald Trump's ominous warnings about the caravan of
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| 'Project Gold' Porsche becomes most expensive 993 Turbo ever Posted: 29 Oct 2018 04:13 AM PDT  Porsche's first factory restomod has sold for over $3 million at RM Sotheby's Porsche 70th Anniversary auction, making it the most expensive 993 Turbo ever
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| Punishing U.S. sanctions against Iran kick in Sunday Posted: 30 Oct 2018 04:39 AM PDT  Punishing new U.S. sanctions against Iran take effect this weekend. The measures are aimed at quashing the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions, as well as its missile programs and influence in Syria. Elizabeth Palmer reports from Tehran.
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| Mourning the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack Posted: 30 Oct 2018 06:46 AM PDT ![Mourning the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack]( "Mourning the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack") Across the country, prayer vigils and ecumenical services were held in tribute to the 11 victims of the bloody assault on a Pittsburgh synagogue as words of solace and commiseration poured in from the U.S. Jewish community -- the largest outside Israel -- but also from the pope and European leaders.
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| The Latest: Migrant dies in clash at border bridge Posted: 28 Oct 2018 08:23 PM PDT  TAPANATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — The latest on the caravan of Central American migrants making their way through southern Mexico (all times local):
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| Israel has struck in Syria since Russia plane downed: Israeli official Posted: 29 Oct 2018 11:13 AM PDT ![Israel has struck in Syria since Russia plane downed: Israeli official]( "Israel has struck in Syria since Russia plane downed: Israeli official") Israel has carried out attacks in Syria since the accidental shooting down of a Russian surveillance plane last month, a senior Israeli official said on Monday. The Sept. 17 downing by Syrian anti-aircraft fire, after Israeli jets attacked a suspected Iranian arms shipment to Syria, caused a diplomatic rift between Israel and Russia, and Moscow blamed Israel for the incident.
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| Rick Scott’s Halloween party is a Trump rally Posted: 29 Oct 2018 01:25 PM PDT  On Halloween this Wednesday, Florida Gov. Rick Scott will dress up as a candidate who wants to appear with President Trump on the campaign trail.
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| Red Sox Savagely Mock Yankees In World Series Locker Room Celebration Posted: 29 Oct 2018 09:54 AM PDT  As the Boston Red Sox celebrated their convincing World Series championship
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| Ideal timing between pregnancies is at least one year: study Posted: 29 Oct 2018 05:06 PM PDT  Women who want to bear children in their 30s and 40s often face a dilemma regarding how much time to wait between pregnancies. Doctors often advise they wait 18 to 24 months. A study Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), based on 150,000 pregnancies in Canada from 2004 to 2014, concludes that waiting less than a year between pregnancies raises the risks, regardless of a woman's age.
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