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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
By Richard Cowan PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday left open the possibility of meeting with Taiwan's president if she visits the United States after he is sworn in on Jan. 20 and also expressed continued skepticism over whether Russia was responsible for computer hacks of Democratic Party officials. In remarks to reporters upon entering a New Year's Eve celebration at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump said, "We'll see," when pressed on whether he would meet Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's president if she were to be in the United States at any point after he becomes president. Taiwan's president will be in transit in Houston on Jan. 7 and again will be in transit in San Francisco on Jan. 13.
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.
Recovery efforts are expected to begin Sunday for a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland's shores. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson expressed condolences to those who lost loved ones, as the city took over from the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday after an extensive search effort ended in disappointment and became a recovery operation. John T. Fleming, chief executive of a Columbus-based beverage distribution company, was piloting the plane.
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
President Barack Obama expressed condolences on Saturday for the attack at a night club in Istanbul and directed his team to offer U.S. help to Turkish authorities, the White House said. "This afternoon the president was briefed by his national security team on the attack in Istanbul," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said in a statement. "The president expressed condolences for the innocent lives lost, directed his team to offer appropriate assistance to the Turkish authorities, as necessary, and keep him updated as warranted." Obama is on vacation in Hawaii.
Connecticut's top court reinstated Friday the murder conviction of a nephew of the slain Robert F. Kennedy over the beating death of a 15-year-old girl more than four decades ago. In a 4-3 decision, a divided Connecticut Supreme Court ordered a lower court to reject an appeal by Michael Skakel, a nephew to Kennedy through the late attorney general's widow Ethel. Defense attorney Hubert Santos did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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.
There were no big New Year's celebrations for the Iraqi men, women and children who narrowly escaped the fighting in Mosul, only to wait for hours under armed guard while the fighting-age males among them were cleared of links to the Islamic State. The lucky ones would go with their families to one of the wind-swept camps for displaced Iraqis, where they will endure the remainder of northern Iraq's bitterly cold winter in tents and learn to survive on insufficient supplies of food, heating oil and blankets. There was no formula for their small children, who survived on bread soaked in tea or soup made of rice or crushed wheat.
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.
North Korea is in the "final stages" of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile, leader Kim Jong-Un said Sunday, adding the country had significantly bolstered its nuclear deterrent in 2016. "We are in the final stages of test-launching the intercontinental ballistic missile," Kim said in a 30-minute televised New Year's speech, pointing to a string of nuclear and missile tests last year. Pyongyang had "soared as a nuclear power", he said, adding it was now a "military power of the East that cannot be touched by even the strongest enemy".
Ready for some animal magic? This collection of images showcases some amazing moments in wildlife photography, capturing everything from the incredible to the downright ridiculous.From two bears wrestling as they fish for salmon, to a bird that looks
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.
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
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.
By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Rio de Janeiro policeman confessed to murdering Greece's ambassador to Brazil in what investigators on Friday called a "cowardly act" carried out at the direction of the diplomat's Brazilian wife with whom the officer was romantically involved. Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, was missing since Monday night. Officer Sergio Moreira, 29, confessed to police on Friday that he killed the ambassador late Monday night in the Rio de Janeiro home the Amiridises owned in Nova Iguaçu, a hardscrabble neighborhood in Rio's sprawling, violent northern outskirts.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which runs the choir, would not comment on Chamberlin's decision. A spokesman said performing at the inauguration was voluntary and that only a limited number of singers would participate due to limited space.