| White officer caught on camera mocking George Floyd's death could lose job Posted: 26 Jun 2020 10:34 AM PDT  The officer was among two white men posing with one kneeling on the other's neck at a counterprotest of a rally against police brutality and systemic racism.
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| After yearlong fight, Missouri's lone abortion clinic gets its license renewed Posted: 27 Jun 2020 09:03 AM PDT  That means the state's lone clinic is set to continue operating through at least 2021.
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| The SR-72: Going Hypersonic (And Being Loaded With Missiles)? Posted: 27 Jun 2020 04:00 AM PDT  No manned aircraft in operational service has matched the remarkable long-distance Mach 3 cruises of the Blackbird.
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| CHOP protesters refuse to let Seattle city officials clear barriers Posted: 26 Jun 2020 08:30 PM PDT  Crews from the Department of Transportation pulled back when police say they were confronted by armed protesters; Claudia Cowan reports.
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| Europe will bar Americans traveling from the US as the coronavirus pandemic spirals out of control in the states Posted: 26 Jun 2020 02:44 PM PDT  The European Union will bar American visitors because of the spread of the coronavirus in the US. Dozens of other nations are also banned.
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| Satellite images show buildup on disputed India-China border Posted: 27 Jun 2020 05:17 AM PDT  Construction activity appeared underway on both the Indian and Chinese sides of a contested border high in the Karakoram mountains a week after a deadly clash in the area left 20 Indian soldiers dead, satellite images showed. The images released this week by Maxar, a Colorado-based satellite imagery company, show new construction activity along the Galwan River Valley, even as Chinese and Indian diplomats said military commanders had agreed to disengage from a standoff there. China has said that India first changed the status quo last August when it split the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two federal territories — the territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the territory of Ladakh, parts of which are contested by China.
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| Crowds pack Arizona river as U.S. posts record COVID cases for three days running Posted: 28 Jun 2020 08:00 AM PDT  The surge in COVID-19 cases has been most pronounced in a handful of Southern and Western states that reopened earlier and more aggressively, despite warnings by health officials to wait to see a steady decline in cases. For a third consecutive day on Saturday, the number of confirmed U.S. cases rose by more than 40,000, one of the largest surges in the world. In Arizona, cases have risen by 267% so far in June and jumped by a record 3,857 cases on Sunday, the eighth record-breaking increase this month.
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| The Army Is About to Get its First Female Green Beret Posted: 26 Jun 2020 01:58 PM PDT  A female soldier is scheduled to graduate from the Special Forces Qualification Course in July and become the first woman to join the Green Berets.
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| Opinion: Barr backs up Trump's scare talk about voting by mail Posted: 26 Jun 2020 01:57 PM PDT  The attorney general — again — is acting as the president's enabler.
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| How the officers charged in George Floyd's death could get their jobs back Posted: 27 Jun 2020 03:01 AM PDT  The Minneapolis police union has had great success convincing arbitrators to reinstate fired officers.
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| Fact check: Masks are effective against COVID-19; OSHA doesn't say they offer no protection Posted: 27 Jun 2020 11:32 AM PDT  A popular warning on social media about the effectiveness of different kinds of face masks states some truths, but includes several false claims.
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| Transcript: Mike Pence on "Face the Nation" Posted: 28 Jun 2020 06:41 AM PDT  The following is a transcript of an interview with Vice President Mike Pence that aired Sunday, June 28, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
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| 85 coronavirus cases have been linked to one Michigan bar, and patrons who recently visited are being asked to self-quarantine Posted: 27 Jun 2020 07:38 PM PDT  The restaurant said in a statement that it has closed temporarily and will eliminate lineups and install an air purifying system before reopening.
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| History Hell: These 5 Submarine Accidents Were True Disasters Posted: 27 Jun 2020 04:30 PM PDT  And the Navy won't forget them.
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| Kosovo's Thaci accuses international justice of rewriting history Posted: 26 Jun 2020 11:57 AM PDT  Kosovo President Hashim Thaci on Friday accused international justice of "rewriting history" after he was charged with war crimes linked to the 1990s conflict with Serbia. Prosecutors at a special Kosovo court in The Hague on Wednesday indicted the former political leader of an ethnic Albanian guerrilla group, prompting him to cancel a planned trip to the US where he was due to discuss lingering tensions with Serbia. Thaci said on Facebook that he had landed in the Albanian capital Tirana and was headed back to Kosovo, where he will address compatriots on Sunday.
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| EU holds off decision on borders, Americans set to be excluded Posted: 26 Jun 2020 02:21 PM PDT  European Union countries failed to settle on Friday on a final "safe list" of countries whose residents could travel to the bloc from July, with the United States, Brazil and Russia set to be excluded. Ambassadors from the 27 EU members convened from Friday afternoon to establish criteria for granting quarantine-free access from next Wednesday. The list did not include the United States, Brazil or Russia, one diplomat said.
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| DC mayor caught between activists, police in funding battle Posted: 28 Jun 2020 04:56 AM PDT  Muriel Bowser's national profile had never been higher, thanks to a Twitter beef with President Donald Trump and a renewed push to turn the nation's capital into the 51st state. Now Washington's mayor must pull off a public juggling act as the city budget becomes a battleground for the country's debate on overhauling law enforcement. An activist collective led by Black Lives Matter is trying to capitalize on shifting public opinion, and the demands include major cuts in funding for the Metropolitan Police Department.
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| Army speaks out on Vanessa Guillen, missing Fort Hood soldier Posted: 27 Jun 2020 01:43 PM PDT  "We fully understand the frustration felt by the family, friends and fellow Soldiers of Vanessa," the Army said. "We are doing everything in our power to get her back."
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| He was arrested because of a computer error. Now he wants to fix the system. Posted: 27 Jun 2020 02:00 AM PDT  When Detroit cops called Robert Williams, he thought it was a prank. But he had been misidentified by controversial facial recognition technology.
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| Pence cancels campaign events in Florida and Arizona as coronavirus cases spike Posted: 28 Jun 2020 09:08 AM PDT  A campaign spokesperson said the cancellations were "out of an abundance of caution" as cases climb in Florida and Arizona.
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| 'Occupy City Hall' protests continue in New York City amid calls to defund police Posted: 27 Jun 2020 10:43 AM PDT  New York City protesters demand $1 billion cut to NYPD; Alex Hogan reports.
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| Florida Orders Bars to Shut Down as Coronavirus Cases Hit New Record Posted: 26 Jun 2020 10:51 AM PDT  Florida on Friday ordered all bars to close as cases of the coronavirus in the state continue to spike."Effective immediately, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is suspending on premises consumption of alcohol at bars statewide," Secretary Halsey Beshears of Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation announced on Twitter.Florida reported a record daily high of 8,942 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the state's Department of Health said. Friday's cases smashed the state's previous record from Wednesday, 5,508 new cases, and bump the state's total number of coronavirus cases to 122,960.Just a day earlier, Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, vowed not to impose new restrictions on businesses even as the virus spread more rapidly across his state."We're not shutting down. We're going to go forward we're going to continue to protect the most vulnerable, we're going to urge continue to advise, particularly our elderly population, to maintain social distancing and avoid crowds," DeSantis said last week.However, the governor indicated Thursday that Florida would not be moving to the next phase of reopening in the immediate future."We are where we are," the governor said Thursday. "I did not say we are going to go on to the next phase.""We did the opening at the beginning of May, had very steady, manageable cases. Obviously we've seen that turn lately," DeSantis added.Florida entered in Phase Two of the state's three-phase reopening plan earlier this month. In Phase Three, the state will begin operating close to normally again. The state started to re-open its economy on May 4.Texas, another state that has seen its coronavirus cases spike in recent weeks, also imposed new restrictions on Friday, ordering bars to close and restaurants to operate at a more limited capacity.
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| 17 Rikers Island officers face discipline in transgender woman's death Posted: 27 Jun 2020 07:27 AM PDT  Layleen Polanco, 27, died of an epileptic seizure while in solitary confinement on June 7 of last year.
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| Trump's poll numbers are collapsing. But where will they be in November? Posted: 27 Jun 2020 09:26 AM PDT  Biden's way ahead in the latest polls. But election day is the only poll that counts.
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| Private Baptist university says student 'no longer enrolled' after racist TikTok post Posted: 27 Jun 2020 05:28 PM PDT  The school's president, Eric Bruntmyer, called the video, "Deeply disappointing and an unacceptable social media post."
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| Texas Republican lawmaker says he won't wear a mask on the House floor unless he tests positive for coronavirus Posted: 27 Jun 2020 11:56 AM PDT  Rep. Louie Gohmert is among a group of Republican lawmakers including the president and vice president who have been photographed without a face mask.
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| France pulls plug on country's oldest nuclear plant Posted: 27 Jun 2020 11:19 PM PDT  France's oldest nuclear power plant will shut down on Tuesday after four decades in operation, to the delight of environmental activists who have long warned of contamination risks, but stoking worry for the local economy. Despite a pledge by then-president Francois Hollande just months after the Fukushima disaster to close Fessenheim -- on the Rhine river near France's eastern border with Germany and Switzerland -- it was not until 2018 that his successor Emmanuel Macron gave the final green light. Run by state-owned energy company EDF, one of Fessenheim's two reactors was disconnected in February.
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| Israel orders US-based Christian TV channel off air Posted: 28 Jun 2020 05:45 AM PDT |
| Could the U.S. Navy Replace Ships Fast Enough in a War with China? Posted: 26 Jun 2020 11:51 AM PDT  The United States could lose a Western Pacific naval war because Communist China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) can regenerate combat power more readily than the U.S. sea services can. Or, more precisely, China's sprawling industrial base could replace hardware lost in action faster than could U.S. industry.
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| Nancy Pelosi Smears Tim Scott Posted: 26 Jun 2020 12:45 PM PDT  It takes a lot in the year 2020 for a politician to say something that registers as genuinely outrageous, but House speaker Nancy Pelosi accomplished that feat earlier this week when she smeared Tim Scott of South Carolina and his fellow Senate Republicans as "trying to get away with . . . the murder of George Floyd" with Scott's police-reform bill."We're saying no chokeholds," Pelosi said in a CBS Radio interview on Tuesday. "They're not saying no chokeholds. I mean, there's a big difference there. What's the compromise? Some chokeholds? I don't see what the compromise is.""For something to happen, they're going to have to face the reality of police brutality, the reality of the need for justice in policing," she added. "So far they're trying to get away with murder, actually. The murder of George Floyd." Asked later if she'd apologize, Pelosi refused and pretended she was only talking about Mitch McConnell and not Scott, the bill's author.On Wednesday, all Senate Republicans — joined by Senate Democrats Angus King of Maine, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and Doug Jones of Alabama — voted to open debate on Scott's police-reform bill. (Pelosi has not yet commented on whether the three Senate Democrats are also trying to "get away with" the "murder of George Floyd.")Having fallen four votes short of the 60 necessary to advance the bill, Tim Scott took to the Senate floor to explain what went wrong. Pelosi had accused Senate Republicans of "one of the most heinous things I can imagine," Scott said. The South Carolina Republican pointed out that neither the House Democrats' bill nor the Senate Republicans' bill banned chokeholds at the state or local level. "You know why? There's this little thing called the Constitution. They can't ban chokeholds," Scott said. The federal government may only cajole local governments into banning chokeholds (except when lethal force is appropriate) by reducing federal funding. "We would reduce funding by 20 percent," Scott said of his bill. "They reduced funding by 10 percent. So our penalty was twice the penalty of the other side, and this is supposed to be an issue."Scott acknowledged that, in addition to pushing local governments into banning chokeholds that cut off air flow, Democrats wanted to ban holds that cut off blood flow through the carotid artery. "Ours only covered one, not the other. I said, 'Okay, you have an amendment. I'll vote for it. We'll change it,'" Scott said.In fact, Scott offered more than 20 amendments. But it wasn't good enough for Senate Democrats. "Why wouldn't you take the 80 percent now, see if you can win the election and add on the other 20 percent?" Scott asked toward the end of his speech.It was a good question. It's too bad it was rhetorical. "They believe that campaigning on police brutality is more important than solving police brutality," Scott tells National Review in a phone interview. "The goal was not to actually get on the legislation."Democratic senator Angus King said that refusing to open debate on Scott's bill in the Senate last week "will end the discussion of this subject in the Senate for the foreseeable future, and leave us with nothing to show for all the energy and passion that has brought this issue to the forefront of public consciousness." But Scott doesn't rule out the possibility that the Senate may try again. "We have been thinking about taking pieces of the [House] legislation and putting it on the floor," he says. The senator notes that the most important police reforms "can't start in Washington, D.C. . . . It should start in Minneapolis and Atlanta and Los Angeles and Cleveland.""What we saw in Minneapolis is called 'murder.' It's already illegal," Scott says. But local governments have direct authority to ban chokeholds, require de-escalation training, and curb the power of police unions that protect the small number of bad cops.Still, Scott thinks there is an important role for the federal government to play in encouraging several reforms, some of which he has been working on for years. And although you wouldn't know it from Nancy Pelosi and much of the mainstream-media coverage, Scott has earned praise from some unlikely sources for his efforts. "As someone who is not a huge fan of the Republican Party or its tactics," Michael Harriot wrote at The Root on June 19, "it might pain some to hear this as much as it pains me to say it, but the truth is, the GOP bill is more likely to stop cops from killing black people."
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| Fight to topple Lincoln statue rages in DC Posted: 27 Jun 2020 11:24 AM PDT 
Protestors in Washington want a statue of Abraham Lincoln removed - not the famous one on the National Mall but a bronze memorial statue in nearby Lincoln Park called the Emancipation Memorial. It depicts the former president standing over a kneeling African American man who is newly freed from slavery. Hundreds of protestors gathered in the park for the second time this week. They say the statue overlooks contributions made by African Americans to end slavery. (MAN DRESSED AS ABOLITIONIST FREDERICK DOUGLAS):"And so it is now time for the young people to stand up. It is your time." A scuffle between protesters and counter-protesters escalated to a point where an alt-right political activist had to be escorted to safety by police. President Donald Trump has taken a hard line on anyone destroying or vandalizing historical monuments, threatening them with long prison terms.
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| Trump cancels weekend trip to Bedminster Posted: 26 Jun 2020 12:38 PM PDT  The White House had said that the president would not comply with New Jersey's quarantine policy during a planned visit this weekend.
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| Hong Kongers march in silent protest against national security laws Posted: 28 Jun 2020 01:25 AM PDT  The proposed national security laws were discussed by the National People's Congress Standing Committee on Sunday in Beijing at a three-day meeting.
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| Saudi Arabia says it forces three Iranian boats out of its waters Posted: 27 Jun 2020 11:46 AM PDT |
| Mike Pence postpones Florida campaign tour as push to reopen US stalls Posted: 27 Jun 2020 12:28 PM PDT  Miami closes beaches while state grapples with record rise in daily cases for second day in a row * Coronavirus – latest US updates * Coronavirus – latest global updatesAs reopening plans went into a dramatic reverse or stalled across the US in the face of a resurgent virus, Mike Pence called off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida amid a surge in confirmed Covid-19 cases.The vice-president had been set to appear in Lake Wales at an event next week organized by pro-Trump group America First Policies. The event was billed as part of the "Great American Comeback tour."The group announced: "Out of an abundance of caution at this time, we are postponing the Great American Comeback tour stop in Florida. We look forward to rescheduling soon." Pence was still traveling to the state, the White House confirmed, saying he would meet with Governor Ron DeSantis and his healthcare teams.Florida is seen as a key battleground state in the 2020 election and has been controversially picked as the site of a Trump rally in late August to celebrate his nomination for a second term.The news of the cancellation came as Miami became the latest local authority to act in the wake of the virus's rise by announcing it was closing its beaches and planning a crackdown on coronavirus rules.Florida also reported yet another record rise in daily cases. The Florida department of health reported 9,585 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, shattering the previous daily high for positive Covid-19 infections which it notched up on Friday. Florida has now had 132,545 positive cases to date.Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Gimenez will sign an order to close all beaches starting 3 July and ending 7 July. Gimenez said closures may be extended depending on conditions, or if people do not follow facemask rules, or if social distancing is not observed."If people are not going to be responsible and protect themselves and others from this pandemic, then the government is forced to step in and restore common sense to save lives," Gimenez said.Florida, Texas, Arizona and California, have emerged as states that are experiencing a rapidly increasing number of coronavirus cases. But they are just a few examples of the worst cases of America's pandemic, which once again appears to be spiraling out of control, even as the White House has touted its reopening plans and claimed the country has overcome the worst of the threat.The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases per day in the US hit an all-time high of 40,000 according to figures released by Johns Hopkins on Friday, eclipsing the mark first set during one of the deadliest stretches of the pandemic back in late April.Record seven-day case averages have now been reported by 13 states in total across a huge swathe of America, including Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Washington.The news has thrown much of the US's effort to reopen its economy – which president Donald Trump sees as crucial to his re-election efforts – into reverse, or stalled.In Texas, bars have also been closed again after the numbers of new cases continues to soar. "At this time, it is clear that the rise in cases is largely driven by certain types of activities, including Texans congregating in bars," the state's governor, Greg Abbott, said last week, as the state recorded 5,996 new coronavirus cases and the highest number of daily deaths since mid-May.Abbott has also issued orders to postpone "all surgeries and procedures that are not immediately medically necessary" in the state's four biggest counties as Houston reported all its ICU beds are now occupied.One small city on the outskirts of Houston even instituted a curfew starting Saturday night. Esmeralda Moya, mayor of Galena Park, a community of 10,000 people, said: "It is crucial to continue to practice good hygiene, stay home as much as possible, avoid unnecessary trips, gatherings, and wear a face-covering at all times when you leave your home."The closures in Miami come as the Florida Department of Health announced 8,942 new coronavirus cases on Friday. Miami-Dade, which encompasses Miami, reported 1,528 new cases, the highest single-day case total since the pandemic began.The mayor's directive came as DeSantis, who has repeatedly portrayed economic damage from coronavirus lockdowns as greater than risks from the virus itself, said he would not order Floridians to wear face coverings.But DeSantis – a staunch Trump ally - said he would slow Florida's phased re-opening by suspending alcohol sales at bars statewide.California has also been hit. Over the past two weeks, intensive care unit admissions in California have spiked by 19%, California's governor, Gavin Newsom, said.On Saturday, the New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, called on state investigators to investigate a coronavirus cluster in the New York City suburb of Westchester, believed to have been caused by a student who returned from Florida.
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| China denounces Canada's 'megaphone diplomacy' over spy charges Posted: 27 Jun 2020 05:29 PM PDT  China sharply criticized Canada on Saturday, blaming its leaders for "irresponsible" statements about two Canadians accused of spying in China and calling on Ottawa to end its "Megaphone Diplomacy." The evidence against the two Canadians, former Beijing diplomat Michael Kovrig and North Korean consultant Michael Spavor, is "solid and sufficient," a statement posted on the website of the Chinese embassy in Ottawa said.
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| Israel's Military Is a Powerhouse for 1 Big Reason: It Makes U.S. Weapons Better Posted: 26 Jun 2020 07:00 PM PDT  An impressive track record.
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| Fact check: US government sent ventilators to Navajo Nation, despite claims otherwise Posted: 27 Jun 2020 07:40 AM PDT  A viral claim that the U.S. sent medical help to Russia but not to the Navajo reservation isn't true. Both received ventilators from the U.S.
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| Trump jokes that he helped design US Navy's newest 'yacht with missiles' Posted: 26 Jun 2020 02:57 PM PDT  "That's a terrible-looking ship, let's make it beautiful. It'll cost you the same, and maybe less," Trump joked.
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| We Can’t Let the Outrage Mob Win Posted: 26 Jun 2020 12:57 PM PDT  'Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped."I've been thinking a lot about George Orwell's chilling premonition over the past several weeks, as an ever-growing number of statues, books, movies, television shows, and even food brands have been canceled by the left-wing mob.Though there is a legitimate debate to be had about Confederate symbols and statues, the mob never intended to stop there. Not even the most heroic of American figures are safe now. Not the father of our nation, George Washington. Not Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant, who delivered the death stroke to General Lee's Confederate rebellion. Not Abraham Lincoln, whom Frederick Douglass called a "friend and liberator." And not Teddy Roosevelt, who in 1905 spoke of the need to "secure to each man, whatever his color, equality of opportunity, equality of treatment before the law."As Americans watch this unfold, many might ask: "Am I a bad person for not joining the mob? Have I failed to see the racism and oppression within these long-admired totems of our history? The mob seems so angry, and its anger must be proportionate to its righteousness, right?"Wrong.To Americans asking these questions: You are not the problem. The outrage mob is. Its breathless moralizing and anger do not portend reason or good faith, but instead mask deep ignorance and malicious intent.You see, this isn't about taking down offensive messages or symbols. These mobs didn't suddenly stumble upon some forgotten and offensive historical anecdote, or reach their wits' end after seeing Aunt Jemima on the grocery-store shelf just one too many times. No, this was a deliberate hijacking of a tragedy. The touchy sympathies of "political correctness" were always just a base from which to launch a cultural revolution, a purge of traditional American narratives and icons.It's about time we all woke up to it.Liberals, naively tolerant of the mob, are always the first victims. Eager to appear as progressive allies, they give inch after inch until they've completely compromised the values they claim to stand for. Conservatives tried to warn our liberal friends. We tried to tell them that decades of identity politics and increasing flirtation with far-left ideology would end up here. Now, they have been trampled over completely by radical progressives, purged from the New York Times opinion section, from academia, and from Congress.The good news is that it's not too late. It's never too late, not so long as good and decent people remain standing and willing to do something. There are a lot of us who love this great country, believe in the promise of its Founding, and aren't keen on letting a mob rip it apart. All we have to do is speak out. We must hold the line and demand that our elected leaders stop allowing their cities to burn, that corporate America stop caving to Twitter hordes and becoming complicit in the cultural destruction, and that our educators stop teaching our kids that America is evil.America is good. In fact, it's great. The Fourth of July is right around the corner, marking the day in 1776 that our Founders signed their death warrant and became hunted traitors of the Crown so that we could live freer and more prosperous than any other group of people in human history.The mob wants to erase the American dream. We can't let that happen.
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| Coronavirus: US has 'serious problem', says Fauci Posted: 27 Jun 2020 02:44 PM PDT  The infection is rampant in 16 states, some of which are now freezing their reopening plans.
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| Curtailed hajj compounds Saudi economic woes Posted: 27 Jun 2020 09:16 PM PDT  Abandoned pilgrim tents. A stunning emptiness -- and fears of economic ruin -- haunt the usually bustling city of Mecca after Saudi authorities curtailed the hajj pilgrimage over coronavirus. Islam's holiest city usually hosts millions of pilgrims for the annual rite, but the kingdom has barred overseas visitors from this year's event, scheduled for late July.
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