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5 Things for Tuesday, February 21, 2017: H.R. McMaster, Travel Ban, Milo Yiannopoulos
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Vice President Mike Pence Gives Stern Warning to North Korea
US Vice President Mike Pence doubled down on the US commitment to Asia Pacific with a stern warning for North Korea, which he called the "most dangerous and urgent threat" to the region.
China Calls for Calm as US Dispatches Naval Might to Korean Waters
China called for a "peaceful" resolution to tensions on the Korean Peninsula Wednesday, as a United States aircraft carrier strike group churned towards the contested region.
Texas A&M's First Openly Gay Student Body President to Take Office
Bobby Brooks decided early on not to make his sexuality a focal point of his campaign for Texas A&M University student body president.
Our focus has to be on the victims of Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura made landfall late Wednesday night near Cameron, Louisiana. Around this time in a hurricane disaster, when the full effects are still emerging, I normally write things about what the role of climate change may have been.
Trump's trade war with China just got a whole lot bigger
The trade fight between the United States and China intensified Monday as the two economic superpowers hit each other with their biggest round of tariffs yet.
Indian Ruling Party Narrowly Wins Key State Election
India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained power in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat -- but only by a whisker.
Donald Trump just accidentally revealed something very important about his 'fake news' attacks
On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump sent out a tweet bashing the media. Nothing new there.
Is it really spring? 4th nor'easter in 3 weeks closes schools, delays flights
The fourth nor'easter in three weeks already is closing schools and canceling thousands of flights Wednesday as it may dump record springtime snow in the Northeast.
Noodle diplomacy: What do leaders eat after making history?
Pyongyang's cold noodles are the most famous on the Korean peninsula. They're so good, that the North is dispatching its top chef to the border, along with a noodle-making machine, to recreate it for dinner after Friday's historic inter-Korea summit.
Brookstone files for bankruptcy and will close all of its mall stores
Brookstone filed for bankruptcy and will close its remaining 101 mall stores. The mall and airport seller, best known for massage chairs, quirky gadgets, and travel luggage, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court on Thursday. It was Brookstone's second bankruptcy round in four years.
SNL Gets Tough On Roy Moore, Fox News Defends Him
Saturday Night Live and Fox News both addressed the allegations that Republican US Senate candidate Roy Moore had relationships with several teenage girls, including a 14-year-old, when he was in his 30s. But it was the comedy show that drew viewers' attention to the harm in Moore's alleged behavior, while various people on the so-called news network attacked the credibility of the women in an effort to help Moore.
Greater focus on defense of critical infrastructure against cyber attacks is needed, says cyber agency chief
In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline and JBS ransomware attacks in recent months, the head of the nation's leading cybersecurity agency says these events are a harbinger of what's to come on the cyber front and there needs to be a greater focus on shoring up the defenses of America's most important assets.
The CIA chief says Putin is 'entirely too healthy.' What do we really know about his condition?
CIA Director Bill Burns gave an unusually candid assessment this week, when he told attendees at the Aspen Institute's annual security confab that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "entirely too healthy."
Teslas using driver-assist systems were involved in 273 crashes over the past 9 months, according to NHTSA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released on Wednesday nine months of crash data from vehicles using driver-assist technologies like Tesla Autopilot as well as fully autonomous vehicles like Waymo's robotaxis.
Instagram is testing AI that verifies your age with a selfie scan. It's not perfect
Instagram is testing new ways to verify its youngest users' ages, including by using artificial intelligence that analyzes a photo and estimates how old the user is.
Jeff Bezos is going to space on first crewed flight of rocket
Jeff Bezos will be flying to space on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by his space company, Blue Origin. The flight is scheduled for July 20th, just 15 days after he is set to resign as CEO of Amazon.
What is a derecho and why is it so destructive?
A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms.
Forget dieting in 2024. Do this instead
In much of the sunny Mediterranean, mealtime is a means to an end. The food, while freshly prepared and delicious, is secondary to the main event — a gathering of friends and family, where boisterous talk about the events of the day is often mixed with loud and infectious laughter.
About 1 in 5 high school students have witnessed community violence, new CDC report says
About 1 in 5 high school students in the United States has seen violence first-hand among people who are not related, including homicides involving guns. That's according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which calls community violence "a significant public health concern."
