| Watch As A Drone Saves Two Teen Swimmers From Heavy Surf In Australia Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:56 AM PST  An unlikely hero saved two teen swimmers on Thursday when a drone dropped a flotation device as the pair were stranded in heavy surf.
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| Amazon narrows list to 20 for its second headquarters Posted: 18 Jan 2018 11:03 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon narrowed its search for a second headquarters city Thursday to 20 locations, concentrated mostly in the East and the Midwest. Toronto made the list as well, as the company kept its international options open.
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| New lifesaving drone rescues teenagers swept out to sea in Australia just hours after launch Posted: 18 Jan 2018 08:24 AM PST  Two teenagers who had been swept out to sea in Australia were rescued after a drone spotted them and dropped a flotation device in what is believed to be a world-first use of the technology. The 17-year-old and 15-year-old boys were seen in distress after becoming caught in a rough swell of about ten-feet, half-a-mile offshore at Lennox Head, north of Sydney. A beachgoer notified life guards, who quickly deployed the drone. It spotted the pair within two minutes and dropped an inflatable flotation device. The boys clung to the device and swum to shore. The drones had only been unveiled at the beach hours earlier as part of a trial for use by life guards. "There is no other lifesaving operation or organisation worldwide that is doing what we're doing on the size and scale that we're doing it," Kelvin Morton, from Surf Life Saving NSW, told ABC News. Two teenage boys sucked out to sea by a rip tide were saved from drowning by a drone, in what may be a world first Credit: Caters News Agency "These [unmanned aerial vehicles] that we're using to drop these inflatable pods is innovative, and we know that most or all of the lifesaving organisations around the world are stepping back and waiting to see how this goes." Authorities estimated it would have taken about six minutes for life guards to reach the pair, compared with just 70 seconds by the drone after it had located them. Jai Sheridan, a lifeguard supervisor who piloted the drone, said it was an "amazingly efficient piece of lifesaving equipment and a delight to fly". The teenagers were spotted struggling in rough surf off Lennox Head, New South Wales Credit: Caters News Agency "I was able to launch it, fly it to the location, and drop the pod all in about one to two minutes," he told Fairfax Media. A trial of the drones is due to end in April. "It [the drone] gives them [life guards] eyes across the water at a height of 60 metres [200 feet] and they can move at 50 kilometres [31 miles] an hour," said Mr Morton. A drone with a safety flotation device attached underneath flying over Bilgola beach north of Sydney. Credit: PETER PARKS/ AFP "They've never had that ability before. They can see things in the water that a jet-ski simply cannot." The trial comes as life guards across Australia have begun to use drones to spot sharks. The drones have already led to several beaches being evacuated this summer.
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| White House Attorney: Trump Is ’Very Eager’ To Speak With Robert Mueller In Russia Probe Posted: 18 Jan 2018 07:17 AM PST  Donald Trump's lawyer claims the president is "very eager" to sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller and discuss the ongoing Russia investigation.
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| Emirates throws Airbus A380 a lifeline with $16 billion deal Posted: 18 Jan 2018 05:50 AM PST  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East's largest airline, Emirates, announced Thursday it struck a deal with Airbus to purchase 20 A380 aircraft with the option to buy 16 more in a deal worth $16 billion, throwing a lifeline to the European-made double-decker jumbo jets.
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| Trump Dished Out Fake News Awards. Twitter Dished Them Right Back At Him. Posted: 18 Jan 2018 03:28 AM PST  President Donald Trump's "fake news" awards didn't get off to a great start on Wednesday when they crashed the GOP's servers.
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| Bannon says under White House orders not to answer House committee Posted: 18 Jan 2018 02:40 AM PST  Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon Tuesday refused to answer questions from a congressional committee probing the president's campaign links to Russia, saying he was under orders from the White House not to. Bannon was quizzed voluntarily behind closed doors by the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, the first time he has testified in the probe investigating whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russia in its bid to influence the 2016 US elections. It was unlikely to be Bannon's last such testimony: the New York Times and the Washington Post reported late Tuesday that Bannon has been subpoenaed by Robert Mueller, the Justice Department special counsel investigating the same issue.
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| What Is A 'Sunshine Baby'? Posted: 17 Jan 2018 11:11 PM PST  Over the years, some of this vocabulary has gained wider currency, like the term "rainbow baby," which refers to a child born after a miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death or other early loss of a child.
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| 'I Feel Horrible.' Former University of Alabama Student Apologies After Using Racial Slur in Video Posted: 17 Jan 2018 09:44 PM PST  She was also kicked out of the Alpha Phi sorority
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| Lawmaker seeks home school oversight after 13 found captive Posted: 17 Jan 2018 08:29 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — City officials couldn't find any records that the fire marshal conducted required annual inspections at a California home that doubled as a private school where authorities say 13 malnourished siblings were kept captive in filthy conditions by their parents.
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