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• Asked about the ‘deep state,’ White House says Obama allies ‘burrowed into government’ to enact their own agenda
• Resistance Report: The fight against the Dakota Access pipeline came to Washington with the Native Nations Rise march
• T-Mobile adds more data to its unlimited plan before it starts throttling you
• The Latest: Turkey doesn't want Dutch ambassador to return
• Damascus twin bombings kills dozens
• Protesting the Dakota Access pipeline, Native Americans march on Washington, D.C.
• Best Washers For $800 or Less | Washing Machine Reviews - Consumer Reports
• Watch Monkeys Tease Their Newest Addition at Zoo
• Iraq paramilitaries say mass grave of hundreds found
• January raid in Yemen killed 4 to 12 civilians: US
• Twin blasts kill 40 near religious sites in Syria's capital
• First Daughter Begins Celebrations For Purim
• Trump invites Palestinian leader Abbas to White House 'soon'
• After 2 months, Mattis is only Trump pick at Pentagon
• The iPhone 8 is going to have the best graphics we’ve ever seen in a smartphone
• Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 16 wounded in fresh fighting
• Two more die from wounds in Guatemala children shelter fire
• Boston St. Patrick's parade to allow gay veterans to return
• Cruise ship crashes into one of the most biodiverse coral reefs in the world
• South Korea's Moon rising after Park sank
• Germany shuts down shopping mall over attack threat
• Dutch PM bars Turkish foreign minister in escalation of rally row
• German police shut shopping mall over fears of attack
• African Union force in Somalia needs troop surge, chief says
• Police fatally shoot bloodied man chasing kids at park

Asked about the ‘deep state,’ White House says Obama allies ‘burrowed into government’ to enact their own agenda Posted: 11 Mar 2017 01:55 PM PST White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Friday that there's "no question" there are allies of former President Barack Obama who are "burrowed into government" and working to push a liberal "agenda." Spicer's comments came after Yahoo News asked if the White House believes there's a "deep state" that is actively working to undermine President Trump. "Well, I think that there's no question when you have eight years of one party in office that there are people who stay in government … and continue to espouse the agenda of the previous administration," Spicer said. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Resistance Report: The fight against the Dakota Access pipeline came to Washington with the Native Nations Rise march Posted: 11 Mar 2017 01:20 PM PST They came from across the United States, and from as far away as Mexico and Canada. Miss Standing Rock H.S., in braces and pale blue beaded moccasins, led the march along with other Standing Rock Sioux youth who had been a critical part of the movement against the Dakota Access pipeline. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

T-Mobile adds more data to its unlimited plan before it starts throttling you Posted: 11 Mar 2017 01:03 PM PST So far, 2017 has seen more changes to cellphone plans than the last five years before. In the space of a couple of weeks, all the big carriers suddenly started offering unlimited data plans for reasonable prices. AT&T even removed its ridiculous triple-play requirement for unlimited customers, which was generous. For T-Mobile, which started the unlimited data trend last year, it didn't seem like things could get much better. But the entry of Verizon and AT&T forced it to remove the last real restrictions on the data plan, meaning that you can use hotspot data or watch HD video. ' But one thing all the unlimited plans have in common is a soft cap. Once you go over a monthly threshold of data usage, you're subject to being throttled at peak times. It's a "soft cap" rather than a data limit, because you aren't cut off from data, and there's no overage charge. Whichever way you slice it, though, it's still a limit of some kind. For T-Mobile customers, that limit just went up. The threshold for throttling used to be 28GB per month, and that's now been raised to 30GB. If you hit that level of data usage in a month, you will be "deprioritized" at peak times. That means other customers will be given priority, and in crowded locations, that's going to mean your data slows way down. The 2GB increase might not sound like much, but it moves T-Mobile way into first place for total data allowance. AT&T and Verizon put their cap at 22GB, while Sprint's at 23GB. Those are still generous allowances, and you're not guaranteed to have permanently slow internet after hitting the cap, but it's worth thinking about for particularly heavy data users. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

The Latest: Turkey doesn't want Dutch ambassador to return Posted: 11 Mar 2017 12:46 PM PST THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on Dutch barring Turkish foreign minister (all times local): This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Damascus twin bombings kills dozens Posted: 11 Mar 2017 12:29 PM PST Twin bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims on Saturday killed 46 people in Damascus, most of them Iraqis, a monitoring group said, in one of the bloodiest attacks in the Syrian capital. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Protesting the Dakota Access pipeline, Native Americans march on Washington, D.C. Posted: 11 Mar 2017 11:54 AM PST American Indians and their supporters are rallying in Washington against continued construction of the disputed Dakota Access pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes have tried to stop the pipeline, saying it threatens their sovereignty, religious rights and water supply. The final, disputed section of the pipeline would pass under a reservoir that provides water to tribal reservations. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Best Washers For $800 or Less | Washing Machine Reviews - Consumer Reports Posted: 11 Mar 2017 11:36 AM PST How much should you spend on a washer? You don't have to pay $1,500 to get a washer that cleans well. Expensive washers offer a jumbo capacity and extra features, but if you don't need to wash 26... This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Watch Monkeys Tease Their Newest Addition at Zoo Posted: 11 Mar 2017 11:18 AM PST Amidala was shown who's boss. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Iraq paramilitaries say mass grave of hundreds found Posted: 11 Mar 2017 11:03 AM PST Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul containing the remains of hundreds of people executed by the Islamic State group. Iraqi forces have found dozens of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies as they pushed IS back in more than two years of heavy fighting, including during the operation to retake Mosul. IS reportedly killed up to 600 people after seizing Badush in 2014, and was also said to have held hundreds of kidnapped women from Iraq's Yazidi minority at the facility. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

January raid in Yemen killed 4 to 12 civilians: US Posted: 11 Mar 2017 10:46 AM PST Up to a dozen civilians died during a controversial January raid against Al Qaeda in Yemen, but an investigation did not uncover "bad judgment" during the operation, the head of US forces in the Middle East said. Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee, General Joe Votel said "somewhere between four and 12 casualties" resulted from the US raid, which was authorized by US President Donald Trump a few days after his inauguration. The January 29 raid -- the first authorized by Trump -- saw US special operations forces enter the Yakla region of Baida province and target a compound occupied by Al-Qaeda in the Arabic Peninsula (AQAP) operatives. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Twin blasts kill 40 near religious sites in Syria's capital Posted: 11 Mar 2017 10:28 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — Twin blasts Saturday near holy shrines frequented by Shiites in the Syrian capital Damascus killed at least 40 people and wounded over a hundred, most of them Iraqis, according to Syrian and Iraqi officials. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

First Daughter Begins Celebrations For Purim Posted: 11 Mar 2017 10:11 AM PST The Jewish holiday Purim begins at sunset on March 11 and ends on the evening of March 12 this year. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Trump invites Palestinian leader Abbas to White House 'soon' Posted: 11 Mar 2017 09:54 AM PST Donald Trump on Friday invited Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to visit the White House sometime soon, both sides said after the first phone call between the pair since the US president took office in January. Trump invited Abbas "to visit the White House soon to discuss ways to resume the (Palestinian-Israeli) political process," the official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted Abbas's spokesman as saying. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

After 2 months, Mattis is only Trump pick at Pentagon Posted: 11 Mar 2017 09:38 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Mattis is not lonely in the Pentagon, but two months into his tenure as secretary of defense not a single political appointee has joined him. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

The iPhone 8 is going to have the best graphics we’ve ever seen in a smartphone Posted: 11 Mar 2017 09:22 AM PST We've got a good idea about what the iPhone 8 is going to look like on the outside. It might only be February, but we've already got leaks, renders and concepts strongly hinting that it's going to have an all-glass front display with no buttons and very little bezel. It all sounds lovely, but it's what's lying underneath the hood that could make the biggest difference. Apple has long relied on graphics architecture from UK-based firm Imagination Technologies. So, when I.T. announced a brand-new chip tech aimed at improving graphical performance in smartphones, it's safe to assume that the innovations are going to show up in the next iPhone. Imagination Technologies has updated its PowerVR Furian architecture, which is likely to feature in the iPhone 8. The new chip has a much higher computational density than its predecessors, which means that the same-sized chip is significantly more powerful. The end result should be much better performance for gaming and graphics-heavy operations. But the biggest improvements could be in AR rather than gaming. Augmented reality is tipped to play a part in the iPhone 8 design, so a more powerful graphics chip capable of processing and rendering AR graphics in real time would make a whole bunch of sense. It could also help utilize the rumored dual-camera system better. The iPhone 7 Plus already uses fancy computational tricks and the dual camera system to take incredible photos, and a similar dual-camera system is rumored for the iPhone 8. With two camera lenses and all sorts of computational power -- say, what you'd get from IT's new chip -- the possibilities for what Apple could do AR-wise increase. Tim Cook has made it clear in a series of interviews that Apple very much sees AR as a vital future technology. So far, Apple has not made in a play in the VR or AR industry, but there's rumored to be a giant secretive project in the works. Apple's going to need all the tricks it can muster to go toe-to-toe with the new Galaxy S8. Rumors and leaked pics of that phone have shown that it will have a similar no-bezel design, and it's going to use Qualcomm's brand-new Snapdragon 835 processor. Samsung's phone will be in stores by the end of April, and with the iPhone 8 launch likely to happen in the fall, Apple's going to have a lot of ground to make up. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 16 wounded in fresh fighting Posted: 11 Mar 2017 09:06 AM PST Ukraine's army reported Saturday two soldiers killed in clashes with Russian-backed rebels, in a new uptick in violence across eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters that two servicemen were killed and another 16 wounded in the past 24 hours, accusing insurgents of using heavy weapons against government troops. The latest casualties along eastern Ukraine's volatile frontline come despite the warring sides announcing a truce deal in February that has failed to stop the violence entirely. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Two more die from wounds in Guatemala children shelter fire Posted: 11 Mar 2017 08:49 AM PST Two more girls died from wounds suffered in a fire at a home for abused children in Guatemala that has now killed at least 37 people, mostly girls, hospital officials said on Friday. More than a dozen victims of the fire are still hospitalized in critical condition, according to spokesmen at two hospitals in Guatemala City. The fire broke out on Wednesday in a tiny room at the government-run Virgen de la Asuncion home near San Jose Pinula, 25 km (15 miles) southwest of Guatemala City, where a group of girls had been locked up after a riot. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Boston St. Patrick's parade to allow gay veterans to return Posted: 11 Mar 2017 08:32 AM PST A group of gay veterans of the U.S. military can march in this year's Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade, parade organizers said on Friday after an earlier move to exclude them sparked outrage and boycott threats in the liberal city. The parade, one of the United States' largest honoring Irish-American heritage, had long excluded openly gay participants, saying that admitting them would conflict with organizers' Roman Catholic beliefs. In 2015 organizers agreed to allow the gay veterans' group, OUTVETS, to march in the face of pressure from city officials and sponsors who pulled their financing. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Cruise ship crashes into one of the most biodiverse coral reefs in the world Posted: 11 Mar 2017 08:15 AM PST The dreamy beauty of a coral reef in Southeast Asia has been partially damaged by a massive, 4,290-ton cruise ship called the Caledonian Sky. On Saturday, the ship crashed into a popular diving site called Crossover Reef, which holds some of the most biodiverse coral reefs in the world, located in West Papua province, environmental news outlet Mongabay reports. SEE ALSO: Royal Caribbean takes cruise passengers into rough seas forecast days before It reportedly managed to smash some 17,000 square feet of coral in an area previously pristine enough to be considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it's expected it'll take nearly 10 years for a full recovery from the incident. Now local officials want the British-owned cruise ship company to pay for the damage. The Caledonian Sky — operated by British tourism company Noble Caledonia — found itself caught in a low tide before plowing into the reefs located along the Indonesian island chain of Raja Ampat.  Raja Ampat is filled with colorful coral reefs like this. Image: Michael Rubenstein via flickr From there, a boat was brought in to help refloat the cruise ship, which actually just made things worse, according to Ricardo Tapilatu, head of the Research Center for Pacific Marine Resources at the University of Papua. Tapilatu helped investigate the incident to estimate damages. "A tugboat from Sorong city was deployed to help refloat the cruise ship, which is something that shouldn't have happened because it damaged the reef even worse," Tapilatu told Mongabay. "They should've waited for high tide." Other locals were also critical of the ship's inability to avoid damaging the reefs. Tourism group Stay Raja Ampat wrote a post on Facebook asking if there was a 12-year-old at the wheel, saying, "How can this happen?" The environmental damage affected eight different coral groups in an area that's known to have some of the richest biodiversity in the world, with 10 times as many coral species as in the Caribbean. And coral reefs in general are often thought to be the most biodiverse of any ecosystems on earth.  After local authorities sent in a team to investigate, it was estimated the total damage runs anywhere from $1.28 million to $1.92 million, according to Tapilatu. Despite wreaking havoc on those precious reefs, the 102-passenger ship saw very minimal damage and was able to sail away with all its passengers and 79 crew members safe. Noble Caledonia expressed regret over the incident, saying in a statement the whole thing was "unfortunate." "Noble Caledonia is firmly committed to protection of the environment, which is why it is imperative that the reasons for it are fully investigated, understood and any lessons learned incorporated in operating procedures," the company wrote. WATCH: 'Ancient Earth' series brings rare and wonderful dinosaurs back to life This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

South Korea's Moon rising after Park sank Posted: 11 Mar 2017 07:57 AM PST The front-runner to succeed South Korea's impeached president Park Geun-Hye after her dismissal over a corruption scandal is a former special forces soldier, pro-democracy activist and human rights lawyer. The irony is that Moon Jae-In of the Democratic Party was once chief of staff to left-leaning president Roh Moo-Hyun, who committed suicide in 2009 after being questioned over graft allegations. South Korea must hold a presidential election within 60 days and Moon, a former Democratic Party leader narrowly beaten by Park in 2012, has long been leading the polls. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Germany shuts down shopping mall over attack threat Posted: 11 Mar 2017 07:42 AM PST "The shopping centre will be closed all Saturday due to security concerns. This is a major operation," a spokesman told AFP, indicating the lockdown that included the 200-store Limbecker Platz in downtown Essen, nearby parking garages and an underground rail station all locked down in security cordon. Germany is on high alert following the Christmas market carnage in Berlin last December, in which an Islamic State jihadist rammed a truck into a crowd of pedestrians, killing 12 people. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Dutch PM bars Turkish foreign minister in escalation of rally row Posted: 11 Mar 2017 07:25 AM PST By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Thomas Escritt ANKARA/ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands barred Turkey's foreign minister from landing in Rotterdam on Saturday in a row over Ankara's political campaigning among Turkish emigres, and President Tayyip Erdogan retaliated, branding his NATO partner a "Nazi remnant". The extraordinary incident came hours after Mevlut Cavusoglu declared he would fly to Rotterdam despite being banned from a rally there to marshal support for sweeping new powers Erdogan seeks. Cavusoglu, who was barred from a similar meeting in Hamburg last week but spoke instead from the Turkish consulate, accused the Dutch of treating the many Turkish citizens in the country like "hostages", cutting them off from Ankara. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

German police shut shopping mall over fears of attack Posted: 11 Mar 2017 07:09 AM PST German police sealed off and closed a shopping mall in the heart of the western city of Essen on Saturday after the security services warned of a possible terrorist attack. Germany is on high alert following deadly militant Islamist attacks in France and Belgium and after a failed asylum seeker from Tunisia drove a truck into a Berlin Christmas market in December, killing 12 people. "Yesterday, we received very serious indications from security sources that a possible attack was planned here for today and would be carried out," a spokesman for Essen police told Reuters Television. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

African Union force in Somalia needs troop surge, chief says Posted: 11 Mar 2017 06:52 AM PST MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The head of the African Union mission in Somalia is seeking a surge in troops to help the country's military control areas won back from extremist group al-Shabab, saying the Somali National Army has been unable to take charge as expected. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Police fatally shoot bloodied man chasing kids at park Posted: 11 Mar 2017 06:36 AM PST HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jose Sanchez was coaching his soccer team of 13-year-old girls when a wild-eyed man began chasing children with what looked like a broken wine bottle at a California sports complex. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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