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US Official: Russia knew Syrian chemical attack was coming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has concluded that Russia knew ahead of time that Syria would launch a chemical weapons attack last week, a senior U.S. official says.
North Korea vows response to 'reckless' US Navy move
North Korea denounced the US deployment of a naval strike group to the region Tuesday, warning it is ready for "war" as Washington tightens the screws on the nuclear-armed state. The strike group -- which includes the Nimitz-class aircraft supercarrier USS Carl Vinson -- cancelled a planned trip to Australia this weekend, heading to the Korean peninsula instead in a show of force. "This goes to prove that the US reckless moves for invading the DPRK have reached a serious phase," a spokesman for the North's foreign ministry said according to state news agency KCNA.
And the award for worst United Airlines joke goes to...
The United fiasco was terrible for the airline
and for the poor guy who was forcibly removed from his flight. But it was great for internet jokes. Ah, the dank memes of justice. SEE ALSO: United's staff memo makes the internet even angrier—yes, that's possible Sadly, one former politician decided to pile on United Airlines with the worst dad joke anyone has ever told about anything. Breaking News! @united airlines will be renamed—will now be called UN-TIED and wont hog-tie passengers who have valid boarding pass — Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) April 11, 2017 Um...no. United Airlines deserves derision for forcing a man off a flight he paid for and bloodying his face. But not like this, Mike. Not like this. Mike Huckabee doing to comedy what those police did to that poor man on the United flight. https://t.co/Fd8Yp3d4gv — keviN marshalL (@KevinMarshall) April 11, 2017 [at the supermarket, with an increasingly long line of peeved customers waiting to check out]Huckabee: Okay, let me try *ONE* more on you. https://t.co/rYxb1rnxal — Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) April 11, 2017 When I make a joke and think it might be bad, I remind myself that as long as Mike Huckabee is alive nobody else can be the worst at comedy https://t.co/djydbtkrQg — Jack Grimes (@Jackapedia_) April 11, 2017 Mike Huckabee has transcended not being funny and is declaring a terrifying war against the very concept of comedy itself — Chance! (@chance_second) April 11, 2017 @bluechoochoo @onlxn He's like the Mike Huckabee of comedy — Brett Doar (@brettdoar) April 11, 2017 Maybe Huckabee should hire the people at Merriam-Webster to run his Twitter account. WATCH: The internet to United: Re-accommodate doesn't mean what you think it means!
Full Fourth Circuit to rule on Trump immigration order
The 15-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will review before the full bench President Trump’s 90-day suspension of entry into the U.S. of any foreign nationals from six Mideast nations.
The LAPD just got the world’s first hybrid cop car, and it’s fast
As gas-only vehicles gradually give up some of their kingdom to electric and hybrid cars, it's only a matter of time before service vehicles get in on the action, too. We've already seen green alternatives to gas-guzzling semi trucks and cargo vans, but police pursuit vehicles are a specialized case that just hasn't been able to go hybrid — that is, until now. And who better to help the LAPD go green than the company responsible for some of the most popular police cars of all time, Ford.
Ford, makers of the most iconic cop car of all time, the Crown Victoria, just showed off its very first "pursuit-rated" hybrid car, which is joining the LAPD's fleet of service vehicles. The car, which has been rather haphazardly named the Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan, is a step above the Ford Fusion upon which it is based thanks to upgrades to the suspension, tires, interior, and suspension.
The car gets its get-up-and-go from a 2.0-liter four cylinder gas engine pared with an electric motor and 1.4-kilowatt rechargeable battery. It can reach 60 mph from a stand still in just 5.8 seconds, which is the same or better than many other production car police variants, including the Crown Victoria. However, due to its hybrid powertrain, it'll get much, much better gas mileage, which the EPA estimates at around 38 miles per gallon, or about twice the fuel efficiency as the current law enforcement workhorse.
The Responder isn't a one-off commitment for the LAPD, though, as the department has pledged to purchase 300 of Ford's hybrid and electric plug-in vehicles by 2020.
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