| Trump back in rally form in Tulsa, but the promised crowd doesn't show Posted: 20 Jun 2020 06:42 PM PDT  President Trump's reelection campaign got off to a rocky start Saturday, with a rally in Tulsa, Okla., that he had hoped would draw a much larger audience than the one that showed up.
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| Police probing second reported shooting in Seattle protest zone Posted: 22 Jun 2020 02:07 AM PDT |
| UK police: Park stabbing that killed 3 was a terror attack Posted: 21 Jun 2020 01:51 AM PDT  A stabbing rampage that killed three people as they sat in a British park on a summer evening is being considered a terrorist attack, police said Sunday as a 25-year-old man who was believed to be the lone attacker was in custody. Authorities said they were not looking for any other suspects and they did not raise Britain's official terrorism threat level from "substantial." Three people were killed and three others seriously wounded in the stabbing attack that came out of the blue Saturday in Forbury Gardens park in Reading, a town of 200,000 people 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of London.
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| Panama exhumes remains of 19 victims from 1989 US invasion Posted: 22 Jun 2020 07:25 AM PDT  The remains of 19 people are removed from a cemetery in a fresh bid to identify all the victims.
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| Trump: 'I said to my people, 'Slow the testing down, please!' Posted: 21 Jun 2020 12:26 PM PDT  During his campaign kickoff rally in Tulsa, Okla., President Trump blamed spikes in coronavirus cases on increased testing in the county.
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| A Japanese-Inspired Home in the Middle of Texas Posted: 22 Jun 2020 06:27 AM PDT |
| Apple is about to unveil a bunch of new features coming to the iPhone, Apple Watch, and other major products — here's what to expect Posted: 22 Jun 2020 05:46 AM PDT  Apple is expected to announce new iPhone and Apple Watch features as well as a new iMac at its WWDC conference.
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| Brazil becomes second country to surpass 1 million COVID-19 cases Posted: 21 Jun 2020 09:46 PM PDT  Brazil is on track to have the most coronavirus-related deaths in the world by the end of the summer, according to one model.
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| Trump draws fire for saying he wanted coronavirus testing slowed down Posted: 21 Jun 2020 10:15 AM PDT  President Trump drew harsh criticism this weekend for his flippant remarks about the coronavirus at a Tulsa, Okla., rally.
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| Russian journalist charged with justifying terrorism calls her trial a sham Posted: 22 Jun 2020 07:09 AM PDT |
| What American Cops Can Learn From the End of South Africa’s Apartheid Policing Posted: 21 Jun 2020 02:06 AM PDT  During South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy, I was directly involved in the transformation of the police force to a police service. Today, as the United States is confronted with the need for changes in police culture and behavior, perhaps some of the lessons learned in those tumultuous times may prove useful. After Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years in prison in 1990, the lid was lifted off the centuries-old subjugation of Blacks in South Africa. It is not surprising that the injury and pain spilled over into violence, which threatened to destroy the dream of the New South Africa. The old system of apartheid had broken down, a new system had not yet been born, and the country was trying to navigate the vacuum in between.I served on the executive committee of Cape Town's Regional Peace Committee. Our job was to mediate, intervene in crises, facilitate talks between government officials and Black communities, and facilitate new policies. I often stood between lines of heavily armed police and large crowds of angry demonstrators, with tear gas and bullets flying. Once, I was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet.My colleagues and I knew that South Africa needed police—the right kind of police. We realized that the language and the reality of policing had to shift. We needed a police service—not a police force.In 1992, an extraordinary document, the National Peace Accord, was signed by the African National Congress (ANC), the apartheid government, other political parties, security forces, business, labor, and religious leaders, and the police themselves. It included a Code of Conduct for the police, which every officer in the country had to choose to sign—or resign. It also required all police officers to wear a nameplate, which, for the first time, held individual officers to account. The key was political will. The pressure for change pushed from the bottom up and pressed down from the top. Police officers from New York City and Scotland Yard in the U,K. exchanged information and visits with the police leadership and the African National Congress. The decision was made to adopt the doctrine of Community Policing. It would be difficult. Apartheid-style policing was based on force and aggression, whereas community policing is based on service and cooperation. To reinforce their commitment, the police established a Community Relations Division, which enshrined Liaison Forums, later known as Community Policing Forums. This meant that all station commanders would hold regular structured meetings with the community they policed.A pilot program in Cape Town tried out a forum in a Black area. In the beginning, the police attempted to control the process, and the community resisted. With persistence on both sides, the police and community found common ground and formed a joint secretariat. Police and community representatives alternately hosted and chaired meetings and trainings that included education on the National Peace Accord, legal, economic and judicial reforms, violence against women and the prevention of family violence. A network of health and social workers, psychologists, and chaplains was on call to respond appropriately.The police needed to be committed to the safety and security of the entire population, and to make these new ways stick. In 1993, national police headquarters published a strategic plan "to ensure the safety of all people in the country through community involvement and the rendering of professional service." They allocated massive resources, re-ordered police structures, and designated the Community Relations Division the new elite, complete with new criteria for promotion that focused on effectiveness within communities. Cape Town police HQ developed a manual with a self-reflective preamble: "The SA Police has been responsible for the enforcing discriminatory legislation in the past … a subculture of brutality and bias actually developed."By the end of the four-year transition period, the police were demilitarized and reconstituted as a police service, under civilian control. To better fit the new reality, a new ministry was established to supervise the police—the Ministry of Safety and Security. This was much more than a semantic shift. It described a whole new way of thinking about policing. Later, as is so often the case, the gains of one administration are squandered by another. In 2009, during the presidency of Jacob Zuma, the ministry was renamed the Ministry of Police. In 2010, the police responded to caustic criticism of a sharp rise in crime by resuming the previous militarized structure, it seems as a show of strength that is still apparent in policing today. The Community Policing Forums are still in place, though now more dependent on the willingness of individual station commanders. The name police service also still stands, and the lessons of the past, once learned, can be shelved, but never erased. The achievements of 1994 illustrate what political will can do. If this kind of profound change in policing could happen within a system as brutal as apartheid South Africa, then it can certainly happen within a democratic America. 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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| Zimbabwe anti-corruption body starts audit of the rich Posted: 21 Jun 2020 06:53 AM PDT  The anti-corruption commission threatens to take people's assets if they cannot explain their origin.
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| Germany's coronavirus reproduction rate jumps, indicating rising contagion Posted: 21 Jun 2020 10:22 AM PDT  Germany's coronavirus reproduction rate jumped to 2.88 on Sunday, up from 1.79 a day earlier, health authorities said, a rate showing infections are rising above the level needed to contain the disease over the longer term. To keep the pandemic under control, Germany needs the reproduction rate to drop below one. The rate of 2.88, published by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for public health, means that out of 100 people who contract the virus, a further 288 people will get infected.
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| Meet the X-32: The Plane That Could Have Replaced the F-35 Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:00 PM PDT  One for the history books.
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| School board member who praised Robert E Lee criticised for shopping online during debate about dropping his name Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:43 PM PDT  A white school board member in Louisiana has apologised for telling people who are offended by a local school named for Confederate general Robert E Lee should "learn a little more about" him.Baton Rouge resident Gary Chambers, who noticed East Baton Rouge School Board member Connie Bernard shopping online during a meeting about the school's name change, condemned her remarks at a board meeting on 18 June, footage of which has since gone viral.
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| U.S. Attorney in New York agrees to step down after Trump fires him, House Democrats launch probe Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:58 PM PDT  Berman said Saturday that he would not fight the move and will be leaving the office in the hands of his deputy, effective immediately.
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| Georgia marks first anniversary of anti-Kremlin protest Posted: 20 Jun 2020 12:08 PM PDT |
| Defense lawyers seek more investigations into MH17 downing Posted: 22 Jun 2020 05:40 AM PDT |
| Florida sheriff decries hanging mannequin in police uniform Posted: 20 Jun 2020 11:31 AM PDT |
| Vital Kamerhe: DRC president's chief of staff found guilty of corruption Posted: 20 Jun 2020 10:34 AM PDT  Vital Kamerhe was sentenced to 20 years hard labour after a trial marked by the murder of a judge.
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| New York City police chief blames protesters for 'worst rioting' in years Posted: 22 Jun 2020 09:09 AM PDT  New York Police Commissioner Dermot Shea testified on Monday that his officers had been attacked with bricks, knives, trash cans and bottles during recent protests against racial injustice, saying it was some of the "worst rioting" in the city for years. Shea's testimony was part of a series of online public hearings held by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is investigating the police response to widespread protests following last month's killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. Last week, scores of protesters testified that New York Police Department officers kicked or shoved them, hit them with night sticks, doused them with pepper spray or cuffed wrists so tightly that hands turned blue.
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| Cleveland business owner receiving threats for cooperating with police after store was looted Posted: 22 Jun 2020 03:40 AM PDT  Colossal Cupcakes owner Kelly Kandah, who hid with her staff as her store was ransacked by looters in May, says she's now receiving threats for cooperating with the police investigation.
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| Kyoto's New Ace Hotel Juxtaposes Classic Americana and Japanese Culture Posted: 22 Jun 2020 05:00 AM PDT  Commune Design and architect Kengo Kuma join forces on the highly anticipated Ace Hotel Kyoto
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| Top US prosecutor who probed Trump's allies fired Posted: 20 Jun 2020 04:02 PM PDT  America's top law enforcement official told a federal prosecutor known for probing allies of President Donald Trump that he was fired Saturday -- sparking uproar and triggering an inquiry by Democratic lawmakers. Geoffrey Berman, head of the Southern District of New York attorney's office since 2018, discovered his job was in jeopardy via a press release late Friday from Attorney General Bill Barr saying the prosecutor was stepping down. Berman responded that he had "no intention" of quitting, and that his office's "investigations will move forward without interruption."
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| American Airlines sued after Black man is removed from flight Posted: 20 Jun 2020 02:02 PM PDT  The passengers said they were defending Elgin Banks, a Black man, after he was told to get off a Phoenix-bound flight for trying to change his seat.
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| America's Cold War Endgame Plans Called For Nuking Both Russia And China Posted: 21 Jun 2020 01:00 AM PDT  U.S. nuclear war plans called for the destruction of the Soviet Union and China as "viable societies."
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| 2 dead, 7 wounded in shooting at North Carolina block party Posted: 22 Jun 2020 01:31 AM PDT  Two people were killed and seven others were wounded early Monday when multiple people fired into a crowd at an impromptu celebration in North Carolina, police said. The shooting happened at an impromptu block party in Charlotte that was a continuation of Juneteenth celebrations, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Deputy Chief Gerald Smith said at a media briefing Monday. Police responding to the scene heard shots being fired.
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| Minority officers allege discrimination over Chauvin booking Posted: 21 Jun 2020 09:13 AM PDT  Eight minority corrections officers who work at the jail holding a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd allege that they were barred from guarding or having contact with the officer because of their race. Floyd died on May 25 after Derek Chauvin, who is white, used his knee to pin down the the handcuffed Black man's neck even after Floyd stopped moving and pleading for air. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter.
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| French coronavirus deaths rise by seven to 29,640 Posted: 21 Jun 2020 12:01 PM PDT  The number of deaths in France from COVID-19 has risen by seven from the previous day to stand at 29,640 said the country's national health service on Sunday. France has the fifth-highest coronavirus death toll in the world, although the rate of casualties has dropped sharply over the last two months, allowing the country to gradually reopen its economy.
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| In pictures: Rare solar eclipse darkens Asia on the summer solstice Posted: 21 Jun 2020 04:12 AM PDT  Skywatchers photographed the "ring of fire", where the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun.
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| Suspected jihadist militant head arrested in Ivory Coast Posted: 22 Jun 2020 05:48 AM PDT |
| For the first time, Biden raises more cash in a month than Trump Posted: 20 Jun 2020 10:49 AM PDT  The $74 million the president, RNC and joint fundraising committees raised is a record for them in monthly fundraising.
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| Navy Won't Reinstate Crozier, Holds 1-Star's Promotion Over Poor Decision-Making Posted: 21 Jun 2020 03:24 PM PDT  The Navy won't reinstate the captain who was fired after warning of a serious health crisis on his ship.
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| How Russia's MiG-21 Became The Most-Produced Supersonic Jet In Aviation History Posted: 21 Jun 2020 03:30 AM PDT  It's flown in more than 60 countries.
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| Al-Qaida-linked group in Syria detains former commander Posted: 22 Jun 2020 06:20 AM PDT |
| Drug check in Germany sparks attacks on police, vandalism Posted: 21 Jun 2020 03:31 AM PDT  Police in the German city of Stuttgart said Sunday that 20 people were arrested and four police officers injured after a check for drugs sparked attacks on officers and police vehicles and widespread vandalism of stores in the city center.
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| Pompeo urges China to release detained Canadians after 'groundless' charges Posted: 22 Jun 2020 09:03 AM PDT  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday called for the immediate release of two Canadians charged by China for alleged espionage, saying the United States was "extremely concerned" and that the two men's detention was unjustified. "These charges are politically motivated and completely groundless," Pompeo said in a statement. Chinese prosecutors announced the charges on Friday against former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, who were arrested in late 2018.
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| India coronavirus: 57 minor girls test positive in Kanpur shelter home Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:11 AM PDT  The 57 infected girls have been moved to an isolation centre, but a majority are asymptomatic.
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| Steve Bannon’s COVID Podcast Is Being Distributed by a Convicted Crook Posted: 22 Jun 2020 12:21 AM PDT  Steven Bannon's platform to air COVID-19 conspiracy theories is distributed by a con man who has a long list of serious arrests dating back decades and a federal bank-fraud conviction. War Room: Pandemic is a podcast and radio program that appeals to a MAGA audience and focuses on the coronavirus, and is hosted by President Trump's former chief strategist at the White House and by the former Nigel Farage adviser Raheem Kassam.It has covered COVID-19 and pushed false narratives about the virus, including giving weight to the unproven theory that it was somehow man-made.The hour-long broadcasts—which have been viewed by millions and which originally started as War Room: Impeachment in October, and then pivoted to the pandemic in late January—are part of a stable of Trump-aligned conservative news programs distributed by America's Voice News (AVN), a website and satellite TV network. AVN is operated by Colorado-based Robert Sigg, who has a criminal background and, in an unusual twist, has historically donated to Democratic political candidates and causes. Sigg operates AVN through another entity, Performance One Media LLC. Revealed: The Family Member Who Turned on Trump Sigg's arrest record dates back to the 1980s and includes arrests for domestic violence, driving under the influence, assault, battery, burglary, and drug offenses; the charges were later dismissed. Sigg also has a track record of white-collar crime; in 2006, he was convicted for his role in a $19 million mortgage-fraud scheme. At the time of his arrest, the FBI announced that Sigg and his fellow defendants were charged because of their "alleged roles in a scheme to obtain loans employing stolen identities, and then utilizing these loan proceeds to purchase substandard houses." Sigg pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and a federal court sentenced him to time served and ordered him to pay more than $140,000 in restitution. His son Austin is also no stranger to law enforcement; he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a 10-year-old girl from Westminster, Colorado, in 2013.Although Sigg hosts a far-right news source, he has donated around $72,000 to the Democratic Party, its causes, and candidates, including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the 2016 Clinton campaign, and Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer. It's unclear why he switched allegiances and jumped on the MAGA bandwagon.Sigg and AVN did not respond to repeated requests for comment. A spokesperson for Bannon didn't answer questions as to whether Bannon knew of Sigg's criminal background or association with the Democratic Party, or if the onetime executive chairman of Breitbart News would continue his association with AVN."America's Voice News has been one of a dozen of our strong distribution partners, which has allowed us to reach over tens of millions of views and over 10 million downloads," the spokesperson said in a statement to The Daily Beast. "With a vibrant and diverse audience, the show is growing aggressively throughout the globe, including in China, where it is broadcast through the firewall in Mandarin."The show is also broadcast on YouTube, John Fredericks Radio Network, Newsmax TV, and Salem Radio Network, and is available to download on podcast platforms. Bannon has plans to expand its reach further with Spanish-language and Portuguese versions of the show. The coronavirus pandemic, and the conservative backlash to public-health measures to curb it, have given AVN one of its most viral and controversial segments yet—an interview with anti-vaccine activist and Massachusetts Senate candidate Shiva Ayyadurai, who alleged that the science behind COVID-19 and the U.S. response to it is part of a conspiracy involving Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates designed to damage Trump's re-election chances. Fauci, Ayyadura says, is "a guy who's embedded in the 'deep state'" and is "highly embedded into the Big Pharma medical school education."The segment went viral among QAnon fans and anti-vaccination conspiracy theorists, racking up six million views on YouTube alone before being pulled from the video-sharing platform. Among the biggest boosters of content from Bannon's Warroom.org and America's Voice News on social media is Bannon's own political action committee, Citizens of the American Republic. Citizens of the American Republic (COAR) is a 501(c)(4) organization founded by Bannon. Its Facebook page is one of the most frequent amplifiers of America's Voice News and War Room: Pandemic on Facebook. COAR advances the ideologies of "economic nationalism" and "America First."Sigg is just the latest media executive who has paired up with Bannon since the latter's 2018 split with the wealthy Bob and Rebekah Mercer, who bankrolled his tenure at Breitbart. More recently, Bannon, who was unceremoniously dumped from his role in the White House, has courted Guo Wengui, a Chinese billionaire who fled the People's Republic following corruption allegations from Chinese officials and presented himself as a whistleblower and dissident upon his arrival in the U.S. Guo Media struck a million-dollar deal with Bannon to provide "strategic consulting services" and help raise the profile of Guo's news company. Guo has been a repeat guest on Bannon's show and, like Bannon, is a proponent of the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus escaped from a lab in Wuhan.On the Feb. 21 edition of War Room: Pandemic, Wengui was asked by Bannon about the origins of novel coronavirus and whether it came out of a Wuhan "wet market" or if it originated from a "biological weapons program.""I believe there is no doubt this is man-made, not from, you know, the seafood market, animal market," Wengui responded. "This is truly ridiculous."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet 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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| Iran to send black boxes from downed Ukrainian airliner to France: Zarif Posted: 22 Jun 2020 08:28 AM PDT  Iran shot down the Ukraine International Airlines flight on Jan. 8 with a ground-to-air missile, killing 176 people, in what Tehran later acknowledged as a "disastrous mistake" by forces on high alert during a confrontation with the United States. "The Islamic Republic of Iran will send the black box of the Ukrainian airplane to France in the coming few days in order to read its information," Zarif said, according to IRNA.
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| Trump distances himself from Geoffrey Berman firing after AG Barr says president was behind decision Posted: 21 Jun 2020 09:45 AM PDT  But now Trump is distancing himself from the firing of Geoffrey Berman after Attorney General Barr said the president was behind the decision.
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| Napolitano: Barr does not have authority to fire a US attorney Posted: 22 Jun 2020 08:44 AM PDT  Fox News senior judicial analyst Jude Andrew Napolitano reacts to firing of SDNY prosecutor investigating Trump associates.
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| In US Military First, the Air Force Has Picked a Woman as Top Enlisted Leader Posted: 21 Jun 2020 03:27 PM PDT  JoAnne Bass emerged as "the consensus choice from more than a dozen finalists from across the Air Force's global operation."
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| Arctic records its hottest temperature ever Posted: 22 Jun 2020 05:18 AM PDT  Reaching 100 degrees in or near the Arctic is almost unheard of.
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| Documents: Cellphone pings helped find children's bodies Posted: 20 Jun 2020 03:03 PM PDT |
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