| The CIA sent a team of 4 operators on a spy mission targeting China. None came back. Posted: 19 Sep 2020 02:00 AM PDT  In 2008, CIA operative Stephen Stanek faced a decision: cancel the operation he was running or go forward with it — as a hurricane barreled through the Philippines with a projection to veer north and miss his team's area of operation.
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| Texas police officer charged in death of Pamela Turner, a Black woman whose killing was captured on video Posted: 17 Sep 2020 02:53 PM PDT  A Texas police officer was indicted this week in the death of Pamela Turner, a Black woman who was killed outside her apartment more than a year ago.
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| As Trump courts Black voters, critics see a 'depression strategy' Posted: 18 Sep 2020 03:57 PM PDT  While the president's team touts its efforts to court a community that Republicans have long ignored, critics describe them as part of a cynical "depression strategy" designed to minimize Black American turnout.
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| Biden delivers ‘weak performance again’ at CNN town hall: Ari Fleischer Posted: 17 Sep 2020 07:22 PM PDT  Fox News contributor Ari Fleischer on presidential candidate Joe Biden's approach to the coronavirus and fracking.
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| Harvey Weinstein: Jailed movie producer stripped of honorary CBE Posted: 18 Sep 2020 06:01 AM PDT  The disgraced film mogul, jailed this year for rape and sexual assault, received the honour in 2004.
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| Poll shows major decline in support for BLM movement across US over last three months Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:33 AM PDT  Pew Research Centre survey compared results from June and September
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| Michelob Ultra is hiring someone to travel to national parks — for a hefty salary Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:56 AM PDT  "Don't worry about gas money, that's on us."
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| Bradley Fighting Vehicles Sent to Protect US Troops in Syria Posted: 18 Sep 2020 05:18 PM PDT  The nature of the new threat posed by ISIS that triggered this U.S. response was not described.
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| Mass suspension of German police officers who shared pictures of Hitler and doctored images of refugees in gas chambers Posted: 19 Sep 2020 02:00 AM PDT  The officers allegedly shared extremist content in chatrooms and WhatsApp groups. Some face charges of spreading Nazi propaganda and hate speech.
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| The man behind Trump’s campaign against 'critical race theory' Posted: 18 Sep 2020 05:00 AM PDT  The programs Rufo targeted are intended to improve communication, defuse tensions and promote equal opportunities among co-workers of different races and ethnicities, and are analogous, or identical to, similar programs that have been a staple of corporate human relations departments for decades.
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| Fact check: If the vice president becomes president, House speaker doesn't become new VP Posted: 17 Sep 2020 03:19 PM PDT  If Joe Biden is elected but unable to serve a full term, Kamala Harris would become president. Nancy Pelosi, as speaker, wouldn't automatically be VP.
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| Pakistan outcry over police victim-blaming of gang-raped mother Posted: 18 Sep 2020 05:16 PM PDT  A police chief's comments spark an unprecedented backlash after a woman was raped in front of her children.
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| Rochester: Two killed and 14 wounded after mass shooting at party in New York state Posted: 19 Sep 2020 03:04 AM PDT  Police say incident is 'tragedy of epic proportions'
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| Tropical Storms Wilfred, Alpha and Beta formed Friday. That’s a record Posted: 18 Sep 2020 05:01 AM PDT  The breakneck pace of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season claimed another record on Friday after three tropical storms formed within a 24-hour period, hitting fast-forward on the National Hurricane Center's adoption of the Greek alphabet for storm names.
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| Ethiopia files terrorism charges against leading opposition activist Posted: 19 Sep 2020 05:27 AM PDT  Ethiopia has filed terrorism charges against a prominent media mogul and opposition politician from the Oromo ethnic group, Jawar Mohammed, the attorney general's office said on Saturday. Jawar, founder of the Oromiya Media Network and a member of the Oromo Federalist Congress party, was arrested in June amid the widespread unrest that followed the assassination of popular Oromo musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa.
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| Mexico sees fentanyl seizures up 465%, denies making drug Posted: 18 Sep 2020 08:24 AM PDT  Mexican authorities say seizures of the synthetic opioid fentanyl so far this year are 465% higher than in 2019, rising to almost 2,300 pounds (1,040 kilograms) from around 405 pounds ( 184 kilograms) last year, but progress against another big Mexican export to the U.S. market — methamphetamines — is slower. The Defense Department said seizures of meth in Mexico rose by only 32.8% between Jan. 1 and Sept. 16, but busts of meth labs dropped 51% compared to the same period of last year.
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| Democrats Just Won Several Major Lawsuits Over Mail Ballots—But Their Fight Continues Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:33 PM PDT  After securing a several major court victories on Thursday, Democrats who have been worried about whether the United States Postal Service (USPS) is capable of efficiently and securely delivering ballots before Election Day, breathed a—temporary—sigh of relief. "We are fortunate to have a system where an attorney general could walk into a courtroom and make that case to a federal judge and put a stop to this madness," says Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who led the coalition of attorneys general in a federal lawsuit that successfully procured a national temporary injunction against changes at the Postal Service. In addition to the case led by Ferguson, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court issued a decision Thursday that expanded mail-in voting access in the state, a blow to the Trump campaign, which had been trying to stop that from happening.
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| Tesla driver charged for appearing to be asleep with the seat fully reclined while traveling at over 86 mph Posted: 18 Sep 2020 08:42 AM PDT  Canadian authorities said the man was going over 86 mph before being stopped, where police discovered fully reclined seats.
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| Woodward says Trump has 'lost his way, not just as a president but as a human being' Posted: 17 Sep 2020 12:11 PM PDT  In a wide-ranging live interview on the Yahoo News "Skullduggery" podcast Thursday, the "Rage" author said the president does not have the capacity "to assess what's real and what's unreal."
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| Fact check: Photos of Biden, Harris, Whitmer and Booker without masks are from early March Posted: 17 Sep 2020 03:09 PM PDT  Photos circulating on Facebook show Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gretchen Whitmer, and Cory Booker at an event from before masks were recommended.
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| Communist Organizers Arrested after Allegedly Barricading Officers Inside Aurora Police Department Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:08 PM PDT  Six rioters were charged by Colorado district attorneys on Thursday with allegations stemming from anti-police demonstrations in June and July.The demonstrations occurred following the death of George Floyd, who was killed during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers. However, Colorado demonstrations also protested the August, 2019, death of Elijah McClain, an African American man who died after being put in a choke hold by officers in Aurora. Several officers in the Aurora Police Department were fired on July 3, 2020, after photos surfaced in which the officers reenacted the choke hold near the site of McClain's arrest.Riots over the summer in Aurora included a July 3 incident in which demonstrators barricaded police inside a precinct building for seven hours.Prosecutors charged Lillian House and Joel Northam, organizers for the Party for Socialism and Liberation, as well as Whitney Lucero with first-degree kidnapping in connection with the July 3 demonstration. The defendants "unlawfully and feloniously attempted to imprison or forcibly secrete 18 officers with the intent to force them or another person to make a concession to secure their release," prosecutors said in a press release. The charges were brought by the district attorneys for Colorado's 17th and 18th judicial districts, both of which are in the city of Aurora.The Party for Socialism and Liberation is a communist party that "believes that the only solution to the deepening crisis of capitalism is the socialist transformation of society," according to its website. House, Northam, and their party have led many of the demonstrations in Aurora and Denver over the summer, the Denver Post reported.Another demonstrator facing felony charges for engaging in and inciting a riot, Terrance Roberts, is a leader of a group called the Front Line Party for Revolutionary Action.Riots that began after the death of George Floyd have caused almost $2 billion in damages, according to a report from Axios, in the most expensive damage from civil unrest in U.S. history. U.S. Attorney General William Barr has called to prosecute rioters for sedition.
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| Coronavirus: Idaho pastor who called himself 'no-masker' in intensive care with Covid-19 Posted: 18 Sep 2020 10:36 AM PDT  'I want to encourage all of you to begin to regather this Sunday and let nothing hinder you from doing so,' says Paul Van Noy
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| Fears of a brain drain in Belarus as IT workers prepare to flee brutal crackdown Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:28 PM PDT  On the night of the Belarusian presidential elections, Andrey Fedorovich, a 27-year-old web developer with an enviable job and a big flat in Minsk, found himself lying on the ground underneath an abandoned van, hiding from riot police rampaging across the city. "I first thought about leaving when I was lying underneath that van, when I saw what kind of people live in my country," Mr Fedorovich says. He and his wife have now decided to flee for Kyiv in Ukraine. Belarus - perhaps better known for its tractor factories - has a booming tech industry. Minsk was the USSR's designated tech hub, and now over 10,000 tech workers are based there. These workers have long enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle and were once hailed as the sole hope for the country's Soviet-style economy.
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| 'They should have let us die in the water': desperate Lebanese migrants sent back by Cyprus Posted: 18 Sep 2020 04:09 AM PDT  Mohammad Ghandour never thought he'd be one of them. "In Lebanon, we are being killed by poverty," Ghandour told Reuters this week, from his mother's cramped three-room apartment where he was staying with 12 other family members. Ghandour, 37, is one of dozens of Lebanese who've attempted the journey since late August, when rights groups say a rise in the number of boats leaving Lebanon began.
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| California and Oregon 2020 wildfires in maps, graphics and images Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:14 AM PDT  A visual guide to the wildfires ravaging California, Oregon and other western states.
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| Nashville mayor hiding coronavirus data is ‘lack of leadership problem’: Council Member Posted: 17 Sep 2020 07:01 PM PDT  Nashville Council Member Steve Glover on accusations that the mayor of Nashville tried to hide statistics regarding coronavirus cases in the city's bars and restaurants.
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| Iran vows 'hit' on all involved in US killing of top general Posted: 19 Sep 2020 02:40 AM PDT  The chief of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened Saturday to go after everyone who had a role in a top general's January killing during a U.S. drone strike in Iraq. U.S. President Donald Trump warned this week that Washington would harshly respond to any Iranian attempts to take revenge for the death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, tweeting that "if they hit us in any way, any form, written instructions already done we're going to hit them 1000 times harder." The president's warning came in response to a report that Iran was plotting to assassinate the U.S. ambassador to South Africa in retaliation for Soleimani's killing at Baghdad's airport at the beginning of the year.
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| Forget vitamins: Fauci says the 3 best things 'to keep your immune system working optimally' cost nothing Posted: 17 Sep 2020 02:20 PM PDT  "If you really want to keep your immune system working optimally, there are things that you do that are normal things," Fauci said.
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| Texas deputies, including those who killed Javier Ambler, reportedly got steakhouse gift cards for using force Posted: 17 Sep 2020 02:10 PM PDT  Sheriff's office leaders rewarded deputies who used force with steakhouse gift cards, according to two former employees.
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| Citigroup employee revealed as Qanon website operator is placed on leave Posted: 17 Sep 2020 04:26 PM PDT  Jason Gelinas was reportedly receiving $3,000 a month in crowdfunding to run the conspiracy theory website
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| Princeton University evacuated students from multiple buildings after reported bomb threat Posted: 19 Sep 2020 08:46 AM PDT  Students were ordered to vacate multiple buildings, including the school's art museum, library, Nassau Hall, and the Chapel.
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| India arrests nine al Qaeda militants planning 'terrorist attacks' Posted: 19 Sep 2020 01:44 AM PDT |
| Former zookeeper stole two penguins during night-time break in, court hears Posted: 18 Sep 2020 10:12 AM PDT  A former zookeeper stole two penguins during a night-time raid in order to sell them, a court heard. Bradley Tomes, 25, purloined a total of £25,000 worth of rare birds from the South Lakes Safari in Cumbria, where he used to work. South Cumbria Magistrates court heard that Tomes had cut a hole in the perimeter fence of an aviary where he used to work to steal 12 spoonbill birds in July 2018, before abducting the penguins and three macaws 3 months later. But he was rumbled after he sold the two tiny Humboldt penguins, named Pablo and Penny, on Facebook to animal rescuer Reece Oliver, who became suspicious.
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| Senior US diplomat wraps up Taiwan visit as China flexes muscle Posted: 19 Sep 2020 12:13 AM PDT  A top US diplomat attended the funeral for former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui Saturday which featured a eulogy by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama before wrapping up a visit overshadowed by Chinese military exercises.
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| American Airlines CEO says hundreds of thousands will lose their jobs without additional emergency aid Posted: 18 Sep 2020 06:22 AM PDT  "It's not fair to them, it's not fair to our country," Doug Parker said about the upcoming mass layoffs in the airline sector.
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| Despite Simpatico Politics, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Can’t Make President Donald Trump’s Unemployment Plan Work Posted: 17 Sep 2020 10:24 AM PDT  President Donald Trump is greeted by Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida upon his arrival at Palm Beach International Airport on Sept. 8, 2020. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may be President Donald Trump's favorite Governor. Trump claims ownership of DeSantis based on a crucial endorsement in his 2018 primary, and DeSantis has fully embraced Trump's style of politics.
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| Minnesota businesses lose money from BLM rioting Posted: 17 Sep 2020 05:00 PM PDT  FOX Business' Hillary Vaughn breaks down Minnesota's economic losses as an effect of Black Lives Matter riots.
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| A dentist who pulled someone's tooth while riding a hoverboard has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud and 'unlawful dental acts' Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:34 PM PDT  In a 2016 video, the dentist rolls up to a sedated patient, pulls her tooth while standing on the hoverboard, and rolls away.
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| Homes destroyed after winds push California fire into desert Posted: 18 Sep 2020 10:07 PM PDT  Homes were destroyed Friday by an unrelenting wildfire that reached a Mojave Desert community and was still growing on several fronts after burning for nearly two weeks in mountains northeast of Los Angeles. Officials were investigating the death of a firefighter on the lines of another Southern California wildfire that erupted earlier this month from a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used by a couple to reveal their baby's gender. The death occurred Thursday in San Bernardino National Forest as crews battled the El Dorado Fire about 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of LA, the U.S. Forest Service said in a statement.
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| A hurricane-like storm in the Mediterranean is battering Greece, a rare phenomenon known as a 'Medicane' Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:05 AM PDT  Storm Ionas — a so-called Medicane — was battering parts of Greece with strong winds and rain Friday. Intense storms are unusual in the Mediterranean.
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| Fact check: Fake Kamala Harris quote that 'our military are soulless cowards' is from satire site Posted: 17 Sep 2020 03:06 PM PDT  Sen. Harris never called the military "soulless cowards." The statement originated from a satirical site in 2019 and has previously been fact-checked.
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| Georgia Senate Candidate Jon Ossoff Quietly Discloses Financial Ties to Pro-CCP Hong Kong Media Company Posted: 18 Sep 2020 11:52 AM PDT  Georgia Democrat and Senate candidate Jon Ossoff has been compensated by a Hong Kong media conglomerate whose owner has spoken out against pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, according to his most recent financial disclosure.Ossoff, whose role as CEO of a London-based producer of investigative documentaries has drawn scrutiny over the years, reported in an amended financial statement that he has received at least $5,000 from PCCW Media Limited over the last two years — a detail that has previously gone unreported. Ossoff did not disclose his ties to PCCW in his initial financial report, which he filed in May.PCCW, the largest telecom agency in Hong Kong, is run by Chairman Richard Li, son of Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing. Li also serves as a councilor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank. But for years, Li has spoken out against Hong Kong independence and the pro-democracy protests that have rocked the island as the Chinese Communist Party has consolidated control.An Ossoff campaign spokesperson told National Review that the payments stemmed from the airing of "two investigations produced by Jon's company of ISIS war crimes against women and girls," representing "one of dozens of TV stations and distributors in more than 30 countries that have aired Jon's work.""Jon strongly supports Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and condemns the brutality and authoritarianism of the Chinese Communist Party," the spokesperson added, after a National Review analysis of Ossoff's public comments showed that the candidate has been silent on the situation in Hong Kong. Ossoff's campaign declined to comment on whether he condemns Li's opposition to the island's pro-democracy movement.In 2016, Li released a public statement asserting that he was "staunchly opposed to the independence of Hong Kong," after a mainland Chinese media outlet reported that his company was backing pro-democracy singer Denise Ho Wan-see, prompting calls to boycott his companies from Chinese nationalists."Mr. Richard Li and MOOV would like to clearly state that the company and Mr. Li respect freedom of expression," the statement read. "However, both Mr. Li and the Company are staunchly opposed to the independence of Hong Kong and it is their view that the independence of Hong Kong would not be feasible, and discussing Hong Kong's independence is a waste of society's resources."As protests reached a fever pitch in 2019, Li moved to take out full-page advertisements in seven newspapers to call for the restoration of "the social order with the rule of law," backing the recommendations of Beijing's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council.While Li reaffirmed the "One Country, Two Systems" principle that has governed Hong Kong since 1997, he has been silent since the Chinese Communist Party acted unilaterally to pass a sweeping new national security law in June, which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said makes Hong Kong no longer an "autonomous" entity.Li's father Li Ka-shing has publicly backed the law, saying the Hong Kong people "need not over-hypothesise it," even as Beijing has cracked down on its critics and dissenters. And when asked by Vulture what the law would mean for potential media censorship, a PCCW spokesperson said that "PCCW Media will operate its businesses in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations."PCCW's payments to Ossoff are not the only source of controversy in the amended report. In July, the Washington Free Beacon revealed that, based on the same disclosure, Ossoff has been compensated financially by the Qatari-backed news agency Al Jazeera over the past two years. Ossoff was heavily criticized for similar ties to Al Jazeera during his failed run for Georgia's Sixth Congressional District in 2017.Editor's Note: This piece has been updated with a comment from the Ossoff campaign.
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| ‘She is a good person’: Fauci backs Pence aide who says she’s voting for Biden Posted: 18 Sep 2020 10:34 AM PDT  Mr Pence dismisses former aide as "disgruntled employee"
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| Canada abandons free trade talks with China: minister Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:26 AM PDT  Canada has walked away from free trade talks with China amid soured relations over a Huawei executive's arrest and the detention of two Canadians in apparent retaliation, foreign minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a newspaper interview Friday.
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| Trump says U.S. dealing well with 'tough,' 'smart' Taliban Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:53 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Friday complimented the Taliban for being tough and smart, and said the United States is dealing well with the Afghan militant group. The Taliban, whose rigid Islamist government was overthrown by U.S. forces which invaded Afghanistan a month after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, began peace negotiations with the Afghan government this week to end two decades of war. "We're dealing very well with the Taliban," Trump told a news conference.
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