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Utah Rep. Chaffetz to Resign from Congress
Prosecutors: Times Square driver wanted to 'kill them all'
Two suicide car bombs explode on highway near oilfields in southern Iraq
Ancient Aboriginal Australians Left Behind Artifacts From 51,000 Years Ago
US first lady ignores Trump criticism and shuns headscarf
Russia's Putin pledges to send food to Venezuela
Oklahoma jury that acquitted Tulsa officer says she had non-deadly options
Embattled Trump starts foreign tour with Saudi arms deal
Chicago school system plans to borrow up to $389 million
Report: Trump says firing 'nut job' Comey took off pressure
The Latest: Juror says cop shouldn't return to patrol duty
How to Become a Super Saver
Chris Cornell Police Report Reveals New Details About Musician's Suicide
Times Square crash: Driver who ploughed into crowd of pedestrians in New York 'wanted to kill them all'
NAACP president to leave office as group undertakes changes
ScootinAmerica - Eight Veterans to Receive Free Harleys
What 100 Calories of Picnic Foods Looks Like
Tuk-tuks and flags as Cambodia opposition eyes bellwether local polls
Terrifying details emerge on the reason behind Trump’s laptop ban
Under fire at home, Trump in Saudi on first foreign trip
Grand jury doesn't indict officer for fatally shooting teen
Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner 'person of interest in Russia investigation'
'I blew him away': Retiree charged in Amtrak shooting
Yemen rebel missile shot down near Saudi capital
Police: Gunfire erupts in Walmart parking lot road rage incident

Utah Rep. Chaffetz to Resign from Congress

Posted: 20 May 2017 01:15 PM PDT

Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz announced from his home Thursday that he will resign from Congress on June 30th citing family reasons. (May 18)

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Prosecutors: Times Square driver wanted to 'kill them all'

Posted: 20 May 2017 12:58 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was behind the wheel of a car that barreled through crowds of pedestrians in Times Square told police after his arrest that he had been smoking marijuana laced with the hallucinogenic drug PCP, according to a criminal complaint.

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Two suicide car bombs explode on highway near oilfields in southern Iraq

Posted: 20 May 2017 12:41 PM PDT

Two suicide car bombers blew themselves up at checkpoints on a highway near oilfields in the southern Iraqi province of Basra on Friday, killing several people, police sources and an interior ministry spokesman said. Iraq's South Oil Company said there was no disruption to operations but oil police were put on maximum alert in response to the attack, officials said. Bomb attacks in southern Iraq, where the bulk of the country's oil is produced, are relatively rare.

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Ancient Aboriginal Australians Left Behind Artifacts From 51,000 Years Ago

Posted: 20 May 2017 12:26 PM PDT

Artifacts left behind by Australia's first human settlers show they got to the area as early as 51,000 years ago and were able to adapt to a changing coastal environment.

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US first lady ignores Trump criticism and shuns headscarf

Posted: 20 May 2017 12:09 PM PDT

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Ignoring President Donald Trump's past admonition, U.S. first lady Melania Trump did not cover her head Saturday when they arrived in Saudi Arabia on the opening leg of his first international tour since taking office.

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Russia's Putin pledges to send food to Venezuela

Posted: 20 May 2017 11:53 AM PDT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Russia is pledging to send several thousand tons of wheat to Venezuela on a monthly basis, potentially helping alleviate the troubled South American country's food crisis and further tightening relations between the long-time allies.

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Oklahoma jury that acquitted Tulsa officer says she had non-deadly options

Posted: 20 May 2017 11:35 AM PDT

Officer Betty Shelby, 43, was found not guilty on Wednesday of manslaughter by a Tulsa jury after a week-long trial for killing Terence Crutcher, 40, in September 2016. "While Officer Shelby made a justifiable decision at the very moment she pulled the trigger according to her training, when reviewing the moments before she discharged her weapon, the jury wonders and some believe that she had other options available to subdue Mr. Crutcher before he reached his car," the jury foreperson said in a letter to court. The four-page letter filed last Friday with the Tulsa County District Court Clerk's Office was given to Judge Doug Drummond on Wednesday during deliberations, with the initial request that it be read aloud when the verdict had been rendered.

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Embattled Trump starts foreign tour with Saudi arms deal

Posted: 20 May 2017 11:20 AM PDT

Washington announced a huge arms deal with Saudi Arabia and took aim at Iran on Saturday as President Donald Trump began a foreign tour looking to leave domestic troubles behind. The $110 billion deal for Saudi purchases of US defence equipment and services came at the start of an eight-day trip that will also take Trump to Jerusalem, the Vatican and meetings with leaders in Europe. Trump hailed a series of business deals reached during meetings in Riyadh, with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir saying they were worth more than $380 billion.

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Chicago school system plans to borrow up to $389 million

Posted: 20 May 2017 11:02 AM PDT

Chicago's cash-strapped public school system plans to seek up to $389 million in short-term loans to avoid closing schools early for the summer and to make required pension payments next month, the mayor's office said on Friday. The fix will be secured through short-term financing against $467 million in delayed block grant funding by Illinois' fiscally paralyzed state government, which has not passed a full-year operating budget in 23 months. Escalating pension payments have led to drained reserves, debt dependency and junk bond ratings for Chicago Public Schools.

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Report: Trump says firing 'nut job' Comey took off pressure

Posted: 20 May 2017 10:47 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told Russian diplomats last week his firing of "nut job" James Comey had eased the pressure on him, even as the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation had moved into the White House, according to reports Friday that pursued the president as he began his maiden foreign trip.

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The Latest: Juror says cop shouldn't return to patrol duty

Posted: 20 May 2017 10:14 AM PDT

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on the not guilty verdict in the manslaughter trial of a white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man (all times local):

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How to Become a Super Saver

Posted: 20 May 2017 09:38 AM PDT

One of the most powerful tools you can use to build wealth is creating an environment of "forced scarcity". If implemented and funded correctly, it frees you to spend as you see fit, since all your savings goals have been taken care of up front. Here's how to set up, prioritize and fund a personal forced scarcity plan.

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Chris Cornell Police Report Reveals New Details About Musician's Suicide

Posted: 20 May 2017 09:20 AM PDT

A police report revealed new details surrounding the death of Audioslave and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell.

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Times Square crash: Driver who ploughed into crowd of pedestrians in New York 'wanted to kill them all'

Posted: 20 May 2017 09:03 AM PDT

The driver of a car that ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians in New York's Times Square told police he wanted to "kill them all" and said officers should have shot him, according to prosecutors. Richard Rojas said he had been smoking marijuana laced with the hallucinogenic drug PCP before what detectives believe was an intentional attack, a court heard. The has been charged with murder and multiple counts of attempted murder, in connection with incident which claimed the life of an 18-year-old girl and injured 22 other people at the New York tourist hotspot.

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NAACP president to leave office as group undertakes changes

Posted: 20 May 2017 08:44 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation's oldest civil rights organization after his contract expires this summer, officials said Friday.

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ScootinAmerica - Eight Veterans to Receive Free Harleys

Posted: 20 May 2017 08:26 AM PDT

ScootinAmerica - Eight Veterans to Receive Free Harleys Harley-Davidson has joined Adam Sandoval, founder of ScootinAmerica , an initiative that focuses on giving back to our military members, to launch MISSION: "THANK YOU". The project began this morning at

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What 100 Calories of Picnic Foods Looks Like

Posted: 20 May 2017 08:09 AM PDT

Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Shopping for picnic food for your Memorial Day bash? The burgers, hot dogs, and other items on your grocery list may be ...

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Tuk-tuks and flags as Cambodia opposition eyes bellwether local polls

Posted: 20 May 2017 07:32 AM PDT

Tuk-tuks blaring pop music and flag-waving supporters of Cambodia's embattled opposition led a rally on Saturday for upcoming local elections, a bellwether for efforts to end the three-decade rule of strongman Hun Sen in next year's national polls. The June 4 vote in more than 1,600 communes -- administrative clusters of villages -- will take Cambodia's political temperature ahead of a general election in 2018 that is expected to go to the wire. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) are desperate to end Hun Sen's rule, which they say is increasingly corrupt and repressive.

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Terrifying details emerge on the reason behind Trump’s laptop ban

Posted: 20 May 2017 07:13 AM PDT

Donald Trump's desperate need to brag about something whenever he gets the chance is what got him in more trouble with the Russians. In case you missed it, he divulged highly classified information to Russians during a controversial White House visit. It turned out the information Trump offered was related to the laptop ban the US imposed a few months ago on certain Middle Eastern countries, and which it planned to extend to all of Europe.

New reports reveal terrifying details about the plot that caused the laptop ban. Still, these details suggest the threat may not be significant enough to ban large electronics from carry-on luggage on all flights from Europe.

According to USA Today the information that Trump divulged to the Russia, potentially endangering a sensitive intelligence relationship with an ally in the process, concerns laptop computers and their batteries.

Apparently, ISIS operatives have figured out how to insert a bomb inside a laptop battery in such a manner that the laptop would actually still power up if needed. By verifying that the computer boots up as expected, airport security could determine that a laptop is safe and allow an attacker to bring a bomb inside the plane.

A BBC report on Thursday said that US and EU officials have decided not to expand the laptop ban to Europe, after a four-hour meeting. However, officials said that other measures are still being considered, though they failed to elaborate on what these measures might be.

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Under fire at home, Trump in Saudi on first foreign trip

Posted: 20 May 2017 06:33 AM PDT

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland RIYADH (Reuters) - Dogged by controversy at home, Donald Trump opened his first presidential foreign trip in Saudi Arabia on Saturday and won a warm reception as he looked to shift attention from a political firestorm over his firing of former FBI Director James Comey. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz greeted him on a red carpet as he stepped off Air Force One, shaking the hand of his wife, Melania, and riding in the U.S. presidential limousine. It was a warmer welcome than had been granted to Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, who was seen in the Arab kingdom as soft on Iran and hesitant on Syria.

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Grand jury doesn't indict officer for fatally shooting teen

Posted: 20 May 2017 06:11 AM PDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A grand jury voted on Friday not to indict a white Columbus police officer in the fatal shooting of a black 13-year-old boy after a suspected robbery last year.

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Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner 'person of interest in Russia investigation'

Posted: 20 May 2017 05:56 AM PDT

Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has reportedly been identified as a "person of interest" in the ongoing investigation into possible ties between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign. The Washington Post said a senior adviser to Mr Trump was among people investigators wanted to speak to. A New York magazine reporter then said the person in question was Mr Kushner, 36, who is married to Mr Trump's eldest daughter and who flew out of Washington on Friday night to accompany the President on his first official foreign trip.

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'I blew him away': Retiree charged in Amtrak shooting

Posted: 20 May 2017 05:23 AM PDT

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A retired federal law enforcement officer from Wisconsin told investigators he shot and seriously injured an Amtrak train conductor because he wasn't allowed to de-board early at a suburban Chicago stop, prosecutors said Friday.

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Yemen rebel missile shot down near Saudi capital

Posted: 20 May 2017 04:47 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile, fired by Yemeni rebels, southwest of the capital Riyadh late Friday, ahead of US President Donald Trump's arrival in the Sunni-led kingdom. Air defence units "intercepted a ballistic missile that was launched by Huthi militias", and it fell over an unpopulated area 180 kilometres from Riyadh, the Saudi-led coalition said in a statement. The missile would be the longest range attempted by the Huthi rebels and their allies, former members of Yemen's security forces linked to ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, since they began retaliatory attacks against the kingdom two years ago.