| RNC chairwoman says Republicans who distance themselves from Trump are 'hurting themselves in the long run' Posted: 18 Oct 2020 11:05 AM PDT  Her comments came after Trump lashed out at Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse for leaked audio from a constituent town hall where he criticized the president.
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| Rapper charged with coronavirus benefit fraud after boasting in song about benefit fraud Posted: 18 Oct 2020 09:31 AM PDT  Nuke Bizzle bragged about fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits in a music video on YouTube prior to his arrest.
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| Ankara-backed nationalist ousts president in Turkish Cypriot poll Posted: 18 Oct 2020 10:56 AM PDT  Right-wing nationalist Ersin Tatar, backed by Ankara, scored a surprise victory in a run-off presidential election Sunday in breakaway northern Cyprus, ousting pro-reunification incumbent Mustafa Akinci.
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| Column: A Biden presidency may seem normal, but it won't be boring Posted: 18 Oct 2020 04:00 AM PDT  After the wrecking ball of Trump's four years in office, what would President Biden do?
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| Cruise ship rescues 24 people from boat off Florida coast Posted: 18 Oct 2020 10:53 AM PDT  A Carnival Cruise Line ship rescued two dozen people, including two children, from a sinking boat 37 miles off the Florida coast, the cruise line reported Saturday.
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| Lottery player goes out for mac and cheese and ends up winning big in North Carolina Posted: 18 Oct 2020 01:25 PM PDT  "I was about to walk out the store until something told me to, ya know, buy a ticket."
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| Archbishop performs exorcism to cleanse protest site Posted: 17 Oct 2020 02:16 PM PDT |
| 'Home Improvement’ star Zachery Ty Bryan arrested for allegedly choking girlfriend Posted: 17 Oct 2020 03:00 PM PDT  Bryan was arrested at an Eugene, Oregon apartment complex late Friday night.
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| Republican National Committee chair says QAnon is 'something the voters are not even thinking about' Posted: 18 Oct 2020 08:14 AM PDT  In a recent poll, most voters who said they were familiar with QAnon characterized the movement as "very bad" for the country.
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| Decapitated French teacher warned not to show Prophet Muhammad images before attack Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:54 AM PDT  "We said to the teacher it was not good to show photos like this and that it would cause a huge problem," student Martial Lusiela told NBC News.
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| Healthcare workers, high-risk people will get priority for COVID-19 vaccine in New York: governor Posted: 18 Oct 2020 10:19 AM PDT  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday that healthcare workers and high-risk populations, including some long-term care residents, would get priority in his state to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when one is approved and available. According to the five-phase preliminary plan for New York's vaccine administration program, some details of which Cuomo announced at a news briefing, healthcare workers in patient-care settings, long-term care facility workers and some long-term care residents would be among the first to receive a vaccine. In the second phase of vaccine rollout, first responders, school staff, other public-facing frontline workers and people whose health conditions put them at extreme risk would get priority for the vaccine.
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| Letters to the Editor: We've always had white nationalists, but social media amplifies the threat Posted: 17 Oct 2020 03:00 AM PDT  A former official in the Anti-Defamation League recalls dealing with anti-Semitic white nationalists and warns that social media poses a unique threat.
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| Merkel's old rival Merz says Germany has become 'sluggish' under the Chancellor in first CDU husting Posted: 18 Oct 2020 09:20 AM PDT  Angela Merkel's old foe Friedrich Merz said that Germany had become "too sluggish" under its veteran leader, as the three candidates for the Christian Democratic Union party leadership met in Berlin for the first hustings on Saturday evening. Mr Merz, a pro-business millionaire who has been out of frontline politics for the best part of two decades, argued that the government has dropped the ball on issues such as digitalisation and clean energy technologies. "This country has become too slow, we have become too sluggish," he said, complaining that a lack of digitalisation in schools had been exposed during the pandemic. The 64-year-old is up against the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, and foreign policy expert Norbert Röttgen. Mr Röttgen is only seen as having an outside chance of winning the vote among party delegates at the party convention on December 4th. Mr Laschet, a centrist and close confidant of Ms Merkel, told the meeting that he was the man to continue the success that she had brought Germany. The leadership race takes place just two years after the last contest to take over the dominant party of German post-war politics. The woman who won on that occasion, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, beat Mr Merz in a closely fought contest. But she stood down at the beginning of this year after failing to reverse slumping polling figures. It was just a few weeks after her resignation that the party's fortunes were turned around because of strong public approval for how Berlin managed the coronavirus pandemic. Unusually, the public's favourite to take over from Ms Merkel is not a member of the CDU. Instead Markus Söder, leader of the Bavarian CSU, a sister party to the CDU, is enjoying strong polling figures thanks to his safety-first approach to the pandemic. Mr Söder, state premier in Bavaria, has however signalled that he does not intend to run for the top job.
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| Harrisonburg explosion: Three people injured as firefighters battle explosion in Virginia Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:54 AM PDT  At least three people were injured after an explosion levelled a shopping centre in Harrisonburg, Virginia on Saturday morning. The explosion damaged several stores and sent a thick column of smoke from Miller Circle, roughly a mile from the James Madison University campus. Two people are in serious condition, according to Harrisonburg authorities.
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| 'They're amateurs': Feds say plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was dangerous, poorly planned Posted: 18 Oct 2020 01:26 PM PDT  U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Berens agreed the government had probable cause to charge the six defendants, despite objections by defense lawyers.
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| Iran announces its virus death toll passes 30,000 Posted: 17 Oct 2020 03:34 AM PDT  Iran announced Saturday that its death toll from the coronavirus has passed the milestone of 30,000, in what has been the Mideast region's worst outbreak. Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari announced that the total death toll from the outbreak had reached at least 30,123. Iran has been struggling with the coronavirus since announcing its first cases in February, with more than 526,000 confirmed cases to date.
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| Trump sets hectic campaign pace, while frontrunner Biden stays home Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:47 PM PDT  President Donald Trump campaigned at a frenetic pace Saturday in a three-state trip that started with a Michigan rally where he called opponent Joe Biden a "criminal" and pounded his claim that the Democrats are anti-American.
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| Not enough or double the prejudice: On being Black and Asian American in 2020 Posted: 18 Oct 2020 04:00 AM PDT  12 multiracial people discuss the messy, complicated conversations they're having about identity in this political moment.
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| Gottlieb says "biggest wave" of coronavirus infections still to come Posted: 18 Oct 2020 10:08 AM PDT  Hospitalizations are rising in 42 states, and 45 have expanding epidemics, Gottlieb said.
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| US schedules first federal execution of woman since 1953 Posted: 18 Oct 2020 05:34 PM PDT  Lisa Montgomery is due to become the first woman to face federal execution in the US in 67 years.
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| Exclusive: Interpol facing Parliamentary inquiry over concerns UAE 'torture' chief may get top job Posted: 17 Oct 2020 05:42 AM PDT  Russia is a "criminal state" which is "abusing" the powers of Interpol, MPs will be told this week, amid concerns that a UAE security chief accused of presiding over 'torture' will become the organisation's new head. The global police and crime organisation is facing a Parliamentary inquiry over concerns that it is vulnerable to manipulation by 'rogue' member states including Russia, China and the UAE. The Foreign Affairs Committee will hear from Bill Browder, the British financier and arch critic of Vladimir Putin, who has been subject to eight interpol arrest notices by Russia on "trumped up" charges over the 'poisoning' of a Kremlin whistleblower - all of which have been refused. Interpol should "suspend access of serial abusers like Russia to its databases," he will say on Tuesday. "Britain should work with its allies – the US, Canada, Australia, the European Union, and others on withholding funds if Interpol refuses to reform," he will add. The organisation has come under increased scrutiny after its president Meng Hongwei was disappeared by Chinese authorities and sentenced to 13 years in prison on bribery charges in 2018. Russia's Alexander Prokopchuk was lined up as a presumptive successor but has been accused of abusing Red Notices. His election was likened to "putting a fox in charge of the henhouse" by US officials who helped block his leadership bid. Earlier this month, the Telegraph revealed that a United Arab Emirates security head accused of presiding over the 'torture' of a British academic is a frontrunner for the role, and could be elected in December. Major General Nasser Ahmed Al-Raisi has been accused of serious human rights violations in the Middle East, including against British citizens Matthew Hedges and Ali Ahmad, and Interpol has been warned it could lose credibility if he is chosen to be its President. He has never responded to claims. American-born Browder has spent more than a decade fighting to uncover Russian money laundering after once being the country's largest foreign investor. His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was killed in a Moscow jail in 2009, and Mr Browder pushed through the Magnitsky Act in the US which barred a number of officials from entering America, as well as having their assets frozen.
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| More than 1,000 current and former CDC staff hit out at Trump coronavirus response Posted: 18 Oct 2020 01:06 AM PDT  Open letter calls for greater role for CDC in fighting Covid-19
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| Queen grants rare royal pardon to murderer who fought off a terrorist knife attacker with a 5-foot narwhal tusk on London Bridge Posted: 18 Oct 2020 04:55 AM PDT  Steve Gallant was on his day release at a conference set up to help rehabilitate prisoners when the terror attack took place last November.
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| White House responds to Joe Biden's claims that NY Post report on Hunter is a 'smear campaign' Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:33 AM PDT  White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany joins 'Fox & Friends.'
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| A tabloid got a trove of data on Hunter Biden from Rudy Giuliani. Now, the FBI is probing a possible disinformation campaign. Posted: 18 Oct 2020 04:09 PM PDT  The FBI is examining whether the material supplied to the New York Post by Rudy Giuliani is part of a disinformation campaign by Russia.
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| Fire experts say mismanaged, choked forests need to be cleared out Posted: 18 Oct 2020 08:38 AM PDT  "Forest management is a lot like gardening. You have to keep the forest open and thin," said Mike Rogers, a former Angeles National Forest supervisor.
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| Poultry firm denies any link to US Senator of same name who mocked Kamala Harris Posted: 17 Oct 2020 01:35 PM PDT  Perdue Chicken assures angry customers it has no links to Georgia politician
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| A year after disputed ballot, Bolivians return to polls, and ex-President Evo Morales looms large Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:17 PM PDT  Bolivians vote Sunday a year after the resignation of President Evo Morales. Morales remains in exile, but his socialist party leads in polls.
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| Tulsa digs again for victims of 1921 race massacre Posted: 18 Oct 2020 06:35 AM PDT  A second excavation begins Monday at a cemetery in an effort to find and identify victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and shed light on violence that left hundreds dead and decimated an area that was once a cultural and economic mecca for African Americans. "I realize we can tell this story the way it needs to be told, now," said Phoebe Stubblefield, a forensic anthropologist at the University of Florida and a descendant of a survivor of the massacre who is assisting the search, told The Associated Press. The violence happened on May 31 and June 1 in 1921, when a white mob attacked Tulsa's Black Wall Street, killing an estimated 300 people and wounding 800 more while robbing and burning businesses, homes and churches.
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| Italy to announce new COVID-19 restrictions as infections spike: PM's office Posted: 17 Oct 2020 07:14 AM PDT  Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will announce on Sunday another set of measures to counter the new wave of COVID-19 cases, his office said, after the country registered a new daily record in infections on Saturday. Conte's office said the government is discussing new restrictions with local and health authorities, aiming to stem contagion while limiting the impact on individuals and businesses. Italy was the first major European country to be hit by COVID-19 and had managed to get the outbreak under control by the summer thanks to a rigid two-month lockdown on business and people's movement.
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| 'Not going to waste a single minute on tweets': GOP Sen. Sasse pushes back after Trump attacks Posted: 17 Oct 2020 08:40 AM PDT  Trump and GOP Sen. Ben Sasse are publicly feuding as Republicans are working overtime to try keep control of the Senate.
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| A Hasidic Jewish wedding in New York that expected 10,000 guests is stopped by New York officials over coronavirus infection fears Posted: 18 Oct 2020 05:48 AM PDT  The wedding, for the grandson of a revered Hasidic rabbi, was scheduled to happen in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Monday.
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| Elon Musk's SpaceX keeps winning US military contracts — here's why, according to an aerospace expert Posted: 18 Oct 2020 04:30 AM PDT  Steve Nutt, professor at the University of Southern California, says Elon Musk's SpaceX is now the main alternative to traditional contractors.
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| Shark eats seal off Cape Cod beach Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:11 AM PDT  The two animals tussled in the shallows off Cape Cod Beach, ending with the shark eating the seal.
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| White supremacists across the country indicted on drug and firearm charges Posted: 17 Oct 2020 01:27 PM PDT  According to the U.S. Justice Department, 21 Utah-based white supremacists have been indicted for allegedly selling drugs and firearms. In recent days, similar charges were brought against white supremacist gang members in Texas, Kentucky, and Mississippi.
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| Tens of thousands march in Belarus despite police threat to open fire Posted: 18 Oct 2020 10:00 AM PDT  Belarusian police on Sunday detained more than 200 people as tens of thousands marched against strongman Alexander Lukashenko in defiance of police threats to open fire after weeks of demonstrations.
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| 'Big pile' of eels dumped in NYC park; impact not yet known Posted: 17 Oct 2020 06:41 AM PDT  Andrew Orkin was taking a break from his evening jog to sit by Prospect Park Lake when he turned around and was startled to see a tangle of wriggling snakes. There are no plans to eradicate the eels.
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| French police arrest 9 people after 18-year-old decapitates teacher in terror attack Posted: 17 Oct 2020 02:18 AM PDT  Nine people have been arrested after a teacher in France was beheaded by an 18-year-old Chechen in what Emmanuel Macron called a "blatant Islamist terrorist attack". Samuel Paty, a married father, had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in class on freedom of expression. The killer, who was shot dead by police on Friday in broad daylight, was identified as an 18 year-old Chechen Russian born in Moscow. A national tribute to Mr Paty is being planned. Parents of pupils laid flowers at the school gate. Some said their children were distraught.
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| Biden campaign warns supporters 'this thing is going to come down to the wire' Posted: 17 Oct 2020 11:27 AM PDT  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's campaign is warning supporters that the 2020 race is "far closer" than has been suggested.Biden's campaign manager, Jen O'Malley Dillon, in a memo warned supporters they should not grow complacent about the state of the race due to the Democratic nominee's consistent lead in national polls, The New York Times and The Washington Post report."We cannot become complacent because the very searing truth is that Donald Trump can still win this race, and every indication we have shows that this thing is going to come down to the wire," Dillon reportedly wrote.Biden's campaign manager also warned that while the campaign is seeing "robust leads" nationally, it's only up by a few points in certain key states, including Arizona and North Carolina, and "we need to campaign like we're trailing" in the polls."This race is far closer than some of the punditry we're seeing on Twitter and on TV would suggest," Dillon wrote. "In the key battleground states where this election will be decided, we remain neck and neck with Donald Trump. If we learned anything from 2016, it's that we cannot underestimate Donald Trump or his ability to claw his way back into contention in the final days of a campaign, through whatever smears or underhanded tactics he has at his disposal."More stories from theweek.com Why this libertarian is voting for Biden The town halls weren't a debate — but Trump still won Is America ready for a boring president?
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| Fact check: It's true, Ginsburg said bipartisanship needed 'true patriots' on both sides Posted: 18 Oct 2020 02:03 PM PDT  A quote attributed to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a social media post is confirmed. She did speak of a need for bipartisanship.
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| Galapagos Islands | With tour boats moored due to the coronavirus pandemic, the animals are out Posted: 18 Oct 2020 04:00 AM PDT  The Galapagos marine reserve faces threats from industrial fishing, climate change and a drastic drop in tourism and funding for conservation.
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