German police raid homes of suspects planning to kill leftist politicians

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Houston News Station KHOU 11 Evacuates On Live TV As Harvey Floods Studio

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Houston News Station KHOU 11 Evacuates On Live TV As Harvey Floods Studio

News station KHOU 11 was forced to evacuate on Sunday as flood waters from Hurricane Harvey entered the building’s first floor.

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Security high before Indian court sentences guru for rapes

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Legendary 'Game Of Thrones' Theory Finally Goes Down On Season 7 Finale

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Legendary 'Game Of Thrones' Theory Finally Goes Down On Season 7 Finale

Warning! Spoilers below for “Game of Thrones” Season 7! Like the saying goes, what goes up, must come down in a hail of ice dragon fire.

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Pain, anger, frustration at Charlottesville town hall

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Charlottesville residents told city leaders at an emotional community meeting Sunday they were traumatized by a white nationalist rally and dissatisfied with the way officials handled the event and the violence that unfolded.

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Raqa children tormented by beheadings, bombs: charity

Children escaping Syria's Raqa have been "tormented" by years of living under jihadist rule culminating in a ferocious bombing campaign on the city, a charity said on Monday. It could take decades for young people from the Islamic State group's stronghold to overcome their psychological injuries, Save the Children warned. The NGO interviewed children and their families who escaped the war-torn city, where a US-backed assault is battling to defeat IS.

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Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi named to lead Uber: report

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Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi named to lead Uber: report

Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi has been chosen to replace ousted Travis Kalanick as the next CEO at Uber, The New York Times reported Sunday, as the ride-hailing giant looks to move past a rough patch. Khosrowshahi emerged as the leader among three finalists for the job during company board meetings over the weekend, the Times reported, citing two people familiar with the decision. Uber spokespeople were not immediately available for comment.

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AP PHOTOS: Palm oil kills orangutans in Indonesia peat swamp

TRIPA PEAT SWAMP, Indonesia (AP) — The Tripa peat forest has been called the orangutan capital of the world, but its great apes are under threat by palm oil plantations gobbling up thousands of acres of native vegetation to instead grow the trees that produce the most consumed vegetable oil on the planet.

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Asahd Khaled In A Custom Gucci Suit Is Too Cute For Words

Asahd Khaled is definitely a contender for best dressed at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards.

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Five climbers killed, one injured in Austrian mountain accident

Five climbers were killed and one seriously injured after a mountain accident on Sunday in the Austrian state of Salzburg, the Austrian Press Agency reported. The tragedy involved a group of climbers in the so-called Mannlkarscharte, a gap in the mountains southwest of Salzburg at about 3,000 meters (10,000 ft) above sea level. The accident was observed by another group of climbers.

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Lebanon finds suspected remains of troops held by IS

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Lebanon finds suspected remains of troops held by IS

Lebanese authorities Sunday located the remains of eight people they believe to be soldiers kidnapped three years ago by the Islamic State group along the restive eastern border with Syria. The announcement came hours after the army declared a pause in its nine-day assault on IS in exchange for information on the missing soldiers. Head of the General Security agency Major General Abbas Ibrahim said IS fighters who had surrendered led his agency and the Lebanese army to the remains.

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As Tropical Storm Harvey rages in Texas, Trump drops hodgepodge of tweets

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As Tropical Storm Harvey rages in Texas, Trump drops hodgepodge of tweets

President Trump took to Twitter Sunday to indicate he was monitoring Tropical Storm Harvey, but wedged between well wishes were off-topic missives.

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Five climbers killed, one injured in Austrian mountain accident

Five climbers were killed and one seriously injured after a mountain accident on Sunday in the Austrian state of Salzburg, the Austrian Press Agency reported. The tragedy involved a group of climbers in the so-called Mannlkarscharte, a gap in the mountains southwest of Salzburg at about 3,000 meters (10,000 ft) above sea level. The accident was observed by another group of climbers.

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Majority of people in France now dissatisfied with Macron: poll

By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - Most French voters are now dissatisfied with Emmanuel Macron's performance, a poll showed on Sunday, a dramatic decline for a president who basked in a landslide election victory less than four months ago. The poll, conducted by Ifop for newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD), showed Macron's "dissatisfaction rating" rising to 57 percent, from 43 percent in July. French government spokesman Christophe Castaner said the ruling party was going through a tricky time, but added that displeasing some people was a price worth paying if the government wanted to push through reforms.

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Smugglers' tunnel uncovered on US-Mexico border

Military authorities have uncovered a tunnel under the Mexico-US border that was used to smuggle migrants from the city of Tijuana to San Diego, California, the Mexican government said Sunday. The entrance on the Mexican side was inside a warehouse and the exit was just beyond the border fence in San Diego, officials said. Twenty-five migrants were picked up by the US Border Patrol as they emerged from the passageway, a Mexican state police official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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After Charlottesville, Tillerson says Trump 'speaks for himself'

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After Charlottesville, Tillerson says Trump 'speaks for himself'

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declined to say Sunday whether President Trump’s values align with the United States’ values, instead maintaining that Trump “speaks for himself.”

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'Harvey The Hurricane Hawk' Hunkers Down With Cabbie During Storm

Houston driver William Bruso said he was stocking up on supplies on Friday ahead of Hurricane Harvey when he returned to find the bird sitting on his passenger seat. “He’s been free to go, any time now, but they’re going to take him,” Bruso said as a woman with TWRC retrieved Harvey.

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8 mountain climbers die in 3 different accidents in Alps

BERLIN (AP) — Eight mountain climbers have died in three different accidents this weekend in the Austrian and Italian Alps.

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Indian guru faces up to life in prison in rape case

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Indian guru faces up to life in prison in rape case

NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of supporters of an Indian quasi-religious sect leader left his headquarters in northern India on Sunday as authorities relaxed a curfew a day ahead of his sentencing for rape.

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Second storm hits Hong Kong and Macau amid typhoon recovery

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Second storm hits Hong Kong and Macau amid typhoon recovery

A powerful storm lashed Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday, just days after a punishing typhoon swept through the region and claimed at least 18 lives. Both cities raised a Typhoon 8 signal -- the third-highest warning level -- early Sunday as severe tropical storm "Pakhar" made landfall in the region, where emergency workers were still battling to repair Wednesday's damage. A total of 206 flights were cancelled and another 471 delayed because of the latest storm, while 44 flights had to divert, Hong Kong's Airport Authority said.

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Floyd Mayweather Defeats Conor McGregor By Technical Knockout In Tenth Round

LAS VEGAS, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Floyd Mayweather beat Irishman Conor McGregor by way of technical knockout in the 10th round of their much-hyped megafight on Saturday to keep his perfect record intact.

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Video Shows Man Shooting At Crowd During Charlottesville Rally, With No Police Response

A man attending the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month fired his gun in the direction of a black counterprotester who was holding a torch, and police in their vicinity did not seem to respond.

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AP PHOTOS: Palm oil kills orangutans in Indonesia peat swamp

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AP PHOTOS: Palm oil kills orangutans in Indonesia peat swamp

TRIPA PEAT SWAMP, Indonesia (AP) — It's been called the orangutan capital of the world, but the great apes in Indonesia's Tripa peat forest on the island of Sumatra are under threat by palm oil plantations that have gobbled up thousands of acres of land to make room for trees that produce the most consumed vegetable oil on the planet.

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30 Detainees Suspected Of Using Underground Tunnel To Illegally Enter U.S.

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30 Detainees Suspected Of Using Underground Tunnel To Illegally Enter U.S.

Border Patrol agents detained 30 undocumented immigrants Saturday in San Diego County on suspicion of illegally entering the country using a hidden underground tunnel.

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Protesters turn out in San Francisco despite canceled 'alt-right' rally

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Protesters turn out in San Francisco despite canceled 'alt-right' rally

Counter protesters gathered in San Francisco despite the cancellation of a free-speech rally that city leaders feared could draw right-wing extremists.

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Father Allegedly Kills Teen Daughter and Wife in Murder-Suicide in Wealthy New York Suburb

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Father Allegedly Kills Teen Daughter and Wife in Murder-Suicide in Wealthy New York Suburb

New York State police are calling the death of three family members in Westchester County an apparent double-murder suicide, according to an official statement

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Iranians up in arms as Apple removes top apps

Iranians were joined by two ministers Saturday in protesting after Apple removed popular apps from its store, a move the American company says was made to comply with US sanctions. "Today, respecting consumers' rights is a basic principle which Apple has not followed," Information and Communication Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi tweeted, promising to "legally pursue" the case. Jahromi said later Saturday on Instagram that he and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif were working together to address the issue.

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Wealthy Businessman Murders Wife and Teen Daughter Before Killing Himself

He reportedly gunned them down.

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Phoenix Newspaper Tears Into Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio In Brutal Twitter Thread

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Phoenix Newspaper Tears Into Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio In Brutal Twitter Thread

A Phoenix weekly is taking the opportunity to remind people exactly who President Donald Trump just pardoned. Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who called himself as “American’s toughest sheriff,” was convicted of criminal contempt in July after violating a 2011 court order in a racial profiling case. Arpaio and his office had been ordered not to detain people solely because they thought they might be in the country illegally.

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(FOTOS) Harvey desata toda su furia contra Texas

El huracán Harvey se degradó a categoría 1 sobre Texas después de que sus vientos perdiesen de nuevo parte de su intensidad y soplen ahora a 155 kilómetros por hora, aunque su mayor peligro son las “inundaciones catastróficas”.

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10 facial oils for every type of skin

After a whirlwind summer, it's time to give your skin a refresh.

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Live updates: Hurricane Harvey inundates Texas coast

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Live updates: Hurricane Harvey inundates Texas coast

“Catastrophic” rain is forecast as Hurricane Harvey meanders southeast Texas. Harvey, the strongest U.S. hurricane in more than a decade, made landfall late Friday as a Category 4 storm. Yahoo News will offer live updates here through the weekend on the storm’s path, its impact and the emergency response.

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Buckingham Palace knifeman had 4ft sword and shouted 'Allahu Akbar', police reveal

A suspect deliberately drove a car at police outside Buckingham Palace and then "reached for a 4ft sword", the Metropolitan Police have said. Three officers were injured after tackling a man who drove a blue Toyota Prius at a marked police vehicle on Friday night. Heavy police presence outside Buckingham Palace on Friday evening Credit: Twitter Commander Dean Haydon, of the Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism branch, said: "Uniformed officers then confronted the driver of the vehicle and during that confrontation the driver reached for a four-foot sword that was in the passenger footwell. "CS gas was used as part of the arrest and during the struggle the individual repeatedly shouted the words Allahu Akbar." A 26-year-old man from the Luton area is in custody at a central London police station. In a message on Twitter, Prime Minister Theresa May said: "I want to thank the officers who acted quickly and bravely to protect the public last night, demonstrating the dedication and professionalism of our police." Buckingham Palace was in lockdown on Friday night after the 26-year-old man armed injured the police officers. The suspect was tackled by officers at the scene on the Mall and held on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault on police. Early on Saturday morning the Metropolitan Police said the suspect had been further arrested under the Terrorism Act. "The man, stopped his car near a police vehicle outside the Mall roundabout," a police statement said. "Officers at the Mall spotted a large knife in his vehicle and went to arrest him. During the course of detaining the man, two male police officers suffered minor injuries to their arm." The Buckingham Palace attacker "reached for a 4ft sword" before officers  arrested the 26-year-old man from Luton, the Met Police have said.  Two officers sustained minor injuries as they restrained the suspect and were treated in hospital. They were later discharged. No other people were injured. The suspect was taken to a London hospital for treatment of minor injuries before being moved to a central London police station for questioning. Police said the man was arrested at the top of the Mall, close to the palace gates, in possession of a knife at around 8.35pm. The Queen was not in residence at the time of the security scare. She is at Balmoral Castle in Scotland and other senior members of the Royal family are also on holiday. It is understood that no members of the Royal family were in Buckingham Palace at the time. Buckingham Palace on Saturday morning Credit: Paul Grover for the Telegraph A Buckingham Palace spokesman said it did not comment on security issues. Witnesses said the man was removed from a car, having apparently driven his vehicle towards them. "We turned up and there was one police van and one car, there was also a civilian's car that had veered towards the police car," said Kiana Williamson. "They were trying to get the man out of the car, shouting, more police were arriving on to the scene and the man was fighting back. "I saw one injured policeman with an injury to his arm although it didn't look severe." The area was surrounded immediately by armed police and other security services and tourists were ushered away from the area. There were unconfirmed reports on social media that the man was carrying a sword or machete. Officers are on scene at the Mall o/s Buckingham Palace. A man has been arrested on suspicion of GBH and assault on police— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) August 25, 2017 Leonardi Paoli, wrote on Twitter: “Buckingham Palace in lockdown. Man with a sword attacked an officer.” He claimed that he had overheard police talking about a “sword attack”, although police would only confirm that the man had a knife. The police response to the incident was rapid, and the area was soon secured by dozens of officers and police vehicles. “Stuck outside Buckingham Palace with many armed police officers. Heavy rifles on display traffic at a halt,” said Amir Jan Malik.  The Buckingham Gate and Wellington Arch entrances to the palace were sealed off last night and several pairs of armed officers were seen stationed at checkpoints around the palace. Birdcage Walk and The Mall - the roads running around St James's Park - were closed. Buckingham Palace on Saturday morning Credit: Paul Grover for the Telegraph Europe is on high alert following a spate of recent terror attacks. A terror cell launched an attack on Barcelona's famed Las Ramblas street last Wednesday, and at a nearby seaside town, leaving 14 people dead. Last night in Brussels, a man armed with a machete attacked a group of soldiers. He has shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack, officials said. He was shot dead at the scene, while the two soldiers were not seriously injured. Belgian officials said they had "neutralised" the man and that the "situation is under control". There have been several terror attacks in Britain this year alone. In March, a terrorist drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing four people. Khalid Masood then ran into the grounds of the Palace of westminster, where he fatally stabbed an unarmed police officer. He was shot dead by an armed officer. A concert by pop star Ariana Grande in Manchester was attacked by a terrorist in May. Suicide bomber, Salman Ramadan Abedi, detonated a shrapnel-laden homemade bomb at the entrance to the concert, leaving 23 adults and children dead and 250 injured. In June, three terrorists in a van drove into pedestrians on London Bridge. They then ran to Borough Market, where they stabbed people enjoying their evening out. In total eight people were killed. The three terrorists were shot dead by police. Buckingham palace in lockdown. Man with a sword attacker an officer. #londonattackpic.twitter.com/N8N0bBre4F— Leonardo Paoli (@leonardo_paoli) August 25, 2017   10:18PM Suspect was 'wrestled from a car', PA reports One witness described seeing the man wrestled from a car by police having apparently driven his vehicle towards them. Kiana Williamson told the Press Association: "We turned up and there was one police van and one car, there was also a civilian's car that had veered towards the police car. "They were trying to get the man out of the car, shouting, more police were arriving on to the scene and the man was fighting back. "I saw one injured policeman with an injury to his arm although it didn't look severe. "He was being tended to by another officer. "The man had been restrained and looked almost unconscious by the side of the road. "I didn't see the car driving but the car had been left at the side of the road and an eye witness had said that he had driven towards the police car." The whole encounter lasted around one minute, she added. 9:25PM Two officers injured Two police officers suffered minor injuries during the course of detaining the man— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) August 25, 2017   9:24PM Man arrested on suspicion of GBH Officers are on scene at the Mall o/s Buckingham Palace. A man has been arrested on suspicion of GBH and assault on police— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) August 25, 2017   9:18PM There is a heavy police presence outside the palace Something is going on outside #buckinghampalace so many police arriving pic.twitter.com/eYJEsXcK8F— Kiana Williamson (@kianaelisewills) August 25, 2017  

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Jesse Jackson: NFL Owners 'Have Colluded' To Stop Colin Kaepernick From Playing

Reverend Jesse Jackson hit out at NFL owners on Friday night’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

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India detains hundreds, cancels more than 300 trains after deadly 'godman' protests

By Cathal McNaughton PANCHKULA, India (Reuters) - Indian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and canceled more than 300 trains passing through two northern states after at least 29 people were killed in violent protests following the conviction of a self-styled 'godman'. Security forces were on "standby" outside the spiritual leader's headquarters where some 10,000 followers remained holed up, the Director General of Police in Haryana state, Baljit Singh Sandhu, told India Today news station. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the head of a social welfare and spiritual group with a wide following in Punjab and Haryana states, was found guilty on Friday of raping two followers in a case dating back to 2002 at the headquarters of his Dera Sacha Sauda group in the northern town of Sirsa.

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More than a thousand turn Philippine funeral to protest against war on drugs

By Erik De Castro and Andrew R.C. Marshall MANILA (Reuters) - More than a thousand people attended a funeral procession on Saturday for a Philippine teenager slain by police last week, turning the march into one of the biggest protests yet against President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs. The death of Kian Loyd delos Santos has drawn widespread attention to allegations that police have been systematically executing suspected users and dealers - a charge the authorities deny. Nuns, priests and hundreds of children, chanting "justice for Kian, justice for all" joined the funeral cortege as it made its way from a church to the cemetery where the 17-year-old was buried.

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Gaza boy swimmer death puts spotlight on pollution crisis

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Live updates: Hurricane Harvey comes ashore in Texas

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Live updates: Hurricane Harvey comes ashore in Texas

Texas residents are fleeing inland as Hurricane Harvey takes aim at the Gulf Coast. Harvey is expected to be the most severe hurricane to make landfall in the United States since the 2005 devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. A dramatic storm surge is predicted to cause extensive flooding across the region. It will also mark the first time President Trump will be tasked with handling a natural disaster emergency response. Yahoo News will offer live updates here through the weekend on the storm’s path, its impact and the emergency response.

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2 may face kidnapping charges after newborn baby found

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Two people could face kidnapping charges after police found the newborn baby of a missing Fargo woman with a person who is a suspect in her disappearance, authorities said Friday.

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How a Snake-Eating Hawk Started a Huge Montana Wildfire

The charred remains of the bird clutching its prey helped firefighters explain what went down.

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Machete-wielding man shot dead in Brussels terror attack after attacking soldiers

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Machete-wielding man shot dead in Brussels terror attack after attacking soldiers

A knife-wielding man was shot dead on Friday after wounding a soldier in Brussels, in what authorities called a "terrorist attack". The man, who prosecutors said yelled 'Allahu akbar' (God is greatest) during the violence, was shot by soldiers on a street in the city centre. "We believe that it is a terrorist attack," said a prosecutors' office spokeswoman, who added the attacker "is dead." The incident comes after attacks claimed by the Islamic State group in Spain last week killed 15 people and a knifeman's stabbing spree in Finland left two dead and eight wounded. One of the two soldiers targeted was "slightly" wounded, according to federal prosecutors, who have opened a terror probe of that attack launched around 8:00 pm (1800 GMT). The mayor of Brussels, Philippe Close, told reporters the incident was the work of a "lone individual". Soldiers have been deployed at railway stations and landmark buildings since the Paris terror attacks in 2015, when a link to Brussels was first established. Freddie Martyn, 25, told the Telegraph: "Just picked up my brother from the train station. We saw two to three ambulances, three army dogs, 10 police officers and the same amount of soldiers.  "Apparently a guy with a machete attacked one soldier and apparently it all went very quickly. They thought he had a bomb on him. They fired two shots directly at him and took him out." Birdseye view from my and @tdasilvarosa 's flat - man attacked soldier with machete #attack#brussels at least one man in critical condition pic.twitter.com/jNr4aO2ESF— Freddie Martyn (@FreddieMartyn) August 25, 2017 Mr Martyn was also in Brussels for the bombing in the metro station. "I got to work five minutes before the bombing at Maelbeek station. "I feel a bit scared by all of this but sadly I am getting  quite used to it." The Belgian capital has been on high alert since suicide bombers struck Zavantem Airport and the Maalbeek metro station near the EU quarter in March 2016, killing 32 people and injuring hundreds more. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks, which were carried out by the same Brussels-based cell behind the November 2015 suicide bombings and shootings in Paris which left 130 dead. Belgian authorities heaved a sigh of relief in June when a man who tried to bomb a Brussels train station was shot dead by a soldier. Belgian authorities identified the man in that incident as a 36-year-old Moroccan national with the initials O.Z., while local media named him as Oussama Zariouh. No one was injured in the foiled attack at Brussels Central station but officials said the consequences could have been severe had the bomb, full of nails and gas canisters, detonated properly. The man shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) during the attack and prosecutors said he had sympathies for IS. Police found explosive materials in a raid on the home of the suspect in Molenbeek, a Brussels district which has been linked to recent deadly terror plots in France and Belgium. Belgian soldiers and police have repeatedly been the target of attacks in recent months.

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Man arrested after knife attack outside Buckingham Palace

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Man arrested after knife attack outside Buckingham Palace

A man was arrested on Friday after attacking police with a knife outside Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace residence in London, police said. The attacker, believed to be aged in his early twenties, stopped his car near a police vehicle outside the world famous palace at around 8.35pm (1935 GMT), according to a Metropolitan Police statement. The officers required hospital treatment, according to police, who said it was too early to say whether the attack was an act of terrorism.

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Giant marijuana bundle launched over US-Mexico border fence

PHOENIX (AP) — Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona have seized a nearly 100-pound (45 kilogram) bundle of marijuana after spotting it flying over the border fence.

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Deputy, trooper cleared in North Carolina highway shooting

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A woman fatally shot by law enforcement officers along an interstate highway fired on them first after ignoring commands to drop her gun, videos released Friday by a prosecutor show. The deputy and state trooper have been cleared of wrongdoing.

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Saudi cleric condemns inter-Muslim conflict ahead of pilgrimage

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The Latest: Madrid imam condemns attacks in Catalonia

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