General news

• The Arizona Senate Race Is About To Be Bonkers

  24-10-2017 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Now that Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is no longer seeking re-election in 2018, the Arizona Senate race is about to get very interesting.
  
  Read more

• John McCain: Jeff Flake Stood Up For What He Believed In Knowing 'There Would Be a Political Price to Pay'

  24-10-2017 23:55 via yahoo.com
  Sen. John McCain praised Jeff Flake, his fellow Republican Senator from Arizona, after he announced that he would not seek re-election in the coming midterms.
  
  Read more

• Puerto Ricans Are Struggling To Flee The Island With Their Pets

  24-10-2017 23:53 via yahoo.com
  Thousands of people are fleeing Puerto Rico as the island remains without power and the death toll continues to climb more than a month after Hurricane Maria.
  
  Read more

• Montana Company Tapped To Restore Puerto Rico's Power Has Ties To Ryan Zinke, Trump Donor

  24-10-2017 23:30 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON — A tiny, 2-year-old Montana energy company with ties to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and backing from a major donor to President Donald Trump has come under scrutiny after being awarded a $300 million contract to help restore power in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Body found is missing Texas toddler; father says she choked

  24-10-2017 23:29 via yahoo.com
  DALLAS (AP) — The father of a missing toddler whose body was found in a culvert under a road in suburban Dallas now says the girl choked to death on milk in the family's garage after earlier claiming she wandered off in the middle of the night when he sent her outside as punishment for not drinking her milk, authorities said.
  
  Read more

• Michigan teens denied bond in death linked to rock throwing

  24-10-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday declined to set a bond and release five Michigan teenagers charged with second-degree murder after a rock thrown from an overpass on Interstate 75 killed a man.
  
  Read more

• Democrats denounce new Hillary Clinton email probe as ‘massive diversion’ from Trump-Russia investigation

  24-10-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  Democrats have denounced as a “massive diversion” from the Trump administration’s alleged links to Russia, a decision by Republicans to launch investigations into the FBI’s handling of a probe into Hillary Clinton.The Republican chairmen of two House committees said they would jointly investigate the Department of Justice’s handling of a 2016 inquiry into Ms Clinton’s use of a private email server.House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and House Over
  
  Read more

• 'Bad Rabbit' ransomware strikes Ukraine and Russia

  24-10-2017 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The new strain of computer-locking malware has hit Russian media websites and an airport in Ukraine.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Saudi crown prince promises 'a more moderate Islam'

  24-10-2017 22:55 via cnn.com
  As his country experiences the early pangs of a cultural and economic transformation, Saudi Arabia's crown prince vowed Tuesday to destroy "extremist ideologies" in a bid to return to "a more moderate Islam."
  
  Read more

• 8 Red Flags On A First Date That Should Send You Running

  24-10-2017 22:52 via yahoo.com
  First dates should be fun, but they’re also an opportunity to weed out people who don’t deserve a second date.
  
  Read more

• Trump Dossier Paid For By Clinton Camp, DNC

  24-10-2017 22:51 via yahoo.com
  Devlin Barrett talks with Rachel Maddow about new reporting that the Trump Russia dossier, after initially being paid for by an anti-Trump Republican, was eventually paid for by the Clinton campaign and the DNC.
  
  Read more

• Hibernian 1-0 Heart of Midlothian

  24-10-2017 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Hibernian claim Edinburgh derby victory after a stunning Simon Murray effort leaves Hearts floored at Easter Road.
  
  Read more

• Swansea City 0-2 Manchester United

  24-10-2017 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Jesse Lingard scores twice as Carabao Cup holders Manchester United secure a comfortable fourth-round victory at Swansea.
  
  Read more

• Republican senator sacrificed career to fight Trump

  24-10-2017 22:42 via cnn.com
  Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake announced Tuesday that he won't run for a second term in the Senate. But he made the decision about his political career months ago -- when he decided to go public (in book form, no less!) with his indictment of both President Donald Trump and a GOP that had accepted such an interloper into its ranks.
  
  Read more

• Melania Trump wants to stop bullies. Really.

  24-10-2017 22:37 via cnn.com
  Melania Trump has picked her first lady cause: stopping bullies.
  
  Read more

• Bristol City 4-1 Crystal Palace

  24-10-2017 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Championship side Bristol City come from behind to beat Crystal Palace and book a place in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.
  
  Read more

• 'I will not be complicit': Read Senator Flake's full speech

  24-10-2017 22:33 via cnn.com
  (As prepared for delivery)Mr. President, I rise today to address a matter that has been much on my mind, at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than it is by our values and our principles.Let me begin by noting a somewhat obvious point that these offices that we hold are not ours to hold indefinitely.We are not here simply to mark time. Sustained incumbency is certainly not the point of seeking office. And there are times when we must risk
  
  Read more

• Jeff Flake bemoans US President's 'flagrant disregard for the truth' in speech on Senate floor

  24-10-2017 22:29 via cnn.com
  Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, who has sparred frequently with President Donald Trump, will not run for re-election, he said Tuesday as part of a blistering floor speech bemoaning the changing tenor of politics in the United States.
  
  Read more

• Jeff Flake: Republican senator quits with attack on Trump

  24-10-2017 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The US president comes under fierce public attack from Republicans Bob Corker and Jeff Flake.
  
  Read more

• Texas father changes story about toddler's death: police

  24-10-2017 22:15 via yahoo.com
  Wesley Mathews reported that his daughter Sherin went missing on Oct. 7 from the family's home in Richardson, Texas, outside Dallas.Mathews, 37, changed his story about the incident during a meeting on Monday with his attorney and detectives, according to police documents.Mathews was charged on Monday with injury to a child, a first-degree felony that carries a maximum punishment of 99 years in prison, police said.
  
  Read more

• Corker's 9 most devastating lines, ranked

  24-10-2017 22:10 via cnn.com
  Hours before Donald Trump was set to huddle with Senate Republicans to rally support for his tax cut measure, Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker delivered an absolute bludgeoning of the President. And even that may be an understatement.
  
  Read more

• 'It Could Have Been Avoided.' 3-Year-Old Boy Dies After Getting Trapped in Park's Underground Water Tank

  24-10-2017 22:03 via yahoo.com
  “It’s the worst thing — news you can never hear," his grandmother said
  
  Read more

• Einstein’s theory of happiness sold for $1.5m

  24-10-2017 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The two notes were written by the physicist when he didn't have enough money to tip a courier.
  
  Read more

• Sandy Hook Gunman Chose School Because He Was Pedophile

  24-10-2017 21:58 via yahoo.com
  In nearly 1,500 pages of newly released documents, the FBI details its thorough investigation into the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
  
  Read more

• Sen. Jeff Flake announces retirement in dramatic anti-Trump speech

  24-10-2017 21:51 via yahoo.com
  Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., announced in a speech in the Senate that he will not seek reelection next year and launched an excoriating attack on President Trump, saying his brand of conservatism is endangering the United States.
  
  Read more

• Republicans launch probe into Obama administration Russian uranium deal

  24-10-2017 21:45 via yahoo.com
  Republicans in Washington have announced an investigation into a uranium deal with Russia negotiated by the Obama administration. The move was seen by Democrats as a Republican attempt to deflect attention away from continuing investigations into alleged Russian meddling in last year's presidential election. In doing so the Republicans are moving to resurrect allegations that the Obama administration, in which Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State, mishandled the deal which gave Russia co
  
  Read more

• Trump Can Strike North Korea Without Declaring War

  24-10-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump needs Congressional authorization to order military action against a foreign country, but he probably doesn't care.
  
  Read more

• Dismayed by Trump, GOP Sen. Flake Won't Seek Reelection

  24-10-2017 21:44 via nbcnews.com
  Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., announced Tuesday he will not run for reelection next year, upending one of the most important 2018 elections.
  
  Read more

• House GOP Probing Obama-Era Uranium Sale to Russia

  24-10-2017 21:41 via nbcnews.com
  Two Republican-led committees will probe an Obama-era uranium sale to Russia, Rep. Devin Nunes announced Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Senator Bob Corker reignites feud with 'untruthful' Trump

  24-10-2017 21:34 via cnn.com
  The ongoing public feud between Sen. Bob Corker and President Donald Trump exploded Tuesday ahead of the President's high-stakes visit to Capitol Hill for tax negotiations, with the Tennessee Republican telling CNN's Manu Raju he wouldn't support Trump for president if given the opportunity again.
  
  Read more

• Rescue dog uses his smile to help find a forever home

  24-10-2017 21:33 via yahoo.com
  Though City of Waller Animal Shelter and Rescue in Waller, Texas won't open for another two-and-a-half weeks, one shelter pup is already swimming in adoption offers.  Cheech, a pup who entered the shelter on Thursday, has pulled in a ton of attention for the pet shelter thanks to the dog's massive, toothy grin, KSAT reports. Photos of the "smiling" rescue first appeared on the shelter's Facebook page on Thursday, and more were posted on Friday. Those photos have since been shared more than
  
  Read more

• Duchess Kate Middleton will never wear nail polish in public -- here's why

  24-10-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  Being a royal means hundreds of engagements -- public benefits, black-tie galas, weddings for your very distant cousins you've met once.
  
  Read more

• Prince Harry Reveals He's Never Toasted A Marshmallow

  24-10-2017 21:24 via yahoo.com
  Prince Harry hung out with a group of teens at a U.K. nature reserve on Monday and revealed a personal tidbit that left many baffled.
  
  Read more

• Protester Throws Russian Flags at Trump Inside Capitol

  24-10-2017 21:06 via nbcnews.com
  A protester lobbed several small Russian flags at President Donald Trump Tuesday as he walked into a lunch with Senate Republicans, in what appeared to be a massive security breach in the U.S. Capitol.
  
  Read more

• Jeff Flake Won't Seek Re-Election, Says There 'May Not Be A Place' For Him In Trump's GOP

  24-10-2017 20:56 via yahoo.com
  won’t run for re-election in 2018, The Arizona Republic reported Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Protester shouting 'Trump is treason' heckles president

  24-10-2017 20:53 via yahoo.com
  A liberal protester threw small Russian flags at the US president Tuesday and repeatedly shouted"Trump is treason" as he arrived on Capitol Hill for lunch with Republican lawmakers.The man was just meters from Trump and standing among a pool of reporters in a Senate hallway.Trump ignored the man, although he did give the thumbs-up sign as the red white and blue flags of Russia fell at his feet, and kept walking along with Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell.
  
  Read more

• WATCH: Protester throws Russian flags at Trump before Capitol Hill lunch

  24-10-2017 20:52 via abcnews.go.com
  The small flags didn't appear to hit Trump.
  
  Read more

• Republicans in House launch probe of Russia deal involving U.S. uranium

  24-10-2017 20:51 via yahoo.com
  Republican leaders of two committees in the U.S. House of Representatives launched an investigation on Tuesday into the purchase by a Russian firm several years ago of a Canadian company that owned some 20 percent of U.S. uranium supplies.Some Republicans have claimed that Hillary Clinton's State Department approved the deal after her husband's charitable foundation received a $145 million donation, but the State Department controls only one seat on the panel that approved the transaction and th
  
  Read more

• Melania Trump gets backlash after telling kids not to 'copy somebody' during school visit

  24-10-2017 20:50 via yahoo.com
  Melania Trump on Monday chatted with students at a Michigan middle school about social isolation and inclusion as part of her anti-bullying agenda, which she has previously said will be a focus of hers as the first lady.
  
  Read more

• 'Trump is treason': heckler throws Russian flags at US president – video

  24-10-2017 20:47 via theguardian.com
  While on his way to Capitol Hill for a lunch with Republican senators, Donald Trump is heckled by a protester who shouts 'Trump is treason' before throwing Russian flags at himSenior Republican feuds with Trump, saying he's 'debasing our nation'
  Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• The Best Cranberry Dessert Recipes You'll Ever Make

  24-10-2017 20:47 via yahoo.com
  Cranberries represent the holiday season better than any other fruit.
  
  Read more

• Celebrity Chef John Besh Steps Down After Sex Harassment Claims

  24-10-2017 20:39 via nbcnews.com
  Chef John Besh stepped down from the company he founded after 25 women alleged that they faced sexual harassment while working for the group.
  
  Read more

• Wild Badger Sneaks Into Home, Impersonates Family Cat

  24-10-2017 20:37 via yahoo.com
  It there was any actual badgering going on, it was likely from the cat.
  
  Read more

• Tiny firm from Trump cabinet member’s hometown wins massive contract to restore Puerto Rico’s electricity

  24-10-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  A $300m contract to help fix Puerto Rico’s crippled electricity network has been awarded to a tiny Montana firm located in the hometown of a cabinet member of the Trump administration.Whitefish Energy had only two full-time employees on the day Hurricane Maria struck the island, devastating homes, roads and leaving around 95 per cent of the island without electricity, a figure than has now dropped to 76 per cent.A month later, the company has 280 workers on the island, a majority of whom a
  
  Read more

• Puerto Rico power contract for tiny company under scrutiny

  24-10-2017 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The deal was struck with a relatively unknown utility company just days after the storm struck.
  
  Read more

• McDonald's profits jump as it eyes more home delivery

  24-10-2017 20:25 via yahoo.com
  McDonald's turned in another strong round of earnings Tuesday following heavy promotions in the US as it ramps up tech-focused home-delivery and mobile pay initiatives.The fast food giant scored a solid six percent jump in global comparable sales, fueled by gains in several key markets, including the United States, China, Britain and Canada."We're building a better McDonald's and winning back customers," said chief executive Steve Easterbrook, who was appointed in 2015 and has been credited with
  
  Read more

• Everything You Need To Know About Chef John Besh's Sexual Harassment Accusations

  24-10-2017 20:24 via yahoo.com
  To the outside world, celebrity chef John Besh has maintained a squeaky-clean, family-friendly reputation over the years.
  
  Read more

• Hawking's thesis crashes Cambridge site

  24-10-2017 20:23 via cnn.com
  For the first time ever, influential British scientist Stephen Hawking's doctoral thesis is available to the public -- if you can get the web page to load.
  
  Read more

• China's Xi cements power with rare move

  24-10-2017 20:22 via cnn.com
  China has elevated the stature of President Xi Jinping by including his political ideology in the Communist Party constitution.
  
  Read more

• Trump has now personally attacked 1 in 5 of his party's senators

  24-10-2017 20:21 via cnn.com
  Just hours before President Donald Trump is set to head to Capitol Hill to meet with Republican senators over lunch, he took to Twitter to attack one.
  
  Read more

Follow @newslock_news on Twitter!