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California attorney general Xavier Becerra said Wednesday that his office is “monitoring” the use of force against a caravan of migrants and the possible closure of the southern border and considering filing a legal challenge. “We have been approached by folks who have expressed complaints,” Becerra told Reuters in an interview. Becerra, a Democrat and former member of Congress, suggested that president Trump’s threat to close the border in response to the influx of central American migrants arriving in caravans might provide a legal avenue to challenge the administration, provided the border closure affects a California resident. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FJcA4O

Burn areas face flash flood warnings in the first round of rain. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QtmwUd

President Trump, who usually composes his own Twitter diatribes, relied on fan accounts and supporters Wednesday morning to attack Hillary Clinton, General Motors, Robert Mueller’s investigation and the migrant caravans. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2rcQv4K

Chicago Alderman Ed Burke has done property tax work for President Trump. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DSVcYJ

Donald Trump has suggested he may cancel a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in response to Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian naval ships. “Maybe I won’t even have the meeting,” he told The Washington Post. The comments were Mr Trump’s strongest criticism of the Kremlin since Russian border forces shot at and seized the Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea on Sunday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FMHYzz

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Colombian drug lord known for an extreme plastic-surgery makeover meant to hide his identity testified Thursday at a U.S. trial about his lucrative drug-trafficking alliance with notorious Mexican counterpart Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Sj1KnK

President Donald Trump's former attorney is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 campaign. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2KI9nRX

“We believe other witnesses were untruthful before our committee,” Schiff told ABC News on Thursday. “We want to share those transcripts with Mr. Mueller.” from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2Ro5kga

Special counsel Robert Mueller has reached a tentative deal with Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney for President Donald Trump, sources told ABC News. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2rdUuOp

Officials from the Department of Veteran Affairs sought to correct conflicting reports Thursday that they would not reimburse underpaid vets from an August backlog. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2FKk8nU

Trump claimed, without evidence, that steel plants are opening nationwide. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2Q3ZaoU

This brings the total returned to almost $2 billion. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2rawhs2

He said he was doing so because Russia had not returned Ukranian sailors. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2Shbfna

Paul Caneiro, the brother of a man found slain alongside his wife and children in a torched home last week, has been charged with murder, according to court records. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2AzyrWz

A teacher college who teaches and researches the Holocaust at Columbia University is vandalized with anti- Semitic graffiti. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2FQtqyN

Erron Brown, 20, was taken into custody in Fairburn, Georgia, authorities said. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2KIm8Mi

The Sinclair Broadcast Group is distancing itself from a segment by its chief political analyst, who defended President Trump's efforts to halt migration at the U.S. border with Mexico from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2Q16p0J

The FBI is asking the public for help and information on Samuel Little, who is already in jail for murder but now says he's killed around 90 people since the 1970s. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2FOAKLm

Vehicles were swept away by fast-moving flash floodwaters in the Turkish resort town of Bodrum on the Aegean Sea. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2AF3jVA

A repair crew narrowly avoids catastrophic disaster while working on the Purdue University Bell Tower, when a clock face dropped, bouncing from the cherry picker, into the tower's wall. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2KKpZsf

A soldier reunited with her beloved dog after being deployed in Africa. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2SikEeg

Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey have filed suit in federal court, challenging a congressional subpoena that demands he testify behind closed doors. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2E6ms7c

Moonves is the subject of two internal investigations at CBS. from ABC News: Top Stories https://ift.tt/2SlNJpo

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday moved the Supreme Court to stay the operation of the permission given by central government to the Karnataka government to go ahead with preparation of a detailed project report for Mekedatu balancing reservoir cum drinking water project across the inter-state Cauvery river.

The high court had passed the restraining order after Ramdev claimed that the book had defamatory content. The apex court listed the matter for further hearing in the first week of February next year. "We will issue notice to Respondent 1 (Ramdev)," a bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said. The publisher, Juggernaut Books, approached the apex court challenging the high court's September 29 judgement.

Due to rising violence against Rohingya in Myanmar, thousands of them entered India and Bangladesh to seek refuge. Around 40,000 Rohingya refugees reside in India after having fled persecution in Myanmar, out of which 16,000 are registered with the United Nation refugee agency.

The Army's Northern Command chief Lt Gen Ranbir Singh reviewed the security situation in Kashmir and was briefed about the recent anti-militancy operations in the valley, a defence spokesman said Friday. ​​

Army chief Bipin Rawat on Friday said that if Pakistan wants to "stay together with India, then it has to develop itself as a secular state." He added that terror and talks cannot go together. The Army chief's comments came a day after Pak PM Imran Khan on Thursday said he was ready to hold talks with PM Narendra Modi.

"I arrived here just a few hours ago after travelling over 15,000 kilometers in more than 24 hours. And because of your love and enthusiasm, I did not feel at all that I am outside India," the prime minister said in Hindi.

PM Narendra Modi and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed ways to further boost economic, cultural and energy ties. The two sides also held discussions on enhancing investment in technology, renewable energy and food security.

In a strong rebuttal of the government's back data on GDP, Congress on Thursday recommended winding up the Niti Aayog because it had "proved itself to be an utterly worthless body".

Realising that projects like roads, railways and powers lines are proving detrimental for tigers, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has directed all chief wildlife wardens (CWLWs) in tiger-ranging states to strongly comply with existing statutory provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act. The circular was issued on Wednesday.

The information and broadcasting ministry flouted its own order banning broadcast of PTV (Pakistan) in India and relayed PTV visuals during live telecast of the Kartarpur Sahib programme on November 28. The ground-breaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor on the Pakistan side was telecast live on Doordarshan.

Pakistan's decision to agree to a Kartarpur corridor was likely driven by a desire to emerge from its current state of isolation as well as a calculation that the initiative could provide an opportunity to radicalise or indoctrinate Indian pilgrims who visit the shrine.

There is a weird rumour that Emmy-winner Claire Foy, of The Crown fame, knows all the words to The Sugarhill Gang's 1979 classic "Rapper's Delight." The fact that Foy is a fan of early rap is fun enough, but Jimmy Fallon couldn't let the actress leave her Thursday appearance on The Tonight Show without spitting out a few bars. While deeply embarrassed about being put on the spot, Foy went ahead and yes, she nailed it. Read more... More about Entertainment , The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , Claire Foy , Entertainment , and Celebrities from Mashable https://ift.tt/2E5g2Fh

Never underestimate the power of a group of passionate, angry young people. Thousands of young Australian students ditched their classrooms on Friday protesting their government's lack of action on climate change. SEE ALSO: The most damning conclusions from the UN's special climate change report Inspired by Greta Thunberg , a 15-year-old Swedish student who led her own climate change strike outside Swedish parliament, the national School Strike 4 Climate Action was organised through Facebook in capital cities like Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth, and in regional towns.   Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison implored students earlier in the week to remain in class rather than protest over climate change.  Read more... More about Politics , Australia , Climate Change , Students , and Social Good from Mashable https://ift.tt/2rbhGNb

Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has been accused of being directly involved in the company's (once) covert investigation into billionaire George Soros. As reported by the New York Times , Sandberg allegedly asked communications staff at Facebook to research Soros' financial interests. SEE ALSO: Embarrassing PDF fail reveals Facebook considered selling access to data The accusation comes from three people who are familiar with the emailed request from Sandberg, which was reportedly sent shortly after Soros' attack on Facebook and Google.  Back in January, the billionaire philanthropist labelled the tech companies a "menace" in a speech to the World Economic Forum, calling for increased government regulation. Read more... More about Facebook , Sheryl Sandberg , Social Media Companies , George Soros , and Definers from Mashable https://ift.tt/2DS78tQ

Daredevil has seen its last season on Netflix. The streaming service is canceling the Marvel series, just over a month after the third season was released. SEE ALSO: 'Once Upon a Deadpool' trailer has a charity tie-in "Marvel’s Daredevil will not return for a fourth season on Netflix," the streaming service said in a statement to Deadline. "We are tremendously proud of the show’s last and final season and although it’s painful for the fans, we feel it best to close this chapter on a high note. "We’re thankful to our partners at Marvel, showrunner Erik Oleson, the show’s writers, stellar crew and incredible cast including Charlie Cox as Daredevil himself, and we’re grateful to the fans who have supported the show over the years." Read more... More about Entertainment , Tv , Netflix , Disney , and Daredevil from Mashable https://ift.tt/2DRXozJ

For the past few days, the internet admired the size of Knickers , the massive Australian cow (or technically a steer) who towers over his brethren. At six feet, three inches tall and weighing 1.4 tonnes, or roughly 3,086 pounds, Knickers is a behemoth who is difficult to match. But now a challenger has entered the ring.  SEE ALSO: The big cow has inspired a lot of hope and joy A steer called Dozer in Manitoba, Canada, measures six feet, five inches tall, just eclipsing Knickers' height. As reported by CBC , Dozer came to an animal sanctuary called Kismet Creek Farm, which is run by Karl Schoenrock and his wife Raelle. They saw Knickers making waves on the internet, and decided to see how their Dozer measured up. Read more... More about Animals , Canada , Culture , Cows , and Culture from Mashable https://ift.tt/2zuxLBZ

Well that certainly backfired.  Professional boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled are on the receiving end of substantial fines today. The SEC announced the two would-be cryptocurrency influencers failed to disclose that their support for shady initial coin offerings was in fact bought and paid for. Much like a low-level Instagram influencer shilling some awful skincare product, Mayweather and Khaled allegedly secretly accepted cash to promote various shady ICOs on social media.  According to the SEC press release , Mayweather pumped three different ICOs while DJ Khaled kept it to just one. How atypically thoughtful of Khaled, a man not otherwise known to be so .  Read more... More about Dj Khaled , Sec , Cryptocurrency , Ico , and Floyd Mayweather from Mashable https://ift.tt/2E4ioEj

It turns out Facebook did at one point consider selling its users' data. We now know this not because Facebook executives had a sudden urge for transparency, but because of a bungled PDF that wasn't properly redacted. SEE ALSO: Mark Zuckerberg believes Facebook is at 'war,' report says That error, which was reported by ArsTechnica, resulted in a number of email exchanges among Facebook employees being unintentionally made public. The court documents, which stem from a 2015 lawsuit against Facebook by a developer called Six4Three, are currently at the center of an inquiry by UK government officials into Facebook's data privacy practices.  Read more... More about Tech , Facebook , Social Media Companies , Tech , and Social Media Companies from Mashable https://ift.tt/2QtrC2P

Twitter is facing the unforeseen consequence of banning a right-wing troll from its platform. Laura Loomer, a known conspiracy theorist ,  handcuffed herself to the front door of Twitter’s New York headquarters on Thursday. The stunt was in protest of her ban from the platform last week. Once handcuffed to the company's doors, Loomer used a supporter's Periscope account to broadcast her protest online. She then shouted unsubstantiated claims about the suppression of conservative viewpoints on Twitter using a megaphone. laura loomer has handcuffed herself to the front door of Twitter HQ in protest of her ban and she's livestreaming it https://t.co/VcwJuxoZ3I — Matt Binder (@MattBinder) November 29, 2018 Read more... More about Twitter , Right Wing , Conservative , Conspiracy Theorist , and Alt Right from Mashable https://ift.tt/2FOFgcO

NASA has big plans to go back to the moon, and it wants private companies to help them get there. On Thursday, NASA announced partnerships with nine companies that could fly small payloads to the lunar surface through contracts with the American space agency sometime in the relatively near future.  NASA plans to award about $2.6 billion over the course of 10 years that the companies can compete for. The nine companies are:  Astrobotic Technology Deep Space Systems Draper Firefly Aerospace Intuitive Machines Lockheed Martin Space Masten Space Systems Moon Express Orbit Beyonds “The innovation of America’s aerospace companies, wedded with our big goals in science and human exploration, are going to help us achieve amazing things on the Moon and feed forward to Mars," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement . Read more... More about Space , Nasa , Science , Mars , and Moon from Mashable https://ift.tt/2SiXYe4

Far-right personality Laura Loomer, who was banned from Twitter last week for an Islamophobic tweet about Minnesota representative-elect Ilhan Omar, has handcuffed herself to a door at Twitter's NYC headquarters in protest. This incredible Mad Lib came to pass Thursday afternoon, when Loomer, armed with flyers and a sign with her own tweet printed on it, staged a protest outside the office. (She only handcuffed herself to one door , ostensibly to avoid a fire hazard. Thoughtful!) Since Loomer's protest began, she has lost her sign, gotten her sign back, lost her megaphone, yelled a lot, and claimed that she no longer has the key to her handcuffs. Read more... More about Twitter , Memes , Social Media , Laura Loomer , and Culture from Mashable https://ift.tt/2SmEZPN