| Pro-Trump rally turns violent in Berkeley Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:39 PM PST ![Pro-Trump rally turns violent in Berkeley]( "Pro-Trump rally turns violent in Berkeley") Supporters of Donald Trump clashed with counter-protesters at a rally in the famously left-leaning city of Berkeley, California, on a day of mostly peaceful gatherings in support of the U.S. president across the country. At a park in Berkeley, across the bay from San Francisco, protesters from both sides struck one another over the head with wooden sticks and Trump supporters fired pepper spray as police in riot gear stood at a distance. An elderly Trump supporter was struck in the head and kicked on the ground.
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| Do White Vegetables Have Health Benefits? Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:21 PM PST  "Eat a variety of brightly colored veggies" and "Avoid white foods" have been dietitians' mantras for many years. But if that advice has led you to bypass white vegetables—such as cauliflower, ga...
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| Grieving Mom Donates More Than 4,000 Ounces of Breast Milk In Honor of Child's Memory Posted: 05 Mar 2017 01:06 PM PST  She is on her way to her 5,000 ounce goal
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| Rep. Bost apologizes for comparing town halls to a 'cleansing' by 'Orientals' Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:51 PM PST ![Rep. Bost apologizes for comparing town halls to a 'cleansing' by 'Orientals']( "Rep. Bost apologizes for comparing town halls to a 'cleansing' by 'Orientals'") Some Republican lawmakers seem to dread their own town hall meetings, where constituents have started expressing their concerns over President Trump's choices. Recommended: Infographic Race equality in America: How far have we come?
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| AP Explains: How immigrants are detained, deported Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:36 PM PST ![AP Explains: How immigrants are detained, deported]( "AP Explains: How immigrants are detained, deported") HOUSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has made headlines with his swift action on immigration and vows to deport those living in the U.S. illegally who have a criminal past. Now any immigrant charged or convicted of any offense, or even suspected of a crime, has become an enforcement priority for federal authorities.
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| Obama launched cyberwar to sabotage NKorea missile program: report Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:17 PM PST  Former US president Barack Obama in 2014 launched a cyberwar against North Korea's missile program but it has failed to make significant gains, The New York Times reported Saturday. North Korea's threats remain so dangerous that when Obama left office he warned Trump that this would likely be the most urgent problem he'd face, the Times said.
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| Sunday Shows react to Trump Allegations Posted: 05 Mar 2017 12:01 PM PST  The Sunday political shows tackled President Trump's explosive allegations about President Obama.
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| Franken: Trump's wiretapping claims 'just a distraction' from Russia investigations Posted: 05 Mar 2017 11:42 AM PST  The Minnesota senator weighs in on Trump's wiretap accusation, AG Jeff Sessions' recusal, and more on "This Week."
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| White House spokesperson qualifies Trump wiretap assertion, wants probe Posted: 05 Mar 2017 11:28 AM PST  White House principal deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is pressed about President Trump's Saturday tweetstorm on "This Week."
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| Native American Tribe Sues Oil Companies Over Oklahoma Earthquake Posted: 05 Mar 2017 11:12 AM PST  The Pawnee Nation, which filed the suit, is seeking physical damages to real and personal property, market value losses, and punitive damages.
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| Democrats, Obama Aide Rubbish Trump Wiretap Claims Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:54 AM PST  Barack Obama's spokesman Kevin Lewis and several Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff defended the former president and slammed Trump for his unsubstantiated claims.
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| Volkswagen's 'dieselgate' scandal unfolded after 2015 reveal of emissions cheating Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:36 AM PST  Volkswagen's "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, revealed in September 2015, rocked the German auto giant but has also had an impact on public health, a new study says. A study published Friday said that pollution from 2.6 million VW cars sold between 2008 and 2015 and rigged to appear eco-friendly will cause 1,200 premature deaths in Europe. On September 18, 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revealed that VW had violated clean air regulations by using so-called defeat devices in hundreds of thousands of 2.0-litre engines in the US since 2009.
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| The Latest: Banging pots, French decry political corruption Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:18 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on France's presidential campaign (all times local):
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| Trump asks Congress to probe alleged illicit campaign investigations Posted: 05 Mar 2017 10:04 AM PST  President Donald Trump is asking Congress to probe "potentially politically motivated investigations" during the 2016 campaign, the White House said Sunday. The announcement came one day after Trump took to Twitter to accuse his predecessor Barack Obama of tapping his phones ahead of the November election, without providing evidence of the explosive charge.
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| Israel gives green light to decriminalize marijuana use Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:44 AM PST ![Israel gives green light to decriminalize marijuana use]( "Israel gives green light to decriminalize marijuana use") By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli government voted on Sunday in favor of decriminalizing recreational marijuana use, joining some U.S. states and European countries who have adopted a similar approach. On the other hand, we understand the dangers and will try to balance the two," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet in broadcast remarks. According to the new policy, which must still be ratified by parliament, people caught smoking marijuana would be fined rather than arrested and prosecuted.
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| Fillon's wife breaks silence over 'fake jobs' scandal Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:29 AM PST  The wife of scandal-hit French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon broke her silence Sunday over the "fake jobs" scandal that threatens to engulf his bid for power. In her first interview since the allegations of nearly 900,000 euros ($950,000) in pay, Penelope Fillon told Le Journal du Dimanche she had carried out "a lot of different tasks" for her husband during his lengthy political career. Fillon, who turned 63 on Saturday, was once the frontrunner in an election in which Marine Le Pen is attempting to steer the far-right into power in a major European country.
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| Deadly floods hit southern Zimbabwe, destroying many homes Posted: 05 Mar 2017 09:10 AM PST  TSHOLOTSHO, Zimbabwe (AP) — From kitchen items to livestock and even her house, Assa Mkwananzi says she has "lost it all" to floods that have hit southern Zimbabwe.
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| Teen Who Learned CPR in High School Class Saved Toddler's Life While At Work Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:50 AM PST  The toddler is now doing well.
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| Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:30 AM PST ![Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi]( "Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi") Ebrahim Noroozi was born in 1980 in Tehran, Iran. Noroozi has worked in India, Afghanistan and Iran, and served as head of the photo department for the Iran Daily, as well as for the Alvefagh newspaper, Iran Sport, the Iran Photo Agency, the Jamejam newspaper and Jamejam online. Noroozi has sat on the juries of several Iranian photo contests.
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| New measures approved to protect birds from contaminated pit Posted: 05 Mar 2017 08:12 AM PST  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials said Friday they have approved new measures meant to prevent a repeat of last fall's mass bird deaths in a contaminated former open-pit mine in Montana, including noise-making cannons and radar and laser systems.
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| Forget about Mars for a minute: Let's talk about these rad moon missions Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:52 AM PST  While the 2030s might be owned by missions to Mars, the 2020s belong to the moon. A number of companies and nations are now planning to send crewed and uncrewed missions to the vicinity of the moon in the coming decade. SEE ALSO: Everything you need to know about SpaceX's big moon announcement Even though many have a "been there, done that" attitude toward the moon, there are still plenty of interesting scientific and commercial endeavors to take part in on the lunar surface. Here are five of the most promising moon missions coming up before the 2030s. SpaceX Fly me to the moon ... Okhttps://t.co/6QT8m5SHwn — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 27, 2017 In one of the more exciting space exploration moments of the year so far, SpaceX announced on Monday that the Elon Musk-founded spaceflight company has two customers that want to charter a trip to circumnavigate the moon. Musk said the mission should launch by the end of next year, and the two mystery space tourists have already put down a hefty deposit. In total, the week-long journey should cost at least tens of millions of dollars. Take SpaceX's timescale with a grain of salt, however. The company's known for slipping deadlines like it's no big deal, and while they do usually follow through on promises, there's always the chance that their lunar ambitions could have to wait a few extra years before becoming a reality. Blue Origin Jeff Bezos—the founder of Amazon.com and the private spaceflight company Blue Origin—has a dream that one day millions of Earthlings will live and work in space. And now, apparently that means he wants some folks to live and work on the moon. A report from the Washington Post explains that Blue Origin, potentially with NASA's help, is aiming to start sending cargo missions to the moon as early as 2020, with humans following sometime after that. Details of the plan are still pretty light, but the point of the cargo missions is to precede crewed launches to the lunar surface. Google Lunar X Prize Artist's illustration of the Moon Express spacecraft on the moon. Image: moon express This is an exciting one. By the end of the year, a group of private companies should launch their spacecraft to the surface of the moon for the $20 million Google Lunar X Prize competition. The contest is designed to help spark commercial development of the moon, with mining and other operations on the surface. Five teams are now left to fight it out for the X Prize. In order to win, they need to launch an uncrewed spacecraft to the lunar surface before the end of the year, land, move 500 meters, and beam high-definition videos and photos back to Earth before anyone else. While more than a dozen teams started off in the competition, it's now down to SpaceIL, Moon Express, Synergy Moon, TeamIndus, and HAKUTO (which are from Israel, the United States, international, India, and Japan respectively). All five have launch contracts, and if things go according to plan, they should launch before the end of the year. India The Indian Space Research Organization is in the process of testing its second moon-bound spacecraft expected to launch in 2018. The new mission, named Chandrayaan 2, should include a lander, rover and orbiter which will be responsible for conducting science on the lunar surface and beaming back data to scientists on Earth. Chandrayaan 2 is designed to check out what's going on beneath the moon's surface and analyze lunar dirt while conducting science after landing. NASA Artist's illustration of the Space Launch System. Image: nasa Don't count the world's preeminent space agency out of the lunar game just yet. A mission using NASA's Orion spacecraft and the giant Space Launch System rocket should fly uncrewed in a loop around the moon and back to Earth in 2018 or 2019. It's possible that NASA will decide to put humans on this rocket's first flight, but if that does happen, there's a chance the agency will change the flight profile to keep its astronauts closer to home. While former president Barack Obama's administration put a hold on any plans to return to the moon during the eight years of his presidency, under President Donald Trump, NASA might direct astronauts back to the moon for the first time in 45 years. China In 2016, the Chinese government released a document detailing exactly what it plans to do in the way of space exploration in the coming decades. While Mars plays a prominent role in the country's space plans, China still wants to send spacecraft and even people to the moon. The white paper explains that China wants to send a lander to the moon sometime this year, with another expected to fly sometime in 2018. Ideally, China hopes to return samples of lunar rock and dirt back to Earth with one of those missions. These missions come after the successful Chang'E 3 mission which included a lunar lander and rover that beamed back data from the moon for months. BONUS: What it was like to pretend to live on Mars inside a dome for a year
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| China premier pledges: 'We will make our skies blue again' Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:35 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged Sunday to make the country's smoggy skies blue again and "work faster" to address pollution caused by the burning of coal for heat and electricity.
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| Mexico: Journalist shot dead in troubled Guerrero state Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:16 AM PST ![Mexico: Journalist shot dead in troubled Guerrero state]( "Mexico: Journalist shot dead in troubled Guerrero state") ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — A journalist was murdered in the troubled southern state of Guerrero, Mexican authorities said Friday, adding to a long list of reporter killings in what is considered one of the world's most dangerous countries for media professionals.
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| Tens of thousands flee anti-IS offensives in Iraq and Syria Posted: 05 Mar 2017 07:00 AM PST  Tens of thousands of civilians have fled offensives against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, where the jihadists are battling to keep what remains of their territory, the UN said Sunday. IS overran large areas of both countries in 2014, declaring a "caliphate" in territory it controlled, but the jihadist group has since lost ground to Iraqi forces and faced advances from different groups in Syria. In Iraq, the offensive by US-backed Iraqi forces to retake west Mosul from IS has displaced more than 45,000 people in little more than a week, the UN migration agency said.
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| Google Chromebooks Are Not Dead Posted: 05 Mar 2017 06:42 AM PST  Google hardware senior vice president Rick Osterloh just corrected the previous reports that took his statement about the Chromebooks out of context.
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