PoliticsYahoo NewsObama to Trump: ‘Stop whining’ about the electionPresident Barack Obama says Donald Trump needs to “stop whining” about the election. “One of the great things about America’s democracy is that we have a vigorous, sometimes bitter political contest,” Obama said Tuesday during joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the White House. “And when it’s done, historically, regardless of party, the person who loses the election congratulates the winner, confirms our democracy and we move forward.
- ScienceThe DriveChina Launches Astronauts on Month-Long Mission to Experimental Space Station
China’s space program took another small step towards parity with the Russian and American efforts today, when the Chinese space agency launched two astronauts on the country’s longest mission yet—a month-long residency aboard a nascent space station. Astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong left Earth at approximately 7:30 a.m. local time on Monday, the Associated Press reports, departing for orbit aboard a Shenzhou 11 space capsule launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. On Wednesday, the two will rendezvous with the Tiangong 2 space station, which was launched last month, where they will spend 30 days conducting medical and technological experiments, according to Wu Ping, deputy director of the country’s manned space agency.
- HealthAssociated PressUtah governor hopeful says medical pot helps wife, others
Hours after his wife pleaded guilty to misdemeanor pot-possession charges connected with two pounds of the drug found at their house, Utah's Democratic candidate for governor pushed Tuesday for the legalization of medical marijuana. Mike Weinholtz said during an emotional news conference that current laws leave doctors with little choice but to prescribe powerful painkillers with a risk of addiction that have made opioid drugs an epidemic in Utah and elsewhere. Pot reduced Donna Weinholtz's pain so she could do things like ride bikes with her son and plant tulip bulbs, the couple said.
- TechnologyThe DriveThe British Are Crashing Drones Into Planes for Science
With hundreds of thousands of privately-owned drones zipping around the world's airways, it's only a matter of time before a UAV collides with an airplane in flight and causes serious problems. The tests are being paid for by the United Kingdom's Department for Transport, and will be performed by UK-based defense and aerospace technology company Quinetiq. The British Civil Aviation Authority, the agency that regulates drone usage, said the tests will primarily be used to show how drones could damage an airplane's fuselage, The Verge reports.
WorldAFPPutin in firing line over Ukraine, Syria at Berlin talksPresident Vladimir Putin faced a grilling over Russia's role in Ukraine and Syria at talks in Berlin Wednesday, on his first visit to the German capital since the Ukrainian conflict erupted. Merkel said the talks -- the first four-way summit for a year -- were aimed at "offering a brutally honest assessment" of progress on implementing the frayed Minsk peace accords for Ukraine.
BusinessReutersTarget, McDonald's react to U.S. creepy clown sightingsBy Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two of America's biggest commercial brands - discount retailer Target and fast-food chain McDonald's - have taken steps to tamp down hysteria stemming from a recent spate of creepy clown sightings in the run-up to Halloween at the end of this month. Target decided last week to winnow down its assortment of clown masks and costumes available for sale in U.S. stores and online "given the current environment," company spokesman Joshua Thomas said on Monday. Although Target received some isolated consumer comments about scary clown accessories, the decision to pull some masks from inventories stemmed from "a conversation internally about how we can respond to the situation at hand," Thomas told Reuters.
- BusinessThe DriveDrive Wire for October 17, 2016: Uber Using Drones to Mock Drivers Trapped in Traffic
Today on Drive Wire: Uber is using flying quadcopter drones to advertise its services in Mexico City—by using them to taunt drivers stuck in traffic. The drone-vertising is part of a larger push into Latin America on Uber’s part, as the ride-hailing company attempts to gain a bigger chunk of the up-and-coming market in the wake of its recent departure from China. Uber has recently launched its increasingly popular UberPool service in Mexico City and other Latin American markets, and has also begun allowing drivers to accept cash payments, according to Bloomberg.
- WorldChristian Science MonitorJustice or just more bloodshed? Saudi prince executed for murder
While the death sentence serves as proof to some that even the ruling elites are subject to Saudi Arabian law, which is based on Islamic holy texts, the punishment is also part of a surge in executions that international human rights groups have condemned. Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabeer, one of the royal family's estimated thousands of members, pleaded guilty to shooting a fellow Saudi man following a brawl, the ministry of the interior said. Recommended: How much do you know about Saudi Arabia?
- SportsUPROXXThere Will Be A Verdict In Derrick Rose's Rape Trial Very Soon
Derrick Rose’s civil trial for sexual assault has been exactly as unpleasant as you’d expect a celebrity rape case to be, but it looks like it’s finally coming to an end soon. There is apparently a bit more work to get through before that point, as the New York Post‘s Julia Marsh details.
PoliticsYahoo NewsDown Ticket #21: Senate candidates finally face off in debatesSenate candidates Katie McGinty, a Democrat, and incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Toomey prepare for their debate in Pittsburgh Oct. 17. Down Ticket is Yahoo News’ complete guide to the most fascinating House, Senate and governors’ races of 2016. PITTSBURGH — Some of the most competitive Senate races in the country have seen their first rounds of debates during the past week.
BusinessAFPChina new bank loans surge in SeptemberNew loans by Chinese banks in September surged nearly 30 percent from the previous month, official data showed Tuesday, deepening concern about risky credit expansion in the world’s second largest economy. New loans extended by banks jumped to 1.22 trillion yuan ($181.3 billion) last month from 948.7 billion yuan in August, said the People’s Bank of China, the central bank. Beijing has relied on stimulus measures such as loose credit to boost the economy, which faces a tough structural transition and sluggish global demand.
- WorldAssociated PressSuper typhoon slams into northeastern Philippines
Super Typhoon Haima slammed into the northeastern Philippine coast late Wednesday with ferocious winds and rain that rekindled fears and memories from the catastrophe wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Haima, which has sustained winds of 225 kilometers (140 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 315 kph (195 mph), made landfall at Penablanca town in Cagayan province shortly before midnight, weather officials said. "We can't go out because the wind is so intense, trees are being forced down," Councilor Elisa Arugay told DZMM radio from Camasi village in Penablanca.
- BusinessThe DriveTesla Says New Model 3 Deliveries Will Arrive “Mid-2018 or Later”
Tesla now says new orders for the Model 3 won’t arrive until mid-2018—at the earliest. The carmaker posted the change as an addendum to its Model 3 page last Sunday, quietly sliding a line in between the $35,000 starting price and the button that invites the reader to reserve one of the midsized electric cars for a refundable deposit of $1,000. While certainly disconcerting to anyone who’s been waffling over whether to bring one of Elon Musk’s future mass-market electric cars into their lives, the news isn’t exactly a surprise.
- BusinessU.S.News & World ReportThe Student Debt Challenge Helps More Student Loan Borrowers
About six months ago, the White House announced a campaign -- the Student Debt Challenge -- to raise awareness of the existence of income-driven repayment options. Recent statistics show that the majority of the fastest growing occupations in the U.S. require higher education. While policymakers and presidential candidates work on ways to make college more affordable, the current and past administrations have put multiple income-driven repayment plans in place to at least help ease the burden of student debt.
U.S.ReutersNorth Carolina police probe arson, graffiti threat at Republican officeThe fire caused heavy damage to the Orange County Republican Party's office in Hillsborough, North Carolina, about 40 miles (65 km) from the state capital of Raleigh. "This is political terrorism," said Dallas Woodhouse, executive director of the North Carolina Republican Party. Both Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton condemned the attack.
StyleCosmopolitan VideosWhat the Cast of ‘Hocus Pocus’ Looks Like NowIn honor of Halloween, take a look at how the cast of ‘Hocus Pocus’ looks like now.
- EntertainmentYahoo News Photo StaffPhotos of the day - October 18, 2016
People are reflected in an art installation by Cuban artist Rachel Valdes Camejo titled ‘The Beginning of the End’ in Times Square in New York; a man reacts while clenching onto the coffin of Hezbollah fighter Jalal al-Effie, killed in Syria’s Aleppo,
U.S.Associated PressNY mayor: Police shooting of mentally ill woman unacceptableA police sergeant has been stripped of his gun and badge in the aftermath of what officials on Wednesday labeled a preventable tragedy: the killing of a mentally ill, 66-year-old woman in a bedroom in her New York City apartment. The victim, Deborah Danner, "should be alive right now, period," Mayor Bill de Blasio said in an unusually swift and harsh rebuke of an officer involved in a fatal shooting. Earlier, New York Police Department Commissioner James O'Neill told reporters that his department "failed" by not using means other than deadly force to subdue Danner as she allegedly wielded a baseball bat.
- LifestyleThe DriveC'Etait Un Rendezvous: Alex Roy Reviews The 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR
Like the Russian submarine in The Hunt For Red October, the 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR is a car built for one purpose. I’m not talking about tunnel sprints, which is how Jaguar launched it earlier this year. I’m talking about the penultimate road test. Have
- LifestyleABC News VideosMarco Rubio Pledges To Serve Full 6 Year Term If Reelected To Senate
ABC News' Jonathan Karl questions the Florida Republican on his Senate attendance record. The next question goes to senator rubio said at a rodeo you had the worst attendance record in terms of of votes. Why should the voters of florists are due back to the senate especially given this time you're not even willing to promise to serve your full six year term.
WorldAFPUNESCO adopts controversial resolution on east JerusalemThe UN cultural agency on Tuesday adopted a controversial Arab-sponsored resolution on east Jerusalem which Israel has said ignores Jewish ties to a key holy site. A spokesman for Paris-based UNESCO said the resolution, which has caused Israel to suspend its cooperation with the agency, was adopted without a new vote after being approved at the committee stage last week. The text, which touches on Israel's management of Palestinian religious sites, has infuriated Israel by referring throughout to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in east Jerusalem's Old City -- Islam's third holiest site -- only by its Muslim names: Al-Aqsa and Al-Haram al-Sharif.
TechnologyBGR NewsThese 5 insanely thin iPhone 7 cases are perfect for people who hate iPhone casesIn September of each year, I embark on a mission of the utmost importance: I try to find iPhone cases for my new iPhone that aren't hideous. In 2017, this mission was particularly important because I switched from Apple's smaller flagship iPhone model to the larger iPhone 7 Plus. The iPhone 8 lineup should be a bit narrower and shorter thanks to a new design that eliminates much of the space around the display, but Apple's next-generation iPhones are still a year away.
- EntertainmentYahoo News Photo StaffPhotos of the day - October 19, 2016
An Indian clay artist works on an unfinished idol of the Goddess Kali ahead of the Diwali festival at Kumartuly district in Calcutta, eastern India; Azalea, a 19-year-old female chimpanzee whose Korean name is “Dallae,” smokes a cigarette at the Central
PoliticsReutersHow Trump, Clinton would fix the 'crazy' U.S. health systemWhen former President Bill Clinton called parts of Obamacare "crazy," he put his wife Hillary Clinton on the defensive and gave much-needed ammunition to her Republican rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, who wants to scrap it. Bill Clinton said this month that while millions more Americans now have insurance coverage under President Barack Obama’s signature 2010 healthcare law, small businesses and some families are still “getting killed” by surging healthcare costs. Two of the nation’s largest health insurers, Aetna and United Healthcare, are also pulling out of the state-based health insurance exchanges that are the best-known creations of Obamacare.
- WorldAssociated PressTop Asian News 7:02 p.m. GMT
Pyongyang's newly opened zoo has a new star: Azalea, the smoking chimpanzee. According to officials at the newly renovated zoo, which has become a favorite leisure spot in the North Korean capital since it re-opened in July, the 19-year-old female chimpanzee, whose name in Korean is "Dallae," smokes about a pack a day. BEIJING (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's effusive message of friendship on his visit to Beijing this week has handed China a public relations bonanza just three months after Beijing suffered a humiliating defeat at an international tribunal.
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