| Mourning and acts of solidarity for the victims of the Charlottesville attack at a white nationalist rally Posted: 13 Aug 2017 01:51 PM PDT ![Mourning and acts of solidarity for the victims of the Charlottesville attack at a white nationalist rally]( "Mourning and acts of solidarity for the victims of the Charlottesville attack at a white nationalist rally") After a deadly clash at a protest on Saturday, people across the country came together to mourn and to condemn the violence in Virginia.
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| Graphic video shows moment when car drives through protesters Posted: 12 Aug 2017 10:26 PM PDT  A disturbing video from Charlottesville, Va., shows the moment a driver appears to purposely ram through a crowd of people protesting a rally of white nationalists. At least one person died and 19 were hospitalized as a result.
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| At least eleven dead as post-election unrest erupts in Kenya Posted: 12 Aug 2017 09:42 PM PDT  By Katharine Houreld and Maggie Fick NAIROBI/KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police have killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in the western city of Kisumu and slums surrounding the capital, officials and witnesses said on Saturday. Odinga has rejected the poll and its result as "massive" fraud. The eruption of violence has revived memories of a decade ago, when Odinga, now 72, lost an election in controversial circumstances that sparked a wave of political and ethnic unrest in which 1,200 people were killed and 600,000 displaced.
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| Hillary Clinton Condemns White Supremacist Violence Posted: 12 Aug 2017 09:08 PM PDT  In a series of tweets, Clinton condemned white supremacists for inciting violence in Charlottesville that led to the death of one person and injuries of several others.
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| Sunken submarine owner held by Copenhagen police on suspicion of murdering Swedish journalist Posted: 12 Aug 2017 08:17 PM PDT  The owner of an amateur-built submarine was arrested on suspicion of murder Friday after his vessel sank in Denmark's waters and a journalist who had joined him for what was supposed to be a short voyage was reported missing, Copenhagen police said. Police said in a statement Friday night that the man denied killing the missing woman and said he dropped her off on an island about 3 ½hours into their Thursday night trip. The statement did not identify the submarine's owner, Peter Madsen, 46, but his success financing his submarine project through crowdfunding and completing the UC3 Nautilus in 2008 made headlines. Madsen appeared on Danish television Friday to discuss the submarine's sinking and his rescue. Footage aired on Denmark's TV2 channel showed him getting off what appeared to be a private boat and making a thumbs-up sign as he walked away. "I am fine, but sad because Nautilus went down," he told TV2. Madsen said "a minor problem with a ballast tank ... turned into a major issue" that ultimately caused the vessel - considered the largest privately built submarine of its kind - to sink. The ballast tank is a compartment that holds water, which is used as ballast to provide stability for a vessel. A helicopter flies over the sea off of Copenhagen Harbour where the world's largest privately-built submarine sank Credit: Bax Lindhart/AFP "It took about 30 seconds for Nautilus to sink, and I couldn't close any hatches or anything," Madsen said. "But I guess that was pretty good because I otherwise still would have been down there." However, Swedish police said later in the day they were investigating the whereabouts of a missing woman who had been on the submarine at some point. "Whether the woman was on board the submarine at the time of her disappearance is unclear," police said in a statement. The woman was a journalist writing about Madsen and his submarine, Swedish and Danish media reported. "He told us that the journalist who also had been on board had been dropped off Thursday evening," navy spokesman Anders Damgaard told The Associated Press. "They were the only two on board yesterday." It was the woman's boyfriend who alerted authorities the submarine was missing early Friday. Two helicopters and three ships combed the sea from Copenhagen to the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm. The navy initially said the sub was "found sailing" south of Copenhagen. But Damgaard later said the 40-ton, nearly 18-meter-long (60-foot-long) submarine had sunk. Madsen "told us he had technical problems" to explain why the submarine failed to respond to radio contact, Damgaard said.
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| Republicans slam Trump for failing to condemn 'Nazi ideas' after white supremacists clash with anti-fascists in Virginia Posted: 12 Aug 2017 06:44 PM PDT  Donald Trump has condemned the "egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides" during clashes between white supremacists and anti-fascist protesters in Virginia. In a speech, the US President did not specifically condemn the far-right groups who gathered in Charlottesville — including some carrying assault rifles and wearing paramilitary-style clothing — to protest about plans to remove a statue to Confederate General Robert E Lee. This sparked outrage among some leading Republicans with Senator Orrin Hatch writing that his brother "didn't give his life fighting Hitler for Nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home".
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| Former US ambassador to Russia lambasts Trump for thanking Putin over expulsion of 755 diplomats Posted: 12 Aug 2017 05:00 PM PDT  The former US Ambassador to Russia hit out at Donald Trump after he thanked Vladimir Putin for ordering the US to pull 755 of its diplomats out of Russia. Michael McFaul, who served as ambassador from 2012-14, said that Mr Trump's "flippant" remarks show he "does not understand diplomacy" and that "sarcasm doesn't work in foreign policy". "I want to thank him, because we're trying to cut down our payroll, and as far as I'm concerned I'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll," Mr Trump told reporters at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey.
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| You Should Definitely Catch the Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight Posted: 12 Aug 2017 04:09 PM PDT  You might see a meteor a minute.
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| Kindhearted Firefighter Adopts Dog He Helped Save From Fire: 'It's Great For Titus' Posted: 12 Aug 2017 03:15 PM PDT  The puppy is recovering well.
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| Hundreds face off ahead of white nationalist rally Posted: 12 Aug 2017 02:23 PM PDT  Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays on each other Saturday morning at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe ...
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