| Texas police officer charged in death of Pamela Turner, a Black woman whose killing was captured on video Posted: 17 Sep 2020 02:53 PM PDT  A Texas police officer was indicted this week in the death of Pamela Turner, a Black woman who was killed outside her apartment more than a year ago.
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| As Trump courts Black voters, critics see a 'depression strategy' Posted: 18 Sep 2020 03:57 PM PDT  While the president's team touts its efforts to court a community that Republicans have long ignored, critics describe them as part of a cynical "depression strategy" designed to minimize Black American turnout.
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| Measures to control coronavirus have brought flu infections to 'historic lows.' Scientists want to keep it that way. Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:22 AM PDT  Lockdowns and protective measures like the widespread wearing of face masks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have driven influenza infections to record lows, according to a new CDC study.
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| California and Oregon 2020 wildfires in maps, graphics and images Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:14 AM PDT  A visual guide to the wildfires ravaging California, Oregon and other western states.
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| Kremlin chafes at Navalny team taking suspected evidence Posted: 18 Sep 2020 05:40 AM PDT  The Kremlin accused colleagues of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday of hampering a Russian investigation by taking items from his hotel room out of the country, including a water bottle the colleagues claimed had traces of the Soviet nerve agent that German authorities said was used to poison Navalny. Navalny's colleagues revealed Thursday that they removed the bottle and other items from the hotel room in Siberia and brought them to Germany as potential evidence. "Regrettably, what could have been evidence of poisoning was taken away," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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| Pentagon sending troops to Syria after clashes between U.S., Russian military Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:38 PM PDT  The troops are meant to discourage Russians from crossing into the eastern area where U.S., coalition, and Syrian Democratic Forces operate, say officials.
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| A dentist who pulled someone's tooth while riding a hoverboard has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud and 'unlawful dental acts' Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:34 PM PDT  In a 2016 video, the dentist rolls up to a sedated patient, pulls her tooth while standing on the hoverboard, and rolls away.
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| Woodward says Trump has 'lost his way, not just as a president but as a human being' Posted: 17 Sep 2020 12:11 PM PDT  In a wide-ranging live interview on the Yahoo News "Skullduggery" podcast Thursday, the "Rage" author said the president does not have the capacity "to assess what's real and what's unreal."
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| Thai national park sends rubbish back to tourists Posted: 18 Sep 2020 05:37 AM PDT  If you're leaving your rubbish in a Thai national park, you might be reunited with it by post.
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| Michelob Ultra is hiring someone to travel to national parks — for a hefty salary Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:56 AM PDT  "Don't worry about gas money, that's on us."
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| He survived an Oregon wildfire by perching on a rock in a river, fending off embers with a chair Posted: 17 Sep 2020 10:53 AM PDT  Trapped in a canyon by downed trees and flames, an Oregon man survived on a rock in the middle of a river. He made time for a beer, too.
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| NATO keeps France-Turkey probe under wraps as tempers flare Posted: 17 Sep 2020 06:00 AM PDT  A NATO investigation into a naval standoff between French and Turkish ships in June has been rated too sensitive to discuss in public and does not apportion blame, as Paris and Ankara wage a war of words, diplomats have told Reuters. On June 10, a French frigate on a NATO mission tried to inspect a Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship suspected of smuggling arms to Libya. France says the frigate was harassed by Turkish navy vessels escorting the cargo ship, and accuses Turkey of breaking a U.N. arms embargo.
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| Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration are set to deny funding to Connecticut schools over inclusive transgender athlete policies Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:42 PM PDT  According to The New York Times, Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration are cutting funding to certain Connecticut schools over their participation in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. The conference allows transgender student-athletes to compete with, and against, athletes who share their gender identity, a course of action Trump's administration has repeatedly fought against. If the schools refuse to cut ties with the conference prior to October 1, the education department has vowed to withhold $18 million in desegregation grants.
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| Coronavirus: Idaho pastor who called himself 'no-masker' in intensive care with Covid-19 Posted: 18 Sep 2020 10:36 AM PDT  'I want to encourage all of you to begin to regather this Sunday and let nothing hinder you from doing so,' says Paul Van Noy
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| Man, woman who died in California fires didn't evacuate because of 'erroneous information' Posted: 16 Sep 2020 07:24 PM PDT  Fires ravaging California, Oregon and Washington have killed at least 34 people, destroyed thousands of homes and other structures and charred an area about the size of New Jersey.
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| Seven dead, dozens infected after 'superspreader' wedding in rural US Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:31 PM PDT  A wedding in rural Maine became a coronavirus "superspreader" event that left seven people dead and 177 infected, renewing fear of the disease in the northeastern US state that had hoped the worst of the pandemic was behind it.
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| 10 senators are at risk of losing reelection. It may be enough to give Democrats a majority in Congress. Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:08 AM PDT  The Democratic Party currently needs to gain at least a net four seats in the Senate to hold a majority and control over both the House and Senate.
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| Anti-mask pastor hosts church gathering of hundreds in Washington, officials say Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:32 AM PDT  Pastor Greg Locke said face masks are "the dumbest thing that's ever been created by humanity."
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| Canada's Quebec launches police blitz in bars as COVID-19 cases climb Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:29 AM PDT  The Canadian province of Quebec on Friday said police would target more than 1,000 bars and restaurants to enforce rules curbing the spread of coronavirus, as authorities raised the alarm over a possible second wave. Quebec and Ontario, the two most populous of the 10 provinces, blame a recent spike in cases on people ignoring limits on parties and regulations on social distancing. Public health officials reiterated warnings that they might lose the ability to manage the pandemic.
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| GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn reveals she doesn’t know what an "Amendment" is — on Constitution Day Posted: 18 Sep 2020 02:22 AM PDT  "We will never rewrite the Constitution of the United States," she proudly and wrongly proclaimed on Twitter
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| China's 1st Supercarrier Could Feature EMALS Launch Technology: Report Posted: 18 Sep 2020 05:57 AM PDT  The carrier could rival those in the U.S. fleet for size and capability, according to an analysis.
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| Noul turns deadly while making landfall in Vietnam Posted: 18 Sep 2020 03:13 AM PDT  Noul made landfall as a tropical storm in central Vietnam on Friday leading to at least one death, as reported by the Bangkok Post.VnExpress stated that Noul prompted the closure of several airports in central Vietnam on Friday, including Da Nang's airport, which led to several dozen cancellations and delays.Noul produced 310 mm (12.20 inches) of rain in Da Nang from Thursday into Friday as the storm moved onshore.> ⛈️Tropical storm Noul has made landfall in Vietnam with strong winds and torrential rain. It's tracking west across Vietnam, Laos & northern Thailand. pic.twitter.com/70Oi8yHwlC> > -- BBC Weather (@bbcweather) September 18, 2020CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE ACCUWEATHER APPHeavy rainfall and flash flooding from Noul will now move inland across Indochina through the weekend.Noul (known as Leon in the Philippines) first became a tropical storm on Tuesday night as a broad area of low pressure strengthened across the South China Sea after crossing the Philippines. This satellite loop shows Noul strengthening across the South China Sea on Thursday evening, local time, before landfall in central Vietnam. (CIRA/RAMMB) Now that Noul is inland and losing wind intensity, AccuWeather meteorologists expect flooding rainfall to be the predominant concern through the weekend.AccuWeather Meteorologist Tony Zartman explains, "Even though Noul will lose wind intensity and fall below tropical storm status, it will still pose a significant flooding threat into Sunday." Widespread rainfall totals of 100-150 mm (4-6 inches) are expected from this storm with 200-250 mm (8-10 inches) of rain in the mountainous terrain across central Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and southern Myanmar. An AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 400 mm (16 inches) will be possible in the hardest-hit areas.The heaviest rain from Noul is expected to shift from Vietnam and Laos during the end of the week into Thailand and southern Myanmar through the weekend.This amount of rainfall as the storm tracks inland can lead to flooding and mudslides. Road closures are possible and some isolated communities could be inaccessible for several days.AccuWeather forecasters will continue to monitor Noul into the beginning of next week since what is left of the system after tracking over land is expected to emerge over the Bay of Bengal and can bring impacts to India next week.Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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| Students and parents complained after a Dallas high school's class assignment placed the accused Kenosha shooter on a list of 'modern heroes' Posted: 17 Sep 2020 08:39 PM PDT  Rittenhouse was suggested as a "hero for the modern age" along with Malcolm X, George Floyd, and Joseph Rosenbaum, a man allegedly shot by Rittenhouse.
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| Trump says Kamala Harris can't be the first woman to be president because she 'comes in through the back door' Posted: 18 Sep 2020 10:16 AM PDT  President Donald Trump said Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's vice-presidential pick, had acted in "no way for a woman" to become president.
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| US carrier transits Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:48 AM PDT  The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier safely transited on Friday through the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most important chokepoint for oil shipments, the U.S. Navy said, as tensions with Iran continue to simmer. In a "scheduled" maneuver, the U.S. sent the carrier and several other warships through the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, according to the U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based 5th fleet. The Nimitz, America's oldest carrier in active service, carries some 5,000 sailors and Marines.
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| Tensions build as 18 Chinese fighter jets buzz Taiwan during landmark US visit Posted: 18 Sep 2020 02:43 AM PDT  Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday after a fleet of Chinese military aircraft buzzed the island, stepping up tensions as a senior US official began holding meetings in Taipei. Beijing had earlier announced the start of combat drills in the Taiwan strait aimed at asserting its claim that the island remained "an inalienable part of China". The Chinese government has long considered Taiwan a renegade province, although the democratically-governed island has its own president, currency, foreign policy, passport and military. China has engaged in a bitter war of words and staged multiple drills around Taiwan over recent months to protest growing engagement between the self-ruled island and the US government. Stronger ties between Taiwan and the US have further weakened Washington's diplomatic relations with Beijing, which are already at historic lows as the two nations spar over trade, technology, human rights, coronavirus and espionage.
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| Gov. Huckabee reacts to Biden saying Trump could have prevented all virus deaths: ‘Outrageous’ Posted: 18 Sep 2020 07:24 AM PDT  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is accused of exaggerating his pandemic record during his town hall; reaction and analysis from former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee on "America's Newsroom."
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| 'They should have let us die in the water': desperate Lebanese migrants sent back by Cyprus Posted: 18 Sep 2020 04:09 AM PDT  Mohammad Ghandour never thought he'd be one of them. "In Lebanon, we are being killed by poverty," Ghandour told Reuters this week, from his mother's cramped three-room apartment where he was staying with 12 other family members. Ghandour, 37, is one of dozens of Lebanese who've attempted the journey since late August, when rights groups say a rise in the number of boats leaving Lebanon began.
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| Canada abandons free trade talks with China: minister Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:26 AM PDT  Canada has walked away from free trade talks with China amid soured relations over a Huawei executive's arrest and the detention of two Canadians in apparent retaliation, foreign minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a newspaper interview Friday.
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| Forecasters use Greek alphabet as they run out of storm names for second time ever Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:18 PM PDT  Wilfred was the last name on the 2020 list and the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are not used because of a lack of options
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| JPMorgan is reportedly no longer reimbursing junior traders taking Ubers to and from work as the bank orders staff back to the office Posted: 17 Sep 2020 08:35 AM PDT  As the bank plans to bring back employees on September 21, it's ending reimbursements for junior traders Ubering to the office.
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| In N. Carolina Senate race, Tillis calibrates ties to Trump Posted: 18 Sep 2020 07:10 AM PDT  When President Donald Trump fired up a crowd at a North Carolina airport last week, he gave a shout-out to the home-state senator fighting in his own tough reelection battle that could decide control of the chamber. How Tillis remains close to Trump politically could determine whether he wins a second term against Cal Cunningham, a well-funded Democrat who until recently was leading in polls. Trump is holding a rally in Fayetteville, his fourth event in the battleground state in as many weeks, on Saturday.
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| Soldier from Fort Bragg killed in Navy base crash in Key West Posted: 17 Sep 2020 12:28 PM PDT  The U.S. Army has identified a soldier struck and killed by a vehicle driven by an on-duty Navy Security Force civilian Monday on a Key West Navy base.
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| Gunman ambushes man walking on sidewalk in Philadelphia: Police Posted: 16 Sep 2020 10:38 PM PDT  According to police, the man was walking along the block when he was ambushed by a gunman from behind.
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| Former zookeeper stole two penguins during night-time break in, court hears Posted: 18 Sep 2020 10:12 AM PDT  A former zookeeper stole two penguins during a night-time raid in order to sell them, a court heard. Bradley Tomes, 25, purloined a total of £25,000 worth of rare birds from the South Lakes Safari in Cumbria, where he used to work. South Cumbria Magistrates court heard that Tomes had cut a hole in the perimeter fence of an aviary where he used to work to steal 12 spoonbill birds in July 2018, before abducting the penguins and three macaws 3 months later. But he was rumbled after he sold the two tiny Humboldt penguins, named Pablo and Penny, on Facebook to animal rescuer Reece Oliver, who became suspicious.
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| U.S. House panel asked to postpone whistleblower deposition on Homeland Security Posted: 18 Sep 2020 10:22 AM PDT |
| Jerry Falwell, Jr. was found intoxicated and bleeding at his home following a bombshell report alleging a years-long sexual affair between him, his wife, and another man Posted: 17 Sep 2020 05:39 PM PDT  Medical responders who arrived at Falwell's home reported multiple lacerations on his face, found "empty alcohol containers," and blood.
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| Michigan residents urged to stay indoors as scientists race to deal with threat of rare mosquito-borne disease Posted: 18 Sep 2020 07:46 AM PDT  'This is an ongoing threat to the health and safety of Michiganders,' says Department of Health and Human Services chief medical executive Dr Joneigh Khaldun
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| And then there were eight: Supreme Court is used to working shorthanded Posted: 18 Sep 2020 05:41 PM PDT  If the justices are deadlocked, they can find an incremental solution, reschedule the case for the next term, or leave a lower court ruling intact.
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| Oracle will have to pore over the TikTok's source code to make sure there are no backdoors as part of its proposed deal Posted: 18 Sep 2020 06:17 AM PDT  TikTok and Oracle will need to convince the Trump administration their proposed deal will keep data secure.
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| Trump's club charged Secret Service agents $500 a night for rentals even when it was closed for the pandemic Posted: 18 Sep 2020 08:18 AM PDT  Taxpayers' bills for Trump Organization properties have surpassed $1.1 million, The Washington Post reports.As the Post has consistently reported via Secret Service bills, President Trump and his administration have repeatedly funneled government money to the family's properties throughout his term. That has included above-market rates for rentals that ensured Secret Service agents stayed close to Trump and, most recently, payments to one club that was closed for the COVID-19 pandemic, the Post's David Fahrenthold reports via the latest round of receipts and invoices.The coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the service industry this spring, including the Trump Organization's Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. But while the club was closed, it still charged the Secret Service more than $21,800 to stay on the property, the Post reports. That included $567-a-night charges for a three-bedroom cottage close to Trump's villa — an "unusually high for a rental home in the area," the Post writes. The invoices also detailed charges for one or two additional rooms, at $142 to $283 per night. Trump didn't visit the club during the pandemic, but his daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump did, The New York Times reported at the time.The newly obtained invoices also revealed that Trump's Turnberry resort in Scotland "once charged the Secret Service $1,300 to move furniture," and that the Trump Organization tacked on "resort fees" when agents were guarding Vice President Mike Pence in Las Vegas. Read more at The Washington Post.More stories from theweek.com How a productivity phenomenon explains the unraveling of America How the Trump-Russia story was buried The conservatives who want to undo the Enlightenment
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| Green Party candidate is ordered off Pennsylvania ballot Posted: 17 Sep 2020 08:05 AM PDT  The Green Party's candidate for president did not strictly follow procedures for getting on Pennsylvania's ballot in the November election and cannot appear on it, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, delivering a win for Democrats as Joe Biden tries to capture the battleground state's electoral votes. The court, with a 5-2 Democratic majority, reversed the ruling by a Republican judge in a lower court on the candidacy of Green Party presidential nominee Howie Hawkins. The court's two Republicans agreed the Green Party did not meet the law's requirements, but, in a dissenting opinion, said it might be possible to allow the Green Party to fix it retroactively.
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