- PoliticsYahoo NewsTrump’s ‘very famous doctor’ speaks: 8 bizarre quotes from Dr. Harold Bornstein
Bornstein’s profile exploded, in part because he shared his patient’s penchant for excessive verbiage (his letter also paid homage to Trump’s “astonishingly excellent” lab test results and “extraordinary” strength and stamina) and his kooky appearance: shoulder-length hair, round tortoise-shell glasses and a rotation of black turtlenecks that would put most beatniks to shame. In a new interview with STAT News — his first since the election — Bornstein lived up to his eccentric reputation, sounding off on everything from the virility of the president-elect to the fate that awaits his interviewer. “If something happens to him [Trump], then it happens to him.
- BusinessThe DriveFeds Investigating 1 Million Fiat Chrysler Vehicles for Potential Rollaway Threat
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration is investigating roughly one million late-model trucks and SUVs built by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles over reports that the vehicles may be prone to rolling away after being parked, Automotive News is reporting. The investigation reportedly covers 2014-2016 model year Dodge Durangos and 2013-2016 model year Ram 1500 pickup trucks. FCA said it is cooperating with the federal authorities, according to AN.
- NewsInside EditionCops ID Man They Say Stole Pot of Gold Worth $1.6M From Armored Truck in Daring Heist
Police have identified the man they believe made off with a pot of gold from an armored truck parked on a busy New York City street in broad daylight, and are now appealing to the public to help track down the thief. Surveillance footage caught Julio Nivelo, 53, allegedly grabbing an 86-pound bucket of gold flakes valued at $1.6 million from the back of an armored truck parked on West 48th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in midtown Manhattan about 4:30 p.m. on September 29, police said.
- BusinessThe DriveThe Porsche 911 Turbo S Is the Powered Exoskeleton Drivers Need Now
You’re at the wheel of the 2017 Porsche 911 Turbo S. A few laps around a racetrack and there it is: the feeling that Porsche engineers, with all their actuators and algorithms, have been edging us closer and closer to machinery that’s less a car than a man-machine interface. A devastating performer with the numbers to match: Zero to 60 in under three seconds, standing quarter-mile in just over 10 seconds, and a lap around the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7:18, as Porsche estimated earlier this year (when Nürburgring officials barred unrestricted laps). Porsche Turbos have always been sexy in the way a 14-cylinder, 100,000-hp Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C diesel engine is.
- WorldAssociated PressTurkey and Russia probe slaying of envoy in Ankara gallery
Investigators from Turkey and Russia hunted for clues Tuesday in the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in Ankara. A team of 18 Russian investigators and foreign ministry officials arrived in Turkey and began inspecting the art gallery where the shooting of Andrei Karlov took place. Central to the joint Turkish-Russian investigation is whether Mevlut Mert Altintas, a member of Ankara's riot police squad, planned the attack alone.
- NewsMashablePagan priest finally allowed to wear goat horns in license photo
According to the Associated Press, though MoonSong learned his photo was initially rejected in November, his request has since been accepted. MoonSong told the Bangor Daily News that during his initial visit to the DMV, he told an employee that he is an ordained Pagan minister.
- WorldPopular MechanicsIs North Korea's Nuclear Missile Sub Ready to Set Sail?
North Korea's nuclear ballistic missile submarine may be prepared to head out to sea. The deployment of the submarine would make the country's nuclear weapons more difficult to track while theoretically extending their range, possibly as far as the United States and beyond. According to longtime North Korea watcher Joseph Bermudez at 38North, satellite imagery (above) provides circumstantial evidence that the submarine and the floating barge used to test missiles have both recently gone to sea.
- NewsInternational Business TimesBogoslof Volcano Briefly Erupts, Forming Ash Cloud
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) issued its highest level of alert for aviation after reports surfaced about a brief eruption of Bogoslof volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The volcano erupted Tuesday forming an ash cloud that rose to 34,000 feet, pilots reported. While only 4,300 people live within 62 miles of the volcano, there is a lot of air traffic that crosses the Aleutian Islands — a chain of volcanic islands in the Bering Sea, belonging to both the U.S. and Russia. The last recorded eruption of Bogoslof was reportedly in 1992.
- NewsInside EditionPolice Officer Ties Tie for College Student He Pulled Over for Speeding - Instead of Giving Him Ticket
Maybe it was the fashion police who pulled him over. When stopped for speeding, University of Wisconsin-Stout student Trevor Keeney told Officer Martin Folczyk he was running late for an important presentation and could not tie his tie. Read: Cops ID
- WorldYahoo News Photo StaffDeadly blast destroys Mexican fireworks market
A powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through Mexico’s best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital Tuesday, killing at least 29 people, injuring scores more and sending a huge plume of charcoal-gray smoke billowing into the
PoliticsYahoo News43 days after winning election, Trump still touchy about losing popular voteForty-three days after winning the election and 29 days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump is still obsessing over the fact that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton. In a series of tweets early Wednesday, Trump claimed he would have campaigned “differently” had he not been focused on amassing the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency — and that he could’ve won the popular vote if he wanted to. “Campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more difficult & sophisticated than the popular vote,” Trump tweeted.
- BusinessThe DriveHonda and Waymo May Join Forces to Test Fully Autonomous Production Vehicles
Honda announced today that it was in discussions with Alphabet's Waymo (formerly known as Google Self-Driving Cars) to collaborate on fully autonomous vehicle technology. The newly formed mobility company has spun out of Google X labs, and is already testing a fleet of electric Chrysler Pacificas equipped with its self-driving technology. If its the latter, it's not hard to imagine that a people mover like Honda's 8-seat Odyssey could join the autonomous taxi fleet. Either way, this tactic is in line with Honda's previously announced plan to deliver production vehicles with automated driving capabilities around 2020.
- BusinessThe DriveDriving the Jaguar XE 20d; or, Nine Lives for Diesel
You might consider Volkswagen’s emissions scandal as a big, black nail in diesel’s coffin. “Why?” and “How?” might seem appropriate responses to Jaguar’s move, in the wake of VW’s 100-story fall from grace. Secondly, Jaguar remains a luxury underdog, and diesel might lure a few prospects from Mercedes’s and BMW’s diesel models.
WorldAssociated PressSwiss: No terror or far-right ties in Zurich mosque attackSwiss police have found no radical Islamist or far-right motives by a gunman who killed himself after carrying out a shooting spree at Zurich mosque that wounded three worshippers, a top police official said Tuesday. "It became quickly clear that the person killed himself," Lentjes Meili said, without elaborating.
WorldAFPUN Security Council to vote on Israel settlementsThe UN Security Council will vote on Thursday on an Egyptian-drafted resolution demanding that Israel immediately halt its settlement activities in the Palestinian territories and east Jerusalem. A similar resolution was vetoed by the United States in 2011, and it remained uncertain if the measure would be adopted this time. Israeli settlements are seen as major stumbling block to peace efforts as they are built on land the Palestinians see as part of their future state.
LifestyleMarie Claire VideosNo Place in the World Does Christmas as Well as LondonIf you've never seen what London looks like at Christmas, prepare to have your mind blown.
- HealthLiveScience.comDozens Dead in Siberia from Drinking Bath Oil: How Methanol Kills
Authorities in Irkutsk, the sixth-largest city in Russia, declared a state of emergency today (Dec. 19) after at least 49 people died from drinking the apparently mislabeled bath oil, according to the Washington Post. The label on the bath oil said it contained ethanol, and people drank the product as a cheap alternative to alcohol, which is a common practice in Russia, the Post reported. When people consume methanol, the body metabolizes it first into formaldehyde, and then into a compound called formic acid, which is highly toxic to cells, according to the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.
WorldReutersPoland's Kaczynski says opposition actions are illegalPoland's ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Tuesday that recent opposition actions in a parliamentary standoff were illegal, and called on his opponents to respect the law. "We appeal to the opposition to return to a situation in which it accepts that law is binding," Kaczynski said in a televised statement along with his closest political allies. "We are facing an acceptance of actions that are of criminal character," Kaczynski said, referring to opposition lawmakers' occupation of parliament's debating chamber.
WorldAssociated PressWinds may finally clear 'scary' pollution from China's skiesThe dense smog that has smothered much of China for five days may finally soon clear, forecasters and state media said Wednesday, giving relief to hundreds of millions of people breathing dangerously polluted air and struggling under the government's emergency measures. The national weather authority forecast that nighttime winds will push out much of the pollution that has left Beijing and dozens of other cities under a five-day "red alert," the highest level in China's four-tiered warning system. Schools were closed, flights canceled and factories and highways shut down in attempts to improve the air quality.
PoliticsReutersTrump after Berlin, Turkey attacks: 'I've been proven to be right'By Melissa Fares PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday that attacks this week in Berlin and Ankara proved he was correct to propose curbing Muslim immigration to the United States. "What’s going on is terrible, terrible," Trump told reporters, when asked about the truck attack that killed 12 people at a Christmas market in Berlin and the killing of Russia's ambassador to Turkey. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Berlin killings though U.S. officials say they had seen no evidence that the militant group had directed the attack.
- NewsInside EditionTeaching a Cold Dog New Tricks: Firefighters Rescue Elderly Pooch Stranded on Frozen Pond
An elderly dog in Connecticut found herself trapped on a frozen pond near her home Monday morning, forcing an elaborate rescue mission by the local fire department. The owner of Delilah, a 19-year-old shepherd mix, called 911 after noticing the canine was stuck on the pond. Firemen responding to the scene quickly realized they had a tricky situation.
- LifestyleYahoo News Photo StaffPhotos of the day — December 20, 2016
Big-wave surfer Tom Butler of Britain drops in on a large wave during Nazare Challenge championship at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal; a Chinese woman walks among Christmas decorations on a hazy day in Beijing; and the wife of Russian Ambassador to
- LifestyleABC News VideosFor Christmas, Duck on Duck on Duck
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NewsAFPFormer city managers face criminal charges in Flint water crisisUS prosecutors filed charges Tuesday against high-ranking officials in the contaminated water probe in the Midwestern city of Flint. Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose, who were in charge of the Michigan city's finances and management at the time of the water contamination, face three felonies and one misdemeanor count for allegedly borrowing money under false pretences on behalf of Flint and forcing a switch of the city's water source as part of the financing scheme. Earley and Ambrose could face up to 46 years in prison if convicted.
- NewsPopular MechanicsMcCain Blasts Littoral Combat Ships in Report on Pentagon Waste
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a Navy fighter pilot in the Vietnam War, said the $12.4 billion spent for 26 littoral combat ships is the most egregious example of what he calls "America's Most Wasted: Indefensible," the latest in a series of reports on wasteful spending by the Pentagon. In a report Monday, McCain calls the littoral ship program "an unfortunate and classic example" of defense acquisition "gone awry." Initially expected to cost $220 million per ship and be able to counteract mines by 2008, the program's cost has more than doubled to $478 million per ship, and mine countermeasures are not expected to be operational until 2020. As the military confronts a diverse and complex array of national security challenges, the U.S. "simply cannot afford to waste our precious defense dollars on unnecessary or poorly performing programs" such as the littoral ships, McCain said.
