| British tourist mauled to death in Greece by rabid wolves not stray dogs, coroner believes Posted: 26 Sep 2017 04:25 AM PDT  A British woman believed to have died after being mauled by feral dogs in Greece may have been attacked by rabid wolves, a coroner has said. The woman, named locally as Celia Hollingworth, of Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, was reported missing on Thursday. The 62-year-old disappeared while walking back to her accommodation in Maroneia, in the northern part of the country, following a visit to the nearby archaeological site of Mesimvria. Coroner Nikolaos Kifinidis told The Times that the condition of remains found on Saturday suggested she was not attacked by stray dogs. "It seems like she may have been attacked by other wild animals, like rabid wolves and jackals," he said. According to animal welfare campaigners, there are an estimated one million stray dogs in Greece, however wolves are common to the wooded region. Reports suggest that Ms Hollingworth tried to contact her relatives in London after being attacked, but lost signal on her phone. Celia Hollingworth had been visiting the nearby archaeological site of Mesimvria Credit: Hercules Milas/Alamy Several campaign groups in the UK paid tribute to the retiree, who was described as "dedicated" and "always optimistic". Ms Hollingworth worked as an administrator at the University of Bristol and latterly dedicated her time to raising money for causes including Syrian refugees. A Wiltshire Police spokesman said: "We are working closely with officers in Greece regarding the formal identification of the deceased. "We are also working with colleagues from the Foreign Office and supporting her next of kin at this difficult time." A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are in contact with Greek police in relation to a British woman missing in northern Greece since Thursday. "We are also providing consular assistance to her family." The archaeological site of Mesimvria is is northern Greece
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| One week on, jittery Mexico far from coming to grips with quake Posted: 26 Sep 2017 02:54 AM PDT  A week after an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, a shaken Mexico was torn Tuesday between trying to get back to normal and keeping up an increasingly hopeless search for survivors. Improbably, it hit just two hours after an annual earthquake drill, turning Mexico City's most seismically unstable neighborhoods into something out of a post-apocalyptic movie. Scores more were killed in the states of Morelos, Puebla, Mexico, Guerrero and Oaxaca.
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| Saudi Women Allowed Into Sports Stadium For First Time Posted: 25 Sep 2017 11:55 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia allowed its women into the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh for the first time, on the occasion of the 87th anniversary of its founding.
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| Could North Korea Really Shoot Down a U.S. F-15 or B-1 Bomber? Posted: 25 Sep 2017 10:23 PM PDT  North Korea considers and a recent Twitter comment from President Donald Trump to effectively be a declaration of war against Pyongyang. As such, the Kim regime says that it will retaliate—potentially even engaging U.S. Air Force bombers flying around the Korean peninsula over international waters. "The whole world should clearly remember it was the U.S. who first declared war on our country," North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong Ho told reporters in New York.
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| Hillary Clinton Calls Kushner Email Revelations 'The Height Of Hypocrisy' Posted: 25 Sep 2017 09:30 PM PDT  Hillary Clinton slammed the administration of President Donald Trump for its "rank hypocrisy" following revelations that the president's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner had used a private email account to conduct White House business.
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| US should 'negotiate with the Taliban' says cricketer turned politician Imran Khan Posted: 25 Sep 2017 07:49 PM PDT  Cricket legend and potential Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan on Monday criticized the United States' new strategy for Afghanistan and said that the US should negotiate with the Taliban instead of aiming to destroy it. "More fighting and bloodshed is not the answer," Khan said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, "I said it 17 years ago and I am still saying this now," Khan, who is considered a likely contender for premier after next year's parliamentary elections, rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's allegation that his country harbors extremists. He said Pakistanis "felt hurt" when Trump blamed Pakistan for sheltering militants while unveiling the U.S. strategy for Afghanistan in August. Khan noted that the Taliban have safe havens in Afghanistan and that Pakistan is being subjected the group's attacks launched from Afghan soil. U.S. officials have long said that Pakistan turns a blind eye to militants operating along the porous Afghan border. He said it was unfair to blame Pakistan Washington not defeating the Taliban. "I think Donald Trump's policy is deeply flawed," he said, rejecting the U.S.'s demand that Pakistan do more to combat the extremists. Deadliest insurgent attacks in Pakistan "I think Pakistan has done enough. I think now the others players involved need to do more," Khan said. Khan voiced his opposition to the U.S.'s drone strikes on Pakistan, which he said were carried out "with the complicity of the government of Pakistan." He said that if he comes to power, he would "clearly tell the United States that this is not a way to win the war on terror," and that the drone strikes were "actually flaming anti-American feelings in Pakistan." "Drone attacks lead to collateral damage. If (they) were such a successful strategy, they would be winning the war," Khan said. Khan added that militants often retaliate after drone strikes by targeting civilians and security forces in Pakistan. Imran Khan and his wife Reham Khan pose for a photograph during their wedding ceremony Credit: Pakistan Thereek Insaf (PTI) Party/AFP Khan went on to criticize India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the strained relations between Islamabad and New Delhi, saying Modi had not "risen above his communal thinking." His comments came following recent skirmishes between Pakistani and Indian forces along the disputed region of Kashmir, which is divided between them and claimed by both. Khan called for an early solution to the Kashmir issue, over which Pakistan and India have fought two of their three wars after gaining independence from Britain in 1947. Khan also dismissed western "propaganda" that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal could fall into the hands of militants. He said Pakistan's army was properly safeguarding the country's nuclear arsenals. Discussing the country's current climate, Khan said he believed ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif had no future in the country's politics. Sharif resigned recently when Pakistan's Supreme Court acting on a petition from Khan disqualified him over allegations of corruption. Khan said he would not pardon any corrupt figures if his countrymen voted him to power in the 2018 elections.
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| Watch: ISIS Leaders Laugh in Raqqa as World Hunted Them Posted: 25 Sep 2017 07:14 PM PDT  The British men included Jihadi John, executioner of three Americans, and Junaid Hussain, ISIS's cyber chief.
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| Junot Diaz: If Puerto Rico Means Anything To You, You Have To Step Up Posted: 25 Sep 2017 05:52 PM PDT  Junot Diaz delivered an impassioned speech about the devastation currently plaguing Puerto Rico at La Fábrica Central in Massachusetts on Sunday.
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| Police arrest and remove protestors with disabilities at Senate Graham-Cassidy hearing Posted: 25 Sep 2017 04:26 PM PDT  How do we say this nicely, Senator Cassidy and Senator Graham: everyone hates your dumb healthcare bill. Well, at least a solid majority of Americans do, and pretty much everyone who came to watch the Graham-Cassidy hearing Monday afternoon. Activists from the grassroots disability rights group ADAPT disrupted the hearing multiple times, causing Senator Hatch to briefly recess the hearing and prompting Capitol Police to arrest protestors, some of them in wheelchairs. Their protest centered around the large concern that passage of the bill would severely deplete medicaid funding. But many other worries exist about how the bill would not include essential health benefits, cause millions to lose their insurance, and shrink the Obamacare protections for people with preexisting conditions. The footage of police forcibly removing the ADAPT protesters is both inspiring and predictably heartbreaking. SEE ALSO: Hurricane Maria plunged Puerto Rico into a humanitarian crisis, and help has barely arrived Here is Senator Hatch ordering that the hearing be recessed as protestors in wheelchairs are pulled away by authorities: And Senator Cassidy responding with his characteristic charisma, aka a zombie-like yawn: Under Graham-Cassidy, at least 1.4 million adults with disabilities would lose Medicaid, per the Center for American Progress. Depending on how deep the cuts go (and what version of the bill we're looking at) that number could easily climb to 1.8 million. A protestors looks on as other demonstrators are taken out.Image: tom williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.With fewer services, advocates fear that folks with disabilities could be forced back into institutions and otherwise pushed out of the workforce. Organizers estimated that the number of arrests today would hover around 100. Capitol Police arrest a demonstrator for reportedly disrupting the hearing.Image: chip somodevilla/Getty Images This is Marilee, of ADAPT. She's answered my random phone calls for 5 months pic.twitter.com/j26R5XwoJm — Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) September 25, 2017 ADAPT has a long history of disruptive protest in defense of people with disabilities. The group's grassroots efforts have been instrumental in bringing attention to issues across America for the past 40 years. Capitol police drag a blind protestor out of the hearing.Image: chip somodevilla/Getty Images Only 7 wheelchair users in the hearing room! #ADAPTandRESIST pic.twitter.com/GBSgTHi5SW — NationalADAPT (@NationalADAPT) September 25, 2017 Save Our Liberty! #ADAPTandRESIST pic.twitter.com/0V6GusErJ7 — NationalADAPT (@NationalADAPT) September 25, 2017 I've been covering health care activism from day one and this is a sight that is still hard to make sense of pic.twitter.com/gFaR6V0yHv — Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) September 25, 2017 Latoya Maddox, 44, came from Philly for this. Said she was very nervous. Has a toddler with asthma who, like her, is on Medicaid pic.twitter.com/q5TggP4mi1 — Jeff Stein (@JStein_Vox) September 25, 2017 This isn't the first time Capitol Police have thrown activists with disabilities out of a hearing. In June, 43 demonstrators assembled by the organization were arrested outside of McConnell's office to protest cuts to Medicaid. Senators McCain, Paul, Collins, and Murkowski have all expressed either opposition or extreme reservations about the bill, which was supposed to be scheduled for a vote sometime this week. WATCH: Take a 'cell-fie' using your phone and this small microscope adapter
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| Man 'Pushed To Limit' After NFL Protest, Quits Job At Buffalo Bills Stadium Posted: 25 Sep 2017 03:45 PM PDT  While NFL players are taking a knee, Erich Nikischer is leaving the arena. Nikischer found himself so enraged by several Buffalo Bills kneeling during the national anthem on Sunday that he quit his job of almost 30 years at the team's home stadium, New Era Field. Nikischer said he has no issue with players protesting prior to the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner, but could not handle the kneeling during the song.
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