| Trump identifies another hoax: The coronavirus Posted: 13 Jul 2020 08:26 AM PDT  "The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19," wrote game show host Chuck Woolery in a tweet promoted by the president.
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| US Postmaster General tells postal workers to leave mail behind if it slows down their route Posted: 14 Jul 2020 02:47 PM PDT  The US Postal Service is in a financial crisis, and is now instructing workers to avoid logging overtime — even if it means leaving mail behind.
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| Philippines to use police in house-to-house searches for COVID-19 cases Posted: 14 Jul 2020 05:59 AM PDT  Philippine authorities and police will carry out house-to-house searches for COVID-19 patients to prevent wider transmission, a minister said on Tuesday, amid soaring death and infection numbers and some areas returning to a stricter lockdown. Interior Minister Eduardo Año urged the public to report cases in their neighbourhoods, warning that anyone infected who refused to cooperate faced imprisonment. The tough approach comes during a week where the Philippines recorded Southeast Asia biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths and saw hospital occupancy grow sharply, after a tripling of infections since a tough lockdown was eased on June 1 to allow more movement and commerce.
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| Blame game? Cuomo takes heat over NY nursing home study Posted: 13 Jul 2020 09:39 PM PDT  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing blistering criticism over an internal report that found a controversial state directive that sent thousands of recovering coronavirus patients into nursing homes was "not a significant factor" in some of the nation's deadliest nursing home outbreaks. Scientists, health care professionals and elected officials assailed the report released last week for flawed methodology and selective stats that sidestepped the actual impact of the March 25 order, which by the state's own count ushered more than 6,300 recovering virus patients into nursing homes at the height of the pandemic.
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| Remains of Aztec palace, house built by Hernán Cortés found near Mexico City plaza Posted: 14 Jul 2020 12:06 PM PDT  Mexican officials said the remains of the Aztec palace and house built by Hernán Cortés were found near the Plaza del Zócalo.
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| St Louis couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters 'almost always in conflict with others', report says Posted: 13 Jul 2020 03:19 PM PDT  The white couple who were photographed pointing guns at protesters in St Louis, have been revealed to have had several conflicts over their property in recent years, from a number of lawsuits to the smashing of children's beehives.Personal-injury attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey were seen standing outside their home holding a handgun and a rifle at Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters who were walking down their street on 28 June.
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| A black bear opened the front door of a Colorado home, let itself in, and attacked a man inside Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:30 AM PDT  A man staying in the Aspen home said he awoke in the middle of the night to a massive black bear in his kitchen rummaging through the refrigerator.
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| Trump again directs blame at Obama as coronavirus pandemic worsens in U.S. Posted: 13 Jul 2020 01:45 PM PDT  The president on Monday again sought to redirect blame for his pandemic response to the previous administration.
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| US Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashes at New Mexico base, marking service's fifth fighter jet crash since May Posted: 13 Jul 2020 08:33 PM PDT  The pilot was able to eject safely and is being treated for minor injuries, the base said Monday evening.
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| Polish conservative Duda re-elected president, deeper EU rifts likely Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:16 PM PDT  Polish President Andrzej Duda has won five more years in power on a socially conservative, religious platform in a closely fought election that makes renewed confrontation with the European Union's executive likely. Final results from Sunday's presidential election runoff showed Duda, 48, won with 51.03% of the vote, the National Election Commission said. Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski got 48.97%.
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| Romance scam: US woman freed after year as hostage in Nigeria Posted: 13 Jul 2020 04:46 AM PDT  The 46-year-old woman from Washington DC was held for more than a year and lost $48,000, police say.
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| This Tennessee doctor caught coronavirus at a meeting about coronavirus. He nearly died. Posted: 14 Jul 2020 04:45 PM PDT  Dr. Daniel Lewis, the chief medical officer of a hospital in East Tennessee, nearly died after catching coronavirus. His recovery took months.
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| Tulsa race massacre: Search continues for mass grave site from 1921 Posted: 14 Jul 2020 10:48 AM PDT  Archaeologists and dig crews have resumed the excavation of a suspected mass grave in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the site of one of the bloodiest episodes of racist violence in the US.A white mob terrorised hundreds of black Americans during a nearly two-day massacre on 31 May 1921. Armed white men, backed by Oklahoma officials and law enforcement, shot at black residents, bombed buildings and set them ablaze, destroying 35 blocks of homes, businesses, churches and schools in the city's prosperous Greenwood neighbourhood, known as Black Wall Street.
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| Donald Trump Jr., Ted Cruz, and other top Republicans praise New York Times editor Bari Weiss' resignation letter slamming the paper Posted: 14 Jul 2020 02:31 PM PDT  Donald Trump Jr. claimed Weiss' resignation exposed the "rampant attacks on anyone who breaks from the far-left narrative."
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| International students denied U.S. entry under new visa rules - court documents Posted: 12 Jul 2020 11:02 PM PDT  International students have already been denied entry to the United States under new Trump administration rules that bar them from the country if their schools hold all classes online amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a court document filed on Sunday. The "friend of the court" brief, written by dozens of universities and colleges, was filed in support of a lawsuit brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) seeking to block immigration rules issued on July 6 that blindsided academic institutions across the country. The brief said U.S. immigration authorities were "already preventing returning students from re-entering the country" and cited the case of a DePaul University student returning from South Korea who was denied at San Francisco International Airport.
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| Ghislaine Maxwell tried to run away when the FBI arrived at her New Hampshire house to arrest her, prosecutors say Posted: 13 Jul 2020 11:36 AM PDT  When law enforcement arrived at Maxwell's home, she fled deeper into the massive estate, prosecutors wrote in opposition to her bail request.
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| US rejects nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea Posted: 13 Jul 2020 10:52 AM PDT  The Trump administration escalated its actions against China on Monday by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing's significant maritime claims in the South China Sea. The administration presented the decision as an attempt to curb China's increasing assertiveness in the region with a commitment to recognizing international law. It also comes as President Donald Trump has come under growing fire for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, stepped up criticism of China ahead of the 2020 election and sought to paint his expected Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, as weak on China.
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| Portland Protesters Set Fire to Base of Elk Statue During 46th Consecutive Night of Demonstrations Posted: 13 Jul 2020 10:04 AM PDT 
During a night of unrest in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday, July 12, protesters set fire to an empty fountain and the base of an elk statue that was recently removed during protests in the area. During clashes on July 11, one protester, named as Donavan La Bella, was hospitalized after he was shot in the head with an impact munition, the Portland Tribune reported. Mayor Ted Wheeler has announced that US Marshals will investigate the incident. Protesters gathered on July 12, the 46th consecutive day of protests in Portland, to call for justice for La Bella, local media reported. The Oregonian reported that a “120-year-old statue of an elk” that sat atop the David P. Thompson Fountain was removed from downtown Portland after protesters damaged its base by setting it on fire during July 1 demonstrations. This video shows a figure lying on the base as fire burns in the empty fountain beneath on Sunday night. Credit: Drew Hernandez via Storyful
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| Former veteran hospital nursing assistant pleads guilty to murder charges in string of insulin deaths Posted: 14 Jul 2020 02:34 PM PDT  Reta Mays was charged with seven counts of second-degree murder.
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| Editorial: Buying Biden's America: The Democratic nominee offers an economic message where Trump fell down on the job(s) Posted: 14 Jul 2020 02:32 AM PDT  Bye-bye, "America First"! Hello, "Buy American"? Seeking to evict Donald Trump from the White House at a time of sudden mass unemployment, former Vice President Joe Biden last week offered a vision that echoes some of Trump's own economic populism - while addressing the incompetence exposed during the pandemic. Biden promises to spend $400 billion on materials and services made in the U.S., ...
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| Police across Virginia are searching for people who are putting up offensive flyers calling on residents to 'pray for white Americans in 2020' Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:36 AM PDT  The flyers, packaged in ziplock bags with bird seeds, were placed in mailboxes and called for "100% Americanism."
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| U.S. Senate to begin debate on new coronavirus bill next week: McConnell Posted: 13 Jul 2020 04:40 PM PDT  The U.S. Senate will begin debate next week on a fifth coronavirus-response bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday, as he forecast tough negotiations with Democrats who are seeking broader aid than Republicans. "Next week, we'll be beginning a new bill," McConnell said during an interview with WRVK radio in his home state of Kentucky. McConnell added the legislation, which has not yet been unveiled, will likely be more contentious than the previous four coronavirus aid bills.
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| Accusations of serial assault spark new #MeToo wave in Egypt Posted: 12 Jul 2020 11:29 PM PDT  Their accounts are similar. The girls and women describe meeting the young man — a former student at Egypt's most elite university — in person and online, followed by deceit, then escalating sexual harassment, assault, blackmail or rape. It's resulted in a new #MeToo firestorm on social media, and the arrest of the suspect last week from his home in a gated community outside Cairo.
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| Pro-Police Agitators and Black Lives Matter Protesters Clash in Brooklyn Posted: 13 Jul 2020 05:51 PM PDT  The pro-police rallies came weeks after the New York City Council cut the NYPD's budget by $1 billion. The cuts came in light of national calls to defund police departments in response to the killing of George Floyd and other unarmed Black people at the hands of police officers.
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| 5 Years Ago, New Horizons Reached Pluto—and We Never Stopped Learning Posted: 14 Jul 2020 11:25 AM PDT |
| Fact check: Rep. Ilhan Omar was not photographed at an al-Qaida training camp Posted: 14 Jul 2020 07:57 AM PDT  A photo claiming to be of Rep. Ilhan Omar was taken in 1978, four years before she was born. Social media posts claiming this are false.
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| Airline contacts US senator over maskless photo Posted: 13 Jul 2020 09:07 PM PDT  American Airlines said Monday it had contacted Republican Senator Ted Cruz after he was seen without a mask on a flight, but he said he had only removed it to eat and drink. Health experts and scientists have called on politicians to set an example by wearing face coverings as the coronavirus rages across the United States. "While our policy does not apply while eating or drinking, we have reached out to Senator Cruz to affirm the importance of this policy," American Airlines said in a statement.
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| Coronavirus: Jair Bolsonaro says he ‘can’t stand’ being in isolation and will retake test Posted: 14 Jul 2020 02:24 AM PDT  Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro has said he "can't stand" self-isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 and intends to take a second test for the virus.The right-wing leader, who has been in quarantine at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, said in an interview on Monday that he feels "very well" and has picked up few symptoms from the disease.
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| Young conservative women stand up to liberal mob Posted: 13 Jul 2020 08:27 PM PDT  Incoming Marquette freshman Samantha Pfefferle says she has been threatened over her pro-Trump TikTok post; political activist Savanah Hernandez targeted by Black Lives Matter protesters.
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| Trump insisted schools should be reopened when asked about an Arizona teacher who died from the coronavirus Posted: 14 Jul 2020 09:19 AM PDT  Trump was asked about the death of an Arizona teacher in a Monday news conference. He avoided directly answering the question.
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| Legal experts review Black Minnesota teen's life sentence Posted: 13 Jul 2020 07:04 AM PDT  An independent panel of national legal experts will review the conviction of an African American man sentenced as a teenager to life in prison for the murder of a little girl struck by a stray bullet, Northwestern University's Center on Wrongful Convictions and the New York-based Innocence Project announced Monday. Myon Burrell, 34, has spent nearly two decades behind bars.
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| AR-15 is an ‘everyday gun for everyday citizens,’ NRA says. The backlash was swift Posted: 13 Jul 2020 10:08 AM PDT |
| Royal descendants can keep temple full of riches, rules Indian Supreme Court Posted: 13 Jul 2020 10:24 AM PDT  One of the vaults in Kerala's Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple contained $20bn (£16bn) worth of diamonds.
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| Qatar wins air blockade case at top UN court Posted: 14 Jul 2020 08:40 AM PDT  The UN's top court on Tuesday backed Qatar in a bitter row with four Middle East nations that imposed an air blockade against Doha after accusing it of backing radical Islamists and Iran. The decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) covers a key part of the acrimonious standoff that erupted three years ago pitting Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against Qatar. Qatar said after the decision that its rivals would "face justice".
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| 'We absolutely have to': Pelosi willing to cancel August recess for deal on another coronavirus relief package Posted: 14 Jul 2020 12:37 PM PDT  Speaker Nancy Pelosi will delay or cancel Congress' August recess if negotiators need more time to reach a deal on a coronavirus relief package that is expected to include a renewal of beefed-up unemployment benefits and more federal assistance to state governments in order to address the Covid-19 pandemic."We absolutely have to. We also have to come to an agreement. The timetable is the timetable of the American people needing their unemployment insurance, their direct payments, their assistance for rent and mortgage foreclosure forbearance," and other federal aid programmes Democrats have proposed, Ms Pelosi said in an interview with CNN on Monday.
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| Fact check: DeVos never said 'only' 0.02% of children will die if schools reopen in the fall Posted: 14 Jul 2020 03:21 PM PDT  Numerous posts on social media claim Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said "only" 0.02% of children will die of COVID-19. She never said that.
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| Trump: ‘More White People’ Are Killed by Cops and How Dare Anyone Suggest Blacks Have it Bad Posted: 14 Jul 2020 02:10 PM PDT  Following weeks of nationwide protests over a spate of police killings of Black people, President Donald Trump has claimed that "more white people" actually die at the hands of law enforcement.The president made the comment after appearing to briefly lose it when asked about the hot button topic in a CBS News interview."Why are African-Americans still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country?" host Catherine Herridge asked, prompting the president to immediately recoil."So are white people. So are white people! What a terrible question to ask," he huffed. "So are white people."Studies have shown that Black men are about 3.5 times more likely than white men to die in police custody. White men were killed by the police in the highest numbers between 2013 and 2017, but white people account for a greater percentage of the U.S. population than Black people, according to a Harvard study.Trump has made white grievance politics and the culture war a centerpiece of his re-election push in recent weeks, defending Confederate memorials and military bases named after Confederate generals even as he derides those who took part in anti-racism protests as "bad, evil people" seeking to destroy the country. Beyond that, he's targeted the only full-time Black NASCAR driver, Bubba Wallace, falsely accusing him of perpetrating a hate-crime "hoax" after a suspected noose was discovered in his garage at Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway last month. Trump took to Twitter to demand that Wallace should "apologize" after the FBI concluded the noose was not a hate crime, but Wallace was not the one who reported it to begin with.Amidst what has become a nationwide reckoning over racism in the country, Trump has veered off in the other direction and refused to acknowledge that racism is a problem. In fact, perhaps the most telling response he has offered to the racism issue at the heart of the protests was a recent retweet of a video showing a Trump supporter arguing with protesters and yelling "white power." Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Afghanistan faces 'catastrophe' as COVID-19 cases grow: Red Crescent Posted: 14 Jul 2020 09:05 AM PDT  Afghanistan faces "catastrophe" as growing COVID-19 cases stretch a health infrastructure already severely weakened by decades of war, the Afghan Red Crescent Society said on Tuesday. "Afghanistan is on the edge of potential health, social and economic catastrophes caused by COVID-19 as the disease places a crippling burden on one of the 10 most fragile states in the world," the Red Crescent Society said in a statement. Red Crescent Secretary General Nilab Mobarez said acute protective equipment shortages and difficulties in accessing remote regions were hampering its COVID-19 response.
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| Rabbi hurt in California synagogue shooting admits fraud Posted: 14 Jul 2020 12:00 PM PDT  The longtime leader of a Southern California synagogue who was wounded in a deadly attack at the house of worship he founded pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in a multimillion-dollar fraud that disguised charitable contributions for personal gain. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit wire fraud, but prosecutors said they will recommend probation as part of a plea agreement. Robert Brewer, the U.S. attorney in San Diego, said it was "a very difficult day for all of us."
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