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- Amid rush to confirm Barrett to court, a key Republican senator tests positive for COVID-19
- North Carolina police release video of man who died of cocaine overdose in custody
- White man accused of firing shots into the home of a Black family seeks forgiveness
- California wildfire scorches wine country as death toll rises
- Daughter of Belgium's former king wins long battle to become princess
- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he believes Putin was behind his poisoning
- Deaths at Saudi Arabia detention centre for Ethiopians - Amnesty
- House passes COVID-19 stimulus bill opposed by Senate as negotiations stall out
- RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday but made no mention of it in a Fox News appearance the next day
- Trump's Covid diagnosis upends campaign, presents challenge for Biden
- Black woman called police officer ‘master’ as she begged for help upside down in patrol car
- Feds tried to stop plant closure after COVID deaths, official says
- After Pompeo criticism, Vatican asserts right to go its own way on China
- Religious group scrubs photos and mentions of SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett from website: report
- Canada forms own probe into Iran downing of Ukraine plane
- Maritime operation challenges 'excessive' Venezuela claims: US Navy
- CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta puts Trump's odds of surviving COVID-19 at 'greater than 90 percent'
- Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl Charged in Alleged Voter Suppression Scheme
- Despite coronavirus impact, U.S. Mexican workers send big amounts of money back home
- Suspect charged in shooting of 2 Los Angeles County deputies
- Ethiopia region arrests 503 on feared violence at weekend festival
- A woman's brain fluid leaked into her nose after getting a nasal COVID-19 test
- Election official says no Wisconsin ballots in found mail
- ‘He was screaming.’ 67-year-old uses martial arts on senior home intruder, CA cops say
- My Sister Saved My Life During the Las Vegas Shooting. It Shouldn't Have Been Her Job to Protect Me From Gun Violence
- Rep. Katie Porter eviscerates pharma CEO with a brutal math lesson about his $13 million salary
- California officer involved in fatal 2019 shooting of local rapper is fired
- 7 people wounded in shooting at Milwaukee funeral home
- Exclusive: Trump policing panel was warned about secretive process before court ruling
- Japan reveals record high budget request eyeing hypersonic tech, F-35s and more
- Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic
- US repatriates dozens of IS 'foreign fighters'
- Sportscaster who called Sen. Tim Scott ‘Uncle Tom’ is out of a job, CT station says
- Police arrest Proud Boy member on assault and gun charges hours after Trump refuses to denounce white supremacy
- Police reportedly invited Border Patrol snipers to monitor George Floyd’s burial service
- Singapore Airlines is turning a parked A380 superjumbo jet into a restaurant to cater to a travel-hungry population
- Marines Offer Former Pilots Up to $100K to Come Back to Active Duty
- Fact check: Republicans, not Democrats, eliminated the Senate filibuster on Supreme Court nominees
- Gandhis attacked and arrested in India after attempted visit to gang rape victim's family
- Lebanon asks Interpol to detain 2 Russians over port blast
- Washington hits Belarus with sanctions as Minsk retaliates against EU measures
- MDA and Army see successful Patriot and THAAD test after failure
- Who was the instigator in contentious first presidential debate?
- Controversial coronavirus tsar accused of playing down pandemic says 'no reason to panic' over Trump diagnosis
- China is building a new rocket to fly its astronauts to the moon
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Amid rush to confirm Barrett to court, a key Republican senator tests positive for COVID-19 Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:49 AM PDT |
North Carolina police release video of man who died of cocaine overdose in custody Posted: 01 Oct 2020 05:09 PM PDT |
White man accused of firing shots into the home of a Black family seeks forgiveness Posted: 01 Oct 2020 09:48 AM PDT |
California wildfire scorches wine country as death toll rises Posted: 01 Oct 2020 04:33 AM PDT |
Daughter of Belgium's former king wins long battle to become princess Posted: 01 Oct 2020 11:43 AM PDT A Belgian artist who has fought a seven-year legal battle to prove that Belgium's former King Albert II is her father secured a literally crowning success in court on Thursday when she officially became a princess. Belgium's appeals court granted Delphine Boel the title "Princess of Belgium" after the former monarch's DNA test proved that he was her father, Boel's lawyers said in a statement, adding Boel was "fully satisfied" with the ruling. The DNA test revealed in January that Albert II is the biological father of Boel, putting an end to Boel's long-running paternity claim. |
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he believes Putin was behind his poisoning Posted: 01 Oct 2020 05:28 PM PDT Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is certain Russian President Vladimir Putin was responsible for his poisoning in August, as he doesn't see "any other explanation."In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel published Thursday, Navalny said he came to this conclusion after German military lab tests showed he was poisoned by the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok; labs in France and Sweden later confirmed these findings. He fell ill on Aug. 20 during a flight from Siberia to Moscow, and after being hospitalized in Russia, was transferred to a hospital in Berlin, where he spent some time in a medically induced coma.Navalny said only the heads of Russia's intelligence services could order the use of Novichok, and those leaders "cannot make a decision like that without being instructed by Putin. They report to him. I assert that Putin was behind the crime ... I'm not saying this out of self-flattery, but based on the facts. The most important fact is Novichok."Navalny suggested that he was poisoned because Putin is worried about demonstrations in the Khabarovsk region of Russia and the anti-government protests in Belarus, following a contested election. "The system is fighting for its survival and we've just felt the consequences," he said. The Kremlin denies Putin had anything to do with the poisoning, and his spokesman accused Navalny of working for the CIA.Late last month, Navalny was released from the hospital, and he remains in Germany. His spokesman said Navalny's apartment in Moscow has been seized and his bank accounts frozen, but Navalny told Der Spiegel he will return to Russia. Otherwise, it would mean "that Putin has won and achieved his goal. ... I'm not afraid. I would not give Putin the gift of not returning to Russia."More stories from theweek.com Trump aides reportedly think he'll 'face a harsh judgment from voters' after COVID-19 diagnosis RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel tested positive for coronavirus The conspiracy theorizing about Trump's diagnosis has already begun |
Deaths at Saudi Arabia detention centre for Ethiopians - Amnesty Posted: 02 Oct 2020 07:15 AM PDT |
House passes COVID-19 stimulus bill opposed by Senate as negotiations stall out Posted: 01 Oct 2020 05:18 PM PDT |
Posted: 02 Oct 2020 07:04 AM PDT |
Trump's Covid diagnosis upends campaign, presents challenge for Biden Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:58 AM PDT |
Black woman called police officer ‘master’ as she begged for help upside down in patrol car Posted: 01 Oct 2020 04:19 PM PDT |
Feds tried to stop plant closure after COVID deaths, official says Posted: 01 Oct 2020 06:41 AM PDT |
After Pompeo criticism, Vatican asserts right to go its own way on China Posted: 01 Oct 2020 01:02 PM PDT The Vatican's number two said on Thursday after talks with Mike Pompeo that the two sides' positions on China remained far apart and firmly asserted the Holy See's right to pursue an accord with Beijing denounced by the U.S. Secretary of State. Pompeo met Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Foreign Minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher on Thursday on a visit to Rome marked by Vatican irritation over Pompeo's public criticism of a Holy See accord with Beijing on the appointment of bishops. |
Religious group scrubs photos and mentions of SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett from website: report Posted: 01 Oct 2020 10:24 AM PDT |
Canada forms own probe into Iran downing of Ukraine plane Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:54 AM PDT |
Maritime operation challenges 'excessive' Venezuela claims: US Navy Posted: 01 Oct 2020 03:19 PM PDT |
Posted: 02 Oct 2020 04:44 AM PDT President Trump tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday night, and "obviously, given the president's age and his pre-existing illnesses, he's going to be at increased risk from this disease," CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said on Friday morning's New Day. "Still, the odds are very much in his favor ... greater than 90 percent, 95 percent chance that he will get through this."We know that his age, 244 pounds of weight, heart disease, and cholesterol level put Trump at higher risk, Gupta said. "When you're at his age, 65 to 74, it's about a five times greater likelihood that somebody will be hospitalized for this, as compared to somebody younger." But we don't know lots of other important information, he added, like whether he has symptoms or when he was infected, and "we still don't have full vision on his past medical history," including the story behind "that strange visit to Walter Reed back in November."> "Given the President's age and his pre-existing conditions illnesses, he's going to be at increased risk," @drsanjaygupta says on Trump testing positive for Covid-19. "But... the odds are very much in his favor... greater than 90%, 95% chance that he will get through this" pic.twitter.com/pndvHlwn37> > -- New Day (@NewDay) October 2, 2020Either way, Trump now has to isolate -- not quarantine, isolate -- for up to 14 days now, Gupta advised. and everyone he's been in contact with will "need to be quarantined, not just tested."British Prime Minister Boris Johnson "kept on working for several days and then it got worse over time," George Stephanopoulos said on Friday's Good Morning America. ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton said Trump will likely avoid the worst but not get off scot free: "About 80 percent of people infected with COVID-19 do not require hospitalization. That doesn't mean, though, that their disease course will be mild. It just means that they can be managed in a home environment. And we also know that 45 percent of those infected -- up to 45 percent -- will show no symptoms." > "This virus has shown us from the beginning that it's mysterious and insidious and can come in waves." @DrJAshton weighs in on Pres. Trump's health after the diagnosis. https://t.co/r7eiwxvEpt pic.twitter.com/CUewykb9mK> > -- Good Morning America (@GMA) October 2, 2020More stories from theweek.com Trump aides reportedly think he'll 'face a harsh judgment from voters' after COVID-19 diagnosis RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel tested positive for coronavirus The conspiracy theorizing about Trump's diagnosis has already begun |
Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl Charged in Alleged Voter Suppression Scheme Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:23 PM PDT Conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged on Thursday for allegedly orchestrating a series of robocalls aimed at suppressing the vote in the November presidential election, Michigan authorities said. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a slew of charges against Burkman, 54, and Wohl, 22, including conspiracy to commit an election law violation and using a computer to commit the crime of election law - intimidating voters. Prosecutors allege the two political operatives were using a robocall system aimed at scaring Detroit voters away from using mail-in voting ballots. The calls, which were made in August, went out to nearly 12,000 Detroit residents. Both Wohl and Burkman face four felony counts and a maximum sentence of 7 years in prison.The voice on the call attributed to Wohl and Burkman attempts to trick listeners into not sending in mail-in ballots, falsely warning that the information would be used to track fugitives, collect on credit card debts, and enforce "mandatory vaccines." The calls also told residents to "beware of vote by mail.""Don't be BS'ed into giving your private information to the man," the call continued. "Stay safe and beware of vote-by-mail." Wohl and Burkman didn't respond to immediate requests for comment. In August, Burkman denied being behind the robocall, claiming it was suspicious that it was connected to his personal cell phone number."No one in their right mind would put their own cell on a robocall," Burkman told The Daily Beast.Sealed Docs: FBI Investigating Jacob Wohl Over Roger Stone Trial Leaks"Any effort to interfere with, intimidate or intentionally mislead Michigan voters will be met with swift and severe consequences," Nessel said. "This effort specifically targeted minority voters in an attempt to deter them from voting in the November election. We're all well aware of the frustrations caused by the millions of nuisance robocalls flooding our cell phones and landlines each day, but this particular message poses grave consequences for our democracy and the principles upon which it was built. Michigan voters are entitled to a full, free and fair election in November and my office will not hesitate to pursue those who jeopardize that."The attorney general's office added that during the investigation into the robocalls, investigators communicated with officials in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois—all of whom reported similar robocalls being made to residents in their states. All the calls, they said, were made to residents in "urban areas with significant minority populations," the Michigan attorney general's office said."It's believed around 85,000 calls were made nationally, though an exact breakdown of the numbers of calls to each city or state are not available," the AG's office said. Nessel also encouraged anyone who received such a robocall to file a complaint with her office.The Michigan charges aren't the only legal charges facing the pair. Wohl has been charged with two felonies over alleged violations of California securities law. On Saturday, The Daily Beast reported on a secret FBI investigation into Wohl and Burkman over the leak of confidential juror questionnaires and grand jury testimony in the trial of Trump associate Roger Stone.Wohl and Burkman became notorious online in 2018, after a failed attempt to manufacture a sexual assault allegation against Robert Mueller collapsed in spectacular fashion. Since then, they have tried to create hoaxes against other Trump opponents, but the schemes always fail almost immediately, often due to Wohl and Burkman's own errors.The duo have not yet been arrested, according to a press release from the Michigan attorney general. But the release noted that the agency will work with "local enforcement" if the two don't turn themselves in.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. |
Despite coronavirus impact, U.S. Mexican workers send big amounts of money back home Posted: 02 Oct 2020 05:36 AM PDT |
Suspect charged in shooting of 2 Los Angeles County deputies Posted: 30 Sep 2020 04:12 PM PDT |
Ethiopia region arrests 503 on feared violence at weekend festival Posted: 02 Oct 2020 02:16 AM PDT Police in Ethiopia's Oromiya region have arrested 503 people on accusations they planned to cause violence during an annual thanksgiving festival this weekend and seized guns and hand grenades, the state-run news agency reported. State-affiliated Fana Broadcasting also reported on Friday that police and intelligence services had foiled what they said were plans to incite violence in Addis Ababa and other parts of Ethiopia ahead of the Irreecha festival of the Oromo, the country's largest ethnic group. The latest arrests happened a week after Ethiopia's attorney general said about 2,000 people had been charged over deadly violence after the killing of popular Oromo musician Haacaaluu Hundeessaa in June. |
A woman's brain fluid leaked into her nose after getting a nasal COVID-19 test Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:04 AM PDT |
Election official says no Wisconsin ballots in found mail Posted: 01 Oct 2020 12:53 PM PDT |
‘He was screaming.’ 67-year-old uses martial arts on senior home intruder, CA cops say Posted: 01 Oct 2020 01:53 PM PDT |
Posted: 01 Oct 2020 09:49 AM PDT All told, it was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Sisters are supposed to be there for you when you need them, playfully bother you when you don't, and look after you as you grow up — not protect you from gun violence. Since President Trump took office in 2017, it's estimated that 145,000 people have been killed by gun violence and twice that many have been wounded — in suicides, daily gun violence, domestic gun violence and mass shootings –and yet, he has almost completely failed to act. |
Rep. Katie Porter eviscerates pharma CEO with a brutal math lesson about his $13 million salary Posted: 30 Sep 2020 01:51 PM PDT Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) never wastes an opportunity to roast a CEO.On Wednesday, three pharmaceutical executives, including former Celgene CEO Mark Alles, testified on drug pricing for the House Oversight Committee. While at the company, Alles saw a massive increase in the price of the cancer drug Revlimid -- and Porter broke down just what it got Alles in return.Porter started her takedown by asking Alles if he knew what a Revlimid pill cost in 2005: $215, she reminded him with the help of a whiteboard. And by the time Alles left the company late last year, after its sale to Bristol-Myers Squibb, a single Revlimid pill cost $763. "Did the drug get substantially more effective in that time? Did cancer patients need fewer pills?" Porter questioned, trying to figure out why Celgene upped the price. Alles answered by saying Revlimid proved effective in more patients. "So you discovered more patients who might benefit from paying $763 a pill?" Porter rhetorically responded, outlining how the average senior in her district couldn't even afford one pill.Porter then moved on to tear apart the $13 million Alles made in 2017 as Celgene's CEO. "It's 200 times the average American's income and 360 times what the average senior makes on Social Security," Porter noted. She then reminded Alles just how he made "half a million dollars, personally, just by tripling the price of Revlimid." "The drug didn't get any better, the cancer patients didn't get any better, you just got better at making money," Porter concluded. Watch her questioning below. > Half a million dollars.> > That's the bonus a Big Pharma CEO got for hiking the price of ONE cancer treatment drug.> > How many patients lost their lives because they couldn't afford this medicine? Here's our conversation: pic.twitter.com/mkke6y9tnw> > -- Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) September 30, 2020More stories from theweek.com Late night hosts have a pretty good idea why Trump shockingly refuses to condemn white supremacists 7 savagely funny cartoons about the Trump tax revelations H.R. McMaster says Trump is 'aiding and abetting' Putin's election interference efforts |
California officer involved in fatal 2019 shooting of local rapper is fired Posted: 01 Oct 2020 05:58 PM PDT |
7 people wounded in shooting at Milwaukee funeral home Posted: 01 Oct 2020 04:27 AM PDT |
Exclusive: Trump policing panel was warned about secretive process before court ruling Posted: 01 Oct 2020 12:36 PM PDT Before a U.S. federal judge on Thursday halted the work of a Trump administration law enforcement commission - saying it had violated public meetings laws - the panel had been warned about shutting out public input by several of its own participants, internal records reviewed by Reuters show. The commission had planned to deliver a slate of proposals recommending sweeping new powers for police shortly before the November presidential election, the documents show. The order to halt the commission's work, from U.S. District Judge John Bates, came in response to a lawsuit filed by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (NAACP LDF) alleging the commission failed to give notice of public hearings and allowed law enforcement groups to have undue influence. |
Japan reveals record high budget request eyeing hypersonic tech, F-35s and more Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:25 AM PDT |
Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:38 AM PDT GUALĂN, Guatemala (AP) — About 2,000 Honduran migrants hoping to reach the United States entered Guatemala on foot Thursday morning, testing the newly reopened frontier that had been shut by the coronavirus pandemic. Guatemala's president quickly vowed to detain them and return them to Honduras, saying the migrants represented a threat to the health of Guatemalans amid efforts to contain the pandemic. |
US repatriates dozens of IS 'foreign fighters' Posted: 01 Oct 2020 01:29 PM PDT |
Sportscaster who called Sen. Tim Scott ‘Uncle Tom’ is out of a job, CT station says Posted: 02 Oct 2020 09:08 AM PDT |
Posted: 30 Sep 2020 02:34 PM PDT |
Police reportedly invited Border Patrol snipers to monitor George Floyd’s burial service Posted: 01 Oct 2020 11:34 AM PDT George Floyd's death in the hands of Minneapolis police led to nationwide protests and pledges from some police to cut back on heavy-handed crowd control tactics. But that message didn't make it to Floyd's burial service, where local and federal law enforcement forces were prepared to use "deadly force" if they encountered civil unrest, documents obtained by Vice News reveal."As a horse-drawn carriage took Floyd's body to its final resting place" earlier this year in Pearland, Texas, "at least six 'sniper teams' were in place on rooftops and authorized to open fire if the situation spiraled out of control," Vice reports via planning records. Pearland officials also brought in U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to the city to monitor the situation. That included members of the tactical BORTAC unit equipped with "military-grade firepower," Vice writes.The documents spell out the conditions under which certain types of officers could take action. "Officers in soft uniforms" were ready to monitor to "large, peacefully assembling" crowds, while BORTAC was "geared up ready to deploy" if "verbal aggressive language and empty water bottles" were seen. "Deadly force is authorized anytime," the planning records concluded. All of this was done in anticipation of tens of thousands of mourners showing up to the service, the records show. Just a few hundred arrived.Ben Crump, an attorney for the Floyd family, said he and the family didn't know about the sniper teams and other oversight. Pearland police spokesperson contradicted the documents in saying the sniper teams were brought on in anticipation of "protests from Second Amendment groups or counter-protesters to those groups." Read more at Vice News.More stories from theweek.com For the first time, Trump faces the consequences of his actions Trump aides reportedly think he'll 'face a harsh judgment from voters' after COVID-19 diagnosis Trump is reportedly experiencing 'cold-like symptoms' and has appeared 'lethargic' |
Posted: 30 Sep 2020 02:16 PM PDT |
Marines Offer Former Pilots Up to $100K to Come Back to Active Duty Posted: 30 Sep 2020 11:49 AM PDT |
Fact check: Republicans, not Democrats, eliminated the Senate filibuster on Supreme Court nominees Posted: 01 Oct 2020 03:58 PM PDT |
Gandhis attacked and arrested in India after attempted visit to gang rape victim's family Posted: 01 Oct 2020 05:50 AM PDT Two prominent leaders of India's opposition Congress Party were attacked and arrested by police on Thursday while trying to visit the family of a gang rape victim whose death has sparked nationwide protests. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi claim their convoy was stopped by police in Greater Noida, a satellite city on the outskirts of New Delhi, before he was beaten with wooden sticks known as lathi and wrestled to the ground. Footage shared on social media by Mr Gandhi's team shows police pushing him, after which he appears to fall. "Just now, police pushed me, lathi-charged me and threw me to the ground," Mr Gandhi told Asian News International. "I want to ask, can only Modi-ji walk in this country? Can't a normal person walk? Our vehicle was stopped so we started walking." The Congress Party has condemned the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the brutal gang rape of the 20-year-old Dalit woman, who died from her injuries on Tuesday after fighting for her life for two weeks. The opposition party argues the BJP has not done enough to ensure women's safety in India, where 91 women are raped each day. |
Lebanon asks Interpol to detain 2 Russians over port blast Posted: 01 Oct 2020 10:48 AM PDT The lead investigator into the August blast at Beirut's port that killed and wounded many people issued two arrest warrants Thursday for the captain and owner of a ship that carried thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate to Beirut seven years ago, the state-run National News Agency said. The news agency said judge Fadi Sawwan referred the case to the state prosecution that asked Interpol to detain the two Russian citizens. NNA did not give the names of the two men but Boris Prokoshev was the captain who sailed the MV Rhosus from Turkey to Beirut in 2013. |
Washington hits Belarus with sanctions as Minsk retaliates against EU measures Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:58 AM PDT The move came after the European Union announced sanctions on 40 people, including the interior minister and the head of the election commission, achieving a breakthrough on the issue at summit talks in the early hours of Friday morning. Lukashenko was spared, in line with the EU's policy of punishing powerbrokers as a last resort. Lukashenko's government announced retaliatory sanctions against unidentified officials, recalled its ambassadors to Poland and Lithuania for consultations and nudged both countries to reduce the size of their embassy staff in Minsk. |
MDA and Army see successful Patriot and THAAD test after failure Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:00 PM PDT |
Who was the instigator in contentious first presidential debate? Posted: 30 Sep 2020 05:02 PM PDT |
Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:53 AM PDT Dr Scott Atlas, a special adviser to Donald Trump on coronavirus, told Fox News on Friday that he expects the president to recover in full and urged viewers not to panic. "It is no surprise that people get the infection, even with precautions," Dr Atlas said. Dr Atlas is not the president's personal doctor. |
China is building a new rocket to fly its astronauts to the moon Posted: 01 Oct 2020 07:31 AM PDT |
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