| Jesuit priest calls Lou Holtz's comment on Biden's Catholic faith 'terrible' Posted: 26 Aug 2020 07:17 PM PDT  Lou Holtz, a former college football coach, caused controversy during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night when he declared that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is a "Catholic in name only."Biden has been vocal about his faith, which he says has helped him through difficult times in his life, like when his son, Beau Biden, died of brain cancer in 2015. Holtz made his judgment while delivering a speech praising President Trump, saying he is a man who "genuinely cares about people" and is someone Americans can "trust." Not long after Holtz was finished, liberals and conservatives alike jumped to Biden's defense on Twitter.> Did Lou Holtz just call Democrats "Catholic in Name Only?" > > Biden goes to Mass weekly. He's a devout Catholic and a man of actual faith who doesn't pretend to be one like Trump. > > These people are so dishonest.> > — Tara Setmayer (@TaraSetmayer) August 27, 2020> Disgusting lie by Lou Holtz that Biden is a 'Catholic in name only.'> > WaPo: "Biden almost always has rosary beads in his pocket ... He has written and spoken at length of how faith helped him grieve the loss of his first wife and daughter many years ago, and his son Beau."> > — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 27, 2020> Tonight I learned that one's status within the Catholic Church can apparently be determined by *checks notes* a Division I college football coach. https://t.co/kT6eFQSjuk> > — Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 27, 2020> During the Republican Convention, Lou Holtz just said that Joe Biden is not a real Catholic.> > Who is he to judge another man's faith?> > — Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 27, 2020> Lou Holtz called Biden a "Catholic in name only" so here's a clip of Trump being asked what his favorite Bible verse is. pic.twitter.com/GRy3mCFWtI> > — Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 27, 2020On MSNBC, Jesuit priest James Martin said he doesn't believe this is something "you should say about anybody." Holtz, he continued, "cannot look into the soul of Joe Biden ... I think it's a really terrible thing to say about someone. He has no clue what's going on inside of Joe Biden's heart."> "He cannot look into the soul of Joe Biden," Rev. James Martin says in response to Lou Holtz's RNC2020 statement suggesting Joe Biden and other politicians are "Catholics in name only."> > "He has no clue of what is going on inside of Joe Biden's heart," he adds. pic.twitter.com/g8Olfxj65b> > — MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 27, 2020Holtz has been involved in Republican politics for decades. In 1983, he resigned as the University of Arkansas' football coach after being criticized for appearing in commercials endorsing the re-election of Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.). At the time Helms, who once said the 1964 Civil Rights Act was "the single most dangerous piece of legislation ever introduced in the Congress," was leading the effort to keep Martin Luther King Jr. Day from becoming a national holiday.More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention That 'famous' Lincoln quote in Lara Trump's RNC speech? He never said it. New jobless claims decline but stay above 1 million
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| Opinion: Kayleigh McEnany's preexisting condition needs protection from President Trump Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:32 PM PDT  For her own sake, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany should probably hope Trump stops having any say at all in healthcare policy.
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| A witness who saw Kenosha police shoot Jacob Blake says he was checking on his 3 kids when he went back to the car Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:03 PM PDT  Witnesses who saw a Kenosha police officer shoot Jacob Blake on Sunday told Insider what they saw happen.
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| Tucker Carlson says teen charged with killing Wisconsin protesters was trying to 'maintain order when no one else would' Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:00 PM PDT  Fox News host Tucker Carlson has sparked controversy after claiming a teenager charged with killing demonstrators in Wisconsin protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake was trying to "maintain order when no one else would".The television personality made the controversial comments as protests over the police-shooting of Mr Blake continued throughout the week, after video footage of the confrontation between a white officer and Mr Blake, a black man, went viral and drew national media attention.
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| Vehicle collision with Russians injures 4 U.S. troops in eastern Syria Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:57 PM PDT  In the most violent skirmish in months between U.S. and Russian forces in Syria, a vehicle collision in the eastern part of the war-torn country left American troops with concussions, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.
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| Jurassic Park or Florida? Researchers just captured 3 huge ‘alligator snapping turtles’ Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:42 AM PDT  Awww, how cute. Not really.
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| 'UFO' in Congo jungle turns out to be internet balloon Posted: 25 Aug 2020 09:07 PM PDT |
| China protests alleged US spy plane incursion during drills Posted: 25 Aug 2020 09:19 PM PDT  China is protesting the alleged incursion of a U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane into a no-fly zone imposed during live-fire military exercises in the country's north. In a statement issued late Tuesday, the Ministry of National Defense said the action had "seriously interfered in normal exercise activities" and "severely incurred the risk of misjudgment and even of bringing about an unintended air-sea incident." China has lodged a stern protest and demanded the U.S. cease such actions, Wu said.
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| Putin Says His Men Are Standing by Ready to Go into Belarus If Protests ‘Get Out of Hand’ Posted: 27 Aug 2020 04:42 AM PDT  Vladimir Putin says he has formed a reserve of law-enforcement officers to send to Belarus to help President Alexander Lukashenko if necessary, Russian media reported Thursday. Putin said he will not deploy these forces unless "extremist elements in Belarus cross a line and start plundering." Speaking to the state-run Rossia 1 broadcaster, he said the agents would be on standby in case pro-democracy protests strengthened. "We've agreed that [the reserve] will not be used until the situation starts getting out of control," Putin said, according to The Moscow Times.Earlier in the week, Russian media reported Putin had offered to help, but it was yet unclear in what way. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Russian journalists replaced striking Belarus journalists at the country's state television station in mid-August, and have been spreading Russian propaganda ever since. The Belarus journalists who walked off the job have not been allowed to return, creating a vacuum that likely helped fuel Lukashenko's highly contested presidential win, which sparked country-wide protests calling for his ouster.The Belarus population has long been anti-Russia, with a recent poll showing that 93 percent of the population against Moscow taking over the country, but Lukashenko has been demonstrably pro-Putin.Protests raged after Lukashenko's suspicious re-election against the popular opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who has become the figurehead of the protests and a target of Russian misinformation. 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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| A Fort Hood soldier who reported being sexually abused and then went missing has been found dead hanging from a tree, his family's lawyer says Posted: 26 Aug 2020 11:02 AM PDT  Elder Fernandes had accused a male officer of groping him but was harassed for doing so, his mother said. Now she wants answers.
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| RNC speaker Abby Johnson shows how not to appeal to women voters Posted: 25 Aug 2020 07:09 PM PDT  Donald Trump is far behind with female voters. Given that fact, one would expect the Trump campaign to make some moves to appeal to women. Yet on Tuesday night, anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson addressed the RNC and its audience of millions, despite her holding views that go far beyond garden-variety opposition to abortion.Earlier in the day on Tuesday, Johnson faced a firestorm of criticism for saying in a YouTube video earlier this year that her "brown son is more likely to commit a violent offense over my white sons." Then, shortly before the RNC began, a White House reporter for CBS News drew attention to two of Johnson's tweets from May in which she expressed support for "bringing back household voting," which would give each household a single vote — and give husbands "the final say." (Johnson doubled down on this outlandishly retrograde position on Tuesday evening just a few hours before her speech.)No wonder, then, that when she stood at the podium at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C., Johnson unleashed an unmodulated attack on her former employer Planned Parenthood, denouncing its "racist roots," deploring its "barbarity," and even pausing to evoke "what abortion smells like." The assault naturally culminated in gushing praise for the anti-abortion efforts of President Trump.There are ways for Republicans to appeal to women. There are even ways to do so in pro-life terms — by talking about the tragic, wrenching struggles and anguish experienced by so many women when they contemplate and make the decision to terminate a pregnancy. But Johnson said nothing about any of that, and really expressed no empathy for women at all. Which is exactly what one would expect of someone who would prefer a Handmaid's Tale world in which women lose their bodily and political autonomy and are forced to submit their minds and civic convictions to the absolute rule of their husbands.More stories from theweek.com Trump's RNC role is a much bigger mistake than Republicans realize Trump calls for drug tests before presidential debates Trump's D.C. hotel hosting at least 15 events for donors amid RNC, including bourbon tasting with Rand Paul
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| Minneapolis protests: New unrest erupts three months after George Floyd killing over false police shooting report, as National Guard helps enact curfew Posted: 27 Aug 2020 08:26 AM PDT  The National Guard was activated in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening, as protests and looting took place after false reports said that a murder suspect had been shot and killed by police officers.On Wednesday afternoon, a man and woman were approached by another person in a car park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a confrontation broke out between the three of them.
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| A woman says that the 19-year-old Kansas House candidate who admitted to revenge porn choked and slapped her within the last year Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:53 AM PDT  Kansas House candidate Aaron Coleman admitted to bullying and harassing girls in middle school. His ex says he assaulted her in the last year.
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| ‘Catch-up’ stimulus checks to be sent out soon, IRS says. Here’s who will get them Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:23 AM PDT  About 50,000 people will receive the payments, the IRS says.
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| What Pam Bondi's attacks on Hunter Biden got right — and wrong Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:15 AM PDT  Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, made assertions about Joe Biden's son Hunter, Ukraine and China at the Republican National Convention.
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| Israel attacks Hezbollah posts after shots fired at soldiers Posted: 25 Aug 2020 03:00 PM PDT  Israeli attack helicopters struck observation posts of the militant Hezbollah group along the Lebanon border overnight after shots were fired at Israeli troops operating in the area, the military said Wednesday. Israel has been bracing for a possible attack by the Iran-backed Lebanese militants since an Israeli airstrike killed a Hezbollah fighter in neighboring Syria last month. Israeli troops have also traded fire in recent weeks with the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.
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| North Korean leader Kim calls for prevention efforts against coronavirus, looming typhoon: KCNA Posted: 25 Aug 2020 03:35 PM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for prevention efforts against the novel coronavirus and a typhoon, state news agency KCNA said on Wednesday. An enlarged meeting of the politburo of the Workers Party took place amid a pandemic that is putting additional pressure on the North Korean economy, battered by recent border closures and flood damage. The meeting assessed "some defects in the state emergency anti-epidemic work for checking the inroads of the malignant virus", KCNA said in a statement.
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| Wisconsin attorney general identifies police officer who shot Jacob Blake Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:11 PM PDT  At a press conference on Wednesday, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul identified Rusten Sheskey of the Kenosha Police Department as the officer who shot in the back and severely injured Jacob Blake.
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| Hurricane Laura makes landfall, rivaling Louisiana's worst storms Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:10 AM PDT  Hurricane Laura made landfall in Cameron, Louisiana, at about 1 a.m. on Thursday, packing sustained winds of up to 150 miles per hour, just shy of a Category 5 hurricane. The storm, which hit at high tide, has already caused flooding in southwestern Louisiana, and the National Hurricane Center warned residents about a potentially "unsurvivable storm surge" of up to 20 feet.> At 1 am CDT, Hurricane Laura has made landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Cameron as a category 4 hurricane. Maximum sustained winds were 150 mph, with a minimum central pressure of 938 mb. Potentially catastrophic impacts will continue. More: https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/GVWRnmGejy> > -- National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 27, 2020Laura is the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in southwest Louisiana, rivaling 2005's Hurricane Katrina in its ferocity, according to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher at Colorado State University. Its minimum pressure of 938 millibars is the fourth lowest on record in Louisiana, after Katrina, 2005's Hurricane Rita, and 1856's Last Island hurricane -- the lower the pressure, the worse the storm -- and its wind speed tops Katrina (125 mph) and Rita (115 mph). Hurricane Harvey hit Texas with 130 mph winds in 2017.Weather Channel meteorologist Stephanie Abrams demonstrated what winds that high are like in real life when she narrowly escaped being struck by debris in Lake Charles, Louisiana, right in the hurricane's path.> After saying her crew had a 104mph gust and she moved closer to her crew and a solid structure from what looked like a boardwalk/walkway, Stephanie Abrams BARELY avoids a pile of debris/tree limbs. She repeatedly says everyone is fine, but that was scary. HurricaneLaura LAwx pic.twitter.com/p1WDfFAih6> > -- Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 27, 2020More than 500,000 people in Louisiana and Texas were told to evacuate before the storm, but at least 150 people declined to leave their homes in Cameron Parish. "They're thinking Cameron Parish is going to look like an extension of the Gulf of Mexico for a couple of days," warned Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D).Edwards activated the state's National Guard to help with the hurricane response, and National Guard Brigadier General Keith Waddell suggested "those folks that are staying at home or staying in some other location" bring tools if the floodwaters force them into the attic, since "you may have to cut your way out of there before we can get to you the next day." Edwards also ordered parts of I-10 closed to traffic. You can track the storm at NBC. More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention That 'famous' Lincoln quote in Lara Trump's RNC speech? He never said it. New jobless claims decline but stay above 1 million
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| I'm Billy Graham's granddaughter. Evangelical support of Donald Trump spits on his legacy. Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:07 PM PDT  By supporting Donald Trump, evangelical leaders are failing us and failing the Gospel. Christian women must step up where our church leaders won't.
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| West Mathewson: South African conservationist killed by white lions Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:06 AM PDT  Police say two lions attacked the lodge owner as he was taking them for a walk, in front of his wife.
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| Fort Hood Sgt. Elder Fernandes 'humiliated' after reporting sexual abuse, says family's lawyer Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:57 AM PDT  The leadership at the U.S. Army Fort Hood base created an environment that led to the death of Sgt. Elder Fernandes, the family's attorney says.
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| 'An alternate reality': Biden campaign rips RNC speaker for refering to coronavirus in past tense as thousands die weekly Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:46 AM PDT  The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden condemned the second night of the Republican National Convention for presenting an "alternate reality" to Americans that failed to recognise the ongoing severity of the coronavirus pandemic.Mr Biden's deputy campaign manager and communications director, Kate Bedingfield, issued a long rebuke of the evening's proceedings, honing in on White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow's speech describing the Covid-19 crisis in the past tense despite the fact health officials continue to report tens of thousands of new cases per day and thousands of deaths per week.
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| Afghanistan policewoman turned filmmaker wounded in gun attack Posted: 25 Aug 2020 11:30 PM PDT  A prominent female Afghan film director who is also an actress and senior police officer was recovering from bullet wounds on Wednesday after unidentified gunmen shot her as she was being driven through the capital, Kabul, her husband said. Saba Sahar, 44, is one of Afghanistan's first female film directors who has used her training as a police officer to produce critically acclaimed documentaries and movies.
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| India indicts Pakistani militant in 2019 Kashmir bombing Posted: 26 Aug 2020 01:46 AM PDT  India's anti-terrorism agency named a Pakistan-based militant leader as the prime mastermind of a 2019 car bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 40 Indian soldiers and brought the nuclear-armed rivals to the brink of war. The National Investigation Agency filed a charge sheet on Tuesday that named Masood Azhar, chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed, and 19 others among the accused. "The investigation has revealed that the Pulwama attack was the result of a well-planned criminal conspiracy hatched by Pakistan-based leadership of terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammad," the document says.
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| Trump is about to bungle another natural disaster Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:10 PM PDT  While the third night of the Republican National Convention progressed, Hurricane Laura was bearing down on Louisiana and Texas. At time of writing, it had reportedly strengthened nearly to Category 5 status, and may end up being one of the 10 strongest hurricanes ever recorded making landfall on the continental U.S.Yet the looming hurricane was barely mentioned during the night's convention proceedings, including a brief note during the opening prayer and a short aside from Vice President Mike Pence. "Our administration is working closely with authorities in the states that will be impacted," he said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency "has mobilized resources and supplies for those in harm's way."In reality, there is little doubt that the Trump administration is going to botch the response to this onrushing disaster. Trump did not manage the response to Hurricane Harvey well, and did almost nothing in response to Hurricane Maria. In Puerto Rico after the latter storm, nearly 3,000 people died in large part because the island went so long without power, cleanup, or rebuilding. We are also months into a viral pandemic that he has catastrophically bungled.What's more, today state budgets have been hamstrung by the coronavirus economic collapse, and Republicans refuse to rescue them. Trump also recently diverted a bunch of FEMA money to pay for a brief boost to unemployment benefits because his party didn't want to authorize additional funding through Congress. When a gormless reality TV host is president, this is the kind of thing that tends to happen.More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention That 'famous' Lincoln quote in Lara Trump's RNC speech? He never said it. New jobless claims decline but stay above 1 million
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| Coast Guard Watch Opens Fire After 8-Foot Shark Crashes Swim Call Posted: 27 Aug 2020 06:25 AM PDT  There is a reason the Navy and Coast Guard post armed guards on shark watch during swim calls.
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| Hurricane Laura causes severe damage and floods as it batters Louisiana Posted: 27 Aug 2020 10:02 AM PDT  One of the strongest storms to hit the US Gulf Coast causes severe damage, floods and power cuts.
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| 2 New Jersey cops admitted they dressed in disguises and vandalized the cars of a man who filed complaints against them Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:55 AM PDT  The two Asbury Park cops, who smashed car windows, pleaded guilty to criminal fourth-degree criminal mischief. They can't work as officers anymore.
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| Remote Andamans tribe with just 53 members reports nearly one-in-ten have fallen sick with coronavirus Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:08 AM PDT  Four members of a remote tribe living on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands have tested positive for Covid-19, sparking fears for the group's survival. The Greater Andamese number as few as 53 and have limited immunity to viruses like Covid-19 due to their isolated nature. They numbered more than 5,000 in the 1850s but when the British colonised the islands successive outbreaks of diseases like measles caused their numbers to plummet. Two of the Great Andamese who have tested positive have been admitted to hospital and two have been quarantined in a care centre. "It is extremely alarming that members of the Great Andamanese tribe tested positive for Covid-19," said Sophie Grigg, a Senior Researcher at Survival International, an NGO campaigning for the rights of tribal people. "They will be all too aware of the devastating impact of epidemics that have decimated their people".
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| Russian prosecutors say no need for criminal investigation in Navalny affair Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:57 AM PDT  Russian prosecutors said on Thursday they saw no need for a criminal investigation into the sudden illness of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who his supporters suspect was poisoned, and they had found no sign that any crime had been committed. The Interior Ministry said it had started a preliminary investigation into the case, but this was routine. Navalny, 44, was airlifted to Germany on Saturday after collapsing during a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow.
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| China firm over detention of 2 Canadians after FMs meet Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:59 AM PDT  China said Wednesday it remains firm in its insistence that Canada make the first move to end the detention of two Canadians, following a meeting of the two countries' foreign ministers. Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor have been held in China on unspecified national security charges for more than 620 days in apparent retaliation for Canada's late 2018 arrest of Meng Wanzhou, an executive at tech giant Huawei and the daughter of the company's founder.
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| 6 days after reopening, the University of Alabama has over 500 coronavirus cases. Now the student newspaper is telling the administration: 'We won't be your PR.' Posted: 25 Aug 2020 12:11 PM PDT  Since the first day of class on August 19, the University of Alabama campuses have reported 566 cases for students, faculty, and staff.
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| Biden spokesman likens the Republican National Convention to the Twilight Zone Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:46 PM PDT  Since Monday, speakers at the Republican National Convention have painted a dire picture of how they imagine life would be under a President Joe Biden, saying it won't be safe to go outside due to mob violence, but it won't matter anyway because no one will have any jobs and all the businesses will be closed.Biden didn't make any comments about the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, focusing instead on the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. He said the fact that Blake was shot in front of his children made him "sick," and decried the looting that took place in the aftermath of peaceful protests. "Needless violence won't heal us," Biden said. "We need to end the violence — and peacefully come together to demand justice."While Biden stayed mum on the RNC, his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and spokesperson Andrew Bates did not. Bates told NBC News the RNC has been filled with "toxic divisiveness, Twilight Zone conspiracy theories, and dangerous misinformation about the pandemic that Trump has failed to make headway with for months."Harris connected with supporters via text, sending out a message ahead of Vice President Mike Pence's speech. She told donors she's "not worried about what he's going to say — I know it will be nothing but lies."More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention That 'famous' Lincoln quote in Lara Trump's RNC speech? He never said it. New jobless claims decline but stay above 1 million
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| Fact check: Obama administration approved, built temporary holding enclosures at southern border Posted: 26 Aug 2020 03:18 PM PDT  A meme about a recent speech is true. The facilities were built during the Obama era -- and were intended to hold migrant children for up to 72 hours.
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| ‘Angel Mom’ who retweeted anti-Semitic conspiracies pulled from RNC schedule at last minute Posted: 25 Aug 2020 06:16 PM PDT  The original tweet by Mary Ann Mendoza, a member of the Trump campaign's advisory board, urging her followers to "Do yourself a favor and read this thread," was deleted.
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| A Kentucky man is facing $569,000 in fines after being accused of violating Canada's COVID-19 rules Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:42 PM PDT  John Pennington, 40, of Walton, Kentucky, was arrested and charged in connection to a June trip he took to Banff in Alberta, Canada.
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| 14-year-old dies during Hurricane Laura after tree hits home, Louisiana officials say Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:57 AM PDT  This is the first reported fatality from the storm, according to state officials.
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| Ukraine temporarily bars most foreigners amid pandemic after Israel pilgrimage plea Posted: 26 Aug 2020 04:50 AM PDT  Ukraine on Wednesday imposed a temporary ban on most foreigners from entering the country until Sept. 28 and extended lockdown measures until the end of October to contain a recent spike in coronavirus cases. Speaking at a televised cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal also said the government would need to take a decision on Thursday on whether to ban major public events in September. "The rise in coronavirus infections we have seen in recent weeks is forcing us to act more decisively," Shmygal said.
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| Defense official: Arson suspected as cause of Navy ship fire Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:50 PM PDT  Arson is suspected as the cause of a July 12 fire that left extensive damage to the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, and a U.S. Navy sailor was being questioned as a potential suspect, a senior defense official said Wednesday. The sailor was being questioned as part of the investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the official said, adding that defense department leaders were notified of the development. The official, with knowledge of the investigation, spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to provide details not yet made public.
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| Bollywood star Aamir Khan under fire over China, Turkey links Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:43 AM PDT  Muslim Bollywood star Aamir Khan has long been a hate figure for India's Hindu far-right, but now they have a new line of attack -- his massive popularity in China.
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| Scotland's 'Union dividend' rises to almost £2,000 per person in 'hammer blow' to Nicola Sturgeon Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:17 AM PDT  Nicola Sturgeon's economic case for separation has received a "hammer blow" after her chief economist published figures showing Scotland's "dividend" from being part of the UK has surged to almost £2,000 per person. The General Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (Gers) figures for 2019/20 showed each Scot received £1,633 more than the UK average in public spending thanks to the Barnett Formula. This is the equivalent of 9.2 per cent of UK total spending. But tax revenue north of the Border was £308 less than the UK average, including a geographic share of North Sea oil, accounting for only 8 per cent of the UK total. The Scottish Tories said that together this meant the "Union dividend" per person has increased to £1,941, up from £1,805 the previous year, and separation would require spending cuts equivalent to the entire NHS budget. Scotland's notional deficit - the difference between spending and tax revenue - surged by £2 billion to £15.1 billion last year. This was the equivalent of 8.6 per cent of GDP - more than treble the UK figure of 2.5 per cent and nearly three times the 3 per cent required for EU membership.
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| Joe Kennedy's once-promising Massachusetts Senate primary challenge might be a bust, polls show Posted: 26 Aug 2020 12:54 PM PDT  Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) doesn't look like he'll be getting a promotion after all.When Kennedy announced his Democratic primary challenge to Sen. Ed Markey, there seemed to be a chance his more centrist bid might pan out, and he even got House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) endorsement. But more and more polls keep putting Markey back on top, including two released Wednesday just days before primary ballots are counted.Markey, a progressive and co-author of the Green New Deal, has the support of 52 percent of likely Massachusetts Democratic Primary voters, a poll from the UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion shows. Just 40 percent said they'd vote for Kennedy, putting Markey safely over Kennedy even if the 6 percent of undecided voters in the poll went in the challenger's favor.Another poll released Wednesday from the progressive think tank Data for Progress meanwhile gives Markey an 8-point advantage over Kennedy. Markey gets 46 percent support to Kennedy's 38 among likely Democratic primary voters, though a large 16 percent said they remain undecided.Earlier, albeit limited, polls indicated Markey and Kennedy's race was close, and some even gave Kennedy a sizable lead. Massachusetts' Senate primary election is Sept. 1, and early voting is already open.UMass Lowell surveyed 800 likely Massachusetts Democratic primary voters online from Aug. 13-21, with a 4.1 percent margin of error. Data for Progress surveyed 732 likely Massachusetts Democratic primary voters between Aug. 24 and 25 using text-to-web and panel responses, with a 4 percent margin of error.More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention That 'famous' Lincoln quote in Lara Trump's RNC speech? He never said it. New jobless claims decline but stay above 1 million
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