| Bodies Of 11 Infants Found In Shuttered Funeral Home's Ceiling Posted: 13 Oct 2018 01:41 PM PDT  Law enforcement has recovered the remains of 11 infants hidden in a false
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| Donald Trump vows 'severe punishment' if Saudi Arabia murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi Posted: 13 Oct 2018 11:48 AM PDT  Donald Trump has vowed "severe punishment" for Saudi Arabia if it is proven that the kingdom was responsible for murdering Jamal Khashoggi, the missing journalist. The US president said he was "very upset and angry" about the case and indicated that he was not fully convinced by the Saudis' repeated claims of innocence. "Could it be them? Yes," he said. "In the not too distant future I think we'll know an answer," Trump told CBS News in an a "60 Minutes" interview that will air on Sunday. "We're going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment." Mr Khashoggi, who would have turned 60 on Saturday, has not been seen since he went into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Turkish officials claim to have tapes of Saudi operatives torturing and murdering Mr Khashoggi, possibly recorded by the journalist's own Apple Watch. Saudi Arabia has vehemently denied involvement in the journalists' disappearance. Jamal Khashoggi has not been since October 2 Credit: AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File While Mr Trump said he would punish Saudi Arabia, he said he would not cancel arms sales to the kingdom in response, as a bipartisan group of US senators have demanded. "I don't want to hurt jobs," he said. Mr Trump, who has previously referred to journalists as "enemies of the people", said it was "really terrible and disgusting" that a journalist had been targeted. Sources close to the royal court said the inner circle of Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, was shocked at the speed and intensity at which global anger over Mr Khashoggi's disappearance turned towards Saudi Arabia. "There will be severe punishment." In his first 60 Minutes interview since taking office, President Trump tells Lesley Stahl that if Saudi Arabia is found to be responsible for journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death, there will be consequences. https://t.co/BRZfIPHbNYpic.twitter.com/s6X98AylBR— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 13, 2018 After eleven days of issuing blanket denials of responsibility but offering little evidence of its innocence, the Saudi government is now trying to chart a more proactive course to deal with the fallout while also trying to shield Crown Prince Mohammed's own reputation. The crown prince has summoned home the Saudi ambassador in Washington, his younger brother Prince Khalid bin Salman, a former fighter pilot, for consultations on how to appease both the White House and Congress. He also dispatched a team of Saudi officials to Ankara to meet with the Turkish government as part of a newly-formed "joint working group" to look into what happened to Mr Khashoggi. The Saudi government is pointing to the joint group as evidence it is taking the situation seriously and hopes that the appearance of an investigative process will buy some time in the short term. In a statement on Saturday, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud, the Saudi interior minister, "praised the cooperation with the brothers in Turkey through the Joint Investigation Commission and other official channels". His statement, which also denounced the "lies and baseless allegations" against the kingdom, was the first public comment by a Saudi minister since the crisis began on October 2. The royal court is trying to insulate Mohammed bin Salman from criticism Credit: FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images A theory discussed in pro-Saudi circles is that Riyadh will try to get the Turks to agree to a joint statement explaining Mr Khashoggi's death in a way that causes minimal damage to Crown Prince Mohammed. One possibility is to say Mr Khashoggi died of a heart attack inside the consulate and his body was hidden by panicked diplomatic staff. It is not clear that Turkey could agree to a sanitised version of events, given that Turkish officials have leaked lurid claims to the press of Saudi spies and soldiers allegedly murdering Mr Khashoggi. But Turkey has not made any official allegations nor presented any public evidence, leaving some diplomatic room for a compromise. Ties between Turkey and Saudi Arabia have been strained in recent years but neither regional power wants a complete breakdown in relations and a joint statement could offer a way out. If Turkey refuses to go along and presents proof that Mr Khashoggi was murdered, the Saudi government may try to blame the killing on rogue elements of the security services and say Crown Prince Mohammed did not know of their plans. Turkish officials told Middle East Eye they suspected Saudi Arabia may take this course. "It is not a feasible option, but at present, it looks like it's the only option and one that might head off the Senate's pursuit of the Global Magnitsky Act," Dr Neil Quilliam, senior research fellow at Chatham House. Saudi Arabia has faced global anger over Mr Khashoggi's disappearance Credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images US senators of both parties have banded together to trigger an investigation under the Global Magnitsky Act, a US law named after a Russian accountant murdered by the Kremlin. The law forces the White House to investigate suspected kidnappings and killings by foreign governments and to consider sanctions. The senators have said the probe should look at whether the "highest ranking officials in the government of Saudi Arabia" were involved in Mr Khashoggi's death. Blaming the security services comes with its own risks. Turkey may demand Saudi Arabia hand over the alleged killers for prosecution, potentially causing a backlash for Crown Prince Mohammed at home. The prince would also be loath to say publicly that he was not fully in charge of the Saudi military. "He would face the question: does this guy have control over his own security forces? That in some ways is a worse question for MBS to face," said Richard Lebaron, non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. For now, the government looks set to hunker down and try to get through the Riyadh summit, scheduled for October 23. They will have been heartened to see that Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, said she still planned to attend the summit even though she was "horrified" by reports of Mr Khashoggi's death.
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| Top 10 Black Friday Shopping Tips for 2018 Posted: 13 Oct 2018 11:12 AM PDT  Some of us wait all year for the Black Friday shopping season, our heads filled with the promise of scoring the best price of the year on a new TV, tablet, printer, or high-tech gadget. But don't...
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| Toyota Recalls 700 2019 C-HR Crossovers for Risk of Wheels Detaching Posted: 13 Oct 2018 07:30 AM PDT  Toyota is recalling approximately 700 2019 C-HR crossovers that are at risk of, in the worst-case scenario, the rear wheels completely detaching. The recall has not yet been announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), but Toyota said in a press release that it will begin notifying owners in early November. During the production of the C-HR, the rear-axle bearing bolts might not have been tightened correctly, which could lead to one or more of the bolts coming loose or detaching while the car is moving.
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| Tough-talking GOP rival to governor: I'll stomp on your face Posted: 13 Oct 2018 05:15 AM PDT  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Republican candidate for governor had some advice Friday for his Democratic opponent: Put on a catcher's mask because "I'm going to stomp all over your face with golf spikes."
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| Trump lawyers 'preparing written answers' to Mueller questions on Russian collusion Posted: 13 Oct 2018 12:49 AM PDT  Donald Trump's attorneys have reportedly begun preparing a written response to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's questions surrounding the president's alleged collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. The president's lawyers have negotiated the terms of his cooperation with the Special Counsel's investigation for several months. "It seems ridiculous that I'd have to do it when everybody says there's no collusion, but I'll do what is necessary to get it over with," the president said in a Fox News interview this week, when asked about answering the Special Counsel questions.
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| Instant View: U.S. share tumble continues, Nasdaq flirts with correction Posted: 12 Oct 2018 09:56 PM PDT ![Instant View: U.S. share tumble continues, Nasdaq flirts with correction]( "Instant View: U.S. share tumble continues, Nasdaq flirts with correction") Wall Street indexes continued their decline in volatile trade on Thursday as investors continued to shun risky investments, and the Nasdaq dipped in to correction territory. During afternoon trade the S&P was down more than 2 percent after shedding 3 percent in the previous day's session, then found its footing and cut losses. The Nasdaq fell as much as 10.3 percent from its closing record high, reached on Aug. 29 before likewise bouncing to almost unchanged.
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| Khashoggi friend says journalist angered Saudi government with column during its 'charm campaign' Posted: 12 Oct 2018 08:50 PM PDT  Jamal Khashoggi's friend Khaled Saffuri tells the Yahoo News podcast "Skullduggery" what the Washington Post columnist may have done to provoke the ire of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Saudi royal family.
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| US halts injection execution of inmate who wants electric chair Posted: 12 Oct 2018 06:27 PM PDT  A Tennessee man sentenced to death for a double murder won a last-minute appeal Wednesday to stop his execution by lethal injection, after insisting the state should use the electric chair. Edmund Zagorski, 63, was sentenced to death in 1984 after slitting the throats of two men who had reneged on a promise to sell him drugs. Zagorski's lawyers then launched an emergency appeal in federal court to demand the chair be used for the execution, which was scheduled for Thursday in Nashville.
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| F-22s, QF-16 likely damaged after Tyndall hangars hit by hurricane Posted: 12 Oct 2018 05:54 PM PDT ![F-22s, QF-16 likely damaged after Tyndall hangars hit by hurricane]( "F-22s, QF-16 likely damaged after Tyndall hangars hit by hurricane") The Air Force said Friday that an unspecified number of aircraft left inside hangars at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida were likely damaged when Hurricane Michael devastated the base.
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