| Georgia sheriff's office employee fired after racist rant at McDonald's Posted: 26 Sep 2019 12:07 PM PDT  A Georgia sheriff's office employee has been fired after he was caught on video telling a teenager to "speak English" at a local McDonald's.
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| Grieving mother shares heartbreaking tribute to children on 'first day of school' Posted: 26 Sep 2019 10:47 AM PDT  A distraught mother took to Facebook earlier this month to share a touching tribute to her children, all three of whom were killed by a drunk driver.
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| Abuse of power, not criminality, key to Trump impeachment Posted: 27 Sep 2019 03:04 AM PDT  Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Joe Biden, an early favorite to win the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, according to a summary of a Trump phone call released this week by the White House. The administration also released a whistleblower's complaint that questioned whether U.S. aid was held up until Ukraine showed it would act on Trump's request.
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| Death row inmate executed for killing his wife and stepsons, raping stepdaughters Posted: 26 Sep 2019 07:57 AM PDT  A death row inmate has been executed for killing his wife and stepsons before raping his stepdaughters. Robert Sparks, 45, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at a death chamber in Huntsville, Texas, for the 2007 murders.
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| Michigan school bus driver fired after kicking kids off bus for sharing bag of chips: Officials Posted: 26 Sep 2019 08:20 AM PDT  A Michigan school bus driver and bus aide have both been fired after they forced "several" students to exit the bus early, officials say.
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| Ex-Mexican prosecutor sentenced to 20 years in US drug case Posted: 26 Sep 2019 12:21 PM PDT ![Ex-Mexican prosecutor sentenced to 20 years in US drug case]( "Ex-Mexican prosecutor sentenced to 20 years in US drug case") A former state attorney general from Mexico was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison in a U.S. drug-trafficking case accusing him of using wiretaps and other law enforcement tools to protect the turf of a violent drug cartel. Edgar Veytia told a judge in federal court in Brooklyn that he made a "mistake" by taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from the cartel while he was chief law enforcement officer in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit. Veytia - a dual U.S.-Mexico citizen who had lived off and on in San Diego - had pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges he took bribes from a drug organization headed by Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez, a kingpin known as "H2." In exchange, he helped the organization smuggle massive amounts of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine to the U.S. from 2013 until the time of his arrest in 2017, prosecutors said.
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| Texas executes man for murdering family Posted: 25 Sep 2019 05:48 PM PDT  Texas on Wednesday executed a man who murdered three family members, following a trial in which a bailiff wore a tie depicting a syringe in an apparent reference to the lethal injection procedure. Robert Sparks, 45, was pronounced dead at 6:39 pm local time (2339 GMT).
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| Impeachment: A Preview for What Could Come Next for Donald Trump Posted: 26 Sep 2019 08:21 AM PDT  As the inquiry moves forward, it is important to understand that the Framers of the Constitution did not provide for impeachment as a partisan political weapon or as a response to a president's policies with which members disagree. Here is how the process, according to the Constitution, should work.
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| Girl, 11, diagnosed with rare cancer just a day after she started school: 'She is a very sweet girl' Posted: 26 Sep 2019 04:21 PM PDT  An 11-year-old British girl who was excited to start her first day of secondary school was diagnosed with a rare cancer just 24 hours later.
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| Kremlin says it hopes US wouldn't release calls between Trump and Putin calls Posted: 27 Sep 2019 05:44 AM PDT  Russia voiced hope Friday that the U.S. administration wouldn't publish private conversations between the two nations' presidents, like it did with Ukraine.
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| Woman says she contracted deadly flesh-eating bacteria after getting a manicure at a nail salon: 'I'm just lucky to be alive' Posted: 26 Sep 2019 07:45 AM PDT  A woman in Tennessee said she contracted a rare, but deadly bacterial infection and nearly lost her hand after getting a manicure at a nail salon.
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| The Latest: Cop who killed neighbor says she was 'scared' Posted: 27 Sep 2019 09:17 AM PDT  Amber Guyger testified Friday in her murder trial in the killing last September of Botham Jean, who was in his own home when Guyger shot him. The former Dallas police officer who fatally shot her unarmed black neighbor in his apartment began crying and shaking on the witness stand as she started describing entering his home that night. Amber Guyger, who is white, took the stand Friday in her murder trial in the fatal shooting last year of Botham Jean, whose apartment she said she mistook for her own.
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| Ghosts of China's past haunt former capital Nanjing Posted: 25 Sep 2019 09:06 PM PDT  The eastern city of Nanjing contains vestiges of China's past that represent an inconvenient truth for the government today: the Chinese world has not always revolved around the Communists and Beijing. China is preparing for grand celebrations next month to mark 70 years since Mao Zedong founded the Communist government based in the northern capital. "Nanjing was the capital of short-lived dynasties in history, and regimes died away quickly," Jiang Shaojian, a Nanjing resident, told an AFP journalist.
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| Members of disbanded EPA air quality panel form independent group Posted: 26 Sep 2019 02:09 PM PDT  The 20 experts are scheduled to review the science on particulate matter pollution and health beginning at a two-day meeting in Virginia on Oct. 10. Dubbed the Independent Particulate Matter Review Panel, the group plans to issue a report on whether the current federal particulate matter standard is adequate, members said. Members of the independent group previously served on the EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Particulate Matter Review Panel, which was disbanded last October by EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler.
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| Murder Suspect Who Sparked Hong Kong Unrest May Soon Be Free Posted: 27 Sep 2019 02:24 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- After four months of unprecedented violent demonstrations in Hong Kong and no end in sight, the city's beleaguered leader has one more thing to worry about: the suspect in the murder case that led to the social unrest could soon walk free.When Chief Executive Carrie Lam proposed amending the extradition law in February, she cited the case of Chan Tong-kai, wanted in Taiwan in connection with the February 2018 slaying of his girlfriend, Poon Hui-wing. Chan was sentenced by a Hong Kong court in April to 29 months for money-laundering after he used Poon's bank card for ATM withdrawals, but no legal framework exists for him to be returned to Taiwan to face the murder charges.While Lam was forced to eventually say she would withdraw the extradition bill, it wasn't enough to appease the protesters who've since broadened their demands to include an independent inquiry into police conduct and a more democratic form of governance. Meanwhile, Chan could be released as early as October on good behavior, Hong Kong's security head John Lee said in April. "This administration has all the reasons to bring Chan to justice -- not only was his alleged conduct serious and lethal, but also it was this administration who presented the victim's mourning family as a moral motive to push the now-withdrawn extradition bill," Alvin Yeung, a barrister and pro-democracy lawmaker in Hong Kong, said this week. "Now the chief executive has abandoned the murder case and the victim's family."Emails to Ronnie Leung, a lawyer who represented Chan in Hong Kong, and to the Secretary for Justice's Office went unanswered. A spokeswoman for the Hong Kong Security Bureau said Friday that the exact date for Chan's release depended on different factors, including his discipline while incarcerated.Chan and Poon, both Hong Kong residents, went to Taiwan on vacation in February 2018, the South China Morning Post reported. When Poon failed to return, her parents filed a missing persons report and her father traveled to Taiwan to find her, it said. Poon's decomposed body was found by Taiwan police on March 13, the day Chan was arrested, according to the Post.Hong Kong police said that Chan confessed under caution to killing his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan, the Morning Post said. Chan said that after an argument he strangled Poon and stuffed the body in a suitcase, which he later disposed of in a park, according to the report, citing evidence at his trial. He was remanded in custody for 13 months, it said. Reports gave their ages at around 19 and 20.Judicial Assistance"I suppose he will be a free man but I doubt he can stay in Hong Kong with such attention on his every move," said Bernard Chan, a top adviser to Lam and convener of the executive council.Taiwan officials made requests to Hong Kong for judicial assistance in March and April 2018, and in December asked that the suspect be sent to Taiwan for investigations, Chiu Chih-hung, deputy chief prosecutor in Shilin district, said in a phone interview on Sept. 23. They received no reply, he said.Still, the government in Taiwan made it clear that it would not agree to the extradition bill, which it said could infringe on its sovereignty. President Tsai Ing-wen in June said she rejected Hong Kong's use of individual extradition "as an excuse to make legal amendments.""We cannot work together to crack down on crime using laws that infringe on human rights as a precondition," she said. "We will not be an accessory to the passage of this unconscionable law."Lam's proposed law sparked protests because it would have permitted the extradition of criminal suspects to mainland China, opening the possibility that Hong Kong residents could become subject to its laws. In the 1984 joint declaration, Britain and China agreed among other things that the city would follow English common law under a "one country, two systems" arrangement for 50 years.Taiwan SympathizersIn Taiwan, sympathizers of Hong Kong's protests have held their own rallies since June, ranging from small gatherings to several thousands of demonstrators surrounding the legislature. Others have rallied to the cause by donating tear gas masks and helmets to be shipped to the Hong Kong activists, according to the Taipei Times.Poon's family has lobbied the government to return Chan to Taiwan to face justice. Her mother appeared in February in front of the press in a baseball hat, mask and sunglasses and urged the administration to take action. While the parents initially backed the plan for an extradition bill, after the protests erupted her father asked Lam in a letter on June 26 to consider a one-off arrangement or other measures, instead of a introducing a new law, HK01 reported.Both Lam's office and Poon's family declined to comment on the report, HK01 said.The Hong Kong Law Society said in an 11-page submission in June that the government should consult all stakeholders and the community before rushing into legislation regarding extraditions to China, Taiwan and Macau, which was proposed in the bill."The circumstances which have now purportedly given rise to this sudden need for legislation are not persuasive, notwithstanding the repeated reliance by the government on a murder case in Taiwan," the society said in the submission.Yeung was one of three lawmakers who submitted alternative proposals for Chan to be sent to Taiwan, which were rejected by the administration in July. He said he was "disappointed and dismayed" at the administration's refusal to embrace alternatives."What is happening now politically and on the streets does not necessarily prohibit the administration from pursuing other legislative proposals" to bring Chan to justice, he said.There is no law in the city enabling the government to surrender fugitive offenders to Taiwan, the Security Bureau spokeswoman said.Hong Kong's Lam Takes Blame for 'Entire Unrest' Rocking CityThe government's initial reluctance to withdraw the bill allowed protests to develop beyond the original demand and increase in intensity. Almost every week for about four months police have fired tear gas, pepper spray and non-lethal firearms to disperse demonstrations. There have been almost 1,500 arrests, and extensive damage to train stations and government buildings since the civil unrest began."The entire unrest is caused by the government's work in amending the extradition law," Lam told a town-hall style meeting in Hong Kong on Thursday.When Lam suspended the bill on June 15, she said she told the Poon family the government has "done their best" to deal with the murder case, drawing an angry response from protesters."The case has only been an excuse to introduce the extradition bill," said Ventus Lau, a 25-year-old protester and organizer for the rallies."From our perspective, our priority is not this case," he said. "I don't believe the movement will come to a halt if the Chan Tong-kai case has been dealt with."(Adds Security Bureau comment in sixth paragraph f4om end.)\--With assistance from Stanley James.To contact the reporters on this story: Natalie Lung in Hong Kong at flung6@bloomberg.net;Adela Lin in Taipei at alin95@bloomberg.net;Blake Schmidt in Hong Kong at bschmidt16@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Shamim Adam at sadam2@bloomberg.net, Stanley JamesFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Woman who rescued kitten on busy road surprised to learn it is not a kitten at all Posted: 26 Sep 2019 11:21 AM PDT  A Tennessee woman who believed she was rescuing a lost kitten was surprised when she found out the creature was actually a baby bobcat.
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| F-52 Fighter: The Best Stealth Fighter America Never Built? Posted: 27 Sep 2019 05:21 AM PDT  It only exists in video games. Sorry.
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| Castro says 'it will be the end of my campaign' without more money to help make November debate Posted: 26 Sep 2019 12:00 PM PDT  Julián Castro's email comes less than a week after Sen. Cory Booker's presidential campaign asked for more donations so he won't have to end his campaign.
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| The Treasury’s Housing Plan Would Pave the Way for Another Financial Crisis Posted: 27 Sep 2019 03:30 AM PDT  Treasury's plan for releasing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from their conservatorships is missing only one thing: a good reason for doing it. The dangers the two companies will create for the U.S. economy will far outweigh whatever benefits Treasury sees.Under the plan, Fannie and Freddie will be fully recapitalized — probably by allowing them to keep all or a portion of their profits and by selling shares to the public. However they are recapitalized, Treasury makes clear that they will continue to be backed by the government — a benefit for which they will be required to pay.The Treasury says the purpose of their recapitalization is to protect the taxpayers in the event that the two firms fail again. But that makes little sense. The taxpayers would not have to be protected if the companies were adequately capitalized and operated without government backing.Indeed, it should have been clear by now that government backing for private profit-seeking firms is a clear and present danger to the stability of the U.S. financial system. Government support enables companies to raise virtually unlimited debt while taking financial risks that the market would routinely deny to firms that operate without it.Nor, it seems, has Treasury considered what kind of business Fannie and Freddie will likely pursue as government-backed profit-seeking firms.When Fannie and Freddie had minimal capitalization and a free but "implicit" government guarantee, profitability was easy. Most of the housing finance market was open to them, and they could set their pricing at levels others could not match. That enabled them to drive competitors out of any portion of the market that they wanted to dominate. By the early 2000s they were acquiring and securitizing — or holding in portfolio — about 50 percent of all U.S. mortgages.They will not be able to do this under Treasury's plan. The demands for profitability from their shareholders, coupled with the cost of their government backing, is almost certain to eliminate the pricing advantages that allowed them to dominate the housing finance market before the financial crisis.Still, their government support will allow them to earn significant profits in a different way — by taking on the risks of subprime and other high-cost mortgage loans. That business would make effective use of their government backing and — at least for a while — earn the profits that their shareholders will demand.The Treasury plan warns Fannie and Freddie that they will have to earn "less than the return on other activities" when they acquire the mortgages of "low-and-moderate-income families." But this only means that they will have to earn more on the middle-class mortgages that are the heart of the housing finance market.This is an open invitation to create another financial crisis. If we learned anything from the 2008 mortgage market collapse, it is that once a government-backed entity begins to accept mortgages with low down payments and high debt-to-income ratios, the entire market begins to shift in that direction.Middle-class homebuyers, who could otherwise afford the down payments and other terms of a prime mortgage, seek out the opportunity to buy a larger home with a low or no downpayment.Only a firm with government backing could pursue this business, but it will be a plausible profit-making activity for Fannie and Freddie once they are released from the conservatorships and free to exploit their government guarantee. In the midst of the housing boom in the early 2000s, Fannie's staff noted that 37 percent of the subprime mortgages they were acquiring — ostensibly to meet the government's affordable-housing goals — were going to homebuyers above median income.The results were clearly on view in 2008, when a collapse in the home-mortgage system brought on by the prevalence of weak and risky mortgages produced a monumental financial crisis. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.Given this potential outcome, why is the Treasury proposing this plan? There is no obvious need for a government-backed profit-making firm in today's housing finance market. FHA could assume the important role of helping low- and moderate-income families buy their first home.We would all be better off if the Federal Housing Finance Agency — the GSEs' regulator and conservator — simply decided to withdraw them gradually from the market. As their conservator, FHFA has the power to do this by reducing the size of the mortgages they are permitted to buy until they are no longer significant players in housing finance. Banks and private securitizers would then easily take their place, most likely focusing solely on prime mortgages.In that case, of course, today's speculators in Fannie and Freddie stock would be the losers, but the taxpayers and the financial markets would be saved from a major future loss.Why this hasn't already happened in a conservative administration remains an enduring mystery.
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| Details emerge on Mama June Shannon's court appearance after crack cocaine arrest Posted: 25 Sep 2019 10:43 AM PDT  Mama June Shannon, who is reportedly estranged from her children, and her boyfriend are facing felony charges.
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| Ex-casino employee to seek parole chance in Vegas killing Posted: 26 Sep 2019 11:01 AM PDT  A former Las Vegas Strip casino card dealer intends to seek a chance at parole when he's sentenced for killing a resort executive and wounding a co-worker at a company picnic in 2018, a defense lawyer said Thursday. Anthony Wrobel decided it was in his best interest to plead guilty before trial to murder in the shooting death of Venetian casino executive Mia Banks and attempted murder for wounding co-worker Hector Rodriguez, court-appointed defense attorney Joseph Abood said. The plea agreement by the 44-year-old Wrobel says he could face up to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.
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| Rwanda welcomes first group of African refugees from Libya Posted: 26 Sep 2019 09:13 PM PDT  A group of 66 African refugees and asylum-seekers arrived in Kigali late Thursday, the UN said, the first of what could be thousands relocated from Libya under a new programme. Earlier this month, Rwanda signed a deal with the African Union (AU) and the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR agreeing to take in African refugees and asylum-seekers stranded in Libya.
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| Saudi Arabia opens to foreign holidaymakers, chases tourism investment Posted: 26 Sep 2019 02:06 PM PDT  Saudi Arabia threw open its doors to foreign tourists on Friday, launching a new visa regime for 49 countries and appealing to foreign companies to invest in a sector it hopes will contribute 10% of gross domestic product by 2030. Tourism chief Ahmed al-Khateeb told Reuters in an interview ahead of the official announcement that abayas will not be mandatory but modest dress covering shoulders and knees is, including at public beaches.
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| Melting ice is slowing down the Atlantic ocean's circulation system. Yes, that's similar to what happens in 'The Day After Tomorrow.' Posted: 26 Sep 2019 11:48 AM PDT  A new UN report found global oceans could rise 3 feet by 2100 due in part to melting ice. That melt could also slow the Atlantic ocean current system.
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| Aubrey O'Day claims flight attendant forced her to 'undress in front of the entire plane' Posted: 27 Sep 2019 07:47 AM PDT  'I literally had to have my breasts in a bra out in front of everyone around me in order to not get kicked off.'
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| Revisiting Disney's America: The Theme Park That Never Was Posted: 25 Sep 2019 10:42 AM PDT |
| Republicans Say Impeachment Will Backfire. History Says It Won’t Posted: 26 Sep 2019 08:04 AM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Citing their experience in the 1990s, Republicans warned Democrats this week that an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine would backfire politically.History, however, doesn't back up that assertion.Only three U.S. presidents have ever faced a serious threat of removal by Congress – Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton -- and in each case the party that initiated the inquiry ended up benefiting in the next election."The idea that Democrats are going to have a political loss from this – maybe they will," said Elizabeth Holtzman, a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate scandal, which led to Nixon's resignation. "But the Nixon impeachment doesn't show that. It shows an amazing victory."In setting in motion the impeachment inquiry, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi runs the risk of voter backlash in 2020, especially for Democrats who wrested seats from Republicans last November.Brenda Wineapple, author of "The Impeachers," said that Republicans who impeached but failed to convict Johnson after the Civil War "didn't suffer politically," as they maintained control of Congress and their party's candidate, Ulysses Grant, won the White House in the 1868 elections.The same was true for the impeachment inquiry that led to Nixon's resignation in 1974, as Democrats substantially increased their majority in Congress and won back the White House two years later.And in 1998, amid the Republican drive to impeach Clinton for lying under oath and obstruction of justice, the GOP retained control of both chambers of Congress, and won the White House two years later.Nonetheless, the conventional wisdom has long been that the Clinton impeachment effort hurt Republicans because they lost House seats in the 1998 midterm elections.Former Representative Martin Frost, who led the Democratic House campaign effort in 1998, said that the main problem for House Republicans that year was that they made impeachment their "closing argument.""They overplayed their hand," he said.The timing was a key factor. The Republicans voted to start impeachment proceedings on Oct. 8, 1998, just weeks before the midterms. In late October, Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich engineered a TV advertising blitz in key House districts focusing on Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky.Republicans thought the effort would bolster their House majority. When they instead lost five seats, Gingrich resigned. The Senate then failed to convict Clinton, and he finished his second term with high approval ratings.For that reason, many Republicans have argued that a Trump impeachment would backfire.After Pelosi announced her decision on Tuesday, Trump said it would be "a positive for me" and help him win re-election, while the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee argued that it would cost Democrats the House majority. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican who was in the Senate at the time, argued last year that the Clinton impeachment "improved the president's approval rating and tanked ours."But political scientists say that leaves out the effect on the presidential election two years later. Impeachment and the scandal that brought it about complicated Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign, leading to a narrow victory by Republican George W. Bush, who pledged to "restore honor and dignity" to the White House.Christopher Lawrence, a professor of political science at Middle Georgia State University who has studied Clinton's impeachment, said Democrats are also in a much different position now. Polls show Republicans are already highly supportive of Trump and extremely enthusiastic about voting in 2020, so impeachment may not change much among those voters, especially when the election is still 13 months away."I don't think at this point there's anything that you can do to motivate Trump supporters more than they already are to vote for him in 2020," he said. "Really, the question is whether it will motivate Democrats to vote."That's not to say every lawmaker involved in impeachment escapes unscathed.In the 2000 election, Democrats targeted House impeachment manager James Rogan, a California Republican, for defeat, and they later blocked him from a federal judicial nomination. Georgia Democrats redrew impeachment manager Bob Barr's congressional district in a way that led to his loss in a Republican primary.Yet those who have been on the front lines of past impeachments stressed that ultimately, political considerations shouldn't matter."It ought to be irrelevant," Barr said. "If a majority of the members of the House believe the president has committed an impeachable offense, then regardless of where the political chips may fall, they have an obligation to proceed."To contact the reporter on this story: Ryan Teague Beckwith in New York at rbeckwith3@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Wendy Benjaminson at wbenjaminson@bloomberg.net, Max Berley, John HarneyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Man who kissed reporter on live TV charged with harassment in Kentucky Posted: 26 Sep 2019 11:12 AM PDT  Reporter Sara Rivest was doing a live shot outside the Bourbon & Beyond music festival in Kentucky when a man kissed and pretended to spank her.
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| No federal charges in fatal California police shooting Posted: 26 Sep 2019 04:30 PM PDT  Federal authorities declined to pursue civil rights charges Thursday against Sacramento police officers who fatally shot an unarmed black man, a killing that sparked protests and spurred changes to a state law governing when authorities can use deadly force. The U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI said a federal review of the 2018 shooting of 22-year-old Stephon Clark found "insufficient evidence" to pursue charges against Officers Terrance Mercadal and Jared Robinet.
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| US says Assad again used chemical weapons, vows action Posted: 26 Sep 2019 05:16 PM PDT  The United States vowed a response Thursday as it said it had confirmed another chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, although there were no fatalities. The Assad regime used chlorine on May 19 in Latakia province during its ferocious offensive to take back the last major rebel stronghold in nearby Idlib, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. "The United States will not allow these attacks to go unchallenged nor will we tolerate those who choose to conceal these atrocities," Pompeo told reporters in New York, where he was taking part in the UN General Assembly.
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| Enormous shark fin spotted off Florida coast revealed to be a hoax Posted: 26 Sep 2019 01:16 PM PDT  Beachgoers can rest easy after wildlife officials have reviewed several reported "shark sightings" and deemed them fake.
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| 'Just a second, please': El Salvador president's U.N. selfie eclipses speech Posted: 26 Sep 2019 03:34 PM PDT  Before starting his first address before the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, 38-year-old El Salvador President Nayib Bukele asked the audience to hold on a second, took out his phone, and snapped a selfie. "Believe me, many more people will see this selfie than will hear this speech," Bukele quipped before delivering his address calling on the United Nations to change with the times and for world leaders to do more to connect with their countries' youth. The former mayor of the capital, San Salvador, who took office in June, is a prolific user of social media.
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| 'OK' hand gesture, 'Bowlcut' added to civil rights group's online database of hate symbols Posted: 26 Sep 2019 07:10 AM PDT  The "OK" hand gesture, a mass killer's bowl-style haircut and an anthropomorphic moon wearing sunglasses are among 36 new entries in a Jewish civil rights group's online database of hate symbols used by white supremacists and other far-right extremists.
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| Impeachment Was Unpopular Before Pelosi Acted: Campaign Update Posted: 25 Sep 2019 07:31 PM PDT  (Bloomberg) -- Most Americans remain opposed to impeachment, with 37% saying President Donald Trump should be removed from office and 57% saying he should not, according to a poll released Wednesday.Quinnipiac University conducted the survey from Sept. 19 to 23, as new developments regarding a conversation that the president had with Ukraine's leader unfolded.The poll doesn't capture the latest events including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to begin impeachment proceedings and the release by the White House of the transcript of a telephone call in which Trump asked the Ukrainian president to look into the business dealings of former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter.Still, the numbers are up slightly from two months ago. Then, 32% of voters favored impeachment while 60% opposed, according to a previous Quinnipiac poll. The biggest shift has come from Democrats, who have gone from 61% for impeachment to 73%.The poll has an overall margin of error of 3.2 percentage points.Trump Manhattan Fundraiser to Raise $5 Million (7:39 p.m.)President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening attended a campaign fundraiser at the Manhattan home of hedge fund founder John Paulson that will raise $5 million, according to two people familiar with the matter.Another event, at Cipriani 42nd Street on Thursday, is expected to raise at least $3 million, the people said.Paulson, a billionaire and the founder of Paulson & Co., has been a Trump supporter since he first ran in 2016, and was an economic adviser to the campaign.The money will go toward the Trump Victory fund, which benefits the president's re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee, according to a Republican familiar with the arrangement. -- Jennifer JacobsTrump Reaps $5 Million After Impeachment Drive: 3:58 P.M.The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $5 million in the 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she was opening a formal impeachment inquiry."Huge groundswell of support," campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted in announcing the haul, which he said included donors from all 50 states. The total is far short of the $24.8 million Trump raised in less than 24 hours when he officially relaunched his re-election bid.The fundraising effort began within minutes of Pelosi's announcement Tuesday that the House inquiry would examine Trump's interactions with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. A text message to supporters Tuesday afternoon said, "Nancy just called for impeachment," and asked them to make a donation, with $45 the suggested amount.The campaign also sent an email to supporters Wednesday after the White House released the text of Trump's conversation with Zelenskiy. "I've done nothing wrong," the solicitation says, "Trust me, you saw the transcript." That pitch asked for donations of $5 and up. -- Bill AllisonElizabeth Warren's Having a Good Week in Polls (11:14 a.m.)Elizabeth Warren has had quite the week for positive polls.She's leading by 9 points over Joe Biden in California in a Los Angeles Times/University of California Berkeley poll out Wednesday, giving her an early lead in the country's largest Democratic state. She also has moved to the front in the first two nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, according to polls out in the last week.The Massachusetts senator was at 29% among likely California Democratic primary voters, up from 18% in June. She was followed by Biden at 20%, a drop of 2 points, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders at 19%. Senator Kamala Harris only had 8% support in her home state, down from 13% in June.The California poll was conducted Sept. 13-18, before the stories about President Donald Trump's request to Ukraine that its government investigate Biden's son Hunter broke. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. -- Emma KineryWarren Tied With Biden in New National Poll (6:51 a.m.)Elizabeth Warren is essentially tied with Joe Biden nationwide, continuing a surge in surveys that showed her ahead in Iowa and New Hampshire, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday.The survey will fuel questions about whether the former vice president is losing his perch as the front-runner in the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination.The poll showed Warren with support from 27% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters, compared with 25% for Biden. That's well within the margin of error of the survey of 4.9% but represents the first time a candidate other than Biden has held a numerical lead since Quinnipiac began its survey in March.Warren has been riding a wave of momentum since the last Democratic debate earlier this month in Houston. -- Kathleen HunterCOMING UPThe United Food and Commercial Workers union will host forums in Iowa and Michigan with Democratic presidential candidates on Sept. 29 and Oct. 13. Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have confirmed that they will attend.\--With assistance from Kathleen Hunter, Emma Kinery, Bill Allison and Jennifer Jacobs.To contact the reporter on this story: Gregory Korte in Washington at gkorte@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Wendy Benjaminson at wbenjaminson@bloomberg.net, Max Berley, John HarneyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Boeing, FAA should fix 737 Max's automated systems so they don't confuse pilots, NTSB says Posted: 26 Sep 2019 01:16 PM PDT  The NTSB says the FAA should require Boeing to redesign its system in a way that is more intuitive, so pilots can take corrective action quickly.
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| Pakistan court gives slain model's brother life sentence Posted: 27 Sep 2019 05:59 AM PDT  A Pakistani court on Friday found the brother of a slain social media model, Qandeel Baloch, guilty of her 2016 murder and sentenced him to life in prison. Baloch, aged 26, was found strangled in her home near the city of Multan. Friday's decision by a judge in Multan acquitted four other suspects, including Qawi, whose supporters showered him with rose petals as he left the court.
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| Hippo gender reveal: Texas couple responds after being mocked for 'worst' baby announcement Posted: 26 Sep 2019 07:21 AM PDT  A Texas couple is speaking out after their unusual gender reveal went viral and received backlash on Twitter.
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| Calling All Home Chefs: Tons of Le Creuset Cookware Is on Sale Now Posted: 26 Sep 2019 12:13 PM PDT |
| Israeli minister urges unity government to stave off 'blow-up' in Iran tensions Posted: 27 Sep 2019 02:28 AM PDT  Israel's energy minister on Friday warned tensions between Iran and the United States were reaching a breaking point and an Israeli unity government deal was needed to stave off the threat of conflict following an inconclusive election last week. Washington has blamed Iran for a Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities, and on Thursday announced it would send radar systems and Patriot missiles to the kingdom to bolster its defenses. Iran denies carrying out the attack.
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| Support for impeachment jumps in new poll Posted: 26 Sep 2019 01:00 PM PDT  Among Democratic voters, support for impeachment proceedings has increased 13 points.
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| Tesla squad car almost runs out of battery during a high-speed police pursuit Posted: 26 Sep 2019 08:11 AM PDT  A Tesla Model S is being piloted by police in the San Francisco-area. One of the cars almost ran out of battery power during a high speed chase.
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