General news

• House Votes to Disapprove Steve King's White Supremacy Comments

  15-01-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The House voted 424-1 for the measure Tuesday, a day after King’s fellow Republicans stripped him of his committee assignments."White supremacy and white nationalism are evils," Clyburn of South Carolina said on the House floor ahead of the vote.
  
  Read more

• Barr Say He, Not Mueller, May Write the Public Report on Russia Probe

  15-01-2019 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  “I will commit to providing as much information as I can consistent with the regulations” on special counsels, Barr, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department, said Tuesday in the first of two days of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Barr, 68, has been through the confirmation process before and served as attorney general in the 1990s.
  
  Read more

• Will May Survive Her Brexit Defeat?

  15-01-2019 23:48 via news.yahoo.com
  The only meaningful unity that the United Kingdom has seen in the past two years has been opposition to the Brexit deal Prime Minister Theresa May negotiated with the European Union.The defeat, as predicted, has prompted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to propose a vote, expected to be held on Wednesday, of no confidence in the government.When future historians consider Brexit, they will surely marvel at May’s obstinate capacity for survival in the face of unending political humiliation.
  
  Read more

• Say it ain't snow: 2 winter storms, then an Arctic blast from the 'fractured' polar vortex

  15-01-2019 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Any hopes we had for a mild end to January appear over. A pair of winter storms will dump snow and ice across the central and eastern U.S. over the next several days.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• May Loses Brexit Vote in Landslide, Faces Confidence Vote

  15-01-2019 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal was rejected by Parliament in a humiliating defeat, her plan for leaving the European Union all but dead.The House of Commons voted 432- 202 against the divorce she painstakingly brokered with the EU over 18 months.The largest parliamentary loss in over a century not only prompted the main opposition Labour Party to make its move to try force an election, it also hardened the EU’s position.
  
  Read more

• Why it's so hard to get dressed for work

  15-01-2019 23:30 via cnn.com
  Employees in jeans have become a common sight, if not the norm, in many workplaces these days.
  
  Read more

• Chinese military has sights set on Taiwan, US report says

  15-01-2019 23:22 via cnn.com
  Over the last few years China has made a series of ambitious military reforms and acquired new technology as it aims to improve its ability to fight regional conflicts over places like Taiwan, according to a new report from the US Defense Intelligence Agency.
  
  Read more

• With no clear options, what happens now?

  15-01-2019 23:17 via cnn.com
  Tuesday's vote in the UK's House of Commons was supposed to finally provide some clarity on Brexit. In reality, it told us very little -- beyond two uncomfortable truths.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Two Republicans Push ‘Border Bonds’ to Let Americans Finance a Wall

  15-01-2019 23:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Representatives Steven Palazzo of Mississippi and Andy Harris of Maryland, both members of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the Border Bonds for America Act of 2019 -- a law that would allow Americans to buy such securities from the U.S. The money would be put in a trust fund and used just to build a wall along the nearly 2,000 mile (3,200 kilometer) border.The tactic echoes the Liberty Bond program, which appealed to Americans’ sense of patriotism to raise funds during World
  
  Read more

• Child still strapped to car seat falls from mother's car onto busy street

  15-01-2019 23:10
  A child was uninjured after falling from her mother's car still strapped to her car seat into traffic.
  
  Read more

• McDonald's loses 'Big Mac' trademark case to Irish chain Supermac's

  15-01-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  McDonald's Corp has lost its rights to the trademark 'Big Mac' in a European Union case ruling in favour of Ireland-based fast-food chain Supermac's.
  
  Read more

• Amateur footage captures people escaping Nairobi terror attack – video

  15-01-2019 23:04 via theguardian.com
  Amateur footage captured people escaping a terror attack in the Kenyan capital.  At least seven people had been reported killed and one suspect detained. At least 10 more were wounded.  Militant Islamist organization al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the armed assault Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Netflix raising prices for 58M US subscribers as costs rise

  15-01-2019 23:03
  Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 percent to 18 percent, its biggest increase since the company launched its streaming service 12 years ago
  
  Read more

• At least 11 dead as police secure upscale Nairobi hotel complex

  15-01-2019 23:01 via cnn.com
  A complex in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi came under attack on Tuesday, with eyewitnesses reporting heavy gunfire.
  
  Read more

• Effervescent 'Hello, Dolly!' icon Carol Channing mourned

  15-01-2019 23:00
  Channing died of natural causes at 12:31 a.m. Tuesday in California.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: House Dems cross to Senate side to see McConnell

  15-01-2019 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the partial government shutdown (all times local):
  
  Read more

• The 2019 Heavy Duty Ram’s Cummins Requires An Entire Eight Feet of Diesel-Exhaust-Scrubbing Tech

  15-01-2019 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The Ram HD's improbably long exhaust system alone is something to gawk at.
  
  Read more

• Ireland readies 'mega' no-deal Brexit legislation package

  15-01-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Ireland's cabinet on Tuesday began to build upon the no-deal contingency plans it issued last month by seeking to reassure business of the availability of additional transport capacity and patients of the security of medicine supplies.Its preparations will be underpinned by one single emergency Brexit bill incorporating 17 new laws that Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney will, if required, begin moving through parliament in the final week of February."We don't want to have to do this of course,
  
  Read more

• Pound strengthens after defeat leaves Brexit plan in tatters

  15-01-2019 22:40 via cnn.com
  The British pound shrugged off a dramatic vote in the UK parliament that left the government's Brexit plans in tatters.
  
  Read more

• US shutdown threatens food safety

  15-01-2019 22:36 via cnn.com
  Should you be worried about the safety of your food during the government shutdown?
  
  Read more

• US shutdown is threatening food safety

  15-01-2019 22:36 via cnn.com
  Should you be worried about the safety of your food during the government shutdown?
  
  Read more

• Kenya Hunts Gunmen in Fatal Hotel Attack Claimed by Al-Qaeda

  15-01-2019 22:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The attack on 14 Riverside Drive in Nairobi began with an explosion targeting three vehicles in the parking lot and then a suicide-bombing in the foyer of a Dusit Hotels & Resorts Co. outlet, police Inspector-General Joseph Boinnet said Tuesday in a televised briefing.Al-Shabaab, an affiliate of al-Qaeda based in neighboring Somalia, said it killed 47 people in the attack, according to Radio Andalus, a broadcaster that supports its insurgency.The group didn’t say how it obtained the fi
  
  Read more

• Shania Twain reveals the 1 question she wishes more people would ask her

  15-01-2019 22:25 via today.com
  Country superstar Shania Twain shares with Savannah Guthrie her favorite concert experience, what music does for her and more on "Six-Minute Marathon With Savannah."
  
  Read more

• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand moves toward launching 2020 presidential campaign

  15-01-2019 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The New York Democrat announced her intentions on CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" ahead of a trip to Iowa this weekend.
  
  Read more

• Cuomo bans stretch limos and issues new safety laws in wake of deadly crash

  15-01-2019 22:18
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned stretch limos after a deadly crash.
  
  Read more

• Hit song from the '80s will play 'for eternity' in African desert

  15-01-2019 22:17 via cnn.com
  Toto's "Africa" has come home, so to speak, thanks to an installation by an artist who plans to play the song on loop in a Namibian desert -- for eternity.
  
  Read more

• U.S. House, including Steve King, votes to condemn his racist statements

  15-01-2019 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  King, a Republican who represents a conservative district in Iowa, gave a media interview earlier this month in which he questioned why "white supremacy" is considered offensive.King himself voted in favor of the resolution, which referred to his remarks, because he said his comments were taken out of context and he too condemns white supremacy and racism."The words are likely what I said, but I want to read them to you the way that I likely said it," King said, who then read them aloud.
  
  Read more

• British lawmakers crush May's Brexit deal by record margin

  15-01-2019 22:11 via cnn.com
  Theresa May's Brexit deal has been crushed by a record margin as British lawmakers rejected it by 432 votes to 202.
  
  Read more

• At least 11 dead as police battle gunmen at upscale Nairobi hotel

  15-01-2019 22:10 via cnn.com
  A complex in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi came under attack on Tuesday, with eyewitnesses reporting heavy gunfire.
  
  Read more

• Turkey to set up Syria 'security zone' after Trump call

  15-01-2019 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Ankara would set up a "security zone" in northern Syria suggested by US President Donald Trump.Erdogan's comments came a day after he had a telephone conversation with Trump to ease tensions after the US leader threatened to "devastate" the Turkish economy if Ankara attacks Kurdish forces in Syria.
  
  Read more

• AG nominee William Barr: 'In some places it may not be necessary to have a wall'

  15-01-2019 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  President Trump's nominee to be attorney general portrays himself as independent during conformation hearing but is on board with Trump's southern wall
  
  Read more

• Donald Tusk says Brexit deal looks impossible

  15-01-2019 22:04 via theguardian.com
  European council chief hints at UK staying in EU after MPs vote down Theresa May’s deal
  Donald Tusk has made a thinly veiled call for the UK to stay in the European Union, suggesting the prime minister’s historic loss in parliament left a deal looking “impossible”.As the scale of the defeat was announced, the president of the European council called for Theresa May to urgently clarify her next move. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Ex-California utility CEO to receive $2.5m severance amid firm's bankruptcy

  15-01-2019 22:01 via theguardian.com
  PG&E cited potential liabilities from two major wildfires totaling up to $30bn in its bankruptcy announcement MondayA PG&E executive who resigned one day before the California utility company announced it plans to file for bankruptcy is set to receive $2.5m in severance payment.PG&E announced CEO Geisha William’s resignation on Sunday night, one day before the company declared its intention to file for bankruptcy by 29 January. Despite the company’s uncertain future, Will
  
  Read more

• El Chapo trial: Joaquín Guzman paid former Mexican president $100m bribe, witness claims

  15-01-2019 21:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, a witness has claimed in court.Alex Cifuentes, who has said he was a close associate of Guzman for years, discussed the alleged bribe as part of the accused Mexcan drug lord’s trial.Mr Pena Nieto, commonly known by his initials EPN, was president of Mexico from December 2012 until November 2018.
  
  Read more

• 7 key takeaways from Trump's attorney general confirmation hearing

  15-01-2019 21:58 via cnn.com
  Former Attorney General William Barr took questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for hours Tuesday as he sought to win confirmation to his old job amid President Donald Trump's ongoing onslaught against the Justice Department and the special counsel investigation being led by Robert Mueller.
  
  Read more

• What is behind the insane popularity of 'Baby Shark'?

  15-01-2019 21:55 via cnn.com
  When humans of the far future study the culture of their ancient ancestors from the year 2019, it's going to be pretty hard to avoid the topic of "Baby Shark."
  
  Read more

• Trump Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Blocked by Court

  15-01-2019 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The ruling comes after a two-week trial in Manhattan that the government sought more than a dozen times to derail.The Supreme Court may have the last word, though the court will have to move quickly to let the Census Bureau meet its June deadline to start printing the questionnaire.Critics of the question -- “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” -- said it was an attempt by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to promote a Trump administration effort to undercount Hispanics and
  
  Read more

• The Latest: House approves measure rebuking Rep. King

  15-01-2019 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa (all times local):
  
  Read more

• Nairobi terror attack: police regain control of hotel complex from gunmen

  15-01-2019 21:44 via theguardian.com
  Militant Islamist organisation al-Shabaab claims responsibility for armed assault
  Police and anti-terrorist forces have regained control of a Nairobi hotel and office complex, hours after it was attacked by Islamist extremist gunmen.The assault on the dusitD2 compound in the Kenyan capital, which includes a luxury hotel, restaurants, a spa and several office buildings housing international companies, was the most outrageous by terrorists in the country for many years. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• 'Hostage politics': Death sentence heightens China, Canada tensions

  15-01-2019 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  China on Tuesday vociferously defended a court's decision to impose the death penalty on a convicted Canadian drug smuggler, escalating a diplomatic row that experts say has descended into a high-stakes game of "hostage politics".China's foreign ministry blasted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's "irresponsible remarks" after he criticised the death sentence handed to 36-year-old Robert Lloyd Schellenberg.Beijing and Ottawa have been squabbling since last month, when Canada arrested the ch
  
  Read more

• Hondurans form a new US-bound caravan, drawing fire from Trump

  15-01-2019 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Hundreds of Hondurans have set out on a trek to the United States, forming another caravan that US President Donald Trump cited Tuesday to justify building a wall on the border with Mexico."A big new Caravan is heading up to our Southern Border from Honduras," Trump tweeted Tuesday.As the procession left the town of San Pedro Sula under a steady rain Monday night, one of the migrants summed up their plight: "We are leaving because there is crime and no work," said Juan Garcia, 52.
  
  Read more

• FBI debated whether Trump was ‘following directions’ of Russia, transcripts reveal

  15-01-2019 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  Top FBI officials debated whether Donald Trump was “acting at the behest of” Russia and “somehow following directions,” according to newly disclosed transcripts of congressional hearings.James Baker, the FBI’s general counsel in the aftermath of James Comey’s firing as FBI director, told lawmakers senior bureau officials discussed the possibility the US president was working for the Kremlin, according to transcripts obtained by CNN.The other extreme is that th
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Canada asks China to spare life of Canadian

  15-01-2019 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on China-Canada tensions (all times local):
  
  Read more

• Corbyn rips May, demands no confidence vote

  15-01-2019 21:23 via cnn.com
  UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn called for a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May's government following the defeat of her signature Brexit deal in the House of Commons.
  
  Read more

• Corbyn rips May after defeat of Brexit deal

  15-01-2019 21:23 via cnn.com
  UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn called for a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May's government following the defeat of her signature Brexit deal in the House of Commons.
  
  Read more

• Palestinians launch bid for full UN membership

  15-01-2019 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  The Palestinians will launch a bid to become a full member of the United Nations even though such a move will be blocked by the United States, the Palestinian foreign minister said Tuesday.The Palestinians have the status of non-member observer state at the world body and full membership would amount to international recognition of Palestinian statehood.Any request to become a UN member-state must first be approved by the Security Council, where the United States has veto power, before it is end
  
  Read more

• 'Hatred is becoming more visible': shocked Gdańsk mourns for slain mayor

  15-01-2019 21:16 via theguardian.com
  Residents take part in vigils after stabbing of Paweł Adamowicz on stage at charity concertThe music has been switched off at the Red Light pub in the heart of the picturesque old town of Gdańsk. A single candle adorned with a black ribbon rests on the bar. The city is in mourning.The people of Gdańsk are coming to terms with the death of their mayor, Paweł Adamowicz, who was stabbed on stage at a charity concert in front of thousands of people on Sunday. A public appeal led
  
  Read more

• Judge denies 'essential' federal workers' request to be paid during the shutdown

  15-01-2019 21:15
  A federal judge has turned down a labor union lawsuit arguing it's unconstitutional to force work without pay during the government shutdown.
  
  Read more

• Partial-match transplant may cure sickle cell patients

  15-01-2019 21:13 via nbcnews.com
  Perfect matches are nearly impossible to find for sickle cell patients. But a parent is automatically a half-match, and thus eligible to donate bone marrow.
  
  Read more

• Saudi teen refugee: 'I am one of the lucky ones'

  15-01-2019 21:06 via cnn.com
  After being granted asylum in Canada, teenager Rahaf Mohammed condemned oppression against women in Saudi Arabia.
  
  Read more

Follow @newslock_news on Twitter!