| Future of presidential debates unclear after Trump tests positive for COVID-19 Posted: 02 Oct 2020 11:32 AM PDT  Now that President Trump has the coronavirus, will there be any more debates this year?
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| Recordings reveal confusion behind Breonna Taylor's death Posted: 02 Oct 2020 09:00 PM PDT  The police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor described seeing only "shadowy mass" and said he didn't recall firing the 16 bullets later matched to his gun. As she lay bleeding, Taylor's boyfriend called his mother before dialing 911.
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| Egypt unveils 59 ancient coffins in major archaeological discovery Posted: 03 Oct 2020 08:36 AM PDT  Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying tens more were found in the vast Saqqara necropolis just days ago. The 59 coffins were discovered in August at the UNESCO world heritage site south of Cairo, buried in three 10-12 meter shafts along with 28 statues of the ancient Egyptian God Seker, one of the most important funerary deities.
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| Lindsey Graham hammered by Democrat opponent who tells him to ‘be a man’ and likens him to a cheating child in election debate Posted: 03 Oct 2020 11:17 PM PDT  Near the end of a week in which he begged supporters to donate money to his campaign for a second time, embattled Senator Lindsey Graham took to the debate stage on Saturday to face his opponent in the race to represent South Carolina in the Senate. Senator Graham is tied with Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison at 48 per cent each, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll, in a race that has become unexpectedly competitive and could play a role in flipping control of the Senate. Mr Harrison has seen a surge in donations since the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the incumbent Graham's u-turn on his previous pledge to not fill a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year.
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| Woman leaks brain fluid after COVID-19 test, study says. Why you shouldn’t worry Posted: 02 Oct 2020 01:49 PM PDT  After the test, she complained of headaches, light sensitivity, and a metallic taste in her mouth
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| Senator, correcting himself, says he does not have COVID-19 Posted: 03 Oct 2020 10:39 AM PDT  U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said he misspoke Saturday when he said on national television that he had tested positive for COVID-19. During an interview Saturday morning on "Cavuto Live," when asked about three Senate colleagues who had contracted the virus in recent days, Scott said, "I was tested yesterday, I think for the 6th time, and I tested positive again." A few moments before he misspoke, Scott had said that senators were still doing their jobs.
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| Trump's COVID diagnosis prompts his campaign to go virtual Posted: 02 Oct 2020 11:42 AM PDT  President Trump's campaign announced it is postponing some events and moving others to a virtual format, a recognition that his coronavirus diagnosis will require him to quarantine and avoid public settings.
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| Sellouts to the Black community. Traitors to fellow officers. Black police chiefs are caught between 2 worlds after George Floyd's killing. Posted: 04 Oct 2020 02:58 AM PDT  Black police chiefs are sometimes brought on to act as a bridge between the police and the Black community, but they face challenges from both sides.
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| The new Florida Lotto will have bigger prizes, but the ticket will cost you more Posted: 03 Oct 2020 03:42 PM PDT  Come Oct. 8, one of the most popular and iconic games of the Florida Lottery will change.
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| Dr. Inglesby: Recent updates on Trump's coronavirus condition 'encouraging' Posted: 04 Oct 2020 08:10 AM PDT  Dr. Tom Inglesby of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health breaks down President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis progress.
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| Honduran migrants are caught between economic despair and militarized crackdowns Posted: 03 Oct 2020 02:53 PM PDT  Guatemalan authorities stopped much of a caravan of Honduran migrants heading north toward the United States, deporting more than 2,000 of them.
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| Iran temporarily releases French-Iranian academic from jail, lawyer says Posted: 03 Oct 2020 10:15 AM PDT |
| Radish seeds, meats and cheeses launched to space station Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:18 PM PDT  "It was a spectacular launch," said NASA's deputy space station program manager Kenny Todd. The 8,000-pound (3,600-kilogram) shipment should reach the space station Monday. Stashed aboard the Cygnus capsule: pressurized air tanks to help offset a vexing leak at the space station, a new $23 million titanium toilet custom fit for women, and a virtual reality camera to provide cinematic views of spacewalks and other outdoor shots.
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| Chilling details revealed in JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan deaths Posted: 03 Oct 2020 08:09 PM PDT  The discovery of the Idaho siblings in backyard graves was the result of a complicated six-month investigation that unraveled a sordid tale of murder, greed and religious fanaticism
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| Coronavirus: When India's capital became a ghost city Posted: 04 Oct 2020 05:08 AM PDT  Photographer Parul Sharma's latest collection is an intimate story of Delhi's reaction to the pandemic.
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| Bannon to Trump: Less racial resentment, more economic populism in next debate Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:56 AM PDT  Steve Bannon believes Tuesday's debate was a missed opportunity for Trump to make the case to people who are not already committed supporters. But he concedes, "Would I have liked a little more populism? Maybe."
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| A woman accused her neighbor — a Latino man and history teacher — of kidnapping a white toddler. The boy was his grandson. Posted: 03 Oct 2020 08:44 AM PDT  Police surrounded the grandfather Abel Mata as his neighbor, a samurai sword-wielding white woman, claimed he was an abductor.
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| Suspected Russian hitman on trial over Berlin killing Posted: 03 Oct 2020 08:33 PM PDT  A Russian man goes on trial Wednesday accused of assassinating a former Chechen commander in a Berlin park on Moscow's orders, a case that has cast a pall over ties between Russia and Germany.
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| Malaysia will not re-impose coronavirus curbs for now despite spike Posted: 03 Oct 2020 02:47 AM PDT  Malaysia will not re-impose widespread coronavirus restrictions on travel despite a recent spike in infections, which a government minister said was partly caused by migrants from neighbouring countries. Malaysia imposed a nationwide lockdown in March but has been gradually lifting the curbs, though authorities have warned that they could be reinstated if daily increases in infections reached triple-digits. The Southeast Asian country has seen a steady climb in cases in the past week and on Saturday reported 317 new infections, the highest daily rise since it began tracking the pandemic.
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| 'Critically important' U.S. deter adversaries amid Trump illness: Hoffman Posted: 03 Oct 2020 09:44 AM PDT  President Trump's COVID diagnosis is raising national security concerns; former CIA station chief Dan Hoffman reacts
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| Vatican: Pope Benedict XVI approved bishop accord with China Posted: 03 Oct 2020 02:44 AM PDT  The Vatican doubled down Saturday on its intent to pursue continued dialogue with China over bishop nominations, defending a deal it did with the Chinese government in 2018 as necessary to the life of the Catholic Church there, over strong U.S. objections. The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, gave the Holy See's most authoritative and comprehensive response to critics of the extended accord during a speech marking the 150th anniversary of the arrival in China of Catholic missionaries from an Italian religious order. Parolin insisted that popes as far back as Pius XII had tried to reopen a path of dialogue with Beijing after the communists came to power and expelled foreign missionaries.
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| Kenzo Takada: Japanese designer dies from Covid-19 Posted: 04 Oct 2020 08:51 AM PDT  Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada dies in hospital in Paris aged 81.
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| Azar says Trump family 'is a different situation than the rest of us' on COVID safety measures Posted: 02 Oct 2020 01:45 PM PDT  Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was at pains to defend not only the administration's response, but the president's behavior.
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| AT&T shelving DSL may leave hundreds of thousands hanging by a phone line Posted: 03 Oct 2020 08:53 AM PDT  AT&T; stopped selling DSL Oct. 1, stranding many existing subscribers on low-speed links and residents of DSL-only areas without any wired broadband.
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| If you think the growing electric-car market would exist without Tesla, think again Posted: 03 Oct 2020 05:07 AM PDT  17-year-old Tesla has become the dominant electric carmaker in the world by taking huge risks. Now, it's reaping the rewards — as are other EV makers.
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| Stimulus bill passes House — and White House unveils counteroffer. How do they compare? Posted: 02 Oct 2020 01:43 PM PDT  "I'm optimistic, I'm always optimistic," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
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| Thousands protest anti-coronavirus restrictions in Germany over weekend Posted: 04 Oct 2020 04:05 AM PDT  Thousands of demonstrators in southern Germany protested against coronavirus restrictions over the weekend, police said on Sunday, although organisers failed to mobilise enough people for a planned human chain around Lake Constance. Thousands of counter-demonstrators in Constance also turned out to show support for the government's measures to contain the coronavirus while also protesting against right-wing supporters in the other group, police said. Overall, police counted between 10,500 and 11,000 people taking part in the different demonstrations on Saturday and the two-day protests continued on Sunday with sunny weather likely to draw in further participants, a police spokesman said.
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| Third Iranian fuel tanker arrives in gasoline-starved Venezuela's waters Posted: 03 Oct 2020 08:14 AM PDT |
| California wavers on theme park opening rules amid pressure Posted: 02 Oct 2020 09:54 AM PDT  Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday delayed new operating rules for theme parks such as Disneyland that have been closed since the beginning of the pandemic as tourism industry officials warned the state was set to lose more than $78 billion in travel related spending this year. The Newsom administration had planned to release the new rules on Friday, spokesman Nathan Click told the Sacramento Bee. But following industry criticism of the proposed rules, state health officials said no announcement was coming Friday as negotiations continue. "Given the size and operational complexities of these unique sectors, we are seeking additional input from health, workforce and business stakeholders to finalize this important framework," Dr. Mark Ghaly, California's top public health official, said in a statement.
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| Coronavirus: What's driving India's 100,000 Covid-19 deaths? Posted: 03 Oct 2020 01:55 AM PDT  India has the third highest Covid death toll in the world, and numbers are still rising.
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| Trump, Covid and empathy for the world's least empathetic man Posted: 03 Oct 2020 11:00 PM PDT  Biden is praying for him – and yet the Trump campaign's negative ads continue. There's an asymmetry of decency hereFor about a minute today I found myself feeling sorry for Donald Trump. The poor man is now "battling" Covid-19 (the pugilistic verb is showing up all over the news). He's in the hospital. He's out of shape. He's 74 years old. His chief of staff reportedly says his symptoms are "very concerning".Joe Biden is praying for him. Kamala Harris sends him heartfelt wishes. President Obama reminds us we're all in this together and we want to make sure everyone is healthy.But hold on: why should we feel empathy for one of the most unempathetic people in the world?One reason is out of respect. He's a human being. He's our president.Yet there's an asymmetry here. While the Biden campaign has taken down all negative television advertising, the Trump campaign's negative ads continue non-stop.And at almost the same time that Biden, Harris, and Obama offered prayers and consoling words, the Trump campaign blasted "Lyin' Obama and Phony Kamala Harris" and charged that "Sleepy Joe isn't fit to be YOUR President".Can you imagine if Biden had contracted Covid rather than Trump? Trump would be all over him. He'd attack Biden as weak, feeble, and old. He'd mock Biden's mask-wearing – "See, masks don't work!" – and lampoon his unwillingness to hold live rallies: "Guess he got Covid in his basement!"How can we even be sure Trump has the disease? He's lied about everything else. Maybe he'll reappear in a day or two, refreshed and relaxed, saying "Covid is no big deal". He'll claim he took hydroxychloroquine, and it cured him. He'll boast that he won the "battle" with Covid because he's strong and powerful, without crediting the best medical care money can buy.Meanwhile, his "battle" has distracted the nation from revelations that he's a tax cheat who paid only $750 in taxes his first year in office, and barely anything for 15 years before that; and that he's a failed businessman who's still losing money.And from his cringeworthy debate performance last week, in which he didn't want to condemn white supremacists.It even takes our mind off the major reason Covid is out of control in America: because Trump blew it.He downplayed it, pushed responsibility on to governors, and then demanded they allow businesses to reopen – too early – in order to make the economy look good before the election.> Can you imagine if Biden had contracted Covid rather than Trump? Trump would be all over himHe has muzzled and disputed experts at the CDC, promoted crank cures, held maskless campaign events, and encouraged followers not to wear masks. All of this has contributed to tens of thousands of unnecessary American deaths.Trump's "battle" with Covid also diverts attention from his and Mitch McConnell's perversions of American democracy.This is where the asymmetry is deeper. McConnell is now moving to confirm Trump's supreme court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, after having prevented Obama's nominee from getting a Senate vote for almost a year on the basis of a concocted "rule" that the next president should decide.Yet Biden won't talk about increasing the size of the court in order to balance it, and Democratic leaders have shot down the idea.Nor do Biden and top Democrats want to suggest making Washington DC, and Puerto Rico into states – a step that would remedy the bizarre inequities in the Senate where a bare majority of Republicans representing 11 million fewer Americans than their Democratic counterparts are able to confirm a supreme court justice.It would also help rebalance the electoral college, which made Trump president in 2016 despite losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by more than 3 million.Democrats worry this would strike the public as unfair. Unfair, when Trump won't even commit to a peaceful transition of power and refuses to be bound by the results?When he's already claiming the election is rigged against him and will be fraudulent unless he wins?When he's now readying slates of Trump electors to be certified in states he'll allege he lost because of fraud? When he's urging his followers to intimidate Biden voters at the polls?Whether responding to Trump's hospitalization this weekend or to Trump's larger political maneuvers, Democrats want to act decently and nicely, to take the high road and be fair. They want to protect democratic norms, values, and institutions.This is admirable. It's also what Democrats say they stand for.But the other side isn't playing the same game. Trump and his enablers will do anything to retain and enlarge their power.It's possible to be sympathetic toward Trump this weekend while acknowledging that he is subjecting America to a moral test.What kind of society does the nation want: one based on decency and democracy, or on viciousness and raw power?
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| Many unemployment benefit debit cards frozen in California Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:29 PM PDT  California's Employment Development Department shut down all new claims in order to tackle a backlog of more than 1 million claims. This also comes in the wake of a massive number of fraudulent claims that have plagued the department. Now, KCRA 3 Investigates is learning that people with legitimate claims are having a hard time getting their unemployment benefits. Some residents said their debit cards, which are funded with state and federal dollars and issued by Bank of America, have been frozen. The debit cards are one way people can access their unemployment benefits — and for some claimants, the cards are the only way they can get benefits. An employee within EDD came forward and said some people have even seen their EDD checks bounce. Get the full story in the video above.
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| Delta 'investigating' after Republican Sen. Roger Wicker spotted not wearing mask on flight Posted: 03 Oct 2020 02:03 PM PDT  "Nothing is more important than the health and safety of our people and our customers," Delta said, adding it was "investigating this incident."
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| ICE put up billboards with the mugshots of immigrants who were released from police custody Posted: 03 Oct 2020 09:02 AM PDT  The immigrants featured on the billboards in Pennsylvania had been released from jails either by serving their sentences or paying their bond.
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| Mom outwits stranger who offers $1,500 for her 2-year-old child, Washington cops say Posted: 04 Oct 2020 08:02 AM PDT  The mother got his email and phone number "in case she changed her mind."
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| Schools and mosques closed in Tehran as COVID-19 infections rise Posted: 03 Oct 2020 05:23 AM PDT  The closure plan, which will also affect universities, seminaries, libraries, museums, theatres, gyms, cafes and hair salons in the Iranian capital, came after Alireza Zali, head of the Tehran Coronavirus Taskforce, called for the shutdown to help control the epidemic. Zali warned in an interview on state television that if the spread of the epidemic continues at the current rate in Tehran, there would be a three- to five-fold increase in cases and a rise in the fatality rate to between 1.5% and 3%. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said anyone concealing a COVID-19 infection should face a severe penalty.
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| California wildfires on the brink of burning 4 million acres Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:19 PM PDT  Red flag warnings of extreme fire danger subsided, but warm and dry weather continued to challenge firefighters battling more than two dozen blazes across California on Saturday as the state approaches an astonishing milestone: 4 million acres burned by wildfires this year. Powerful winds that had been expected to drive flames since Wednesday hadn't materialized, and warnings of extreme fire danger for hot, dry and gusty weather expired Saturday morning as a layer of fog rolled in. Above-normal temperatures and low humidity persisted Saturday, heightening the fire danger.
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| Airbus executive says aviation outlook worse than expected Posted: 03 Oct 2020 12:47 PM PDT  The outlook for the aviation industry has deteriorated again due to rising coronavirus infections and renewed travel restrictions, Airbus chief operating officer Michael Schoellhorn was quoted as saying on Saturday. Airbus has said it needs to shed 15,000 posts worldwide. In an interview with the Handelsblatt business daily, Schoellhorn said the situation in early autumn was worse than the company had expected in the summer, adding that the planned 15,000 job cuts would be the minimum.
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| Kellyanne Conway tests positive for COVID, with ‘mild’ symptoms, as epidemic spreads through Trump circle Posted: 02 Oct 2020 08:38 PM PDT  President Trump tested positive for COVID-19 earlier int he day. "As always, my heart is with everyone affected by this global pandemic," Kellyanne Conway tweeted.
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| Designer makes £77,000 from iPhone icons in a week Posted: 03 Oct 2020 01:13 AM PDT  A viral tweet showcasing an iPhone homescreen design was an overnight hit for designer Traf.
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| This multitasking Cuisinart toaster oven can air fry your food—and it's on sale Posted: 03 Oct 2020 04:27 PM PDT  The Cuisinart air fryer toaster oven is one of our favorite air fryers—and you can get it at a great low price right now.
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| Cambodia confirms US-funded defence facility has been razed Posted: 03 Oct 2020 11:55 PM PDT  Cambodia has razed a US-funded defence facility on its southern coast, the deputy prime minister confirmed Sunday, the latest move in the ongoing controversial expansion of a strategically crucial naval base being developed with Chinese aid.
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