| Joe Biden’s Latino problem goes beyond Florida Posted: 15 Sep 2020 02:00 AM PDT  Joe Biden is heading to Florida on Tuesday amid worries about his campaign's Latino outreach operation. Recent polls there have seen Biden's lead dwindle to just about 1 percent, in large part due to soft support among Latinos.
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| Breonna Taylor's mother reaches $12M settlement, police reform agreement with Louisville Posted: 15 Sep 2020 01:09 PM PDT  The family of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot and killed by police in her Louisville, Ky., apartment earlier this year, has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the city for $12 million that includes an agreement to implement a number of police reforms.
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| Three BLM protesters charged following confrontation with Pittsburgh diners Posted: 15 Sep 2020 03:04 PM PDT  Videos of demonstrators shouting at customers previously surfaced online
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| Pelosi: House will stay in session until COVID-19 rescue bill Posted: 15 Sep 2020 11:26 AM PDT  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that the House will remain in session until lawmakers deliver another round of COVID-19 relief.
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| US Customs seized 2,000 earphones made by OnePlus, an Apple competitor, calling them 'counterfeit Apple AirPods' and saying they violated Apple's trademark Posted: 14 Sep 2020 12:24 PM PDT  The photos included in the CBP announcement show OnePlus Buds, wireless headphones made by an Apple competitor.
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| Birds are dropping dead in New Mexico, potentially in the 'hundreds of thousands' Posted: 15 Sep 2020 07:37 AM PDT  Scientists are investigating why so many birds are dying and are asking the public for help.
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| White House blocks Navarro from testifying to House panel about ventilator deal Posted: 14 Sep 2020 04:15 PM PDT  Michael Purpura, deputy counsel to President Donald Trump, wrote to Krishnamoorthi on Sept. 9 that the White House would not make Navarro available.
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| Rochester police chief out in fallout over Prude death Posted: 14 Sep 2020 02:11 PM PDT  Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren fired the police chief and suspended her top lawyer and communications director Monday in the continuing upheaval over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude. Chief Le'Ron Singletary announced his retirement last week as part of a major shakeup of the city's police leadership but said he would stay on through the end of the month. Instead, Warren said at a news conference that she had permanently relieved him while suspending Corporation Counsel Tim Curtin and Communications Director Justin Roj without pay for 30 days following a cursory management review of the city's role in Prude's death.
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| Scrutiny of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy intensifies Posted: 14 Sep 2020 04:01 PM PDT  Scrutiny of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy intensified on Monday amid new reports alleging improper business dealings and persistent charges that the longtime Republican donor is subverting postal operations in order to make mail-in voting difficult in November's presidential election.
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| In U.S. elections, it's winner take all — and Blacks are the losers Posted: 14 Sep 2020 12:47 PM PDT  Why not just let the American people choose our president directly, instead of relying on some clumsy work-around to the Constitution known as the Electoral College?
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| Armed gangs ‘protecting property’ in wildfire evacuation zones are confronting people at gunpoint, Oregon police say Posted: 15 Sep 2020 11:01 AM PDT  'The last thing I want to see is something tragically happen because somebody is overreacting'
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| A fired Facebook employee wrote a scathing 6,600-word memo detailing the company's failures to stop political manipulation around the world Posted: 14 Sep 2020 03:18 PM PDT  The employee said she had "blood on my hands" as political strife had broken out in many nations following Facebook's lack of action.
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| Chick-fil-A testing new chicken sandwich with a Southern twist Posted: 15 Sep 2020 05:43 PM PDT  The fancy Southern-style sandwich will only be available in the Carolinas.
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| "A deer doesn’t look like a human": Republican attorney general involved in fatal South Dakota crash Posted: 14 Sep 2020 01:42 PM PDT  "Was our cousin laying dead on the highway for nearly a day while they were investigating?"
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| An 88-year-old Black man killed by officers in California was a former employee of the same police department Posted: 15 Sep 2020 04:24 PM PDT  Robert Coleman, a resident of West Sacramento, worked for the police department for nearly a decade, authorities said.
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| Perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear discovered in Arctic Russia Posted: 14 Sep 2020 12:36 PM PDT  Reindeer herders in a Russian Arctic archipelago have found the immaculately preserved carcass of an Ice Age cave bear, researchers said Monday.
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| Trump Could Use the Huge Number of Mailed and Absentee Votes to His Advantage. Here's Why Democrats Should Consider Voting Early in Person Posted: 15 Sep 2020 08:45 AM PDT  In 2020, it could be millions of mail-in and absentee ballots in every swing state, with signatures and deadlines that can be used for delay past the Electoral College deadlines. In 2000, the Supreme Court decided the election before all the ballots were counted. In 2020, there could be a different undemocratic twist overriding the voters: If recounts are delayed and the Electoral College does not produce a certified majority by early January, the 12th Amendment could allow House Republicans to put Trump back in the White House.
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| Almost two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z don't know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds Posted: 16 Sep 2020 03:49 AM PDT  An alarming new survey on Holocaust knowledge also found that almost two-thirds of younger Americans don't know that six millions Jews were killed.
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| ICE deported a key witness in an ongoing sexual assault investigation at a Texas detention center, report says Posted: 16 Sep 2020 06:12 AM PDT  The DHS Inspector General initially forbade the woman's deportation, but u-turned on Monday, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica reported.
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| Kroger workers wrongly fired for refusing to wear aprons with LGBT logo, lawsuit says Posted: 15 Sep 2020 03:36 PM PDT  The two women said in court filings they hold "a sincerely held religious belief that homosexuality is a sin."
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| The Latest: Sally weakens to tropical storm on Gulf Coast Posted: 15 Sep 2020 10:28 PM PDT  Sally has weakened to a tropical storm but the Gulf Coast region still faces issues from the slow-moving storm's drenching rains and flooding. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm's maximum sustained winds decreased Wednesday afternoon to near 70 mph (110 kph) with additional weakening expected as Sally moves inland. As of 1 p.m. CDT, the storm was centered about 30 miles (45 kilometers) north-northeast of Pensacola, Florida, and moving north-northeast near 5 mph (7 kph).
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| Poll: Number of Americans willing to get COVID-19 vaccine falls to new low amid fears Trump is putting politics before safety Posted: 14 Sep 2020 01:37 PM PDT  The latest Yahoo News/YouGov poll reveals that less than a third of Americans (32 percent) say they plan to get vaccinated, a stunning 23-point decline that reflects rising concern about the politicization of the vaccine process.
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| Mass grave of victims ‘killed in violent exorcism’ linked to religious cult in Panama Posted: 15 Sep 2020 04:54 AM PDT  Police had to hike through mountains for 10 hours to reach the grave in remote Panama.
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| Boeing Hid ‘Catastrophic’ 737 MAX Design Flaws That Killed Hundreds Posted: 16 Sep 2020 03:58 AM PDT  The final House Transportation committee report on the fatal design flaws of Boeing's 737 MAX—which killed 346 people in two accidents between 2018 and 2019—show the air disasters could have been avoided.The 239-page report, which was released Wednesday, is the product of an 18-month investigation that confirmed time and again that Boeing caved into "production pressure that ultimately jeopardized the safety of the flying public." The committee cites competition with Airbus as a primary cause of cuts in costs to maintain the 737 MAX production, even though those shortcuts were fatal. "Our report lays out disturbing revelations about how Boeing—under pressure to compete with Airbus and deliver profits for Wall Street—escaped scrutiny from the Federal Aviation Administration, withheld critical information from pilots, and ultimately put planes into service that killed 346 innocent people," the House committee chairman wrote. "What's particularly infuriating is how Boeing and FAA both gambled with public safety in the critical time period between the two crashes," Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) said. The report quotes Boeing's lead design engineer as being blindly unaware of the consequences of the MCAS software upgrade he approved that was designed to automatically push the jet's nose down in certain conditions. He approved the software upgrade despite warnings from at least one test pilot that the changes made in 2018 could be "catastrophic"—which they were on two occasions, first in Indonesia in November 2018 and then in Ethiopia in March 2019, which led to the global grounding of the popular workhorse for many airlines. The report also accuses Boeing of a "culture of concealment" saying they held back "crucial information from the FAA, its customers, and 737 MAX pilots," adding that the pilots were expected to learn to mitigate and override the MCAS system, which few were thoroughly trained on. The House committee members also fault FAA for giving Boeing so much leeway that led to the failure to report certain safety issues in their own self-regulation, suggesting that "conflicts of interest" jeopardized the safety of the flying public. They also cite several instances in which FAA officials gave Boeing a pass, overruling their own safety regulations to keep Boeing happy. The committee also apologized to the survivors of both crashes. "On behalf of the families of the victims of both crashes, as well as anyone who steps on a plane expecting to arrive at their destination safely, we are making this report public to put a spotlight not only on the broken safety culture at Boeing but also the gaps in the regulatory system at the FAA that allowed this fatally flawed plane into service."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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| Russian loan won't keep Lukashenko afloat for long Posted: 15 Sep 2020 08:46 AM PDT  A $1.5 billion loan from Russia will shore up Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for the time being as he tries to face down mass protests, but not for long. Lukashenko, whose security forces have arrested thousands of opposition supporters demanding his resignation, secured the financial lifeline from Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Black Sea summit on Monday. According to Artyom Shraibman, a political analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center, only a fraction of the funds will actually make it to Minsk, given it needs to refinance another $1 billion in loans, including from Russia, and pay $300 million of debt to Russian energy giant Gazprom by the end of the year.
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| 'I need help': Pennsylvania mayor makes desperate plea after fatal police shooting of Ricardo Munoz in Lancaster Posted: 14 Sep 2020 08:02 PM PDT  The mayor said budget cuts have hampered the police department's ability to respond to high-risk situations.
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| Bill Gates says he struggles to trust the CDC and FDA because officials with 'crackpot theories' have sidelined top-notch experts Posted: 15 Sep 2020 10:46 AM PDT  "This is third grade math. I mean, are you kidding?" Gates told STAT, when asked about the FDA's recent misstep on convalescent plasma.
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| U.N.: Boat capsizes near Libya; 24 migrants presumed dead Posted: 15 Sep 2020 12:25 AM PDT  The U.N. migration agency said Tuesday that a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, leaving at least two dozen people drowned or missing and presumed dead, the latest shipwreck off the North African country. Safa Msehli, a spokeswoman for the International Organization for Migration, told The Associated Press that Libya's coast guard intercepted three boats on Monday, and one of them had capsized.
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| Scientific American backs Biden in its 1st presidential endorsement Posted: 15 Sep 2020 10:28 AM PDT  The magazine on Tuesday announced the first presidential endorsement in its 175-year history. Its editors said they felt "compelled" to do so because President Trump's rejection of science has cost tens of thousands of American lives.
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| Mexico holds symbolic raffle for unwanted presidential jet Posted: 15 Sep 2020 08:29 PM PDT  Mexico held a symbolic raffle Tuesday for a luxury presidential jet that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador calls an "insult" to the people and which has yet to find a buyer.
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| How Israel Became the First Rich Country to Go Into a Second Nationwide Coronavirus Lockdown Posted: 15 Sep 2020 10:08 AM PDT  Here's how Israelis are reacting to the new restrictions
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| Utah police must now try de-escalation first after officer shot 13-year-old with autism Posted: 15 Sep 2020 07:12 AM PDT  Policy that makes de-escalation tactics "mandatory" for Utah police went into effect hours after an officer shot a 13-year-old boy with autism.
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| 'Hi, this is Navalny': Poisoned Putin critic posts photo from hospital as his aide says he plans to return to Russia Posted: 15 Sep 2020 09:10 AM PDT  "I still can hardly do anything, but yesterday I was able to breathe on my own for the whole day," wrote Alexei Navalny, a prominent Putin opponent.
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| Driver runs from traffic stop - and leaves winning lotto ticket and meth, GA cops say Posted: 14 Sep 2020 04:02 PM PDT  "It will be here waiting for you," police said on Facebook. "Congratulations by the way."
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| Hurricane Sally: 'Catastrophic flooding' as storm hits US Posted: 16 Sep 2020 10:03 AM PDT  Authorities warn of "historic and catastrophic flooding" as Sally makes landfall.
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| Cyprus: EU sanctions an option to halt Turkey's gas search Posted: 16 Sep 2020 05:53 AM PDT  The European Union shouldn't discard imposing tougher sanctions to get Turkey to give up an "unlawful" hydrocarbons search in the eastern Mediterranean that has ratcheted up tensions, the president of Cyprus said Wednesday. President Nicos Anastasiades said the EU should weigh using "all means at our disposal" while responding to Turkey to avoid setting "a double standard" in how the 27-member bloc chooses to deal with improper activity inside and outside its borders. "As long as unlawful actions are being taken against European Union member states, the European Union's reaction must be immediate," Anastasiades said after talks with European Council President Charles Michel in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus.
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| Donald Trump warns Iran of severe retaliation if US diplomat attacked to avenge killing of top general Soleimani Posted: 15 Sep 2020 04:53 AM PDT  Donald Trump, the US president, warned Tehran it would face severe military retaliation if reports that it is planning to assassinate a US diplomat prove to be true. "Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!" Mr Trump tweeted on Monday evening. The threat comes a day after Politico reported that Iran was weighing up an assassination attempt against Lana Marks, the US ambassador to South Africa and long-time friend of President Trump. The reported plan is said to be in response to the killing of top Iranian commander General Qassim Soleimani by US forces in January this year. The report was based on documents seen by an anonymous US intelligence official and another who was "familiar with the issue". Ms Marks had been made aware of credible threats to her life, they said. The reporting has not been confirmed by any other major US news organisations or the US government. Serious tensions have been rising between the two countries since the assassination of Gen Soleimani, the leader of Iran's elite Quds force, in January.
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| Joe Biden condemns President Trump as Western wildfires rage Posted: 14 Sep 2020 03:48 PM PDT  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden argues that the big threat to suburbs right now isn't rioting or unrest, it's Mother Nature; Peter Doocy reports.
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| NYC Mayor to furlough himself and over 400 staffers amid financial crunch Posted: 16 Sep 2020 07:51 AM PDT  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he and hundreds of other city employees will go on furlough for a week in an effort to save money. The maneuver comes as New York City faces budget shortfalls caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The city is facing a $9bn two-year revenue shortfall resulting from the economic shutdown in March and April.
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| Maduro security forces committed crimes against humanity: U.N. Posted: 16 Sep 2020 04:10 AM PDT  The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has committed systematic human rights violations including killings and torture amounting to crimes against humanity, U.N. investigators said on Wednesday. Reasonable grounds existed to believe that Maduro and his interior and defence ministers ordered or contributed to the crimes documented in the report in order to silence opposition, they said. Specifically they had information indicating that Maduro ordered the director of the national intelligence service SEBIN to detain opponents "without judicial order", Francisco Cox of the U.N. Fact-Finding Mission told a news briefing.
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| Texas woman fraudulently submitted Paycheck Protection Program loan applications for nearly $2M, DOJ says Posted: 15 Sep 2020 06:22 PM PDT  Lola Shalewa Barbara Kasali allegedly received more than $1.9 million in PPP loans and transferred the money into four additional bank accounts.
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