Singing, Chanting and Rage on Capitol Hill as Kavanaugh Vote Nears

On a steamy day in the capital, several thousand protesters, most of them female, made a late stand against the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the ...

'We are your voters!' Energized Kavanaugh protesters put swing vote lawmakers on notice

Protesters in D.C. and beyond hope to sway a handful of senators considered swing votes weighing Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.

Judge Kavanaugh should become Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh – Here’s why

Unless some blockbuster revelation based on corroborated and convincing evidence comes out of the reopened FBI background investigation of Judge Brett ...

Orrin Hatch tells female Kavanaugh sexual assault protesters to “grow up”:

WATCH: @senorrinhatch tells a group of women and survivors to “grow up” as he laughs in their faces. #BelieveSurvivors pic.twitter.com/ZMe4Rslret.

Amy Schumer arrested at Kavanaugh protest

Emily Ratajkowski and Amy Schumer detained at Kavanaugh protests

Actresses Emily Ratajkowski and Amy Schumer were detained while protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh in Washington D.C. on ...

Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski Detained While Protesting Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation

New video shows Amy Schumer telling a police officer she wants to be arrested while protesting Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation in Washington, D.C..

Amy Schumer arrested during DC protest of Kavanaugh’s nomination

Hundreds gathered Thursday at the Hart Senate Office Building to protest against the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Comedian Amy ...

Ret. Supreme Court Justice: Kavanaugh should be disqualified

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens calls Kavanaugh's temperament disqualifying: 'Senators should pay attention to this'

Former Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday said Brett Kavanaugh's behavior during last Thursday's contentious Judiciary ...

The Supreme Court tumbles into political dysfunction

The most consequential casualty of the Supreme Court confirmation battle is not Christine Blasey Ford or Brett M. Kavanaugh. It is the Supreme Court and, thus, ...

Don't Confirm Brett Kavanaugh, Says Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens

His performance in the hearings changed my mind."

Kavanaugh slugfest could boost GOP in midterms, as polls show voter interest rising

The historic partisan rancor surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh could wind up helping Republicans keep control of the Senate in November, ...

GOP struggles to put away vulnerable Dems in Senate battlegrounds

The Senate majority remains up for grabs five weeks before Election Day, with Republicans struggling to put away nearly half a dozen Democratic incumbents ...

Midterms looked horrible for GOP. Then Kavanaugh happened

Jack Kingston says the Brett Kavanaugh vote could energize both Republicans and Democrats, but the GOP is more vulnerable, given the traditional losses a ...

Kavanaugh: An Easy Vote

A 'no' would alienate Republican voters and invite the smearing of future nominees.

‘Get out!’: Woman roars in defense of Spanish speakers confronted for not speaking English

Two Spanish speakers were confronted by a woman ordering them to speak English, police said. Then another woman stepped in to help.

Viral video shows woman standing up to shopper's 'racist' verbal attack against two immigrants

Kamira Trent intended to make a simple trip to the grocery store but instead has become an overnight sensation. In a now viral video, Trent is seen passionately ...

Woman caught on video, arrested for allegedly harassing Spanish-speaking women at Colorado store

A woman was arrested Monday after she was caught on video shouting at two Spanish-speaking shoppers at a Colorado grocery store before being confronted ...

Two friends speaking Spanish were told to speak English. A bystander stepped in to help

A woman is being hailed a hero after confronting another woman who was criticizing two friends for speaking Spanish to each other at a store in Colorado.

VP Pence fires warning shots at China: 'We will not be intimidated'

Vice President Mike Pence fired off a strong warning to China on Thursday, saying in a fiery speech, “We will not be intimidated, and we will not stand down.” ...

Vice President Pence Accuses China Of Trying To Interfere In U.S. Elections

He says China is trying to undermine President Trump by using front groups and propaganda in an effort to beat back the president's agenda in the midterm ...

Cal Thomas: Trump promised to put American interests first – he wasn’t kidding

Economist Peter Morici breaks down the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that will replace NAFTA. In baseball, when a team trades a player to ...

Pence Calls on Google to Drop Mobile Search Project in China

The Trump administration took aim at Google in China, with Vice President Mike Pence calling on the tech giant to halt work on a mobile search app that he said ...

Domestic support wanes for Putin as pension policy takes its toll, analyst says

Russia's main political party performed poorly in September's local elections, losing out in four regional governor run-offs. While not directly connected to ...

PM Modi Welcomes Putin With Hug, Focus On S-400 Missiles Deal

Russia’s leading dissident arrested again as his old protest tactic acquires a new life

Last week, Alexei Navalny, Russia's leading anti-corruption campaigner, completed another month-long administrative jail term for one of the many anti-Kremlin ...

Vladimir Putin's Charm Offensive Kicks Off Another Year With 2019 Calendar | TIME

Cries for Help Give Way to Silence: After the Indonesia Earthquake and Tsunami

A week after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake and a 20-foot tsunami devastated the island of Sulawesi, urgent calls for help have eerily stilled.

'Tragedy Everywhere': Aid Groups Scramble Against Time After Indonesian Tsunami

Nearly a week after an earthquake struck Sulawesi, spawning a massive tsunami that overwhelmed the Indonesian island's central coast, aid groups are finally ...

Indonesia volcano eruption: Terrifying moment THIRD volcano erupts spewing huge ash column

MOUNT Gamalama exploded this morning, just one day after another volcano erupted on the same island and less than a week after the region was hit by a ...

Why the Tsunami in Indonesia Struck Without Warning

Doug Bock Clark on the tsunami that hit Palu, Indonesia, and the ways in which the government failed to prepare the region to withstand the disaster.

Elon Musk mocks SEC amid settlement deal

Elon Musk reached a settlement deal with the SEC last week over charges he misled investors. Now, the judge is asking for a defense of the settlement.

Judge orders Tesla and SEC to justify settlement of fraud lawsuit

Agreement calls for Tesla and its founder, Elon Musk, to pay US$20 million each and for Musk to step down as chairman.

US judge asks Tesla's Musk and SEC to justify fraud settlement as 'fair and reasonable'

U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan directed Musk and the SEC to write a joint letter justifying the agreement. The law, she pointed out, requires the court to ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk mocks SEC as 'Short-Seller Enrichment Commission'

The remark comes less than a week after Musk settled a lawsuit with the SEC.

Here are the stocks most sensitive to soaring bond yields

It is no surprise that banks are benefiting from the sudden surge in Treasury yields. Here's a look at the sectors most sensitive—positively and negatively—to ...

U.S. Stocks Fall as Government-Bond Selloff Ripples

U.S. stocks tumbled Thursday, dragging major indexes to their biggest declines in months, as a selloff in government bonds reverberated around the world.

Rising U.S. bond yields hit global markets, Asian stocks wobble

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares were fragile on Friday after benchmark U.S. Treasury yields surged to a seven-year high and strong economic data fanned ...

Bill Gross: This is why bonds are selling off

It is all eyes on bonds this morning, as yields for the 10-year note hover around 2011 and investors get to grip. Our call of the day from the so-called bond king ...

DoubleLine's Gundlach: 30-year U.S. Treasury signals higher bond yields

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive of Doubleline Capital, on Thursday said the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yield has broken above a ...

What's behind the recent US dollar rally

Why has the dollar gained The US dollar is mixed today but it's outperformed everything over the past three months, except for the Canadian dollar. Today UBS ...

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s best feature costs an extra 10 bucks

Permanent XP Boost makes Assassin's Creed Odyssey a better game. The latest open-world game from Ubisoft is available on PC, Xbox One and PS4. It can be ...

[4K] Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Xbox One X/PS4 Pro Tech Analysis + Head-to-Head

Our Quest For The Best Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Difficulty Setting

I'm enjoying Assassin's Creed Odyssey so far, but I've been struggling to find a difficulty setting that I like. More specifically, I'm struggling to find a setting that I ...

Black Panther Scene Easter Egg in Assassin's Creed Odyssey

LG V40 ThinQ vs. Galaxy Note 9 vs. iPhone XS Max

With the LG V40 ThinQ, LG, too often shunned as a me-too phone-maker, steps up against Apple's iPhone XS Max and Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 with its ...

There's no reason to buy the LG V40 ThinQ right now

LG on Wednesday unveiled the V40 ThinQ for the second time in less than two weeks, although it finally revealed all the details about its new flagship. That said ...

Why the LG V40 ThinQ’s five cameras aren’t overkill

Do we really need five cameras on a smartphone? LG is convinced the answer to that is yes, and so the LG V40 ThinQ arrives with a quintet of sensors ranging.

[Update: ASUS too] Here’s every new Android phone being announced in October — it’s going to be a busy month

The fall smartphone season is about to pick up in a huge way. After IFA and Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 unveiling last month, we're approaching several major ...

More Telltale Employees Laid Off As Studio Continues Its Collapse

After Telltale laid off roughly 90% of its staff on September 21, the studio said the remaining 25 employees would proceed with finishing work on Minecraft: Story ...

The tragic end of Telltale Games

When employees showed up for work on Friday, September 21st, at Telltale Games, there was nothing to suggest the day would be different than any other.

Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Working to Still Tell Clementine’s Story

Robert Kirkman, writer and co-creator of “The Walking Dead” hinted to fans at New York Comic-Con Thursday that a solution to properly wrapping up the final ...

Rob Kirkman Says "Too Much" About Telltale Games 'The Walking Dead' Crisis

Telltale Games' The Walking Dead: The Final Season is in trouble. After news broke that Telltale Games is shutting down, fans feared that we may never see the ...

'Titans' First Reactions Released Online

DC Comics has some big plans for their first live-action series on DC Universe, but ultimately the fans are going to determine the success of Titans.Now that New ...

DC UNIVERSE | TITANS: HEROES

DC Universe Schedules YOUNG JUSTICE, DOOM PATROL, SWAMP THING, STARGIRL, HARLEY QUINN Debuts

DC Entertainment has released their current schedule for Young Justice: Outsiders, Doom Patrol, Swamp Thing, Stargirl, and Harley Quinn will debut. DC did ...

DC Universe's Titans makes a brutal first impression

DC Universe might be hoping that Titans becomes its Game of Thrones. The titular Titans are the youthful heroes of DC comic books, like Batman's sidekick ...

Bradley Cooper and Jimmy Fallon Can't Stop Laughing, Leave Studio Mid-Interview

"A Star Is Born" director and star Bradley Cooper can't keep it together with Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" when a poignant high school story goes horribly ...

'A Star is Born' hits all the right notes

'A Star is Born' review: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga hit all the right notes in musical remake that brims with star power.

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga's A Star Is Born Is Astonishing on Multiple Levels

Their dazzling retelling of Hollywood's favorite myth rivals the 1954 classic.

Not the Brightest Star in the Sky

Lady Gaga shines in the otherwise underwhelming 'A Star Is Born.'

Chris Evans Is Done Playing Captain America As He Wraps 'Avengers 4'

Chris Evans is done playing Captain America. "Playing this role over the last 8 years has been an honor."

Avengers 4: Chris Evans Ends Filming with Emotional Look Back at Playing Captain America

By Jessie Wade Chris Evans shared a bittersweet wrap up for his Captain America role in the upcoming Avengers 4 film in a tweet on Thursday. "Officially ...

'Captain America' Gets a 'Man of Steel' Style Trailer

Chris Evans' portrayal of Captain Americais on plenty of people's minds right now, and a fan-made trailer puts that in a new context.Last month, Youtuber Mr.

Chris Evans Sure Makes It Sound Like He's Done With Captain America

It's no secret that Chris Evans is almost certainly done with playing Captain America after Avengers 4. The topic has been discussed ad nauseam for a while now ...

Lewis Hamilton top in Japanese GP first practice

Lewis Hamilton is fastest in Japanese Grand Prix first practice despite narrowly avoiding a big crash.

Hamilton nearly 0.5s clear in Japan as Alonso makes mistake

Mercedes started the Japanese Grand Prix weekend with another one-two result led by Lewis Hamilton as Fernando Alonso made a rare mistake in FP1.

Gasly reprimanded for Hamilton run-in in FP1

Pierre Gasly has been reprimanded for forcing Formula 1 points leader Lewis Hamilton into evasive action during the first Japanese Grand Prix practice session.

Valtteri Bottas would 'accept' more team orders

Valtteri Bottas says he'd "accept it" if Mercedes again used team orders at this weekend's Japanese GP as he's no longer in the championship fight.

NLDS Game 1 Highlights: Braves vs. Dodgers

Braves' Dansby Swanson, Dodgers' Ross Stripling off rosters

Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson and Dodgers starter Ross Stripling were left off their respective NLDS rosters.

Social media buzzing as Braves prepare for playoff opener

Braves vs. Dodgers playoff times, TV schedule. It's Game Day for the Braves and fans are showing their support on social media in advance of the National ...

Atlanta Braves: 3 Keys to winning the NLDS

The Atlanta Braves have a tough match-up with the Dodgers in the 2018 MLB Postseason. Here are 3 keys to Atlanta winning the NLDS.

Our College Football Playoff Predictions Sure Look Familiar

Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson are the early leaders in the national title race.

Paul Finebaum ‘not certain’ Georgia is a College Football Playoff team

Following Georgia's somewhat lackluster win over Tennessee, some folks are scratching their heads at the Bulldogs. The previous week, the Florida Gators ...

Notre Dame can put a wrench into the College Football Playoff

We don't know how it will end, but we can pretend. The sport encourages it: assigning rankings before seasons start and making projections for players who...

ESPN: These 5 Teams Are “Locks” To Make Playoff If They Win Out

We're into October and it is time to take a quick look at the College Football Playoff landscape as it stands. There are a few squads sticking out.

The Viruses That Neanderthals Spread to Humans

The two ancient hominin groups swapped genes, diseases, and genes that protect against diseases, according to a new study.

How Neanderthals Gave Us The Ability To Fight Off Dangerous Viruses

According to a new study, we owe our ability to fight off certain viruses, such as the flu, hepatitis, and HIV, to ancient bits of DNA inherited from our Neanderthal ...

Modern humans inherited viral defenses from Neanderthals

Neanderthals mysteriously disappeared about 40000 years ago, but before vanishing they interbred with another human species that was just beginning its ...

US Air Force: Don't Worry About Those Weird Lights and Booms Sunday, It's Just a Space Ship

If you're in the vicinity of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Sunday evening (Oct. 7), you might hear some strange booming and see some weird lights in ...

SpaceX plans unique rocket launch, return on Central Coast

SpaceX has successfully returned rockets to earth after launching them into space from Florida, but a launch scheduled for Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force ...

United Launch Alliance grabs $867M Air Force contract for rocket services

Some of the work will take place at Cape Canaveral Air Station and California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Montcalm Co. doorstop actually $100K meteorite

Grand Rapids man's doorstop is $100,000 meteorite

The sixth-largest meteor in Michigan has been at an Edmore farm for decades.

$100,000 meteorite used as doorstop on Michigan farm for decades

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- A rock that was used as a doorstop for decades at a Michigan farm has been identified as a meteorite valued at about $100000.

The Edmore Meteorite up close

U.S. military project could be seen as a bioweapon, scientists warn

A research arm of the U.S. military is exploring the possibility of deploying insects to make plants more resilient by altering their genes. Some experts say the ...

Bioweapon insects? DARPA seeks to ‘defend crops’ by spreading genetically modified viruses

A US military program dubbed 'Insect Allies' could be used as a biological weapon, a group of European scientists warns. The Pentagon's research arm claims ...

Scathing Report Accuses the Pentagon of Developing an Agricultural Bioweapon

A new technology in which insects are used to genetically modify crops could be converted into a dangerous, and possibly illegal, bioweapon, alleges a Science ...

Scientists: US military program could be seen as bioweapon

A research arm of the U.S. military is exploring the possibility of deploying insects to make plants more resilient by altering their genes. Some experts say the ...

Breast cancer survivors to strut down the catwalk

Cannabis Dispensaries & Brands Supporting Breast Cancer

Give support to these cannabis dispensaries and brands that are taking action & joining the fight for Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Processed meats like bacon, sausage linked to breast cancer, study says

Processed meats are those that have been preserved by smoking, curing or salting.

Probable cases of West Nile found in 2 Pittsburgh residents

The Allegheny County Health Department reported probable cases of the West Nile Virus were detected in two more people in the county. The cases are the ...

Mosquito traps in Burleson test positive for West Nile Virus

On October 4, 2018, the City's environmental services division was notified that a mosquito trap tested positive for West Nile virus in Zone 6 and Zone 12.

Another local case of West Nile virus reported

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - A third case of West Nile virus has been confirmed in Calhoun County, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health.

Spraying taking place in Clinton County | News, Sports, Jobs

Have you noticed the mosquitos lately? They're as bad as ever, thanks to the very wet summer. Add unusually warm weather in September and the mosquito ...