| As Trump rails against Portland protesters, Wisconsin governor tells him to stay home Posted: 31 Aug 2020 02:46 AM PDT  Portland police are investigating the shooting death of a man in clashes between demonstrators at a pro-Trump vehicle rally and counterprotesters.
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| St. Louis couple charged after waving guns appear in court Posted: 31 Aug 2020 07:56 AM PDT  The attorney for a white St. Louis couple charged for waving guns during a racial injustice protest outside their home said Monday that they're anxious to prove "with absolute certainty" that they did not commit a crime. One week after Mark and Patricia McCloskey spoke on video to the Republican National Convention, they were in court briefly Monday morning and did not enter a plea. Mark McCloskey, 63, came out with AR-15 rifle, according to court records, which said Patricia McCloskey, 61, displayed a semiautomatic handgun.
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| Leaked email reveals CVS district leader instructed pharmacy staff not to tell patients their medications were filled by someone who tested positive for COVID-19 Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:00 AM PDT  A CVS technician said a district leader threatened to fire staff if they told patients their medications were filled by a COVID-positive worker.
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| Russian opposition activist hospitalised after attack outside his home Posted: 31 Aug 2020 05:24 AM PDT  A 22-year-old Russian opposition activist has been hospitalised after what supporters said was a vicious attack by two men outside his house in Moscow. Yegor Zhukov, who came to prominence last year when he was arrested and tried over opposition protests, posted pictures of his bruised and bloody face to social media following the attack. He was taken to hospital for an MRI scan which showed he had "fortunately managed to avoid serious injuries or internal bleeding," a spokesman said. The activist "remained calm and even joked about what happened," his team said in a social media post, adding that he was allowed home following tests.
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| 75-year-old Buffalo man shoved by police speaks out on incident after month in hospital Posted: 31 Aug 2020 09:15 AM PDT  Martin Gugino, 75, was shoved to the ground by Buffalo police in June, and the incident drew wide criticism. Now Gugino tells his side.
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| Letters to the Editor: California's blackouts prove it: We still need oil and gas for energy Posted: 30 Aug 2020 03:00 AM PDT  California's leaders need to set aside ideology and admit that in the near term, the state still needs fossil fuels to prevent blackouts.
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| Mutated coronavirus strain found in Indonesia as cases jump Posted: 30 Aug 2020 12:59 AM PDT  A more infectious mutation of the new coronavirus has been found in Indonesia, the Jakarta-based Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology said on Sunday, as the Southeast Asian country's caseload surges. Indonesia reported 2,858 new infections on Sunday, data by the health ministry showed, below the previous day's record 3,308 but above the past month's daily average. Its total number of cases was 172,053, with 7,343 COVID-19 fatalities.
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| Cheng Lei: Australian anchor on Chinese TV detained in China Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:18 PM PDT  Cheng Lei, an Australian citizen, worked as a news presenter for government-run CGTN in Beijing.
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| New report deepens mystery around Trump’s sudden and suspicious visit to Walter Reed hospital Posted: 31 Aug 2020 02:40 PM PDT  Vice President Mike Pence was reportedly prepared to take over the presidential duties
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| Biden on protests: ‘These are not images of some imagined Joe Biden America in the future, these are images of Donald Trump’s America today’ Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:44 AM PDT  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday challenged the Republican talking point that people will not be safe in the United States with Biden as president.
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| John Oliver rains fire and cold fury on the RNC 'racial panic' and the Kenosha troubles Posted: 31 Aug 2020 02:03 AM PDT  This week's Last Week Tonight was, unusually, about things that happened last week, "and the reason we're doing that is that this has been one hell of a week," John Oliver explained Sunday night. "Tonight we're going to talk about two things in particular: The Republican National Convention, and the horrific events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Jacob Blake was repeatedly shot in the back by police and a vigilante killed two people."Kimberly Guilfoyle's loud RNC speech "very much set the tone for the week," Oliver said. "The main theme of the convention seemed to be 'Telling Lies in Front of Flags,' because it was four days of a full-throated denial of objective reality," Oliver continued -- most significantly the assertions that COVID-19 and racism are things of the past."A lot of the RNC's messaging on race seemed intended not so much to win over Black voters as to reassure white people that they could vote Republican without being racist," even as the GOP served up a "steady diet of barely disguised racial panic," Oliver said. That brought him to Kenosha, and the Fox News response: "Let's be clear: A 17-year-old vigilante with a rifle cannot maintain order, because a 17-year-old vigilante with a rifle trying to maintain order is himself the definition of disorder -- except, of course, if you're a regular viewer of Tucker Carlson, a show that exists to teach its viewers precisely three things: property damage is violence, homicide is order, and pillows are for sale."The police shooting of Blake and excuses for the white vigilante offer a clear "visual illustration of the differences between being Black and white in America," Oliver said, and "it's somehow especially infuriating" that the events in Kenosha happened concurrently with the RNC's simultaneous denial of racism and stoking of racial violence.The "exhaustively depressing" reminders of racism were lightened a bit by the "genuinely extraordinary" NBA walkout, Oliver said. "History has repeatedly shown us the system does not respond until it is forced to," and "real discomfort is the only thing that's going to bring about real change here." Voting won't be nearly enough, he said, "because as much as I or the RNC would like to believe that Joe Biden will be an agent of radical change, there's just no reason to believe that." He ended on a fiery, NSFW note, and you can watch below. More stories from theweek.com Data firm predicts election 'chaos' as Trump seems to win in a landslide before losing as more votes are counted Ron Jeremy hit with 20 more sexual assault charges involving 13 women Pandemic adviser with no epidemiology background reportedly pushes White House to adopt herd immunity strategy
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| Indiana Congressman introduces bill to ban protest 'thugs' from receiving unemployment aid Posted: 31 Aug 2020 09:53 AM PDT  U.S. Rep. Jim Banks introduced a bill that would ban people from receiving unemployment aid if convicted of a federal offense related to protests.
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| Worth the wait: Yellowstone’s Giantess Geyser erupts for first time in six years Posted: 30 Aug 2020 11:48 AM PDT  Giantess is one of the biggest geysers in the national park, and typically explodes between twice and six times a year In these troubled times there comes a point where we all need to let off steam.For this huge geyser in Yellowstone park, the moment was now and the eruption was spectacular, after a six-year wait.But, for the rest of us, watching this natural phenomenon is strangely meditative and beautifully distracting from much of the bad news around, despite the violent geothermal forces propelling it.Giantess Geyser spouted for the first time in more than six years in Yellowstone National Park, which straddles part of Wyoming and a little of Montana, on 25 August, according to the US National Park Service (NPS)."She" has more typically erupted between twice and six times a year in the past, according to the NPS website, and blasts a spout up to 200ft high."The surrounding area may shake from underground steam explosions just before the initial water and/or steam eruptions," the NPS website adds.Giantess is one of the biggest geysers in the park, alongside phenomena such as the super-tall Steamboat geyser, the largest active geyser in the world, and the park's most famous, Old Faithful, renowned for its punctual regularity as it soars from the ground about 20 times a day.Colorful hot spring features in the park include the blue-hued Morning Glory Pool and the psychedelic Grand Prismatic spring, as well as whiffy, sulfurous bubblers and roiling natural pots of scalding hot water fizzing out of the rocks.The features are among more than 10,000 hot springs and geysers in the park, a Unesco world heritage site.
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| Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend offered plea deal if he would claim Taylor was part of ‘organized crime syndicate’ Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:35 PM PDT  Breonna Taylor's ex-boyfriend was offered a plea deal if he would claim that she was part of an "organized crime syndicate." Jamarcus Glover, Taylor's ex-boyfriend and the focus of the no-knock raid which took her life, pled not guilty to drug charges Friday.
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| Portland Police declare gathering near city building as 'unlawful' Posted: 31 Aug 2020 03:44 AM PDT  "To those near the Kelly Building, this has been declared an unlawful assembly due to criminal activity," Portland police wrote on Twitter https://bit.ly/3gKwGsO. The overnight demonstration followed a fatal shooting amid weekend street clashes between supporters of President Donald Trump and counter-demonstrators in downtown Portland. Governor Kate Brown said on Sunday night that Oregon State Police would send personnel and resources to Portland to help keep the situation in the city under control.
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| Japan country profile Posted: 31 Aug 2020 08:44 AM PDT  Provides an overview of Japan, including key events and facts about this earthquake-prone country on the western rim of the Pacific.
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| Tesla Model S on autopilot slammed into a police car because the driver was watching a movie on his phone, authorities say Posted: 31 Aug 2020 07:31 AM PDT  Nobody was injured in the crash, and the doctor behind the wheel of the Tesla was charged with two crimes.
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| Ethiopia seeks US clarification on reported aid cut over dam Posted: 31 Aug 2020 05:53 AM PDT |
| Will my child be sent home for cough, runny nose? What to know about day care guidelines during COVID-19 Posted: 31 Aug 2020 10:33 AM PDT  With flu, cold and allergy season around the corner, experts say a runny nose or cough is almost inevitable at daycare facilities.
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| 'Rest in peace Jay': sympathy for the far right foretells Trump's election strategy Posted: 31 Aug 2020 10:36 AM PDT  The president has shown a lifelong penchant for inflaming racist hatreds and fears – expect much more of this before NovemberSix months into the coronavirus pandemic, Donald Trump tweeted a rare statement of condolences, as the confirmed death toll in the US climbed past 183,000.But the expression of regret was not for victims of Covid-19. Instead the president memorialized a member of a far-right group killed in Portland, Oregon on Saturday night."Rest in peace Jay," the president tweeted, referring to Aaron "Jay" Danielson, shot dead in clashes after a convoy of Trump supporters drove through an anti-racism protest.Trump is not often given to expressions of sympathy or understanding. But going back to the days when he took out a full-page ad in the New York Times to call for the deaths of five wrongfully accused Black men in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, he has shown a lifelong penchant for inserting himself at raw public moments to inflame racist hatreds and fears.The difference now is that Trump is president, and that penchant has become the centerpiece of his re-election strategy. That much is plain from his Twitter feed, which on Sunday included footage of a Black man assaulting a white woman on a subway platform, apropos of nothing."I think he only means to agitate things," said Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. "He is campaigning. It's clear his campaign is all about 'law and order', it's a throwback to the past, and he's going to do everything to disrupt law and order in this time."It has been three years since Trump defended the "very fine people" among the white supremacist marchers in Charlottesville, Virginia. It has been only two months since he branded anti-racist protesters "terrorists" and two weeks since he tweeted that "the history and culture of our great country [is] being ripped apart" with the removal of statues to Confederate leaders and generals.Trump has announced that he will visit Kenosha on Tuesday. The Wisconsin city has been the scene of protests after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, four times in the back as Blake reached into a car in which his children were sitting.Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old who was both a Trump admirer and a self-styled law enforcement enthusiast, brought a semi-automatic rifle to the scene of protests in the city and killed two people, prosecutors say.Trump has expressed his support: on Friday the president "liked" a tweet thread beginning: "Kyle Rittenhouse is a good example of why I decided to vote for Trump."Of the caravan of trucks flying Trump flags that drove into the anti-racism protests in Portland on Saturday, spraying mace and firing paintballs, Trump tweeted: "GREAT PATRIOTS!"A suspect held in the death of Danielson reportedly described himself as a supporter of "antifa", a broad label applied to "anti-fascist" groups that Trump and the far right have accused of unsubstantiated acts of violence. Danielson was identified as a "friend and supporter" of the Patriot Prayer group, whose founder, a former Republican candidate for US Senate, has condemned white supremacy but which attracts white supremacist sympathizers.Trump's planned Kenosha visit was seen by Bass and others as likely to inflame tensions at a time when calls for calm and mutual understanding are needed."I think his visit has one purpose, and one purpose only, and that is to agitate things and to make things worse," Bass said.For others, Trump's plan to visit Kenosha was ominously reminiscent of visits to scenes of other conflicts critics say he has fomented with incendiary tweets and by cheerleading violent actors.After a white gunman who warned of a "Hispanic invasion" killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas last year, Trump visited despite urging from local officials not to. At the scene, Trump boasted about progress on his border wall.A year earlier, Trump paid a similarly controversial visit to Pittsburgh, where a gunman who accused Jews of "committing genocide to his people" killed 11 at a synagogue.Joe Biden has directly tied Trump's rhetoric to such incidents of violence, and accused the president of unleashing "the deepest, darkest forces in this nation"."How far is it from Trump's saying this 'is an invasion' to the shooter in El Paso declaring 'this attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas'?" Biden has tweeted. "Not far at all."The Democratic nominee for president planned to visit Pittsburgh on Monday, "to lay out a core question voters face in this election: are you safe in Donald Trump's America?"In released excerpts of his speech, he said: "This president long ago forfeited any moral leadership in this country. He can't stop the violence – because for years he has fomented it."Trump, Biden added, "may believe mouthing the words 'law and order' makes him strong, but his failure to call on his own supporters to stop acting as an armed militia in this country shows you how weak he is."Writing for the Daily Beast, the columnist Michael Tomasky said trying to convince voters that Biden represents chaos would not work. The piece was titled "White People Aren't as Racist or Stupid as Trump Thinks".But four years ago, Trump showed he knew white voters, who made up 74% of the 2016 electorate, better than a lot of people. They voted 54%-39% for Trump, putting him where he is today.
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| Walesa warns Poles against populism on 40th Solidarity anniversary Posted: 31 Aug 2020 05:55 AM PDT  Poland's anti-communist icon Lech Walesa on Monday warned against populism as his deeply divided country marked 40 years since a landmark deal gave rise to the freedom-fighting Solidarity trade union.
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| U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait for second time in two weeks Posted: 30 Aug 2020 10:58 PM PDT |
| Sex workers blame Bella Thorne for changes at OnlyFans that harm their income Posted: 30 Aug 2020 06:37 PM PDT  The content subscription platform said its new transaction rules were not due to one user and will "continue to review these limits" amid the backlash.
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| An LA teacher said she and her daughter had to flee their home after she received threats for wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt to class Posted: 30 Aug 2020 09:22 AM PDT  On the first day of school, the English teacher in Los Angeles wore a shirt that read, "I can't breathe," a message associated with the BLM movement.
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| Judge orders Georgia to extend deadline for absentee ballots Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:44 PM PDT  A federal judge on Monday ordered Georgia to extend its deadline for accepting mail-in ballots for November's general election from the close of polls on Election Day until three days later. Georgia law says absentee ballots must be received by the close of polls on Election Day. U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross ordered that absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day and arrive at county election offices by 7 p.m. three business days later be counted.
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| Hitler’s Quest for Power Was Nearly Derailed Multiple Times. But the System Enabled His Rise Posted: 31 Aug 2020 09:30 AM PDT  A determined strongman, not taken seriously by the elites but enabled by a core of passionate supporters, bent events his way just as his country went into free-fall
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| Proposed House bill blocks rioters from COVID unemployment benefits Posted: 30 Aug 2020 05:55 AM PDT  Insight from Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, who introduced the Support Peaceful Protest Act after his constituents were harassed.
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| Swift Boat mastermind to launch massive super PAC to boost Trump Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:30 AM PDT  The late effort, expected to include some of the party's biggest givers, comes as Trump has been overwhelmed by Joe Biden on TV.
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| Arkansas sheriff who was secretly recorded using racial slurs reluctantly resigned and insisted he's not racist Posted: 30 Aug 2020 02:32 PM PDT  An Arkansas sheriff who was secretly recorded using racial slurs reluctantly resigned on Friday after saying that he was "by no means a racist."
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| Pro-western leader Zaev returns to power in North Macedonia Posted: 31 Aug 2020 01:31 AM PDT  Zoran Zaev, the pro-Western leader who changed the name of North Macedonia last year to secure its membership in NATO and the European Union, returned to power late on Sunday, seven months after resigning over the slow pace of EU membership talks. The country joined NATO in March after adding the word "North" to its name, under an agreement with Greece, which has a province called Macedonia and had blocked its neighbour's membership in Western organisations for decades.
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| Women forced to 'make the sacrifices' as child care centers face lack of support Posted: 31 Aug 2020 04:11 AM PDT  Economic challenges have only grown amid the coronavirus pandemic, leaving workers and providers squeezed.
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| UN labor body: Qatar 'dismantles' kafala employment system Posted: 30 Aug 2020 05:42 AM PDT  New labor rules in the energy-rich nation of Qatar "effectively dismantles" the country's long-criticized "kafala" employment system, a U.N. labor body said Sunday. The International Labor Organization said as of now, migrant workers can change jobs before the end of their contracts without obtaining the permission of their current employers. Qatar also has adopted a minimum monthly wage of 1,000 Qatari riyals ($275) for workers, which will take effect some six months after the law is published in the country's official gazette, the ILO said.
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| Two licensed pilots with families identified as the men killed in Broward plane crash Posted: 31 Aug 2020 11:42 AM PDT |
| Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly allowed in person legal visit despite coronavirus lockdown Posted: 30 Aug 2020 10:46 AM PDT  Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been allowed an in-person visit by her legal team in what is believed to be the first permitted in a New York City federal jail during the pandemic lockdown. According to the New York Daily News, Maxwell, who is facing six criminal charges, was allowed to hold a face to face meeting at Sunset Park's Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Friday morning. All involved reportedly wore masks during the meeting. Other inmates, who have been in lockdown since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, have had neither family, nor legal visits. Maxwell has been held on remand for less than two months. "I'm incredulous really that she was the first one when there are those of us who have been waiting for nearly six months to have an in-person visit with our clients," Susan Marcus, a lawyer representing detainees in the centre, told the paper.
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| Herman Cain's Twitter account claims coronavirus 'is not as deadly' as expected after he dies of the virus Posted: 31 Aug 2020 06:40 AM PDT  Herman Cain's Twitter is spreading coronavirus conspiracies from beyond the grave.Cain, the former businessman and presidential candidate, died a month ago from COVID-19. But his Twitter account and website have lived on through posts assumedly from his former staffers, including one early Sunday morning that doubted the deadliness of the virus.A now-deleted tweet that reads as if it's from "THE Herman Cain" links to an article suggesting most COVID-19 patients died of an underlying condition along with the virus. It's captioned "It looks like the virus is not as deadly as the mainstream media first made it out to be."> A deleted tweet from Herman Cain's Twitter account pic.twitter.com/cuHMjN4LV1> > — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2020Cain's account quickly deleted the tweet, but later shared another article with the caption "The summer 'second wave' really hasn't come close to the original spike, and it isn't showing signs it will." That article came directly from Cain's website, in which the site's editor Dan Calabrese speculates Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden isn't considering how he'll campaign if the COVID-19 pandemic dies off by January. Still, Calabrese does acknowledge "When you're getting more than 40,000 new cases every day, you can't say the pandemic is over," and that cases could easily rise again as the U.S. restarts crowded events.Cain was hospitalized with COVID-19 not long after attending President Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was pictured without a mask on.More stories from theweek.com Data firm predicts election 'chaos' as Trump seems to win in a landslide before losing as more votes are counted Ron Jeremy hit with 20 more sexual assault charges involving 13 women Pandemic adviser with no epidemiology background reportedly pushes White House to adopt herd immunity strategy
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| A Syracuse University professor was placed on leave after labeling coronavirus as 'Chinese Communist Party Virus' in course syllabus Posted: 30 Aug 2020 11:12 AM PDT  The university said in a statement that the professor has been "removed from the classroom pending the outcome of a full investigation."
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| Decommissioned Navy Warship Blasted and Sunk in Pacific Exercise Posted: 31 Aug 2020 10:50 AM PDT  Ships and aircraft from ten nations participating the exercise sank the amphibious cargo ship in a live-fire exercise.
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| Philippines extends partial coronavirus curbs in Manila until Sept. 30 Posted: 31 Aug 2020 10:09 AM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday partial restrictions in and around the capital Manila will be kept for another month starting Sept. 1 to tackle a rising number of coronavirus cases and further expand hospital capacity. Duterte announced the decision in a late night televised address after the health ministry reported another 3,446 new cases of the coronavirus and 38 fatalities that day, taking its total count to 220,819 cases with 3,558 deaths. Health Secretary Francisco Duque said the daily reported cases "remains high," citing a need to intensify anti-COVID-19 measures to slow the infection rate, which is the highest in Southeast Asia.
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| Kentucky AG has received ballistics in Breonna Taylor case Posted: 30 Aug 2020 09:40 AM PDT  Kentucky's attorney general has received a long-awaited FBI ballistics report in the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor. Attorney General Daniel Cameron tweeted Sunday that there is additional analysis needed now that the report is in his hands, and there would be no announcement on the investigation this week. "We continue to work diligently to follow the facts and complete the investigation," Cameron tweeted.
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