| 9 easy Thanksgiving side dishes Michelin-starred chefs swear by Posted: 14 Nov 2020 04:01 AM PST  Insider asked Michelin-starred chefs to share their favorite Thanksgiving side dishes, plus their tips so you can easily re-create them.
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| Elon Musk says he's positive for COVID-19, and NASA won't let him attend SpaceX's astronaut launch on Sunday Posted: 15 Nov 2020 06:44 AM PST  Musk's positive tests couldn't have come at a worse time: SpaceX is set to launch four NASA astronauts into orbit for its Crew-1 mission on Sunday.
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| Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Muslim media figure, says she was singled out after arrest at Newark Airport Posted: 14 Nov 2020 02:40 PM PST  Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, a New Brunswick native, was booted from an American Airlines plane at after a white male filed a complaint against her.
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| Mother of college student who died following pancake eating competition drops lawsuit Posted: 13 Nov 2020 10:49 AM PST  Caitlin Nelson's family blamed Sacred Heart university for allowing 2017 event
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| How Ronald Reagan’s Coded Racism Paved the Way for Trump Posted: 15 Nov 2020 01:58 AM PST  A former entertainment personality decides, in his later years, to go into politics. To curry favor with the Republican Party whose nomination he seeks, he cozies up to red-state extremists and evangelicals via a healthy dose of racist dog whistles. He couples that with decrying communists, liberalism, and anyone out in the streets protesting for social justice. To top it off, he then aligns himself with corporate America, running on a pro-free market, anti-regulation, tax-cutting ticket that aims to benefit the 1-percenters who make up the most powerful portion of his base—and help keep him and his family living in the lap of luxury.Sound familiar? Of course it does, although in this instance, I'm not talking about our outgoing president, Donald Trump, but our 40th commander-in-chief, Ronald Reagan.Such similarities are hard to miss in The Reagans, Matt Tyrnauer's four-part Showtime docuseries (premiering Sunday, Nov. 15) about the beloved (by some) Republican president and his wife Nancy. A skillful assemblage of archival footage and talking-head interviews with former colleagues, journalists, and scholars, it casts a critical gaze at the Gipper, investigating his rise to power—and subsequent ability to charm the mainstream even through tumultuous times—from a sober remove, free from the magnetic spell he cast over the public during his tenure as California's governor (1967-1975) and in the Oval Office (1981-1989). While it sometimes undercuts itself by leaning too heavily on certain voices, it's a valuable examination of a leader whose legacy is more complicated than it often appears, and whose political career established the foundations upon which the present Republican Party is built. A Connecticut Mom Was Slaughtered. Everyone Was a Suspect.Central to Tyrnauer's portrait are the concepts of storytelling and myth-making. After growing up during the Great Depression, which his parents survived thanks in large part to FDR's New Deal, Reagan parlayed his good looks and charisma into cinema stardom—or, at least, into numerous B-movie parts and roles that took advantage of his handsome stoutness. Thanks to bad eyesight, he wasn't able to enlist in WWII, but from the beginning—and, to some extent, with the help of gossip columnist Louella Parsons—he was able to fashion a persona predicated on all-American wholesomeness by appearing in wartime propaganda movies, Westerns, and Knute Rockne, All American, which allowed him to figuratively fulfill his gridiron dreams. He was a self-made man who willed himself into being a celebrity. As his son Ronald Reagan Jr. opines, "We're all the heroes of our own stories. He was just a little better at it than most people, I think."Reagan sought, at every turn, to blur the boundary between the myth of himself and that of the nation, until the two were wholly intertwined and indistinguishable from one another. That's true about his run for California governorship, in which he presented himself as a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington-esque good-guy outsider, just as it's true about Nancy's careful construction of their image as clean-cut, moral conservatives cast in a 1950s mold, with all the traditional gender dynamics (and racial intolerance) that came with it. More of a performer than a policy wonk (at series' end, he admits, "There have been times in this office when I've wondered how you could do the job if you hadn't been an actor"), Reagan comes across as a figure who both embodied and perpetuated myths as a means of getting ahead, whether that was with regard to civil rights (and his routine spiel about Jackie Robinson) or his famous contention that "Government is the problem."The Reagans skews more heavily toward the president than his power-behind-the-throne wife, who's depicted as cunning, doting, and devoid of any ideology of her own. The Ron and Nancy revealed here are shrewd, old-fashioned, in love with (and beholden to) the rich, and willing to do and say whatever was necessary to achieve their ends. Time and again, they created their own reality as a way of asserting control and masking the truth, and they were so successful in that endeavor that even when their objectionable conduct came to light—notably, with the Iran-Contra scandal—Reagan managed to escape catastrophe with his popularity, and legacy, intact. As underscored by this history lesson, Reagan continues to be defined less by any specific position or decision (or triumph, such as overseeing the end of the Cold War) than by the alternately tough yet fatherly aura he exuded, and the sunshiny image he presented of a flourishing America on the cusp of being great again.The Reagans censures Reagan for his pandering to racists through "Southern Strategy" coded language about "states' rights," demonizing Black women as "welfare queens," for his refusal to confront the AIDS crisis in a timely and compassionate fashion, and for his and Nancy's reliance on quack astrologer Joan Quigley for advice on virtually every important aspect of their lives. Seeking to examine the man rather than the legend, it condemns by crediting him with transforming the Republican Party into its current iteration: pro-business, pro-status quo, pro-intolerance, and pro-right-wing religiosity. Those attacks are launched with precision, although if there's a shortcoming to Tyrnauer's docuseries, it's that the most pro-Reagan speakers featured—Chief of Staff James Baker, Chief Political Strategist Stu Spencer, Grover Norquist—are rarely heard from during those extended passages that take Reagan to task. It's as if Tyrnauer doesn't want to complicate his portrait by hearing what acolytes think about such topics.This isn't a plea for both-sides-ism. Rather, it's to say that critical arguments are often strengthened by the idiocy, ugliness, or emptiness of those in the other camp, and The Reagans feels less assured of itself by frequently refusing to let Reagan cohorts and admirers comment on his unseemly actions (when this does happen, such as Baker exclaiming "They broke the law" about Iran-Contra, it bolsters the series' denunciation). Nonetheless, Tyrnauer's thorough non-fiction effort serves as an insightful corrective to the one-dimensional Reagan hero-worship in which so many conservatives partake. It attempts to understand yesterday from the more temperate perspective of today, and in doing so, exposes startling and disheartening parallels—be it Reagan's courting of deplorables, Dr. Anthony Fauci's critique of an administration that callously ignored a health crisis to the tune of thousands of lives, or the sight of Walter Cronkite and his CBS news pals foolishly laughing at the idea of a future Joe Biden presidency.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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| Pfizer vaccine could be key to conquering COVID-19 — but don’t throw away your mask yet Posted: 13 Nov 2020 12:03 PM PST 
Pfizer's announcement that its coronavirus vaccine candidate is more than 90 percent effective has created great excitement and hope for a return to normalcy. But questions remain about its safety data and distribution plan.
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| 2 children shot, one fatally, in CT home; woman arrested Posted: 14 Nov 2020 08:28 AM PST |
| Prince Harry is accused of 'trying to steal headlines' after his visit to US troop cemetery Posted: 13 Nov 2020 10:00 AM PST  But despite the angry comments, Prince Harry has a deep connection with military forces, including American troops.
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| 'Customers are calling us crying': scams and soaring prices as Californians move out Posted: 15 Nov 2020 03:00 AM PST  With housing prices and wildfires driving residents away, the moving business is booming – bringing its own set of problemsRecord numbers of residents have been leaving California in recent years, but in 2020 the growth of remote work, the lure of cheaper housing and a summer of unprecedented wildfires has accelerated the trend. As a result, the moving business in San Francisco's Bay Area is booming, but the surge has come with its own set of problems.Moving trucks are hard to find, prices to get out of the Bay are being pushed sky-high, and the supply side of the market – with high starting costs and because movers are required to obtain state licenses – has been slow to respond.The shortage has created openings for an underground moving economy complete with scammers who take advantage of desperate California escapees, left without easy options.Moving companies across the Bay have said they were booked up months in advance through the summer. It continued through the autumn – in typical years, the industry sees a lull after kids start school. A spokesperson at Gentle Giant moving company says it performed three times the number of moves out of San Francisco in September 2020 than a year earlier.Even at U-Haul stores – the rental truck retailer with the largest fleet across the US – trucks are in short supply. With so many trucks departing the Bay Area, the exodus has left an imbalance of returning vehicles. The shortage has sharply driven up truck prices for one-way trips out of town."Two households are moving out of California for every one moving in," says Mark Perry, a professor of economics and finance at the University of Michigan who has been studying the US migration market over the past few years. "U-Haul is pricing it based on the imbalance they see and they now have a shortage of trucks in San Francisco."U-Haul changes truck prices regularly, but Perry has noted the pattern over time. Checking online recently, he noted that trucks going from Phoenix to San Francisco were only $311, but going the other direction it cost $2,500 – roughly eight times more. He checked cities in other top destinations for Californians, including Texas, Washington and Nevada, and found all outbound rates to be exponentially higher than inbound ones. The high demand and high prices have created perfect market conditions for exploitation. Scammers are cashing in."There are hold-hostage cases where a mover will take possession of the belongings after agreeing to a price with the consumer, and then they will not give the belongings back unless the consumer pays well over and above what the agreed-to price was," says Yeaphana La Marr, the acting chief of the California bureau of household goods and services, which regulates the moving industry. "Some just take the belongings and they are never seen again by the people who contracted for a move."The agency is also trying to crack down on new movers who are entering the booming market without licensing or insurance required by the state. Legitimate movers fill out an application, pass a test, undergo a background check and put up a $500 filing fee to obtain a license, and they have to prove they have the necessary resources and coverage to operate."Unlicensed activity is a major problem in the household moving industry and it creates a lot of consumer harm," says La Marr. It is an accident-prone industry and customers could find themselves on the hook if they unknowingly hire a mover that doesn't have liability insurance or workers' compensation.The underground moving economy is hard to track, but La Marr says the bureau does investigations based on tips from the public or other agencies, including local law enforcement. The bureau has seen a 74% surge in consumer complaints about movers since last year. "We don't know whether Covid is a contributor or there are other factors, such as increased knowledge of the bureau," she adds, explaining that her agency only assumed administration of moving industry regulations in 2018.When an unauthorized mover is caught, the state will work with them to get licensed but some offenders are hit with citations, fines and, in some cases, jail time."For the more egregious violators, we would do a [district attorney] referral and that would be tried criminally," La Marr says, adding that violators can be charged up to $10,000 per move. "The penalties are really high. So it is shocking how large the underground economy is."Unlicensed movers also make things more difficult for legitimate movers, who are now competing with low-balled offers from less experienced workers and more flexible timelines."This is a profession. It is a difficult job. To do it over and over again and to do it well requires a high degree of skill and physical ability," says Steve Weitekamp, who heads the California Moving and Storage Association. Though this year has been good for business, he says his members have found it difficult to navigate, especially with constrained capacity.Moving companies have struggled to keep up. A spokesperson at Gentle Giant said several movers took voluntary leave due to family responsibilities and fears over catching the virus when the Covid-19 crisis hit, tightening already strained resources."We are frontline essential workers and we are put in different environments every day so it is high risk," La Marr says. "Because of Covid, because of the high demand, we are not able to handle everybody at the time they want." He has been frustrated to see customers flocking to quick-turnaround service and low prices rather than relying on trustworthy providers. It can come at a high cost."It's a weird scenario where you take everything you own, give it to somebody who you have never met before and they close the truck doors and drive away," he says. "You are just hoping they are going to come to the new residence."Chris Mayer, vice-president of Macy's Movers, a family-owned company that has operated in the Bay Area for over 100 years, says he tries to walk potential customers through the steps legitimate movers take, to show them why a shockingly low quote might end up costing more in the end. He said this year, he was seeing a lot more stress."It's horrible. Customers are calling us crying," he says. "They are scared. There are movers that didn't show up. There are movers that aren't calling them back. They can't even find U-Haul trucks. I have never seen a major panic like this in my life."But his calendar has been booked for weeks. People who haven't planned ahead or who got caught in a trap have to wait. "Consumers just have to be aware," he says. "[Offenders] know they got them where they want them because people are desperate to move tomorrow."Mayer, who has spent his life in California, says he gets why people are going. With business still booming well into what's typically a dead time of year, he doesn't see any signs that the departures are slowing. "It's supposed to calm down, but it's still crazy out there," he says.The people who lift and haul belongings for a living are also experiencing obstacles alongside the opportunities. Angelo Tavare, a 50-year-old Bay Area mover who has been in and out of the business over the last 30 years, says for the first time in his career he has had to take four back-to-back jobs a day – even when environmental conditions are less than ideal.He worked through the early days of the pandemic when little was known about how the virus was transmitted, when the wildfire smoke was so thick it blotted out the sun, when the air quality was dangerous, and during heatwaves that pushed local temperatures into triple digits."It was killing me," he says, adding that when the air quality is bad, things move more slowly. "You feel it, you really do."
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| Iran mocks Al-Qaeda No. 2 killed in Tehran report Posted: 14 Nov 2020 02:49 AM PST  Iran on Saturday dismissed a US newspaper report that Al-Qaeda's second-in-command was killed in Tehran by Israeli agents as "made-up information" and denied the presence of any of the Sunni jihadist group's members in the Islamic republic.
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| President-elect Joe Biden is summoning our better angels. Will we listen? Posted: 15 Nov 2020 02:00 AM PST  Joe Biden echoed other presidents who took power during times of national anxiety. It resembles Jerry Ford's "straight talk among friends."
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| In Wyoming, a Covid surge, a struggling energy economy and thriving haven for the rich Posted: 15 Nov 2020 03:00 AM PST  As the state becomes the superrich's go-to, residents are out of work and dealing with a massive spike in cases.
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| Nasa SpaceX launch: Astronaut crew primed for 'routine' flight Posted: 15 Nov 2020 05:08 AM PST  Nasa says we're now in the new "operational" era of commercial astronaut taxi services.
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| The family of a 15-year-old Black boy found dead in a sugar cane field is likening his death to Emmett Till's Posted: 14 Nov 2020 08:36 PM PST  Quawan "Bobby" Charles' family posted a photo of the 15-year-old's body, putting it side-by-side with one of Emmett Till's to compare them.
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| Allegra Stratton attacks 'unpleasant' Downing Street officials following Cummings resignation Posted: 15 Nov 2020 09:12 AM PST  The new face of Downing Street, Allegra Stratton, has criticised a group of Boris Johnson's former advisers for treating people "discourteously and unpleasantly", following the exit of Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain from Number 10. Ms Stratton, a former journalist who has been selected by the Prime Minister to front Downing Street's televised news briefings, is a key member of the anti-Cummings faction of Mr Johnson's administration. Alongside Carrie Symonds, Mr Johnson's girlfriend, Ms Stratton objected to a culture of negative briefing by Downing Street officials. Ms Stratton was left in tears on Saturday after briefings from sources loyal to Mr Cummings and Mr Cain suggested she had orchestrated a coup against them. Other briefings suggested Ms Stratton was not the Prime Minister's first choice to fill the Downing Street press secretary role. She told the Observer: "I am upset because I was only ever trying to do the right thing by the country. And the country does not want to be run by people in No 10 who treat people discourteously and unpleasantly." Another source in the Cummings camp revealed Ms Symonds was privately nicknamed "Princess Nut Nut" by some officials. Open warfare between rival factions in Downing Street began after it was reported that Mr Johnson intended to report Mr Cain as his chief of staff, a powerful position at the Prime Minister's side. Ms Stratton, Ms Symonds and other advisers objected to Mr Cain's appointment, while Mr Cummings supported it, The Telegraph understands. Mr Cain is a member of the so-called "Vote Leave" faction of Downing Street officials, who know Mr Johnson and each other from the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, which Mr Cummings led. The dispute between rival groups ultimately led to Mr Cain and Mr Cummings' resignation, although it is understood both may continue to work for the Government from home until the end of the year. Ms Stratton's comments on Sunday were the first she has made publicly on the subject. Friends of the adviser - who previously worked on the image of the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak - said she believed there was a "laddish" culture in Downing Street. Mr Cain denies briefing journalists against her. Mr Johnson's choice of a new chief of staff will affect the balance of power in Downing Street after the apparent victory of the Symonds/Stratton faction over the "Vote Leave" group. The Prime Minister was on Sunday urged to appoint a figure that would be popular with his own backbenchers, many of whom have looked on in dismay at the infighting in Downing Street at a crucial point in the Government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Sir Charles Walker, vice-chair of the 1922 committee of Tory MPs, told Times Radio: "I'm meant to pick up on colleagues' concerns and the concerns were that actually we don't feel part of this journey and that's not a good place for a government to be in. "When you don't feel part of a journey problems start to arise. "It's just a feeling that there are people at Number 10 who are interested in what we think and want to relay what we think back to the Prime Minister who can't always be in the tea room and around."
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| Palestinians torn as Israel seeks Gulf tourists in Jerusalem Posted: 14 Nov 2020 11:15 PM PST  When the United Arab Emirates agreed to normalize relations with Israel, the Palestinians decried the move as a "betrayal" of both Jerusalem, where they hope to establish the capital of their future state, and the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the city's holiest Muslim site. "There will be some benefits for the Palestinian sector of tourism, and this is what I'm hoping for," said Sami Abu-Dayyeh, a Palestinian businessman in east Jerusalem who owns four hotels and a tourism agency.
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| Peru interim leader under pressure to quit after two die in protests Posted: 14 Nov 2020 05:23 PM PST  Peru's interim president, Manuel Merino, came under growing pressure on Sunday to resign after more than half his new cabinet stepped down following the deaths of two people in protests over the sudden ouster of his predecessor. Thousands of Peruvians have staged some of the country's largest protests in decades - mostly peaceful but increasingly marred by clashes - since the Congress voted last Monday to remove Martin Vizcarra as president over bribery allegations, which he denies. The political shakeup has come as Peru, the world's No. 2 copper producer, battles the coronavirus pandemic and what is expected to be its worst economic contraction in a century.
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| Trump loses election lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Michigan, drops Arizona case Posted: 13 Nov 2020 11:12 AM PST  Judges have dealt double blows to President Trump's longshot attempts to disqualify enough ballots to win the presidency.On Friday, a Michigan judge rejected an injunction claiming election irregularities were rampant in Detroit's Wayne County. Trump supporters' lawsuit claimed the vote count was plagued by fraud, but Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny said the suit didn't prove he should halt certification of the vote or order it to be audited, Bloomberg reports.Also on Friday, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia rejected Republicans' attempt to toss out 9,300 mail-in ballots that arrived late, CBS Pittsburgh reports. The suit was filed by legal group Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, which withdrew from representing Trump's campaign earlier Friday.And as President-elect Joe Biden's lead grew in Arizona, the Trump campaign dropped its legal challenges throughout Maricopa County, CNBC reports. "The tabulation of votes statewide has rendered unnecessary a judicial ruling as to the presidential electors," Trump's campaign said in a Friday filing. Biden's leads in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia are even wider than his edge in Arizona.Trump did secure a small win Thursday when a Pennsylvania court ruled election officials couldn't count a small number of mail ballots from people who failed to provide proper identification, as Pennsylvania's secretary of state didn't have the authority to extend that deadline in the first place. The combined number of ballots Trump's campaign disputed in Pennsylvania would be far from enough to negate Biden's margin.More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater' Texas senator suggests it's too soon to declare Biden the winner because Puerto Rico is still counting votes
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| El Paso COVID-19 ruling could impact Houston Posted: 13 Nov 2020 04:58 PM PST  Some small business owners are worried a new presidential administration may bring an unbearable lockdown that their businesses won't survive.
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| America’s longest serving nonviolent cannabis prisoner to be released after 32-year sentence Posted: 13 Nov 2020 12:17 PM PST  'It feels amazingly wonderful to know that I will be home with my family and loved ones very soon'
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| Lawyers for 1st woman to face federal execution in decades have Covid, seek delay Posted: 14 Nov 2020 09:52 AM PST  Her lawyers say in a lawsuit that they are ill because Attorney General Bill Barr "recklessly scheduled Mrs. Montgomery's execution in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic."
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| Letter from Africa: Culture clash over Nigeria's rival alphabets Posted: 14 Nov 2020 05:11 PM PST  A court case of the use of Arabic script on the local currency reveals deep cultural and religious divides.
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| Germans should brace for 4-5 months of severe COVID-19 measures, minister says Posted: 15 Nov 2020 01:52 AM PST  Germans should brace for another 4-5 months of severe measures to halt the rise in coronavirus infections and should not expect the current rules to be eased quickly, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told weekly Bild am Sonntag. Germany has imposed a set of measures dubbed a "lockdown light" to rein in the second wave of the pandemic that the country is seeing in common with much of the rest of Europe. Data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday that the number of confirmed cases in Germany increased by 16,947 to 790,503.
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| Latin American nations should be luring factories from China. But most are asleep at the wheel | Opinion Posted: 13 Nov 2020 04:23 PM PST  Amid all the gloom and doom about its current economic crisis, Latin America has a golden opportunity to grow — thanks to several potentially favorable world trends. But the big question is whether the region will take advantage of them, instead of getting distracted by stupid issues.
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| Turkey's Erdogan says Cyprus made up of 'two separate states' Posted: 15 Nov 2020 05:31 AM PST  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday he favours a permanent division of Cyprus into two states, during a visit to the breakaway Turkish-held north decried as a "provocation" by the internationally recognised Greek-speaking south.
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| 'All wars must end': Top US military official reportedly acknowledges 'it's time to come home' in memo Posted: 13 Nov 2020 08:23 PM PST  "All wars must end," the acting defense secretary reportedly said in a recent memo to Defense Department employees.
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| Barack Obama rules out role in Biden cabinet – 'Michelle would leave me' Posted: 15 Nov 2020 08:41 AM PST  The former president vows to help Biden 'in any ways that I can' but details toll his position took on wife's law careerBarack Obama would not take a position in Joe Biden's cabinet if the president-elect offered it – because if he did, he fears, Michelle Obama would leave him.The 44th president made the remark in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, two days ahead of publication of his memoir, A Promised Land. He was due to speak to CBS again, for 60 Minutes, on Sunday night.Biden, Obama's vice-president from 2009 to 2017, is preparing to become the 46th president in January, having defeated Donald Trump at the polls.Asked how he will help Biden, Obama said: "He doesn't need my advice, and I will help him in any ways that I can. Now, I'm not planning to suddenly work on the White House staff or something."Susan Rice and Michelle Flournoy are among Obama administration veterans reportedly being considered for key posts under Biden.Asked if he would consider a cabinet position, Obama said: "There are some things I would not be doing because Michelle would leave me. She'd be like, what? You're doing what?"The Obamas have enough to occupy their time as it is, not least through establishing a charitable foundation and fulfilling a production deal with Netflix.In his book, Obama considers what his meteoric rise to the US Senate and then the White House meant for his marriage to Michelle and family life with their daughters, Sasha and Malia."My career in politics, with its prolonged absences, had made it even tougher" for his wife to pursue her own law career, he writes. "More than once Michelle had decided not to pursue an opportunity that excited her but would have demanded too much time away from the girls."… With my election [as president] she'd been forced to give up a job with real impact for a role [as first lady] that – in its original design, at least – was far too small for her gifts."The Obamas' literary gifts have at least paid off. A Promised Land is part of a reported $65m deal with Penguin Random House that also covered Becoming, Michelle Obama's memoir, released in 2018, and which has sold more than 10m copies. The former president is expected to produce a second volume.Though Trump shows no sign of willingly giving up power, his memoirs are already the subject of speculation – and a rumoured $100m price tag.Another passage of Obama's CBS interview might have had resonance for the current president, had he been watching.Obama discussed what it is like to have the luxurious trappings of office, in this instance the presidential motorcade, inevitably taken away."I'm driving along," Obama said, laughing. "I'm still not driving, but [I'm] in the car. I'm in the car in the backseat and I'm looking at my iPad or something. And suddenly, we stop and I'm like, 'What's going on?' There's a red light. There's a car right next to us. Some kids are eating a burrito or something in the backseat."Back to life."
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| Letters to the Editor: The message from Prop. 15's failure? Leave Prop. 13 alone Posted: 15 Nov 2020 03:00 AM PST  The business community wants tax loopholes that violate the intent of Prop. 13 to be closed, but not in the way Prop. 15 would have done.
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| MAGA march in Washington, D.C., descends into chaos, violence Posted: 15 Nov 2020 04:53 AM PST  Thousands of people marched in the nation's capital, sparking clashes between Trump supports and counter-protesters.
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| In pictures: Diwali celebrations around the world Posted: 14 Nov 2020 10:04 AM PST  The festival of light is celebrated with candles and fireworks by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains worldwide.
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| Map: State-by-state breakdown of coronavirus travel restrictions Posted: 13 Nov 2020 01:37 PM PST  U.S. states and territories are making new rules for travelers. Find which ones across the United States have implemented travel restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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| Critics dispute McEnany's claim about MAGA march crowd size Posted: 14 Nov 2020 11:22 AM PST  White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday claimed that "more than one million" people came out to march in support of President Trump in Washington, D.C. as he continues to challenge the results of the presidential election, but several critics quickly dispelled that figure. The Washington Post, for instance, described the "falsehood" as "ludicrous."It's not that the crowd was completely sparse -- there's no official estimate, but reports indicate the actual numbers are in the thousands -- but it does not appear to be close to the image conjured up by McEnany.> We don't have exact figures, but the crowd is not remotely close to a million people. https://t.co/J4y0IJp2xm> > -- Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 14, 2020As some folks pointed out, Trump's time in office similarly began with a dispute over the size of his inauguration crowd, with the White House exaggerating the number of attendees, which appeared to pale in comparison to previous inaugurations. > From Spicer to McEnany...the Trump administration ends as it began: With a lie about crowd size. https://t.co/xiwn5TllD0> > -- Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) November 14, 2020More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater' Texas senator suggests it's too soon to declare Biden the winner because Puerto Rico is still counting votes
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| Column: Biden's foreign policy won't be Obama 2.0, and that might be a good thing Posted: 15 Nov 2020 05:00 AM PST  President-elect Joe Biden and his aides have staked out positions that chart a markedly different course from that of the Obama team they worked on four years ago.
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| Federal judge green-lights Cuban doctors’ human-trafficking lawsuit against health group Posted: 13 Nov 2020 02:30 PM PST  A federal judge has ruled that a human-trafficking lawsuit against the Pan American Health Organization filed by Cuban doctors who worked in Brazil can continue.
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| The Dakotas are ‘as bad as it gets anywhere in the world’ for Covid-19 as governor finally mandates masks Posted: 14 Nov 2020 01:37 PM PST  The states had largely dodged big outbreaks during the spring and summer
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