| Experts: Ballistics report shows Louisville officer was shot by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, not by 'friendly fire' Posted: 08 Oct 2020 05:45 PM PDT  Experts say Breonna Taylor's boyfriend must have been the one to shoot a Louisville officer because no one else fired the same type of ammunition.
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| Elderly couple kidnapped, smuggled into Canada and held hostage by ‘cocaine ring' Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:44 PM PDT  'My understanding from the family is that they're shook up, but doing fine,' says friend Justus Martin
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| Armed Michigan plotters hid their cellphones in a box to be safe but failed to check each other for wires Posted: 08 Oct 2020 12:49 PM PDT  Unbeknownst to the armed militants, one of the FBI sources who attended the meeting was wearing a recording device.
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| Hurricane Delta: Storm to regain strength, impacts ‘limited’ along Mississippi Gulf Coast Posted: 07 Oct 2020 07:57 AM PDT  Gov. Tate Reeves declared a State of Emergency ahead of the storm Wednesday. Here's what to know.
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| Pham Doan Trang: Vietnam arrests leading pro-democracy blogger Posted: 07 Oct 2020 12:08 PM PDT  Pham Doan Trang is accused of anti-state activities, which could see her jailed for years.
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| "Jump ball": Cook Political Report shifts Lindsey Graham's Senate race to a "toss-up" Posted: 07 Oct 2020 07:47 PM PDT  "Jaime is peaking at exactly the right time, and he's got a deluge of money," a state Republican strategist says
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| Affirmative action debate ignores Asian American community college students Posted: 08 Oct 2020 06:34 AM PDT  As California votes on affirmative action, nearly half the state's AAPI students who start off at community colleges would benefit, advocates say.
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| Trump falsely claims Biden supports abortion 'up until the time of birth, and beyond' Posted: 07 Oct 2020 08:05 AM PDT  President Trump on Tuesday responded to Joe Biden's vow to make the Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion, if overturned, the "law of the land" with a tweet falsely suggesting Biden wants to kill babies after they are born.
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| Slain Black man's family vows legal fight against police Posted: 08 Oct 2020 05:31 AM PDT  An attorney for the family of a Black teen killed by a suburban Milwaukee police officer vowed Thursday to keep fighting and working to prove racism pervades the officer's department, after a prosecutor declined to file charges in the case. Attorney Kimberley Motley said she plans to file a federal lawsuit against Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah in 17-year-old Alvin Cole's death. Motley sued in state court on Tuesday seeking department documents that she believes will show Mensah's supervisors are racist and that officers have racially profiled Black drivers for years.
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| Ex-GOP senator talks over only woman on CNN panel while defending Mike Pence’s interruptions in VP debate Posted: 08 Oct 2020 05:44 AM PDT  VP and senator Harris clashed on Wednesday night
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| A Florida Keys girl was being attacked by pit bulls. Her neighbor is getting a medal Posted: 08 Oct 2020 02:08 PM PDT  When his neighbor was in danger one day in 2018, Donald Lowrie raced right into the fight. Now Lowrie, 50, is being celebrated as a national hero for rescuing the 8-year-old girl who was being attacked in her home by two pit bulls. Lowrie is one of 17 people awarded the 2020 Carnegie medal, which recognizes people who have risked their lives trying to save others.
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| South Korean tower block engulfed in flames Posted: 08 Oct 2020 01:32 PM PDT  Hundreds fled the inferno in the city of Ulsan, with dozens affected by smoke inhalation.
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| A federal judge has ordered Twitter to reveal the identity of an anonymous account linked to a conspiracy theory about murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:44 AM PDT  Since his death in 2016, Seth Rich has been the subject of a conspiracy that claims, without evidence, that he was killed as part of a cover up.
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| China will exploit new sailing routes to the Atlantic and threaten UK interests, warns First Sea Lord Posted: 08 Oct 2020 10:14 AM PDT  The First Sea Lord has warned that China will exploit new sailing routes to the Atlantic that are being opened up as a result of melting polar ice caps. In a speech on board the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales Admiral Tony Radakin said the effects of climate change on the northern sea passage would create "new maritime trade routes across the top of the world" which would halve "the transit time between Europe and Asia". Admiral Radakin said: "When China sails its growing Navy into the Atlantic, which way will it come, the long route, or the short?" He cautioned that the free movement of "nations, their navies, and above all their merchant ships" could be put at risk when China starts to use these routes as it would "threaten this concept" of free maritime movement. "The world is getting more competitive, more contested," he added. "We will have to play our role in that world. As the High North becomes more open and accessible it's going to be more contested and competitive as well."
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| Hurricane Delta heads into Gulf on path for U.S. after hitting Mexico Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:16 PM PDT  The storm is expected to hit the Gulf Coast later this week, which would mark the 10th hurricane landfall on the mainland U.S. this season, setting a record.
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| McConnell avoids White House, citing laxity on masks, COVID-19 precautions Posted: 08 Oct 2020 12:28 PM PDT  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, one of President Donald Trump's most powerful allies in Washington, has avoided visiting the White House for more than two months because of its handling of the coronavirus, he told reporters on Thursday. The top Republican in Congress relies instead on phone conversations to discuss important issues such as COVID-19 economic stimulus legislation and Supreme Court moves with Trump, he told a news conference in Kentucky, his home state. "I actually haven't been to the White House since Aug. 6, because my impression was their approach to how to handle this was different from mine and what I insisted that we do in the Senate, which is to wear a mask and practice social distancing," the 78-year-old lawmaker said.
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| Texas man who sold AR-15 rifle used in 2019 Midland-Odessa mass shooting pleads guilty to dealing firearms without license Posted: 07 Oct 2020 06:30 PM PDT  Marcus Anthony Braziel, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of dealing firearms without a license and one count of subscribing to a false tax return.
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| Barrett confirmation hearing may pressure Feinstein, Harris to subdue their political instincts Posted: 08 Oct 2020 08:55 AM PDT  California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris face distinct challenges at Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing.
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| Jewish reporter attacked and called ‘Nazi’ as unrest over Covid restrictions intensifies in Orthodox New York neighbourhood Posted: 08 Oct 2020 09:33 AM PDT  Reporter blames attack on aspiring local populist politician, accusing him of inciting the crowd
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| Before attack, a Pakistani teen sought better life in France Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:11 PM PDT  Ali Hassan was only 15 when he left Pakistan to be smuggled to Europe, following the path of his older brother and many other young men from his home country dreaming of a better life. Before the Sept. 25 attack, he proclaimed in a video he was seeking vengeance after the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo published caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Little is known about Hassan's time in France.
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| Transgender woman's killing in Georgia marks "grim milestone" Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:12 AM PDT  Felycya Harris, a beloved interior decorator and dancer, is being remembered by friends for her upbeat personality.
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| Amy Coney Barrett served as 'handmaid' in religious group Posted: 08 Oct 2020 12:10 PM PDT  Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served as a "handmaid," the term then used for high-ranking female leaders in the People of Praise religious community.
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| Crucial radar that failed during Laura is down for Delta. ‘You’re operating blindly.’ Posted: 07 Oct 2020 01:32 PM PDT  "When you lose data, when you lose radar like you did in Mobile and Pensacola, you have no idea what's happening, plus you have no record of what's occurred. You're operating blindly."
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| Trump campaign demands new in-person debate dates after wildly accusing committee of protecting Joe Biden Posted: 08 Oct 2020 09:53 AM PDT  President Trump's campaign has suggested the next debate went virtual to "protect Joe Biden" — but not for the reason that makes sense.Early Thursday, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the next presidential debate, scheduled for Oct. 15, would be held virtually. But Trump's team decided to ignore the fact that the debate was moved because their candidate has a contagious and potentially deadly disease, and instead claim it was to give Biden the advantage."The American people should not be deprived of the chance to see the two candidates for president debate face to face two more times," the Trump campaign said Thursday, forgetting Trump was the one to opt out of the debate in the first place. It then purported the change was made because Vice President Mike Pence "had just wiped the floor" with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) during Wednesday's debate, and that it would let Biden use a "teleprompter from his basement bunker."Instead, the Trump campaign said it would agree to moving the Oct. 15 debate to Oct. 22 if it could be in person, as Biden's team had suggested. In addition, the debate scheduled for Oct. 22 should be held Oct. 29, the campaign added.> Trump campaign now wants to MOVE DATES of remaining debates. pic.twitter.com/2rzA6Ll3HG> > — Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) October 8, 2020This is far from the first debunked conspiracy Trump's supporters have pushed against Biden during the debates. At the first one, they claimed Biden was receiving answers via an earpiece before the debate had even started. They've also pushed disproven lies about Biden relying on a teleprompter during interviews.More stories from theweek.com Mike Pence was the unlikely winner of the vice presidential debate The myth of Mike Pence's appeal Trump is shockingly bad at this
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| Surgeon General cited for taking photos in Hawaii park closed due to Covid-19 Posted: 08 Oct 2020 08:40 AM PDT  Mr Adam's lawyer says the surgeon general is not seeking special treatment regarding the citation
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| New portrait of Queen Victoria's African goddaughter sheds light on forgotten Black history Posted: 08 Oct 2020 06:32 AM PDT  Sarah Forbes Bonetta, born to an African ruler as Aina, became Queen Victoria's goddaughter in the mid-19th century.
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| US Army Europe and US Army Africa to merge as commander pins on fourth star Posted: 08 Oct 2020 11:40 AM PDT  The U.S. Army Europe commander pins on his fourth-star and brings U.S. Army Africa into the fold.
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| Russia evacuates villages as huge blaze breaks out at arms depot Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:50 AM PDT  Russian authorities evacuated more than 2,300 people from villages in the region of Ryazan on Wednesday and five people were taken to hospital after a blaze broke out at an ammunition depot, sending thick smoke belching into the air. Fires and explosions at ammunition depots have plagued the Russian army for years and drawn criticism of lax safety standards.
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| Harris attacks Trump for failing to condemn white supremacists: ‘It wasn’t like he didn’t have a chance. He didn’t do it and then he doubled down.’ Posted: 07 Oct 2020 08:06 PM PDT  Sen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday said that President Trump had had the opportunity to condemn white supremacy, but "he didn't do it — and then he doubled down."
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| Strippers agreed to a private dance for $1,000, but the men wanted more, Miami Beach cops say Posted: 08 Oct 2020 12:37 PM PDT  A $1,000 private dance involving two hired strippers in a Miami Beach hotel room turned into a car chase and a shooting after the two women refused to have sex with their clients, Miami Beach police said.
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| Poll after poll suggests Trump's chances of defeating Biden are rapidly dwindling after the first debate and the president's COVID-19 diagnosis Posted: 07 Oct 2020 01:56 PM PDT  The election is less than four weeks away, and COVID-19 positive Trump is in the negative on multiple fronts.
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| A transgender man is suing Amazon, claiming he was denied a raise after disclosing he was pregnant Posted: 07 Oct 2020 12:02 PM PDT  Shaun Simmons, a transgender man in New Jersey, told NBC News he was passed over for a promotion when he told his manager he was pregnant.
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| Trump files 'emergency' appeal to the Supreme Court to halt the Census count Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:41 PM PDT  The Trump administration filed an emergency application on Wednesday night with the Supreme Court, asking it to halt an earlier appeals court decision that extended the count of the 2020 Census to the end of the month.> BREAKING: Trump administration files emergency application to halt census count at the Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/YHW7yknwcE> > — Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) October 8, 2020In late September, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ruled that due to hurdles faced during the coronavirus pandemic, the Census Bureau could continue counting through the end of October; plaintiffs argued that the extension would reduce the risk of undercounting harder-to-access populations such as immigrants, minorities, and lower-income groups, The Washington Post reports. The Trump administration nevertheless set a "target date" of Oct. 5 to end the count, which Koh called a "violation" of her order."Defendants' dissemination of erroneous information; lurching from one hasty, unexplained plan to the next; and unlawful sacrifices of completeness and accuracy of the 2020 Census are upending the status quo, violating the Injunction Order, and undermining the credibility of the Census Bureau and the 2020 Census. This must stop," Koh said.Koh's order to extend the census count would bump back an analysis of the data from the end of the year to April 30, 2021; the Trump administration has argued against this, saying Census workers won't have enough time to analyze the data if counting extends to the end of the month. That's a concern for the administration because, as NPR notes, Trump wants to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the total and "if the bureau delivers the state counts by Dec. 31, Trump would be able to attempt to make that unprecedented change to who counts when reapportioning House seats among the states, even if he does not win re-election."More stories from theweek.com Mike Pence was the unlikely winner of the vice presidential debate The myth of Mike Pence's appeal Trump is shockingly bad at this
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| ‘Democracy isn’t the objective’: Republican senator criticised for suggesting US isn’t a democracy Posted: 08 Oct 2020 09:38 AM PDT  'We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that,' Utah senator says
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| 'It is a slaughter': Public health champion asks CDC director to expose White House, orchestrate his own firing Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:07 AM PDT  A public health titan wrote a private letter to CDC Director Robert Redfield asking him to expose interference in the COVID-19 response and leave his post.
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| Divers discover French WWI submarine off Tunisia Posted: 08 Oct 2020 08:33 AM PDT  Tunisian divers have discovered a French submarine wreck from World War I, the Ariane, which was sunk by a German submarine in 1917.
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| In midst of cardinal scandal, pope seeks to reassure money inspectors Posted: 08 Oct 2020 05:17 AM PDT  Pope Francis sought to assure external inspectors of the Vatican's financial operations on Thursday that he was pushing ahead with reforms, as the Holy See reeled from a scandal in which he fired a powerful cardinal. In an address to Moneyval, the Council of Europe's financial monitoring arm, Francis listed recent actions he had taken to make Vatican finances more transparent. Last month, the pope fired Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, accusing him of embezzlement and nepotism.
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| Thousands of coronavirus deaths recorded by ONS not due to Covid, new figures show Posted: 08 Oct 2020 05:25 AM PDT  Thousands of coronavirus deaths recorded by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) were not due to Covid, new figures show. On Thursday, the ONS published data comparing Covid deaths in England and Wales to those from influenza and pneumonia up to the end of August. In order to make the comparison, the body published, for the first time, figures for people who had died "due" to Covid rather than those who had the virus mentioned on their death certificate. While official figures show that 52,327 people died from coronavirus up to the end of August, 48,168 deaths were "due" to the disease – 4,149 fewer than official records show. Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that even if coronavirus appeared on a death certificate as a "significant condition", the death should not be included in the figures. WHO guidelines say such deaths "are not due to Covid-19 and should not be classified as such". The new figures back up research from academics at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University, who last month found that coronavirus was not the main cause of death for nearly one third of recorded Covid-19 victims in July and August. The team uncovered the discrepancy after comparing deaths from all causes to the coronavirus figures. Their analysis showed that around 30 per cent of people included in the coronavirus death toll over the summer months had died from other causes. It means someone who suffered a heart attack, or even died in a road traffic accident, may have been included in the figures if they had also tested positive for coronavirus at some point or if doctors believed the virus may have exacerbated their condition. Experts at Oxford are concerned that the problem with over-counting will get worse as more people in the population contract coronavirus. They are worried it means thousands more people died at the peak because of the pandemic response rather than because of the virus and have been wrongly included in the Covid-19 statistics. The new ONS figures also show that Covid was nearly four times deadlier than flu and pneumonia between January and August, with 48,168 deaths, compared with 13,619 for pneumonia and 394 deaths due to influenza. But the figures also showed that the deaths for flu and pneumonia were nearly 3,500 lower than would normally be expected based on the five-year average, suggesting that some people died of Covid instead (the graphic below shows how flu and Covid-19 compare).
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| Correctional officer pressured female inmates into sexual activity, Mississippi cops say Posted: 08 Oct 2020 10:58 AM PDT  The jailer is now out of a job.
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| Trump's spy chief declassified a slew of documents that national security veterans say were part of an effort to boost the president's Russia claims Posted: 06 Oct 2020 09:05 PM PDT  Former officials accused intelligence chief John Ratcliffe of selectively declassifying information that could compromise US sources and methods.
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| Facebook finds pro-Trump group helped make hundreds of accounts to spam comments with attacks on Biden Posted: 08 Oct 2020 10:39 AM PDT  Social media giant finds Turning Point USA enlisted marketing group for 'coordinated inauthentic behavior' campaign, Facebook says
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| Dems crushing GOP incumbents in ad spending in key Senate races Posted: 08 Oct 2020 12:38 PM PDT  In some cases, the Democrats have outspent Republican incumbents by as much as 2 to 1.
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| California's Glass Fire has destroyed more than 350 commercial buildings, including a 3-Michelin star restaurant in Napa and the state's oldest resort Posted: 07 Oct 2020 02:50 PM PDT  California's oldest resort, White Sulphur Springs, lost 17 of its 20 buildings — the owners have plans to rebuild, according to NBC.
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