President-elect Donald Trump hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday for not officially retaliating against the U.S. action against Russia. “Great move on delay (by V. Putin) – I always knew he was very smart!” Trump tweeted. Earlier in the day, Putin denounced President Obama’s decision to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. elections.
Listed earlier today on Bring A Trailer's auction site, this 1981 Porsche 924 Carrera GT is one of just 406 cars built, and is the ideal collector's piece for any Porsche transaxle-car enthusiast. In 1981, the 924 Carrera GT cost as much as two base 924s, and 20% more than even a 911 SC on the same showroom floor, making it a difficult sell to those not in the know. Compared to a regular 911 SC, the statistics are remarkably similar, as the two cars weigh nearly the same amount and have nearly the same horsepower and torque ratings.
The suspect in the fatal shooting of a first-year Pennsylvania trooper was shot and killed after making threats to police who located him Saturday morning, authorities said. Trooper Landon Weaver, 23, was killed responding to a domestic complaint Friday evening in a rural area in Huntingdon County, in central Pennsylvania. An overnight manhunt for the suspect ended Saturday morning when police found 32-year-old Jason Robison at an unoccupied mobile home in the area, authorities said.
The countdown of photo galleries that our Yahoo readers liked the best this year! _____ No. 1 The 2016 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, red carpet and parties (Photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters) No. 2 9/11: Then and now – 15 years later (Photo: Gordon Donovan
Glance at the concept car pictured above, and you won’t see many cues echoed in modern G.M. design language. Penned by G.M. design godheads Bill Mitchell and Harley Earl, the car rolled out at the Daytona 500 in 1959. Today, his fingerprints are on countless groundbreaking machines, including the Oldsmobile Aerotech land speed record car, the civilian Hummer line, electric Volt and Bolt, and CTS Coupe, as well as heady concepts like the Cadillac Elmiraj and Buick Avenir.
Israel has warned tourists to stay away from India amid an alleged immediate threat on foreigners ahead of the New Year's Eve holiday. Israel's anti-terrorism directorate issued the travel warning Friday for the south-west region of the country. "We are warning Israeli tourists in India of the possibility of imminent terrorist attacks against Western targets and tourists, particularly in the southwest of that country," the warning read. Tourists should avoid markets, festivals and crowded shopping areas, the Israeli government said. The warning also urged families in Israel to inform any relatives in Israel of the potential for danger.
More than 1,000 migrants tried to jump a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Sunday in a violent assault that saw one officer lose an eye, local authorities said. A group of 1,100 people from Sub-Saharan Africa trying to reach Europe stormed the border fence just after 4 am (0300 GMT) on New Year's Day in an "extremely violent and organised" way, said the central government's representative office in Ceuta. None however managed to get through bar two who were badly injured and taken to hospital in Ceuta, the office said in a statement.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - A North Carolina judge on Friday temporarily blocked a state law hours after incoming Democratic Governor Roy Cooper sued to void Republican-backed legislation lessening his control over state and county elections boards, local media reported. "Roy Cooper’s effort to stop the creation of a bipartisan board with an equal number of Democrats and Republicans to enforce elections and ethics laws may serve his desire to preserve his own political power, but it does not serve the best interests of our state," Berger said in a statement.
For one tiny heartbeat at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, a minute will be 61 seconds long. World clocks will officially add a "leap second" at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is the time standard set by highly precise atomic clocks. The extra second of party time is designed to reconcile two ways of keeping time: atomic clocks, and clocks based on the Earth's rotation.
A woman prepares balloons to be released into the sky as a part of the year-end celebrations in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil; people walk behind a caravan carrying the coffin the Polish driver Lukasz Urban, who was killed in the Berlin Christmas market
Britain's most famous family had another busy year with landmark birthdays, memorable royal tours and even a spot of romance. Check out these 12 amazing royal family moments from 2016!
A man broke into a house in southeastern Brazil where his ex-wife was ringing in the New Year and shot and killed her, their son and at least 10 other people before taking his own life, military police said Sunday. Thirteen people were killed, including the man's ex-wife, the couple's 8-year-old boy and other family members. Neighbor Christiano Machado said he heard the shots a little before midnight but assumed they were fireworks.
Russian government entities took to Twitter on Thursday and Friday to mock the U.S. after President Obama announced sanctions and other punishments in retaliation for the Kremlin’s interference in U.S. elections. President Obama and the U.S. intelligence community have accused Russia of spearheading the cyberattacks that leaked troves of emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman. In addition to the sanctions, the White House said it would expel from the U.S. 35 Russians whom it characterized as intelligence operatives, and the State Department said it would close two properties it said were used for the Kremlin’s intelligence operation.
Just a week ago we found this running-and-driving V8-swapped 911 on Craigslist, and today we've found one that is still a work in progress. Some enthusiasts might prefer the term "Blank Canvas" for this car, as it is done enough that there is a vision of the future for it, but it allows you to shape it to your own tastes, as the bodywork and interior have not been finished. While last week's V8 special was from Arizona, this one is in Sonoma, just north of the San Francisco Bay.
Here's a guarantee: The 2017 CES (formerly called Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas will reveal the latest in gadgets, computers, phones, drones, and cars. But before you binge on the latest in quadcopters and connected wearables, keep your eye
Ninety-three journalists and media staff were killed around the world in the course of their work in 2016, with Iraq and Afghanistan the deadliest countries, the International Federation of Journalists said Friday. The IFJ said the figure, 19 less than in 2015, was for journalists killed in targeted attacks, bomb blasts or caught in the cross-fire. "Any decrease in violence against journalist and media personnel is always welcome but these figures... leave little room for comfort and reinforce hopes for the end of the security crisis in the media sector," IFJ president Philippe Leruth said in a statement.
President-elect Donald Trump again cast doubt on a US intelligence finding that Russia meddled in the US election through computer hacking, a conclusion that led to US sanctions against Moscow. "Well, I just want them to be sure, because it's a pretty serious charge, and I want them to be sure," Trump told reporters at his estate in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
Heavy smog in northern China on Sunday caused hundreds of flights to be canceled and highways to shut, disrupting the first day of the New Year holiday. The latest bout of air pollution began on Friday and is expected to persist until Thursday, although it will ease slightly on Monday, the last day of the New Year holiday. In Beijing, 126 flights were canceled at the city's main airport and all buses from there to neighboring cities suspended, state news agency Xinhua said.
A BASE jumper who survived a disaster when he leaped off a 300-foot cliff in Arizona and shattered his heels and fractured an ankle and his hips says he will jump again. Landon Dirnberger, 39, jumped off a cliff in Echo Canyon Park near Phoenix, Arizona, Tuesday when the near-fatal plunge sent him to the hospital. Fortunately for Dirnberger, he landed next to an off-duty fireman.
In a post on Friday morning, I touched upon the increasingly common notion that iOS has gotten much more complex in recent years. Some users even believe that much of the platform’s complexity comes at a cost, and that cost is a user experience that isn
A lawmaker from Bangladesh's ruling party has been shot dead by masked men in northern Bangladesh, police said Sunday. Manzurul Islam Liton, a national legislator from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party, was shot at his home in Gaibandha district on Saturday evening, said local police chief Atiar Rahman. Liton had been vocal against religious extremism in Bangladesh.
A nationwide Syrian cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey that went into effect at midnight held Friday despite minor violations, marking a potential breakthrough in a conflict that has disregarded high-level peace initiatives for over five years. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported clashes early Friday between troops and rebels in the central province of Hama and near the capital, Damascus. It said that later in the day a man was killed by sniper fire in eastern suburbs of Damascus, becoming the first fatality since the truce went into effect.
Three people were killed after two small aircraft collided midair near McKinney, Texas on Saturday evening. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the collision occurred soon after 5:30 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. EST) near Aero Country Airport, a private airport about 35 miles north of Dallas. “They were making a turn and one of the planes slid into the other,” witness Rodney Livermore told NBC News.
Many are praising the quick work of a California Uber driver who intervened in a child sex trafficking scheme involving one of his passengers, saying he likely saved a teenage girl from becoming part of a dangerous ring. Ride-hailing services like Uber have raised safety concerns for many, with some users reporting sexual harassment or assault at the hands of a driver or taking issue with the app’s abilities to track its riders’ locations and store information. Keith Avila says he picked up a teenage girl and two women in Sacramento Monday evening and drove them to a Holiday Inn.
The Pentagon said Friday it believes that Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is indeed alive, despite repeated efforts by the US-led coalition to take out the jihadist group leader. Baghdadi has kept a low profile, despite having declared himself the leader of a renewed Muslim caliphate, but last month released a defiant audio message urging his supporters to defend the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. "We do think Baghdadi is alive and is still leading ISIL and we are obviously doing everything we can to track his movements," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told CNN.