| Republican Hyde-Smith holds seat in Mississippi Senate race Posted: 27 Nov 2018 07:42 PM PST  JACKSON, Miss .— In the last major race of the midterm campaign, Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith claimed victory in Mississippi's closely watched Senate runoff election, defeating Democrat Mike Espy after a tense campaign rocked by unsettling reminders of the state's dark legacy of racism. Hyde-Smith, a former state senator and state Agriculture secretary, was appointed by Gov. Phil Bryant last spring to fill the seat vacated by ailing Sen. Thad Cochran.
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| Melania Trump Thinks White House's Red Christmas Trees 'Look Fantastic' Posted: 28 Nov 2018 10:43 AM PST  Although Melania Trump is getting criticized for putting red Christmas trees
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| This website will send you to the most remote island in the entire world for free Posted: 28 Nov 2018 10:57 AM PST  Our daydreams can often take us to far away lands and uncharted territories
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| Shanann Watts' Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Husband Posted: 27 Nov 2018 10:13 PM PST  The family of Shanann Watts filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her husband Christopher Watts, who was sentenced to life in prison for her and their young daughters' murders.
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| Facebook was warned of alleged Russian meddling back in 2014 Posted: 27 Nov 2018 12:21 PM PST  Facebook acknowledged on Tuesday that its engineers had flagged suspicious Russian activity as early as 2014 -- long before it became public -- but did not confirm evidence of a coordinated campaign. The revelation came as the British Parliament held hearings featuring lawmakers from nine countries into how the social media behemoth was being used to manipulate major election results. Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg refused to attend the meeting and organisers pulled up an empty chair in front of a spot with his nameplate at the shoehorn-shaped table in the House of Commons committee room in London.
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| Screw 'Elf On The Shelf'—This 'Shiraz On The Shelf' Is Necessary For All Parents Over The Holidays Posted: 28 Nov 2018 08:58 AM PST |
| Yahoo News Explains: How Trump has hindered climate change policies Posted: 27 Nov 2018 12:22 PM PST  The White House just released a harrowing report on the potentially deadly consequences of climate change. Why does President Trump contradict the report? In the past, Trump has frequently called climate change a hoax and in 2017, he pulled the U.S. out of an environmental action accord signed by 195 nations to help stop climate change.
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| San Francisco Giants Face Backlash Over Owner's Donation To Cindy Hyde-Smith Posted: 27 Nov 2018 11:30 AM PST  The San Francisco Giants are facing calls for a boycott after a report that
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| The Latest: News conference planned on mansion fire Posted: 28 Nov 2018 03:08 PM PST  COLTS NECK, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on a family found dead as their mansion burned (all times local):
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| Nancy Pelosi Wins Democratic Speaker Nomination Posted: 28 Nov 2018 12:03 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― Despite a group of Democrats vowing to block her, Nancy Pelosi
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| 'Unruly' young boy upstages Pope Francis Posted: 28 Nov 2018 03:24 AM PST  A young boy upstaged Pope Francis on Wednesday, escaping from his mother and running onto the papal podium at a general audience, tugging on the hand of a Swiss guardsman and playing behind the pontiff's chair. Pope Francis told her to let him carry on playing. As she left the stage, a smiling Francis leaned towards Bishop Georg Ganswein sitting next to him and whispered: "He is Argentinian.
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| Trump says he may pull out of Putin meeting over Russia-Ukraine crisis: 'I don't like aggression' Posted: 28 Nov 2018 04:27 AM PST  Donald Trump has suggested he may cancel a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in response to Russia's seizure of three Ukrainian naval ships. "Maybe I won't even have the meeting," he told The Washington Post. The comments were Mr Trump's strongest criticism of the Kremlin since Russian border forces shot at and seized the Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea on Sunday.
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| New Zealand intelligence bans China's Huawei from 5G rollout Posted: 28 Nov 2018 12:31 AM PST  New Zealand's largest telecoms carrier Spark said Wednesday that the country's intelligence agency had barred it from using equipment provided by China's Huawei in its 5G network as it posed "significant national security risks". The move follows reports the United States is urging its allies to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from 5G rollouts over cybersecurity fears. Spark said in a statement that it was legally obliged to inform the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) about its 5G plans.
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| Lion Air jet was "not airworthy" on prior flight Posted: 28 Nov 2018 02:44 AM PST  A Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea off Indonesia last month was not in an airworthy condition on its second-to-last flight, when pilots experienced similar problems to those on its doomed last journey, according to investigators. Michelle Hennessey reports.
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| India urged to abandon plans to recover body of American Posted: 27 Nov 2018 12:34 AM PST  NEW DELHI (AP) — A rights group that works to protect tribal people has urged Indian authorities to abandon efforts to recover the body of an American who was killed by inhabitants of an island where outsiders are effectively forbidden by Indian law.
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| Every Photo You Need to See of the 2020 Jeep Gladiator Pickup Posted: 28 Nov 2018 09:55 AM PST |
| ‘Ashamed’ Geraldo Rivera Goes Off-Script In Emotional Plea For Migrants On Fox News Posted: 27 Nov 2018 01:23 AM PST  Geraldo Rivera of Fox News said he's "ashamed" by how asylum-seekers are being
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| Ex-Morgan Stanley adviser gets 5 years in US prison for fraud Posted: 28 Nov 2018 06:15 AM PST  James Polese, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf in Boston.
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| Giuliani Says Trump Doesn't Know If Paul Manafort Met With WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Posted: 27 Nov 2018 01:26 PM PST  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump does not know whether his former campaign
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| Here's Why Starbucks' Menus Are Getting Shorter And Shorter Posted: 28 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PST  When it comes to coffee shop menus, less has become more. Those long lists of
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| Panic at US military hospital after active shooter false alarm Posted: 27 Nov 2018 03:54 PM PST  A false alert about an "active shooter" at the US military's biggest hospital sent panicked patients and staff scrambling for shelter Tuesday. Police and local authorities rushed to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center near Washington around 2.00 pm (1900 GMT) after someone activated a trial alert but failed to make clear that it was only a drill. "The active shooter event... was the result of the improper use of a mass notification system by a tenant command aboard the installation," the Navy said in a statement.
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| 2020 Jeep Gladiator Enters the Midsized Pickup Truck Arena Posted: 28 Nov 2018 11:31 AM PST  Jeep is building on the success of its Wrangler SUV by creating the Gladiator pickup truck. This model has been long anticipated by Jeep enthusiasts who fondly recall past off-road-ready trucks f...
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| US waived FBI checks on staff at growing teen migrant camp Posted: 27 Nov 2018 09:31 PM PST  TORNILLO, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration has put the safety of thousands of teens at a migrant detention camp at risk by waiving FBI fingerprint checks for their caregivers and short-staffing mental health workers, according to an Associated Press investigation and a new federal watchdog report.
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| Briton jailed by UAE for spying returns to London Posted: 27 Nov 2018 12:22 AM PST  British academic Matthew Hedges returned to London on Tuesday, his family said, a day after the UAE pardoned his life sentence for spying in a case he described as "very surreal". "After almost seven months of detention, including six months in solitary confinement, British PhD researcher Matthew Hedges has returned safely back to London," his family said in a statement. Concluding an ordeal which stunned Britain, he was welcomed back to Britain by his wife Daniela Tejada and other members of his family.
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| Contender: Saudi Arabia nabs new China oil demand, challenges Russia's top spot Posted: 28 Nov 2018 01:54 AM PST  Saudi Arabia, the biggest global oil exporter, has been surpassed by Russia as top crude supplier to China the past two years as private "teapot" refiners and a new pipeline drove up demand for Russian oil. Now fresh demand from new refineries starting up in 2019 could increase China's Saudi oil imports by between 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) and 700,000 bpd, nudging the OPEC kingpin back towards the top, analysts say. Saudi Aramco said last week it will sign five crude supply agreements that will take its 2019 contract totals with Chinese buyers to 1.67 million bpd.
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| Donald Trump Gets Fact-Checked By Reporter Right To His Face, Walks Away Posted: 27 Nov 2018 02:15 AM PST  A reporter earned praise Monday after she called out President Donald Trump,
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| Knickers The Giant Steer Has The Internet Saying, 'Holy Cow!' Posted: 27 Nov 2018 04:09 PM PST  A Holstein-Friesian steer in western Australia stands head and shoulders above its competition.
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| Witness: 'El Chapo' paid massive bribes to top Mexican cop Posted: 26 Nov 2018 07:09 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Back when business was starting to boom, notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman took delight in seeing massive cocaine shipments arriving by air from Colombia, occasions he code-named "parties" that made him so rich he could pay multimillion-dollar bribes to a powerful police commander, a government witness at Guzman's U.S. trial testified Monday.
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| A Colossal Australian Cow That Wowed the Internet Will Be Saved From Slaughter Posted: 28 Nov 2018 01:56 AM PST  A enormous steer in the state of Western Australia has avoided the abattoirs by being too big.
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| Three US soldiers killed in Afghanistan: NATO Posted: 27 Nov 2018 06:40 AM PST  Three US soldiers were killed and three wounded by a bomb in Afghanistan Tuesday, NATO said, with the attack claimed by the Taliban as the US tries to ratchet up efforts to engage the militants in peace talks. NATO's Resolute Support mission would not immediately release any details about the identity of the soldiers, whose deaths took the number of American service personnel to die in the war-torn country this year to 12. A NATO statement said they had been killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near Ghazni city in central Afghanistan.
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| Academic Matthew Hedges thanks wife in first comments since his pardon for 'spying' in UAE Posted: 27 Nov 2018 05:11 AM PST  A British academic sentenced to life imprisonment by the United Arab Emirates and then pardoned has spoken for the first time since his release, thanking his wife for her "brave" support. Matthew Hedges was freed on Monday after a high-profile battle with the Gulf state ally, but officials persisted in calling him an MI6 spy - a claim denied by family and colleagues. "I could not have done this without Daniela, I hear her face is everywhere!" he said through his family spokesman, after landing at Heathrow airport on Tuesday morning. "She is so brave and strong, seeing her and my family after this ordeal is the best thing that could have happened. I thank you all once again, this is very surreal." He also thanked the British embassy and the Foreign Office for their help in securing his release. The Durham University PhD student, originally from Exeter, was sentenced on Wednesday after being arrested at Dubai Airport as he tried to leave on May 5. His wife, Daniela Tejada, mounted a campaign to free the 31-year-old and Jeremy Hunt, Foreign Secretary, personally discussed the case with UAE leaders. "No one should ever have to go through what he did and it will take him time to heal and recover," she said on Tuesday. "He is very overwhelmed. "To say we are happy is an understatement." On Tuesday afternoon, she also tweeted a photograph of her husband kissing her on the cheek in a message of gratitude to everyone who helped her. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE president, approved the family's appeal for clemency during a traditional tranche of pardons for the state's national day. At a news conference on Monday in Abu Dhabi, officials showed a video of Mr Hedges describing himself as a captain in MI6 during what appeared to be a court hearing. Intelligence analysts have queried the veracity of the UAE account for two reasons. First, it is unusual for SIS personnel to refer to their organisation as MI6, viewing it as a slang term best saved for James Bond movies. The second, and more intriguing, reason for a raised eyebrow from the intelligence community, is the use of the term 'Captain'. No such rank or appointment exists among Britain's spies; they are simply known as 'Officers'. An official told reporters in Abu Dhabi that Mr Hedges was "100% a full-time secret service operative" who was in the country "to steal the UAE's sensitive security national secrets for his paymasters". He said the Briton's pardon came in response to a letter from his family appealing for clemency and due to the historical close ties between the UK and UAE. "His highness has decided to include Mr Matthew Hedges among the 785 prisoners released," he said. "Mr Hedges will be permitted to leave the country once all the formalities are complete." Matthew Hedges timeline The UK takes a "neither confirm nor deny" approach to allegations of intelligence service membership, but Mr Hunt has previously said he has seen "absolutely no evidence" to suggest Mr Hedges is a spy. Following the pardon, Ms Tejada, from Bogota in Colombia, said: "The presidential pardon for Matt is the best news we could have received. "Our six-plus months of nightmare are finally over and to say we are elated is an understatement. "That he is returning home to me and the rest of his family is much more than I was ever expecting to happen this week. I thank you all for your support." Ms Tejada credited media coverage, support from British diplomats, Mr Hunt, academics and members of the public across the world for helping her husband's cause. She continued to reject the accusation that he was a spy, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "In my heart I know that he isn't." Mr Hedges' release was confirmed after a family representative initially contradicted UAE officials who said he had been freed. Foreign Secretary @Jeremy_Hunt's statement today on the release of Matthew Hedges pic.twitter.com/5WBr6q6Cnl— Foreign Office ���� (@foreignoffice) November 26, 2018 Mr Hunt said the UAE had made a "very important gesture" in pardoning Mr Hedges but described it as a "bittersweet moment" given that Briton Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remains detained in Iran, also accused of spying. He told Today: "In a way it's a bittersweet moment as in Iran, another country in the region, we have Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an innocent woman who is still in prison for nearly three years now. "Indeed, there are other British citizens and other citizens from other countries also wrongly imprisoned in Iran also. "So, you know the wonderful news about Matthew is also making us remember there are other people who are in a terrible state right now and we must never forget them either." UAE minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash said the pardon would allow the two countries to "return our focus to the underlying fundamental strength of the UAE-UK bilateral relationship", the WAM Emirates news agency reported. Dr Gargash said: "It was always a UAE hope that this matter would be resolved through the common channels of our longstanding partnership. "This was a straightforward matter that became unnecessarily complex despite the UAE's best efforts." Professor Stuart Corbridge, vice-chancellor of Durham University, said staff were "absolutely delighted" to learn of the news. "It is paramount that he is now allowed to return home to Daniela and his family as quickly and safely as possible," he said. Ms Tejada told Sky News she wanted to arrange a "winter barbecue" for her husband, which had been postponed from Spring due to his detention.
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| European politicians call for new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine Posted: 27 Nov 2018 02:05 PM PST  A Russian minister said further sanctions would solve nothing and that the incident should not be used to derail the Minsk accord, which aims to end fighting in eastern Ukraine between Kiev's forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels. Russian assets have come under pressure on financial markets amid concerns that possible new sanctions could hurt the economy, though the rouble on Tuesday clawed back some earlier losses as investors bet any sanctions would not be swift. Russia opened fire on the Ukrainian boats and then seized them and their crews on Sunday near Crimea - which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
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| Trump Emerges From A Big Fake Christmas Fireplace, And The Jokes Write Themselves Posted: 26 Nov 2018 09:43 PM PST  President Donald Trump made an unusual entrance at a rally in Biloxi,
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| 26 Tweets That Sum Up The Hell That Is Using Your Office Bathroom Posted: 27 Nov 2018 02:45 AM PST  Hell on earth is arguably having to use the public bathroom at work: "Oh,
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| Police shooting protest blocks road as mayor urges patience Posted: 27 Nov 2018 01:50 AM PST  HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A mayor's calls for patience following the shooting of a black man by police at Alabama's largest shopping mall were met Monday by chanting, marching protesters who blocked one of the state's busiest roads.
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| The 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Sedan Gets 50 MPG Posted: 27 Nov 2018 09:13 PM PST  It's the first time a Corolla hybrid has ever been offered in the United States.
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