| 2 Black Senate hopefuls look to make history in the South — and fix health care while they're at it Posted: 10 Sep 2020 11:08 AM PDT  Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins from Louisiana and Jaime Harrison from South Carolina envision a "new South" to address issues they say have been largely ignored by their longtime incumbent opponents.
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| ‘Miracle With a Sad Ending’: Couple Survive But Lose Baby in Wildfire Chaos Posted: 10 Sep 2020 03:34 PM PDT  When he couldn't reach his cousin Jake Hyland on Monday, Jim Mabry drove to his family's remote property in rural Washington state, where wildfires turned pastures of 4-foot-high sage into dust.Jake and his wife, Jamie, along with their 1-year-old son, Uriel, were visiting their land in Okanogan County when flames from the Cold Springs Fire ripped through the area. Relatives couldn't reach the couple, or emergency services, because power lines were down.On Tuesday, Mabry discovered Jake's truck stuck in a ravine, about a quarter of a mile from the land. The vehicle had blown through a barbed wire fence. Its windshield had melted, and the steering wheel and dashboard were obliterated, he recalled."When I first saw the truck, I didn't want to search," Mabry told The Daily Beast. "I was so convinced I was coming across remains. Because I didn't see any chance of them making it."Yet the Hylands made a harrowing escape, relatives said, abandoning their small pickup truck and heading to the Columbia River, where rescuers miraculously found them Wednesday morning. Their little boy did not survive.Grandmother, 12-Year-Old Grandson, Four More Die as Wildfire Smoke Enshrouds Oregon and California in DarknessNow Jake, 31, and Jamie, 26, are hospitalized in critical condition, their bodies covered in burns. Jamie, who is pregnant, has burns on 50 percent of her body, mostly on her arms, hands and face, Mabry told The Daily Beast."It's a miracle with a sad ending," he said. "They survived, but lost a child." He added, "They loved their son. He was their ray of hope."A GoFundMe page—which shows a photo of the couple and their baby smiling on their remote property just a few months ago—has raised more than $117,000 for the family. Jake, his family said, is expected to have at least four more surgeries and will be in the intensive care unit for at least two weeks.The Cold Springs wildfire is just one of a slew of blazes to decimate swaths of the Pacific Northwest and California in recent days, with fires killing at least a dozen people in that state alone, according to the LA Times. In Lyons, Oregon, 12-year-old Wyatt Tofte died beside his dog. His grandmother, Peggy Mosso, was also killed in a blaze. Officials said the death toll was expected to rise in California, Oregon, and Washington, where thousands of residents have faced evacuation orders. In California, the ferocious August Complex fire—which had burned more than 471,000 acres and was only 24 percent contained as of Thursday afternoon—was the largest blaze in state history.Also on Thursday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported 102 fires had burned through 4.3 million acres throughout the country, mostly in the West. The Cold Springs fire, which burned 172,000 acres, was 10 percent contained.Mabry said Jake's property was deeply isolated—no cell service, electricity, or running water. The closest town is a 45-minute drive. Jake and Jamie stopped at the property to drop some supplies at their Quonset hut on their way home from a wedding in Spokane, Mabry explained, noting that the blaze started around 9:45 p.m. local time Sunday, and reached the property hours later. "People have been making rude comments, about how dumb they are that they didn't get the evacuation notice," Mabry's wife, Tammie, told The Daily Beast. "It is off grid. I don't think people understand that."Mabry said the Hylands ditched the truck, which hit some rocks, and fled in the darkness early Monday morning, carrying their son and a jug of water.Authorities scheduled a search for Wednesday at 10 a.m., but Mabry said the couple was found earlier thanks to a family member's Facebook post on a local fire watch page. A boat from the Colville Tribe's fish and wildlife agency discovered the couple.According to local news channel KREM, detectives with the sheriff's office and tribal police are investigating the child's death as a homicide since the fire could have been "human-caused."Two hundred miles away, the wildfires came for virtually an entire town.Larry Frick, 53, told The Daily Beast he was visiting his son in Pullman—about 47 miles south—when heavy winds set his community of Malden ablaze on Monday.He and his wife, Chandelle, rushed home to save their dogs and cats, one of which has gone missing. They also believed Chandelle's mother was home at the time; luckily, she'd left before the fires consumed their neighborhood, ultimately destroying roughly three quarters of the homes in the town.They passed through smoke, fallen trees, and the torched houses of their neighbors. When they got home, their deck and shed were on fire, and they worked for hours to douse the flames with a garden hose and sprinkler. "The whole time, it literally felt like a war zone. Explosions were going off all through town, ammunition, propane tanks, fires blowing up," Frick said. "A couple made the ground shake.""We're still in shock," Frick added. "I feel a sense of guilt. We have everything and we really don't need anything but our power back on, and everyone around us has lost everything. They just have the shirts on their backs."As for the Hylands, relatives said they were shocked and thankful Jamie and Jake were discovered alive. "When you look at the scene, we were like… we don't know how they could have survived. The truck is like something you couldn't believe," Tammie Mabry said. Jim Mabry said he's gone through a rollercoaster of emotions since his cousin vanished. First he was told the Hyland family survived. Then he learned Uriel had died. The child had joined his parents on a visit to the property last spring during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when they took a walk to the river where they were later rescued.One recent photo shows little Uriel in a carrier on his mother's back as they roamed the land."Being a mom was her dream," Tammie said of Jamie Hyland. "She was made to be a mom." 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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| New York speeds to open restaurants for indoor dining despite scientists' concerns over COVID-19 spread Posted: 11 Sep 2020 07:13 AM PDT  "I am concerned about indoor dining, even at 25% capacity," says Linsey Marr, a leading aerosol scientist at Virginia Tech who was not involved in the new CDC study. "Restaurants are the worst of all situations," she says, because people don't wear face masks while eating and drinking. They also tend to talk loudly, which is associated with increased pathogenic spread.
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| Pritzker Prize–Winning Architect Richard Rogers Has Announced His Retirement Posted: 10 Sep 2020 04:50 PM PDT |
| GOP turns strategy to attacking Harris over Catholic record Posted: 10 Sep 2020 05:40 AM PDT  Conservatives are trying to frame Democratic nominee for vice president Kamala Harris as anti-Catholic. The strategy comes as Democrats are trying to court Roman Catholic voters.
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| Taiwan president visits air defence battery as China tensions rise Posted: 11 Sep 2020 12:49 AM PDT  Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited an air defence missile base on Friday, where she urged the troops to be steadfast in their defence of the island's sovereignty and democracy as tensions with China continue to rise. Taiwan, claimed by China as its own, says that Chinese forces carried out two-days of large-scale air and naval exercises off Taiwan's southwest and in its air defence identification zone, denouncing it as provocation. China has stepped up its military activity around Taiwan this year.
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| McConnell clashes with McGrath over 9/11 comments Posted: 10 Sep 2020 03:56 PM PDT  On the eve of the anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on American soil, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic challenger Amy McGrath battled over an ad reviving her reference to the tragedy. The exchange was sparked by the latest ad from McConnell's campaign in the Kentucky Senate race, criticizing McGrath for comments nearly three years ago comparing the feeling of seeing President Donald Trump elected in 2016 to how she felt on Sept. 11, 2001. McGrath responded forcefully Thursday, saying she won't "get lectured on patriotism" by her Republican opponent.
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| Katie Porter, AOC among House freshmen making their mark by grilling witnesses Posted: 11 Sep 2020 02:00 AM PDT  Those tuning in to high-profile House hearings often find them most interesting toward the end, when junior representatives start asking questions.
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| 'Vicious little suckers': Massive clouds of mosquitoes kill cows, horses in Louisiana after Hurricane Laura Posted: 10 Sep 2020 03:26 PM PDT  Hurricane Laura's rains led to a prime mosquito habitat in portions of Louisiana. Swarms of the insects plagued livestock until they died.
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| Outcry in Pakistan as police blame woman who was gang raped for driving at night Posted: 10 Sep 2020 09:07 AM PDT  The gang rape of a stranded woman motorist in front of her children has caused outcry in Pakistan with calls for the public hanging of the culprits. Anger over the attack on a woman who had broken down on a motorway outside Lahore was then increased after a senior police officer appeared to blame the victim for her choice of route. Police on Thursday said they had arrested 12 suspects for questioning during an extensive manhunt. The woman with her two children was driving to Gujranwala when she was forced to stop at the Gujjarpura section of the motorway after her car ran out of fuel at around 1:30am. She called relatives for help, but before they could arrive, two robbers approached the car, smashed the windows and dragged her and her children from the vehicle. The attackers also took jewellery, bank cards and £466 in cash. A senior Lahore police officer later provoked further condemnation when he appeared to blame the victim. Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umar Sheikh questioned why the woman had taken that route and why she had not checked her fuel tank. His comments were condemned by Shireen Mazari, the human rights minister. "For an officer to effectively blame a woman for being gang raped by saying she should have taken the Grand Trunk Road, or question as to why she went out in the night with her children is unacceptable and I have taken up this issue," she said. "Nothing can ever rationalise the crime of rape. That's it." Inspector-General of Punjab Police Inam Ghani claimed that by Thursday night officers had identified the culprits' village. Opposition leaders quickly attacked what they said was the government's breakdown in law and order. "This is a matter of national embarrassment and evidence of a completely broken down legal system," said Shehbaz Sharif, opposition leader in the national assembly. Gang rape is rare in Pakistan, although sexual harassment and violence against women is not uncommon. Nearly 1,000 women are killed in Pakistan each year in so-called "honour killings" for allegedly violating conservative norms on love and marriage.
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| Fifteen killed, 500,000 evacuated as western US burns out of control Posted: 11 Sep 2020 08:07 AM PDT  Crews battled sprawling wildfires up and down the US West Coast on Friday in a wave of infernos that have killed 15 people and forced more than half a million others to flee their homes.
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| 'Mighty Ducks' star Shaun Weiss gets sober and gets new teeth after meth arrest Posted: 10 Sep 2020 08:44 PM PDT  Drew Gallagher, a friend of Weiss, has been helping the former child star get back on his feet.
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| University of Miami makes COVID-19 tests a requirement for students on campus Posted: 11 Sep 2020 09:20 AM PDT  UM alerted its students and faculty that in an "adaptive response to the coronavirus pandemic, and as an added safeguard for our community," the university is expanding its COVID-19 testing.
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| Indian state exceeds 1 million coronavirus cases, rivalling Russia, stifling recovery Posted: 11 Sep 2020 04:25 AM PDT  India's biggest and richest state, Maharashtra, recorded its millionth coronavirus infection on Friday, putting it on par with Russia in the pandemic and stifling India's attempts to turn around an economic plummet. Cases in the western state, home to financial capital Mumbai, passed 1 million as infections have been rising some 20,000 a day recently. If it were a country, the state would now rival Russia for the fourth-highest caseload globally.
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| Trump said he feels no responsibility to understand the pain Black Americans experience and suggested that those who do 'drank the Kool-Aid' Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:31 AM PDT  The president seemed to mock the journalist Bob Woodward when speaking about race relations in an interview on June 19.
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| Florida Supreme Court orders governor to pick new justice Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:53 AM PDT  Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis must pick a new Supreme Court justice because the judge he picked to fill a high court vacancy is constitutionally ineligible to serve, the court said in an order issued Friday. The Florida Supreme Court ordered DeSantis to appoint another judge by Monday, nullifying the appointment of Judge Renatha Francis.
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| The death of Breonna Taylor: Report details why Louisville police decided to forcibly enter her apartment Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:24 AM PDT  A report written by Louisville police after officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor sheds more light on why they chose to forcibly enter her apartment.
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| Was Don Lewis pushed from a plane? Posted: 10 Sep 2020 01:15 PM PDT  Correspondent Richard Schlesinger uses his skills as a pilot to test theories raised in the 1997 disappearance of Don Lewis — the former husband of Carole Baskin, who was a key figure in the Netflix "Tiger King" series.
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| Man arrested for setting fires in Washington state as blazes ravage West Coast Posted: 10 Sep 2020 12:42 PM PDT  'California, Oregon, and Washington - we are all in the soup of cataclysmic fire'
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| Rhea Chakraborty: Why is Indian TV obsessed with Sushant Singh Rajput's death? Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:59 AM PDT  Sushant Singh Rajput's death and the media frenzy around his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty have dominated news.
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| Why Trump may have overplayed his hand by including 'super famous conservatives' on Supreme Court nominee list Posted: 09 Sep 2020 02:45 PM PDT  It's not clear if President Trump would seriously consider one member of a trio of well-known conservative senators -- Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) -- to fill the next Supreme Court opening should he still be in the White House. They may not even be interested. Hawley, for his part, has already said he wouldn't be, and there's been some chatter all three could have their eyes on the Oval Office instead. But, still, the lawmakers did make it onto Trump's latest 20-person shortlist of candidates for a future seat on the bench.Brian Fallon, the executive director of Demand Justice, argues that Supreme Court shortlists usually don't include household names, so having the senators on there sends a pretty clear message, even if they're unlikely to get the nod.> Usually with these shortlists, the names are obscure and while you can intuit their views on guns, abortion and the ACA, it's subtext rather than text. By including likes of Cruz and Hawley on the list, Trump is putting it in neon lights what another Trump justice will mean.> > -- Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) September 9, 2020Perhaps the list will motivate conservative voters who are on the fence about re-electing Trump this November. After all, judiciary appointments often play a major role in presidential election. But some of Trump critics are wondering if he went in too hot on this one, and may simultaneously motivate liberal voters, who could react strongly to seeing names like Cruz, Cotton, and Hawley on the list. > Like liberals are acutely aware that the two oldest liberals on the court could be replaced in the next few years, but now the fundraising emails will scream (accurately!) about them being replaced by Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton.> > -- Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) September 9, 2020More 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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| Boy's shooting raises questions about police crisis training Posted: 09 Sep 2020 01:23 PM PDT  A police shooting that wounded a 13-year-old autistic boy in Salt Lake City is revealing shortfalls in the way officers respond to a mental health crisis, an advocacy group said Wednesday, a part of policing that's facing renewed scrutiny during nationwide protests over brutality by law enforcement. Similar questions are being raised in Rochester, New York, following the death of a Black man whose brother called police about his unusual behavior shortly after a mental health evaluation. It comes as demonstrators have urged cities to "defund the police" and shift money to social services instead.
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| A sheriff launched an algorithm to predict who might commit a crime. Dozens of people said they were harassed by deputies for no reason. Posted: 10 Sep 2020 12:17 PM PDT  A new report sheds light on the pitfalls of "predictive policing" and casts doubt on AI-powered tools meant to fight crime.
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| Australia says security agencies acted on evidence in Chinese journalist raid Posted: 10 Sep 2020 07:23 PM PDT  Australia's security agencies acted on evidence related to a foreign interference investigation when a raid was conducted on Chinese journalists in Australia in June, the country's trade minister said on Friday. The incident, involving four Chinese state media journalists, was revealed by China's foreign ministry this week, in the wake of two Australian journalists departing China after questioning by Chinese police.
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| Sen. Lindsey Graham reacts to members of Mueller team wiping department phones clean Posted: 10 Sep 2020 06:50 PM PDT  New documents released by the Department of Justice show that multiple members of Mueller's team wiped their department phones before turning them in to the inspector general; reaction from Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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| 'Living hell': Ethiopians detained in Saudi call for help Posted: 11 Sep 2020 03:51 AM PDT  Using a smuggled-in mobile phone, a detained Ethiopian migrant pleaded for help as he described harrowing conditions in a Saudi detention centre -- overcrowded and disease-ridden cells, food scarcity and rising suicides.
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| Alligator attacked woman as she was trimming trees near a Florida lake Posted: 11 Sep 2020 08:19 AM PDT  A woman was trimming trees near a country club lake when a Florida alligator went after her legs.
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| Delta Force Soldier Selected for Medal of Honor Casts Light on Bravery of Fallen Teammate Posted: 10 Sep 2020 01:23 PM PDT  Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler was killed leading Kurdish forces through a storm of gunfire.
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| Daughter of Trump supporter who died of COVID: 'The president is on record lying' Posted: 10 Sep 2020 01:20 PM PDT  "We're taught to follow our leaders especially during times of crisis. For people like my dad, he trusted Donald Trump," she said.
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| Black Democrat urges governor to drop Black court nominee Posted: 10 Sep 2020 12:57 PM PDT  A Black Democratic state lawmaker who is challenging the appointment of a Black woman to the Florida Supreme Court contended Thursday that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is engaging in "racial tokenism" by choosing someone the court itself has already ruled is not eligible for the position. State Rep. Geraldine Thompson said in an online news conference that DeSantis only chose Renatha Francis for the high court because she shares his conservative ideology, not because he is trying to achieve racial diversity. Thompson says Francis doesn't meet the constitutional requirement of being a Florida Bar member for at least 10 years, a point the Supreme Court noted two weeks ago when it ruled DeSantis had exceeded his authority by appointing an ineligible candidate.
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| Alexei Navalny: Substantial chance Russia behind poisoning, Pompeo says Posted: 09 Sep 2020 09:19 PM PDT  The US secretary of state declines to say how the Trump administration will respond.
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| George Floyd: Former police officers charged over killing turn blame on each other Posted: 11 Sep 2020 03:47 AM PDT  Each officer is offering significantly different versions of the infamous arrest
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| Philippines presidential spokesman links pardon of U.S. Marine to vaccine access Posted: 10 Sep 2020 10:04 AM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to pardon a United States Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman nearly six years ago may have stemmed from his desire to get access to coronavirus vaccines being developed by U.S. firms, his spokesman said on Thursday. Duterte on Monday pardoned Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton who was serving a six- to 10-year sentence for killing Jennifer Laude near a former U.S. navy base in 2014, sparking condemnation from activists who described the move as a "mockery of justice". Roque, who served as lawyer in the prosecution of Pemberton, had likened Laude's killing to the "death of Philippine sovereignty".
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| Endorsement: Yes on Prop. 21. California has a housing crisis and cities should be able to protect tenants Posted: 10 Sep 2020 03:09 PM PDT  Cities are on the front lines of the suffering caused by the state's housing crisis, and now the COVID-19 pandemic. They need the flexibility to limit rent increases.
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| My son born after 9/11 begins college amid coronavirus. What will his generation show us? Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:20 AM PDT  How will COVID-19 as well as social and political diseases instruct the Class of 2020? We'll need these graduates to help us build a better America.
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| Endangered primate found dead in shipment of chili peppers mailed to the US, feds say Posted: 10 Sep 2020 08:56 AM PDT  It wasn't the only animal agents uncovered in the shipment.
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| Suspended NY HS senior arrested for showing up to school in violation of COVID-19 restrictions Posted: 10 Sep 2020 07:35 AM PDT  17-year-old Maverick Stow returned to his high school campus after being warned not to show up and that he'd be arrested if he entered school grounds; Laura Ingle reports on the latest.
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| Trump supporters are increasingly isolated in their denial of systemic racism, according to new polling data Posted: 10 Sep 2020 01:55 PM PDT  Only 9% of Trump voters think it's harder to be Black than white in the US, leaving his base far from the rest of the country, a new Pew poll shows.
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| China says ambassador hacked in 'like' of pornographic tweet Posted: 10 Sep 2020 01:21 AM PDT  The Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom has demanded that Twitter investigate after its ambassador's official account liked a pornographic post on the social media platform. A human rights advocate on Twitter posted a screenshot on Wednesday showing that Chinese Ambassador Liu Xiaoming had liked the post.
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| Navy Early Warning Plane Damaged After Hitting Parked Super Hornet on Carrier Deck Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:04 AM PDT  It was the second mishap on the Nimitz in two weeks.
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| After Senate bill fails, airline workers look to Congress to save them from October layoffs Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:40 AM PDT  Without a new stimulus deal, airlines say they will have to furlough thousands of workers by Oct. 1. A GOP bill failed to clear the Senate Thursday.
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| South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is using COVID-19 relief funds to pay for a $5 million tourism ad campaign, despite a surge in coronavirus cases following the Sturgis motorcycle rally Posted: 10 Sep 2020 09:33 AM PDT  Governor Kristi Noem's previous state ad campaign —'Meth: We're on it' — sparked conversations and jokes nationwide.
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