| Jaime Harrison enlists Common in bid to defeat Lindsey Graham in South Carolina Posted: 27 Oct 2020 01:50 PM PDT  Democrat Jaime Harrison enlisted the help of Grammy Award-winning rapper Common at a Monday rally in Columbia, S.C., as polls continue to show a closer race between Harrison and Sen. Lindsey Graham than many had expected.
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| Passenger hanging out van window falls and dies after killing bicyclist, Vegas cops say Posted: 27 Oct 2020 12:40 PM PDT  "There's no reason behind this that I can tell you why it occurred, other than complete stupidity."
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| Man swarmed by rats after falling through sinkhole in NYC Posted: 27 Oct 2020 04:15 PM PDT  'It could have been anyone,' says victim's mother Cindy White
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| Woman injured in police shooting says cops let boyfriend die Posted: 27 Oct 2020 10:02 AM PDT  A woman who was shot by police last week in suburban Chicago said Tuesday that officers did nothing more than cover her boyfriend with a blanket after he was shot and left him on the ground to die. Tafara Williams, 20, spoke to reporters during a Zoom call from her hospital bed as she described the Oct. 20 shooting in Waukegan that killed 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette. "They allowed him to die," Williams said.
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| Charlie Hebdo, whose cartoons sparked terror attacks in France, published a cutting caricature of Turkish President Erdogan amid his feud with Macron Posted: 28 Oct 2020 03:49 AM PDT  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said French President Emmanuel Macron needed mental treatment after criticizing Islam and proposing regulations on it.
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| ‘It’s Not Looting. It’s a Rebellion’: Protests Rock Philly for Second Night After Police Killing Posted: 27 Oct 2020 05:50 PM PDT  PHILADELPHIA—Hundreds gathered in West Philadelphia on Tuesday to protest the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr, a 27-year-old Black man, hours after ferocious unrest in response to the incident sent a chunk of the city into chaos.It didn't take all that long for things to get ugly again.In video captured by an eyewitness and posted to social media, police on Monday afternoon fired several shots at Wallace Jr., who was seen approaching the officers with a knife—and whose mother was on hand, pleading for de-escalation. Two officers, whose names have not been released, each fired about seven times, police announced at a Tuesday press conference. According to Wallace Jr.'s family's attorney, Shaka Johnson, they contacted emergency services for assistance with an ongoing mental health crisis, and the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that officers had visited the home twice that day before the shooting.Wallace Jr., who reportedly had seven children and whose wife was expecting, was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Within hours of the shooting, protests kicked off, and while they began peacefully, tensions surged, with social media footage showing police beating protesters and protesters throwing objects—including bricks—at cops. Looting was also reported at stores hit during previous racial-justice protests this spring.The difference from a wave of local unrest after the police killing of George Floyd in May: a hotly-contested presidential election centering in no small part on law-and-order was now in its final days.Video Exposes Proud Boys and 'Extra-Friendly' Philly Cops"I hope there's no looting or rioting because that's not what this is about. This isn't about taking away from the community or the people of West Philly," Brittany Meyers. 28, of West Philadelphia, told The Daily Beast as protests began again Tuesday evening. "But I will defend my home against these cops. And whoever gets in office next has to address this racism."At the peak of the mayhem late Monday and early Tuesday, a local news van was damaged and at least one police car was set on fire. By the end of the evening, according to the most recent release from the Philadelphia Police Department, 91 people were arrested and 30 officers were injured, including one officer who was hit by a car at 52nd and Walnut Streets.On Tuesday, the National Guard was activated. And while protests began without incident that evening, by 9 p.m. looting had again been reported in some parts of the city. Still, protesters were leery of a president who has repeatedly singled out their polling places for scrutiny from his rabid fans, tweeting on Tuesday, "Philadelpiha [sic] MUST HAVE POLLWATCHERS!""Philadelphia is sick and tired of being sick and tired," J.T. Hall, 30, told The Daily Beast. "And it doesn't help that we have a president that says, you know, 'Bad things happen in Philadelphia.' It needs to stop."Around 9:30 at the intersection of 52nd and Market Streets, a line of no more than 20 officers were surrounded by dozens protesters chanting, "Who killed Walter Wallace?" Within minutes, several carloads of back-up officers arrived on the scene and trash was thrown from within the crowd of protesters. A few officers began to attempt to push the line of the crowd away from them, resulting in a protester being knocked over. Chaos ensued and officers drew their batons, beating protesters, and using pepper spray on those standing nearby.Neither major-party presidential nominee was popular on the street Tuesday. In fact, several signs designed to bolster get out the vote efforts in Philadelphia were torn off street posts and set on fire in the middle of Chestnut Street between 48th and 47th streets. First responders arrived on the scene within minutes to put out the flames. A few small fires (most of which were contained to trash cans) peppered the street. For his part, Hall said he turned out to protest after watching what he described as "the rebellion" play out Monday."It's not looting. It's a rebellion," he said. "You want to take our lives? We'll hit you in your pockets."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Trump wants election night result, but GOP has fought to make sure many ballots won't be counted by then Posted: 27 Oct 2020 11:59 AM PDT  President Trump demanded on Monday that the winner of the election be announced on Election Day — something his own party has made highly unlikely by fighting to keep ballots from being counted quickly in key swing states.
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| Bobulinski Claims Documents Prove Joe Biden ‘Lying’ about Lack of Involvement in Hunter’s Influence Peddling Posted: 28 Oct 2020 07:31 AM PDT  Tony Bobulinski, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, has accused Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of "lying" about whether he was directly involved in his son's foreign business dealings."When he states that, that is a blatant lie," Bobulinski said in an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson that was aired Tuesday.The former U.S. Navy lieutenant and corporate investor added that he almost walked out of the second presidential debate, which he attended as President Trump's guest, when the former vice president claimed again that he had no knowledge of his son's business dealings and was not involved in them."In that debate, he made a specific statement around questions around this from the president," Bobulinski said. "And I'll be honest with you, I almost stood up and screamed 'liar' and walked out because I was shocked that after four days or five days that they prep for this, that the Biden family is taking that position to the world."Bobulinski was the former CEO of SinoHawk Holdings, which he said was a partnership between the CEFC China Energy conglomerate and the Biden family. He was the recipient of a May 13, 2017 email that discussed a plan to have 10 percent in their related joint venture, Oneida Holdings, "held by H for the big guy?" The "big guy" was Joe Biden, and "H" was Hunter, Bobulinski confirmed.Bobulinski also slammed Democratic efforts to discredit his claims about the Bidens' business dealings by dismissing it as Russian disinformation, singling out for particular criticism Democratic congressman Adam Schiff, who said on television that this "smear" of Biden "comes from the Kremlin.""To have a congressman out there speaking about Russian disinformation or Joe Biden at a public debate referencing Russian disinformation when he knows he sat face to face with me, that I was traveled around the world with his son and his brother, to say that and associate that with my name is absolutely disgusting to me," Bobulinski said.Bobulinski told Carlson that Schiff's baseless disinformation claim motivated him to come forward with what he knew of Biden family corruption.The former business associate of the Bidens also said he was warned by former partner Rob Walker that going public with information about the Bidens would "bury all of us."In a recording of a phone call between Bobulinski and Walker, which Carlson aired, he told Walker that if the elder Biden "doesn't come out on record, I am providing the facts.""Don't say this Tony, you're just gonna bury all of us, man," Walker responds in the recording."Throughout 2015 and 2016 while Joe was still the sitting vice president of the United States, these guys had been doing extensive work around the world," Bobulinski said, adding that "the only qualification they had was the Biden name.""They're able to set up meetings and get people to jump through hoops in an interest to garner favor with the sitting vice president, Joe Biden," he said.The American people "can form their own conclusion" about the Biden family's business dealings, Bobulinski added.
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| Fighting cock kills police chief in Philippine raid Posted: 27 Oct 2020 02:15 AM PDT  A Philippine police officer was killed during a raid on an illegal cockfight after a rooster's blade sliced his femoral artery, an official said Tuesday.
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| Chicago sisters accused of stabbing employee 27 times after being asked to wear a mask Posted: 27 Oct 2020 10:54 AM PDT  Two sisters entered a small shop in Chicago on Sunday when they were approached by a worker who asked them to wear a mask and to use hand sanitizer to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 according to Karie James who is a police spokesperson, the Chicago Sun Times reported. The argument escalated and the women Jessica Hill, 21, and Jayla Hill, 18, are accused of attacking the man. Jessica pulled a knife out of her back pocket and began stabbing the 32-year-old man.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hints at a run for higher office Posted: 28 Oct 2020 07:08 AM PDT  The only thing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is wary of sharing is her ambitions for higher office.Ocasio-Cortez became the breakout star of the House's progressive left from the moment she ousted a longstanding moderate. But when she's asked about where she'll go next, the usually outspoken lawmaker gets unusually "guarded and cautious about her words," Vanity Fair reports in a profile of Ocasio-Cortez.Ocasio-Cortez's "aspirations are a matter of endless speculation," Vanity Fair writes, with a Senate seat, House leadership spot, or Cabinet post all suspected to be in the cards. Ocasio-Cortez doesn't necessarily shut those guesses down. "I don't know if I'm really going to be staying in the House forever, or if I do stay in the House, what that would look like," she said. "I don't see myself really staying where I'm at for the rest of my life."Still, Ocasio-Cortez rejects the idea of "aspir[ing] to a quote-unquote higher position just for the sake of that title," she said. "I think it's part of our cultural understanding of politics, where — if you think someone is great, you automatically think they should be president," Ocasio-Cortez added. "I joke. I'm like, 'Is Congress not good enough?'"Julián Castro, the former Housing and Urban Development secretary and 2020 presidential candidate, isn't afraid to forecast his predictions. "I've told her, I fully expect that she's going to run [for president] one day, and that she should," he said. "She absolutely has the talent, the dynamism, and the leadership ability." Read more at Vanity Fair.More stories from theweek.com How to make an election crisis 64 things President Trump has said about women Republicans are on the verge of a spectacular upside-down achievement
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| Body of missing hip-hop artist found in trunk after Miami car crash Posted: 27 Oct 2020 09:17 PM PDT  Robert Deupree Avery Coltrain was arrested and charged with illegal transport of human remains and second-degree murder in the death of Brian Trotter.
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| Ted Cruz says the swelling national debt will reemerge as a major concern for Republicans Posted: 27 Oct 2020 07:42 AM PDT  Under Trump, Republicans drove up the deficit with tax cuts and spending increases. They are reluctant to back another large coronavirus relief bill.
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| Teenager commits suicide in India after accidentally smashing smartphone Posted: 28 Oct 2020 07:44 AM PDT  A distraught 16-year-old boy in southern India has killed himself after accidentally smashing the screen of the smartphone he and his three siblings relied on for remote school learning. Rohit Varak's parents could not pay to get the phone fixed because his father's work as a bus driver had dried up during the Covid-19 crisis, with India struggling to contain the world's second-largest total caseload. The Indian government closed its schools in March with only three out of its 36 states and union territories gradually reopening classrooms - Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and the Punjab - with all lessons switched to online. Rohit and his siblings, who live in Goa, considered themselves fortunate to share one smartphone, local media reported. The incident has again highlighted how difficult it is for huge swathes of Indian students to access education virtually, with affordable access to technology out of reach for most people.
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| Senate confirms Barrett to the Supreme Court Posted: 26 Oct 2020 05:33 PM PDT  The Senate voted on Monday evening to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, just eight days before the election which solidifies a conservative majority on the high court for a generation.
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| 2020 polls: The Trump ‘hidden voter’ isn’t a real threat this election - here’s why Posted: 26 Oct 2020 01:16 PM PDT  House district-level polling is being closely monitored by experts, as it was the canary in the Trump coal mine in 2016. Thus far, that polling actually predicts an even bigger Biden victory
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| Fact check: Biden did tell a Detroit worker 'I'm not working for you' during gun rights argument Posted: 27 Oct 2020 01:09 PM PDT  A viral post on social media claims Joe Biden told a factory worker he doesn't work for him. Biden did say that, but the claim is missing context.
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| Pakistan's Khan calls for collective Muslim action against Islamophobia Posted: 28 Oct 2020 07:26 AM PDT  Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday wrote to the leaders of Muslim countries calling on them to act together against Islamophobia, as anger grows over France's defence of the right to mock religion.
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| Marcus Rashford once told a teammate he'd help give back to society if he ever could. Now he's leading an extraordinary campaign raising millions to fight child poverty. Posted: 27 Oct 2020 05:19 AM PDT  Jesse Lingard called Marcus Rashford "a real role model for the younger generation" and praised his Manchester United teammate for staying humble.
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| The Lincoln Project is reportedly trying to create a House of Cards-style TV series Posted: 27 Oct 2020 07:53 AM PDT  The Lincoln Project isn't going anywhere.The PAC of President Trump-opposing Republicans and other moderates has built a social media behemoth based largely on trolling the president with pointed ads. And once it potentially achieves its goal of getting Joe Biden and other Democrats elected, it's looking to capitalize on that and build a whole media empire, Axios reports.The Lincoln Project's Twitter account boasts a following that even exceeds the Republican party's, and has raked in millions of dollars from its supporters who'd like to see Trump out of the White House. To Ra Kumar, the project's representative at United Talent Agency, it's clear that "they know how to get audiences," he tells Axios.So in the coming weeks, the Lincoln Project is expected to move beyond podcasts and TV ads and into Hollywood. For starters, the group is working with a documentarian to produce a non-fiction film after the election, Axios reports. Some TV networks are interested in running the project's livestreamed shows, a source says. TV studios are also reportedly reaching out to work with the Lincoln Project "to help develop a House of Cards-like fiction series," Axios reports — a comparison that probably doesn't help the project with allegations of stealing ideas and memes.More stories from theweek.com How to make an election crisis 64 things President Trump has said about women Republicans are on the verge of a spectacular upside-down achievement
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| His girlfriend wanted food. ‘Only if you pleasure me,’ he said. He wound up in jail Posted: 28 Oct 2020 05:46 AM PDT  A hungry woman and a boyfriend she said was hungry for something else ended with a domestic violence arrest in Vero Beach.
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| Hackers breach Trump campaign website, threaten to release 'evidence' of crimes Posted: 27 Oct 2020 06:39 PM PDT  The Trump campaign's website was briefly hacked late Tuesday, with the culprits posting a typo-riddled message on the site threatening to release "evidence" of the president's "criminal involvement" in a supposed scheme to sway next week's election. The hackers, whose identity was not immediately known, only managed to crack into the Trump website's "about" page. The rest of the website ...
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| Small plane crashes in Texas, killing one on board Posted: 27 Oct 2020 06:04 AM PDT  The aircraft crash in Lubbock sparked a small fire and killed one pilot on board, who has not yet been identified.
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| Trump supporters chant 'Ivanka' at rally as he says Kamala Harris must never become president Posted: 27 Oct 2020 01:11 PM PDT  Ivanka Trump was campaigning for her father in Florida on Tuesday as crowds at her father's Michigan rally called for her to be the next president
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| 84-year-old Ohio man assaulted for having Biden campaign sign in his yard Posted: 27 Oct 2020 10:53 AM PDT  A neighbor told a deputy that the 84-year-old man had been punched and kicked days after the suspect confronted the man for a Biden sign in his yard.
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| Egypt says freedom of expression 'stops' when Muslims offended Posted: 28 Oct 2020 02:30 AM PDT  Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday freedom of expression should stop if it offends more than 1.5 billion people, following the display of images in France of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims see as blasphemous. Sisi also said he firmly rejects any form of violence or terrorism from anyone in the name of defending religion, religious symbols or icons. The Grand Imam of Egypt's al-Azhar university, one of the world's most eminent seats of Sunni Muslim learning, also called on the international community to criminalise "anti-Muslim" actions.
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| Tanzania's Magufuli: 'Bulldozer' who flattened freedoms Posted: 26 Oct 2020 07:51 PM PDT  Tanzanian President John Magufuli came to power as a no-nonsense man of the people nicknamed The Bulldozer, but along with popular efforts to clean up graft, he has been accused of crushing dissent and stifling democracy.
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| Michigan man missing after allegedly spending virus relief funds on luxury gifts for girlfriend Posted: 28 Oct 2020 07:49 AM PDT  A Michigan man looks to be on the run after allegedly conspiring to steal $2.5 million in coronavirus relief funds. Johnny Richardson, 25, and his girlfriend Micahia Taylor, 27, are accused of teaming up with Brandi Hawkins, a contract employee of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, to embezzle the money.
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| As Florida eclipses 2016 early vote totals, Democratic turnout lags in Miami-Dade Posted: 27 Oct 2020 03:24 PM PDT  A week before Election Day, Florida mail and early voting numbers have already surpassed the state's totals in the 2016 presidential election.
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| Trump says plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer was ‘maybe a problem, maybe it wasn’t’ Posted: 27 Oct 2020 05:04 PM PDT  After right-wing plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, president's supporters chant 'Lock her up!'
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| 'One step closer': Virginia judge rules Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond can be removed pending possible appeal Posted: 27 Oct 2020 07:18 PM PDT  An attorney for the plaintiffs says his clients will appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court. Four other statues have already come down.
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| Climate scientists throw cold water on 'Arctic methane bomb' report Posted: 27 Oct 2020 02:39 PM PDT  A research team made a worrisome discovery off the Siberian coast, The Guardian reports. The scientists say they believe they are first to uncover observational evidence that frozen methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean have started to be released after determining that methane levels at the ocean's surface were four to eight times higher than expected.The deposits are considered "sleeping giants of the carbon cycle" and could theoretically expedite climate change, given that methane has a warming effect 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period, The Guardian notes. But while the discovery sounds alarming, it's also been met with skepticism from some climate scientists.> This story is... unconvincing. First off it's just two scientists (no publication), one of whom has made similar (unsupported) claims before & ignores the context that permafrost & methane have been degrading in this region since it was inundated in the early Holocene. https://t.co/EKI02cj2zT> > — Gavin Schmidt (@ClimateOfGavin) October 27, 2020> There are climate feedback mechanisms to be worried about. A supposed "Arctic Methane Bomb" isn't one of them. https://t.co/yuOtqYUIKq> > — Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) October 27, 2020Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, argued there is no evidence Arctic methane had a "big effect" even in earlier periods when the region was warmer than it is now.The scientists who made the discovery, meanwhile, have acknowledged their work is preliminary, and said the scale of methane releases will not be confirmed until they return and analyze the data. Either way, "there is unlikely to be any major" climate effect "at this moment," Swedish scientist Örjan Gustafsson, told The Guardian from the research vessel. But he did maintain his stance that "the process has now been triggered." Read more at The Guardian.More stories from theweek.com How to make an election crisis 64 things President Trump has said about women Republicans are on the verge of a spectacular upside-down achievement
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| I flew on a newly upgraded JetBlue plane and despite less legroom and slimmer seats, the refresh is exactly what the airline needed Posted: 28 Oct 2020 07:13 AM PDT  Though long overdue, Jetblue's new cabin brings its aircraft into the modern era with better in-flight entertainment than most US carriers.
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| Billy Graham’s pastor grandson denies vulgar act on plane in case of mistaken identity Posted: 27 Oct 2020 07:48 PM PDT  Rev Danny Chalmers was the one arrested over the incident, his wife says
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| Justice Thomas's wife spreads unfounded Biden claims, asks followers to repost Posted: 28 Oct 2020 04:24 AM PDT  The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is using her Facebook page to amplify unsubstantiated claims of corruption by Joe Biden.
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| A Florida man drove a stolen bulldozer through a neighborhood and destroyed Biden-Harris campaign signs, police say Posted: 26 Oct 2020 01:18 PM PDT  James Blight, 26, was arrested and charged with grand theft auto and trespassing in Haines City, Florida, in connection to the incident.
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| Tourist, 12, and guide lose limbs in shark attack at Sharm El-Sheikh Posted: 27 Oct 2020 07:37 PM PDT  A young Ukrainian tourist lost an arm and an Egyptian tour guide lost a leg in a rare shark attack over the weekend off Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, officials said on Tuesday. The attack took place on Sunday when two tourists - a mother and her son - and their tour guide were snorkelling in Ras Mohammed national park, the Environment Ministry said. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital and an initial investigation showed that the attack involved a 2m-long (6-foot) Oceanic Whitetip shark. The ministry did not release details of the injuries, but a statement by Ukraine's State Agency for the Development of Tourism said that the 12-year-old boy was in intensive care, and that surgery had failed to save his arm. An Egyptian health official said that the family's guide had lost a leg, and the mother suffered light injuries. The health official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to brief the media. Officials have closed the area of Ras Mohammed National Park where the attack took place. Shark attacks have been rare in the Red Sea coastal region of Egypt in recent years. But in 2010, a spate of shark attacks killed one European tourist and maimed several others off Sharm el-Sheikh. Sharm el-Sheikh resort at the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula is one of Egypt's major tourist destinations that offers European tourists a warm and quick escape from frigid winter temperatures on the continent. Divers are drawn by the steep drop-offs of coral reefs just offshore that offer a rich and colourful sea life. Authorities have in recent years sought to revive the vital tourism sector battered by years of instability and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic.
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| The family of a Latino former Obama official suspected he died of Covid-19. They were right. Posted: 27 Oct 2020 11:45 AM PDT  Patrick Hidalgo's family had to get answers about his sudden death from out of state, and they slammed Florida's governor for politicizing the virus response.
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| 'A big win for justice!': Texas officials scrap rule that would allow social workers to deny LGBTQ, disabled clients Posted: 27 Oct 2020 09:32 PM PDT  After backlash, Texas officials have reversed a rule that would have allowed social workers to turn away clients who are LGBTQ or have a disability.
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| White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Is Now Formally Moonlighting as a Trump Campaign Aide Posted: 27 Oct 2020 10:56 AM PDT  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany appears to have taken on a new gig. In addition to her role as a government employee, she's now serving as a senior aide on her boss's reelection campaign.In an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday morning, McEnany was introduced as "Trump 2020 senior adviser and White House press secretary." A few hours later, Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney introduced McEnany by saying she is "serving now as adviser for the Trump campaign."McEnany's dual roles for the White House and the Trump reelection campaign immediately set off alarm bells among good-government advocates, who said they represent yet another instance of the often blurry lines between the Trump administration and the president's political operation."This looks like the latest example of Trump administration officials bending and breaking ethics laws and norms," said Paul Seamus Ryan, the vice president of litigation for the group Common Cause. "This is unfortunately par for the course for this administration."Now Kayleigh McEnany Has COVID, Making a Dozen From Rose Garden CeremonyA White House spokesperson said McEnany was not representing the White House during her Fox appearances on Tuesday."Kayleigh was appearing in her personal capacity as a private citizen," the spokesperson said.A spokesperson for the Trump campaign confirmed that McEnany is an unpaid adviser and also said she was appearing on Fox on Tuesday in a personal capacity. The spokesperson said that cable news shows on which she appears "have been instructed not to refer to her with her White House title," notwithstanding the America's Newsroom introduction on Tuesday that included both her campaign and White House titles.While most of McEnany's two Fox hits on Tuesday concerned the status of the Trump campaign and the 2020 race, she also weighed in on official administration policy on issues such as COVID relief negotiations with congressional Democrats."The chances [for a deal] are slim when you have someone like Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House," McEnany told Varney. "If we're providing stimulus relief for the American people, it should be just that, for American people, for United States citizens, not a wish-list from the liberal left," McEnany told Varney.Speaking in front of a backdrop that featured both the White House and the Trump campaign logo, McEnany also rattled off a series of policy proposals that "we offered" in those negotiations.Fox News Reporter Explodes Over Kayleigh McEnany: 'Stop Blaming the Media, I'm Tired of It!'It's that sort of blurry line between White House and campaign messaging, and the prospect that taxpayer resources could continue bolstering the president's reelection effort, that concern Ryan."This excerpt is McEnany commenting on federal government policy currently being negotiated by the Trump administration with Congress. This is McEnany doing the work of a [White House] press secretary," he said. "It's permissible for someone who works in the White House to also do campaign work. They just can't mix the two. They can't try to do the two things simultaneously."Ryan compared the situation to controversy over illicit politicking by former senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, who used her official Twitter account to share political messages, leading the Office of Special Counsel to recommend her removal over violations of the Hatch Act, which bars the use of taxpayer resources for partisan purposes.Conway brushed off the recriminations with a simple statement: "Blah blah blah."The Trump White House, and the president himself, have reveled in the frequent criticism they get over their unprecedented uses of taxpayer resources in the service of the president's reelection. After coming under fire for putting on a political nominating convention on the White House grounds in August, Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh tweeted, "Liberals are more upset about the use of government buildings than they ever were about the use of the FBI to target political opponents."McEnany's Fox appearances on Tuesday came about two months after White House attorneys waived ethics rules so that she could meet in her capacity as a government official with employees of the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, both of which previously employed her.The waiver memo is undated, but metadata in the file posted to the White House website indicates it was created on August 26. That was the day of McEnany's speech at the Republican National Convention. She also spoke at a Trump campaign rally this month.The White House has also waived ethics rules for another staffer, director of advance Bobby Peede, to permit communications with the Trump campaign. According to Federal Election Commission records, the Trump re-elect has made regular payments from December 2019 through early this month to the firm Event Strategies, where Peede served as a partner prior to joining the White House.The largest of those payments, for nearly $100,000, came on August 24, two days before Peede's waiver memo was created.\-- With reporting by Justin BaragonaKayleigh McEnany Grilled on Trump's Sudden Embrace of Mail-In VotingRead 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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| Step inside a Colombian jungle lab where coca leaf begin its journey to become cocaine Posted: 27 Oct 2020 04:30 PM PDT  "This helps keep people alive. But no one is getting rich off this," one lab worker told journalist Toby Muse.
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