| Former counterterrorism chief: Trump defeat may prompt right-wing terror attacks Posted: 18 Aug 2020 12:09 PM PDT  The former head of the National Counterterrorism Center said he would not be surprised if right-wing domestic terrorist groups stage attacks in the United States around this November's presidential election.
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| Virginia state senator faces felony charges after protesters topple Confederate statue Posted: 18 Aug 2020 09:19 AM PDT  Sen. Louise Lucas is among six others charged in the June incident.
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| ‘Accept her dominion over you’: Tucker Carlson rages at Michelle Obama in ‘unhinged’ Fox News rant Posted: 19 Aug 2020 07:43 AM PDT  In an angry monologue on his Tuesday night show, Fox News host Tucker Carlson tore into Michelle Obama for her speech to the Democratic National Convention, accusing Democrats of elevating her to the level of a religious leader."Michelle Obama, it's fair to say, has done pretty well for herself," Mr Carlson said. "But what she wanted you to know last night is that she is still a victim. She and everyone who looks like her. So shut up and accept her dominion over you!"
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| Teens with nearly $2 million in narcotics arrested at border, feds say Posted: 18 Aug 2020 06:45 PM PDT  The 18-year-olds, who were not immediately identified, were caught after others loaded up the vehicle and then slipped away, authorities said.
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| Barr announces 1,000 arrests, including suspects in 90 murders under Operation Legend Posted: 19 Aug 2020 01:02 PM PDT  Suspects in 90 homicides have been arrested under Operation Legend, the Trump administration deployment of federal officers to nine U.S. cities so far
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| Disappointed UNC students are making tragic TikToks about their dorm rooms, bills, and roommates after campus housing closed due to COVID-19 outbreaks Posted: 19 Aug 2020 09:27 AM PDT  After the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill switched to remote learning, its students took their frustrations to TikTok.
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| Austrian Airlines fires a flight attendant for chanting anti-Semitic slogans at a far-right rally Posted: 19 Aug 2020 08:26 AM PDT  The ousted flight attendant, Christina Kohl, is running for a seat on the Vienna municipal council on a far-right ticket.
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| Democratic boundary breakers' night: Obama, Clinton, Harris Posted: 18 Aug 2020 10:15 PM PDT  The Democrats' historic boundary breakers are joining forces at the party's national convention in an urgent effort to rouse the diverse coalition Joe Biden will need to defeat President Donald Trump this fall. Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president, and Hillary Clinton, the first woman nominated for president by a major party, are speaking on Biden's behalf Wednesday night. American democracy might not survive another four years of Trump, Obama warns in excerpts released in advance.
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| Wife headed for prison fell off WV cliff, man tells feds. Then cops checked the closet Posted: 19 Aug 2020 11:50 AM PDT  Julie Wheeler had plans "to go into permanent hiding" after faking her own disappearance and subsequent death at a National Park in West Virginia, according to court filings.
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| Notre Dame reports record spike in Covid-19 cases as universities bring students back amid pandemic Posted: 18 Aug 2020 10:19 AM PDT  The University of Notre Dame has reported a record spike in Covid-19 cases as students began returning to the Indiana campus for fall classes despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.It was the largest single-day spike in cases reported by the university: On Tuesday, Notre Dame confirmed at least 147 Covid-19 cases on its campus, after just 58 cases were reported the day earlier.
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| 8 Top-Rated Wireless Headphones Deals You Don’t Want to Miss Today Posted: 19 Aug 2020 11:15 AM PDT |
| A 19-year-old who admitted to blackmail, revenge porn, and bullying won his primary race for the Kansas House and is now running unopposed Posted: 18 Aug 2020 10:15 AM PDT  Aaron Coleman, a 19-year-old who admitted to blackmail, revenge porn, and bullying, has won his primary race for the Kansas House of Representatives.
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| Hot, dry and dangerous: Firefighters are battling 29 wildfires across California amid triple-digit temperatures Posted: 17 Aug 2020 07:49 PM PDT  There are 29 active fires across the state as of Monday night, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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| Airbus' new long-range single-aisle jet is reportedly moving full steam ahead – here's why it's the perfect plane for airlines post-pandemic Posted: 19 Aug 2020 12:23 PM PDT  The Airbus A321XLR will soon be flying passengers on long-haul routes and replacing the wide-bodies that once dominated the skies above the Atlantic.
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| Lebanon's Hezbollah 'got power but lost the country' Posted: 19 Aug 2020 06:39 AM PDT  Fifteen years after the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, Hezbollah has risen to become the overarching power in a country that is now collapsing under its feet amid a series of devastating crises. A U.N.-backed tribunal on Tuesday convicted a member of the Iranian-backed group of conspiring to kill Hariri in a 2005 bombing and acquitted three others. The verdict came at a time when Lebanon's economy has collapsed.
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| Seized trawler had Australia's largest cocaine haul on board Posted: 18 Aug 2020 08:24 PM PDT  Cocaine pulled from a seized trawler was confirmed Wednesday to be Australia's largest haul of the illicit drug. The Coralynne was intercepted Saturday night after Australian intelligence officers saw it receive drugs transferred from a larger Chinese fishing boat that might have come from South America. The haul had been estimated at up to 1 metric ton (1.1 U.S. tons) of cocaine before it was weighed.
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| Reality TV star pays exotic dancer in murder-for-hire of nephew in Missouri, feds say Posted: 19 Aug 2020 11:33 AM PDT  The reality TV star took the teen's grandmother to the scene of the fatal shooting for an episode of the show.
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| Official who briefed Trump on Hurricane Florence said president was obsessed with which way storm was spinning 'like a 3rd grader' Posted: 19 Aug 2020 10:57 AM PDT  Former US Department of Homeland Security Chief Miles Taylor claimed Donald Trump was unfocused during security briefings, likening him to a distracted elementary school student.During an interview on CNN, Mr Taylor recounted a story about an interaction with Mr Trump during which he claimed the president became fascinated by the way hurricanes spin rather than staying focused on the potential damage and loss of life the storm could cause if the White House did not act.
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| Chinese politics students at Princeton 'will be given code names to protect identity from Beijing' Posted: 19 Aug 2020 10:54 AM PDT  American universities will reportedly offer Chinese students code names and the opportunity to opt-out of political discussions to protect them from being targeted under Beijing's new draconian national security law for Hong Kong. Several of America's top institutions will offer warning labels when their classes resume in the autumn, according to the Wall Street Journal, amid fears the new law could lead to students and teachers facing prosecution from Chinese authorities. Chinese politics students at Princeton University will be given codes to use instead of their names when submitting their work, while Harvard Business school will allow students to sit out class discussions on politically sensitive issues, the newspaper reported. The new national security law, aimed at stamping out anti-government protests in Hong Kong, gives the authorities the ability to impose lengthy jail terms for vaguely defined national security crimes, like subversion, secession, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces. Its reach has already been felt outside the city - with Beijing targeting Hong Kong activists based in the US earlier this month. The new rules also apply to those who are not Hong Kong residents, suggesting that foreigners who speak in support of the city's independence or criticise the administration could be prosecuted upon entering Hong Kong or mainland China.
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| DNC: Security guard who blurted ‘I love you’ to Biden last year nominates him for president Posted: 19 Aug 2020 01:41 PM PDT  Standing in front of an elevator, Brittany gave her pitch to the DNC, saying "I take powerful people up on my elevator all the time. ... But in the short time I spent with Joe Biden, I could tell he really saw me."
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| U.S. sailing near Taiwan 'extremely dangerous' says China Posted: 19 Aug 2020 05:17 AM PDT  China has told the U.S. Navy that its recent sailing near Taiwan is "extremely dangerous."
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| A Yale administrator told students to prepare for 'possibly deaths' — and it shows what a predictable disaster reopening is Posted: 19 Aug 2020 11:39 AM PDT  "We all should be emotionally prepared for widespread infections," a residential college head wrote in early July, the Yale Daily News reports.
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| California fires: Helicopter pilot killed while battling blaze Posted: 19 Aug 2020 05:40 PM PDT  The pilot was fighting fires which have forced thousands to flee their homes in central California.
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| Coronavirus case at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally prompts health department warning Posted: 19 Aug 2020 11:37 AM PDT  A person visited One-Eyed Jack's Saloon in Sturgis "while able to transmit the virus to others," officials said.
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| Toddler found wandering parking lot after car is stolen with her inside, TX cops say Posted: 19 Aug 2020 06:47 AM PDT  The 2-year-old girl was asleep in the backseat when the car was stolen, police say.
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| Portland protesters set fire to county government building Posted: 18 Aug 2020 10:55 PM PDT  Protesters in Portland broke out the windows of a county government building, sprayed lighter fluid inside and set a fire in a demonstration that started Tuesday night and ended Wednesday morning with clashes with police, officials said. The fire at the Multnomah Building damaged the county government's office of community involvement, where Oregon's first gay marriage took place and where protective gear has been distributed to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, said Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury. "This is the heart of our County, where people in our community come to get married, get their passports, and celebrate their cultural traditions and diversity," she said in a statement.
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| 15 Home Decor Styles We’re Shopping at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Posted: 19 Aug 2020 06:45 AM PDT |
| US tells Russia that China has secret and rapidly expanding nuclear warhead arsenal Posted: 19 Aug 2020 10:01 AM PDT  Arms control discussions between the US and Russia concluded Tuesday in Vienna, with both countries walking away from the table with concerns unaddressed.The most contentious element of the discussions involved China, and whether or not the country should be included in any future arms treaties.
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| Italian police hunt tourist who posed for selfie on Pompeii ruins Posted: 18 Aug 2020 04:30 AM PDT  Italian police are searching for a tourist who climbed on top of the ruins of Pompeii to take a selfie. Massimo Osanna, until recently the head of the archeological site and now director- general of Italy's heritage sites, called the young woman's behaviour "deplorable". Officials said she not only risked damaging the 2,000-year-old site but had also put herself in danger. Police are trying to identify the name, age and nationality of the woman from images she posted on social media as well as CCTV footage. She was also photographed by other tourists, who were appalled to see her clamber onto the ruins of Pompeii's thermal baths. If found and prosecuted, she faces a prison sentence of up to a year and a fine of up to €3,000 (£2,715). The visitor's behaviour prompted outrage among many Italians, who are wearily familiar with tourists treating their cultural heritage with a cavalier attitude, from skinny-dipping in Baroque fountains to clambering over classical statues. "It is never nice to wish ill towards someone but in this case it is impossible not to hope that the Carabinieri will identify her and apply the law severely," said an editorial in Corriere della Sera newspaper. Tourists are regularly caught chipping off bits of mosaic or pocketing lumps of masonry at Pompeii, which was buried by the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in AD 79. Bad behaviour by tourists is not confined to the ancient Roman site. Two weeks ago, an Austrian tourist accidentally snapped off the toes of a 200-year-old sculpture after lounging on it for a photograph. Security video footage from a museum in Possagno in northern Italy showed the 50-year-old nonchalantly resting on the statue of a woman by the 18th century sculptor Antonio Canova before realising with embarrassment that he had broken its toes:
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| Here are all the colleges that have suspended in-person classes or quarantined students because of COVID-19 Posted: 19 Aug 2020 12:49 PM PDT  The University of North Carolina and University of Notre Dame moved their classes online for the fall semester after COVID-19 outbreaks.
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| People showed up at the home of a New York Times photographer after Tucker Carlson named him on Fox News, according to a 911 call log Posted: 19 Aug 2020 03:58 AM PDT  Tristan Spinski had been assigned to cover Tucker Carlson's life in Maine, prompting an angry on-air response from the host.
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| Bill Clinton and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez illustrate the core tension of the Democratic Party Posted: 18 Aug 2020 07:36 PM PDT  Does America and its economy need a restoration or a revolution? At the Democratic National Convention, the question is still unsettled — and the resulting tension from that debate was on clear display Tuesday night in the not-quite dueling speeches of former President Bill Clinton and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).Clinton's message was clear: Biden had helped rescue the economy once before — in 2009, as the Great Recession raged, and Biden was ready to do it again. After all, the Obama-Biden recovery produced six straight years of job growth. What's not to like? Vice President Joe Biden's "work created a lot of new jobs and started many new companies in communities across our country," Clinton said. "Now Joe is committed to building America back again." If Clinton was jaunty — a "We got this!" twinkle in his eye — Ocasio-Cortez appeared to be in a darker mood. No restoration for her: Cortez is ready to build a new economy on the ashes of the old. America, she said, needs "a movement that realizes the unsustainable brutality of an economy that rewards explosive inequalities of wealth for the few at the expense of long-term stability for the many." Clinton's generation — now mostly retired — may look at the economy of their prime working years with some nostalgia. But Ocasio-Cortez's generation of young workers, now on their second once-in-a-lifetime recession, probably sees things differently. Studies show that even before the COVID-19 recession, millennials had put off marriage, parenthood, and homebuying — all the things that "adult" Americans supposedly do — because they didn't think they could afford them. The situation, of course, has only gotten worse. They are the "unluckiest generation." The Obama-Biden economy may not represent a triumph to them. Democratic voters selected Biden as the party's nominee over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), suggesting the "restoration" narrative carried the day for now. But millennials — who are more amenable to socialism than the generations before them — will soon be the elders, both in America and the Democratic Party.The revolution may be coming sooner than you think.More stories from theweek.com Joe Biden is already planning a failed presidency The elephant in the room at the DNC 5 brutally funny cartoons about Trump's assault on the Post Office
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| 4.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Death Valley and shakes Las Vegas, officials say Posted: 19 Aug 2020 12:13 PM PDT  The earthquake hit just days after Death Valley set a heat record.
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| Senator: 'I will be vindicated' in Confederate monument case Posted: 18 Aug 2020 03:04 PM PDT  A Virginia state senator charged with damaging a Confederate monument said Tuesday that she will beat the case against her. Police in the city of Portsmouth said Monday that they charged Lucas and several others with conspiracy to commit a felony and injury to a monument in excess of $1,000. The charges stem from a June 10 protest that drew hundreds of people to a Confederate monument in Portsmouth.
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| The Air Force Recovered a Live French Missile in Florida Posted: 19 Aug 2020 05:45 AM PDT  The missile was "like having a gun with a bullet in the chamber, but on safety."
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| Mike Bloomberg gives $60m to help Democrats in November as former campaign aides turn against him Posted: 18 Aug 2020 07:49 AM PDT  Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg is planning to spend around $60m (£45.5m) to help strengthen the Democratic House Majority in November, as his former aides have called for him to be pulled from speaking at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week.The investment, that was announced on Monday, will match the amount Bloomberg spent in midterm elections in 2018, that helped the Democrats flip control of the House away from Republicans, according to the Washington Post.
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| NY AG Letitia James called the NRA a 'terrorist organization.' Will it hurt her case? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 11:47 AM PDT  NY AG Letitia James said investigating the NRA would be her "top issue" if elected. She made good on her pledge, but will her comments hurt her case?
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| Pakistan's PM Khan plays down differences with ally Saudi Arabia Posted: 19 Aug 2020 02:04 AM PDT  Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has played down differences with longtime ally Saudi Arabia after his army chief visited Riyadh in a bid to ease a row over policy towards the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. The dispute, brought on by Pakistani demands for Saudi Arabia to take a firmer line against India for what Pakistan says are its human rights violations in Kashmir, has threatened Riyadh's financial support for Islamabad. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia had no differences, Khan said in a late Tuesday interview, backing away from criticism by his foreign minister this month who suggested Saudi Arabia was indifferent on Kashmir.
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| Amazon removes shirts with derogatory slogan about Kamala Harris Posted: 19 Aug 2020 09:36 AM PDT  The removal of the items followed pressure from Twitter users who urged people to complain to the retail giantAmazon has removed a clothing line emblazoned with an offensive slogan referring to Kamala Harris from its website after complaints from Twitter users who branded it "unacceptable".The T-shirts, tank tops and hoodies which had the words "Joe and the hoe" written in red, white and blue in the style of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Harris's campaign logo, were on sale for between $24.99 and $42.99.The derogatory phrase was also recently adopted by the conservative radio host and friend of Donald Trump Rush Limbaugh, who has a history of making abusive comments about the senator.The removal of the items followed pressure from Twitter users who urged people to complain to the retail giant."Let @amazon know this is unacceptable," wrote @LesaPamplin, a criminal defence attorney from Texas, with a screengrab of the clothing. "We are not sitting idly by and taking this bullshit."An Amazon spokesperson said on Wednesday that the products had been removed, adding: "All sellers must follow our selling guidelines and those who do not will be subject to action including potential removal of their account."While the products appear to have been removed, the seller, "The Oxygen Bandit", still seems to be active on the site with a range of politically themed garments including a "Byedon 2020" hoodie and "Kamala smelled best" and "I'm an AmeriKaren" T-shirts.Later on Wednesday Harris is due to make US history as the first woman of colour on a major party ticket when she accepts her party's vice-president nomination at the Democratic national convention.
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| FDA halts emergency approval of blood plasma COVID-19 treatment Posted: 19 Aug 2020 02:03 PM PDT  The emergency approval of blood plasma as a potential COVID-19 treatment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now been put on hold, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing two senior administration officials.
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| An overwhelming majority of Americans say the US response to coronavirus makes them feel embarrassed Posted: 19 Aug 2020 07:49 AM PDT  A strong majority of Americans (58%) in a new poll disapproved of President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic; 68% expressed embarrassment.
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| More than 10,000 lightning strikes have started hundreds of fires across California Posted: 19 Aug 2020 03:55 PM PDT  As California battles a heat wave, three major wildfires — likely caused by lightning — are spreading across the state's northern counties.
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| Prosecutor faces scrutiny from voters, panel over Smollett Posted: 18 Aug 2020 03:30 PM PDT  Chicago's top prosecutor isn't clear of the yearlong scrutiny of her office's handling of the Jussie Smollett case, even though a special prosecutor this week concluded that nothing she or her staff did qualified as criminal. While stopping short of alleging criminal behavior, special prosecutor Dan Webb said Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and her staff abused their discretion and misled the public before and after tossing charges that accused the former "Empire" actor of staging a racist, anti-gay attack against himself in January 2019. Webb restored the charges against Smollett earlier this year, but no trial date has been set as the pandemic has stalled Illinois court proceedings.
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| He turned his concrete patio in East L.A. into an edible garden with fruit trees Posted: 19 Aug 2020 07:15 AM PDT  His terraced backyard in East L.A. is primarily concrete but Ken Sparks has managed to transform the hardscape into something alive and soft with chickens, a butterfly garden and a surplus of organic vegetables that he has planted in raised beds installed on top of concrete.
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| Israel warns Hamas of war as Egypt seeks to ease tensions Posted: 18 Aug 2020 08:32 AM PDT  Israel warned Hamas Tuesday it was risking "war" by failing to stop incendiary balloon attacks from Gaza, as fuel shortages in the Palestinian enclave caused by Israel's blockade caused widespread blackouts.
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