| 5 days until the midterm elections: Where things stand Posted: 31 Oct 2018 09:01 PM PDT  Former Clinton administration Secretary Donna Shalala clings to a small lead in Florida, while Iowa Republican Steve King gets some bad news.
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| Twitter Chokes As President 'Grabby Hands' Vows To Protect Women From Migrant Caravan Posted: 01 Nov 2018 11:03 PM PDT  What do women want? President Donald Trump thinks he knows.
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| Conspiracy theorists try, fail, to smear Robert Mueller with sexual misconduct claim Posted: 01 Nov 2018 01:37 PM PDT  Two conservative activists revealed at an inauspicious press conference in Northern Virginia what they (but few others) deemed to be credible allegations of rape against special counsel Robert Mueller.
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| Police: No Foul Play Suspected After Saudi Sisters Found Dead In Hudson River Posted: 02 Nov 2018 02:44 PM PDT  The two Saudi Arabian sisters who were found dead on the shores of the Hudson
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| 3 children, 2 adults hit by car at bus stop in Tampa, Florida: Police Posted: 01 Nov 2018 09:07 AM PDT  The injured were taken to a nearby hospital and one of the children was in critical condition.
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| Jamal Khashoggi's Body Dissolved After Dismemberment, Turkish Official Says Posted: 02 Nov 2018 09:36 AM PDT  The body of journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have been dissolved in acid after
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| Yahoo News Explains: Midterms 2018 Explained Posted: 02 Nov 2018 11:29 AM PDT  The midterm elections look like they're going to be hotly contested. Republicans now control both houses of Congress. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 seats in the Senate are up for grabs, so both parties are putting up the fight of a lifetime.
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| Trump, stoking caravan fears, says troops will fire on migrants if they 'throw rocks' Posted: 01 Nov 2018 05:39 PM PDT  President Trump warned the caravan of Honduran migrants making its way toward the southwest border of the United States that if they began to "throw rocks" they might expect a hostile reception from U.S. troops.
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| Google walkout marks new direction for #MeToo, #TimesUp Posted: 01 Nov 2018 09:05 AM PDT  In the past year, a growing outcry against harassment and abuse has toppled dozens of men from power, but less attention has been paid to the institutional scaffolding that allowed those men to gain and keep power in the first place.
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| Doctor Says She Was Racially Profiled By Flight Staff Who Doubted Her Credentials Posted: 01 Nov 2018 03:19 PM PDT  A black Harvard-educated doctor says she was racially profiled by employees on
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| Appeals Court Orders Ohio To Count Purged Voters' Ballots Posted: 01 Nov 2018 05:50 AM PDT  A federal appeals court in Ohio issued an emergency ruling allowing
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| Slashed award accepted in Monsanto cancer trial Posted: 31 Oct 2018 06:08 PM PDT  A cancer-stricken groundskeeper has accepted a slashed award in a landmark trial focused on weed-killer Roundup, setting the stage for an appeal by maker Monsanto. Judge Suzanne Bolanos last week denied Monsanto's request for a new trial but cut the $289 million damages award to $78 million to comply with the law regarding how punitive damages awards must be calculated. In her ruling, Bolanos gave Johnson the choice of accepting the lessened damages award or triggering a new trial focused on what Monsanto should pay in the case.
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| Driver strikes 5 children and 2 adults at Florida bus stop, latest in string of school bus incidents Posted: 02 Nov 2018 09:35 AM PDT  Seven people were rushed to the hospital on Thursday morning after a driver
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| Man Says Republican Senate Candidate Literally Took His Health Care Away Posted: 01 Nov 2018 03:23 PM PDT  Democrats have hammered Republican candidates in this political cycle for
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| What It's Worth: What You Can Get With $1M Posted: 01 Nov 2018 01:41 PM PDT  Whether you're in the biggest city or smallest suburban town, every map dot in
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| Missing migrants, lost and dead: AP methodology Posted: 01 Nov 2018 02:21 AM PDT  The Associated Press set out to count the number of dead and missing migrants worldwide since 2014, the year that Europe's deadly migration crisis prompted the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration to start its Missing Migrants project.
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| Texas, beware! The caravan of criminals is coming — in ad backing Ted Cruz Posted: 01 Nov 2018 09:14 AM PDT  A super-PAC funded by Sen. Ted Cruz's supporters has released a new attack ad against his opponent, Beto O'Rourke, charging that he is "cheering on" the caravan of Central American migrants heading toward the U.S.
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| Here's How to Deal with the Khashoggi Incident Posted: 01 Nov 2018 12:18 PM PDT  Here's a hint: It's not sanctions.
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| Grim New Details About Whitey Bulger's Death Revealed Posted: 01 Nov 2018 09:16 AM PDT  New details are emerging about the death of notorious mob boss Whitey Bulger
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| Top US companies stand up to oppose Trump effort to roll back trans rights Posted: 02 Nov 2018 07:28 AM PDT  Some of America's largest companies including Apple, Amazon, Bank of America and JP Morgan have published a letter supporting legal protection for transgender people following reports the Trump administration is considering limiting its definition of gender. Fifty companies, which employ 4.8 million people between them, signed the statement after the White House was revealed to be considering narrowing gender definitions to "immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth", according to a department of health memo obtained by the New York Times.
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| Pakistan hardliners vow no let up in paralysing blasphemy protests Posted: 01 Nov 2018 06:04 AM PDT  Islamist hardliners incensed by the acquittal of a Christian woman for blasphemy vowed no let up Thursday to protests paralysing major Pakistani cities a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed to confront them. Demonstrations broke out after the Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a blasphemy conviction for Christian mother Asia Bibi, ending her eight year ordeal on death row but infuriating Muslim conservatives. One key protest leader has called for the assassination of the country's top judges and for mutiny against the army's top brass since the court's decision reignited the touchpaper issue.
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| Divers recover Lion Air jet's flight recorder on Indonesia seafloor Posted: 31 Oct 2018 11:19 PM PDT  Divers on Thursday recovered a flight recorder from the crashed Lion Air jet on the seafloor, a crucial development in the investigation into what caused the two-month-old plane to plunge into Indonesian seas earlier this week, killing all 189 people on board. One TV station showed footage of two divers after they surfaced, swimming to an inflatable vessel and placing the bright orange device into a large container that was transferred to a search-and-rescue ship. "I was desperate because the current below was strong but I am confident of the tools given to me," said navy 1st Sgt. Hendra, who uses a single name, in a television interview. After narrowing the possible location, "I started digging and cleaning the debris until I finally found an orange object," he said, standing on the deck of a ship next to his diving mate. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane crashed early on Monday just minutes after takeoff from the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Jakarta plane crash: Flight Lion Air JT610 It was the worst airline disaster in Indonesia in more than two decades and renewed concerns about safety in its fast-growing aviation industry, which was recently removed from European Union and U.S. blacklists. Navy Col. Monang Sitompul told local TV that was is believed to be the aircraft's fuselage was also seen on the seafloor. Officials said the location is about 400 meters (yards) northwest of the coordinates where the plane lost contact. An Indonesian Navy diver prepares to dive at an assigned point to search for the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 at sea, north of Karawang Credit: AFP Data from flight-tracking sites show the plane had erratic speed and altitude in the early minutes of a flight on Sunday and on its fatal flight on Monday. Safety experts caution, however, that the data must be checked for accuracy against the flight data recorder. Several passengers on the Sunday flight from Bali to Jakarta have recounted problems that included a long-delayed takeoff for an engine check and terrifying descents in the first 10 minutes in the air. Lion Air has ordered 50 of the MAX 8 planes and one of its subsidiary airlines was last year the first to operate the new generation jet. Investigators say a preliminary report into the accident could be released within a month but complete findings will take several months more. The Lion Air crash is the worst airline disaster in Indonesia since 1997, when 234 people died on a Garuda flight near Medan. In December 2014, an AirAsia flight from Surabaya to Singapore plunged into the sea, killing all 162 on board. Indonesian airlines were barred in 2007 from flying to Europe because of safety concerns, though several were allowed to resume services in the following decade. The ban was completely lifted in June. The U.S. lifted a decadelong ban in 2016. Lion Air, a discount carrier, is one of Indonesia's youngest and biggest airlines, flying to dozens of domestic and international destinations. It has been expanding aggressively in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing region of more than 600 million people.
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| 15 Noncommittal Gifts To Give The Person You Just Started Dating Posted: 02 Nov 2018 10:51 AM PDT  Just started talking? Still haven't defined the relationship? Aren't sure if
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| 'War and peace in Liberia' —Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros on the frontline Posted: 02 Nov 2018 11:35 AM PDT !['War and peace in Liberia' —Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros on the frontline]( "'War and peace in Liberia' —Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros on the frontline") Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros's powerful photographs played an important role in moving the world to action and ultimately bringing the Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003) to an end. Slideshow and discussion with Michael Kamber, Nov. 10, 2018, at the Bronx Documentary Center. Exhibition on view through Dec. 16, 2018.
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| Brooklyn Synagogue Cancels Event After 'Kill All Jews' Graffiti Found Inside Posted: 02 Nov 2018 08:42 AM PDT  A Brooklyn synagogue canceled a speaking event Thursday night after "Kill all
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| Democrats and Republicans rush to avert third-party spoilers Posted: 02 Nov 2018 06:38 AM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — Two congresswomen running for U.S Senate in Arizona are crisscrossing the state, raising millions of dollars and trying to exploit every possible advantage to eke out a win in what both sides expect to be a photo-finish race.
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| Netanyahu condemns killing of Saudi journalist but keeps focus on Iran Posted: 02 Nov 2018 05:42 AM PDT  In his first public reaction, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Khashoggi's death, which has caused global outrage, was "horrendous" and must be dealt with. "Yet at the same time I say that it's very important for the stability of the world, for the region and of the world, that Saudi Arabia remain stable," Netanyahu said. Because I think that the larger problem is Iran." He spoke to reporters after a meeting in the Bulgarian city of Varna with the leaders of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia.
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| 16 Warm Gifts For People Who Are Always Cold Posted: 01 Nov 2018 05:00 AM PDT  There's no denying it: Temperatures are dropping and winter is coming, which
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| Congregations attacked at synagogue to hold joint service Posted: 02 Nov 2018 02:49 PM PDT  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The three congregations attacked at a Pittsburgh synagogue will gather for a joint service Saturday, while a prayer vigil is planned outside their desecrated worship space to mark the time the massacre began one week earlier.
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| Woman rescued 6 days after desert highway crash Posted: 01 Nov 2018 02:25 PM PDT  A woman spent six days in the Arizona desert after her car veered off a highway, surviving injuries from the crash and getting rescued after roadway workers noticed a broken fence. (Nov. 1)
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| SEMA may sue US highways agency over replica car laws Posted: 02 Nov 2018 10:20 AM PDT  After three years of delays implementing laws that would allow low-volume US car companies to build turnkey classic car replicas, SEMA is considering legal action
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| Judge Orders Georgia's Brian Kemp To Give Thousands More People A Shot At Voting Posted: 02 Nov 2018 12:04 PM PDT  A federal judge in Georgia on Friday ordered state Secretary of State Brian
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| Mohammed bin Salman 'told White House' Khashoggi was a dangerous Islamist Posted: 01 Nov 2018 11:26 AM PDT  Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, reportedly told the White House that Jamal Khashoggi was a dangerous Islamist in a phone call days after the journalist was murdered. Crown Prince Mohammed told Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, and John Bolton, the president's national security advisor, that Mr Khashoggi was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the Washington Post. The prince's private disparagement of the murdered journalist is at odds with his public comments, where he described Mr Khashoggi's killing as "repulsive" and said it was "very painful for all Saudis". His reported comments were made while Saudi Arabia was still claiming that Mr Khashoggi had walked safely out of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, a story that has now changed several times. The remarks are likely to fuel suspicions among US senators that Crown Prince Mohammed ordered Mr Khashoggi's death but placed the blame on low-level operatives after the killing led to a diplomatic crisis. Saudi Arabia has arrested 18 men on suspicion of killing Mr Khashoggi but denied that Crown Prince Mohammed ordered his death or had any involvement in it. A demonstrator holds a poster of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul Credit: YASIN AKGUL/ AFP Neither the White House nor Saudi Arabia has commented on the report about the October 9 phone call between Mr Bolton, Mr Kushner and the crown prince. Mr Khashoggi's family have consistently denied that he was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group that was once tolerated by Saudi Arabia but is now banned. The Muslim Brotherhood is not considered a terrorist group by Western countries, although it is banned by several authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, including Egypt and the UAE. In his writings, Mr Khashoggi expressed sympathy for parts of the group's agenda and praised Qatar, the only Gulf Arab state to embrace the Brotherhood. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, also reportedly called senior White House officials to defend the crown prince and emphasise that Israel sees him as an important partner in the Middle East. Mr Netanyahu and the White House both consider Crown Prince Mohammed an ally against Iran and hope that he will lead other Arab states in endorsing a US plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly vouched for Mohammed bin Salman to US officials Credit: Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP Israel's relationship with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states has been warming in recent years and the once-secret relations are becoming ever more public. Mr Netanyahu visited Oman last week and two Israeli ministers made trips to the UAE, drawing protests from Palestinians who argued the Arab states were "normalising" relations with Israel while it continues to occupy the West Bank and blockade Gaza. Turkish investigators are continuing to search for Mr Khashoggi's body. One line of inquiry is that his Saudi killers dissolved it in acid, although experts said it seemed unlikely they could manage that quickly and within the consulate in Istanbul.
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| Subaru and Toyota to Recall 165,000 Vehicles for Engine Issues Posted: 02 Nov 2018 11:33 AM PDT  Subaru and Toyota say they will recall 400,000 vehicles worldwide for potential engine issues that could lead to a car stalling or losing power. The problem is with four-cylinder engines found in...
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| The Latest: Suspect's father killed self amid '79 rape case Posted: 02 Nov 2018 02:43 PM PDT  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre (all times local):
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| Stephen King Sticks Ted Cruz With A Slimy New Nickname Posted: 01 Nov 2018 01:21 AM PDT  Author Stephen King has launched another attack on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas),
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| Pittsburgh bids farewell to 97-year-old synagogue victim Posted: 02 Nov 2018 01:49 PM PDT  Pittsburgh bid farewell Friday to 97-year-old Rose Mallinger, the oldest person killed in America's worst anti-Semitic attack in history and the last of the 11 victims to be laid to rest. Mallinger was shot dead by a gunman who reportedly yelled "All Jews must die" after bursting into the Tree of Life synagogue during Shabbat services on Saturday. Born in 1921, Mallinger may have been just three years shy of 100, but for the former school secretary, "age was truly just a number," her family said.
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| Nigeria's army uses Trump's words to justify shooting protesters Posted: 02 Nov 2018 12:43 PM PDT  The Nigerian Army has used President Donald Trump's own words about the use of force against migrants throwing stones to justify shooting at Shia Muslim protesters. The army posted a now-deleted tweet featuring a video of Mr Trump encouraging armed troops to shoot at any Central American refugees and migrants who throw rocks at authorities when crossing the US border. It was a response to criticism from human rights groups that the military had opened fire on peaceful protesters.
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| The 2019 BMW 8-series Convertible Looks Just as Good as the Coupe Posted: 01 Nov 2018 02:58 PM PDT  Chopping off the roof does little to upset the 8er's attractive proportions.
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| 23 Crazy-Delish Cocktails To Make With Champagne Posted: 01 Nov 2018 02:05 PM PDT |
| People Can't Stop Laughing About Twitter's Hilarious Election Countdown Glitch Posted: 02 Nov 2018 05:53 AM PDT  'Twitter wants me to remind you that you need to go back 49 years and vote'
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| Pompeo says 'handful more weeks' before U.S. responds to Khashoggi killing Posted: 01 Nov 2018 04:20 PM PDT  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday it would be a "handful more weeks" before the United States had enough evidence to impose sanctions in response to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Pompeo, in an interview with KMOX radio in St. Louis, said President Donald Trump had made it clear Washington would respond to the killing.
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