| Sturgis motorcycle rally attendees lounge in bikinis, pack into bars, and mock mask wearers: 'It's like COVID does not exist here' Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:19 PM PDT  One Sturgis vendor said he loves the old America vibes at the event that celebrates Trump, police, and the military.
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| Seattle's first black police chief resigns over vote to defund the police Posted: 11 Aug 2020 01:29 AM PDT  The head of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) has abruptly stepped down after the city council voted 7-1 to cut the police budget – by less than 1 per cent.Carmen Best, the first black woman to head up the department, announced her decision in an email to staff, writing that "when it's time, it's time".
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| Why does COVID-19 strike some and not others? Fauci sees an answer in new study Posted: 11 Aug 2020 04:00 AM PDT  Scientists believe they may have discovered why the novel coronavirus affects some people so much more than others.
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| Chicago protests: Restrictions imposed after chaotic night of unrest Posted: 11 Aug 2020 07:47 AM PDT  Chicago officials say over 100 arrests have been made after a night of violence and looting.
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| Protesters met with jeers by crowd with guns in Nevada city Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:40 PM PDT |
| Inside the Wuhan lab at the center of the coronavirus storm Posted: 10 Aug 2020 05:53 AM PDT  The institute is the focus of speculation and conspiracy theories — some emanating from the White House — about whether the virus leaked from the facility.
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| It's decision time for Joe Biden: His VP pick could make history, with Harris, Rice among top contenders Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:20 PM PDT  Joe Biden has a crucial decision to make and the stakes are high for whichever woman he chooses as his running mate.
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| Schumer says Democrats ready for coronavirus aid talks, if Republicans move Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:22 PM PDT  U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday that Democrats are ready to return to the negotiating table over coronavirus relief, if Republicans would agree to a larger bill than they have been willing to accept up to now. Last week, Schumer used similar language to urge White House negotiators to agree to a legislative package at least $1 trillion larger than the $1 trillion bill that Senate Republicans have already proposed.
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| Putin Announces Russia Has Approved a Coronavirus Vaccine and That His Daughter Has Been Given a Shot Posted: 11 Aug 2020 02:30 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday that his country has become the first to approve a coronavirus vaccine, and that his own daughter has received the shot. The vaccine is in production and millions of people, including teachers and front line health-care workers, will be given the shot beginning this month, he claimed. China has already authorized one vaccine for use in its military, ahead of definitive data that it is safe and effective. The Russian vaccine was reportedly given to the scientists who developed it as well as 50 members of the Russian military and a handful of other volunteers. Putin made the announcement during a televised video conference call with government ministers, saying: "This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was registered," adding that his daughter was among those to be inoculated. 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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| Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says gig economy companies should be required to establish 'benefits funds' for workers instead of treating them as full-time employees Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:03 AM PDT  The ridesharing company is facing mounting pressure from drivers and labor activists to extend more benefits to gig workers.
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| Catholic bishop rejects idea Trump is ‘pro-life’, saying president is ‘only concerned about himself’ Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:07 AM PDT  A Kentucky bishop has claimed Donald Trump cannot be pro-life, because he is "only concerned about himself".Reverend John Stowe, the Lexington Diocese Bishop in Kentucky, questioned the president's stance on abortion during a Facebook Live panel with Catholic organisation Pax Ramona.
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| Why the fuss? The US, Taiwan and China -- a guide Posted: 09 Aug 2020 07:16 PM PDT  Why has the United States' highest-level visit to Taiwan for four decades sparked such anger from Beijing? Here is a recap of the key issues surrounding the delicate relations between the US, China and Taiwan. The deep rift between China and Taiwan dates back to China's civil war, which erupted in 1927 and pitted forces aligned with the Communist Party of China against the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army.
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| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas confronts Pompeo over pipeline sanctions Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:07 AM PDT  German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday he has personally told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of his "dismay" over a warning by three Republican senators who threatened sanctions against a German port operator for its part in a pipeline project with Russia.
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| Manmohan Singh's 'three steps' to stem India's economic crisis Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:27 AM PDT  India is facing a 'deep and prolonged slowdown', ex-PM Manmohan Singh tells the BBC.
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| Hate crime victim arrested at protest won't be prosecuted Posted: 09 Aug 2020 11:11 PM PDT  A Black woman who became a leading activist in the Black Lives Matter movement after she was assaulted by a white supremacist three years ago won't be charged after her arrest early Monday fueled anger among protest leaders in Portland, Oregon, authorities said. Demetria Hester, 46, was booked on suspicion of disorderly conduct and interfering with a police officer during the protest that began Sunday night. The Multnomah County district attorney's office later said Hester would not be prosecuted but offered no further details.
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| Fossil of fearsome 'hell ant' that used tusk-like jaws to hunt its victims discovered in amber Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:39 AM PDT  A 99-million year old fossil of a "hell ant" is giving researchers a glimpse into the behavior of these fearsome ancient insects, a new study reports.
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| Top Navy official: Sailor burnout a concern amid COVID-19 crisis Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:53 PM PDT  Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told NBC News the pandemic has forced ships to remain at sea for longer periods of time.
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| As Trump falters, Democrats and Biden eye an elusive prize: Texas Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:04 AM PDT  In recent weeks, Joe Biden's campaign has aired television ads specifically aimed at Texans – the first time a Democratic presidential candidate has done so in a quarter-century, according to the state party – and made its first hires there. Texas is among the states targeted by a $280 million fall advertising blitz the campaign unveiled last week, part of a broader strategy aimed at putting Republican-leaning states, including Georgia, Iowa and Ohio, in play ahead of the Nov. 3 election against the Republican Trump. With polls showing Biden holding a national lead over Trump and effectively tied in Texas, Democrats say a concerted effort in the state could expand his viable paths to the White House.
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| AOC slams New York Governor Cuomo over reopening schools in autumn Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:58 AM PDT  Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken a swipe at New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over his decision to allow schools to open this fall, a rare case of Democrat-on-Democrat sparring during the pandemic."If it's not safe enough for indoor dining, what makes it safe enough for indoor schooling?" Ocasio-Cortez asked in a tweet. "And restaurants actually have soap in the bathrooms."
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| Xi or Tsai? Taiwan opposition jumps on US envoy's 'vocal slip' Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:30 AM PDT  Taiwan's opposition party demanded a clarification Monday after a US envoy who is visiting appeared to mispronounce the name of the island's president for her arch rival in China. Health chief Alex Azar met with President Tsai Ing-wen earlier Monday in the highest level visit to Taiwan since the United States switched diplomatic recognition to China. In his opening statement he fluffed the name of President Tsai -- pronounced "ts-eye" -- and instead said something closer to "shee".
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| Liberty University taps Falwell fill-in Posted: 10 Aug 2020 05:39 PM PDT  Jerry Falwell was widely condemned for posting and then deleting a photo that showed him vacationing on a yacht with his pants unzipped.
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| US Border Patrol agent arrested and charged with trafficking over 350,000 pills believed to be fentanyl Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:00 PM PDT  The suspect drove to the airport and unloaded two duffel bags into another vehicle. Officials later found nearly $330,000 in his home.
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| Appeals of Nazi camp guard conviction in Germany dropped Posted: 10 Aug 2020 08:14 AM PDT  All appeals against the conviction of a 93-year-old Nazi concentration camp guard have been dropped, a Hamburg court said Monday, making the decision legally binding and easing the way for possible future prosecutions. Bruno Dey was convicted last month of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder in Hamburg state court — equal to the number of people believed to have been killed at Stutthof during his service there in 1944 and 1945. Because he was 17 and 18 at the time of his alleged crimes, Dey's case was heard in juvenile court and he was given a two-year suspended sentence.
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| Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are 1.5 times more likely to have a child with autism, according to the largest study of its kind Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT  In the largest study of its kind, marijuana use in pregnancy was linked to a 50% higher risk of having a child with autism.
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| GOP senators tiptoe around Trump as the party faces growing political dangers ahead of Nov. 3 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:35 AM PDT  GOP senators running for reelection are facing a bind: They can't alienate Trump but they need to win suburban voters who are souring on him.
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| China reinstates tourist visas to Macau from September 23 in boon for casinos Posted: 11 Aug 2020 02:02 AM PDT  Macau, the world's biggest casino hub, is set to welcome an influx of gamblers after China on Tuesday announced that tourist visas, through which the majority of visitors enter the Chinese territory, would be reinstated for all provinces from Sept. 23. Casino executives and investors have been eagerly awaiting the announcement as a catalyst to reviving gaming revenue, which has slumped since February due to coronavirus travel restrictions. China's National Immigration Administration said, provided the domestic coronavirus situation continued to improve, residents would be able to apply for individual and group travel visas to enter the special administrative region located on the country's southern coast.
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| Israel closes Gaza goods crossing after balloon attacks Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:21 PM PDT  Israel will close its goods crossing with the Gaza Strip, authorities said Monday, after militants in the Hamas-run territory fired rockets into the Mediterranean and launched incendiary balloons towards the Jewish state. The Kerem Shalom crossing will be closed to all traffic except humanitarian equipment and fuel from Tuesday, COGAT, the defence ministry unit that oversees the crossings, said in a statement. The move comes in response to the "continued launching of incendiary balloons" from Gaza, it added.
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| Lebanon government resigns amid explosion fallout Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:39 AM PDT  Lebanon's government resigned during a cabinet meeting on Monday to discuss early elections following last week's catastrophic explosion in Beirut, the country's health minister has said. "The whole government resigned," Hamad Hassan told reporters at the end of the meeting. Prime Minister Hassan Diab was expected to travel to the presidential palace to "hand over the resignation in the name of all the ministers," Mr Hassan said. Pressure has mounted on the government to step down amid growing anger from a public that holds it accountable for the explosion that damaged half the capital last Tuesday. Three ministers had already offered their resignations ahead of the meeting, while Foreign minister Nassif Hitti resigned the day before blast, warning the country was at risk of becoming a failed state and the government seemed incapable of reform. Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni, a key negotiator with the International Monetary Fund over a rescue plan to help Lebanon exit a financial crisis, prepared his resignation letter and brought it with him to a cabinet meeting, a source close to him said.
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| Mississippi's new flag won't have Elvis on it, but it could feature a mosquito Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:53 PM PDT  Despite the best efforts of some creative residents, Mississippi's new flag will not feature Elvis Presley, Kermit the Frog, or beer cans.Mississippi's old flag — the last one in the U.S. to feature a Confederate battle emblem — was retired in late June amid public outcry and anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd. A nine-member commission appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor, and state House speaker was tasked with selecting a design for a new flag. There are just two rules: It cannot include the Confederate battle emblem and it must have the phrase "In God We Trust."The public was invited to send in designs, and nearly 3,000 were submitted; the 147 that made it to the second round were posted Monday to Mississippi's Department of Archives and History website. Designs with food and famous people and characters were rejected, The Associated Press reports, but many with magnolias and stars — and in one case, a mosquito surrounded by stars — made the cut.On Friday, the commissioners will meet to pick their top five choices, and by early September, they will narrow it down to one; if they can't choose one, they do have the option of creating their own design. It will then be up to the people of Mississippi, who will vote either for or against the final design on the Nov. 3 statewide ballot.More stories from theweek.com Susan Rice conspicuously left off DNC speakers list ahead of Biden's veep announcement Trump says Hong Kong issue is 'tough' because city is 'attached to China' Donald Trump is trying to steal the election
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| Wild bear that sniffed woman's hair is caught and castrated Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:57 AM PDT  The black bear was captured after he was filmed approaching a visitor at an ecological park.
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| Mother shares video of armed police surrounding black son after they assumed he was attacker when teen called 911 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:42 PM PDT  Multiple California police officers were filmed pointing guns at three African American teenagers who were were allegedly being threatened by a homeless man.The mother of one of the teenagers in the video, Tammi Collins, shared an 11-minute clip to her Instagram page, showing officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department aiming guns at them in Santa Clarita, California, on 7 August.
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| Apt Bible passage at Catholic Mass coincides with earthquake Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:01 PM PDT |
| A nail technician said a client lied about having coronavirus because they 'desperately' needed a manicure Posted: 11 Aug 2020 04:21 AM PDT  Manicurist Taylor received a message from the customer after the appointment saying they had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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| Florida reports record COVID-19 hospitalizations Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:59 PM PDT  Team Trump's conflicting messaging on mask led to preventable deaths, 100,000 children caught Covid-19 in July
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| Trump Whisked Out of Strangest COVID Briefing Yet Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:51 PM PDT  The president was moments into a briefing that before long would become filled with familiar Trump mistakes and hyperbole when the scene was disrupted by something new, unexpected, and imminently concerning: a Secret Service agent who soon whisked the president and his staff from the briefing room. What became clear, only after the president returned to the briefing room later, was that there had been a shooting nearby, one that the president dubbed "an actual shooting," that he said resulted in someone being taken to the hospital after apparently being shot by the U.S. Secret Service. But, after focusing on the shooting and taking a few questions on it, Trump returned to normal as he went through his coronavirus talking points. He trudged through the briefing as usual, touting vaccine candidates for the coronavirus pandemic, trumpeting his recent executive actions, calling on schools to reopen, and attacking former Vice President Joe Biden, his Democratic rival in the 2020 presidential race "I didn't even think about not coming back," Trump told reporters when asked why he came back to the briefing after the worrying scene. He was only able to provide scant details of the incident. "The suspect is now on the way to the hospital," Trump told reporters. "I can't tell you the condition of the suspect. There was nobody else injured. There was no other law enforcement injured." Violent incidents involving the Secret Service are infrequent but not unheard of. An agent shot a Pennsylvania man in May 2016 when the man approached the 17th and E streets NW gate while carrying a .22 caliber gun. An off-duty agent shot a dog in a controversial incident in Brooklyn in January.Efforts to improperly access the White House grounds are more common, and the Secret Service arrested three people for scaling the fence in 2017 alone. Among the more serious incidents in the past decade were the shots fired at the building while then-President Barack Obama was away in November 2011, and a white minivan a woman crashed into the 17th and E streets gate in February 2018.When a reporter asked if Trump was concerned that the incident had come close enough that he had to be removed from the briefing room, he said he didn't believe anything had been breached.As the president's briefing continued, the Secret Service tweeted confirmation that "there has been an officer involved shooting at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Ave. Law enforcement officials are on the scene. More information to follow." Just before 8 p.m. the Secret Service gave an update, tweeting: "A male subject and a USSS officer were both transported to a local hospital. At no time during this incident was the White House complex breached or were any protectees in danger."It didn't take long before Trump tried to push the strangeness of the start of the briefing away as he returned to his familiar comforts. He mused about possible sites for his presidential nomination acceptance speech, which he had earlier tweeted were down to "the Great Battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the White House." When one reporter asked Trump if he would have called on Obama to resign if he had been president when 160,000 people died as they already have in the United States during the pandemic, Trump answered, "No, I wouldn't have done that," before declaring he thought "it's been amazing what we've been able to do."If the country hadn't shut down, he said, there could have been 1.5 million to 2 million people "already dead." Trump added, "We've called it right, now we don't have to close it, we understand the disease," though the virus continues to kill and spread throughout the United States."Nobody understood it because nobody's ever seen anything like this," Trump said. "The closest thing is in 1917, they say, right, the great pandemic certainly was a terrible thing where they lost anywhere from 50 to 100 million people. Probably ended the Second World War, all the soldiers were sick. That was a terrible situation."World War II began in 1939, while the pandemic he's pointing to started in 1918. The president concluded things bizarrely by indulging in the Trump-era equivalent of comfort food, taking a question from One America News Network that allowed him to vent conspiracies about the Obama administration and criticize Susan Rice. The former national security adviser is considered a possible choice to become Biden's vice presidential nominee. "Frankly, if he chooses her that's fine," Trump said before ending one of his strangest briefings yet. "But that's a potential liability."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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| The Federal Government Must Stop the Deadly Abortion Pill Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:30 AM PDT  While COVID-19 dominates the news cycle, a battle is being fought over a deadly drug that has killed over 3.7 million children and at least 24 women. The drug is Mifeprex — commonly known as the abortion pill. On July 13, an Obama-appointed federal judge enjoined the Food and Drug Administration requirements governing the prescription of Mifeprex. He ruled that requiring pregnant women to complete an in-clinic appointment to procure the drugs was a "substantial obstacle" to abortion and was to be suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. This ruling suspends, for the abortion pill, the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), the FDA's rules for "certain medications with serious safety concerns to help ensure the benefits of the medication outweigh its risks." Women procuring abortion drugs without proper education or evaluation are at greater risk of complications and death due to undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy, hemorrhaging, infection, and more. This dangerous judicial activism should compel elected officials, entrusted with the care of their constituents, to take a stand when federal agencies jeopardize public health and safety.The first drug in the abortion-pill regimen, Mifeprex was approved by the FDA in 2000 after a highly politicized scramble within the Clinton administration. Beverly Winikoff is the founder of one of the abortion pill's loudest proponents, Gynuity Health Projects. Winikoff claimed that the September 11 terrorist attacks "saved" Mifeprex because the nearly 3,000 Americans killed that day overshadowed news of a woman killed by the abortion pill a day prior. Mifeprex was designed specifically to kill the developing child and is approved for use up to ten weeks, at which point a child has arms, eyelids, toes, fingers, and organs.Since the drug's approval, over 4,000 adverse maternal reactions have been reported to the FDA. The FDA acknowledges that adverse reactions are notoriously underreported, and most women experiencing hemorrhaging and severe infections will seek follow-up care at emergency rooms instead of returning to the abortion clinic. Yet emergency rooms are not required to report adverse reactions. And as of 2016, the Obama administration changed the requirement so that abortion-pill manufacturers must report only maternal deaths to the FDA. The number of women seeking blood transfusions and emergency intervention is likely much greater than 4,000.The Mifeprex regimen has unleashed horrors on America's women and children while providing no medical benefit. Killing innocent children, endangering mothers, and abusing the health-care system to do harm is tragic. And as long as this deadly drug remains on the U.S. market, it will pose a serious health risk.Pregnancy is not a disease and abortion is not health care. The abortion pill is not medicine. No child deserves to be killed by a drug, and pregnant women deserve better. FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn should acknowledge the subversion of the abortion industry and its allies, which are using a national pandemic to instigate abortion expansions that could remain long after the pandemic is over. The FDA should protect the public health of Americans and pull this lethal drug, Mifeprex and its approved generics, from the market immediately.Ted Cruz is a U.S. senator from Texas and a member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Lila Rose is the president and founder of Live Action, a nonprofit human-rights organization educating on abortion and the abortion industry.
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| Fauci has questioned whether Russia's coronavirus vaccine is safe amid concerns nations are cutting corners to win the vaccine race Posted: 11 Aug 2020 06:00 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had approved a COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke of his concerns on July 31.
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| Seattle agrees to America’s ‘most comprehensive protection’ for media and legal observers covering protests against police Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:39 PM PDT  Seattle authorities have agreed to what campaigners say is the nation's "most comprehensive protection" for reporters and legal observers covering protests against the actions of police.Following a number of incidents in which reporters and other observers covering Black Lives Matter protests were arrested or else subjected to crowd control weapons such as pepper spray, the city agreed its police force should not target such individuals.
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| Opposition candidate leaves Belarus, urges end to protests Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:48 PM PDT  The top opposition candidate in Belarus' presidential vote, who initially refused to concede her defeat amid a massive police crackdown on anti-government protesters, said Tuesday she has left for Lithuania and called on her supporters to end demonstrations. Looking haggard and distressed, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a former teacher and political novice, apologized to her supporters in a video statement and said it was her own choice to leave the country. "It's very difficult to resist pressure when your family and all your inner circle have been taken hostages," said Maria Kolesnikova, a top associate of Tsikhanouskaya.
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| Can scientists predict earthquakes? Not exactly — but here’s what they can do Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:32 AM PDT  "Earthquakes have nothing to do with clouds, bodily aches and pains, or slugs," the U.S. Geological Survey says of people who believe they can predict an oncoming quake.
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| Trump WeChat ban 'an unwelcome signal' for Chinese community Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:13 AM PDT  For China's global community, the app provides a vital means of staying in touch with home.
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| Pakistan rolls back social distancing restrictions as virus counts drop Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:39 PM PDT  Pakistanis flocked to gyms, salons and restaurants that opened on Monday for the first time in five months after being shut to stop the spread of the coronavirus. On Sunday, Pakistan recorded 539 new infections and 15 deaths. "Thank God, the government has allowed dine-in; we were managing through take-away, but now business will improve," said Sher Khan, owner of a tea stall in a bustling area of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city.
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| Top California health official resigns amid revelation of giant coronavirus record backlog Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:45 PM PDT  "We're all accountable in our respective roles for what happens underneath us," California's governor said.
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