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Trump Intervenes In Mueller Probe, Ordering Release Of Carter Page FISA Application, Comey Texts

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump has intervened in an ongoing investigation

George W. Bush: Standing up for tolerance after 9/11

Peter Baker, author of “Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House" spoke to Yahoo News about the younger Bush’s defining moment of presidential leadership: standing up to anti-Muslim hatred and discrimination after the attacks on Sept. 11. 2001.

Republicans Resist Additional Witnesses At Next Brett Kavanaugh Hearing

WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans agreed this week to hear from a woman who

Philippine miners dig for their own in typhoon landslide

Itogon (Philippines) (AFP) - The miners in the mountains of the northern Philippines usually dig for gold. But on Tuesday they were digging for their colleagues and relatives buried under a vast landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut.

Florence Flooding Breaches Makeshift Levee Reinforcement In North Carolina

LUMBERTON, North Carolina -- In the days before Hurricane Florence struck,

Hong Kong, southern China clean up after super typhoon

The financial hub of Hong Kong began clearing up on Monday after being battered by one of the strongest typhoons in recent years, with financial markets and offices operating as normal. Super typhoon Mangkhut, with hurricane-force winds well over 200 kilometers per hour (124 miles/h), had barreled past the northern tip of the Philippines, killing at least 50 people. It then skirted south of Hong Kong and the neighboring gambling hub of Macau, before making landfall in China.

Erdogan says luxury jumbo is 'gift' from Qatar emir

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the emir of Qatar gave a luxury jumbo jet as a "gift" to Turkey, rejecting opposition claims the plane had been bought in a costly purchase for the presidency. In comments published Monday, Erdogan said Turkey had shown interest in buying the on-sale Boeing 747-8 plane -- reportedly worth around $400 million -- but Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani insisted on offering the plane as a gift. When the Qatar emir was informed of this he gave it as a gift, saying 'I won't take money from Turkey.

Shark attack victim was engineering student, outdoorsman

WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — A 26-year-old man who was killed in a shark attack off a Cape Cod beach had been a part-time engineering student who was engaged to be married and loved surfing and other outdoor activities, according to friends and school officials.

Sen. Ted Cruz Calls Rival Beto O'Rourke 'Quick' To Blame Dallas Cop Who Killed Botham Jean

Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who are facing off

Hillary Clinton Slams Trump Admin's 'Despicable' Acts: 'Our Democracy Is In Crisis'

Hillary Clinton said President Trump had done “so many despicable things that it can be hard to keep track.”

Audi's first all-electric SUV, the e-tron, revealed

After being teased since 2016, Audi finally revealed its new and completely electric SUV, the e-tron, in San Francisco on Monday. Volkswagen also announced Monday that the group intends to make 10 million electric vehicles in the first wave by investing $7 billion in EV production, and this Audi e-tron is just the first of the wave -- the Brussels plant is already producing 200 of these per day.

Rare triple whale breach close to boat stuns onlookers

Whale watchers squeal with delight as three surfacing humpbacks leap out of the water almost simultaneously in rare triple breach right next to their boat.

The Latest: Border Patrol agent targeted vulnerable women

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a Border Patrol accused of killing four women (all times local):

Rivers Rise, Rescues Continue As Florence Rain Pounds North Carolina

LUMBERTON, N.C. -- The roar of a fan boat echoed through a flooded

Alligator Casually Strolls Through Myrtle Beach-Area Neighborhood During Florence

Gators have to weather these storms too.

Iran vows to protect civilians in Syria's Idlib province

Iran said Monday it is committed to protecting civilians if its Syrian regime ally launches a full-scale offensive on the country's last rebel stronghold of Idlib province. "The humanitarian issue is of significant importance to us," foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told journalists in Tehran. Tehran is a key backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's seven-year conflict, and has said it is ready to support an assault by regime forces on the rebel-held province.

Time Magazine To Be Sold To Billionaire Couple For $190 Million

Billionaire Marc Benioff and his wife, Lynne, are buying Time magazine from

Stocks wobble as trade war worries deepen

Stock markets were uneasy and the dollar fell Monday following reports that US President Donald Trump is planning to hit China with another round of tariffs, dealing a blow to hopes for conciliatory talks between the two economic giants. Traders had late last week welcomed US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's offer to meet officials from Beijing to avert an all-out trade war. Beijing has threatened to retaliate against any measures.

Blowing In With Hurricane Florence: The Rugged Anchor In A Polo Shirt

The only thing in the Carolinas having a good week is the polo shirt. As

The Latest: Affidavits: Border agent shot 4 women in head

HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on a Border Patrol agent accused in the killing of four women in Laredo, Texas (all times local):

BMW X3 erupts in flames after being parked outside new owner's home

A family says it's at odds with BMW over how the automaker is handling what happened to their new vehicle.

We Know Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied Already

This nation is suffering a significant breakdown of civility, bipartisanship

Russia and Turkey agree to create buffer zone in Syria's Idlib

Russian and Turkish troops are to enforce a new demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib region from which 'radical' rebels will be required to withdraw by the middle of next month.

Top ALEC Leader Has A U.S. Senate Seat In Her Sights

Hundreds of Republican state legislators are already members of the American

Kings Plaza fire: At least 21 injured as firefighters tackle blaze at Brooklyn shopping centre parking lot

Firefighters are tackling a massive fire that spread through a parking garage in Brooklyn, New York. The fire began before 9:00 a.m. local time near the Kings Plaza shopping centre in Brooklyn, erupting from a two-alarm to a seven-alarm emergency within an hour. Police and fire department officials did not respond to enquiries, and it was not immediately clear whether police suspected criminal intent or wrongdoing.

Saudi Arabia invests $1bn in Tesla competitor Lucid

Saudi Arabia on Monday announced it has signed off on a $1 billion investment in US carmaker Lucid Motors with the aim of helping the Tesla rival roll out electric cars. The Public Investment Fund, which invests on behalf of the Saudi government, said the outlay was aimed at funding the commercial launch of the Lucid Air model in 2020, pending regulatory approvals and closing conditions. Saudi Arabia, the world's largest exporter of oil and a crucial US ally in the Middle East, has pushed to diversify its economy since the 2014 crude market crash.

Sessions calls family of MS-13 victim's mom killed by car

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions offered his condolences to the family of Evelyn Rodriguez, who was struck and killed by a car after a heated confrontation with the driver at the memorial of her daughter killed by MS-13 gang members two years ago.

Sweet Pup Can't Stop Licking Rescuers After Being Saved From Florence Flooding

Thanks to a couple of brave animal lovers, one lucky North Carolina dog was

Squirrels separated by vets after tails become entangled with strips of plastic waste

Five young squirrels in Wisconsin are recovering from a procedure to separate them, after their tails became entangled in a “Gordian knot” with strips of plastic. The animals were found by a passerby, hopelessly struggling to separate themselves. It is believed that they tied themselves together in the nest, getting caught up in strands of grass and plastic that their parents had used to create their home. The authorities were alerted, and the squirrels taken to the wildlife rehabilitation center at the Wisconsin humane society, where veterinarians found the animals to be “unruly” and “nippy”. “You can imagine how wiggly and unruly (and nippy!) this frightened, distressed ball of squirrelly energy was,” the centre wrote on its Facebook page.  “Our first step was to anaesthetise all five of them at the same time.” The squirrels, after the procedure to separate them Credit: Wisconsin humane society Vets then began unravelling what they called a “Gordian Knot” - a reference to the legend of Phrygian Gordium, associated with Alexander the Great - of tightly tangled tails and nest material. All of the squirrels sustained some degree of tissue damage to their tails, but after around 20 minutes of snipping with scissors they were freed. “Now, one day later, they are all bright-eyed, and three of the five are ‘bushy-tailed’,” the centre said. “But we’ll need to monitor all of them for a couple of days to watch for tail necrosis caused by impaired blood flow.”

Barn-find Porsche 901 makes post-restoration debut

An early production run Porsche 901 spent decades rotting away in a barn. After three years of restoration, it's driving again, competing in the Hamburg-Berlin Classic rally

Israel determined to stop Iran in Syria, PM tells Putin

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday that Israel would keep acting against its arch foe Iran in Syria, after a Russian aircraft was accidentally downed there by Syria during an Israeli missile strike. Netanyahu also "expressed sorrow" over the deaths of the 15 Russian crew members onboard and said Israel would assist Moscow in the investigation.

Democrats Welcome Chris Collins’ Decision To Stay On Ballot

Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) plans to seek re-election despite being indicted

Why Meghan Markle Is Throwing Her Support Behind a Charity Cookbook

Titled "Together Our Community Cookbook," it gathers 50 recipes from around the world.

Roads shut after 2 fall ill in UK city where ex-spy poisoned

LONDON (AP) — Police closed roads and called a hazardous response team Sunday night after two people became ill at a restaurant in the English city where a Russian ex-spy and his daughter were poisoned with a chemical nerve agent.

Hurricane Florence Has Killed At Least 1.7 Million Chickens In North Carolina

At least one livestock company has reported massive losses in the wake of

The 2019 Volkswagen Golf GTI Adds More Power and a Rabbit Edition

All trims now come standard with 228 horses.

Soon-Yi Previn defends husband Woody Allen, attacks mother

NEW YORK (AP) — Soon-Yi Previn, the wife of Woody Allen and the estranged adopted daughter of Mia Farrow, defended her husband against what she contends is unfair treatment in the #MeToo era and attacked her adoptive mother in her first public comments about the relationships in decades.

Netanyahu and Putin defuse crisis after Syria downs Russia warplane

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to defuse a crisis on Tuesday after Syrian defences mistakenly downed a Russian warplane after Israeli air strikes. The incident late Monday was the deadliest known case of friendly fire between Syria and its key backer Russia since Moscow's game-changing 2015 military intervention. The Ilyushin plane dropped off the radar over the Mediterranean after Turkey and Russia announced a deal that offered millions of people reprieve from a threatened military assault in northern Syria's Idlib province.

China tells Taiwan to stop all mainland spying and sabotage

China accused Taiwan's spy agencies on Sunday of stepping up efforts to steal intelligence with the aim of "infiltration" and "sabotage", and warned the island against further damaging already strained cross-strait ties. The relevant agencies in Taiwan must end such activities immediately, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing An Fengshan, a spokesman for China's policy-making Taiwan Affairs Office. State television kicked off on Saturday the first in a series of programs detailing cases in which Chinese students studying in Taiwan are said to be targeted by domestic spies who lure them with money, love and friendship.

Chrissy Teigen’s Emmys 2018 Reaction Is Already an Internet Sensation

The model's awkward face is the best reaction to the Emmys opener

14th Suspect Arrested in Murder of NYC Teen at Bodega

Police have made another arrest in the brutal, machete slaying of a New York City teen, officials said.

Kavanaugh Gives White House Another Pre-Midterm Mess With No Good Way Out

WASHINGTON -- A president always sympathetic to fellow accused sexual abusers.

How To Help People Affected By Hurricane Florence

The tropical storm known as Florence has unleashed torrents of rain on the