| Hillary Clinton knocks Trump's liability waiver for Oklahoma rally Posted: 12 Jun 2020 10:47 AM PDT  Clinton chided Trump's campaign for resuming large rallies amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and obliging those seeking tickets to his first event to sign a liability waiver.
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| A 70-year-old man was hospitalized with COVID-19 for 62 days. Then he received a $1.1 million hospital bill, including over $80,000 for using a ventilator. Posted: 13 Jun 2020 10:01 AM PDT  Michael Flor was billed $9,736 each day he stayed in the ICU, and $2,835 per day for use of a ventilator, the Seattle Times reported.
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| Airman may face death penalty in California cop killing Posted: 12 Jun 2020 05:46 PM PDT  The sheriff's deputy reached a house at the end of the narrow Northern California dirt road and decided getting help from more deputies would be a good idea. The van's driver, officials say, was U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Carrillo, who lay in wait for more law enforcement to arrive before ambushing them from the steep hillside above in a barrage of gunfire and explosives. Carrillo, 32, was charged with 19 offenses, including murder and attempted murder of peace officers, and was calm and unflinching Friday during his first appearance in Santa Cruz Superior Court.
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| Seattle Police Chief: ‘We’re Not Able to Get to’ 911 Calls for ‘Rape, Robbery’ in Autonomous Zone Posted: 12 Jun 2020 05:47 AM PDT  The head of the Seattle's Police Department told officers in a video address on Thursday that the decision to abandon the city's Third Precinct to activists was "not my decision," and has prevented the department from responding to emergency calls in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.Police Chief Carmen Best, who joined Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan at a news conference Thursday afternoon, revealed that "ultimately the city had other plans for the building and relented to public pressure.""You should know, leaving the precinct was not my decision," Best told her fellow officers. "You fought for days to protect it. I asked you to stand on that line. Day in and day out, to be pelted with projectiles, to be screamed at, threatened and in some cases hurt. Then to have a change of course nearly two weeks in, it seems like an insult to you and our community."On Wednesday, the Seattle Police Department said it would try to reopen the East Precinct, and Best was able to visit the location on Thursday. "Our calls for service have more than tripled," she told reporters. "These are responses to emergency calls — rapes, robberies, and all sorts of violent acts that have been occurring in the area that we're not able to get to."At the press conference with Durkan, who claimed the occupants of the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" (CHAZ) were engaging in an act of "patriotism," Best remained noncommittal on a when police might return to the area, but explained that the evacuation had come after reports that the precinct could be burned down."We were asked to do an operational plan, in case we needed to leave," Best said, not saying who exactly gave the order to withdraw. "We got an update that there was the potential for fire — of course if the precinct goes down in fire, the whole block could potentially burn up."Best also clarified that her department had not received "any formal reports" of CHAZ occupants extorting businesses, after saying in the video address that police had heard of "armed people" in the area "demanding payment from business owners in exchange for protection."Michael Solan, the head of Seattle's police union, also slammed the decision to leave the precinct, calling it "the closest I've seen to our country becoming a lawless state.""Where is the safety of the reasonable community of the city of Seattle? To me, that is absolutely appalling, and I am embarrassed being a Seattle resident to even talk about this," Solan told Tucker Carlson.
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| NYPD lieutenant apologizes to colleagues for kneeling during protest Posted: 12 Jun 2020 11:11 AM PDT  The lieutenant told his colleagues he had trouble sleeping after he "made a horrible decision to give into a crowd of protesters demands and kneeled alongside several other officers."
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| Fresh China cluster raises fears for pandemic control Posted: 13 Jun 2020 01:59 PM PDT  Lockdowns were imposed in parts of Beijing on Saturday to try to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus cluster, highlighting the challenges that lie ahead even for places where outbreaks are under control. There are fears of a resurgence in local transmissions in China, where the outbreak curve has been months ahead of the rest of the world, and comes as many European nations are further lifting lockdowns. The pandemic is still surging elsewhere, particularly in Latin America, with Brazil claiming the unenviable position of having the world's second-highest death toll, behind the United States.
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| Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says it destroyed missile targeting Saudi Arabia Posted: 13 Jun 2020 06:27 AM PDT |
| Cuomo: ‘You don’t need to protest — you won’ Posted: 13 Jun 2020 09:37 AM PDT  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed protesters during a briefing on Saturday and asked, "What do you want the police department to be in New York City?"
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| Head of Naval Aviation Schools Command, Another Navy Pilot Killed in Plane Crash Posted: 12 Jun 2020 02:47 PM PDT  Two naval aviators were killed when their civilian single-engine aircraft crashed in Alabama.
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| Deputies Claim They Killed a Black Man in His Home When He Tried to Grab a Gun. His Family Says Otherwise. Posted: 12 Jun 2020 10:34 AM PDT  A Los Angeles man was fatally shot in his home by deputies Thursday morning in a tragic domestic dispute call gone wrong. His family, however, insists the tragic incident could have been avoided if authorities didn't prematurely pull the trigger. Michael "Blue" Thomas, 62, was killed in his living room in the early hours on Thursday after Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies responded to a domestic dispute call, a spokesperson told The Daily Beast. But while authorities claim Thomas was shot after reaching for one of the deputy's guns, his fiancée and attorney insist the opposite—that he was turning away. "They broke the front down and they grabbed Mr. Thomas immediately," Bradley Gage, the family's attorney, told The Daily Beast on Friday. "As they were holding him, they hurt him by twisting his arm. At that point, because he was uncomfortable, Mr. Thomas tried to move and one deputy just stepped back and shot him.""He was murdered without justification," he added. "It was 100 percent avoidable." According to the Sheriff's Department, deputies responded to a "domestic violence in progress call" in Lancaster at around 5:30 a.m. The 911 call was made by Thomas's fiancée, Kimberly. She later told deputies she "was assaulted by the suspect," according to a statement from authorities."During the call to 911, she never speaks to the operator but rather the phone line is left open," the statement said. "For several minutes arguing and fighting between the caller and the suspect can be heard in the background."Once deputies arrived, authorities said they tried to detain Thomas, but he "refused to comply with the deputy's orders and an altercation" ensued. "During the altercation, the suspect reached down and attempted to gain control of one of the deputy's firearms. It was at that time when a deputy-involved shooting occurred," the statement said. However, Gage said that Thomas did not own a weapon and was only having a verbal argument with his fiancée when police arrived—which police could have observed "from a window outside instead of barging in." He said that Kimberly did not go into detail with him about why she initially called the police—but he noted that the pair had lived together for 21 years and often communicated loudly because she is "mostly deaf." "The claim that he reached for a gun is completely false," Gage added, noting that the incident "completely defies the fourth amendment." "He was disabled, he had problems with his hands. It would have been painful for him to try to grab a gun."In an interview with CBS Los Angeles, which first reported the shooting, Kimberly also said that Thomas never tried to grab one of the deputies' guns. "I heard Michael say, 'I have a right to not let you in the house,'" she said. Authorities said Thomas was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No deputies were injured. Gage, who has represented police officers and victims of officer-involved assaults for more than 35 years, stated that Thursday's incident was a violation of the constitution. He was demanding accountability for all the officers involved. He said the officer who shot Thomas should be charged and the other deputies who were present should come forward and "admit the criminal act.""It's time to take ownership," Gage said.Black Lives Matter Protests Over George Floyd's Death Spread Across the CountryThe Sheriff's Department told The Daily Beast that the Homicide Bureau, internal affairs and the county's Office of the Inspector General are doing separate investigations—which is standard procedure during officer-involved shootings. It was not immediately clear if any of the officers involved had been disciplined for the Thursday incident. The fatal shooting comes as residents in all 50 states have taken to the streets, engaging in both peaceful and destructive protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. While demonstrators are speaking out against racial injustice and police brutality, many of them have been met with further violence from law enforcement. It has prompted several cities to confront the brutal methods used by their own police officers, many of them captured in harrowing video footage. But for Gage, Thursday's incident is another painful reminder that law enforcement reform has a long way to go. "There is no doubt in my mind that if Mr. Thomas was white, he would be alive today," he said. 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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| Mississippi faces reckoning on Confederate emblem in flag Posted: 13 Jun 2020 07:00 AM PDT  The young activists who launched a protest movement after George Floyd's death are bringing fresh energy to a long-simmering debate about the Confederate battle emblem that white supremacists embedded within the Mississippi state flag more than 125 years ago. Anti-racism protests have toppled Confederate statues and monuments across the United States in recent days, and even NASCAR banned the display of the rebel flag. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves rejects the idea of a legislative vote on erasing the symbol.
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| Washington protesters sue Donald Trump and other officials over violent clearing for photo op Posted: 12 Jun 2020 11:19 AM PDT  A number of protesters are suing Donald Trump and other officials over their treatment during a George Floyd demonstration at Lafayette Square in Washington on 1 June.The protesters have filed the suit, reported by Politico, alongside the Washington DC chapter of Black Lives Matter, alleging that their forced clearance from the area while peacefully protesting violated their constitutional rights.
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| Police converge at Paris' Arc de Triomphe to protest government line Posted: 13 Jun 2020 03:26 PM PDT |
| Egypt accuses Ethiopia of holding it "hostage" in Nile dam talks Posted: 13 Jun 2020 09:46 AM PDT  Egypt said Saturday that tripartite talks with Ethiopia and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam on the River Nile were deadlocked because of Addis Ababa's "intransigence". The Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a source of tension in the Nile River basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on it nearly a decade ago.
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| The Biggest Threat To Russia's Borei-Class Submarine Comes From Within The Russian Navy Posted: 12 Jun 2020 06:00 PM PDT  On the surface, Borei vessels appear remarkably cost-effective.
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| Brazil overtakes UK to have second highest Covid-19 death toll in the world Posted: 13 Jun 2020 02:50 AM PDT  Brazil on Friday overtook the UK to claim the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world, behind the United States. The country's health ministry recorded 909 deaths in the past 24 hours, putting the total at 41,828, ahead of the UK's 41,481. Unlike the UK, Latin America's biggest economy remains far off flattening its coronavirus infection curve, with experts warning a peak of daily deaths may not arrive until August. Observers believe the actual number of cases in Brazil could be far higher than the confirmed figure of 828,810. Gravediggers are working 12-hour shifts in a race to keep up with the toll, while images showing lines upon lines of empty graves waiting to be filled have shocked the world.
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| Canada indigenous chief Allan Adam battered during arrest Posted: 13 Jun 2020 03:20 AM PDT  A violent arrest and police custody deaths have ignited anti-police brutality protests across Canada.
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| Beijing goes into 'wartime mode' and locks down after a spike in coronavirus cases emerge at a wholesale market Posted: 13 Jun 2020 02:30 AM PDT  The discovery has prompted the capital to immediately ban inter-province tourism, shut schools, and suspend sports events.
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| AP PHOTOS: Venezuelan migrants make long trek back home Posted: 11 Jun 2020 09:06 PM PDT  A severe economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic has dashed the dreams of countless Venezuelans who fled their crisis-torn country in what had been one of the largest mass migrations anywhere in recent years. Now Colombia migration authorities estimate nearly 75,000 have made the journey back, traveling tiring miles by foot and bus. Many are arriving at the border crossing in the city of Cucuta only to find they will have to wait longer: Authorities in Venezuela allow only a few hundred to enter and just on three days a week.
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| The woman who said she was fired from the Florida Health Department for refusing to alter coronavirus statistics is now publishing data on her own Posted: 13 Jun 2020 01:09 PM PDT  Rebekah Jones was fired for "repeated course of insubordination" according to the state, though she said it was for refusing to alter COVID-19 data.
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| Does Fauci wear a mask when he goes running? Posted: 12 Jun 2020 01:41 PM PDT  Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a dedicated runner, answers a question at the center of his two passions: Does he wear a mask when going for a run?
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| U.S. appeals court skeptical of bid by ex-Trump adviser Flynn to end criminal case Posted: 12 Jun 2020 03:13 AM PDT  A U.S. appeals court on Friday appeared skeptical of the Justice Department's unprecedented effort to drop a criminal case against President Donald Trump's former adviser Michael Flynn, signaling no quick end to the politically charged prosecution. U.S. Circuit Judge Karen Henderson, an appointee of President George H.W. Bush, said the lower-court judge overseeing the case was not a "rubber stamp" and there was nothing wrong with U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan hearing arguments about whether to let the Justice Department drop the case.
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| Far-right demonstrators gather in London to 'protect' statues Posted: 13 Jun 2020 11:58 AM PDT  'Winston Churchill, he's one of our own,' chanted right-wing demonstrators near the former prime minister's statue, which was sprayed with graffiti by anti-racism protesters last weekend.
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| Voter registration is soaring, but impact on November is unclear Posted: 13 Jun 2020 06:38 AM PDT  One group, Voter Participation Center, is seeing a 250% increase in online voter registration applications.
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| Historical Fact: North Korea Once Captured an Entire U.S. Navy Ship Posted: 12 Jun 2020 08:30 PM PDT  The USS Pueblo remains the only commissioned U.S. ship currently being held captive.
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| Uncertainty as Spain puts virus death toll 'on hold' Posted: 13 Jun 2020 09:31 AM PDT  For days now, Spain's daily coronavirus death toll has been on hold, generating widespread uncertainty about the real state of the epidemic that has claimed more than 27,000 lives. The health ministry's emergencies coordinator Fernando Simon, who for months has given a daily briefing on the pandemic's evolution, acknowledged the "astonishment" and "confusion" generated by the figures. On May 25, the ministry changed its method of collecting data on confirmed cases and fatalities, initially giving a daily death toll of between 50 and 100.
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| Secret Service says it used pepper spray on Lafayette Square protesters Posted: 13 Jun 2020 01:59 PM PDT  The agency initially denied it had used pepper spray to clear demonstrators.
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| Putin attends first public event after months of lockdown Posted: 12 Jun 2020 05:38 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday showed up at a ceremony marking the national holiday — the first big public event he has attended since announcing a nationwide lockdown more than two months ago. Putin observed the hoisting of the national flag at a memorial park in western Moscow and then took part in an award ceremony. Putin pointed to the nation's "thousand-year history full of pages of great glory and pride, the unrivaled bravery of our ancestors and their love for their country."
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| Bars in Florida, Texas, and Arizona close after employees tested positive amid spike in new coronavirus cases Posted: 13 Jun 2020 12:46 PM PDT  Recent weeks have seen several states with record-high jumps in cases and hospitalizations in the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Vast amounts of Venezuelan oil are hidden en route to China, bypassing U.S. sanctions - data, documents Posted: 12 Jun 2020 04:20 AM PDT  Last year, China replaced the United States as the No. 1 importer of oil from Venezuela, yet another front in the heated rivalry between Washington and Beijing. The United States had imposed sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil company as part of a bid to topple that country's socialist president, Nicolas Maduro. U.S. refineries stopped buying Venezuelan crude.
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| Juneteenth: Trump changes Tulsa Oklahoma rally date 'out of respect' Posted: 13 Jun 2020 02:22 AM PDT  The date of his first rally in months would have fallen on a holiday marking the end of US slavery.
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| Police 'woefully undertrained' on using force, experts say Posted: 11 Jun 2020 10:40 PM PDT  Seattle officers hold down a protester, and one repeatedly punches him in the face. In another run-in, officers handcuff a looting suspect on the ground, one pressing a knee into his neck — the same tactic used on George Floyd. The officers were captured on videos appearing to violate policies on how to use force just days after Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police, setting off nationwide protests.
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| Fresh Lebanon protests over spiralling economic crisis Posted: 13 Jun 2020 08:37 AM PDT  Dozens of demonstrators angered by a deepening economic crisis rallied for a third consecutive day on Saturday after a night of violent riots sparked condemnation from the political elite. In the northern city of Tripoli, young men scuffled with security forces who fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds. The stand-off began after young men blocked a highway to prevent a number of trucks carrying produce destined for Syria from passing through, according to the official National News Agency.
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| Sarah Sanders: we must have law and order to be a country without chaos, anarchy Posted: 12 Jun 2020 11:41 AM PDT  Former White House press secretary and Fox News contributor Sarah Sanders reacts to Trump's 'law and order' message.
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| Human trials for a COVID-19 vaccine to start ahead of schedule Posted: 12 Jun 2020 11:14 AM PDT |
| The U.S. Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun Will Fire Supersonic Ammo Posted: 11 Jun 2020 10:00 PM PDT  The next-generation hypervelocity projectile — a supersonic shell capable of striking targets up to 100 nautical miles away at speeds approaching Mach 6.
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| Texas reported its highest hospitalization rates since the coronavirus began but officials have no plans to halt reopening plans Posted: 13 Jun 2020 06:34 AM PDT  More than 2,100 people in the state have been hospitalized with the coronavirus as plans to reopen businesses push ahead.
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| A white Wisconsin lawyer was charged with a hate crime after spitting on a 17-year-old Black protester Posted: 13 Jun 2020 07:20 AM PDT  Stephanie Rapkin was seen on video spitting on the Black Lives Matter protester after parking her car in the way of the anti-racist demonstration.
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| Pence says he was "encouraged" to stay at White House, not join Trump at church Posted: 12 Jun 2020 05:03 PM PDT  The vice president gave an interview to CBS News Radio in Pittsburgh Friday.
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| Oklahoma cop faces backlash but won't apologize after saying African Americans 'probably ought to be' shot more by police Posted: 11 Jun 2020 11:48 PM PDT  A top police commander in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is "under review" after citing what he called "alternative data" during a local radio interview this week.
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| Biden's VP list narrows: Warren, Harris, Susan Rice, others Posted: 12 Jun 2020 12:35 PM PDT  Joe Biden's search for a running mate is entering a second round of vetting for a dwindling list of potential vice presidential nominees, with several black women in strong contention. Democrats with knowledge of the process said Biden's search committee has narrowed the choices to as few as six serious contenders after initial interviews. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kamala Harris of California, as well as Susan Rice, who served as President Barack Obama's national security adviser.
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| France says 'no nuclear accident' during submarine fire Posted: 13 Jun 2020 06:11 AM PDT  A fire that raged for 14 hours on one of France's nuclear-powered attack submarines did not lead to an atomic accident as steps were taken to protect its reactor, the defence minister said Saturday. The submarine was under renovation in the southern base of Toulon when the blaze broke out at about 10:30 am (0830 GMT) on Friday in a hard-to-access part of the lower bow section, the navy said. "There was a fire, but no, there was not a nuclear accident," Defence Minister Florence Parly said.
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| Taiwan builds 'nerd immunity' to resist Chinese disinformation campaigns Posted: 12 Jun 2020 09:07 PM PDT  In the battle to counter the modern-day scourge of weaponised online disinformation, Taiwan has locked on to a winning strategy – "nerd immunity". Building public awareness and "inoculating" the 23-million-strong population to fake news from China has been one of the chief goals of Audrey Tang, Taiwan's ground-breaking digital minister. Sitting just 80 miles from China, Taiwan has been on the frontlines not only of the coronavirus pandemic but an "infodemic" of online disinformation. But the bombardment of Chinese state-sponsored influence has also made it a world leader in identifying and tackling disinformation. "When the majority of the population have this exposure and this inoculation, this builds nerd immunity," Ms Tang, one of the world's top open source software developers, told the Sunday Telegraph in an interview last week. "It's the Taiwan model. Just like we fight the coronavirus with no lockdown, we fight the infodemic with no takedown," said the former hacker who, in 2016, made history as Taiwan's youngest ever, and first transgender, minister at 35.
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