| Democrats, preferring to risk COVID than losing to Trump, are shifting away from voting by mail Posted: 01 Oct 2020 01:53 PM PDT  As President Trump has waged a war on the legitimacy of voting by mail, many Democrats have decided to cast their ballots in person.
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| Louisville small businesses caught in the middle as Breonna Taylor protests continue Posted: 02 Oct 2020 11:11 AM PDT  Normally bustling with people and commerce, downtown Louisville is now the site of very little activity. The small number of businesses that remained open during the pandemic feel even more rarefied since protests erupted last week over the decision in Breonna Taylor's case.
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| Australian jailed for Islamophobic attack on pregnant woman Posted: 01 Oct 2020 06:01 AM PDT  Stipe Lozina punched and stamped on the woman at least 15 times in a suspected Islamophobic attack.
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| Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tests positive for coronavirus Posted: 02 Oct 2020 07:03 AM PDT  The news comes hours after President Donald Trump tested positive for the virus.
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| A lawyer for Kyle Rittenhouse — the white teen charged with shooting three Kenosha protesters — says he's suing Joe Biden for libel Posted: 01 Oct 2020 07:51 AM PDT  Lawyer Lin Wood says he's partisan in his support for President Donald Trump: "Put in your hearing aid, Joe. You will hear footsteps."
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| Judge says government's suit over Bolton book can proceed Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:56 AM PDT  The Trump administration can move forward with its lawsuit against former national security adviser John Bolton over his tell-all book, a judge ruled Thursday in denying a request to dismiss the complaint. The Justice Department alleges that Bolton's book, "The Room Where It Happened," contains classified information, and the government sued in June to try to prevent the release.
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| Armor attrition in Nagorno-Karabakh battle not a sign US should give up on tanks, experts say Posted: 02 Oct 2020 08:11 AM PDT  As Armenia and Azerbaijan trade deadly blows in what many worry could turn into full-scale war, America's military experts take notes on what not to do.
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| Jack Burkman, Jacob Wohl Charged in Alleged Voter Suppression Scheme Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:23 PM PDT  Conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged on Thursday for allegedly orchestrating a series of robocalls aimed at suppressing the vote in the November presidential election, Michigan authorities said. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a slew of charges against Burkman, 54, and Wohl, 22, including conspiracy to commit an election law violation and using a computer to commit the crime of election law - intimidating voters. Prosecutors allege the two political operatives were using a robocall system aimed at scaring Detroit voters away from using mail-in voting ballots. The calls, which were made in August, went out to nearly 12,000 Detroit residents. Both Wohl and Burkman face four felony counts and a maximum sentence of 7 years in prison.The voice on the call attributed to Wohl and Burkman attempts to trick listeners into not sending in mail-in ballots, falsely warning that the information would be used to track fugitives, collect on credit card debts, and enforce "mandatory vaccines." The calls also told residents to "beware of vote by mail.""Don't be BS'ed into giving your private information to the man," the call continued. "Stay safe and beware of vote-by-mail." Wohl and Burkman didn't respond to immediate requests for comment. In August, Burkman denied being behind the robocall, claiming it was suspicious that it was connected to his personal cell phone number."No one in their right mind would put their own cell on a robocall," Burkman told The Daily Beast.Sealed Docs: FBI Investigating Jacob Wohl Over Roger Stone Trial Leaks"Any effort to interfere with, intimidate or intentionally mislead Michigan voters will be met with swift and severe consequences," Nessel said. "This effort specifically targeted minority voters in an attempt to deter them from voting in the November election. We're all well aware of the frustrations caused by the millions of nuisance robocalls flooding our cell phones and landlines each day, but this particular message poses grave consequences for our democracy and the principles upon which it was built. Michigan voters are entitled to a full, free and fair election in November and my office will not hesitate to pursue those who jeopardize that."The attorney general's office added that during the investigation into the robocalls, investigators communicated with officials in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois—all of whom reported similar robocalls being made to residents in their states. All the calls, they said, were made to residents in "urban areas with significant minority populations," the Michigan attorney general's office said."It's believed around 85,000 calls were made nationally, though an exact breakdown of the numbers of calls to each city or state are not available," the AG's office said. Nessel also encouraged anyone who received such a robocall to file a complaint with her office.The Michigan charges aren't the only legal charges facing the pair. Wohl has been charged with two felonies over alleged violations of California securities law. On Saturday, The Daily Beast reported on a secret FBI investigation into Wohl and Burkman over the leak of confidential juror questionnaires and grand jury testimony in the trial of Trump associate Roger Stone.Wohl and Burkman became notorious online in 2018, after a failed attempt to manufacture a sexual assault allegation against Robert Mueller collapsed in spectacular fashion. Since then, they have tried to create hoaxes against other Trump opponents, but the schemes always fail almost immediately, often due to Wohl and Burkman's own errors.The duo have not yet been arrested, according to a press release from the Michigan attorney general. But the release noted that the agency will work with "local enforcement" if the two don't turn themselves in.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet 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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| Kuwaitis await new crown prince as Arab leaders mourn late emir Posted: 01 Oct 2020 05:10 AM PDT  Arab leaders headed to Kuwait on Thursday to offer condolences for the death of its ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad, who worked to unify a polarised region, as Kuwaitis waited for the new emir to name a crown prince to help guide state affairs. Jordan's king, the presidents of Egypt and former occupier Iraq, and Oman's sultan were among those paying respects to Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the brother and successor of Sheikh Sabah, who died on Tuesday aged 91. Gulf power Saudi Arabia, with which Kuwait has its closest but most complex relationship, was represented by Mansour bin Mutib, an adviser to King Salman, who had surgery in July and whose son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is de facto ruler.
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| Chris Wallace: Trump family came in wearing masks then took them off, ‘violated’ rules Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:37 AM PDT  'Fox News Sunday' anchor and presidential debate moderator Chris Wallace says the Cleveland Clinic advised everyone to wear masks.
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| Report: Coronavirus has been a gift to dictators Posted: 01 Oct 2020 05:33 PM PDT  "The pandemic has brought a health crisis, an economic crisis — all that has been recognized. But it's also bringing a human rights and democracy crisis," said Michael Abramowitz, president of Freedom House, in an interview on "Skullduggery."
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| Deaths at Saudi Arabia detention centre for Ethiopians - Amnesty Posted: 02 Oct 2020 07:15 AM PDT  Thousands of Ethiopian detainees are facing "unimaginable cruelty", Amnesty International says.
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| Five North Carolina police officers resign after Black man’s overdose death in custody Posted: 02 Oct 2020 12:55 PM PDT  Harold Easter lay collapsed on the floor of an interview room for nearly eight minutes before an officer arrived
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| Beto O'Rourke says Texas is "Biden's to lose" in presidential race Posted: 02 Oct 2020 03:16 AM PDT  O'Rourke said he'd like to see the Biden campaign to make more appearances in the state.
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| Canada forms own probe into Iran downing of Ukraine plane Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:54 AM PDT |
| Sportscaster who called Sen. Tim Scott ‘Uncle Tom’ is out of a job, CT station says Posted: 02 Oct 2020 09:08 AM PDT  The reporter has apologized for the "deeply insensitive" remark.
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| West Virginia mail carrier guilty of election fraud after altering ballot requests to Republican Posted: 01 Oct 2020 03:02 PM PDT  Thomas Cooper admitted to having tampered some of the requests he delivered "as a joke." He did not know any of the voters whose requests he changed.
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| Blasphemy convictions spark Nigerian debate over sharia law Posted: 02 Oct 2020 02:13 AM PDT  Fuad Adeyemi, an imam in Nigeria's capital Abuja, respects those who believe that a 22-year-old man accused of sharing a blasphemous message on WhatsApp should be punished. On the same day, the court sentenced a 13-year-old boy, Omar Farouq, to 10 years in prison, also for blasphemy. The sentences caused an international outcry and sparked a broader debate in Nigeria about the role of Islamic law in a country roughly evenly split between a predominantly Muslim north and mainly Christian south.
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| What China and the US got right Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:02 AM PDT |
| Top White House staffers still not wearing masks Posted: 02 Oct 2020 09:42 AM PDT  Hours after President Trump announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus, some of his top aides were still appearing in public without masks, including White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
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| Mark Levin asks if Joe Biden is 'still a White supremacist?' Posted: 01 Oct 2020 07:07 PM PDT  'Life, Liberty & Levin' host joins 'Hannity' to discuss Democratic nominee's 'racist' past
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| US airlines lay off thousands of staff as federal relief ends Posted: 01 Oct 2020 04:46 PM PDT  More than 30,000 employees are laid off amid deadlock over a new government bailout package.
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| New Caledonia to vote on independence from France Posted: 02 Oct 2020 02:50 AM PDT  Voters in New Caledonia, a French archipelago in the South Pacific, will choose whether they want independence from France in a referendum that marks a milestone in a three-decade decolonization effort. Sunday's vote is key to determining the future of the archipelago east of Australia and its 270,000 inhabitants, including both native Kanaks, who once suffered from strict segregation policies, and descendants of European colonizers. No opinion polls have been released, but two years ago, 56.4% of voters who participated in a similar referendum chose to keep ties with Paris — 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) and nine times zones away — instead of backing independence.
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| Attorney General Releases Audio Recording of Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Proceedings Posted: 02 Oct 2020 08:51 AM PDT  The Kentucky Attorney General's Office on Friday released roughly 20 hours of audio from proceedings by a grand jury that ultimately decided not to charge the three officers involved in Breonna Taylor's fatal shooting with her death.Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron was ordered by a judge to take the extraordinarily unusual step of releasing the grand jury recording, a process that is typically kept secret, after an unidentified juror filed a motion requesting the release of all information in Taylor's case—stating "certain questions were left unanswered.""The grand jury is meant to be a secretive body. It's apparent that the public interest, in this case, isn't going to allow that to happen," Cameron said.The grand jury made the stunning decision last week to indict just one officer, Brett Hankison, for recklessly firing shots that endangered people in other apartments. Mattingly and Cosgrove—the latter the cop who fired the shot that killed Taylor—weren't charged. Cameron has said they were "justified to protect themselves.""Do we really want the truth, or do we want a truth that fits our narrative?" Cameron said last week amid outrage over the grand jury decision.Sole Witness Who Heard Cops Announce Themselves in Breonna Taylor Raid Changed His StoryHowever, in the days since, questions have emerged about the narrative that was presented to the grand jury. Cameron revealed last week that the only charge recommended to the grand jury was wanton endangerment, despite previously stating that he'd talked to jurors about "every homicide offense, and also presented all of the information that was available."Cameron had also said a witness confirmed the three officers' account that they announced their presence before entering Taylor's home. However, according to documents and audio obtained by Vice News on Saturday, that sole witness initially told investigators he didn't hear police announce themselves. Two months later, he changed his story.Taylor's boyfriend, Kenny Walker, and 11 other residents who lived in the 26-year-old's Louisville apartment building, all said they didn't hear the cops announce themselves. Walker said he thought he was being burglarized and fired a warning shot that triggered the tragic chain of events.A Kentucky State ballistics report obtained by Vice and several other outlets also showed an inconsistency in Cameron's assertion that Walker shot Mattingly in the thigh—which prompted the officers to return fire with up to 20 shots. Cameron said investigators had ruled out "friendly fire" as the source of the shot, but the KSP report said that "due to limited markings of comparative value," the 9mm bullet that hit Mattingly was neither "identified nor eliminated as having been fired" by Walker's gun.During a news conference on Tuesday, the lawyer for the grand juror stressed that truth and transparency are essential for a case that has become one of the most talked about in the country.Lonita Baker, an attorney for Taylor's family, applauded the "brave" juror and said the "public deserves better than the word games Daniel Cameron is playing to avoid telling the full truth.""Reading between the lines, it is obvious that Daniel Cameron lied to Tamika Palmer, the citizens of Kentucky, and the world when he said the grand jury agreed that Officers Mattingly and Cosgrove were justified to kill Breonna."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet 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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| Greece, Turkey set up hotline to avoid clashes in Eastern Mediterranean, NATO says Posted: 01 Oct 2020 07:54 AM PDT  Greece and Turkey have set up a mechanism to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, part of efforts to defuse a dispute over energy resources in the region. Stoltenberg said the agreement between Turkey and Greece, both members of NATO, included a hotline to avoid accidents in the sea and air. "I welcome the establishment of a military de-confliction mechanism, achieved through the constructive engagement of Greece and Turkey," he said in a statement.
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| Activists pressure debate moderator to question Pence, Harris on LGBTQ issues Posted: 01 Oct 2020 07:00 AM PDT  Over a dozen LGBTQ and progressive groups zeroed in on stances taken by the Trump administration as racist, misogynistic and transphobic, and urged both moderator Susan Page and the debate commission to press Pence on his record.
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| Las Vegas marks 3rd year since deadliest US mass shooting Posted: 01 Oct 2020 10:14 AM PDT  The sun rose Thursday over a somber ceremony marking the third anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, as Las Vegas remembered the excruciating night when 58 people were killed at an outdoor country music festival in 2017. "Three years ago today, a heinous act of violence rained down on our city, our county and our state," Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak told a modest gathering at an open-air amphitheater at the Clark County Government Center. "Victim families will forever be in our hearts from 1 October," he said, "and we will never, never forget what happened that day or the lives that were lost and the lives that were changed."
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| August Browne: The Nigeria-born man who joined the Polish resistance Posted: 02 Oct 2020 04:24 PM PDT  August Agboola Browne is thought to have been the only black person in the Polish resistance.
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| Chelsea Clinton reveals vicious things trolls have tormented her with Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:00 PM PDT  She defends Barron Trump while speaking about the kinship she feels with other former first children
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| Joyce Echaquan death: Canada PM Trudeau decries 'worst form of racism' Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:27 PM PDT  PM Justin Trudeau joins the outcry over the treatment of Joyce Echaquan in a Quebec hospital.
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| Lebanon orders 111 towns, villages closed to curb pandemic Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:29 AM PDT  Authorities on Friday ordered the lockdown of more than 100 towns and villages across Lebanon after hundreds of people tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days and amid a shortage of hospital beds. Outgoing Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi said in a statement the complete lockdown of 111 towns and villages will go into effect Sunday morning and last until Oct. 12. Lebanon has witnessed a sharp increase of cases in recent weeks with more than 40,000 cases registered since February in the small country of 5 million.
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| The White House is upping its offer to Democrats to pass a new stimulus bill including $1,200 direct payments, report says Posted: 01 Oct 2020 04:06 AM PDT  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are yet to strike a deal but say they are hopeful and talks will continue.
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| ‘Predator’ gets 600-year prison sentence in child sex crimes case, Alabama feds say Posted: 02 Oct 2020 11:55 AM PDT  Prosecutors called the man's actions "sickening."
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| EU launches legal case against UK over Internal Market Bill Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:13 AM PDT  The European Union on Thursday launched legal action against Britain's new Internal Market Bill on the grounds that it undercuts London's earlier legal commitments under its Brexit divorce treaty, the head of the bloc's executive said. Such so-called infringements could lead to hefty fines being imposed by the EU's top court but that takes years, leaving plenty of time for the UK to change tack. London now has one month now to reply to a formal letter of complaint from the Commission, which will then assess whether the answer is satisfactory and can then request that the UK falls back in line.
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| Dr. Marc Siegel: White House has made strides in COVID testing Posted: 30 Sep 2020 07:03 PM PDT  Fox News medical contributor reacts to Biden blaming Trump for coronavirus death toll.
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| Trump's false claims of rigged voting are 'a perilous thing,' says top Republican expert Posted: 01 Oct 2020 01:47 PM PDT  The handful of mistakes made by election officials this year do not represent a deeper problem and are not evidence of cheating, said one of the leading Republican authorities on elections for the past four decades. He added that President Trump's rhetoric about the election is "perilous."
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| Rogue pilots trafficked a billion dollars in cartel drugs across US while no one watched Posted: 02 Oct 2020 08:00 AM PDT  A California man led a billion-dollar drug ring for the Sinaloa Cartel using U.S. pilots and exploiting security gaps at non-commercial airports.
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| Former coal magnate who battled mining health rules files for black lung benefits Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:49 PM PDT  Robert Murray once ran biggest private underground operation in US
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| Lebanon asks Interpol to detain 2 Russians over port blast Posted: 01 Oct 2020 10:48 AM PDT  The lead investigator into the August blast at Beirut's port that killed and wounded many people issued two arrest warrants Thursday for the captain and owner of a ship that carried thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate to Beirut seven years ago, the state-run National News Agency said. The news agency said judge Fadi Sawwan referred the case to the state prosecution that asked Interpol to detain the two Russian citizens. NNA did not give the names of the two men but Boris Prokoshev was the captain who sailed the MV Rhosus from Turkey to Beirut in 2013.
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| Hundreds of migrants set out from Honduras amid pandemic Posted: 30 Sep 2020 08:05 PM PDT  Hundreds of migrants began walking Wednesday night from this city in northern Honduras toward the Guatemala border, testing a well-trod migration route now in times of the novel coronavirus. Calls for a new migrant caravan to leave from the San Pedro Sula bus station Oct. 1 have been circulating on social media for weeks. The caravan comes just two weeks after Guatemala reopened its borders after keeping them sealed for months to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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| China National Day: Hong Kong peace 'is an illusion' Posted: 02 Oct 2020 12:11 AM PDT  Last year, China's National Day saw violent clashes between police and protesters in Hong Kong.
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| Wealthy Venezuelan brothers lose $1 million super-yacht battle in Miami Posted: 02 Oct 2020 04:40 AM PDT  A couple of billionaire brothers from Venezuela won't be getting back their $1 million super yacht anytime soon.
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| Malaysian court to hear ex-PM Najib's 1MDB appeal from Feb 15 Posted: 01 Oct 2020 01:57 AM PDT  A Malaysian court will begin hearing on Feb. 15 an appeal by former prime minister Najib Razak against his conviction on graft and money-laundering charges linked to the state fund 1MDB, a prosecutor said on Thursday. Najib was sentenced to 12 years in jail and fines of nearly $50 million in July on seven charges over illegally receiving $10 million misappropriated from SRC International, a former unit of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). The Court of Appeal has set 12 days to hear Najib's bid, from Feb. 15, prosecutor Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul told Reuters in a text message.
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| How to add DuckDuckGo to a Google Chrome browser to get a privacy-focused default search engine Posted: 02 Oct 2020 03:49 PM PDT  You can add DuckDuckGo to Google Chrome as an extension to make it your default search engine and begin searching the web with greater privacy.
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| Trump campaign calls debate commission leaders ‘swamp monsters’ after group floats rule changes Posted: 01 Oct 2020 03:22 PM PDT  Two top members of President Trump's reelection campaign accused the Commission of Presidential Debates of being biased in favor of Joe Biden on Thursday.
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| Fact check: Republicans, not Democrats, eliminated the Senate filibuster on Supreme Court nominees Posted: 01 Oct 2020 03:58 PM PDT  Democrats led by Sen. Harry Reid ended the filibuster for non-SCOTUS nominees, but the GOP under Sen. Mitch McConnell eliminated it for SCOTUS picks.
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| Two reported dead after plane linked to Cellino and Barnes lawyer crashes in upstate New York Posted: 02 Oct 2020 12:58 PM PDT  A small plane that crashed near Corfu in upstate New York is owned by Steve Barnes, best known as one of the celebrity personal injury legal team Cellino & Barnes, according to a report. Quoting a Genesee County Sherrif's Office source, reports said one man and one woman were aboard and neither survived. #BREAKING: The plane that crashed in Corfu, NY is registered to attorney Steve Barnes from Cellino & Barnes.
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