Thursday, February 28, 2019
Father hurls 4 children out of upper floor window in Croatia
Police say a man threw his four small children from the upper floor window of their family home on a Croatian island, injuring two of them seriously. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghan police: Taliban storm security outpost, killing 5
Afghanistan's police say Taliban fighters stormed a security outpost in the northern Balkh province killing 5 personnel. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
What to know about Estonia's March 3 general election
Nearly a million people are eligible to vote Sunday to choose Estonia's 101-seat Riigikogu legislature, where the outgoing prime minister and his Center Party is pitted against the center-right opposition Reform Party. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Trump-Kim summit ends abruptly with no deal: 'I'd rather do it right than do it fast'
Plus, 'impressed' Trump slams 'fake' Michael Cohen hearing https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Don Shirley’s niece slams Oscar-winning ‘Green Book’ for inaccuracies: ‘Talk about cultural appropriation’
“Green Book” won three Academy Awards Sunday, including Best Picture, but not everyone was celebrating on Hollywood’s biggest night of the year. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Cadbury hiring chocolate taste-taster to work for $14 per hour
The job interview process reportedly involves “choco-challenges” where applicants will be tested on their ability to detect taste differences among the different chocolates. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tiny purses take over Paris Fashion Week, draw mixed responses
Move over tiny sunglasses! According to Simon Porte Jacquemus, it’s all about ridiculously itsy-bitsy totes now. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Kim Jong Un may not even need a nuclear deterrent anymore thanks to this stunning weapon
The North Korean dictator has a stunning weapon that’s not even on the negotiating table: cyber, and an army of 6,000 hackers supported by China. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Michael Cohen says he’s a fool – No one can argue with that
Michael Cohen said he had no evidence of Trump campaign collusion with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Exchange between Cohen and congresswoman turns into instant meme
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s ex-fixer, delivered a hard-hitting testimony before Congress on Wednesday that, most would agree, was devoid of any humor. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel frees Palestinian woman lawmaker held for 20 months
The family of a Palestinian lawmaker says Israeli authorities have released Khalida Jarrar after 20 months of holding her in detention without raising charges. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
UN faults Israel over deadly 2018 crackdown on Gaza protests
U.N.-backed investigators say Israeli soldiers intentionally fired on civilians and could have committed crimes against humanity during crackdowns against Palestinian demonstrations in Gaza last year that left 189 people dead. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Germany probes apparent payment to deported 9/11 convict
German prosecutors are investigating how a Moroccan man convicted of helping the Hamburg-based Sept. 11, 2001, suicide pilots was apparently paid some 7,000 euros ($7,960) before he was deported to his homeland last year. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Trump says he doesn’t think Kim Jong Un knew about Warmbier
President Donald Trump told reporters in Vietnam he didn’t think North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was involved in the death of American college student Otto Warmbier. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Trump 'impressed' that Cohen told House panel he saw no collusion between campaign, Russia
President Trump, speaking in Vietnam on Thursday after the abrupt end of his summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, said he was actually “impressed” with his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who told a U.S. House panel grilling him Wednesday that there was no collusion between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Liz Peek: Why doesn’t Bernie Sanders release his tax records?
Is Bernie Sanders hiding something? You have to wonder. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Cohen testimony against Trump unethical – Dems commit abuse of power
Congress and the corrupt Washington Establishment set a new low for abuse of power Wednesday with the testimony of Michael Cohen before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two arrested in brawl over crab legs at Alabama buffet: report
Customers at an Alabama buffet were boiling mad while waiting in line for crab legs and took to using tongs as weapons during a brawl at the eatery, police said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Neither Trump nor Kim seemed willing to budge on key issues, resulting in summit breakdown
From what could be gleaned at President Trump's Thursday news conference in Hanoi, it seemed that his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ultimately failed because both sides stood firm on the matters most important to them. For North Korea it was sanctions and for the U.S. it was denuclearization. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian officials charge owners of 'whale prison'
Russian officials have brought charges against four companies in the Far East which have been keeping some 100 whales in small, crowded pools that environmentalists have dubbed a "whale prison." https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Under hyperpartisan questioning, did Michael Cohen damage Trump?
Trump's image was scuffed up, but by a guy who had soiled his own reputation. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Anti-Trump media give positive coverage to convicted liar Michael Cohen
Former Trump lawyer and confessed liar Michael Cohen drew sympathetic coverage in the anti-Trump media when he testified before Congress. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Mexico hunter shot by dog says dog was fatally shot weeks later: report
A New Mexico man who was infamously shot by his dog while rabbit hunting last year said the dog was fatally shot weeks later. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Lady Gaga slams rumors of Bradley Cooper relationship, calls social media the ‘toilet of the internet’
Lady Gaga firmly rejected speculation that she is romantically involved with Bradley Cooper after their performance at the Oscars generated lots of buzz on social media. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chilling video shows NYC gunman opening fire in broad daylight: cops
A suspected gunman who opened fire in broad daylight on a street in New York City last week, sending residents running for their lives, is being sought by police. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tokyo court says lawyers again seeking Ghosn release on bail
A Japanese court says lawyers for Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman detained for more than three months in Tokyo, have requested his release on bail. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Double-amputee allegedly shoots doctor in neck inside Florida VA medical center: reports
A doctor was shot in the neck by a double amputee patient Wednesday night at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center but managed to restrain the patient, according to reports. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
HOA threatens resident with fine after car leaves unusual shape in snow: report
A homeowner’s association (HOA) in Tennessee threatened to fine a resident $100 after her car left a phallic-shaped image in the condo’s parking lot following a light dusting of snow, a report said Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel awaits decision on Netanyahu corruption indictment
Israel is awaiting the attorney general's decision on whether to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a series of corruption allegations. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
What US liaison office in North Korea could mean
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday both said they support the opening of a U.S. liaison office in Pyongyang. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US envoy says US-Taliban talks in Qatar to resume Saturday
The U.S. envoy leading the talks with the Taliban says the negotiations have been put on hold until this weekend. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian choir draws criticism over performance describing nuclear attack on U.S.
The Russian Orthodox Church expressed regret over a choir performance that featured a satirical Soviet-era song depicting a nuclear attack on the United States in the midst of heightened tension between Washington and Moscow. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Kamala Harris ‘mischaracterized’ past SF policy on undocumented minors, CNN says
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris “mischaracterized” a 2008 San Francisco policy regarding undocumented minors when she participated in a CNN podcast earlier this week, the network asserted Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Latest: Schools close in Pakistan-held Kashmir
The Latest on escalating India-Pakistan tensions (all times local): 11:15 a.m. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Baby killed after driver crashes into shopping cart in Texas
San Antonio police say a suspected intoxicated driver crashed into a shopping cart in a parking lot, killing a baby who was sitting in the cart's seat as her mother unloaded groceries. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Cheerleading coaches banned from competition over gag awards
The coaches of a Wisconsin cheerleading squad have been banned from competitions following complaints about a banquet that included gag awards for team members' breasts and buttocks. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Poland open to meeting with Israel after Holocaust spat
Poland is open to a meeting with Israel also involving other countries from central Europe, after it pulled out of a similar meeting last week, Poland's foreign minister said Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Laura Ingraham: Dems are so attached to abortion, they can't see that voters don’t want what they're selling
The left, blinded by their dogmatic attachment to abortion, can't see that Americans don't want what they're selling. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A very merry Christmas at Best Buy with sales booming
Best Buy is reporting big holiday sales numbers, more evidence that Americans are willing and able to spend. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ivanka Trump mocked by Trevor Noah over comments on Green New Deal, Ocasio-Cortez
The president’s daughter and White House senior adviser spoke about a guaranteed minimum wage during a conversation with Fox News host Steve Hilton about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Democrat-backed Green New Deal. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Janet Jackson launching Las Vegas residency in May
Janet Jackson is heading to Las Vegas. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen disbarred in New York
Michael Cohen has been disbarred in New York, with a court ruling that President Trump’s former lawyer’s guilty plea in Robert Mueller’s investigation automatically stripped him of his eligibility to practice law. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
R. Kelly insiders may have helped R&B star with sexual abuse: prosecutors
After R. Kelly met a girl celebrating her 16th birthday at a restaurant, it was his manager who handed her Kelly's business card with the R&B star's personal phone number on it, telling the teen that Kelly wanted her to give him a call, according to prosecutors. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Vodka 'bound for North Korea' to be destroyed or sold
Dutch customs officials who discovered thousands of bottles of vodka suspected of being smuggled to North Korea say the illicit cargo will likely be sold at auction or destroyed. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Cops: Gunman broke into home, fatally shot pizza deliveryman
Authorities say a pizza deliveryman was shot and killed when he made a delivery to a home under construction in Philadelphia. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
EU warns Italy to slash rampant public debt
The European Union says it's concerned about Italy's debt and is warning the government in Rome to shore up its public finances. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Log cabin-style Kentucky home, made with hand-hewn reclaimed wood, selling for $250G
Talk about country living. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sean Hannity: The left is rooting for Trump to fail with North Korea. Their hatred of the president is psychotic
To the left, hating Trump is more important than rooting for his success with North Korea. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
UK wildfires rip through "Winnie the Pooh" forest
Unseasonably warm and dry weather have fueled fires in Britain, with blazes at Ashdown Forest — made famous by the "Winnie the Pooh" books — as well as West Yorkshire's Saddleworth Moor and Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tucker Carlson: Yes, there is a fascist threat to America. But it's not from Trump
If you want to know what the left is actually doing, listen to the way they attack other people. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia says it will evacuate Syria refugee camp, blaming US
Russian officials say they are organizing an evacuation from a refugee camp in southern Syria where tens of thousands suffer from lack of food and medical supplies. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Trump shakes hands with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at start of Hanoi summit
President Trump shook hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam's capital on Wednesday to kick off what is to be the two leaders second summit meeting as part of a deal to end North Korea's nuclear ambitions. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Todd Starnes: Leftists say judge is unfit to serve because of his Christian beliefs
A Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate is facing an onslaught of attacks from radical leftist groups who contend his religious beliefs should disqualify him from serving as a judge. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australian man sentenced to 5 years in Bali prison for drugs
A court in Bali has sentenced an Australian man and his Indonesian girlfriend to five years and four months in prison each for possessing cocaine. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Bahrain's Gulf Air says it is delaying, cancelling flights
The Bahrain-based long-haul carrier Gulf Air is acknowledging it is cancelling and delaying flights without explaining why. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Iraq says it can help return IS fighters to their countries
Iraq's prime minister says his country could help repatriate captured Islamic State group fighters to their countries if asked. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Macron, Merkel to hold talks on Brexit and other EU issues
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss Brexit, relations with the United States and other European issues. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ivanka Trump says she backs minimum wage -- but not handouts for those ‘unwilling to work’
Ivanka Trump said Tuesday that she supports a minimum wage, but doesn’t back handouts for those “unwilling to work.” https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
German court acquits Afghan accused of Taliban membership
A German court has acquitted an Afghan charged with having belonged to the Taliban in his homeland after he retracted statements made during his asylum proceedings. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Body found stuffed in suitcase in San Francisco Bay was hanged and drugged: prosecutors
A San Francisco man was arrested and charged last week in connection to the alleged torture and murder of a man whose body was found stuffed into a suitcase and tossed into the San Francisco Bay, officials said on Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Trump blasts ‘Da Nang Dick’ Blumenthal ahead of Hanoi Summit
President Donald Trump attacked Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on Twitter early Wednesday during his visit to Vietnam, referring to him as “Da Nang Dick”—a nickname mocking the senator’s false claim of having fought in the Vietnam War. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
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