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Riders plunge 34 feet, 6 injured in roller coaster derail
US citizen detained during violent Vietnam protests
Taliban chief who ordered Malala assassination 'killed in airstrike'
Disgraced comedian Cosby changes lawyer ahead of sentencing
Hillary Clinton masterfully mocks James Comey over his misuse of private email
The Boring Company tunnels given green light for line to Chicago's O'Hare airport
RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel Called Out Over Trump Loyalty Demand
Civilians flee bombardment as Arab states pound Yemen port
People Are Selling Elon Musk's Flamethrowers On eBay for Thousands
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Cites Bible As Reason To Detain Immigrant Children

Riders plunge 34 feet, 6 injured in roller coaster derail

Posted: 15 Jun 2018 12:40 PM PDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A roller coaster that derailed in Florida had been put out of service twice since in the past two years by state inspectors because of problems with the ride.

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US citizen detained during violent Vietnam protests

Posted: 15 Jun 2018 11:49 AM PDT

The US has urged the Vietnamese authorities to release one of its citizens who was among dozens of people arrested during violent protests last week. Will Nguyen, 32, a Yale graduate who comes from Houston, Texas, was visiting Ho Chi Minh City, en route from the US to Singapore, where he was due to graduate from a master's programme in July. According to a statement released on Thursday on behalf of Mr Nguyen's family and friends, he was "beaten over the head and dragged into a police truck" after joining a rare demonstration on June 9 against proposed special economic zones that have raised fears of Chinese encroachment. A video linked to the statement allegedly shows Mr Nguyen being dragged along the street with blood streaming from his face. He is later shown standing on the back of a police pickup truck. This is #democracy in #Vietnampic.twitter.com/j2hb76QZwO— Will Nguyen (阮英惟） (@will_nguyen_) June 10, 2018 Vietnam's Communist government bans anti-government protests and public gatherings must be approved by the authorities. However, demonstrations erupted over the weekend over planned special economic zones that would give leases to foreign investors with less red tape, stoking fears that national security would be undermined by giving China control over Vietnamese territory. Before he was arrested, Mr Nguyen was live-tweeting from the protest, revealing that events had taken a nasty turn after police had allegedly struck a man, who was seen in lying motionless on the ground. The statement released on Thursday said that he had been taken to a police station and accused of "causing a scene and destroying public property." Police struck a protestor and chaos has broken out pic.twitter.com/XMf5x6lEwb— Will Nguyen (阮英惟） (@will_nguyen_) June 10, 2018 It said the authorities had confiscated his laptop, passport and credit cards from the AirBnB property where he had been lodging, and that he had been falsely accused of being a member of the reform-focussed Viet Tan political party, which is banned in Vietnam. This was "not plausible" said the statement. "The diplomatic protocol is that the Vietnamese have 48 hours in which to notify the US embassy that one of its citizens has been detained, but this has not been adhered to in the current situation," it alleged. "The state of his health and his whereabouts are currently unknown." Pope Thrower, a US embassy spokesman told the New York Times that the embassy was "aware of media reports that a US citizen was arrested." He added: "When a US citizen is detained overseas, the US Department of State works to provide all appropriate consular assistance."

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Taliban chief who ordered Malala assassination 'killed in airstrike'

Posted: 15 Jun 2018 08:08 AM PDT

The head of the Pakistan Taliban has been targeted and is believed killed in a United States drone strike in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan officials said Mullah Fazlullah, who is one of the world's most wanted militant leaders, had been killed in Kunar province, but Pakistan security sources said his death had not yet been verified. News of the attack came as Afghanistan waited to see if a unprecedented three-day Afghan Taliban ceasefire would hold over the Eid holiday period. Photos shared on social media in the country appeared to show fighters and Afghan forces celebrating the truce together. Mullah Fazlullah became notorious for ordering a string of attacks including the 2014 massacre of scores of pupils at an army school in Peshawar and the failed assassination of schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai. His group has also been linked to terrorist plots inside America. Afghanistan's defence ministry said Fazlullah had been "killed in a joint Afghan and US operation", while a spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan would only say the US had struck "a senior leader of a designated terrorist organisation". The militant leader has wrongly been claimed dead before and a Pakistan security source said his death was as yet "not possible to verify". A member of the Taliban told Reuters the group was trying to get word if its leader was dead. Malala Yousafzai is now a student at Oxford Credit: AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images He said: "We have been hearing since early Friday that our Emir was martyred along with four other militant commanders in Marawar area of Kunar. They were staying at a house when the drone fired missiles and martyred them." Fazlullah, believed to be aged in his mid-forties, has led the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) since 2013 and had a $5m American reward for information on his head. The TTP in December 2014, carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in Pakistan's history when militants killed 151 people including more than 130 children, during an attack against the Army Public School in Peshawar. He first rose to prominence inside Pakistan's Swat valley with fiery radio tirades that earned him the nickname Mullah Radio. His broadcasts opposed America, female education and vaccination programmes while advocating a strict form of Islamic law. While in Swat he spearheaded a campaign against the government polio vaccination programme, claiming it was a "conspiracy of Jews and Christians to make Muslims impotent and stunt the growth of Muslims". When Ms Yousafzai publicly challenged the Taliban's stance in Swat, Fazlullah ordered the 15-year-old be killed, though she survived and went on to be awarded the Nobel peace prize. The US State Department says the TTP has "demonstrated a close alliance with Al-Qaeda" and had given explosives training to Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Times Square bomber. Well, this hasn't been witnessed since the beginning of war in Afghanistan. Taliban fighters & Afghan forces had a chance to chit chat & attend Eid prayers together during the temporary three day ceasefire. Photos from Maidan Shahr pic.twitter.com/jJi4xz6gFe— Ahmad Yar (@Pashtunist) June 15, 2018 Meanwhile the Nato-led coalition in Afghanistan said the Taliban ceasefire appeared to be holding on Friday. Afghans used social media to share photographs purporting to show Taliban fighters and members of the Afghan force celebrating the truce together.

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Disgraced comedian Cosby changes lawyer ahead of sentencing

Posted: 15 Jun 2018 04:57 AM PDT

Disgraced US comedian Bill Cosby, who was convicted of sexual assault in April, has changed his lawyer ahead of his sentencing, a spokesman said Thursday. "Mr. Cosby has replaced his legal team with Attorney Joseph P. Green Jr (Philadelphia)," a spokesman for Cosby said, without offering further details. Green will replace Tom Mesereau, who has represented numerous celebrities and was Cosby's lawyer for his second trial which resulted in his conviction on three counts of sexual assault on April 26.

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Hillary Clinton masterfully mocks James Comey over his misuse of private email

Posted: 15 Jun 2018 03:50 AM PDT

"But her emails." It's become a meme at this point. The Republican party — and Trump campaign — made such a huge stinkin' deal about Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, that any time a more serious scandal enveloped the right, people would mock the time and effort spent trying to "lock her up." The phrase has also been used jokingly to insult Trump supporters for latching onto the email scandal for so long, while there's plenty of better things to be concerned about. a man in a MAGA hat stumbles out of his basement, choking on dust and radioactive fallout"but her emails!" he whispers, before dying — tom (@toms_spaghetti) May 15, 2017 So, when it was revealed on Thursday that former FBI director James Comey used a personal email account for official government business by the Justice Department's internal watchdog, many saw the irony. You know, considering it was Comey who issued a statement in October 2016 — just 11 days before the election — saying the FBI was reopening its investigation into Clinton's email use. "But my emails," Clinton tweeted on Thursday in response to a tweet from a Politico reporter highlighting Comey's own email missteps. But my emails. https://t.co/G7TIWDEG0p — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 14, 2018 The watchdog report also concluded that Comey's handling of Clinton's email investigation was "extraordinary and insubordinate" but was not motivated by political boas. Well, if anything, Clinton has proved once again that she is truly a killer of memes. First the "delete your account" meme, and now "but her emails." Thanks, Hillary. WATCH: These trees have lived for 2,500 years. Now they're suddenly dying

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The Boring Company tunnels given green light for line to Chicago's O'Hare airport

Posted: 14 Jun 2018 10:48 PM PDT

The Boring Company has plans to invade Chicago's O'Hare airport. The Chicago Infrastructure Trust (CIT) announced on Thursday that it has chosen The Boring Company to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain a high-speed rail line called the Chicago Express Loop from downtown to the O'Hare airport. Without providing a specific timeline, the Boring Company said it will take over the unfinished Block 37 superstation in the city, which the company said is an "amazing facility," according to the Chicago Sun Times.

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RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel Called Out Over Trump Loyalty Demand

Posted: 14 Jun 2018 09:50 PM PDT

Ronna Romney McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, issued

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Civilians flee bombardment as Arab states pound Yemen port

Posted: 14 Jun 2018 05:32 PM PDT

By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohamed Mokashef ADEN (Reuters) - Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi positions in Yemen's Hodeidah on Thursday as a Saudi-led alliance tried to seize the main port in the largest battle of a war that has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis. "The fighting is getting close to the al-Manzar area near the airport and people are fleeing in fear," said Mohammed Abdullah, an employee of the Houthi administration in the city. Coalition forces were just 2 km from the airport, the Emirati ambassador to the United Nations, Obeid Salem Al Zaabi, told reporters in Geneva.