PoliticsYahoo NewsPhoenix police use pepper spray on Trump protesters
At the conclusion of Tuesday’s campaign-style rally by Donald Trump, police used pepper spray to disperse crowds of protesters who had gathered to voice their displeasure with the president. After the president left the stage inside the Phoenix Convention Center, police deployed pepper spray balls on the hundreds of protesters who lingered outside. A screengrab from video of Phoenix police using pepper spray to disperse ant-Trump demonstrators on Aug. 22.
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Workers Shroud Charlottesville Robert E. Lee Statue in Black as City Mourns
Live video from the scene showed a public works truck near the base of the statue and workers gathered around it with a large black drape. The city council voted Tuesday to shroud the Lee statue and another of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson at another nearby park. The Aug. 12 “Unite the Right” event was believed to be the largest gathering of white nationalists in a decade.
EntertainmentYahoo NewsSome anchors throw shade at eclipse
Monday’s total solar eclipse captivated the nation and dominated news coverage, but not every anchor was as delighted, or even interested, as their audience. Megyn Kelly of NBC’s “Today” broached her skepticism of eclipse mania with her fellow panelists, asking, “Is the problem that the eclipse is not actually that exciting and we need to gin it up? Later she advised viewers not to fret if they miss the astronomical event.
WorldNewsweekNew ISIS Video Shows American Child For The First Time
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) on Wednesday released a new video that appeared to show a child speaking in an American accent to camera about the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate. The boy names himself as Yousef and says he is 10-years-old. Speaking in an American accent, he adds that he moved to ISIS-held territory two years ago with his mother and that his father was a U.S. soldier who fought the "mujahideen," or holy warriors, in Iraq.
NewsReutersU.S. Navy relieves Seventh Fleet commander in wake of collisions in Asia
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Wednesday said it had removed Seventh Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin after a series of collisions involving its warships in Asia as the search goes on for 10 sailors missing since the latest mishap. Aucoin's removal comes after a pre-dawn collision between a guided-missile destroyer and a merchant vessel east of Singapore and Malaysia on Monday, the fourth major incident in the U.S. Pacific Fleet this year. "Admiral Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, today relieved the commander of Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command," the U.S. Navy said in a press release.
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Breitbart News Wants Trump To Know His Base Is Not Happy About Afghanistan
Breitbart News’ Adam Shaw wrote that the president’s “‘America First’ base was the biggest loser” after Trump announced he would keep troops in Afghanistan and promised to take a more aggressive stance toward Pakistan. Soon after the president’s speech, Breitbart News splashed headlines on its front page saying the president had “flip-flopped” on his longtime position to end the war in Afghanistan. Trump acknowledged that he had changed his mind.
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Tom Colicchio Changes the Name of His Restaurant After Learning of Its Racially-Charged Meaning
As the national conversation about the removal of Confederate monuments has ignited in the aftermath of the tragedy in Charlottesville, chef Tom Colicchio is making a major move to eliminate the racial connotation of his own business
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Sheriff: 2 elderly couples in NC killed while playing cards
News outlets quoted Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp as saying the two married couples had been sitting around a kitchen table when they were killed sometime between Sunday and Monday morning. Tripp identified the four as 72-year-old Janice Harris and 88-year-old James Harris, who owned the home, and 76-year-old James Whitley and 67-year-old Peggy Whitley, both of whom were visiting the house. Sheriff's offices from four counties have joined the investigation, as well as the N.C. Highway Patrol, the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation and the Enfield Police Department.
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ExxonMobil: Oil and gas giant ‘misled’ the public about climate change, say Harvard experts
Fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil “misled the public” about the risks posed by climate change, an analysis of its public and private announcements on the subject by two Harvard University academics has concluded. While the company’s scientists and senior executive largely accepted the scientific consensus that global warming is real and poses significant risks, it spent thousands of dollars on regular advertorials in The New York Times (NYT) and other newspapers, in which it sought to cast doubt on the science. In some cases, the firm, led by the current US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, from 2006 to 2016, even contradicted itself.
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Trump Attacked McConnell on Russia Probe: NYT
Rachel Maddow shares a new report from the New York Times about the strained relationship between Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell and notes that the intensifying Trump Russia investigation may be wearing on Trump.
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WATCH: 'Demon Goat' In India Has Human-Like Face
A goat-like creature discovered in India appeared to have a face that more-closely resembled a human. The video went viral by way of Facebook user Samira Aissa. "A strange creature has been discovered in India. The Animal, whose shape resembles that of a human being, terrifies a whole village," she wrote in the video's caption.
CelebrityYahoo NewsLouise Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, apologizes for nasty Instagram spat
Louise Linton, the 36-year-old Scottish actress newly wedded to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, apologized Tuesday after she sparked a national kerfuffle when she got into a spat with one of her Instagram followers. The social media incident began Monday, when Linton posted a photo of herself and Mnuchin stepping out of a government plane in Kentucky, describing the travel in the caption as a “day trip” and touting her wardrobe while name-checking designers Roland Mouret, Tom Ford, Hermès and Valentino.
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Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong and southern China
Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, slammed into Hong Kong on Wednesday lashing the Asian financial hub with wind and rain that uprooted trees and forced most businesses to close, while in some places big waves flooded seaside streets. There were reports of 34 people injured in Hong Kong while in the city of Macau, across the Pearl River estuary, three people were killed, authorities there said. In Hong Kong, more than 450 flights were cancelled, financial markets suspended and schools closed as Hato bore down, the first category 10 storm to hit the city since 2012.
WorldAFPRemains of US sailors found on warship that collided off Singapore
Divers have found the remains of some of the 10 sailors who went missing when a US destroyer collided with a tanker off Singapore, the navy said Tuesday, the latest deadly accident involving an American warship. The US Navy has announced a fleet-wide global investigation after the incident Monday involving the USS John S. McCain and the merchant vessel, which left a gaping gash in the destroyer's hull.
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2019 Jeep Wrangler Pickup: Everything We Know
Jeep hasn't sold a pickup truck since 1992, when the XJ Cherokee-based Comanche went out of production, though Jeep has made many concept pickup trucks to tease us. To say we're excited for the Wrangler pickup would be an understatement, so let's round up everything we think we know about it. Jeep started the Wrangler pickup fever in 2005 with the Gladiator Concept (shown above), but it never reached production.
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Chelsea Manning Has Epic Response To Tweeter Who Wants Her 'Shot For Treason'
Former Army intelligence analyst and transgender activist Chelsea Manning responded in the best way Monday night to a violent message she received on Twitter. The whistleblower, who posed in her bathing suit for a profile in the September issue of Vogue
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Barcelona attack: Suspects were planning to bomb Sagrada Familia and other major monuments
The Barcelona terror cell behind last week's van attack planned to use explosives against major monuments including the city's famous Sagrada Familia church, one of the suspects has told a court. Mohamed Houli Chemlal, 21, who survived an explosion at an alleged bomb factory the day before the van atrocities said the Islamist gang had been preparing “an attack of larger dimensions”. A Spanish High Court judge last night jailed two of the four suspects, Chemlal and Driss Oukabir, charged with membership of a terrorist organisation, murder and possession of explosives.
WorldReutersNigeria's Buhari resumes old habits in days since return
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has kept a low profile since his grand return from sick leave on Saturday. Buhari disembarked his plane in Abuja on Saturday to a military salute and was cheered by hundreds of people who lined the streets as his motorcade drove to the presidential villa. The refusal to disclose details of Buhari's illness has caused speculation about whether the 74-year-old is well enough to run Africa's most populous country and biggest economy.
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Donald Trump offers 'poor Jeffrey Lord' support after CNN pundit is fired for tweeting 'sieg heil'
Donald Trump has defended a journalist who was recently fired from CNN for sending a Nazi salute to a prominent liberal activist. Speaking at a campaign style rally in Phoenix, the US president launched into an animated defence of Jeffrey Lord and expressed his sympathy for the conservative commentator. Addressing his supporters in Arizona, President Trump bemoaned the fact Mr Lord had been sacked.
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North Korea releases photo appearing to show new missile designs
North Korean state media released new images on Wednesday, and one photo appears to show new missile designs hanging on the wall. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly toured the nation's Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Science on Wednesday, and one photo from the visit shows Un standing next to diagrams hanging on the wall. As the Associated Press reports, the diagram looks to feature an outline of a "Pukguksong-3" missile and at least one other ballistic weapon.
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Woman Claims 'False Imprisonment' On 'Burning Hot' Plane: 'We Were Melting'
A New Mexico woman aboard an Allegiant Air called an extended delay on the tarmac at the Albuquerque International Sunport last week “false imprisonment” in extreme conditions. Celena Kwitkowski alleged that passengers were held Thursday for well over three hours on a hot plane without water or lavatory access. “They need to apologize for us, they need to take responsibility and ownership,” Kwitkowski told Albuquerque NBC-affiliate KOB4.
WorldAssociated PressFilipino officials: Chinese navy stalked Philippine area
China recently deployed navy and coast guard ships in a cluster of uninhabited sandbars in the disputed South China Sea amid concerns that the Philippines may build structures on them, two Filipino security officials said Tuesday. Two senior Philippine security officials told The Associated Press that three Chinese navy ships, a coast guard vessel and 10 fishing boats began keeping watch on Sandy Cay on Aug. 12 after a group of Filipino fishermen were spotted on the sandbars. The two spoke on condition of anonymity, saying only the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila has been authorized to publicly discuss issues related to the country's territorial disputes with China.
WorldAFPStranded migrants struggle in hostile Bulgaria
Syrian refugee Fahim Jaber hoped for a better life in Europe. The average salary here is 510 euros ($602), a third of the European Union average and a fraction of that of rich countries. Arriving from what remained of Aleppo in 2016, Jaber and his family found themselves in Elin Pelin outside Sofia facing a hostile demonstration by locals in the town's main square.
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Firefighters BBQ Sausages Made of Pigs They Rescued From Fire, Then Land in Hot Water
Firefighters in Britain took some heat for posting photos of barbecued sausages made from piglets they had previously rescued from a barn blaze. “We recognize that this has caused offense to some – we apologise for this and as such have removed the post,” the Pewsey Fire Station posted Wednesday on its Facebook page. Two sows and 18 piglets were saved six months ago by local firefighters battling a fire on the property of farmer Rachel Rivers, the BBC reported.
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Malia Obama Arrived At Harvard And Oh Man, Kids Grow Up So Fast
Barack and Michelle Obama helped move their daughter into her dorm room in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday, and it’s all so emotional. It was announced in May 2016 that Malia would take a gap year, during which she worked as an intern for Harvey Weinstein.
