| 'Unconstitutional slop': Democrats blast Trump's executive actions on coronavirus relief Posted: 09 Aug 2020 08:58 AM PDT  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the "kindest thing I could say" after looking at President Trump's executive orders was that he "doesn't know what he's talking about."
|
| Police searched a United Airlines jet after a reportedly hallucinating passenger claimed there was a bomb on board Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:01 PM PDT  Police officers searched the plane with passengers still on board and offloaded each piece of luggage on the plane to be checked by canine units.
|
| Biden teases VP pick: 'Are you ready?' Posted: 10 Aug 2020 05:03 AM PDT  Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is expected to announce his running mate this week, teasing a reporter on Sunday by asking, "Are you ready?"Biden has said he will choose a woman as his vice presidential pick, with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and former National Security Adviser Susan Rice having emerged as frontrunners. Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and California Rep. Karen Bass have also been floated by analysts as potential picks."[Biden] has a very difficult decision to make … but it's almost an embarrassment of riches," Howard University political science professor Niambi Carter told USA Today, while others have worried that Biden's delay has made his choice "messier than it should be" and pitted "women, especially Black women, against one another." Check out the seven candidates The Week's Matthew Walther believes have the best chance here.More stories from theweek.com Donald Trump's impotent tyranny California judge orders Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees QAnon goes mainstream
|
| Man says he wasn’t allowed into an Arkansas casino because ‘men do not carry purses’ Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT  The casino has since apologized.
|
| Fact check: Quarantine 'camps' are real, but COVID-19 camp claim stretches truth Posted: 09 Aug 2020 10:31 AM PDT  An Instagram post is correct about expansion of quarantine sites during the pandemic, but falsely claims personal information will be accessed there.
|
| Hate crime victim arrested at protest won't be prosecuted Posted: 09 Aug 2020 11:11 PM PDT  A Black woman who became a leading activist in the Black Lives Matter movement after she was assaulted by a white supremacist three years ago won't be charged after her arrest early Monday fueled anger among protest leaders in Portland, Oregon, authorities said. Demetria Hester, 46, was booked on suspicion of disorderly conduct and interfering with a police officer during the protest that began Sunday night. The Multnomah County district attorney's office later said Hester would not be prosecuted but offered no further details.
|
| Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are 1.5 times more likely to have a child with autism, according to the largest study of its kind Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT  In the largest study of its kind, marijuana use in pregnancy was linked to a 50% higher risk of having a child with autism.
|
| Mauritius oil spill: Fears vessel may 'break in two' as cracks appear Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:37 PM PDT  The MV Wakashio, which ran aground on a coral reef on 25 July, is now leaking oil off the island.
|
| U.S. Attorney General Barr says the left wants to tear down system Posted: 09 Aug 2020 07:12 PM PDT  Barr also told a Fox News TV host he was worried that an increase in mail-in voting could lead to a contested presidential election in November, sounding in on an issue often raised by U.S. President Donald Trump. In an interview with conservative pundit Mark Levin, Barr said Democrats had pulled away from classic liberal values and now were akin to the "Rousseauian Revolutionary Party" aimed at destroying the institutions upon which the country was built.
|
| Sturgeon sorry for exams fiasco and admits student outrage a 'bigger problem' than grade inflation Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:22 AM PDT  Nicola Sturgeon has issued an apology to teenagers hit by this year's results day fiasco and promised to fix the "unfair" system. After spending much of last week defending the arbitrary downgrading of 124,000 qualifications, under a "moderation" process put in place following the cancellation of this year's exams, the First Minister on Monday confirmed a government u-turn over results. Opposition parties said the First Minister's apology did not go far enough, and claimed the reversal was motivated by a desire to keep her under-fire Education Secretary and deputy, John Swinney, in his job. The furious row over school qualifications threatened to overshadow the reopening of Scottish schools, for the first time in almost five months, from Tuesday. Many are welcoming pupils back on a "phased" basis over the coming days ahead of a full-time return next week. The EIS, the country's largest teaching union, said a major survey of almost 30,000 members showed that only one in five were confident that schools are currently safe, with two thirds believing face coverings should be made mandatory among older pupils. However, on school qualifications, Ms Sturgeon admitted: "We did not get this right and I'm sorry for that." Details of an overhauled system will be unveiled on Tuesday at Holyrood. It is likely that many, if not all, of the 124,000 downgrades will now be reversed. Ms Sturgeon said she had come to the conclusion that the injustice and disillusionment felt by teenagers was a "bigger problem" that the impact widespread grade inflation would have on the credibility of this year's results.
|
| AOC slams New York Governor Cuomo over reopening schools in autumn Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:58 AM PDT  Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken a swipe at New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over his decision to allow schools to open this fall, a rare case of Democrat-on-Democrat sparring during the pandemic."If it's not safe enough for indoor dining, what makes it safe enough for indoor schooling?" Ocasio-Cortez asked in a tweet. "And restaurants actually have soap in the bathrooms."
|
| Senate cafeteria workers reportedly face layoffs if Congressional stalemate continues Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:46 PM PDT  Up to 80 people who are part of the Senate cafeteria staff in the capitol could face layoffs by October if Congress can't emerge from its coronavirus relief deadlock, CNN reports.The company that employs the workers, Restaurant Associates, did not confirm the number, but did not deny issuing warnings of potential layoffs, which are the result of having to close some of its restaurants because of the pandemic.Senators told CNN they believe they will pass a bill that will fund the Architect of the Capitol — the federal agency that oversees the day-to-day function of the Capitol and has a private contract with Restaurant Associates — in time, allowing employees to continue to receive their paychecks, like the CARES Act did.Lawmakers said they were committed to protecting the workers' jobs, although Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) blamed Restaurant Associates, which he said "has been a problem to deal with," rather than his colleagues for the layoffs threat. As Murphy sees it, the company is simply trying "get more money out of the Architect of the Capitol," which he said could mean it's "time to find a vendor that's not going to use the threats of layoffs as a cajole to try to get more money." Read more at CNN.More stories from theweek.com Donald Trump's impotent tyranny California judge orders Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees QAnon goes mainstream
|
| Want to keep spoiling your pets during the coronavirus pandemic? Here’s the latest in 'pet tech' Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:00 PM PDT  During the COVID-19 crisis, pets get plenty of attention. Some pet tech can help you keep spoiling your cat or dog when you are with them or away.
|
| Appeals of Nazi camp guard conviction in Germany dropped Posted: 10 Aug 2020 08:14 AM PDT  All appeals against the conviction of a 93-year-old Nazi concentration camp guard have been dropped, a Hamburg court said Monday, making the decision legally binding and easing the way for possible future prosecutions. Bruno Dey was convicted last month of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder in Hamburg state court — equal to the number of people believed to have been killed at Stutthof during his service there in 1944 and 1945. Because he was 17 and 18 at the time of his alleged crimes, Dey's case was heard in juvenile court and he was given a two-year suspended sentence.
|
| Riot declared as fire burns in Portland police union offices Posted: 09 Aug 2020 11:05 AM PDT  A fire inside a police union building led authorities in Portland, Ore., to declare a riot and turn protesters away from the offices as demonstrations continue in the city after federal agents withdrew more than a week ago.
|
| Where to Buy Wallpaper Online: 23 Stores With Unique Designs Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:21 AM PDT |
| Chicago protests: Restrictions imposed after chaotic night of unrest Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:10 PM PDT  Chicago officials say over 100 arrests have been made after a night of violence and looting.
|
| Kudlow said he 'spoke out of turn' when saying unemployment benefits can only be extended by Congress Posted: 09 Aug 2020 09:30 AM PDT  Days before Trump signed four executive orders to bypass Congress, Larry Kudlow said he thought extending the benefits "required an act of Congress."
|
| North Korea's Red Cross deploys thousands of volunteers to help cope with coronavirus, floods Posted: 09 Aug 2020 08:32 PM PDT |
| Coronavirus: Brazil becomes second country to pass 100,000 deaths after US Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:38 AM PDT  Brazil's coronavirus death toll has surpassed 100,000, with the country's affliction showing no signs of abating as most cities reopen shops and restaurants.The nation became the second in the world to reach the grim milestone by official counts, 10 weeks after the United States.
|
| Georgia school moves online after COVID-19 infections reported Posted: 09 Aug 2020 06:14 PM PDT  A Georgia high school plans to start the week with all classes moving online after nine students and staff tested positive for the coronavirus when the school year opened last week with most students attending classes in-person.
|
| Xi or Tsai? Taiwan opposition jumps on US envoy's 'vocal slip' Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:30 AM PDT  Taiwan's opposition party demanded a clarification Monday after a US envoy who is visiting appeared to mispronounce the name of the island's president for her arch rival in China. Health chief Alex Azar met with President Tsai Ing-wen earlier Monday in the highest level visit to Taiwan since the United States switched diplomatic recognition to China. In his opening statement he fluffed the name of President Tsai -- pronounced "ts-eye" -- and instead said something closer to "shee".
|
| 5.1-magnitude quake hits North Carolina, causes minor damage Posted: 09 Aug 2020 06:15 AM PDT  The most powerful earthquake to hit North Carolina in more than 100 years shook much of the state early Sunday, rattling homes, businesses and residents. The National Weather Service in Greenville said the 5.1-magnitude temblor struck at 8:07 a.m., following a much smaller quake several hours earlier. There were no reports of serious injuries, but some minor structural damage was reported in Sparta, as well as cracks in roads.
|
| Lebanon government resigns amid explosion fallout Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:39 AM PDT  Lebanon's government resigned during a cabinet meeting on Monday to discuss early elections following last week's catastrophic explosion in Beirut, the country's health minister has said. "The whole government resigned," Hamad Hassan told reporters at the end of the meeting. Prime Minister Hassan Diab was expected to travel to the presidential palace to "hand over the resignation in the name of all the ministers," Mr Hassan said. Pressure has mounted on the government to step down amid growing anger from a public that holds it accountable for the explosion that damaged half the capital last Tuesday. Three ministers had already offered their resignations ahead of the meeting, while Foreign minister Nassif Hitti resigned the day before blast, warning the country was at risk of becoming a failed state and the government seemed incapable of reform. Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni, a key negotiator with the International Monetary Fund over a rescue plan to help Lebanon exit a financial crisis, prepared his resignation letter and brought it with him to a cabinet meeting, a source close to him said.
|
| Injured cruise ship worker ‘forgotten’ after seven months in South Florida hotels Posted: 09 Aug 2020 04:00 AM PDT  From behind the locked window of his 10th-floor hotel room, Paúl Córdova watches dozens of airplanes take off and land each day at Miami International Airport.
|
| Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy in Kano state Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:38 PM PDT  Musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu broadcast a song about Prophet Muhammad in March.
|
| 'We have to reach an agreement': Dems, White House open to deal on COVID-19 relief despite Trump's orders Posted: 09 Aug 2020 04:51 PM PDT  Pelosi said Trump's executive orders failed to accomplish the administration's own stated goals.
|
| Mexico's coronavirus outbreak is now the third worst in the world Posted: 10 Aug 2020 08:31 AM PDT  The U.S., by a wide margin, leads the globe in COVID-19 cases. But its neighbor to the south has its own alarming spike, making it the third worst outbreak in the world.Mexico has had 52,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, The New York Times reported Monday. A widespread distrust of hospitals has made the pandemic even deadlier, as Mexicans are reportedly frequently refusing to seek treatment until their COVID-19 symptoms have worsened past the point of possible recovery, or not at all. Additionally, the tendency to avoid hospitals has made it difficult to confirm the true number of coronavirus deaths — those who die at home often aren't tested, so their deaths aren't counted as part of the official death toll. Mexico's government says there were 71,000 excess deaths this spring, deaths that aren't officially COVID-19-related but likely point to an even deadlier outbreak.Last month, nearly 70 percent of Mexicans said they would feel unsafe taking their loved ones to a hospital for coronavirus treatment, writes the Times. The fear, of course, isn't unfounded. Almost 40 percent of those hospitalized with COVID-19 end up dying, data shows, compared to less than 25 percent in New York City at the peak of the outbreak. Deaths in hospitals also happen quicker in Mexico, though doctors say that's partly because patients wait so long before arriving for treatment.The vicious cycle has many fearing that medical workers are even deliberately infecting patients or allowing them to die, though no evidence suggests that's the case. Read more at The New York Times.More stories from theweek.com Donald Trump's impotent tyranny California judge orders Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees QAnon goes mainstream
|
| Gunmen kill six French aid workers, their driver and guide in Niger, minister says Posted: 09 Aug 2020 08:05 AM PDT  Gunmen on motorcycles killed six French aid workers, a Nigerien guide and a driver in a wildlife park in Niger on Sunday, officials said. The group was attacked in a giraffe reserve just 65 km (40 miles) from the West African country's capital Niamey, the governor of Tillaberi region, Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella, told Reuters. The six worked for an international aid group, Niger's Defence Minister Issoufou Katambé told Reuters.
|
| As fewer students choose to enroll in the wake of coronavirus, some colleges are promising tuition-free semesters Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:15 AM PDT  Some colleges are making "ninth-semester-free" promises to students, as a new survey says many students may not enroll in the fall.
|
| Apt Bible passage at Catholic Mass coincides with earthquake Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:01 PM PDT |
| Wild bear that sniffed woman's hair is caught and castrated Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:57 AM PDT  The black bear was captured after he was filmed approaching a visitor at an ecological park.
|
| Trump says he is considering the ‘great battlefield’ at Gettysburg for his convention speech Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:07 PM PDT  President Trump tweeted on Monday that he is choosing between two locations, Gettysburg, Penn. and the White House, for his speech accepting the Republican nomination, scheduled for the night of Aug. 27.
|
| Lindsey Graham Claims Declassified Docs Show FBI ‘Misled’ Congress on Steele Dossier Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:59 AM PDT  Newly declassified documents show that the FBI misled Congress regarding the reliability of the Steele dossier, Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) said on Sunday.The Senate Intelligence Committee, which Graham chairs, is currently conducting an investigation into the origins of the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane probe, whose stated aim was to uncover alleged collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian operatives.One document released by the committee on Sunday is an FBI draft of talking points for a February 2018 Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the Russia investigation. The talking points, uncovered by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, seek to give the impression that the Steele dossier's "Primary Sub-Source" for intelligence was reliable.The Primary Sub-Source "did not cite any significant concerns with the way his reporting was characterized in the dossier to the extent he could identify it," according to the talking points.However, the FBI knew in early 2017 that the Primary Sub-Source had cast doubt on the dossier's claims that Trump-campaign officials and Russian operatives were working together. The Primary Sub-Source in fact told FBI agents in 2017 that there was "zero" corroboration for some of the allegations in the dossier.The 2018 memo "clearly shows that the FBI was continuing to mislead regarding the reliability of the Steele dossier. The FBI did to the Senate Intelligence Committee what the Department of Justice and FBI had previously done to the FISA Court: mischaracterize, mislead and lie," Graham said in a press release. "What does this mean? That Congress as well as the FISA Court was lied to about the reliability of the Russian sub-source. I will be asking FBI Director Wray to provide me all the details possible about how the briefing was arranged and who provided it."IG Horowitz's report on the FBI's attempts to obtain FISA warrants for former Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page revealed "at least 17 significant errors or omissions" in those applications.
|
| 84 arrests made at Sturgis Rally as governor welcomes 250,000 bikers to district Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:31 PM PDT  Sturgis Motorcycle Rally kicked off in the western part of South Dakota on Friday, leading to 84 arrests in one day, according to a report.The annual rally, which the city council decided would go ahead in June, has drawn thousands of bikers to the state from all over the country, many without masks or social distancing in mind.
|
| Iran closes down newspaper after expert doubts official coronavirus tolls Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:38 AM PDT  Iran shut down a newspaper on Monday after it quoted a former member of the national coronavirus taskforce as saying the country's tolls from the epidemic could be 20 times higher than official figures, state news agency IRNA reported. "The Jahan-e Sanat newspaper was shut down today for publishing an interview on Sunday," the newspaper's editor-in-chief, Mohammadreza Saadi, told IRNA. On Sunday, the newspaper published an interview with Mohammadreza Mahboubfar, in which he said: "The figures announced by the officials on coronavirus cases and deaths account for only 5% of the country's real tolls".
|
| A Georgia high school that suspended students for posting pictures of crowded hallways now has 9 reported cases of coronavirus Posted: 09 Aug 2020 07:35 AM PDT  North Paulding High School in Georgia, whose policy is that masks are a "personal choice," now has 9 reported cases of coronavirus in one week.
|
| Retired US police officer tracks down man who shot him and escaped jail after 50 years on the hunt Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:20 AM PDT  A retired US police officer has revealed how he finally managed to track down a man who escaped jail after shooting him almost five decades ago. Officer Daril Cinquanta first encountered Luis Archuleta in Colorado in 1971, when the notorious criminal shot him in the stomach. Archuleta was jailed over the shooting, but managed to escape from prison three years later after feigning an illness to secure a hospital visit. "It was an escape from a Hollywood script," Mr Cinquanta said, complete with "a hostage, a getaway car, an accomplice with guns." When Mr Cinquanta learned of his attacker's escape, he made it his mission to track him down. Years of calling contacts for potential leads led Mr Cinquanta to San Jose, California in the 1980s, but the trail appeared to run cold. Undeterred, Mr Cinquanta continued his search for his attacker and was rewarded with a tip off this June, 47 years after Archuleta went on the run. The tip came from an anonymous caller who suggested Archuleta was now living under the alias Ramon Montoya at an address in Española, New Mexico. Mr Cinquanta's research revealed that Mr Montoya had been charged with drunk driving in 2011 and a search of the police database showed that his mug shot matched Archuleta. "I couldn't believe it," Mr Cinquanta told CBS Denver. "I've been chasing the guy all of this time, and dead end after dead end after dead end." Mr Cinquanta, who is now retired, alerted the local police force and the FBI, who tracked down Archuleta, now 77, and arrested him on August 5.
|
| Court record in Colombia reveals Uribe's mounting legal bind Posted: 09 Aug 2020 09:00 PM PDT  The frantic voice message to an inmate in Colombia's notorious La Picota prison came days before powerful former President Álvaro Uribe was up against a court deadline to submit witness testimony in a potentially damaging case against him. "There's a big man who wants to talk," Carlos Eduardo López, a tireless Uribe devotee, told the former paramilitary serving a four-decade sentence. Juan Guillermo Monsalve asked for details.
|
| Trump said people of color 'just set a record for new jobs.' Data show the unemployment rate for Black Americans has barely changed in the last month. Posted: 08 Aug 2020 05:40 PM PDT  The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate for Black Americans "showed little change over the month."
|
| Cuba reports record daily number of coronavirus cases Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:26 AM PDT  Faced with a second wave of coronavirus cases, Cuba announced on Monday a record daily number of new infections. The 93 new cases beat the previous record from May 1 of 74, leading authorities to reimplement lockdown measures that had been gradually relaxed. The health ministry said most of the cases are in the capital Havana and the neighboring province of Artemisa.
|
| The Federal Government Must Stop the Deadly Abortion Pill Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:30 AM PDT  While COVID-19 dominates the news cycle, a battle is being fought over a deadly drug that has killed over 3.7 million children and at least 24 women. The drug is Mifeprex — commonly known as the abortion pill. On July 13, an Obama-appointed federal judge enjoined the Food and Drug Administration requirements governing the prescription of Mifeprex. He ruled that requiring pregnant women to complete an in-clinic appointment to procure the drugs was a "substantial obstacle" to abortion and was to be suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. This ruling suspends, for the abortion pill, the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), the FDA's rules for "certain medications with serious safety concerns to help ensure the benefits of the medication outweigh its risks." Women procuring abortion drugs without proper education or evaluation are at greater risk of complications and death due to undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy, hemorrhaging, infection, and more. This dangerous judicial activism should compel elected officials, entrusted with the care of their constituents, to take a stand when federal agencies jeopardize public health and safety.The first drug in the abortion-pill regimen, Mifeprex was approved by the FDA in 2000 after a highly politicized scramble within the Clinton administration. Beverly Winikoff is the founder of one of the abortion pill's loudest proponents, Gynuity Health Projects. Winikoff claimed that the September 11 terrorist attacks "saved" Mifeprex because the nearly 3,000 Americans killed that day overshadowed news of a woman killed by the abortion pill a day prior. Mifeprex was designed specifically to kill the developing child and is approved for use up to ten weeks, at which point a child has arms, eyelids, toes, fingers, and organs.Since the drug's approval, over 4,000 adverse maternal reactions have been reported to the FDA. The FDA acknowledges that adverse reactions are notoriously underreported, and most women experiencing hemorrhaging and severe infections will seek follow-up care at emergency rooms instead of returning to the abortion clinic. Yet emergency rooms are not required to report adverse reactions. And as of 2016, the Obama administration changed the requirement so that abortion-pill manufacturers must report only maternal deaths to the FDA. The number of women seeking blood transfusions and emergency intervention is likely much greater than 4,000.The Mifeprex regimen has unleashed horrors on America's women and children while providing no medical benefit. Killing innocent children, endangering mothers, and abusing the health-care system to do harm is tragic. And as long as this deadly drug remains on the U.S. market, it will pose a serious health risk.Pregnancy is not a disease and abortion is not health care. The abortion pill is not medicine. No child deserves to be killed by a drug, and pregnant women deserve better. FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn should acknowledge the subversion of the abortion industry and its allies, which are using a national pandemic to instigate abortion expansions that could remain long after the pandemic is over. The FDA should protect the public health of Americans and pull this lethal drug, Mifeprex and its approved generics, from the market immediately.Ted Cruz is a U.S. senator from Texas and a member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Lila Rose is the president and founder of Live Action, a nonprofit human-rights organization educating on abortion and the abortion industry.
|
| Schumer says Democrats ready for coronavirus aid talks, if Republicans move Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:22 PM PDT  U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday that Democrats are ready to return to the negotiating table over coronavirus relief, if Republicans would agree to a larger bill than they have been willing to accept up to now. Last week, Schumer used similar language to urge White House negotiators to agree to a legislative package at least $1 trillion larger than the $1 trillion bill that Senate Republicans have already proposed.
|
