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Howard Dean: Republicans will 'have a terrible time because they’re getting older and whiter'

Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean was pleased with the party’s performance in last week’s midterm elections — and not just because it regained control of the House.

Trevor Noah Provides 'Presidential Harassment' Training For House Democrats

With Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives, Trevor Noah

Yahoo News Explains: Is the Vatican doing enough to address sexual abuse in the church?

The Vatican halted a plan by U.S. bishops to address the age-old sexual abuse issues plaguing the Roman Catholic Church.

Fast food manager attacked by woman over ketchup

Police say they are searching for a McDonald's customer caught on surveillance video attacking two employees last month at a restaurant in Santa Ana, California.

Wisconsin company gives employees handguns for Christmas: 'The perfect gift'

A Wisconsin family-owned company decided to forgo traditional cash bonuses

Northern California Fire Victims Are Suing The Power Company

Northern California's Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has once again found itself

Brexit protests outside Downing Street as UK ministers debate deal

Brexit supporters and opponents rallied near Prime Minister Theresa May's Downing Street office on Wednesday as her cabinet debated the draft divorce deal inside. Pro-Brexit campaigners urged her to scrap the tentative agreement and make a clean break with European Union without paying a penny more into the EU budget. Around 100 demonstrators gathered opposite the Downing Street entrance gates, chanting "Theresa May, don't betray!" and "What do we want?

Morning Brief: The top news and buzzy moments you need to know

Welcome to the Morning Brief where we give you a rundown of everything you may

Sen. John Kennedy To Trump: 'Tweeting A Little Less Would Not Cause Brain Damage'

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) dodged questions on CNN's "New Day" about whether

Marco Rubio's Biblical Criticism Of Florida Election Recounts Goes Awry

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) went full Old Testament on Wednesday with his latest

The Latest: Post urges independent probe in columnist slay

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The latest on developments following the Oct. 2 killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul (all times local):

Watch California's powerful, relentless winds stoke the state's fires

It's the time of year when winds really kick up in California, and firefighters on Tuesday night captured footage of relentless gusts driving a new blaze over the parched terrain.  Firefighters in San Bernardino County — an arid region east of Los Angeles — spent the night combatting the newly-born Sierra Fire amid potent seasonal winds, known as Santa Anas. Though this particular fire (147 acres and well-contained), is quite small compared to the expansive Camp and Woolsey fires, it shows how persistent 50 mph gusts can whip fire over the land — land that has been parched by a confluence of dry winds and a long, scorching summer.  #SierraFire: Footage from earlier this evening. In #SantaAnaWinds, Dozers can often engage where it’s too dangerous for handcrews. A decisive force multiplier in tonight’s firefight. ^eas pic.twitter.com/gtqmJB5pk6 — SB County Fire (@SBCOUNTYFIRE) November 14, 2018 In the video, a bulldozer, which had been clearing vegetation to limit the spread of fire into an adjacent community, can be seen working while the winds blow smoke through the air and stoke brush fires in the background. Santa Ana winds are notorious for stoking fall fires in California. These dry winds, traveling east from the great U.S. deserts, pick up in the fall and eventually peak in December, Sasha Gershunov, a research meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said in an interview.  But typically by mid-November — and certainly December — some rains will wet the dry California vegetation.  The winds will always blow, but these days they're increasingly gusting over dried-out terrain. This makes for perfect fire conditions.  SEE ALSO: When will this terrible wildfire season in California end? "Now we’re in our traditional fire season, but the fuels are untraditionally dry this late into the season," said Gershunov. "This seems to be getting more common as the climate changes," he added. Some of the most destructive, deadliest wildfires occur in Southern California, a place not defined by pine forests, but shrubs and grasslands.  Here, a confluence of Santa Ana winds, development in fire-prone areas, and climate change have boosted the state's growing wildfire woes. Overall, the amount of land burned in the United States has more than doubled over the last 30 years, and predictably, these fires have been enhanced by a warming globe. WATCH: Ever wonder how the universe might end?

Macron in Morocco for opening of high-speed railway

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Morocco on Thursday to take part in the inauguration of a high-speed railway line that boasts the fastest journey times in Africa or the Arab world. The French leader, who was invited by King Mohammed VI, will attend a grand ceremony at Tangiers' newly renovated train station, with heavy security measures put in place. Macron will travel with the monarch on the high-speed train from Tangiers, a major port linking Africa and Europe, to the capital Rabat.

Best Bites: Traditional Thanksgiving cranberry brie tart with pancetta

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Death Toll Rises To 56 In Northern California Camp Fire, Deadliest In State History

At least 56 people have been killed in the devastating Camp fire in Northern

Lion Air: a deadly crash and a whole lot of questions for Boeing

Questions swirled Wednesday about how Boeing had failed to tell airlines and pilots about changes to an anti-stall system suspected in last month's fatal crash in Indonesia. Investigators are examining whether the system, which is meant to prevent aircraft from stalling, was tied to the crash of Lion Air Flight 610. The Boeing 737-MAX plunged into the Java Sea on October 29, killing all 189 people aboard.

Michelle Obama Says She And Barack Are 'Finding Each Other Again' In Post-White House Romance

Michelle Obama is getting candid about her relationship with her husband of

Top Senate Democrat: Trump should stay out of government funding

Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump should not interfere in lawmakers' negotiations if he wants a smooth government funding process. "We believe if President Trump stays out of the appropriations process, we can get good bipartisan agreement and government can move smoothly forward," Schumer told reporters. "As long as Trump doesn't interfere, we can move the government forward." On a separate legislative issue likely to be debated in the new Congress that convenes in January, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said there was widespread interest in doing an infrastructure investment bill.

Hillary Clinton Says Stacey Abrams Would Have Won Already 'If She Had A Fair Election'

Hillary Clinton believes Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia Stacey

Witness didn't hear officer order security guard to drop gun

CHICAGO (AP) — A security guard who was working at a suburban Chicago bar when a black co-worker was fatally shot by a white police officer said Wednesday that he never heard the officer order the other man to drop his gun.

California wildfires: Fears radioactive waste could be caught in destructive blaze

An organisation of physicians fear radioactive waste could become a major issue after southern California’s huge wildfire burned near a former nuclear test site. The organisation of Physicians for Social Responsibility said it was likely that smoke and ash from the fire spread radiological and chemical contamination that was in soil and vegetation near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. Regulators in California said initial testing found no elevated levels of radiation of hazardous compounds after the blaze near the site.

Mike Pence issues strongest US rebuke yet against Aung San Suu Kyi  over Rohingya crisis

Mike Pence, the US Vice President, confronted Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi  Wednesday over the "violence and persecution" of her country's  Rohingya Muslims.  Mr Pence, who was attending a Singapore summit in Donald Trump's place, became the most high ranking US official to confront Ms Suu Kyi over the crisis, telling her that America was "anxious to hear the progress" she was making on the crisis.   It came as Bangladesh appeared to quietly drop plans to repatriate some of  the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees following international condemnation of the policy. Bangladesh's refugee commissioner, Mohammad Abul Kalam, initially said the  country planned to return 150 refugees on Thursday despite aid agencies warning that their lives would be at "serious risk".  He said the process would involve Bangladesh handing the refugees, the first among a preliminary 2,260 currently in vast camps in southeastern Bangladesh, over to Myanmar at a transit point on the border between the two countries.  Suu Kyi, seated next to Pence, was stony-faced as he spoke Credit: ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/ REUTERS However the plans were dropped after it emerged none of the refugees on the repatriation list have so far volunteered to return to Burma.  More than 720,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya fled Burma after a military crackdown was launched in August last year, joining some 300,000 already in  Bangladesh.  The US has accused the military of ethnic cleansing against the country's  Rohingya, who are widely reviled in Buddhist-majority Burma.  The Burmese army has claimed its forces have carried out legitimate counterinsurgency operations in Rakhine state, but UN-mandated investigators claim it was a campaign of killings, rape and arson with  "genocidal intent".  "The violence and persecution by military and vigilantes that resulted in driving 700,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh is without excuse," Mr Pence told Ms Suu Kyi in public remarks at the Asia-Pacific summit in Singapore.  "I am anxious to hear the progress that you are making of holding those  accountable who are responsible for the violence that displaced so many  hundreds of thousands and created such suffering, including the loss of  life," he added.  Rohingya Muslim refugees wait for food aid at Thankhali refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district Credit:  MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/ AFP Mr Pence also pressed Ms Suu Kyi, Burma's de facto leader, to pardon two  Reuters journalists who were arrested last December while working on an investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim villagers.  Ms Suu Kyi, who sat stony-faced next to Mr Pence as he spoke, gave a curt  response, telling the Vice President there were "different points of view" on the crisis.  "In a way we can say that we understand our country better than any other country does and I'm sure you will say the same of yours, that you  understand your country better than anybody else," she added.  Once hailed as a champion in the fight for democracy, the 1991 Nobel Peace  Prize winner has been stripped of a series of international honours over the Rohingya exodus.  Plans for repatriation had caused widespread alarm among the Rohingya community in Bangladesh.  Bangladesh insists only those who volunteer will be returned, but UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned that many refugees are panicking at the prospect of being sent back against their will.  At a glance | Myanmar’s Rohingya people Many of those slated to be repatriated are reported to have gone into hiding within the camps at Cox's Bazar, the border district hosting a small refugee city perched on hillsides. At least one man attempted suicide after being told he was on a list of  refugees to be returned.  Rohingya community leaders said that an increase in the number of Bangladeshi soldiers at the camps in recent days was stoking anxiety.  "With an almost complete lack of accountability - indeed with ongoing  violations - returning Rohingya refugees to Myanmar at this point effectively means throwing them back into the cycle of human rights violations that this community has been suffering for decades," Ms Bachelet  said.  Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Bangladeshi and Burmese authorities to "immediately halt" their repatriation plans, saying it was a "reckless move which puts lives at risk". 

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Ford Model T survives California wildfires almost untouched

Ron Westbrook had to flee his home due to the Californian wildfires, but can find minor comfort in his Ford Model T surviving

Animals in the path of California wildfires

Local giraffe survives Woolsey fire.

British PM fights rebellion over Brexit deal

British Prime Minister Theresa May battled Friday to salvage a draft Brexit deal and her own political future. The Conservative leader said she believed with "every fibre of my being" in the Brexit course she had set, after facing a hostile parliament and seeing four ministers, including Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, quit the government. Members of parliament on all sides warned her there was no way the plan could win their approval, but she dismissed calls to quit, saying: "Am I going to see this through?

Fox News To File Amicus Brief In Support Of CNN's Jim Acosta Lawsuit

Fox News, which frequently provides favorable coverage of President Donald

'Progress is being made' against California's deadliest wildfire

The confirmed death toll from the Camp Fire stood at 48 as the footprint of the fire grew by 5,000 acres to 135,000 acres(55,000 hectares), even as diminished winds and rising humidity allowed firefighters to carve containment lines around more than a third of the perimeter. "Progress is being made," said Ken Pimlott, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) at a news conference flanked by Governor Jerry Brown, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and other officials. The escalating search for additional human remains in the fire zone is focused on what little is left of Paradise, California, in the Sierra foothills about 175 miles (280 km) north of San Francisco, which was mostly incinerated last Thursday.

Israeli Defense Minister Resigns, Threatening Government’s Survival

Avigdor Liberman, who has urged the government to strike a harsh blow against Gaza’s Hamas rulers, quit after the security cabinet on Tuesday agreed to a truce halting a two-day flareup in fighting. The cease-fire, and attempts to reach a long-term truce, are “a capitulation to terrorism,” Liberman said at a news conference.

What To Buy On Black Friday At Walmart

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are near, but that doesn't mean there aren't

Can Sneakers Made From Recycled Plastic Save Our Planet?

Recycled plastic has become the material du jour for the fashion industry.

'Start Here' podcast: First lady wants Mira Ricardel fired

Chief of Staff John Kelly is reportedly on the chopping block as well. ABC News' Brad Mielke reports.

X-ray images show tools Khashoggi killers brought to Istanbul, Turkish paper claims

The 15-strong Saudi kill team responsible for the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi carried luggage containing scissors, syringes and a stun gun, a pro-government Turkish paper has claimed. Sabah, a daily newspaper headquartered in Istanbul, published images on Tuesday purported to be airport X-ray scans of the team's bags as they left Istanbul for Riyadh on October 2, the day of Mr Khashoggi’s murder.  A number of tools and pieces of equipment can be seen, including walkie-talkies, a signal jammer and a pair of scissors.  The bags were loaded onto two private jets but police were not able to open them due to diplomatic immunity, according to the report. The paper, which is close to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is one of a number of outlets that has published a steady stream of leaks providing lurid details of Khashoggi’s death, a tactic seemingly designed to keep pressure on Riyadh and its allies. How the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi unfolded Mr Khashoggi, a regular contributor to the Washington Post, was killed in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate while attempting to secure paperwork that would allow him to remarry.  According to Istanbul’s chief prosecutor, he was strangled and his body dismembered soon after entering the building.  Saudi officials initially denied all involvement but in the face of mounting international outrage admitted that the columnist had been killed as part of a “rogue” operation. The X-ray images were published as the New York Times reported that in an audio recording of the killing, one of the team responsible can be heard instructing a superior to "tell your boss" after the murder takes place, a suspected reference to Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince.  Khashoggi was once close to the royal family but went into self-imposed exile last year and had since been critical of the Crown Prince in his writing. Mr Erdogan described the tape as a “calamity” this week and said it shocked even a Saudi intelligence officer who listened to it, according to local media. The Turkish president added that orders for the killing came from the highest levels of the kingdom.

Melania Trump Knows It’s Ironic That She Advocates Against Bullying

Melania Trump acknowledged the irony that she is advocating against bullying

Woman wears wedding gown after fiance dies in Lion Air crash

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian woman whose fiance died on a Lion Air flight that plunged into the sea was photographed in her wedding dress and professed her love for him on the day they were to have been married.

Florida Judge Cites 2000 to Stress Import of Close Votes

During a five-hour hearing in Tallahassee on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker was urged by a lawyer for Democratic Senator Bill Nelson to count an estimated 5,000 affected ballots, while a lawyer for the Florida Secretary of State said the suit was filed too late and the law must be respected. Nelson aims to overcome a razor-thin vote deficit in the recount for his U.S. Senate race with Republican Governor Rick Scott, one of the most closely watched in the U.S. The margin forced an automatic recount, which triggered a spate of separate lawsuits in state courts further south. Walker, whose musings during the hearing touched on slavery, the Civil War, women’s suffrage and the invasion of Iraq, ended the proceeding without ruling on Nelson’s request for a court order requiring that the recount include all mail-in ballots rejected over signatures.

US could lose in war with China or Russia, panel warns

The United States is facing a national security and military crisis and could lose in a war against Russia or China, a bipartisan congressional panel warned in a report Wednesday. Congress had tasked the National Defense Strategy Commission to look at President Donald Trump's sweeping National Defense Strategy (NDS), which highlights a new era of "Great Power competition" with Moscow and Beijing.

Facebook Executive Sheryl Sandberg Calls Explosive NYT Report 'Simply Untrue'

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg weighed in on the recent

Death Toll Rises To 63 In Northern California Camp Fire, 631 Now Unaccounted For

The death toll in Northern California's Camp fire rose once again on Thursday

Photos: Pets, owners reunited following deadly and destructive Camp Fire

The Camp Fire, the most deadly and destructive wildfire in California history, has destroyed hundreds of homes, put hundreds of lives at risk and separated pets from their owners.

Stormy Daniels’ Attorney Michael Avenatti Arrested After Domestic Violence Allegations

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represents adult film star Stormy Daniels,

The Latest: EU Parliament member hails draft Brexit deal

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Brexit negotiations (all times local):

U.S. safety board holds hearing on fatal Southwest engine explosion

Dallas-based Southwest has been under scrutiny since an engine on a flight headed from New York to Dallas blew apart in mid-air over Pennsylvania, shattering a plane window, flinging shrapnel and killing passenger Jennifer Riordan, one of 149 people aboard. The hearing in Washington turned to a detailed summary of the engine failure on flight 1380, including details of the fan blade design and development history of the engine type that failed, a CFM56-7B made by CFM International, a transatlantic joint-venture between General Electric Co and France's Safran SA . The hearing also focused on engine fan blade inspection methods.

Kasich: Midterm turnout suggests opening for independent bid

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Thursday while he remains undecided about another presidential run, the midterm election results could suggest a greater opening for an independent or third-party candidate.