| Militias targeting Michigan and Virginia governors show rise of 'boogaloo' violence Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:25 AM PDT  Recent arrests stemming from an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offer an example of the growing — and increasingly violent — antigovernment faction of the "boogaloo" movement.
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| Live: Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Yahoo News to discuss the coronavirus pandemic Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:32 AM PDT  Tune in on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 8 a.m. ET.
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| Another pro-Trump campaign ad caught using footage from Russia and Belarus Posted: 14 Oct 2020 03:37 AM PDT  Advert supporting Republican president is fourth in three months to use Russian footage
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| No phone, abandoned car, pleas for public help: California woman missing at Zion National Park in Utah Posted: 14 Oct 2020 06:38 AM PDT  A press conference on Tuesday afternoon led to more information released to the public on the disappearance of Holly Courtier in Zion National Park.
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| Biden says that he's 'not a fan' of packing the Supreme Court but doesn't want it to be the 'focus' of this election cycle Posted: 13 Oct 2020 09:37 AM PDT  The Democratic nominee gave one of his more substantial answers to date about the judiciary, but said, "I don't want to get off on that whole issue."
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| Mexican president's anti-corruption drive buffeted by scandals Posted: 14 Oct 2020 04:03 AM PDT  Three months after taking charge of a new office created by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to compensate Mexicans for years of public sector embezzlement, its director quit, complaining the organization was tainted by corruption. The blow to the Institute for Returning to the People What Was Stolen (INDEP) is one of several recent cases to blot Lopez Obrador's image and undercut the message that his December 2018 investiture marked a sea change for a country awash in graft. On Sept. 22, INDEP director Jaime Cardenas submitted his letter of resignation, raising concerns over alleged misuse of proceeds from auctions of stolen assets, and the suspected theft of diamonds, emeralds and sapphires from the institute.
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| Cheerleader in hospital after goalpost falls on her head at Oklahoma field, family says Posted: 13 Oct 2020 09:06 AM PDT  The teenager's grandmother said she "shouldn't have survived" the incident.
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| Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia's wife, a recent White House guest, tests positive for COVID-19 Posted: 13 Oct 2020 09:31 PM PDT  Trish Scalia, the wife of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon, the Labor Department told staffers in an email on Tuesday night.Trish Scalia is "experiencing mild symptoms but doing well," the Labor Department said, while the secretary has tested negative for the virus and has not shown any symptoms.Trish Scalia, Eugene Scalia, and his mother, Maureen Scalia, all attended the Rose Garden ceremony last month where Trump officially introduced his Supreme Court pick, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. In the 1990s, Barrett served as a law clerk for late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Eugene Scalia's father.A Politico analysis has found that as of last Thursday, 35 White House aides and allies of President Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. Many of those people were at the Rose Garden ceremony and an indoor reception that followed.More stories from theweek.com Biden's post-election tightrope walk The Democrats' desperate SCOTUS scaremongering An anxious poll-watcher's guide to 2020
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| Accused Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse won't be charged in his home state of Illinois Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:51 AM PDT  Local authorities said there's no evidence Rittenhouse, who is accused of killing two people in August, possessed the weapon outside of Wisconsin.
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| Nude photos and death threats: Scandal topples Alaska mayor Posted: 13 Oct 2020 07:03 PM PDT  Ethan Berkowitz, the top elected Democrat in Alaska, submitted his resignation to the Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night, just days after he vehemently denied allegations by YourAlaskaLink anchor Maria Athens that he had posted nude photos of himself on an underage website. The mayor's resignation followed Berkowitz's jaw-dropping admission Monday that he was involved in an inappropriate sexting — he called it "messaging" — relationship with Athens, the anchor of a combined Fox/ABC station in Anchorage.
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| A look at who's who in Joe Biden's inner circle Posted: 13 Oct 2020 08:05 AM PDT  It's no secret that Joe Biden has spent most of his life in politics. He was first elected to the Senate when he was just 29 years old in 1972. And before he became the Democratic nominee for president earlier this year, he had already run for the White House twice before — in 1988 and again in 2008.
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| Trump falsely tells rally he and other coronavirus survivors are now immune: 'Look at that handsome guy, I'd kiss him' Posted: 14 Oct 2020 01:47 AM PDT  Trump's claims about Covid-19 immunity have previously been flagged by Twitter as misinformation
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| 1987 Chevy Camaro reported stolen 32 years ago finally recovered in Indiana reservoir Posted: 14 Oct 2020 11:06 AM PDT  Police said a fisherman used sonar to find the retro ride upside down in several feet of silt.
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| Afghan-Taliban conflict: Helicopters carrying wounded troops collide Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:22 AM PDT  Nine people died in the collision in Helmand province, amid fierce fighting with the Taliban.
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| A spacecraft flying by Venus on Wednesday night could confirm recently found signs of alien life Posted: 13 Oct 2020 10:27 AM PDT  The BepiColumbo spaceship is scheduled to fly by Venus twice on its way to Mercury, first this week, and then next August.
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| Michigan man accused of fracturing Black teen’s jaw with lock: ‘Black lives don’t matter’ Posted: 13 Oct 2020 05:55 PM PDT  A Michigan man is facing a federal hate charge after allegedly fracturing a Black teen's jaw with a lock and declaring that "Black lives don't matter." Lee James Mouat, 42, is alleged to have hit a Black teen with a bike lock which not only fractured his teeth but broke his jaw, Buzzfeed reports. A criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan declared that Mouat was charged on Tuesday with one count of willfully causing bodily injury to the victim because of his race.
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| After yearlong delay, the US Air Force is ready to field Raytheon’s new smart bomb Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:28 PM PDT  Raytheon took a timeout to redesign a key component after problems were discovered during testing.
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| Video shows seconds before and after fatal shooting at Denver protest Posted: 14 Oct 2020 03:45 PM PDT  Verbal altercation quickly escalates leaving one dead and one in custody
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| These states require travelers to self-quarantine or present a negative COVID-19 test Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:57 PM PDT  Some states require or recommend visitors self-quarantine for two weeks to stem the spread of COVID-19. Find out where.
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| Hong Kong takes back seat as China's Xi promotes neighbor as future 'model city' Posted: 14 Oct 2020 04:31 AM PDT  "The Shenzhen model is political zero tolerance and business on China's terms," said Kent Deng, professor of Chinese economic history.
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| Some Democrats are urging Nancy Pelosi to accept the White House's $1.8 trillion stimulus offer. But Senate Republicans pose a big obstacle to a coronavirus relief deal. Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:37 PM PDT  We're not that far apart and the last few things should be negotiated. We should be able to get something done," Rep. Ro Khanna of California said.
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| Sweet 16 party turns ‘superspreader’ event — 37 positive for COVID, NY officials say Posted: 14 Oct 2020 07:23 AM PDT  The venue was slapped with a $12,000 fine.
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| Thai protests: Thousands gather in Bangkok as king returns to country Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:32 AM PDT  A motorcade carrying the king and queen had to push through crowds of pro-democracy protesters.
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| Ghislaine Maxwell 'may be a victim too', suggests judge deciding whether to unseal tranche of secret documents Posted: 13 Oct 2020 06:41 AM PDT  A judge weighing whether to unseal sworn testimony given by Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, has suggested that the socialite "may be a victim too." The British heiress is urging a panel of judges in a federal appeals court in New York to overturn a lower court decision ruling to make public the documents, which Maxwell claims will jeopardise her ability to defend against criminal charges she enabled Epstein's sexual abuse of girls. Ms Maxwell, 58, who is currently in a Brooklyn prison awaiting trial, has pleaded not guilty to charges she helped the billionaire recruit and groom underage girls as young as 14 years old to engage in illegal sexual acts in the mid-1990s. The evidence in question relates to a deposition she gave in 2016 in a civil case brought by Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who says the late billionaire forced her to have sex with Prince Andrew, and others, when she was 17. The Duke of York denies all allegations.
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| Famed Navy SEAL pushes back after Trump amplifies baseless bin Laden conspiracy theory Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:28 AM PDT  The response from the former Navy SEAL came after the president on Tuesday retweeted a QAnon-linked account that promoted a baseless conspiracy theory.
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| Eric Trump cancels trip to Michigan gun store after former employee allegedly plotted to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer Posted: 13 Oct 2020 07:33 AM PDT  Huron Valley Guns says the employee was fired after showing up to work in 'a LOT of tactical gear'
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| Facing new fire threat, PG&E cuts power to tens of thousands Posted: 13 Oct 2020 09:11 PM PDT  Pacific Gas & Electric began turning off power to more than 50,000 Northern California customers Wednesday evening as dry, windy conditions renewed the threat of fire in a season already marked by deadly, devastating blazes. The shutoffs will affect portions of nearly two dozen counties, mostly in the Sierras and San Francisco Bay Area, and could last 48 hours. Preemptive electricity cuts are a strategy aimed at preventing fires from being started by power lines that have been damaged or knocked down amid high winds.
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| Texas sets voter registration record after adding 1.8 million voters since 2016 election Posted: 14 Oct 2020 03:23 AM PDT  The latest figure, released Monday, also accounted for roughly 78% percent of the state's eligible voters, although it's not the final statewide registration number ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
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| Family hike turns tragic after mom plunges 300 feet off Georgia mountain, officials say Posted: 14 Oct 2020 11:18 AM PDT  The family had hiked there before and was familiar with the area.
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| Coronavirus hospitalizations in New York state are up 97% since September 1, with Gov. Cuomo largely blaming virus hotspots Posted: 13 Oct 2020 04:20 AM PDT  Gov. Andrew Cuomo blamed the rise in hospitalizations on coronavirus hotspots, which are largely home to Orthodox Jewish communities.
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| Anger in the Philippines as 'political prisoner' denied the right to hold her dying baby Posted: 13 Oct 2020 10:36 PM PDT  The harsh treatment of a young human rights worker whose newborn baby died while she was in jail on what her supporters claim are trumped up charges has sparked widespread anger in the Philippines. River, the three-month-old daughter of Reina Mae Nasino, tragically died of pneumonia just weeks after she was torn from her inconsolable mother despite a concerted campaign to keep the pair together and allow the infant to be nurtured and breastfed. The controversy has gripped a country where the contrast of the alleged VIP treatment of rich and well-connected prison inmates has already sparked deep-seated resentment within the general population. Ms Nasino, 23, who worked for the urban poverty group Kadamay, was arrested in November 2019 during a mass crackdown by President Rodrigo Duterte's administration on dozens of Left-leaning activists. She and two colleagues in the same office were charged with the illegal possession of firearms and explosives, which all three denied and said were planted by the authorities as a pretext to jail them.
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| London's Hackney Borough Council hit by hack attack Posted: 13 Oct 2020 06:16 AM PDT  Not many details have yet been shared, but mayor admits some services may be unavailable for some time.
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| Outgoing Pakistan Navy chief reveals details of modernization programs Posted: 14 Oct 2020 01:03 PM PDT  Pakistan's Navy is racing to plug operational and technological gaps as part of an unprecedented modernization effort, but analysts are divided on whether the move will deter adversaries.
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| Videos show conservative activists cheering on voter suppression: 'We need to stop those ballots from going out' Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:13 PM PDT  When conservatives gathered behind closed doors for conferences of the right-wing Council for National Policy, their talks had a common theme: Voter suppression.Conservatives met for three days in February and another three in August, maskless regardless of Virginia state policies, to discuss election strategies and other goals, The Washington Post reports. One August speaker was Charlie Kirk, the founder of the college conservative group Turning Point USA. At one point, Kirk pinned college campus shutdowns on Democrats, and then called those purported decisions a "very foolish thing" because it's going to lose them opportunities to "harvest" left-leaning college students' votes, video of the event obtained by the Post reveals. "Please, keep the campuses closed, it's a great thing," he said.Tom Fitton, president of the conservative group Judicial Watch, was more explicit. He alleged Democrats were "war-gaming" a plan to make House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) president, and used that as a call for conservative action against mail-in ballots. "We need to stop those ballots from going out, and I want the lawyers here to tell us what to do," Fitton said in video obtained by the Post. J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department official, meanwhile told attendees to oppose mail-in voting and "be not afraid of the accusations that you're a voter suppressor, you're a racist and so forth."Read more about what CNP attendees had to say about voting at The Washington Post.More stories from theweek.com Biden's post-election tightrope walk The Democrats' desperate SCOTUS scaremongering An anxious poll-watcher's guide to 2020
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| Massive meth pile towers over DEA agents after what the agency calls a historic raid Posted: 14 Oct 2020 04:41 PM PDT  The huge drug bust comes just days after another record-setting meth seizure near San Diego
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| The Growing Danger of Political Violence Threatens to Destabilize America Posted: 14 Oct 2020 04:00 AM PDT  A recent poll showed that American voters believe we're two-thirds of the way to a civil war
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| Harris questions Barrett about recusal from Obamacare case Posted: 13 Oct 2020 05:27 PM PDT  Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, pressed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett about the process for recusal in a case before the court concerning the Affordable Care Act.
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| Here are the prominent Republicans not supporting Trump, and those who are supporting Biden Posted: 14 Oct 2020 03:40 PM PDT  Several notable Republicans have publicly endorsed or shown support for Joe Biden instead of their party's incumbent, President Donald Trump.
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| Duterte wants entire Philippine population vaccinated for COVID-19 Posted: 14 Oct 2020 09:36 AM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday his government has the money to procure coronavirus vaccines but he would need more as he wants to inoculate the country's entire population. The government aims to get vaccines to all Filipinos, which Duterte said now number around 113 million, but priority will be given to the poor, the police and military personnel. "All should have the vaccine without exception," Duterte said in a late-night televised address.
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