| Appeals court reinstates lawsuit in SC church shooting case Posted: 30 Aug 2019 03:25 PM PDT  A lawsuit over a faulty background check that allowed a South Carolina man to buy the gun he used to kill nine people in a racist attack at a Charleston church was reinstated Friday by a federal appeals court. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ruling from a lower court judge who threw out the claims brought by relatives of people killed by Dylann Roof in the 2015 massacre, and by survivors. The FBI has acknowledged that Roof's drug possession arrest in Columbia, South Carolina, weeks before the shooting at AME Emanuel Church should have prevented him from buying a gun.
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| US blacklists Iranian tanker in Mediterranean Posted: 31 Aug 2019 01:11 AM PDT  The United States has blacklisted the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, saying it had "reliable information" it was transporting oil to Syria in defiance of wide-ranging sanctions on the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Previously known as Grace 1, the vessel was seized in July by British Royal Marines and held in Gibraltar for six weeks on suspicion it was delivering oil for Tehran's ally Damascus. The British territory released the ship -- despite US protests -- after it said it had received written assurances from Iran that the vessel would not head for countries under European Union sanctions.
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| Russia strips Azeri blogger of citizenship and moves to deport him Posted: 30 Aug 2019 07:59 AM PDT ![Russia strips Azeri blogger of citizenship and moves to deport him]( "Russia strips Azeri blogger of citizenship and moves to deport him") Russia has ordered an immigrant blogger critical of the authorities in his native Azerbaijan to be deported there after revoking his Russian citizenship, his family said. Elvin Isaev, 39, who has held Russian citizenship for almost two decades, has run a video blog about politics in Azerbaijan from St Petersburg where he has lived with his Russian-born wife.
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| View Photos of the 2020 Ford Explorer ST Posted: 30 Aug 2019 11:29 AM PDT |
| Woman Claims She Gave Birth Alone in Denver County Jail Cell with No Medical Treatment Posted: 29 Aug 2019 12:34 PM PDT  A woman has filed a lawsuit after she said she was forced to deliver a baby alone on a bench in a jail cell at the Denver County Jail.
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| Arkansas police probe 911 dispatcher after caller drowns Posted: 30 Aug 2019 01:24 PM PDT ![Arkansas police probe 911 dispatcher after caller drowns]( "Arkansas police probe 911 dispatcher after caller drowns") Fort Smith interim Police Chief Danny Baker said Thursday that Donna Reneau was working her final shift Aug. 24 when Debra Stevens died. Reneau had given her notice two weeks earlier. Police spokesman Aric Mitchell said Friday that Reneau dispatched emergency personnel to find Stevens, 47, who'd driven into an apartment complex parking lot to try to avoid flooding. In the 911 recording, released by police as part of the internal investigation, Stevens was heard crying and begging for help, saying she could not swim.
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| Tulsi Gabbard tells Fox News host Tucker Carlson that DNC debate criteria isn't transparent Posted: 29 Aug 2019 11:00 AM PDT  Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is among the many Democratic presidential candidates who did not qualify for September's debate round by yesterday's deadline.
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| Man charged after making gun gesture with finger has appeal rejected Posted: 30 Aug 2019 09:03 AM PDT  On a warm day in June 2018, Stephen Kirchner was walking with a fellow neighbour when they came up on Josh Klingseisen's yard.They were not friendly with Mr Klingseisen. In fact, the woman walking with Kirchner, Elaine Natore, had a "no contact" order against Mr Klingseisen, who happened to be outside mulching in his yard in Manor Township, Pennsylvania, as the two neighbours passed. Kirchner stopped, and the two men made eye contact.
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| Delta Air Lines pilot charged with alcohol violation Posted: 30 Aug 2019 02:18 PM PDT  A Delta Air Lines pilot from Minnesota was charged Friday with operating an aircraft under the influence of alcohol. Tests confirmed that 37-year-old Gabriel Schroeder, of Rosemont, had a blood alcohol level between 0.04% and 0.08% when detectives arrested him on a plane at the Minneapolis airport just as it started boarding for a flight to San Diego on July 20, according to the criminal complaint. The limit set by the Federal Aviation Administration is 0.04%, which is half the legal limit for driving in Minnesota.
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| US service member killed in Afghanistan: NATO Posted: 30 Aug 2019 01:14 PM PDT  An American service member was killed in Afghanistan, the US-led NATO mission said Friday, the latest US fatality as talks between the US and the Taliban continue. "A US service member died during combat operations in Afghanistan, August 29, 2019," NATO's Resolute Support mission said in a statement. The death brings to at least 15 the number of members of the US military to be killed in action in Afghanistan this year, just as Washington is seeking a way out of its longest war.
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| Iran goes further in breaching nuclear deal, IAEA report shows Posted: 30 Aug 2019 08:01 AM PDT  Iran has gone further in breaching its nuclear deal with world powers, increasing its stock of enriched uranium and refining it to a greater purity than allowed, the U.N. atomic agency report said on Friday. The quarterly report from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is policing the 2015 deal, confirms Iran is progressively backing out of the deal in retaliation for Washington's withdrawal form the accord and renewal of sanctions that have hit Iranian oil sales. Iran has said it will breach the deal's limits on its nuclear activities one by one, ratcheting up pressure on parties who still hope to save it.
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| The Slower Hurricane Dorian Moves, the More Dangerous It Is Posted: 30 Aug 2019 06:26 PM PDT  NASA/Handout via ReutersThe hurricane season officially begins June 1, but in reality the action heats up in late August and lasts until October. Hurricane Dorian is just a reminder we are on schedule. Dorian began life as a wave of low pressure moving through the tropical Atlantic. Most storm systems fade away. Not Dorian. He became Tropical Depression Number Five last Saturday afternoon. By early Saturday evening Dorian had graduated to Tropical Storm status, first threatening the Antilles, later Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Dorian wasn't yet well organized. The islands are small. He missed them all. As Dorian headed into warmer and open water beyond the U.S. Virgin Islands Wednesday afternoon he became a minimal hurricane with top winds of 75 mph. Florida is a much larger target than the islands. Florida has good reason to worry. Hurricane Dorian is coming and as much as we know there's a whole lot we don't, including exactly where and when it will strike. At 4:00 p.m EDT Hurricane Dorian was out in the open Atlantic at 24.8N 70.3W, about 595 miles east of West Palm Beach. Top winds are 115 mph with gusts up to 130 mph. It's currently moving northwest at 9 mph. Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale and expected to intensify. There are already Hurricane Watches and Warnings in effect for the Bahamas. Watches usually come 48 hours before the first winds hit. Too early for Florida. Hurricanes Are Now So Violent That We May Need a New CategoryDorian's still out of radar range and a more dense network of sensors to help us model it.We can see the hurricane has been brushing by an upper air low near Cuba. This frictional interaction slowed Dorian's intensification until now, but the low is moving away and so is Dorian. Until this morning we hadn't seen a visible eye either. That's changed. Satellite images and a hurricane hunter recon flight confirm it. The eye is just one sign Dorian's ramping up. In broad strokes, we've got a good idea Florida is Dorian's destination. As for where in Florida and for how long, that's still in-the-air. Please understand, as pretty as our maps are and as precise as the lines on those maps look, forecasting the exact outcome of a hurricane five days away is a fool's errand! Science isn't there yet. The rule of thumb is the slower the storm's forward motion the tougher it is to accurately predict. Hurricane Dorian might move at a slow to walking pace or stall totally. Nothing could be worse, and it's not an entirely unlikely outcome. That would mean Dorian just drifts offshore for days, battering the coast. We saw that last year with Florence and Michael, both of which caused monumental inland flooding. The current forecast brings the center of Dorian through the Northern Bahamas Sunday night and Monday then into Florida early Tuesday. Top winds are forecast at 140 mph. Few structures and little of Florida's infrastructure are hurricane-proof at 140 mph! Dorian will also come with a tidal surge and flooding rain. There's no prediction for Florida yet, but the Hurricane Center is already talking about tides 10-15 feet above normal in the Northern Bahamas. A tidal surge that height would overwash the barrier islands that flank the coast. A1A, Palm Beach and loads of other enclaves of the wealthy would be totally submerged. This would be a bad time to visit Mar-a-Lago, pretty much a geographic worst-case if current forecasts hold. And a stalled storm would make this worse and for a longer period. Even as Dorian's winds subside its rain will continue to fall. Early projections see some areas getting 18 inches of rain—or more. That means inland flooding on top of the coastal concerns. Is this a product of human induced climate change? No one can say for sure. Certainly as a forecaster my methods of predicting these storms hasn't changed. But in subtle ways the underlying conditions have. Water temperatures globally are warmer, the mother's milk of hurricane formation. It's tough not to worry over the connection. The good news, if there is any, is Florida's recent history with hurricanes has scared folks. It's difficult to think there's anyone there who hasn't seen or doesn't know what hurricanes will do. That water flew off supermarket shelves so quickly is proof Florida is taking Hurricane Dorian seriously. If only that was enough. Meteorologist Geoff Fox has been forecasting the weather on TV so long that if he mentions it he'll never find work again. He's the recipient of seven Emmy Awards.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| UPDATE 2-China's factory activity shrinks for 4th month as trade woes deepen Posted: 30 Aug 2019 06:55 PM PDT ![UPDATE 2-China's factory activity shrinks for 4th month as trade woes deepen]( "UPDATE 2-China's factory activity shrinks for 4th month as trade woes deepen") Factory activity in China shrank in August for the fourth month in a row as the United States ramped up trade pressure and domestic demand remained sluggish, pointing to a further slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. Persistent weakness in China's vast manufacturing sector could fuel expectations that Beijing needs to roll out stimulus more quickly, and more aggressively, to weather the biggest downturn in decades. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 49.5 in August, China's National Bureau of Statistics said on Saturday, versus 49.7 in July, below the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction on a monthly basis.
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| Trump Denies U.S. Involvement in Failure of Iranian Rocket Launch Posted: 30 Aug 2019 12:16 PM PDT  President Trump said Friday that the U.S. was not involved in the failure of an Iranian rocket test last week, and added that he wishes the state terror sponsor luck in investigating the explosion.> The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran. I wish Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened at Site One. pic.twitter.com/z0iDj2L0Y3> > -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2019Iran said the rocket exploded on its launch pad at Imam Khomeini Space Center in the North of the country on Thursday, the day it was scheduled to be launched. Smoke could be seen rising from the launch pad in satellite images."It was due to some technical issues and it exploded but our young scientists are working to fix the problem," an Iranian official said.The Trump administration has warned Iran not to conduct rocket tests, which the U.S. worries are aimed at developing ballistic missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, a charge Iran denies.Iran plans to launch three satellites into orbit by March, according to Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi.
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| Pence: 'The Bible stays' at veterans hospital facing lawsuit Posted: 30 Aug 2019 10:22 AM PDT  "We will always respect the freedom of religion of every veteran of every faith," Pence said in a speech addressing the American Legion National Convention in Indianapolis on Wednesday. The military religious freedom foundation that originally objected to the Bible called the president a "repulsive and repellent fundamentalist Christian" bully.
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| Veterans condemn new citizenship policy for kids of overseas U.S. service members Posted: 29 Aug 2019 03:04 PM PDT  A policy change announced by the Trump administration this week that would end automatic citizenship for the children of certain U.S. military personnel or government employees stationed abroad was denounced as "disgusting and disgraceful" by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.
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| Crawler transporter on the move... at 1 mph Posted: 29 Aug 2019 08:50 PM PDT  The Kennedy Space Center, located in Cape Canaveral, Florida, is sending their crawler transporter to pick up and move their launch tower to a protected space, just in case Hurricane Dorian hits the area. The crawler only moves at 1 mph, however, and started its journey on Wednesday, Aug. 28, in order to make it to the tower and back before the hurricane hit.
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| Mexican president backs official accused of suspect real estate purchases Posted: 30 Aug 2019 02:06 PM PDT  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday expressed support for Manuel Bartlett, the head of national electricity company CFE, despite accusations that Bartlett has improperly accumulated nearly two dozen luxury properties. "I have confidence in Mr. Bartlett," Lopez Obrador told reporters at his morning news conference. The president tapped Bartlett, a veteran politician with a controversial past, to lead Mexico's state-owned power utility.
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| Hurricane Dorian: Trump warns of 'very, very big' category 4 storm expected to hit Florida on national holiday Posted: 29 Aug 2019 03:24 PM PDT  Residents of Florida have been stocking up on essential supplies after forecasters said a potentially devastating category 4 hurricane could make land there during a national holiday.Donald Trump said he was cancelling a trip to Poland in order to oversee the federal response if Hurricane Dorian smacks into the state, where the governor has already declared a state of emergency.
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| Trial of Accused 9/11 Masterminds Set for 2021 Posted: 30 Aug 2019 11:39 AM PDT  The trial of five men charged with planning the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 will begin in 2021, a military judge ruled Friday.The selection of a military jury for the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others accused of planning the attacks will commence on January 11, 2021, the judge in the case, Air Force colonel W. Shane Cohen, said in a ten-page trial-scheduling order. Cohen has also ordered prosecutors to provide certain materials to the defense teams by October 1 in an effort to start the trial by the scheduled date. The trial will take place at the U.S. military base in Guantánamo Bay.The five men are accused of masterminding and orchestrating the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in which terrorists hijacked commercial airliners and crashed them into New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A third hijacked aircraft was downed by passengers in a field in Pennsylvania en route to its target. All told, the attacks killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000 more.Mohammed, the Pakistani al-Qaeda leader named "the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks" in the 9/11 Commission Report, is charged with a slew of crimes involving terrorism, hijacking aircraft, and murder in violation of the laws of war. He was arraigned along with the other four men in this case on May 5, 2012 at Guantánamo.
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| Police admit white powder seized during drugs bust at Gatwick airport is actually cake mix for vegan bakery Posted: 30 Aug 2019 12:42 PM PDT  Police have admitted that white powder seized during a "huge" drugs bust at Gatwick airport is actually cake mix for vegan bakery. Vegan pizza restaurant Purezza was transporting ingredients in a suitcase when a member of staff was stopped by the police on August 28. The white powder, which was divided into 25 blue bags, was sent for tests before officers accepted it was not illegal. British Transport Police said: "'Officers were called to Gatwick Airport station at 1.34pm on August 28 after a suitcase was found containing 25 bags of powder. "Following a number of inquiries and tests, it was determined these bags of powder were cake ingredients for a vegan bakery. "They were soon reunited with the owner, who has promised officers and staff a slice of cake in return." The restaurant, which has venues in Brighton and Camden, London, later tweeted: "Thanks for going easy on us guys! "A slab of cake all round is in order when you're next in Brighton."
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| Democrats shut out of September debate say DNC rules are eliminating candidates before voters tune in Posted: 30 Aug 2019 02:00 AM PDT  The Democratic infighting over the next presidential debate really boils down to one issue: Lower-tier candidates think the party rules are narrowing the field too early. One candidate says winning a statewide race should be added as a criterion.
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| Taiwan demands China disclose whereabouts of missing citizen Posted: 30 Aug 2019 06:07 AM PDT  Officials in Taiwan demanded Friday that China disclose information about the disappearance of a Taiwanese man who reportedly distributed photos of Chinese troops massing equipment just outside protest-racked Hong Kong. Friends and family have been unable to reach Lee Meng-chu, a volunteer activity organizer in a small township in southern Taiwan, for 10 days, the Taiwanese government's Mainland Affairs Council said after receiving pleas for help from Lee's family members. Communist Party-ruled China often detains people over political matters and may hold them in an unknown location for several months if they are suspected of threatening national security.
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| Israel's Anti-Drone Industry Takes Off Posted: 30 Aug 2019 08:37 AM PDT ![Israel's Anti-Drone Industry Takes Off]( "Israel's Anti-Drone Industry Takes Off") In late August, Israeli military officials claimed responsibility for airstrikes in Syria targeting Iranian-made "killer drones" intended to attack Israel. While the Aug. 24 incident sparked worries of escalation in this tense region, many are questioning how Israel -- or any other country -- would or could detect and defend itself against a fleet of explosive-laden drones. Some question how it's possible to differentiate between civilian drones that could be used for terrorism or espionage and those that are simply doing things like making food deliveries.
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| Cuba unveils tighter rules on cooperatives in clampdown on non-state sector Posted: 30 Aug 2019 03:47 PM PDT ![Cuba unveils tighter rules on cooperatives in clampdown on non-state sector]( "Cuba unveils tighter rules on cooperatives in clampdown on non-state sector") Communist-run Cuba unveiled tighter regulations on non-agricultural cooperatives on Friday, including curbs on their prices, in keeping with a broader push to increase control of the growing non-state sector. The new regulations aim to tackle "irregularities" detected in the cooperatives, state-run media reported. The cooperatives - where each worker has a stake in the business - were legalized in 2012 as part of the government's plan to cut a bloated state payroll and boost the Soviet-style command economy.
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| Utah man found guilty of running massive opioid ring Posted: 30 Aug 2019 04:39 PM PDT  A Utah man was convicted Friday of running a multimillion-dollar opioid ring that sent hundreds of thousands of potentially deadly pills across the country in a scheme that authorities said helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic. A jury reached the verdict after deliberating less than a day in the case against Aaron Shamo. "He's 29 and his life is over," defense attorney Greg Skordas said after the verdict was read.
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| Alabama Governor Apologizes for Blackface Skit, Refuses to Resign Posted: 30 Aug 2019 07:07 AM PDT  Alabama Governor Kay Ivey apologized Thursday for a blackface skit she participated in while a student at Auburn University during the 1960s."I offer my heartfelt apologies for the pain and embarrassment this causes, and I will do all I can — going forward — to help show the nation that the Alabama of today is a far cry from the Alabama of the 1960s," Ivey said in a statement. "We have come a long way, for sure, but we still have a long way to go."The Republican governor, 74, stopped short of capitulating to calls from Alabama Democrats to resign, however."While some may attempt to excuse this as acceptable behavior for a college student during the mid-1960s, that is not who I am today, and it is not what my Administration represents all these years later," Ivey insisted.The governor claimed she cannot recall either the skit or a 1967 interview on a campus radio program with her then-fiancé, who described how Ivey had "had put some black paint all over her face" for the bit. However, she acknowledged she had likely participated in such a skit and said she has "genuine remorse" now for her involvement.Democratic state representative Terri Sewell dismissed Ivey's apology as not reparation enough, saying the governor's actions are "reprehensible and are deeply offensive."Her words of apology ring hollow if not met with real action to bridge the racial divide," Sewell added.
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| View Every Angle of the 2019 Jeep Renegade Posted: 30 Aug 2019 04:59 PM PDT |
| German nurse under investigation for murdering patients Posted: 30 Aug 2019 09:44 AM PDT  German prosecutors are investigating a male nurse suspected of murdering numerous patients in a case reminiscent of one of the country's worst serial killers, it emerged Friday. Following reports in local media, the state prosecutor in Saarbruecken confirmed that the suspect, identified only as B., was under investigation on five counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. The case bears similarities to that of Niels Hoegel, the serial killer nurse who was handed a life sentence last June for the murder of 85 patients in his care.
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| AOC criticizes ex-Democratic senator for advising Lyft in battle over California gig worker bill Posted: 29 Aug 2019 08:33 PM PDT  The freshman congresswoman ripped former Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who is helping Lyft fight a gig worker bill in California.
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| Three 2020 Democrats quit the presidential race in one week, and Elizabeth Warren stands to gain the most from their exits Posted: 30 Aug 2019 01:18 PM PDT  Elizabeth Warren stands to gain big from the departures of Kirsten Gillibrand, Jay Inslee, and Seth Moulton from the 2020 Democratic race.
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| Air Force and DARPA testing new hypersonic weapons prototypes Posted: 29 Aug 2019 03:59 PM PDT  The Pentagon and industry developers are now testing a new series of hypersonic weapons prototypes. Hypersonic weapons are engineered as 'kinetic energy' strike weapons, meaning they will not use explosives but rely instead upon sheer speed and the force of impact to destroy targets.
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| Nigeria’s Surging Food Prices May Rise Even Faster on Dollar Ban Posted: 29 Aug 2019 10:00 PM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. Nigeria's plan to spend less on food by restricting access to dollars for importers could have the opposite effect by threatening food supplies and pushing up prices.President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the central bank on Aug. 13 to stop dollar supply for food imports, saying food security has been achieved and agricultural production has increased. That came after Governor Godwin Emefiele said in July the central bank plans to cut off dairy importers' access to foreign exchange in a bid to bolster domestic milk output.The food price index in Africa's largest oil producer has risen almost 80% since the start of 2015, pushing inflation above the central bank's target and putting pressure on households' finances in a country where about 60% of consumption spending goes to food."Many of us are agitated by this food import ban," said Abosede Ogungbemi, who sells imported rice, wheat and other food items in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. "Food will become scarce and very expensive."The central bank already restricts access to dollars for the import of 40 kinds of items from cement to soap. In June, the Lagos-based Punch newspaper reported that Buhari instructed the central bank to blacklist companies or individuals caught illegally importing palm oil or other prohibited goods, such as poultry.Nigeria spent about $1 billion importing food and live animals in the three months to March, according to the statistics agency. Domestic food-supply chains have been disrupted by a decade-long Islamist insurgency in the northeast region. Clashes between herdsmen and farmers have also decimated communities, destroyed crops, killed cattle and forced producers to flee to protective camps in Nigeria's northern and central regions."Many families have abandoned their farms and the crops on them have either been stolen, destroyed by war or abandoned," said Henry Kam Kah, a senior history lecturer at the University of Beau in the Southwest region of Cameroon.Food SmugglingStill, Buhari and Emefiele insist Nigeria can produce all the food it needs, and the dollar ban will help with that. That's even as large quantities of rice and other goods are being smuggled into the country, according to the president.The restriction is "certainly counterproductive," said Nonso Obikili, director of the Abuja-based Turgot Centre for Economic Policy Research. "Nigeria currently does not grow many of the key food products we consume and such a restriction will likely have the dual effect of higher food prices and increased smuggling."The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization last year said Nigeria is one of 37 countries in need of external food assistance."We can't produce enough food," said Suleiman Adulaziz, a wheat grower in Born state in the northern region. "Banning food imports without supporting farmers and creating an enabling environment to produce food on a large scale is condemning Nigerians to hunger."\--With assistance from Anthony Osae-Brown.To contact the reporter on this story: Ruth Olurounbi in Abuja at rolurounbi4@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Anthony Osae-Brown at aosaebrown2@bloomberg.net, Rene Vollgraaff, Michael GunnFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Statue resembling Trump erected in Melania's home country Slovenia Posted: 30 Aug 2019 06:35 AM PDT  A large wooden sculpture that strongly resembles Donald Trump was erected this week in Slovenia, home country of Trump's wife Melania, though its designer insists it is meant to represent a "statue of liberty", not the U.S. president. Tom Schlegl's 8-metre (26 foot) statue in the village of Sela, north of the capital Ljubljana, depicts a man with blond hair and an angry expression, wearing a blue suit, white shirt and red tie. "I designed the statue because people have forgotten what the Statue of Liberty stands for.
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| Longest-ever wrongfully imprisoned woman in US history gets $3m in lawsuit settlement Posted: 29 Aug 2019 12:15 PM PDT  A woman who spent 35 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit has been awarded $3m (£2.5m) as a partial settlement in her civil rights case, according to her lawyers.Cathy Woods, 68, was released from prison in 2015 after she was exonerated due to new DNA evidence found on a cigarette stub.
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| Wave of child sex abuse lawsuits threatens Boy Scouts Posted: 29 Aug 2019 10:16 PM PDT  The Boy Scouts of America is facing a threat from a growing wave of lawsuits over decades-old allegations of sexual abuse. The Scouts have been sued in multiple states in recent months by purported abuse victims, including plaintiffs taking advantage of new state laws or court decisions that are now allowing suits previously barred because of the age of the allegations. A lawyer representing 150 people who say they were abused as Boy Scouts is planning a suit in New Jersey when the state's new civil statute of limitations law takes effect Dec. 1.
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| The Invasion of Poland Wasn't Hitler's First Aggression. Here's Why That Move Marked the Beginning of WWII Posted: 30 Aug 2019 09:00 AM PDT  Roughly 1.5 million German soldiers, 2,000 airplanes and 2,500 tanks crossed the Polish border on Sept. 1, 1939
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| Hurricane Dorian changes course, strengthens to Category 4 Posted: 31 Aug 2019 09:01 AM PDT  Monstrous Hurricane Dorian changed course slightly on Saturday and put itself on a possible track to hit the Carolinas rather than Florida as previously forecast, after a dangerous blast through the Bahamas. Meteorologists said Dorian has grown into an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm as it heads toward land with great potential for destruction. "There's been a notable change overnight to the forecast of #Dorian after Tuesday," the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Twitter.
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| Student loans: Betsy DeVos rule change means college students must fight for loan forgiveness Posted: 30 Aug 2019 05:51 PM PDT  DeVos thought it was too easy under Obama for students to get loan forgiveness if a college closed or if their degree didn't prepare them for a job.
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