| Trump's new pitch to voters: Blue states are 'going to hell' Posted: 12 Oct 2020 11:39 AM PDT  Trailing badly in new polls, President Trump tried out an audacious new appeal to voters during his epic live tweeting of Supreme Court confirmation hearings fo Amy Coney Barrett.
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| Black man bound by rope and led by police on horses sues Texas city for $1m Posted: 12 Oct 2020 05:48 AM PDT  'Neely felt as though he was put on display as slaves once were,' lawsuit says
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| Security guard in custody after fatal shooting near dueling Denver rallies Posted: 11 Oct 2020 06:00 PM PDT  A private security guard for a TV station was in custody as authorities investigated a fatal shooting after dueling rallies in downtown Denver.
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| Protesters in Portland topple statues of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt Posted: 12 Oct 2020 06:12 AM PDT  Police declared a riot after windows in downtown buildings were smashed.
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| Chief: No reason to fire Wisconsin officer who killed teen Posted: 12 Oct 2020 05:07 AM PDT  The police chief of a Milwaukee suburb that has seen protests and unrest since an officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Black teenager in February said Monday that he sees no reason why the officer should be fired. Joseph Mensah, who is also Black, fatally shot 17-year-old Alvin Cole on Feb. 2 outside the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa. Milwaukee County's district attorney announced last week that like the first two fatal shootings, Mensah would not be charged in Cole's death.
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| Hundreds evacuated as Polish divers begin high-risk bomb defusal Posted: 12 Oct 2020 06:14 AM PDT  Hundreds of residents were evacuated on Monday as Polish military divers began a delicate operation to defuse a massive World War II bomb in a channel near the Baltic Sea.
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| 19-year-old dies after brain damage from breast implant surgery, Colorado family says Posted: 12 Oct 2020 09:26 AM PDT  "Emmalyn's parents and siblings are heartbroken."
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| Analysis: 'I have failed' - Kim Jong Un shows tearful side in confronting North Korea's hardships Posted: 12 Oct 2020 09:13 AM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to shed tears at the weekend as he thanked citizens for their sacrifices, in the most striking demonstration yet of how he is relying on his "man of the people" persona to tackle his country's deepening crises. Speaking at a military parade on Saturday, Kim became emotional as he paid tribute to troops for their response to national disasters and preventing a coronavirus outbreak and apologised to citizens for failing to raise living standards. "Kim's modesty and candour, and his tears and choking, were all highly unusual, even for someone who publicly acknowledges shortcomings and has an established pattern of being expressive," said Rachel Minyoung Lee, an independent researcher and former open-source North Korea analyst for the U.S. government.
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| Dramatic aerial photos show devastation in Louisiana after Hurricane Delta Posted: 11 Oct 2020 02:16 PM PDT  Two people have been killed and nearly 370,000 left without power in Louisiana following Hurricane Delta
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| Wisconsin just denied Apple's biggest supplier a huge tax break after the company failed to build a factory that promised to bring thousands of jobs to the state Posted: 12 Oct 2020 02:39 PM PDT  Foxconn told Wisconsin it would hire 13,000 people at a newly-built factory. The factory has yet to be built, and only 281 hires were made in 2019.
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| El Salvador bar attack: Six people shot dead Posted: 12 Oct 2020 04:36 AM PDT  Thirteen people are killed in violence across the Central American nation in 24 hours at the weekend.
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| Protester says he knocked down Trump supporter, 72, in self-defense Posted: 12 Oct 2020 07:22 AM PDT  A man in his 20s is claiming that he knocked down an elderly Trump supporter in Nocatee, Florida in an act of self-defense. The confrontation between the Floridians began Saturday with a flag the younger man had on his golf cart that included a profane word. The man was allegedly protesting while Vice President Mike Pence was traveling through the small town after engagements in Orlando and the conservative senior community known as The Villages.
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| Dr. Fauci: The Trump Campaign Is ‘In Effect, Harassing Me’ Posted: 12 Oct 2020 01:55 PM PDT  The nation's top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci demanded that the Trump campaign refrain from using him in future campaign ads, saying Monday that it would be "outrageous" and "terrible" if he was featured in another commercial and it could "come back to backfire" on Team Trump.Asked by The Daily Beast if his comments were a thinly-veiled threat to leave his post if he ended up in a new campaign spot, Fauci: "Not a chance." "Not in my wildest freakin' dreams," he said, "did I ever think about quitting."From there, Fauci went on to explain what he meant by "backfire." "By doing this against my will they are, in effect, harassing me," Fauci said. "Since campaign ads are about getting votes, their harassment of me might have the opposite effect of turning some voters off."Fauci comments underscore the heightened level of tension that has erupted between the White House and the president's COVID task force as the election comes to a dramatic close and with COVID infections spiking across the country. Fauci, a member of that White House coronavirus task force, prides himself on being apolitical. And he pushed back aggressively over the weekend when President Donald Trump's campaign featured him in a video advertisement and used remarks he made in the past out of context."In my nearly five decades of public service, I have never publicly endorsed any political candidate," Fauci told CNN on Sunday. "The comments attributed to me without my permission in the GOP campaign ad were taken out of context from a broad statement I made months ago about the efforts of federal public health officials."The ad featured Fauci saying, "I can't imagine that anybody could be doing more," suggesting he was referencing Trump and his response to the coronavirus pandemic. The top doctor, however, noted he was actually speaking about the task force in general during the early days of the crisis.The president's campaign, meanwhile, shot back that "these are Dr. Fauci's own words" and that he was "praising the work of the Trump administration." Trump also defended the ad, reiterating that "they are indeed Dr. Fauci's own words."Appearing on CNN's The Lead on Monday, Fauci was immediately pressed by anchor Jake Tapper on the growing controversy and whether he believed that the Trump campaign should take the ad down."You know, I think so," the doctor replied. "I think it's really unfortunate and really disappointing that they did that. It's so clear I'm not a political person and I have never, either directly or indirectly, endorsed a candidate. And to take a completely out-of-context statement and put it in, which is obviously a political campaign ad, I thought was really very disappointing."Tapper, meanwhile, suggested that the Trump campaign was already planning on using Fauci again, without his permission, in another political commercial."What would you say if I told you I heard the Trump campaign was preparing to do another ad featuring you?" Tapper asked."You know, that would be terrible," a deflated Fauci sighed. "That would be outrageous if they do that. In fact, that might actually come back to backfire on them.""I hope they don't do that," the public health expert continued. "That would be kind of playing a game that we don't want to play. I hope they reconsider that, if in fact, they are indeed considering doing that. I hope they reconsider and not do that."The Trump campaign did not return a request for clarification if such an ad was in the works. Tapper would go on to ask Fauci about the president's insistence to resume his public rallies on the heels of his hospitalization for COVID-19, wondering aloud how safe they can be considering thatthe Trump campaign won't be requiring face masks and social distancing."Put aside all of the issues of what the political implications the rally has and just put that aside and look at purely from the context of public health," he declared. "We know that's asking for trouble when you do that we have seen that when you have situations of congregate settings where there are a lot of people without masks.""The data speak for themselves, Fauci continued. "It happens. And now it's even more so a worse time to do that. When you look at what's going on in the United States it's really very troublesome."—With additional reporting by Sam Stein.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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| Sen. Graham: The parade of horribles that come if we lose the House, Senate and White House is unbelievable Posted: 11 Oct 2020 08:08 AM PDT  South Carolina senator discusses the importance of the upcoming election on 'Sunday Morning Futures'
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| Wife of Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor called racist slur at grocery store Posted: 12 Oct 2020 05:15 AM PDT  Gisele Barreto Fetterman, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's wife and a formerly undocumented immigrant from Brazil, said the incident happened Sunday after she was recognized at the store.
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| Canadian woman returns 'cursed' artefacts stolen from Pompeii Posted: 11 Oct 2020 08:56 AM PDT  A package containing artefacts stolen from the ancient site of Pompeii was delivered to a travel agent in the southern Italian city, with a letter saying they were "cursed." The letter, written in English by a Canadian woman named Nicole, said the relics were stolen in Pompeii in 2005, during a visit to the archaeological site. "Take them back, please, they bring bad luck," the woman wrote. The package contained two mosaic pieces, a piece of ceramics and two parts of an amphora. Pompeii is one of Italy's most visited ancient sites. A sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried the town, which was largely preserved under ashes.
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| Turkey will declare asymptomatic COVID-19 cases as of next week: paper Posted: 11 Oct 2020 03:04 AM PDT  Turkey will start declaring the number of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases from Oct. 15, its health minister said in remarks published on Sunday, following criticism that its disclosure of only symptomatic cases hid the extent of infections. At the end of July, Turkey changed the wording of its daily coronavirus report to show the number of "patients" instead of "cases" . At a news conference on Sept 30, Koca said that the government was only sharing the number of COVID-19 positive cases with symptoms.
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| Cuomo insists he won't take position in DC after being named as possible Biden attorney general Posted: 12 Oct 2020 10:56 AM PDT  'I just am giving you the straight advice as your governor and that's where I am'
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| China bristles at Canada over duo detained on spy charges Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:22 AM PDT  Beijing on Monday rubbished a Canadian charge that two of its citizens were being arbitrarily detained in China, instead accusing Ottawa of "double standards" over the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
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| 20 ‘free-roaming’ pythons – some as long as 10 feet – seized at Utah home, cops say Posted: 12 Oct 2020 11:53 AM PDT  The snakes were "mostly free-roaming inside the residence."
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| Stan Swamy: The oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India Posted: 12 Oct 2020 04:05 PM PDT  A respected 83-year-old activist and priest is the latest to be arrested for alleged links with Maoists.
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| Trump voters overwhelmingly support LGBTQ+ equality, new poll finds Posted: 11 Oct 2020 02:47 PM PDT  A new poll shows that likely voters in key swing states overwhelmingly support LGBTQ+ equality — including those supporting Trump.
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| Iran and Venezuela are Circumventing American Energy Sanctions Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:30 AM PDT  In September, the Iranian regime of Hassan Rouhani sent four oil tankers to Venezuelan coasts. Last week, the fleet arrived, a lifeline for a regime that has been struggling to meet Venezuela's energy needs.Historically, Venezuela has been among the largest oil-producing countries in the world. Before Venezuela's socialist revolution bankrupted the Venezuelan oil sector, the South American country used to produce over three million barrels of oil per day. Similarly, Venezuela used to refine over a million barrels of fuel per day, which is roughly ten times its domestic consumption. Hence, Venezuela had enough fuel to subsidize the country's consumption and to export the vast majority of it.Today, that is no longer the case. The Venezuelan regime, after years of mismanaging the Venezuelan oil industry, achieved the seemingly impossible. It turned the oil-rich Venezuela into a nation desperate for fuel. The Venezuelan oil sector is not only producing just about 350,000 oil barrels per day but also refining about 7,000 barrels of fuel per day, which is just 6 percent of the country's fuel demand of about 120,000 barrels per day of fuel.As a result, the country has been experiencing chronic fuel shortages. To fill up their tanks, Venezuelans now have to do kilometric lines in their cars. These lines usually last days, even weeks in some cities, such as Barquisimeto and San Cristobal. And for those who can afford it, authorities estimate that between 5,000 and 15,000 barrels of fuel are being smuggled from Colombia to Venezuela, which is later sold at about $8 per gallon.To overcome its nationwide fuel crisis, the Venezuelan regime is relying on one of its closest allies: Iran. This oil partnership began in June, when four Iranian tankers carried over 1.5 million barrels of fuel to Venezuela. In exchange, the Venezuelan regime paid Iran with gold, which is being transported by plane to Tehran. Moreover, the regime also gave Iran the control of the "El Palito" refinery, which can process over can process 140,000 barrels of fuel per day. One can only speculate what other deals could these two "anti-imperialist" countries might be doing.For these reasons, in August, the United States decided to seize an Iranian shipment bound for Venezuela. The shipment carried 1.1 million barrels of fuel, it was being transported by four Liberian-owned oil tankers, and it was managed by the Greek firms Vienna LTD and Palermo SA. Specifically, the United States stopped the shipment on August 13. After Washington warned the crew and the company that they would be sanctioned for doing business with the sanctioned regimes of Maduro and Rouhani, the company decided to surrender the shipment by sending it to Houston.In response, Iran sent another shipment in September. This time, the shipment was carried and managed by the Iranian regime itself. The shipment included four medium-size vessels, self-identified as Honey, Forest, Fortune, and Faxon. Iran sent them through African seas (around Africa's horn) to avoid any interference from the United States. The tankers also had their transponders switched off, making it difficult for tracking systems to detect their locations. Overall, the four tankers arrived in Venezuela between the last week of September and the first week of October. Between the four, they carried 2 million barrels of blending agents to boost Venezuela's collapsing oil production. The fleet also contained between 800,000 and 1.5 million barrels of fuel, to fulfill Venezuela's urgent needs. In exchange, Venezuela is paying Iran with gold, control over its oil sector, and God knows what else.As a result, while one can only speculate the U.S. response to this situation, it is safe to say that numerous policymakers in Washington are worried about it. To this end, they should begin asking themselves: Why is Venezuela specifically relying on Iran, another sanctioned country from the other side of the globe, to solve its fuel crisis? To this question, I would argue that the U.S. sanctions have some fault.Before the sanctions, Venezuela imported fuel from other countries besides Iran. For instance, two years ago, Venezuela used to import about 135,000 barrels of fuel per day from the United States. A year ago, Venezuela used to import about 196,000 barrels of fuel per day from Europe under oil-for-fuel swap agreements. Yet, these transactions are no longer possible, as the Treasury prohibited them under executive orders 13857 and 19884.For this reason, I would argue that the U.S. foreign policy is -- at least -- partially responsible for this growing relationship between Caracas and Iran. While the Treasury's sanctions against Venezuelan officials and oligarchs are being effective, the sanctions against the Venezuelan oil industry are having the unintended consequence of bringing Iran and Venezuela together. As a result, my recommendation to the State Department would be to reevaluate the desirability of the Treasury's sanctions against the Venezuelan oil industry, PDVSA.
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| Israel hopes to collaborate with US on anti-missile lasers Posted: 12 Oct 2020 12:58 PM PDT  Israel's Missile Defense Organization has contacted the Pentagon to collaborate on developing directed-energy capabilities, according to agency director Moshe Patel.
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| Apple is about to hold ‘the most significant iPhone event in years’ Posted: 12 Oct 2020 09:55 AM PDT  On Tuesday, Apple is holding a launch event where it will reveal this year's iPhone lineup.
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| Malaysia police to summon Anwar over list of backers of PM bid Posted: 12 Oct 2020 02:13 AM PDT  Malaysia's police said on Monday they have asked opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to give a statement after they received complaints about names of lawmakers appearing in news media reportedly backing his claim to the premiership. Anwar last week announced he had been granted an audience with King Al-Sultan Abdullah on Tuesday to present documentation "of the strong and convincing majority" of legislators behind his bid to replace Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Police in a statement said they had received unspecified complaints over a widely circulated list of 121 federal lawmakers who supposedly were backing Anwar's bid.
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| Britain should look to reduce 'dependence' on China, says MP, as new ambassador lands in Beijing Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:51 AM PDT  Britain could consider trading with Mexico and other countries to reduce its reliance on China, said chair of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Tugendhat on Monday, as the UK's new ambassador to China, Caroline Wilson, touched down in Beijing. "While it is certainly true that China's economy is dominant in many areas, it is no longer the cheap workshop of the world," said Mr Tugendhat. "In that sense much of the products that are made and produced in China are also produced elsewhere," he said, listing as examples Mexico, Egypt and Bangladesh. "We should be cooperating with China [but that] doesn't mean we should be dependent on China," he told reporters via video link. Ms Wilson, who has begun a two-week quarantine upon arriving in Beijing, is taking up her post as ambassador at a complicated time for bilateral relations. "Thrilled to be here," she wrote on Twitter, posting a picture of those greeting her upon arrival in full hazmat suits.
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| Security guard jailed in deadly shooting at Denver protests Posted: 11 Oct 2020 11:34 AM PDT  A private security guard working for a local TV station was jailed for investigation of first-degree murder in the deadly shooting of another man during dueling right- and left-wing protests in downtown Denver, police said Sunday. Matthew Dolloff, 30, was taken into custody in connection with a clash that took place Saturday afternoon in Civic Center Park. A man participating in what was billed a "Patriot Rally" slapped and sprayed Mace at a man who appeared to be Dolloff, the Denver Post reported, based on its photographs from the scene.
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| 10,000 attend Nashville revival, worship leader says. Now officials are investigating Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:15 PM PDT  Sean Feucht has another event planned in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday night, according to his website's event page.
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| Polls show Biden holding big lead over Trump among voters nationwide Posted: 12 Oct 2020 12:53 PM PDT  Trump 2020 campaign adviser Steve Cortes tells 'Bill Hemmer Reports' incumbent has edge in battleground states
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| 'California is going to hell': Trump attacks California, New York, Illinois in morning tweets Posted: 12 Oct 2020 10:21 AM PDT  Each of the states have Democratic leadership
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| North Korea: What we know about the 'massive' new missile on parade Posted: 12 Oct 2020 02:31 AM PDT  A defence expert explains why a new missile displayed at a military parade is a threat to the US.
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| A white beauty influencer apologized for saying BIPOC and LGBTQ YouTubers are 'handed' their success by the platform Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:26 PM PDT  Glam&Gore; apologized after her former friend Swoop accused her of racist microaggressions and 'using' creators like Jeffree Star and James Charles.
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| Pride in America cannot only be certain brand of white man's pride Posted: 11 Oct 2020 08:35 AM PDT  The demand that we be proud to be American has long served as a weapon, even when the vision of what we should be proud of has been solely white.
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| Armed groups say they will show up to polling sites on Election Day, and experts are afraid it will intimidate voters Posted: 12 Oct 2020 04:35 AM PDT  The leader of a far-right group called the Oath Keepers told the Los Angeles Times his members would be carrying concealed weapons at polling sites.
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| Breonna Taylor juror slams Cameron for preventing public statements on case Posted: 12 Oct 2020 01:59 PM PDT  The anonymous grand juror in the Breonna Taylor case who brought legal action to make the proceedings public has now criticized its special prosecutor, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. The anonymous juror asked a judge for permission to speak out about the secret grand jury deliberations over whether to charge any Louisville officers in connection with Taylor's death.
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| Pope meets Cardinal Pell for first time since he was jailed - and then acquitted - for sex abuse Posted: 12 Oct 2020 08:57 AM PDT  Pope Francis welcomed Cardinal George Pell back into the fold on Monday, making specific reference to the year the Australian spent in prison for his sex abuse conviction, which was ultimately overturned. Cardinal Pell was granted an audience with the Pope in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican. The Holy See disclosed nothing about what the two men discussed, but did release a short video of their encounter, indicating that the Pope was keen to publicise Cardinal Pell's rehabilitation. Greeting the Australian, Pope Francis said "thank you for your testimony", in an apparent reference to the trial in Melbourne in which Pell faced allegations of sexually molesting two choirboys. The Pope was then heard to say "more than a year" – a reference to the 13 months Pell spent in jail before his conviction for sexual abuse was overturned by Australia's High Court in April. It was the first meeting between the pair since the cardinal's sex abuse conviction was quashed on appeal. He returned to Rome at the end of last month after an absence of nearly three years. Although he had his conviction for molesting the choirboys overturned, a report released in Australia in May said he was aware of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy as far back as the 1970s and failed to sack or remove priests. Cardinal Pell still faces a civil suit brought by the father of one choirboy who died in 2014. When he left Rome in 2017 to face the charges in Australia, Pell had been tasked with cleaning up the Vatican's finances as its economy minister. His return comes amid a financial scandal in which the Pope last month forced the resignation of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, whom he accused of misappropriation of Vatican charity money. The cardinal, who was one of the most powerful figures in the Vatican hierarchy, has denied any wrongdoing. He was involved in a controversial €324 million property deal - the Vatican's purchase of a former Harrods car showroom in Sloane Avenue in Chelsea, which it intended to convert into luxury flats. Millions of euros were paid to middlemen who brokered the deal and the Pope has ordered an investigation.
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| Floods, rough seas kill 18 in Vietnam as fresh storm on the way Posted: 11 Oct 2020 11:47 PM PDT  At least 18 people died and more than a dozen are missing after floods submerged homes in central Vietnam and rough seas capsized fishing boats, authorities said Monday, as another storm threatened fresh downpours.
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| 2020 polls: President Trump nearly as unpopular going into November election as Hillary Clinton was in 2016 Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:06 PM PDT  Polls have grown so one-sided that Republicans fear a Democratic 'blue wave' in November, with control of the Senate also at stake
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| Southwest Airlines is heading to two major airports. Here’s what you need to know Posted: 12 Oct 2020 12:27 PM PDT  Southwest operated out of one of the airports on its first day of service in 1971.
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| India’s Nirbhay cruise missile test fails Posted: 12 Oct 2020 11:26 AM PDT  Nirbhay — an intermediate-range subsonic land-attack cruise missile with terrain hugging — is an Indian version of the American Tomahawk and the Russian Club SS-N-27 cruise missiles.
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| Donor threatens to sue embattled Texas AG over dropped case Posted: 12 Oct 2020 08:05 AM PDT  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is already facing calls to resign and accusations of crimes by his own staff over an investigation sought by one of his wealthy donors. In a letter sent Sunday, a lawyer for Austin real estate developer Nate Paul wrote that Paxton's staff was always hostile to the probe. The letter adds to the confusion surrounding investigations and legal disputes that came to public attention this month when seven top lawyers in Paxton's office accused him of bribery, abuse of office and other crimes.
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| China is testing an entire city of 9 million for COVID-19 after it found 12 cases connected to a hospital there Posted: 12 Oct 2020 02:55 AM PDT  A small cluster of cases — six with symptoms and six without — prompted an enormous response from officials in the city of Qingdao.
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| Sen. Coons: Judge Barrett is GOP last desperate measure to bring down Affordable Care Act Posted: 11 Oct 2020 07:10 AM PDT  Democratic senator provides insight into how they will try to keep Judge Amy Coney Barrett off the Supreme Court.
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| 2 suspects in Michigan governor kidnap plot identified in pictures of heavily armed far-right agitators who invaded the state Capitol in April Posted: 11 Oct 2020 05:05 AM PDT  The twins were pictured standing in the Capitol's gallery on April 30, carrying long guns while protesting Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home orders.
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| 'Live PD' was canceled. But in one Texas county, its twisted legacy lives on. Posted: 11 Oct 2020 03:04 AM PDT  The police ride-along show damaged the lives of the people caught in the glare of its cameras and distorted policing in Williamson County.
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