| Democrats use Barrett hearings to savage Republican Party Posted: 13 Oct 2020 02:33 PM PDT  Using evidence ranging from Trump's tweets to the GOP platform, Democrats have tried to depict Barrett as a symbol of misguided Republican policies.
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| Video shows seconds before and after fatal shooting at Denver protest Posted: 14 Oct 2020 03:45 PM PDT  Verbal altercation quickly escalates leaving one dead and one in custody
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| Cuomo Says ‘Religious Practices’ of Orthodox Jews Causing Virus to Spread in New York City Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:09 AM PDT  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday singled out the "religious practices" of Orthodox Jews as the cause of renewed spread of the coronavirus in New York City."We're now having issues in the Orthodox Jewish community in New York, where because of their religious practices, etc., we're seeing a spread," Cuomo said.Last week, Orthodox Jewish leaders vehemently criticized Cuomo and took to the streets of Brooklyn to protest the governor's new coronavirus restrictions on schools, businesses, and houses of worship. The restrictions would shutter schools, non-essential businesses, and strictly limit the number of congregants allowed in houses of worship, in some areas allowing only ten worshippers at a time. Many of the Brooklyn and Queens "red zones" designated for the new restrictions are Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods."We are appalled by Governor Cuomo's words and actions today," read a letter from four Orthodox Jewish lawmakers who represent the neighborhoods affected by the new restrictions. "He has chosen to pursue a scientifically and constitutionally questionable shutdown of our communities."During a protest in Borough Park, demonstrators lit at least one fire in the street, and activist Harold "Heshy" Tischler was charged in an alleged attack on an Orthodox Jewish reporter who was targeted by the crowd during the protest.Cuomo blamed the growing frustration on the failure of communities to follow the state's previous restrictions, allowing the virus to spread."To the extent there are communities that are upset, that's because they haven't been following the original rules," Cuomo said. "That's why the infection spread, because they weren't following the rules and the rules weren't being enforced."Coronavirus hospitalizations spiked Wednesday from 705 to 748 patients, Cuomo said.The coronavirus outbreak in New York is entering a "new phase," the governor said, specifically "mini clusters" across the state that spring from a single event, such as a party or bar that did not observe social distancing rules."This is not going away anytime soon," Cuomo said. "Best case scenario, we're looking at another year … even if everything works out well."
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| Marine Corps fires commander after 9 service members died when their amphibious assault vehicle sank into the sea Posted: 13 Oct 2020 07:13 PM PDT  The commanding officer of the unit involved in the accident was relieved "due to a loss in trust and confidence in his ability to command."
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| Supreme Court orders 2nd look at Scott Peterson's conviction for killing his pregnant wife and unborn son Posted: 15 Oct 2020 06:36 AM PDT  The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a second look at Scott Peterson's conviction for killing his pregnant wife and unborn son, less than two months after it overturned his death penalty.
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| Mexican court blocks ex-president's bid to register new party Posted: 15 Oct 2020 07:07 AM PDT  Mexico's top electoral tribunal has rejected former President Felipe Calderon's bid to register a new political party, citing insufficient proof on the origin of cash contributions, it said on Thursday. Calderon, president from 2006 to 2012, and his wife Margarita Zavala, a presidential candidate in the 2018 election, had sought to register Mexico Libre (Free Mexico) after splitting with the center-right National Action Party (PAN). The upper chamber of the Federal Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) ruled by a majority vote to deny the registration.
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| Nude photos and death threats: Scandal topples Alaska mayor Posted: 13 Oct 2020 07:03 PM PDT  Ethan Berkowitz, the top elected Democrat in Alaska, submitted his resignation to the Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night, just days after he vehemently denied allegations by YourAlaskaLink anchor Maria Athens that he had posted nude photos of himself on an underage website. The mayor's resignation followed Berkowitz's jaw-dropping admission Monday that he was involved in an inappropriate sexting — he called it "messaging" — relationship with Athens, the anchor of a combined Fox/ABC station in Anchorage.
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| Trump blitzes Pennsylvania, bashes Biden amid push to hold Keystone State Posted: 13 Oct 2020 05:40 PM PDT  Trump's path to victory narrows considerably if he's unable to win Pennsylvania.
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| Mehbooba Mufti: India frees top Kashmir politician after 14 months Posted: 13 Oct 2020 11:27 PM PDT  Under a controversial law, she was allowed to be detained without charge for up to two years.
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| Amy Cooper Made Another 911 Call on Black Birder—and It Was Worse Than the First Posted: 14 Oct 2020 07:44 AM PDT  Amy Cooper, the white woman who called police on a Black man after he asked her to leash her dog in Central Park, called 911 twice during the Memorial Day incident, falsely stating in a previously unreported call that he "tried to assault her," prosecutors revealed Wednesday.Cooper, 41, was charged in July with a misdemeanor count of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, the Manhattan District Attorney's office said. In a 911 call captured in a viral video, she allegedly falsely reported that Christian Cooper, 57, was threatening her life. The charge is punishable by up to a year in jail.However, Cyrus R. Vance, the Manhattan district attorney, said in a statement Wednesday that Cooper allegedly "engaged in racist criminal conduct" when she made a second 911 call in which she "falsely accused a Black man of trying to assault her." "Fortunately, no one was injured or killed in the police response to Ms. Cooper's hoax," the statement said.Black Birdwatcher Declines to Cooperate With Police in Case Against White Woman Who Called the Police on HimDuring a brief court hearing on Wednesday, Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi stressed that at no time during the May 25 encounter did Christian Cooper try to assault the 41-year-old woman, stating that "using the police in a way that is both racially offensive and designed to intimidate is something that can't be ignored."Cooper is negotiating a plea deal with Manhattan prosecutors that would spare her jail time. Illuzzi said Cooper was prepared to "take responsibility for her actions" and will be working with her defense team to explore a rehabilitative program that would "educate her and the community on the harm caused by such actions.""We hope this process will both enlighten, heal and prevent similar harm to our community in the future," the prosecutor added. "This process can be an opportunity for introspection and education."Authorities say that, on May 25, Cooper was walking her dog through the Ramble in Central Park, a woodsy area of the New York City sanctuary where dogs must be leashed, when Christian Cooper approached her. Christian Cooper, an avid bird watcher and PR professional, asked the 41-year-old to leash her dog but she refused. The two individuals are not related.In the video taken by Christian Cooper, Amy Cooper gets increasingly upset by his request and states she is going to call the police and tell them, "There's an African American man threatening my life.""I'm in the Ramble, there is a man, African-American, he has a bicycle helmet and he is recording me and threatening me and my dog," Amy Cooper is then heard yelling to a 911 operator while gripping her dog's collar. Before hanging up, she adds: "I am being threatened by a man in the Ramble, please send the cops immediately!"Before the video ends, Christian Cooper calmly thanks her when she finally puts her dog on a leash. His sister, Melody, later posted the video on social media, where it went viral—igniting worldwide outrage over Amy Cooper's white privilege.In the second, previously unreported 911 call, the 41-year-old repeated the accusation to another NYPD dispatcher before adding that the birder "tried to assault her," according to the DA's office. "When responding officers arrived, Ms. Cooper admitted that the male had not 'tried to assault' or come into contact with her," the DA's office said Wednesday.A day after the incident, Cooper was fired from her job as the head of insurance portfolio management at Franklin Templeton. The company said it doesn't "tolerate racism of any kind." The 41-year-old also surrendered her dog, Henry, to the shelter he was adopted from—though she was later reunited with the cocker spaniel.In a public apology issued on May 26, Cooper said she "reacted emotionally and made false assumptions about his intentions when, in fact, I was the one who was acting inappropriately by not having my dog on a leash.""He had every right to request that I leash my dog in an area where it was required. I am well aware of the pain that misassumptions and insensitive statements about race cause and would never have imagined that I would be involved in the type of incident that occurred with Chris," Cooper said in the statement."I hope that a few mortifying seconds in a lifetime of forty years will not define me in his eyes and that he will accept my sincere apology."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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| Tennessee mayor arrested for allegedly shoplifting $300 worth of Target merchandise Posted: 14 Oct 2020 02:24 PM PDT  John Blade is accused of using self checkout and not scanning items
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| Barrett’s Treatment by the Left Exposes Their Racial Hypocrisy Posted: 15 Oct 2020 03:30 AM PDT  With the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, the hypocrisy of the Democratic Party and its Leftist base on race has been laid bare.Yes, the Left is offended that an articulate, highly educated woman is a legal conservative and tremendous scholar. Sure, liberals are incensed that a woman of strong Catholic faith -- and one who loves her husband -- is being considered for the Supreme Court. But most offensive to progressives is probably this: A white woman has the audacity and impudence to adopt and mother two black children.More than five decades ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. emotionally shared his personal hope for America: "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Fortunately, in the 57 years since, most Americans -- most publicly the Barrett family -- have taken these stirring words to heart. But, for many on the far Left and in the Democratic Party, they refuse to accept Dr. King's moral admonition to stop judging based on skin color.I say this as a kindred spirit with Dr. King -- we both have four minority children. His by natural means, mine by adoption. We both were impelled into the public square by our faith -- his evangelical Protestant, mine Roman Catholic. We have both fought and argued for the individual dignity of every American. And I am convinced that Dr. King would be shocked and offended by what we are seeing from the Left in response to Barrett's nomination.Immediately after Trump nominated Judge Barrett, the Left let loose a volley of vile hatred, most disturbing, targeting her adoption of black children. One equated the adoptions to "white colonization" and "props." Another suggested that the children were possibly "scooped up by ultra-religious Americans." Yet another speculated these were "seized children of color for adoptions by White Christians." One even suggested that the Brown v. Board of Education decision might be jeopardized if Barrett is confirmed.And these appalling attacks do not come from Twitter-inflamed nobodies. These are coming from a New York Times best-selling author and college professor; a Democratic staffer on Capitol Hill and experienced campaign manager; a university historian and CNN commentator; and a black Democratic U.S. senator and nominee for vice president.Like the Barrett family, my wife and I adopted two children from Haiti (our other two were already Americans). We have heard the same racist trash-talk from the Left, especially after every one of my appearances on MSNBC. I have no doubt that Judge Barrett and her husband have been subjected to the same nasty stares that I have when my children accompanied me on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Simply put: Some progressives vehemently believe that Dr. King was wrong. To them, the color of one's skin is more important than one's character, faith, or family.Let us be clear: These attacks on Amy and Jesse Barrett and their children are racially motivated. They must be repudiated, unequivocally, irrespective of party. But the response from Joe Biden, Democratic presidential nominee? Absolute, stunning silence. From his running mate, Kamala Harris -- the same. No response either from the Democratic Party, nor any left-wing civil-rights group. Black Lives Matter, too, is nowhere to be found. Instead the Democrats and Leftists are quietly acquiescent as these children and their parents are openly attacked for the (different) colors of their skin.The Left certainly loves to pass judgment on any slight they claim to see. Their thought police, Twitter "community" and Facebook "standards" impose their radical political correctness. Moreover, they seek to impugn the motives of any who disagree with them, and levy accusations of secret racial animus -- especially when opposing president Donald Trump. But when one of his nominees, and her young children, are pummeled by their own racism -- Martin Luther King, be damned.America -- it is time to fulfill the color-blind dream of Dr. King. It is time to end racial profiling, especially when preying upon an adoptive mom and her children. And it is certainly long overdue to stop listening to racial hypocrites of the Left.
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| London will go back into coronavirus lockdown from midnight Friday, with indoor household mixing banned Posted: 15 Oct 2020 03:57 AM PDT  The UK government is set to move London into the second-most-serious COVID-19 tier — "high" — at midnight on Friday.
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| The Latest: Dr. Fauci: Rethink usual plans for Thanksgiving Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:00 PM PDT  Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans should rethink their usual plans for Thanksgiving gatherings, citing increased coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. Fauci told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday that given the rise in cases, "we've really got to double down on fundamental public health measures that we talk about every day because they can make a difference." As for Thanksgiving, when millions of Americans travel to gather with families and friends, Fauci says this November may need to be different.
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| One American, two Russians blast off to International Space Station Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:08 AM PDT  A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts successfully reached the International Space Station after blasting off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, live footage broadcast by Russia's space agency Roscosmos showed. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, a microbiologist who in 2016 became the first person to sequence DNA in space, and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov reached the space station roughly three hours after liftoff, bringing the orbital laboratory's crew size to five. Since the space shuttle program ended in 2011, NASA has relied on Russia to ferry its astronauts to the space station, an orbiting laboratory 250 miles (400 km) above Earth that has housed international crews of astronauts continuously for nearly 20 years.
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| Russian spies living among us: Inside the FBI's "Operation Ghost Stories" Posted: 13 Oct 2020 08:10 PM PDT  FBI agents reveal how they tracked and stopped a Russian spy ring operating in the U.S., tasked with gathering government secrets.
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| The 15 races that will decide the Senate, ranked Posted: 14 Oct 2020 02:00 AM PDT  The fight for the Senate is going to come down to a handful of key races that are still too close to call. Here is Yahoo News' ranking of the 15 seats that could change hands on Election Day.
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| Conservation: Bridge of hope for world's rarest primate Posted: 15 Oct 2020 08:24 AM PDT  An artificial rope bridge across a divided forest could help save the ape, a type of gibbon, from extinction.
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| Harris questions Barrett about recusal from Obamacare case Posted: 13 Oct 2020 05:27 PM PDT  Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, pressed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett about the process for recusal in a case before the court concerning the Affordable Care Act.
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| US dumping hundreds of migrants in dangerous Mexican border town Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:45 PM PDT  Expelled are being targeted by organised crime it is claimed
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| Some Democrats are urging Nancy Pelosi to accept the White House's $1.8 trillion stimulus offer. But Senate Republicans pose a big obstacle to a coronavirus relief deal. Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:37 PM PDT  We're not that far apart and the last few things should be negotiated. We should be able to get something done," Rep. Ro Khanna of California said.
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| Pompeo defends 12 Hong Kongers detained by China Posted: 13 Oct 2020 09:13 PM PDT  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the 12 Hong Kong residents who were detained by China while allegedly trying to flee to Taiwan by boat in August, saying that they had "committed no crime." "They simply believe that they are worthy of freedom and the unalienable rights due to every person," Pompeo said in virtual remarks delivered at the John S. McCain Freedom Award Ceremony on Wednesday. The 12, some of whom are linked to anti-government protests and were facing charges in Hong Kong prior to their arrest, are being held in the southern city of Shenzhen where they await prosecution.
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| North Korea's Kim pledges thousands of new homes as economic push begins Posted: 13 Oct 2020 04:03 PM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to build at least 25,000 homes over the next five years as citizens begin an 80-day campaign to achieve economic goals despite growing crises, state media said on Wednesday. Visiting one of the areas worst hit by the recent typhoons, Kim expressed regret over the decades-old homes that were destroyed and urged the military for a more ambitious construction plan, state news agency KCNA said. The visit came after Kim appeared to shed tears at the weekend when thanking citizens for their sacrifices, in the most striking demonstration yet of how he is relying on his "man-of-the-people" image to tackle the crises.
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| 3-week-old baby sexually assaulted in Marion County foster home Posted: 15 Oct 2020 06:47 AM PDT  Foster officials knew the risk when they put a 3-week-old child in a foster home with a sexually aggressive teen, a lawsuit alleges. The girl was assaulted and battered.
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| Trump improves to 11-point deficit in new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll Posted: 15 Oct 2020 01:10 AM PDT  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads President Trump by 11 percentage points, 53 percent to 42 percent, in a Wall Street Journal/NBC News national poll of registered voters released late Wednesday. That's an improvement for Trump from the last WSJ/NBC poll earlier this month, which found him behind by 14 points, but it's larger than the 8-point lead Biden had in September.Biden's 11-point lead is a little higher than his polling average — 10.2 points at FiveThirtyEight and 9.2 points at RealClearPolitics — but it points to a steep climb for Trump three weeks before Election Day. "The president may have recovered from COVID-19, but there is no experimental cocktail that can cure his standing with voters," said Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt, who conducted the survey with GOP pollster Bill McInturff. Still, he said, "there are signs that the race could still tighten."For instance, Trump's job approval rating, 44 percent, is higher than his vote share of 42 percent. And voters give Republicans a 13-point lead on handling the economy, the top issue in the race. But Democrats are up 17 points on handling the coronavirus and 18 points on health care, and voters said they planned to vote for congressional Democrats over Republicans by 8 points. An impressive 50 percent of voters say their families are better off than they were four years ago, but 58 percent said the U.S. is worse off and 60 percent said the country is headed in the right direction.NBC News reminds readers that Trump was down 11 points to Democrat Hillary Clinton in the WSJ/NBC News poll in October 2016, "but what's different from four years ago is just how stable Biden's national lead has been over the past year, including among key voting subgroups like women, voters of color, seniors and independents."The poll was conducted by Hart Research Associates (D) and Public Opinion Strategies (R) Oct. 9-12 among 1,000 registered voters contacted by landline and cellphone. Its margin or error is ± 3.1 percentage points.More stories from theweek.com Will there be another Trump surprise in Michigan? The 1 big problem with 2 town halls Democrats need a better counter to 'originalism'
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| After yearlong delay, the US Air Force is ready to field Raytheon’s new smart bomb Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:28 PM PDT  Raytheon took a timeout to redesign a key component after problems were discovered during testing.
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| Michigan man accused of fracturing Black teen’s jaw with lock: ‘Black lives don’t matter’ Posted: 13 Oct 2020 05:55 PM PDT  A Michigan man is facing a federal hate charge after allegedly fracturing a Black teen's jaw with a lock and declaring that "Black lives don't matter." Lee James Mouat, 42, is alleged to have hit a Black teen with a bike lock which not only fractured his teeth but broke his jaw, Buzzfeed reports. A criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan declared that Mouat was charged on Tuesday with one count of willfully causing bodily injury to the victim because of his race.
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| Nicola Sturgeon's adviser ordered investigation into Union flag on M&S Scotch beef as Covid surged Posted: 15 Oct 2020 04:54 AM PDT  One of Nicola Sturgeon's most senior advisers ordered civil servants to investigate the use of the Union flag on Scotch beef packaging as Scotland recorded a two-month high in coronavirus deaths. Kate Higgins said it was "not on" for Marks and Spencer to sell Scotch beef packaged with a Union flag, emails obtained under Freedom of Information laws disclosed. She warned that if agency Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) was aware that Scotch beef was being marked as British "we have a problem". The comments on Sept 8 came as Ms Sturgeon warned that Covid was "accelerating" across the country. She added: "I have reported three deaths today – that's the first time I've had to do that in more than two months." The First Minister asked the nation to "treat the current situation with the seriousness it most certainly merits." After the SNP adviser pushed civil servants to investigate, QMS said Marks & Spencer had agreed to "review the fresh meat labelling".
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| Senate to vote on another ‘skinny’ stimulus bill next week. Here’s what’s in it Posted: 14 Oct 2020 09:30 AM PDT  Mitch McConnell said the bill will have "another round of checks for those who have been hit the hardest."
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| California heat wave prompts power shutdowns, fire danger Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:00 PM PDT |
| A dead Soviet satellite and a discarded Chinese rocket body could collide in space Thursday night, exploding into thousands of bits of dangerous debris Posted: 14 Oct 2020 02:21 PM PDT  If they collide, the satellites would explode into a cloud of dangerous, high-speed debris — augmenting a space-junk problem that's getting worse.
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| Graham's $28 million sets quarterly fundraising record for Senate Republicans Posted: 14 Oct 2020 04:02 PM PDT  Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has set a fundraising record for Republican Senate candidates, bringing in $28 million in the third quarter of a reelection battle that is becoming among the more expensive in the country.
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| Barron Trump also tested positive for COVID-19, first lady says Posted: 14 Oct 2020 01:58 PM PDT  President Trump's 14-year-old son, Barron, tested positive for COVID-19 but did not show any symptoms, first lady Melania Trump disclosed Wednesday, about two weeks after it was revealed that she and the president had contracted the disease.
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| Israeli protesters call for new investigation of Netanyahu Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:07 PM PDT  Hundreds of Israelis protested outside Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday, calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be investigated in a scandal surrounding a $2 billion submarine deal with Germany. Several Israeli businessmen, including confidants of Netanyahu and a former commander of the navy, are suspects in a graft scandal connected to the purchase of warships and submarines from German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp. Dan Halutz, a former military chief of staff, accused Netanyahu of hiding relevant information from defense officials when deciding to purchase the submarines from Germany.
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| Angela Merkel warns of potential 'disaster' as Germany records highest daily case total Posted: 15 Oct 2020 03:59 AM PDT  Angela Merkel is said to be deeply concerned that new coronavirus restrictions agreed by regional leaders do not go far enough and Germany may be heading for "disaster". The warning comes as Germany and Italy – two countries that appeared to have escaped the worst of the second wave – recorded their highest daily rise in infections since the start of the pandemic. Mrs Merkel put on a brave face for the cameras after German regional leaders stopped short of agreeing tough new measures she had proposed on Wednesday. But behind closed doors she reportedly lost her temper during marathon six-hour talks with the leaders of Germany's 16 states, telling them she was "not happy" and warning: "What you've agreed is not enough to avert disaster." Under Germany's federal system, the state governments have the final say over lockdown measures and Mrs Merkel is powerless to overrule them. Regional leaders agreed new restrictions for areas where the infection rate rises over safety limits, including an 11pm curfew for restaurants and pubs, a limit of 10 on gatherings and the mandatory use of face masks in crowded areas outdoors.
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| Las Vegas police blame spike in crime on cheap hotel deals amid pandemic Posted: 13 Oct 2020 04:31 PM PDT  Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo claims visitors are more interested in 'creating chaos than entertaining themselves'
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| Harris cancels travel after Biden campaign announces positive Covid tests Posted: 15 Oct 2020 06:54 AM PDT  The campaign said Harris has tested negative for coronavirus twice over the past week.
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| Family hike turns tragic after mom plunges 300 feet off Georgia mountain, officials say Posted: 14 Oct 2020 11:18 AM PDT  The family had hiked there before and was familiar with the area.
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| I'm a 55-year-old Amazon driver in Oregon who walks up to 10 miles a day. Prime Day was nothing compared to the pandemic. Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:01 PM PDT  "We are like the ice cream truck for adults," says Jim Smith, who wishes customers would keep a safe distance.
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| Workers Who Were Laid Off Say They're Being Passed Over—For Their Own Jobs Posted: 15 Oct 2020 05:40 AM PDT  As companies begin rehiring, unions push for right of recall legislation that would give first dibs to laid-off employees
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| Europe steps up contributions to Artemis Moon plan Posted: 14 Oct 2020 05:02 AM PDT  Thales Alenia Space will build Europe's two major contributions to the Lunar Gateway space station.
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| Another pro-Trump campaign ad caught using footage from Russia and Belarus Posted: 14 Oct 2020 03:37 AM PDT  Advert supporting Republican president is fourth in three months to use Russian footage
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| Army: No requests made for use of troops around election Posted: 13 Oct 2020 01:19 PM PDT  Army leaders said Tuesday that they have not received any requests to use active-duty or National Guard troops for possible civil unrest surrounding the presidential election next month, but are ready to do so if called on. Gen. James McConville, chief of the Army, said he's received no guidance to conduct any specific training to prepare soldiers for potential deployments if election protests become violent. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said no government agencies have asked for military troops.
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| Italian woman in Vatican financial scandal investigation arrested Posted: 13 Oct 2020 01:08 PM PDT  A 39-year-old Italian woman with links to a deposed Roman Catholic cardinal was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the Vatican's latest financial scandal, Italian police and the Vatican said. Cecilia Marogna had worked for Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a former top Vatican official who was fired last month by Pope Francis, who accused him of embezzlement and nepotism. An Italian finance police official told Reuters Marogna was arrested in Milan.
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| New Mexico tightens COVID-19 restrictions: Travelers can no longer bypass quarantine with negative test Posted: 14 Oct 2020 09:02 AM PDT  As of Friday, travelers from high-risk state will no longer be allowed to skip quarantine by presenting a negative COVID-19 test.
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