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South Koreans get a glimpse of their ousted president  in handcuffs During months of demonstrations against Park Geun-hye, South Koreans imagined their then-president in handcuffs. Blacklisted artists made effigies of Park in fake jail cells, and people lined up to take selfies in front of the “imprisoned president.” Signs at the demonstrations beseeched “Arrest Park Geun-hye” and “Go to prison.” Entrepreneurial types sold “prison bread” and “prison soy milk” to encourage the sentiment. On Tuesday, the effigies became reality: South Korean television and smartphone screens were filled with pictures of the disgraced former president arriving for the first day of her trial — in handcuffs and with her prison number, 503, on her navy blue jacket and pants. After months of peaceful protests against her, Park was dismissed from office in March because of her alleged role in a huge corruption case. The constitutional court found she had “continuously” violated the law by helping he...

How to make the best doughnuts you’ll ever eat It’s easy to wax poetic about doughnuts . Whether they’re light as air and melt in your mouth or caky and sugarcoated, ready to dunk, who can pass up a fresh one? The best are made by hand with wholesome ingredients. Even the ones that start with a mix — and those include your Krispy Kreme s and Dunkin’ Donuts — still taste pretty good, to be honest. It’s fried dough. For me, the perfect yeasted doughnut has been freshly fried, its brioche crumb offering the gentlest chew. It is completely coated with a glaze that is just set, and flecked with vanilla bean. The problem is getting to the bakery at exactly the right moment to snag it. So, here’s the plan: DIY doughnuts . As Tiffany MacIsaac, chef-owner of Buttercream Bakeshop in Shaw, says of tackling DIY doughnuts , “If a freshly fried, hot doughnut isn’t something you consider a bonus, I don’t even know what to say.” All right then. Let’s make doughnuts . We think we’ve cracked ...

An Alaska man tried to take his life. But the bullet passed through him and killed his girlfriend. Victor Sibson does not remember what happened the night he put a gun to his head, he told police. Shortly after 2 a.m. April 19, the 21 year-old Anchorage man held a handgun to his left temple as he stood in the apartment he shared with his girlfriend, Brittany-Mae Haag. She attempted to grab the gun and stop him from taking his own life, prosecutors believe. Police would later find both Sibson and Haag lying on the floor with gunshot wounds, and only one shell casing on the ground, Assistant District Attorney James Fayette said so. Prosecutors believe the bullet that struck Sibson in the head — just behind his left eye — then hit Haag in the chest as she reached over to him. Fayette, who has been a prosecutor in Anchorage since 1993, said he has never seen a “one-shot” case such as this one. “It’s just compelling and tragic all the way around,” he ...

Neil Armstrong’s storied lunar bag could fetch $4 million at auction Neil Armstrong’s lunar sample bag has had a long and complicated joIt started in 1969, when the off-white, purse-sized pouch flew to the moon and back with the legendary astronaut, who used it to collect the first lunar rock specimens during the Apollo 11 mission. When the bag returned to Earth, the U.S. government emptied it of its contents and dubbed it a national treasure. The bag, which still contained traces of moon dust, became a priceless museum artifact. Through a series of mix-ups, however, the government lost track of it until a few years ago, when it was accidentally put up for auction and nabbed by an Illinois woman for less than $1,000. Now, after a high-stakes legal battle over the bag’s rightful ownership, it will again be auctioned off — only this time it’s expected to sell for exponentially more. Sotheby’s New York announced over the weekend that the bag will be offered in the auction house’...

Paid leave proposal a test of Trump's populism President Trump’s proposed federal budget bears little resemblance to the economic populist vision he outlined as a candidate with a notable exception: a paid family leave proposal. It’s one area where the president is showing a potential willingness to buck his party. The United States is the only industrialized nation without a paid leave policy, and polls show the idea enjoys broad support among the public. Yet, even before the scheduled release Tuesday of Trump’s budget, opponents were lining up on all sides of the issue. The proposal, championed by Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, would grant mothers and fathers six weeks of paid leave after the birth or adoption of a child. How Trump navigates the issue could be an initial test of whether he’ll hold firm on any populist economic pledges that won him the hearts of so many working-class voters. "The White House has proven to be pliant in its early legislative negotiati...

 I was a Republican until Donald Trump won Until last year, I was as Republican as you could get. My family had belonged to the GOP since the 1850s, and both my grandfathers labored in local Republican politics. I started volunteering for the party nearly a half century ago, handing out Nixon pamphlets in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., at the age of 13. I went on to work for Republican politicians in the New York State Legislature and both houses of Congress. And for a couple of years, I served in the research department of the Republican National Committee. But early in the morning of Nov. 9, shortly after Trump claimed victory in the presidential election, I took out my laptop and changed my registration to independent. From the start of the campaign, I knew that I could never vote for such a person. Trump is a mashup of all the sorriest parts of Republican history: Herbert Hoover’s trade policy, Warren Harding’s incompetence, Charles Lindbergh’s dictator worship, and Joseph McCarth...

World's first robot police officer makes its debut From fast food cooks to concierges at restaurants and hotels, robots are slowly infiltrating the workforce in nearly every industry. Most recently, the world welcomed its first operational robot policeman. “Robocop,” the newest member of the Dubai police force, debuted on Sunday at the Fourth Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference, where it greeted guests. At about 70 inches tall and weighing nearly 220 pounds, Robocop seeks to engage with residents and tourists. Featuring an “emotion detector,” the robot can recognize a person’s gestures and body language from nearly 5 feet away. Robocop’s skills don’t stop there -- the emotionally intelligent bot can detect if a person is happy, sad and even angry by studying his or her facial expression. And just like your human friends would do, if Robocop sees you’re unhappy, it will try to lift your spirits. More importantly, when it comes to fighting crime, the robot uses the inte...

NYPD will spend $42.5M protecting Trump family by end of June The NYPD expects to shell out $42.5 million by the end of June protecting President Trump, his namesake tower and his fam Trump’s one-day trip back to the city earlier this month, his first since taking office, cost the city $1.2 million, deputy commissioner Vincent Grippo told the City Council at a budget hearing. Meanwhile, the city racked up $7.3 million in overtime bills from inauguration day through the end of March protecting Trump Tower, where Melania Trump and son Barron continue to live, even though President Trump has not been back since taking office. That’s on top of the $23.8 million spent guarding the tower between The city is stressing less about the tab since Congress approved enough cash to cover it, though the appropriation is nationwide and New York will still have to apply for it in competition with other spots where Trump spends his time. Congress approved $27 million for the time before Trump t...

Madoff fund has paid millions to Breeden Firm, zero to victims (Bloomberg) -- A firm hired by the U.S. to distribute $4 billion to victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme has racked up $38.8 million in billings over four years. The investors are still waiting for their first checks, though. The Justice Department disclosed its payments to Richard Breeden, the Madoff Victim Fund administrator, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by Bloomberg News. Breeden’s fees, which are being paid from cash in the fund, cover his work through 2016. The delay highlights how 8 1/2 years after Madoff’s arrest investors are still scrambling to recover money from a U.S. fund that was announced with great fanfare. Victims have recovered billions of dollars from another fund, but they have yet to be made whole. "It’s very frustrating that people are making money off us like this, using money that was recovered for victims," said Daphne Brogdon, a Food Network personality, whos...

Roger Moore the handsome English actor who appeared in seven films as James Bond and as Simon Templar on “The Saint” TV series, has died in Switzerland after a short battle with cancer. He was 89. Roger Moore, James Bond star, dies at 89 His family issued an announcement on Twitter: “It is the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated.”With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated.Moore appeared in more official Bond pics than his friend Sean Connery over a longer period of time, and while Connery’s fans were fiercely loyal, polls showed that many others favored Moore’s lighter, more humorous take on 007.In 1972, Moore was asked to join Her Majesty’s Secret Service. He took on the mantle of 007 for 1973’s “Live and Let Die,” which would lead to six more turns as England’s top spy. In addition to reviving the franch...

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly concert blast in Manchester MANCHESTER, England — The Islamic State claimed Tuesday one of its “soldiers” carried out a deadly blast in Manchester that killed at least 22 people, including teenagers and others streaming out of a pop concert. The Islamic State statement did not give any details about the attacker or how the blast was carried out late Monday. The statement was posted on the online messaging service Telegram and later noted by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant websites. The Islamic State often quickly proclaims links to attacks, but some previous claims have not been proven. British Prime Minister Theresa May called the carnage a “callous, terrorist attack.” “This attack stands out for its appalling, sickening cowardice deliberately targeting innocent defenseless children and young people who should have been enjoying one of the most memorable nights of their lives,” she said, speaking outside of Dow...

Manchester bombing: Police arrest 23 year old male suspect A man has been arrested over the terror attack at Manchester Arena . The 23-year-old man was arrested in south Manchester the morning after the bomb and in relation to the attack, according to Greater Manchester Police. Theresa May had earlier confirmed that police believed they knew the identity of the suicide bomber, who died at the scene . They have not publicly suggested whether or not the killer was working alone. The report of the arrest came at the same time as police confirmed that a man had been arrested at the Arndale Centre, amid a bomb scare there . Police suggested that the arrest and the events were not thought to be connected to the night’s attacks. The arrest was announced just moments after Prime Minister Theresa May denounced the “appalling sickening cowardice” of the lone suicide bomber who detonated a homemade device in the foyer of the Manchester Arena just as thousands of young people were leaving...

  cyber attacks and Senate puts NSA, others on red alert The Senate, on Tuesday, alerted the National Security Adviser (NSA),  security agencies and financial institutions in the country about the current and threatening dimensions of cyber-attacks. The Red Chamber also made a shocking revelation that over $450 million has been lost by Nigerian firms, through cyber attacks. It also claimed that over 3,500 attacks have been carried out on Nigerian firms. The Senate issued the alert and made the revelations, following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Sen. Buhari Abdulfatai and tagged, “Worrisome dimension of Cyber-Crime and Insecurity urgent need for concerted efforts to secure Nigeria’s Cyberspace.” Senator Abdulfatai said the attacks were carried out on the 12th of May, 2017. The Senate, as part of measures to curtail the global threat, has mandated the Senate Committee on ICT and Cyber crime to immediately convoke a National Stakeholder Conference on Cyber Secur...

N6bn probe: Sanusi begs •Kano Assembly suspends investigation •Osinbajo, IBB, Abdulsalami, Dangote intervene The Kano State House of Assembly, yesterday, announced its decision to suspend the ongoing probe of Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano. The decision came barely a week after the State Public Complaint and anti-Corruption Commission suspended its probe of the Emir. An investigation had been launched into the finances of the Kano Emirate under Sanusi among other offences. The monarch was alleged to have misappropriated an estimated N6 billion of the emirate’s funds, an allegation the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), denied via a press conference by the Emirate Council. The probe was initiated in the heat of his criticism of the northern establishment once described the North as the poorest region in the country – a statement that did not go down well with his critics. Speaker Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, told his colleagues at plenary that...

2019: Igbo won’t repeat mistake of last election. Chief Francis Eneh from Ebonyi state is a staunch member of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia state. He said the mistake the Igbo made in the 2015 general election would not be repeated in 2019. In the 2015 election, APC did not do well in the South East, is the situation going to be any different in 2019? During the last election in the South East, we did our best, it was just that some people who did not know our mission, sabotaged our efforts, carrying unfounded propaganda that former president Goodluck Jonathan was our brother and that made people of the area to dance towards Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They were deceived; they didn’t know that APC had a better option and a better way of reorganizing the nation more than the PDP. Take for instance, PDP ruled for 16 years and we are still battling with how to fix Aba-Owerri Road to Ikot Ekpene. But I remembered when President Muhammadu Buhari visited Aba during ...

2017 Budget assent and implementation The National Assembly recently passed the 2017 Appropriation Bill and forwarded it to the president for his assent. Although the bill spent up to five months in the two chambers of the federal legislature, having been submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari in December last year, it is a relief that it is largely not mirred in confusion like the 2016 Appropriation Bill that was heavily padded. Now that the document is now in the presidency, it is necessary for all the controversies on it to be quickly resolved so that it can be expeditiously signed into law. Among the controversies over the appropriation bill is the addition of N143 billion to the original N7.268 trillion estimates proposed by the president. The final budget passed by the lawmakers is N7.44trn. Out of the N143bn, the legislators raised their own budget by N10bn, to N125bn. An overview of the proposed budget shows that Statutory Transfers got N434bn, while Debt Services got...