| Former Republican Gov. Tom Ridge urges Pennsylvania to speed up mail vote counting Posted: 09 Sep 2020 07:33 AM PDT  Pennsylvania is one of three important swing states that don't allow clerks to process mail ballots before Election Day. Based on Trump's evidence-less claims of election fraud, that could lead to a nightmare scenario.
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| Exclusive: White House orders end to COVID-19 airport screenings for international travelers Posted: 09 Sep 2020 10:27 AM PDT  The screening operations have been held at select airports since January.
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| San Francisco salon owner closes shop after Nancy Pelosi face mask controversy Posted: 10 Sep 2020 08:05 AM PDT  "I am actually done in San Francisco and closing my doors, unfortunately."
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| Eyewitness claims police killed 'antifa' Portland murder suspect before giving any commands Posted: 09 Sep 2020 10:23 PM PDT  An eyewitness said in a statement that police shot and killed Michael Forest Reinoehl before issuing any commands.
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| More than a dozen police chiefs faced backlash – and left – after George Floyd's death. Here's a list. Posted: 09 Sep 2020 04:51 PM PDT  George Floyd's death sparked a wave of protests. Here's a list of police chiefs who have have been fired, resigned or abruptly retired since then.
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| Trump says Harris becoming the first woman president ‘would be an insult to our country' Posted: 08 Sep 2020 04:51 PM PDT  President Trump on Tuesday said that Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris becoming the first female president of the United States "would be an insult to our country."
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| Top Medicaid official racked up $3.5 million in consulting charges — and billed it all to taxpayers Posted: 10 Sep 2020 08:48 AM PDT  The person in charge of providing health care for low-income Americans spent several million dollars of taxpayer money on furthering her own career, a congressional investigation has found.Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and a member of the coronavirus task force, racked up $3.5 million in consulting charges, event costs, and other things that developed her connections within the Republican party, Politico reports via the investigation set to be published Thursday. That included nearly $3,000 on a "Girl's Night" party, about $1,000 to place an op-ed with Fox News, and dozens more line items before Verma was cut off last year.Politico first reported Verma's excessive spending in March 2019, and her contracts with the consulting firm Nahigian Strategies were soon cut off. But Politico also sparked a congressional probe into those contracts, and investigators sifted through thousands of pages of Verma's emails and billing records. They found that Verma spent more than $3 million over two years in the Trump administration on "handpicked communications consultants used to promote Administrator Verma's public profile and personal brand," congressional Democrats said in a Thursday statement.Among the charges, investigators found Verma spent $115,000 with one consultant who "tried to broker conversations between Verma and well-known Washington reporters," booked conservative media appearances, and even tried to connect her with then-White House communications director Bill Shine, Politico writes. Verma also diverted $13,856 to shoot an "eMedicare" video, including $450 for a makeup artist, and spent at least $3,400 in consulting charges to arrange an appearance on Politico's Women Rule podcast, among many other charges. Read more at Politico.More stories from theweek.com Trump knew it all along The true Election Day nightmare scenario The staggering consequences of Trump's coronavirus lies
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| Spanish police arrest virus-infected surfer Posted: 09 Sep 2020 06:48 AM PDT  Spanish police said Wednesday they had arrested a woman who went surfing when she should have been in quarantine after testing positive for the new coronavirus.
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| Senate to vote on Republican coronavirus aid bill opposed by Democrats Posted: 10 Sep 2020 03:03 AM PDT  The U.S. Senate was set to vote on Thursday on a Republican bill providing around $300 billion in new coronavirus aid, far below the $3 trillion Democrats insist is needed to stimulate an ailing economy and help people struggling through the pandemic. In what could be the final vote on coronavirus relief in Congress before the Nov. 3 presidential and congressional elections, Republicans and Democrats appeared to be deadlocked over the next steps in responding to a virus that has killed more than 190,000 people in the United States and nearly 900,000 globally. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill in May that would provide another $3 trillion in aid.
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| Michigan university segregates white students and ‘people of color’ for talks on race Posted: 09 Sep 2020 05:26 PM PDT  The event was a discussion about race and racism.
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| Portland becomes the first city to ban the use of facial recognition technology by government agencies and private entities in public spaces Posted: 09 Sep 2020 09:37 PM PDT  Portland's ban goes further than any other city in the US and allows people to sue private companies and individuals who refuse to follow the law.
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| Dallas' police chief resigns, will stay through end of year Posted: 08 Sep 2020 03:09 PM PDT  U. Reneé Hall, the first Black woman to lead the Dallas police force, submitted her resignation Tuesday but agreed to stay on through the end of the year. Hall's resignation letter, which the city provided to The Associated Press, didn't give a reason for stepping down. Hall is the latest in a parade of big city chiefs to resign or retire amid the protests and unrest that have swept the county since George Floyd, a Black man who was on the ground and handcuffed, died in May after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for several minutes.
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| 'Be my hero please': 'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic asks Trump for a pardon Posted: 09 Sep 2020 10:33 AM PDT  Joe Exotic, star of the Netflix series "Tiger King," wrote to President Trump from prison asking for a pardon of his 22-year sentence. Read his letter.
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| Russia protests Germany's 'accusations and ultimatums' on Navalny Posted: 09 Sep 2020 04:40 PM PDT  Russia on Wednesday issued a strong protest to Germany over the alleged poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, denouncing what it said were baseless claims and warning of a major risk to diplomatic ties.
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| Exclusive: Susan Collins' plight gets worse with new corruption allegation, possible ethics probe Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:00 AM PDT  Ethics watchdog accuses Maine senator of "blatant corruption" after GOP tax bill sweetened husband's investments
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| Two women charged with hate crimes after stealing child’s Make America Great Again hat Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:32 AM PDT  Camryn Amy, 21, and Olivia Winslow, 21, were charged with robbery, conspiracy, endangering the welfare of a child
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| The prehistoric megalodon shark had fins as big as human adults and heads the length of cars, according to new research Posted: 09 Sep 2020 05:51 AM PDT  Megalodons, the largest sharks ever to roam Earth's oceans, had heads the size of cars and 5-foot dorsal fins.
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| Well-known South Florida personal injury attorney killed in murder-suicide, family said Posted: 09 Sep 2020 03:51 PM PDT  Robert Fenstersheib, a South Florida personal injury attorney known for his catchy commercials encouraging people to "tell Robert anything," was killed Wednesday in a shooting.
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| Oregon wildfires destroy five towns, as three fatalities confirmed in California Posted: 09 Sep 2020 01:10 PM PDT  Hundreds of miles away in northern California, three fatalities were confirmed on Wednesday from a lightning-sparked conflagration that raged with renewed intensity this week after firefighters had made significant headway containing it. While more than two dozen major blazes continued to wreak havoc across wide swaths of California, the neighboring state of Oregon bore the latest brunt of wildfires plaguing much of the western United States over the past week. Several Oregon communities, including the town of Detroit in the Santiam Valley, as well as Blue River and Vida in coastal Lane County, and Phoenix and Talent in southern Oregon, were substantially destroyed, Governor Kate Brown told a news conference.
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| Army chief says combat is 'last resort' after Trump says military leaders seek to make defense contractors 'happy' Posted: 09 Sep 2020 09:50 AM PDT  On Monday, Trump said the "top people in the Pentagon" want "to do nothing but fight wars" so that defense contractors "stay happy."
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| There's a new spicy chicken sandwich in town — and it's from Sam's Club Posted: 08 Sep 2020 01:03 PM PDT  Get Chick-fil-A-style chicken in the privacy of your home whenever you want it — even on Sundays.
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| Pardon for US Marine should get Philippines virus vaccine access: aide Posted: 10 Sep 2020 01:46 AM PDT  President Rodrigo Duterte's pardon of a US marine convicted of killing a transgender woman should help the Philippines gain access to coronavirus vaccines being developed by American companies, his spokesman said Thursday.
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| In August, Rep. Porter grilled postmaster general on knowledge of postal costs and changes to the postal system Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:54 AM PDT  During a House hearing in August, Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., questioned Postmaster General Louis DeJoy about his knowledge of postal costs, as well as recent changes to the postal system.
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| Over 300 groups urge more scrutiny of China on human rights Posted: 09 Sep 2020 01:31 AM PDT |
| Entire Rochester Police Leadership Resigns After Daniel Prude Death Posted: 08 Sep 2020 01:07 PM PDT  The chief of the Rochester Police Department announced he would resign Tuesday following the release of shocking footage of the March death of a 41-year-old Black man in police custody.La'Ron Singletary leaves the department after 20 years under heavy scrutiny over the death of Daniel Prude. He said earlier this week he would not depart his position.His top two officers in the department—Deputy Chief Joseph Morabito and Deputy Chief Mark Simmons—also announced they would step down from their positions. Simmons will stay on as a lieutenant, as will resigning commander Henry Favor. Another commander, Fabian Rivera, resigned Tuesday. Singletary did not name a successor. City council members told Rochester's Democrat & Chronicle they learned of the resignations as they happened. The city's mayor, Lovely Warren, had previously accused Singletary of failing to handle the Prude incident properly, saying she only learned of the March death in August after Prude's family obtained bodycam footage. She also said earlier this week that she ultimately supported Singletary. The New York Attorney General's office has opened an investigation into the death.The Brutal History of Spit Hoods, the Creepy Tool Cops Used on Daniel Prude"For the past two decades, I have served this community with honor, pride, and the highest integrity," Singletary wrote in a resignation letter. "As a man of integrity, I will not sit idly by while outside entities attempt to destroy my character. The events over the past week are an attempt to destroy my character and integrity." He decried what he described as the "mischaracterization and the politicization" of Prude's death.According to the Democrat & Chronicle, Singletary's personnel file depicted him as a "patient and professional" law enforcement officer. He started in the department as an intern in 1998, and the mayor previously described him as "dedicated to changing the culture of policing."Prude died March 30, seven days after Rochester police detained him, put a spit hood over his head, forced him to the ground, and rendered him brain dead. The Monroe County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, citing "complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint due to excited delirium due to acute phycyclidine [PCP] intoxication." His brother had called 911 for assistance dealing with Prude's mental health crisis.Joe Prude called the police's actions "cold-blooded murder." He called for the Singletary's resignation and those of other top police department officials. Mounting outrage over Prude's death, the shocking police body-worn camera footage of his detainment, and the amount of time that elapsed before police went public with the incident have inspired protests for nearly a week in Rochester.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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| An entire university in Illinois has been told to quarantine after COVID-19 outbreak Posted: 09 Sep 2020 07:51 AM PDT  The school will temporarily move to remote learning.
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| As Biden leads a ‘stable race’ - is Trump poised for another surprise? | Analysis Posted: 09 Sep 2020 02:01 PM PDT  "You have to think about 2016 and look at this way: "Trump has f***ed all of this stuff up, royally, but he's only down by 9 points,' one source says
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| 'Shock, grief, pain and dismay': 3 National Guard members killed in Tennessee plane crash Posted: 10 Sep 2020 06:23 AM PDT  The plane took off from the Warren County airport and crashed in a nearby field, National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson said.
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| Soldiers Have Ideas for the Army on How to Improve the Future Robotic Combat Vehicle Posted: 09 Sep 2020 01:17 PM PDT  Soldiers at Fort Carson want improvements added to the Army's Robotic Combat Vehicle prototypes.
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| Smuggled gasoline rescues Venezuelans running on fumes Posted: 09 Sep 2020 06:34 PM PDT  Cheap gasoline smuggled over the border from Venezuela once flooded eastern Colombia. These days, as desperate Venezuelans run out of fuel, the contraband is moving in the other direction.
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| Students in a virtual UH lecture got a scare when a proclaimed ISIS recruiter joined in on their class and made the following remarks. Posted: 08 Sep 2020 03:13 PM PDT  UH students got a scare during a zoom lesson when investigators said a man made threatening comments in the middle of the virtual lecture.
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| Senate Republicans Cast Doubt on COVID Relief Bill’s Prospects, Prompting White House to Consider More Executive Orders Posted: 10 Sep 2020 05:28 AM PDT  Senate Republicans cast doubt on Wednesday over the prospect of passing a bipartisan coronavirus relief package ahead of the November election, suggesting they would instead aim to pass legislation to avoid a federal shutdown. While Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., K.Y.) said he was "optimistic" that the GOP's $500 billion skinny COVID-19 package would garner solid support from Republicans in a test vote on Thursday, Democrats have called the bill insufficient, furthering months of political gridlock over the stimulus in the Senate."Unless something really broke through, it's not going to happen," said Sen. Richard Shelby (R., Ala.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, according to the Associated Press, on the prospect of restarting negotiations that fell apart last month and reaching a deal before November. He added that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are itching to head home to campaign rather than stay in Washington.The pessimism surrounding the bill's prospects has reportedly prompted the White House to consider implementing additional executive orders that would direct funding to the airline industry and extend increased unemployment benefits, the Washington Post reported Thursday.McConnell accused the Democrats of forcing unreasonable demands and behaving as though it will be politically advantageous to keep Republicans and President Trump from a victory on the virus so close to election day."They do not want any bipartisan relief," he said.House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) criticized the GOP bill that cuts out many of the provisions included in the $3.5 trillion relief bill that passed in the House in May, saying the GOP legislation "does nothing.""There are millions of kids who are food insecure, millions, maybe 14 million in our country, food insecure. He has nothing for that," Pelosi said during an appearance on MSNBC on Monday. "There are millions of families, victims of evictions because they can't pay the rent. They don't care about that."The Republicans' package would provide $105 billion to help schools reopen; instate a reduced weekly unemployment benefit supplement of $300; set aside $31 billion for a coronavirus vaccine, $16 billion for virus testing and $15 billion to help child care providers reopen; provide $20 billion for farmers; and devote $258 billion for a second round of paycheck protection subsidies.Absent from the GOP bill is a second round of $1,200 stimulus payments to Americans. McConnell and other Republicans have expressed support for a short-term spending measure — a continuing resolution (CR) — in light of the stalemate to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month, setting up a session for after the election to handle unfinished legislation, which could include coronavirus relief."My guess would be that if we leave in September with a CR, we will not come back to do anything before the election," Senator Roy Blunt, (R-Mo.) told the AP.Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer expressed indecision over supporting a December date for a stopgap measure. Some Democrats are seeking to push unfinished spending bills into next year as they are optimistic about presidential nominee Joe Biden's ability to win the presidency in November.
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| NY doctor charged in serial sexual assaults on patients Posted: 09 Sep 2020 07:48 AM PDT  A former New York gynecologist accused of sexually abusing dozens of patients, including the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, was charged Wednesday with attacking girls and women for nearly two decades using the cover of medical examinations. Prosecutors described the doctor, Robert A. Hadden, 62, as a "predator in a white coat," accusing him of singling out young and unsuspecting victims, including a young girl he'd delivered at birth. The federal charges will be the second time Hadden is prosecuted over alleged abuse of patients.
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| 5 gators found ‘belly up’ in Louisiana bayou spur investigation by wildlife officials Posted: 09 Sep 2020 02:34 PM PDT  Officials have an idea about what happened.
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| China says Australian embassy obstructed law enforcement in case of evacuated journalists Posted: 10 Sep 2020 01:23 AM PDT |
| Joe Biden has a Florida problem. Why he’s losing the key swing state Posted: 10 Sep 2020 04:34 AM PDT  Florida's Hispanic population is nothing like the rest of the country.
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| 'Zombie' fires smoldered beneath Arctic ice all winter then reignited, causing one of the region's worst fire seasons in history Posted: 09 Sep 2020 02:49 PM PDT  High temperatures are exacerbating 'zombie' wildfires in the Arctic circle — fires that smolder underground during the winter and resurface in summer.
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| Under Beijing's watchful eye, Joshua Wong treads fine line Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:18 PM PDT  Not a day goes by without Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong wondering how long it will be before the police's new national security unit comes for him.
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| Rolls-Royces, Rolexes and rowhouses: Feds crack down on small business loan fraud Posted: 09 Sep 2020 07:00 AM PDT  Taxpayer advocates said the cases underscore the need for more transparency and that the amount of data released by the government is unacceptable.
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| 6 Western states blast Utah plan to tap Colorado River water Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:59 AM PDT  Six states in the U.S. West that rely on the Colorado River to sustain cities and farms rebuked a plan to build an underground pipeline that would transport billions of gallons of water through the desert to southwest Utah. In a joint letter Tuesday, water officials from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming urged the U.S. government to halt the approval process for the project, which would bring water 140 miles (225 km) from Lake Powell in northern Arizona to the growing area surrounding St. George, Utah. If the approval moves forward, state water leaders wrote, "multiyear litigation" would likely be inevitable and could complicate negotiations over the future of the Colorado River, which serves 40 million people but faces threats from persistent drought and climate change that are dwindling the supply of water.
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