| Trump says a President Biden would get 'no ratings' Posted: 13 Jul 2020 07:42 AM PDT  President Trump, whose halting leadership in the face of the coronavirus pandemic Americans increasingly question, boasted Monday about his one undisputed success: his ability to command media attention.
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| Parents of slain Atlanta girl plead for help to find killer Posted: 12 Jul 2020 09:32 PM PDT  The parents of an 8-year-old Atlanta girl slain near the site of an earlier police killing pleaded for the public to help find whoever was responsible as their lawyers announced more reward money. "Please don't use the word snitch," the girl's father, Secoriey Williamson, said Monday, addressing anyone who might have leads. Total reward money now stands at $50,000, said one of the attorneys, Mawuli Davis.
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| Philippines to use police in house-to-house searches for COVID-19 cases Posted: 14 Jul 2020 05:59 AM PDT  Philippine authorities and police will carry out house-to-house searches for COVID-19 patients to prevent wider transmission, a minister said on Tuesday, amid soaring death and infection numbers and some areas returning to a stricter lockdown. Interior Minister Eduardo Año urged the public to report cases in their neighbourhoods, warning that anyone infected who refused to cooperate faced imprisonment. The tough approach comes during a week where the Philippines recorded Southeast Asia biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths and saw hospital occupancy grow sharply, after a tripling of infections since a tough lockdown was eased on June 1 to allow more movement and commerce.
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| Remains of Aztec palace, house built by Hernán Cortés found near Mexico City plaza Posted: 14 Jul 2020 12:06 PM PDT  Mexican officials said the remains of the Aztec palace and house built by Hernán Cortés were found near the Plaza del Zócalo.
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| US Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashes at New Mexico base, marking service's fifth fighter jet crash since May Posted: 13 Jul 2020 08:33 PM PDT  The pilot was able to eject safely and is being treated for minor injuries, the base said Monday evening.
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| St Louis couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters 'almost always in conflict with others', report says Posted: 13 Jul 2020 03:19 PM PDT  The white couple who were photographed pointing guns at protesters in St Louis, have been revealed to have had several conflicts over their property in recent years, from a number of lawsuits to the smashing of children's beehives.Personal-injury attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey were seen standing outside their home holding a handgun and a rifle at Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters who were walking down their street on 28 June.
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| A black bear opened the front door of a Colorado home, let itself in, and attacked a man inside Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:30 AM PDT  A man staying in the Aspen home said he awoke in the middle of the night to a massive black bear in his kitchen rummaging through the refrigerator.
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| Trump identifies another hoax: The coronavirus Posted: 13 Jul 2020 08:26 AM PDT  "The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19," wrote game show host Chuck Woolery in a tweet promoted by the president.
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| Polish conservative Duda re-elected president, deeper EU rifts likely Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:16 PM PDT  Polish President Andrzej Duda has won five more years in power on a socially conservative, religious platform in a closely fought election that makes renewed confrontation with the European Union's executive likely. Final results from Sunday's presidential election runoff showed Duda, 48, won with 51.03% of the vote, the National Election Commission said. Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski got 48.97%.
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| Funeral for Seoul mayor held as allegation details emerge Posted: 12 Jul 2020 08:46 PM PDT  Mourners wept and deeply bowed before the coffin of Seoul's mayor during his funeral Monday, while a lawyer came forward with details about sexual harassment allegations against the late politician. The allegations have split many in South Korea over how to remember Park Won-soon, who was found dead Friday in a wooded area in northern Seoul. Park, a liberal who built his career as a reform-minded politician and champion of women's rights, had been considered a potential candidate for president in 2022.
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| This Tennessee doctor caught coronavirus at a meeting about coronavirus. He nearly died. Posted: 14 Jul 2020 04:45 PM PDT  Dr. Daniel Lewis, the chief medical officer of a hospital in East Tennessee, nearly died after catching coronavirus. His recovery took months.
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| Police across Virginia are searching for people who are putting up offensive flyers calling on residents to 'pray for white Americans in 2020' Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:36 AM PDT  The flyers, packaged in ziplock bags with bird seeds, were placed in mailboxes and called for "100% Americanism."
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| Writer and editor Bari Weiss leaves New York Times over 'bullying' and 'harassment' from colleagues Posted: 14 Jul 2020 10:37 AM PDT  Opinion writer and editor Bari Weiss is leaving the New York Times claiming she has been bullied and harassed by colleagues over her often controversial opinion articles, and alleging that Twitter is the paper's 'ultimate editor'.Ms Weiss has been a polarising figure for the paper and she frequently generated backlash on social media for her opinions. She is leaving the paper amid a debate in the elite media over the role of journalists and the prevalence of "cancel culture" within the industry.
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| Pro-Police Agitators and Black Lives Matter Protesters Clash in Brooklyn Posted: 13 Jul 2020 05:51 PM PDT  The pro-police rallies came weeks after the New York City Council cut the NYPD's budget by $1 billion. The cuts came in light of national calls to defund police departments in response to the killing of George Floyd and other unarmed Black people at the hands of police officers.
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| Trump, in full reversal, urges Americans to wear masks Posted: 14 Jul 2020 04:25 PM PDT  The president long refused to don such protection against coronavirus, and just weeks ago mocked Joe Biden for doing so.
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| U.S. Senate to begin debate on new coronavirus bill next week: McConnell Posted: 13 Jul 2020 04:40 PM PDT  The U.S. Senate will begin debate next week on a fifth coronavirus-response bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday, as he forecast tough negotiations with Democrats who are seeking broader aid than Republicans. "Next week, we'll be beginning a new bill," McConnell said during an interview with WRVK radio in his home state of Kentucky. McConnell added the legislation, which has not yet been unveiled, will likely be more contentious than the previous four coronavirus aid bills.
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| Japan says coronavirus adds to security threat by China Posted: 13 Jul 2020 09:08 PM PDT  China is pushing harder to make territorial claims in the regional seas and even using the coronavirus pandemic to expand its influence and take strategic superiority, posing a greater threat to Japan and the region, Japan's government said. The report highlighting the government's defense priorities was adopted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet on Tuesday, less than a day after the Trump administration rejected outright nearly all of Beijing's significant maritime claims in the South China Sea in a statement likely to deepen the U.S.-China rift. The Abe government's Defense White Paper 2020 highlights what are potential Chinese and North Korean threats as Japan tries to further increase its defense capability.
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| California Gov. Newsom orders statewide closures, including indoor restaurant operations Posted: 13 Jul 2020 05:34 PM PDT  California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday a list of business sectors that will be required to close amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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| Young conservative women stand up to liberal mob Posted: 13 Jul 2020 08:27 PM PDT  Incoming Marquette freshman Samantha Pfefferle says she has been threatened over her pro-Trump TikTok post; political activist Savanah Hernandez targeted by Black Lives Matter protesters.
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| Coronavirus: Jair Bolsonaro says he ‘can’t stand’ being in isolation and will retake test Posted: 14 Jul 2020 02:24 AM PDT  Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro has said he "can't stand" self-isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 and intends to take a second test for the virus.The right-wing leader, who has been in quarantine at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, said in an interview on Monday that he feels "very well" and has picked up few symptoms from the disease.
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| Romance scam: US woman freed after year as hostage in Nigeria Posted: 13 Jul 2020 04:46 AM PDT  The 46-year-old woman from Washington DC was held for more than a year and lost $48,000, police say.
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| 5 Years Ago, New Horizons Reached Pluto—and We Never Stopped Learning Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:25 AM PDT |
| Four more states added to New York quarantine order, Cuomo says Posted: 14 Jul 2020 08:12 AM PDT  Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday ordered those arriving in New York from an additional four states to quarantine for 14 days to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. The newly added states - Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio and Wisconsin - were all seeing 'significant' community spread of the virus, Cuomo said in a statement. Travelers arriving in New York from a total of 22 U.S. states are now required to quarantine for 14 days, according to Cuomo's order which was first issued in June.
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| Parson: Trump 'focused' on situation with St. Louis couple Posted: 14 Jul 2020 02:46 PM PDT  O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said President Donald Trump is focused on and concerned about the possibility that a white St. Louis couple could face criminal charges for displaying guns as they defended their home during a racial injustice protest. Parson told reporters Tuesday that he had just been on the phone with Trump and U.S. Attorney General William Barr. The phone call came amid reports that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, a Democrat, may file charges against Mark and Patricia McCloskey, both of them lawyers in their 60s.
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| Fact check: Rep. Ilhan Omar was not photographed at an al-Qaida training camp Posted: 14 Jul 2020 07:57 AM PDT  A photo claiming to be of Rep. Ilhan Omar was taken in 1978, four years before she was born. Social media posts claiming this are false.
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| Tucker Carlson says his former head writer 'paid a heavy price' for racist internet posts Posted: 13 Jul 2020 06:46 PM PDT  Carlson acknowledged the posts were "wrong," but did not offer an apology on behalf of the show or the network, saying his longtime associate had "paid a very heavy price" in losing his job.
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| Tulsa race massacre: Search continues for mass grave site from 1921 Posted: 14 Jul 2020 10:48 AM PDT  Archaeologists and dig crews have resumed the excavation of a suspected mass grave in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of one of the bloodiest episodes of racist violence in the US.A white mob terrorised hundreds of black Americans during a nearly two-day massacre on 31 May 1921. Armed white men, backed by Oklahoma officials and law enforcement, shot at black residents, bombed buildings and set them ablaze, destroying 35 blocks of homes, businesses, churches and schools in the city's prosperous Greenwood neighbourhood, known as Black Wall Street.
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| New Zealand mosque gunman to represent himself at sentencing Posted: 12 Jul 2020 07:21 PM PDT  The Australian white supremacist who admitting killing 51 worshippers in a mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques has dismissed his lawyers and will represent himself when he is sentenced next month. Brenton Harrison Tarrant had pleaded guilty in March to 51 charges of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one charge of engaging in a terrorist act for the shootings targeting people praying at the two mosques in the city of Christchurch in 2019. Tarrant's defense team, lawyers Shane Tait and Jonathan Hudson, applied during Monday's hearing for permission to withdraw as his counsel, a role they have filled since April 2019.
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| Portland Protesters Set Fire to Base of Elk Statue During 46th Consecutive Night of Demonstrations Posted: 13 Jul 2020 10:04 AM PDT 
During a night of unrest in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, July 12, protesters set fire to an empty fountain and the base of an elk statue that was recently removed during protests in the area. During clashes on July 11, one protester, named as Donavan La Bella, was hospitalized after he was shot in the head with an impact munition, the Portland Tribune reported. Mayor Ted Wheeler has announced that US Marshals will investigate the incident. Protesters gathered on July 12, the 46th consecutive day of protests in Portland, to call for justice for La Bella, local media reported. The Oregonian reported that a “120-year-old statue of an elk” that sat atop the David P. Thompson Fountain was removed from downtown Portland after protesters damaged its base by setting it on fire during July 1 demonstrations. This video shows a figure lying on the base as fire burns in the empty fountain beneath on Sunday night. Credit: Drew Hernandez via Storyful
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| Airline contacts US senator over maskless photo Posted: 13 Jul 2020 09:07 PM PDT  American Airlines said Monday it had contacted Republican Senator Ted Cruz after he was seen without a mask on a flight, but he said he had only removed it to eat and drink. Health experts and scientists have called on politicians to set an example by wearing face coverings as the coronavirus rages across the United States. "While our policy does not apply while eating or drinking, we have reached out to Senator Cruz to affirm the importance of this policy," American Airlines said in a statement.
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| International students denied U.S. entry under new visa rules - court documents Posted: 12 Jul 2020 11:02 PM PDT  International students have already been denied entry to the United States under new Trump administration rules that bar them from the country if their schools hold all classes online amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a court document filed on Sunday. The "friend of the court" brief, written by dozens of universities and colleges, was filed in support of a lawsuit brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) seeking to block immigration rules issued on July 6 that blindsided academic institutions across the country. The brief said U.S. immigration authorities were "already preventing returning students from re-entering the country" and cited the case of a DePaul University student returning from South Korea who was denied at San Francisco International Airport.
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| Trump: ‘More White People’ Are Killed by Cops and How Dare Anyone Suggest Blacks Have it Bad Posted: 14 Jul 2020 02:10 PM PDT  Following weeks of nationwide protests over a spate of police killings of Black people, President Donald Trump has claimed that "more white people" actually die at the hands of law enforcement.The president made the comment after appearing to briefly lose it when asked about the hot button topic in a CBS News interview."Why are African-Americans still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country?" host Catherine Herridge asked, prompting the president to immediately recoil."So are white people. So are white people! What a terrible question to ask," he huffed. "So are white people."Studies have shown that Black men are about 3.5 times more likely than white men to die in police custody. White men were killed by the police in the highest numbers between 2013 and 2017, but white people account for a greater percentage of the U.S. population than Black people, according to a Harvard study.Trump has made white grievance politics and the culture war a centerpiece of his re-election push in recent weeks, defending Confederate memorials and military bases named after Confederate generals even as he derides those who took part in anti-racism protests as "bad, evil people" seeking to destroy the country. Beyond that, he's targeted the only full-time Black NASCAR driver, Bubba Wallace, falsely accusing him of perpetrating a hate-crime "hoax" after a suspected noose was discovered in his garage at Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway last month. Trump took to Twitter to demand that Wallace should "apologize" after the FBI concluded the noose was not a hate crime, but Wallace was not the one who reported it to begin with.Amidst what has become a nationwide reckoning over racism in the country, Trump has veered off in the other direction and refused to acknowledge that racism is a problem. In fact, perhaps the most telling response he has offered to the racism issue at the heart of the protests was a recent retweet of a video showing a Trump supporter arguing with protesters and yelling "white power." 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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| Former veteran hospital nursing assistant pleads guilty to murder charges in string of insulin deaths Posted: 14 Jul 2020 02:34 PM PDT  Reta Mays was charged with seven counts of second-degree murder.
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| How might China react to the UK's Huawei decision? Posted: 14 Jul 2020 07:51 AM PDT  China has repeatedly threatened to retaliate if the UK Government reversed its decision on Huawei, with relations already under strain after Boris Johnson offered citizenship to up to three million people from Hong Kong fleeing tough new security laws. The Chinese government has not hinted what measures are being considered, but ongoing diplomatic spats with British allies including the US, Australia and Canada reveal a wide-ranging playbook. A key factor is how quickly China might be willing to allow relations with the UK to deteriorate. In the US, Canada and Australia, political elements have been critical of China for several years, while the UK is only now starting to push back against China's ambitions, said Kitty Smyth, the founder of Jingpinou, a UK consultancy specialising in China. Therefore, China may be "more likely to want to build on those pockets of support, rather than erode all relationships with the UK entirely", she added. Still, some level of reprisal is likely to take place as Beijing's swagger has grown with its new "wolf warrior" style of diplomacy, taking a much harder line in defiance of what it views as the West trying to diminish its place on the world stage.
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| AR-15 is an ‘everyday gun for everyday citizens,’ NRA says. The backlash was swift Posted: 13 Jul 2020 10:08 AM PDT |
| 'We absolutely have to': Pelosi willing to cancel August recess for deal on another coronavirus relief package Posted: 14 Jul 2020 12:37 PM PDT  Speaker Nancy Pelosi will delay or cancel Congress' August recess if negotiators need more time to reach a deal on a coronavirus relief package that is expected to include a renewal of beefed-up unemployment benefits and more federal assistance to state governments in order to address the Covid-19 pandemic."We absolutely have to. We also have to come to an agreement. The timetable is the timetable of the American people needing their unemployment insurance, their direct payments, their assistance for rent and mortgage foreclosure forbearance," and other federal aid programmes Democrats have proposed, Ms Pelosi said in an interview with CNN on Monday.
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| Governor shuts bars, dining as virus hits California hard Posted: 13 Jul 2020 10:01 PM PDT  As the coronavirus swept California with renewed ferocity, the governor once again closed bars, inside dining and, for much of the state, gyms, indoor church services and hair and nail salons in an effort to prevent COVID-19 cases from swamping hospitals. Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a sweeping set of closures on Monday as the state recorded more than 329,000 cases and deaths topped 7,000. "COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon, until there is a vaccine and or an effective therapy," Newsom said.
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| Spike in Shootings Continues over the Weekend in Chicago, NYC Posted: 13 Jul 2020 06:12 AM PDT  A spike in shootings during the past month and a half continued with 64 shooting victims in Chicago and 28 in New York City over the weekend.While overall crime is down in both cities, there has been an uptick in gun violence in June and July as compared to the same period in 2019. That uptick comes in the midst of massive protests against police kindled by the death of George Floyd, an African American man killed during his arrest by officers in Minneapolis.Of the shooting victims in Chicago this weekend, 13 were killed including two children. The same weekend in 2019 saw 41 shooting victims with nine dead. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown has announced the creation of "mobile patrol" units to increase police presence in various neighborhoods, in an attempt to clamp down on the violence.Mayor Lori Lightfoot said last week that the uptick in gun violence could be attributed at least in part to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic."The ecosystem of public safety that isn't just law enforcement but is local, community-based, they too, have really been hit hard by COVID and are now just kind of coming back online and getting their footing," Lightfoot said at a press conference.Meanwhile, New York City recorded 28 shooting victims over the weekend, with 15 of those shot within a 15-hour period, according to the New York Post. The victims included a one-year-old boy who was killed after gunfire erupted near a barbecue in Brooklyn.Much of the spike in shootings in June occurred in 10 specific precincts, NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri said last week, adding "Those communities are being overrun by the small percentage of gang members who have no regard for their own life and absolutely zero regard for the community."The NYPD also dealt with multiple pro- and anti-police demonstrations over the weekend, some of which descended into scuffles between the two factions.
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| Qatar wins air blockade case at top UN court Posted: 14 Jul 2020 08:40 AM PDT  The UN's top court on Tuesday backed Qatar in a bitter row with four Middle East nations that imposed an air blockade against Doha after accusing it of backing radical Islamists and Iran. The decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) covers a key part of the acrimonious standoff that erupted three years ago pitting Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against Qatar. Qatar said after the decision that its rivals would "face justice".
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| Trump's attacks on mail-in voting could lead to nightmare scenario, election expert warns Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:34 PM PDT  Even before the pandemic made it likely that there will be a historic number of mail-in ballots in this fall's election, UC Irvine professor Richard Hasen worried that if it were close, President Trump might declare victory before all votes were counted. That concern is now much greater for Hasen.
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| The 13 coolest features of the 2 and 4-door 2021 Ford Bronco, the all-4x4 lineup's tough-as-nails go-anywhere off-roader Posted: 13 Jul 2020 05:00 PM PDT  The 2021 Ford Bronco's roof comes in three sections that are quickly removable as a standard feature.
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