| California's Camp Fire Death Toll Rises To 83 While Nearly 600 People Remain Missing Posted: 21 Nov 2018 08:07 PM PST  The death toll from Northern California's Camp fire now stands at 83 following
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| Photos of the week: 11/16 - 11/23 Posted: 23 Nov 2018 02:00 PM PST  A gunman opened fire at a Chicago hospital this week before killing himself.
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| Indian island police struggle to get body of American Posted: 22 Nov 2018 10:59 AM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities were struggling Thursday to figure out how to recover the body of an American who was killed after wading ashore on an island cut off from the modern world.
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| Iran Burns Trump With ‘Rake’ Jab: ‘Perhaps We’re Also Responsible For California Fires’ Posted: 21 Nov 2018 08:16 PM PST  Iran's foreign minister took a swipe at President Donald Trump in a barbed
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| Yahoo News Explains: Who were the first Pilgrims in America? Posted: 22 Nov 2018 08:34 AM PST  If you remember anything from history class, you already know a small group of people boarded the Mayflower in 1620 in hopes of a better life in America. A couple of the crew members had actually been to America before to fish or to explore. A man on the Mayflower, Stephen Hopkins, had tried to settle in the New World 10 years earlier but got shipwrecked in Bermuda. Shakespeare's renowned play "The Tempest" was allegedly based on that wreck.
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| Hundreds searching for remains of California wildfire victims Posted: 22 Nov 2018 01:53 PM PST  Hundreds of volunteers and police officers spent the Thanksgiving holiday combing through the wreckage of California's deadliest wildfire, searching for the remains of victims killed in the blaze as rains looked set to complicate their work. The Camp Fire killed at least 83 people and 563 are still unaccounted for in and around Paradise, a community of nearly 27,000 people that was largely incinerated when the flames swept through two weeks ago, according to authorities. "We haven't taken the day off," Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said in a video message posted online on Thanksgiving.
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| Igor Korobov, head of Russian spy agency accused over Salisbury attack, dies aged 63 after 'serious illness' Posted: 21 Nov 2018 06:35 PM PST  The head of Russian military intelligence, which is accused of orchestrating the Salisbury Novichok attack, has died. Igor Korobov died on Wednesday after "a serious and long illness," Russian news agencies reported, citing the defence ministry. The 63-year-old GRU Chief's death comes after a series of embarrassments for the secretive organisation, for which he was reportedly berated by President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin reportedly gave Mr Korobov a personal dressing down last month for the bungled operation to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. Russian journalist Sergey Kanev, who writes for an investigative group funded by Putin foe and former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, reported that Mr Korobov fell ill after the meeting with Mr Putin. Evgeny Buzhinsky, a former Russian general, dismissed allegations of foul play. Commenting on suggestions that Mr Korobov's death was untimely, he told the BBC: "No you are completely wrong. It was a long, long struggle against a very bad disease ... In Russia no one is suspicious, believe me." The defence ministry called General Korobov, who ran the spy agency since 2016, "a wonderful person, a faithful son of Russia and a patriot of his homeland." It did not give further details about his death. Gen Korobov had worked in military intelligence since 1985. In 2016, Mr Putin made him head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces - also known as the GRU. He took over from Gen Igor Sergun, who died of a heart attack at the age of the 58. Michael Carpenter, a Russia adviser for Barack Obama's administration, tweeted on Thursday: "His predecessor died in 2016 of a heart attack. Life expectancy for incumbents of this job is pretty low, but then so is the median life expectancy in Russia." At a glance | GRU Gen Korobov was sanctioned along with other GRU officers by the United States for activities that "undermine cybersecurity on behalf of the Russian government." The West has blamed the GRU for a string of brazen attacks. Britain has accused it of attempting to poison Mr Skripal and his daughter with a nerve agent in the English city of Salisbury. The botched assassination attempt led to the death of Dawn Sturgess, who, along with partner Charlie Rowley, fell ill after handling a container contaminated with the nerve agent in June. The Netherlands believes the agency has tried to hack the global chemical weapons watchdog, and US intelligence agencies said GRU was behind attempts to hack the 2016 US presidential election. Russia denies all the allegations. But the GRU has also suffered humiliation after the UK revealed the identities of the suspects behind the Skripal poisonings. The agents accused of carrying out the poisoning were named as Alexander Mishkin and Anatoly Chepiga, Dutch and British authorities also exposed the identities of the four Russian GRU operators who took part in the bungled operation to hack the headquarters of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Four GRU operatives were caught trying to hack into the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons after Salisbury Credit: Ministerie van Defensie The four Russian spies had in their possession laptops and mobile phones holding damning proof of the cyber hacking operations of its notorious Unit 26165, also known as "GRU 85 Main Special Service Center". One of them even had a taxi receipt showing he had been picked up from the rear entrance of Unit 26165's headquarters when he went to the airport. There was fresh embarrassment when further database research revealed 305 other individuals thought to be working for the Russian intelligence agency. At the time, Bob Seely, the Tory MP who sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, described the lapses that led to the identity of the GRU spies being exposed as "extraordinarily unprofessional". "It shows that subversion is probably beyond their professional capability - they can't even cover their tracks in the most basic of ways. It is very sloppy and makes President Putin look foolish," he added. The GRU has been at the forefront of several of the most controversial Russian intelligence operations in recent years. As well as the brazen hacks, its agents were accused of a failed attempt to mount a coup in Montenegro in 2016, and its special forces are deeply involved in Russia's semi-covert wars in Ukraine and Syria.
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| Ivanka Trump's 2009 Book Warning On Dangers Of Email Comes Back To Haunt Her Posted: 22 Nov 2018 12:39 AM PST  Senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump faces a House investigation into her
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| James Comey Responds To Subpoena From Republicans: 'Let's Invite Everyone To See' Posted: 22 Nov 2018 09:50 AM PST  Former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch
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| Facebook Under Fire For Allowing Man In South Sudan To Make Post Auctioning Teen Daughter As Child Bride Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:20 AM PST  Facebook is coming under fire for allowing a man in South Sudan to make a post auctioning off his 17-year-old daughter to the highest bidder as a child bride. Philips Anyang Ngong, a human rights lawyer who tried to stop the girl's sale, said the viral Facebook post was "the biggest test of child abuse, trafficking and auctioning of a human being." He called for all of those involved, including Facebook, to be held responsible.
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| Polish leader suing Walesa for blaming him for plane crash Posted: 22 Nov 2018 06:53 AM PST  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two of Poland's most famous foes, former President Lech Walesa, and the country's de facto leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, faced off in court Thursday, exchanging wry comments.
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| Turkey's Foreign Minister Accuses Trump Of Turning 'Blind Eye' To Khashoggi's Murder Posted: 23 Nov 2018 09:47 AM PST  Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu criticized President Donald Trump
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| Indonesia wraps up Lion Air crash victim identification Posted: 22 Nov 2018 09:55 PM PST  Indonesia on Friday wrapped up the grim task of identifying Lion Air jet crash victims from recovered body parts, with a preliminary report on the cause of the accident that killed 189 people due next week. Since then, investigators have been doing DNA testing on recovered body parts. As of Friday, 125 people have been identified after testing on human remains that filled some 200 body bags, said Arthur Tampi, head of the national police medical centre.
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| Trump threatens to shut down the border Posted: 23 Nov 2018 12:18 AM PST  As thousands of troops deployed to the southern border were treated to a Thanksgiving meal, the president threatened to completely shut down the border. ABC News' Tara Palmeri reports.
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| 10 Beauty Gift Ideas For Your Friends Who Care About The Planet Posted: 23 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PST  This holiday season, give some gifts you (and your giftees) can really feel
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| California Fire Fallout: Public Confused By, May Mistrust Government As DNA Samples Wanted To ID Victims Posted: 22 Nov 2018 11:07 AM PST  Following the devastation of the California wildfires, authorities are seeking DNA samples from relatives of those who are missing in order to identify victims. Meanwhile, the DNA testing of the remains that have been found "has been surprisingly easy," said Annette Mattern.
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| Chief of Russia's military intelligence agency dies Posted: 22 Nov 2018 05:53 AM PST  Russia's military intelligence chief who oversaw a series of notorious operations abroad has died after a long illness, with Moscow praising him Thursday as a "great man" and a patriot. Igor Korobov, 62, had headed the defence ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) since 2016 and was the target of US sanctions. Korobov's 57-year-old first deputy, Vice Admiral Igor Kostyukov, has been appointed acting GRU chief and is likely become his successor, state news agency TASS said, citing a military source.
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| Saudi crown prince goes on tour of Arab states amid Khashoggi storm Posted: 22 Nov 2018 01:04 PM PST  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday at the start of a tour of several Arab countries, his first trip abroad since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi that caused a global outcry. The prince, the country's de facto ruler, is also expected to participate in a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires at the end of the month which will be attended by leaders from the United States, Turkey and European countries. The killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a critic of the crown prince, at Riyadh's consulate in Istanbul six weeks ago has strained Saudi Arabia's ties with the West and battered Prince Mohammed's image abroad.
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| 'God, I Don't Want to Die.' Journal Reveals the Final Days of an American Missionary Killed By An Isolated Tribe Posted: 23 Nov 2018 08:02 AM PST  The visit may have exposed the tribe to deadly diseases
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| Midterm elections: Democrats lead popular vote in House by largest margin in history Posted: 22 Nov 2018 02:25 AM PST  Democrats are set to pull off the largest midterm elections victory in history, according to a breakdown of the popular vote in races for the House of Representatives. The party leads the Republicans by more than 8.9 million votes across the US, raw data compiled by the Cook Political Report, an independent, non-partisan political analysis website. Previously, the largest margin of victory was 8.7 million, which came in the 1974 midterm elections after the Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon's resignation.
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| China Copied This Russian Jet Fighter (And It Has All Sorts of Problems) Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:59 AM PST  Cheaters never prosper, says Russia.
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| 1967 Alfa Romeo Spider for sale: Looking pretty in red Posted: 23 Nov 2018 02:27 AM PST  One of the most beautiful cars of all time, this Pininfarina designed Alfa Romeo is being sold for $40,000 in our classifieds
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| Next McLaren supercar to debut next month Posted: 22 Nov 2018 08:17 AM PST  McLaren has released teasers of what we can safely assume is the convertible version of the McLaren 720S Spider, which is to be unveiled December 8 -- who needs warm weather to ride a drop-top anyway? From the single image and 13-second video that the company shared Wednesday of what looks to be a convertible derivative of the McLaren 720S Spider, we can see pretty much see the entire exterior and get a taste of the interior. Despite the specs not being announced yet, we're reasonably confident that this car will have impressive power -- it is a supercar, after all.
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| The Latest: Death toll from N. California wildfire now 84 Posted: 23 Nov 2018 03:34 AM PST  CHICO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
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| Friday Rewind: Deadly New Jersey mansion fire mystery Posted: 23 Nov 2018 12:13 AM PST  Authorities said the family found dead in a burned-down mansion were the victims of murder and arson.
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| Trump Avoids Visiting Troops In Harm’s Way, Talks To Them From His Country Club Instead Posted: 22 Nov 2018 02:09 PM PST  For the second straight year as president, President Donald Trump chose not to
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| Fox News Analyst Says Washington Post 'Has Some Culpability' For Khashoggi's Murder Posted: 23 Nov 2018 02:17 PM PST  At least twice this week, Fox News has aired commentary dismissing the
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| SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Scheduled For First Test Flight In January Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:27 AM PST  NASA has officially set the date for the first test flight of SpaceX's new generation Crew Dragon capsule. Dubbed DM-1, the first demonstration mission of the Crew Dragon astronaut pod is scheduled to take place in less than two months and will lift off on January 7, NASA announced yesterday. As the Inquisitr previously reported, the first test flight of the Crew Dragon will be an unmanned trip to the International Space Station (ISS).
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| UTC gets Chinese nod for Rockwell Collins purchase, deal set to close Posted: 23 Nov 2018 08:48 AM PST  United Technologies Corp on Friday received Chinese regulatory approval for its $30 billion purchase of aircraft parts maker Rockwell Collins Inc, clearing the final hurdle to complete the largest aerospace deal in history. The conditional approval for the deal between the two American industrial heavyweights comes during a period of escalating trade tensions between China and the United States. The dispute between the world's two largest economies had fanned concerns among UTC shareholders that the merger could fall victim to the growing tensions.
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| Porsche tours Bugatti for trip down memory lane Posted: 23 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PST  A prominent visitor dropped by Bugatti's headquarters in Molsheim lately to drive the legendary Type 35 amid a range of other iconic vehicles – Dr. Wolfgang Porsche
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| Lloyds CEO Must Explain Whistleblower Actions or Quit: Lawmaker Posted: 22 Nov 2018 04:45 AM PST  "Our concerns relate to the allegations of the cover-up of the fraud, rather than the fraud itself," Kevin Hollinrake, a lawmaker who co-chairs the all-party parliamentary group on fair business banking, wrote in a letter to Antonio Horta-Osorio. While the incidents that led to criminal convictions occurred years ago, scrutiny of how Lloyds handled the affair has grown as the bank settled last week with the whistleblower, former risk officer Sally Masterton. It claimed some executives at HBOS hid the fraud at one of that bank's branches before Lloyds acquired the lender at the peak of the financial crisis.
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| German church complains Christmas markets open too early Posted: 22 Nov 2018 06:00 AM PST  Germany's Protestant Church complained Thursday of the "merciless commercialisation" of Christmas and the early opening of festive markets in some cities. "What remains of the rhythm of life, the rhythm of the liturgical year, when everything is available all the time and thus arbitrary?" said a spokeswoman of the Evangelical Church in Germany. Germany has a long tradition of Christmas markets that sell mulled wine, sweets, handicrafts, Christmas decorations and other presents.
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| Hillary Clinton: Europe Needs Tougher Immigration Laws To Stave Off Nationalism Posted: 22 Nov 2018 01:05 PM PST  Hillary Clinton said she thinks Europe needs to "get a handle" on reforming
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| Right-leaning nonprofit paid Whitaker more than $1.2 million Posted: 21 Nov 2018 06:27 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Before joining the Justice Department, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker earned more than $1.2 million from a right-leaning nonprofit that doesn't disclose its donors, according to the nonprofit's tax filings. Whitaker's earnings represented a sizable chunk of the charity's revenue.
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| Good Samaritan Catches Baby Thrown From Third Floor Of Raging Apartment Fire In Dallas Posted: 22 Nov 2018 05:22 AM PST  Not everyone was in a cheery mood ahead of Thanksgiving — not least the people who found themselves at the center of a raging fire in a Dallas building. Early on Wednesday morning, unbeknownst to the residents of a building at Meadows on Ferguson in Northeast Dallas, its hallways began to fill with smoke. Shuntara Thomas, who lived on the third floor of the building with her husband and 1-year-old baby Kirsten, didn't know how to escape.
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| Couple Accused of Sexually Abusing Three Children for Years Posted: 23 Nov 2018 01:00 PM PST  According to prosecutors, 29-year-old Jeremy Leisgang and his wife, 36-year-old Andrea Leisgang, are accused of sexually assaulting three children at their Illinois home for more than two years.
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| Trump hints could make first visit to Afghanistan Posted: 22 Nov 2018 10:57 AM PST  Delivering a Thanksgiving holiday message by teleconference to troops in Afghanistan, Trump told a U.S. Air Force general he would see him back in the United States, before adding: "Or maybe I'll even see you over there. You never know what's going to happen." Recent U.S. commanders-in-chief have routinely visited troops in active war zones. Trump has come under criticism for failing to do so, though Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise trip to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan last December to visit troops.
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| Best Black Friday 2018 mattress deals: Nectar, Casper, Leesa, Eight Sleep, and more Posted: 22 Nov 2018 01:00 PM PST  It's a well-known fact that we spend about a third of our lives in bed. If you haven't upgraded your mattress or your sheets in a while (can you even remember the last time you changed them?!), then Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the perfect time to score something new. SEE ALSO: All the best Black Friday 2018 sales, right in one place Rather than maneuver the store crowds or dig through websites for the best deals though, we've done all the hard work for you. If you want something simple, you can get the Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Mattress, which is 25% off. But if you want a mattress to stay cool, there's the Eight Sleep The Venus+ mattress with it's latex layer to cool you off while you sleep. This puppy is $100 off, plus you'll get a free Amazon Echo Dot. (Score!) There are plenty more deals than that though. Read on and happy shopping! Best deals on mattresses for Black Friday 2018: Save 10% on any order that includes a mattress at Casper.Image: casper Brooklyn Bedding: 25% off Aurora Mattress (starting list price $999) Brooklyn Bedding: 25% off Bloom Hybrid Mattress (starting list price $1199) Brooklyn Bedding: 25% off Signature Mattress (starting list price $599) Brooklyn Bedding: 25% off Spartan Mattress (stating list price $1399) Casper: 10% off any order that includes a mattress using code COZY10 (through Nov. 26) DreamCloud Sleep Mattress — save $200 on all mattresses, starting at $799 Eight Sleep The Jupiter+ — $100 off all mattresses and a free Amazon Echo Dot, starting at $999 (starting list price $1099) Eight Sleep The Mars+ — $100 off all mattresses and a free Amazon Echo Dot, starting at $1199 (starting list price $1299) Eight Sleep The Venus+ — $100 off all mattresses and a free Amazon Echo Dot, starting at $1599 (starting list price $1699) Helix Sleep — $100 off when you spend $600 or more with code HOLIDAY100; Helix Sleep — $150 off when you spend $1,250 or more with code HOLIDAY150 Helix Sleep — $200 off when you spend $1,750 or more with code HOLIDAY200 Leesa: $150 off a mattress, plus get a free pillow (a $75 value) Nectar Mattress — $125 off all mattresses and two free Nectar pillows, starting at $399 (starting list price $524) SensorGel 8" Firm Gel-Infused Memory Foam Mattress, Quick Ship, Mattress In A Box- Twin — $199 (starting price $579) Signature Sleep Choice 6 Inch Coil Mattress — starting at $64 (starting list price $69) Best deals on bedding for Black Friday 2018: Image: Kohl's Image: Kohl's Brooklyn Bedding: Save 40% on Bamboo Twill Sheets Brooklyn Bedding: Save 40% on Premium Shredded Foam Pillow Brooklyn Bedding: Save 40% on Super Soft Brushed Microfiber Sheets Brooklyn Bedding: Save 40% on Talalay Latex Pillows Kohl's: 50-70% off select sheets Kohl's: 50-70% off Cuddl Duds bedding Kohl's: 60-70% off Serta bed pillows, mattress pads, and mattress toppers Kohl's: Biddeford Heated Plush Electric Throw — $24.99 (list price $79.99) Kohl's The Big One Down Alternative Reversible Comforter (all sizes) — $19.99 (starting list price $79.99) Kohl's: The Big One Supersoft Plush Throw — $8.99 (list price $39.99) Kohl's: Hotel Suite White Goose Feather & Down Comforter (all sizes) — $59.99 (starting list price $129.99) Macy's: Martha Stewart's Essentials Sheets Collection — $10.99 - $83.99 (starting list price $17) Macy's: Sunbeam Slumber Rest Premium Heated Mattress Pads — $47.99 - $89.99 (starting list price $160) Walmart: Sertapedic Elite Comfort Bed Pillow — $5 (list price $10) Walmart: Dream Serenity 3-inch Convoluted Gel Memory Foam Mattress Topper — $45 (list price $89.99 - $99.99) Walmart: Mainstays 8-piece Comforter and Coverlet Bedding Set — $34 (list price $55) More coverage: Black Friday 2018 Black Friday 2018 hub — all our coverage in one place Shopping tips and tactics for Black Friday 2018 Black Friday 2018 deals by store Amazon: Shop sales on Fire tablets, Echo Spot, and more Walmart: Shop sales on Xbox One S, Instant Pot, Nintendo Switch Macy's: Shop sales on Vitamix, Dyson, Instant Pot, Roomba Target: Shop sales on iPhone XS, Apple Watch, 23andMe, TVs, and more Best Buy: Shop sales on QLED TVs, Microsoft laptops, Nintendo, and more Black Friday 2018 deals by category Gaming deals: Xbox One X, PlayStation 4, Nintendo, Alienware laptops, and more Laptop deals: Lenovo Yoga, Alienware, Dell, HP, Asus, and more TV deals: OLEDs from Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, and more Smart home deals: Amazon Echo, Roomba, Google Home, Apple HomePod Instant Pot deals: Where to get the cheapest price Clothing deals and promo codes: J.Crew, Macy's, Kohl's, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor Mattress deals: Nectar, Casper, Leesa, Eight Sleep, and more
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| The 2020 Range Rover Evoque Is an Evolution, Not a Revolution Posted: 22 Nov 2018 12:00 PM PST  The second-generation model adds technology but otherwise sticks to a proven formula.
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| Mexico Mining Selloff Worsens as Concerns Grow on Law Proposals Posted: 22 Nov 2018 10:40 AM PST  Industrias Penoles SAB, Grupo Mexico SAB and Fresnillo Plc extended losses after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stocks on concerns that Mexico's new congress is considering as many as 11 bills or resolutions that could materially impact mining companies operating in the country. On Tuesday, an initiative from Morena party Senator Angelica Garcia called for increasing surveillance of mining activities and giving greater powers to communities and the government.
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| Retailers look to millennials for holiday shopping cheer Posted: 23 Nov 2018 09:54 AM PST  As the US holiday shopping season kicked off Friday, retailers were looking to an unexpected savior to keep the tills humming: millennials. The generation of 22 to 37-year-olds have long been seen as cash-strapped and debt-laden after graduating college into a jobless economy after the 2008 global financial crisis. "This holiday season retailers will experience the growing purchasing power of Gen Z and millennials," National Retail Federation president Matthew Shay said.
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| Trump Rants About Khashoggi, Judges, Borders In Thanksgiving Call With Troops Posted: 22 Nov 2018 09:52 AM PST  President Donald Trump went off-script in a Thanksgiving Day call with members
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