| Trump: 'George Washington would have had a hard time beating me before the plague came in' Posted: 11 Aug 2020 09:37 AM PDT  President Trump suggested that even an opponent as formidable as the nation's first commander in chief would have had difficulty unseating him before the coronavirus pandemic.
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| An admitted KKK leader has been sentenced to 6 years in prison after driving a truck through a crowd of protesters in June Posted: 12 Aug 2020 11:48 AM PDT  A Virginia man who boasted to police of his Ku Klux Klan rank was sentenced to six years in prison after driving his truck into a crowd of protesters.
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| Pro Poker Player Was Bound, Sexually Assaulted, ‘Lit on Fire’ After Motel Meeting Posted: 12 Aug 2020 09:29 AM PDT  Susie Zhao, the professional poker player whose charred remains were found in a remote Michigan park in July, was allegedly bound with zip ties and sexually assaulted before she was "lit on fire until she died" after meeting with a convicted sex offender, according to new court documents. Zhao, 33, was last seen around 5:30 p.m. on July 12 by her mother, the White Lake Township Police Department previously told The Daily Beast. The next day, her "badly burned" body was discovered at around 8:05 a.m. in a parking lot near the Pontiac Lake Recreation Area, about an hour outside of Detroit. Last week, Jeffrey Bernard Morris, 60, was charged from his hospital bed with first-degree premeditated murder. Authorities discovered the convicted sex offender allegedly met Zhao in a motel room the night before her body was found. Morris, who is homeless and has a "lengthy criminal history" is currently in jail after being denied bail. A Pro Poker Player Was Found 'Badly Burned.' Was She Murdered Over Gambling?"This is not the end of the investigation into Susie's death but the beginning of the pursuit of justice for her and her family," White Lake Township Detective Chris Hild said in a press conference. "We can only hope that where we are today brings some level of comfort to the healing process."In new court documents, first obtained by WXYZ, authorities revealed what occurred the night the pro poker player, known on the circuit as "Susie Q," went missing. Cell phone records indicate Morris and the rising poker star first met on July 12. In an interview with police the night of his arrest on July 31, Morris admitted to picking up Zhao on Watkins Lake Road before they both checked into the Sherwood Motel at around 9:26 p.m. Morris told investigators the pair left the motel at some point to buy some alcohol and that Zhao left the motel at around midnight and took everything with her. Cell phone records, however, show the 33-year-old's phone didn't leave the motel until around 5 a.m on July 13, according to the court documents. Surveillance footage near the motel and cell phone records also show Morris left the room at around 5 a.m., before driving to a secluded section of the Pontiac Lake Recreation area—where Zhao was found. Court documents say that evidence suggests Morris was at the 3,745-acre park for about seven minutes. When Zhao was found the following morning, she was identified by fingerprints and was bound with zip ties. She had been sexually assaulted with a large object before being "lit on fire until she died," the court documents state. A spokesperson for the Oakland County Medical Examiner told The Daily Beast that Zhao's cause of death is currently unknown, pending an autopsy and toxicology results. When authorities pulled Morris over on a warrant in Ypsilanti weeks later, investigators found several hairs and other evidence with possible bloodstains. They also found duffle bags with a fitted bed sheet that appeared to have blood on it and a wooden baseball bat that also appeared to have a bloodstain. The items were taken to Oakland County Crime Lab for testing. Authorities are now scrambling to understand the motive behind the "mysterious death" that occurred just weeks after Zhao moved back to her home state of Michigan from California on June 9. Two childhood friends of Zhao previously told The Daily Beast that the poker player bounced between several cities—including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Florida—both for her job and because she was "a jet-setter." According to PokerNews.com, Zhao was successful in the professional worker world, garnering several deep runs in the World Series of Poker Main Event—placing 90th in 2012 to earn $73,805. Over the course of her career, Zhao won $224,671, according to the poker database The Hendon Mob. Despite earlier speculation, authorities have said there is no evidence that Zhao's death was connected to her gambling."I don't think there was ever anything else that she wanted to do. She was playing poker from a very young age," Meredith Rogowski, a childhood friend, told The Daily Beast. "It was not a surprise. She was very bold and did whatever she wanted to do. Whenever we talked about her job, she was very nonchalant. But I do know it was exhausting to be in that world—it was long hours and some of the people she met weren't always genuine."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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| A broken cable smashed a hole 100 feet wide in the Arecibo Observatory, which searches for aliens and tracks dangerous asteroids Posted: 11 Aug 2020 05:08 PM PDT  The cable ripped through the observatory's reflector dish and damaged the dome that directs the telescope to its targets in space.
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| China warns US against 'playing with fire' over Taiwan visit Posted: 12 Aug 2020 03:20 AM PDT  China warned Washington not to "play with fire" on Wednesday as a US delegation wrapped up a historic trip to the self-ruled island of Taiwan. Beijing has been infuriated by the highest-profile visit in decades to Taiwan, which it sees as part of its territory, as US-China relations plunge to a record low over a range of issues from trade to military and the coronavirus pandemic. Health chief Alex Azar finished a three-day visit to Taiwan, during which he criticised China's handling of the pandemic and visited the shrine of a former Taiwan president hated by the Communist Party leadership.
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| Three killed in Bangalore clashes over Prophet Muhammad post Posted: 12 Aug 2020 03:00 AM PDT  Police in the southern city of Bangalore opened fire on protesters angered by the Facebook post.
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| Rudy Giuliani on weak leadership and crime in cities Posted: 12 Aug 2020 03:24 AM PDT  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks out.
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| Coronavirus may spread farther than 6 feet indoors Posted: 12 Aug 2020 04:25 AM PDT  A classroom simulation shows how the spread of the virus is significantly cut down simply by placing ventilation near a teacher.
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| DNC lineup of speakers headlined by the Obamas and Jill Biden as keynotes Posted: 12 Aug 2020 09:12 AM PDT  DNC speakers include Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Jill Biden, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, AOC, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and John Kasich.
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| ‘This Is Reparations’: Black Lives Matter Holds Rally to Support Suspects in Recent Chicago Looting Posted: 11 Aug 2020 09:40 AM PDT  Members of Black Lives Matter Chicago held a rally on Monday night in support of more than 100 people arrested following widespread looting and rioting in the city the night prior. Speaking at the rally outside a police station in the South Loop where organizers said the suspected looters are in custody, organizer Ariel Atkins excused the looting — which reportedly caused at least $60 million in property damage and left 13 police officers injured — calling the theft "reparations," NBC Chicago reported."I don't care if someone decides to loot a Gucci or a Macy's or a Nike store, because that makes sure that person eats," Ariel Atkins, a BLM organizer, said. "That makes sure that person has clothes.""That is reparations," Atkins added. "Anything they wanted to take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance."Hundreds of people swarmed downtown Chicago early Monday, breaking the windows of dozens of businesses and stealing anything they could, including merchandise and cash machines, after Chicago police officers shot an armed man in Englewood on Sunday. Latrell Allen, 20, had fired shots at police prompting them to return fire, striking and wounding him, police said. Allen now faces attempted murder charges after the incident. "This person fired shots at our officers," CPD Superintendent David Brown said. "Officers returned fire and struck the individual."Black Lives Matter organizers expressed skepticism over the shooting, showing concern that none of the officers involved had worn body cameras."Police say a lot of things," Atkins said. "Even though the Department of Justice said with the consent decree they are no longer allowed to chase people, they decided they were going to chase, and they shot this young man multiple times."The unrest was sparked by a social media post urging people to descend on Chicago's business district after the officer involved shooting. A video posted on Facebook around 6:30 p.m. falsely claimed that officers had shot and killed a 15-year-old boy, Fox News reported. "This was not an organized protest. Rather, this was an incident of pure criminality," Police Superintendent David Brown told reporters of the looting. "This was an act of violence against our police officers and against our city."Hoping to prevent additional looting in the Central Business District, police are setting up barriers and raising bridges in downtown Chicago. Expressway exits are also closed and CTA trains and buses are running limited routes, NBC Chicago reported.
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| Thunderstorms have hospitalized 52K Americans for breathing issues, study says. Why? Posted: 11 Aug 2020 10:46 AM PDT  As global warming continues, more respiratory hospitalizations are expected.
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| Air Force's New Search-and Rescue Helicopter Gets 1st Aerial Refueling Posted: 12 Aug 2020 07:22 AM PDT  The Air Force's newest combat search-and-rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II, hit another milestone.
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| In These Uncertain Hours, the Classic Cool of a Gentleman’s Watch Endures Posted: 12 Aug 2020 05:00 AM PDT |
| China retaliates against US sanctions with its own, targeting 11 US citizens in ongoing political skirmish Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:07 PM PDT  "That is little more than an effort to distract attention from its wholesale assault on the rights of the people of Hong Kong," Kenneth Roth said.
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| Mother says son with autism was 'kicked out' of church by priest Posted: 11 Aug 2020 01:47 PM PDT  Julia Vicidomini said her son, Nicholas, was instructed to leave the church after he dropped a toy.
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| Coronavirus: health secretary Alex Azar expects US vaccine by December Posted: 11 Aug 2020 06:01 AM PDT  * Azar plays down significance of Russian vaccine progress * Health secretary predicts 'tens of millions of doses' by year's endThe US health secretary, Alex Azar, said on Tuesday morning that America hopes to have a coronavirus vaccine approved by December and tamped down Russia's celebrations over unveiling its own vaccine after rapid development."The point is not to be first," Azar said. "The point is to have a vaccine that is safe and effective for the American people and the people of the world."Russia approved a controversial Covid-19 vaccine for widespread use after less than two months of human testing, including a dose administered to one of Vladimir Putin's daughters.Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the country's RDIF sovereign wealth fund, said the vaccine would be marketed abroad under the brand name Sputnik V with international agreements to produce 500m doses and requests for 1bn from 20 countries.The development was hailed by Putin as evidence of Russia's scientific prowess, but the truncated testing regime has raised eyebrows elsewhere for skipping so-called phase 3 large-scale safety trials, which usually take months. Instead, phase 3 trials will be conducted in parallel with mass production of the vaccine, including in Brazil.Azar said on Tuesday that: "We need transparent data, it's got to be phase 3 data that shows that the vaccine is safe and effective and that's what President Trump is leading with Operation Warp Speed."The project is the public-private partnership that is coordinating vaccine trials in the US. Azar told ABC's Good Morning America show that six vaccines were in development and "we believe that we are on track towards having tens of millions of doses by December of FDA [Food and Drug Administration] gold-standard and hundreds of millions as we go into the new year".The top US public health expert Anthony Fauci, who sits on the White House coronavirus taskforce, has said he is "cautiously optimistic" about trials under way, but the trials would have to have their results before scientists will know if the US has a viable vaccine.Azar was challenged by ABC on reports from analysts looking at the work of Moderna, one of the US companies with a vaccine in phase 3 trials, and concluding that trials will not show results until early 2021.Azar said it depended on the speed with which people could be enrolled for the ongoing trials.Azar spoke to the TV network from Taiwan, where he is on a rare official visit by a US government figure and has praised the country's handling of coronavirus, which contrasts sharply with the situation in the US where the pandemic is out of control.He met the Taiwanese president on Monday, with the visit threatening to escalate worsening tensions between Washington and Beijing.The People's Republic of China claims Taiwan, the Republic of China, is part of its territory and takes issue with any acknowledgment of Taiwan's status as a sovereign state.Trump on Tuesday told Fox Sports Radio that he used to have a very good relationship with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, but that changed after the pandemic and that he has not spoken to his Chinese counterpart in a long time.Azar in the TV interview praised Taiwan's transparency over its public health plans, while saying "China has not been transparent and has not been collaborative".Meanwhile, Trump will be briefed on US vaccine efforts later on Tuesday and will probably give a public update, the White House adviser Kellyanne Conway told Fox News.Reuters contributed reporting
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| Can’t find Lysol disinfectant spray? Here’s what to buy instead Posted: 12 Aug 2020 06:31 AM PDT  Lysol products were approved by the EPA for protecting against the coronavirus, making them hard to find. Here are cleaning wipes and spray you can buy right now.
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| Cop posted "Kill em all" on protest livestream, investigation finds Posted: 11 Aug 2020 07:43 PM PDT  The CSPD police chief chose not to fire Sergeant Wrede, calling his actions "an isolated incident of an error in judgment."
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| 13 Clever-Approved Bookshelves That’ll Make You Look Smart Posted: 12 Aug 2020 07:00 AM PDT |
| Trump campaign adviser on Kamala Harris joining Democrats' 2020 ticket: Joe Biden selected a Berkeley radical Posted: 12 Aug 2020 09:25 AM PDT  Leftist elements are commandeering Joe Biden's presidential campaign, says Trump campaign senior strategy adviser Steve Cortes.
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| Ghislaine Maxwell says she is being mistreated in jail and that she should be taken out of solitary confinement Posted: 11 Aug 2020 01:13 PM PDT  Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, who is in jail awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges, want her released into her jail's general population.
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| Why are COVID-19 cases in kids rising? It's mostly the adults around them Posted: 12 Aug 2020 03:07 PM PDT  The pediatric cases are a direct reflection of what's happening in their surrounding communities, experts said.
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| Iran's Rouhani hopeful US arms embargo push will fail Posted: 12 Aug 2020 04:15 AM PDT  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani expressed "great hopes" Wednesday that a US bid to extend an arms embargo on his country will fail, warning of consequences if the UN Security Council backs it. Rouhani's remarks came after Iran's ambassador to the United Nations said the US would have to redraft its proposed resolution on the issue after being "rebuffed" by Security Council members. The ban on selling weapons to Iran is set to be progressively eased from October under the terms of Resolution 2231, which blessed the Iran nuclear deal that world powers agreed in July 2015.
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| Salmonella in shrimp ignites a recall at Costco, Fresh Market, BJ’s Wholesale and others Posted: 12 Aug 2020 03:24 PM PDT  The FDA found salmonella in shrimp imported by Kader Exports, causing a recall of various frozen shrimp products, including those sold under the house brands Costco, BJ's Wholesale and Tops grocery chains.
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| MBS is stamping out the final threat to his rule, bringing an end to his 3-year coup marked by power grabs, forced disappearances, and assassinations Posted: 12 Aug 2020 08:23 AM PDT  Crown Prince Mohammed is gunning for Saad al-Jabri and Mohammed bin Nayef, but they are old friends of the US, who want answers from the kingdom.
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| These states require travelers to self-quarantine or present negative COVID-19 test Posted: 12 Aug 2020 09:37 AM PDT  States are opening back up, but some still require or recommend visitors self-quarantine for two weeks. Find out where.
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| Police officers set dog on black man and say ‘good boy, good boy’ as it bites his leg Posted: 12 Aug 2020 10:08 AM PDT  A police dog in Salt Lake City was ordered to attack an African American man who was on his knees with his hands in the air.Police officers arrived at Jeffery Ryans's house in April in Salt Lake City, Utah, after they responded to a call made by someone who said they had heard him arguing with his wife, according to the Daily Mail.
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| African Americans have long defied white supremacy and celebrated Black culture in public spaces Posted: 11 Aug 2020 05:10 AM PDT  From Richmond to New York City to Seattle, anti-racist activists are getting results as Confederate monuments are coming down by the dozens.In Richmond, Virginia, protesters have changed the story of Lee Circle, home to a 130-year-old monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. It's now a new community space where graffiti, music and projected images turn the statue of Lee from a monument to white supremacy into a backdrop proclaiming that Black Lives Matter. This isn't a new phenomenon. I'm a historian of celebrations and protests after the Civil War. And in my research, I have found that long before Confederate monuments occupied city squares, African Americans used those same public spaces to celebrate their history. But those African American memorial cultures have often been overshadowed by Confederate monuments that dominate public space and set in stone a white supremacist story of the past. Black celebrationsIn the late 19th and early 20th centuries, African Americans had less power and money than whites did to erect statues to celebrate their past. Instead, they challenged white dominance of public space using holidays, parades, conventions, mass meetings and other events. Black people used public celebrations such as Juneteenth to tell a positive story about their history, debate and set political goals for the community, applaud the role of Black soldiers and workers, and create a legacy and cultural identity for Black men, women and children. These community celebrations helped guide Black protests and organizing after the Civil War and continue to inspire activists today. Here are just a few of the ways African Americans challenged white dominance in public spaces:• On July 4, 1866, Black people gathered in Richmond's Capitol Square and decorated the statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and George Mason with garlands and flags – a radical act that a reporter from the Richmond Dispatch fumed was "a liberty which no white man ever yet presumed to take with Virginia's great work of art." By claiming the Founding Fathers as their own, African Americans protested against their exclusion from public space and citizenship. • In 1867 Black men and women publicly assembled at a convention in Lexington, Kentucky, where political leader William F. Butler stated, "First we ha[d] the cartridge box, now we want the ballot box, and soon we will get the jury box. I don't mean with our fists, but by standing up and demanding our rights." Butler argued that Black men fought to maintain the Union, "but we were left without means of protecting ourselves….We need and must have the ballot box for that purpose." • A Baltimore procession in May 1870 celebrated the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, which guaranteed Black men the right to vote. The event had more than 12,000 participants and 20,000 spectators. Newspapers called the procession "vast and magnificent in its appointments, gorgeous in its decorations, and noble in its purposes." Participants carried banners reading, "Give us equal rights and we will protect ourselves," and "Equity and justice goes hand in hand." These and other African American celebrations asserted their right to public spaces where previously enslaved people might have needed passes or were supposed to be invisible. Monuments and powerFor both Black and white residents, the actions they took to commemorate their cultures demonstrated the importance of residential and commercial spaces, such as city parks, neighborhoods and shopping districts, and especially official civic spaces such as city halls or courthouses. White organizations raised hundreds of statues in public spaces, especially in the South, during the height of Confederate memorializing in the Jim Crow and civil rights eras.White supremacist groups such as the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected these Confederate monuments to, in their words, "correct history" by celebrating the Lost Cause, the idea that slavery was a benevolent institution and the Confederate cause was just. These monuments represented a way to remind African Americans that public spaces, public commemoration and public advancement were not for them. And while protests that Confederate flags and monuments do not belong in public spaces have grown stronger since 2015, resistance is not new. African Americans have been protesting against Confederate monuments since they were erected. In Charleston, South Carolina, Black citizens in the 1880s and 1890s mocked and defaced the original monument to John C. Calhoun, a South Carolina congressman and U.S. vice president, who defended slavery as a "positive good." Teacher and civil rights activist Mamie Garvin Fields remembered that as a child it seemed as if Calhoun's statue was "looking you in the face and telling you … I am back to see you stay in your place." She recalled bringing something to "scratch up the coat, break the watch chain, try to knock off the nose" – perhaps leading to its replacement in 1896 with a much taller monument. In 1923 the United Daughters of the Confederacy urged Congress to fund a monument "to the faithful slave mammies of the South" in Washington, D.C. The National Association of Colored Women mobilized several Black activist organizations in letter-writing campaigns, petitions and editorials and crushed the plan. The monument was never built. Turning awayWhite residents had the power to ignore Black residents' commemorative activities. Rather than watch the festivities or listen to Black speakers, they chose to leave town for the day, stay inside or express disgust among themselves. White people in Richmond celebrated the Fourth of July in the countryside, noted the Richmond Dispatch newspaper, "partly to enjoy the day's relaxation from business and partly to avoid the spectacle which they could not have avoided witnessing had they remained at home." The Baltimore American newspaper noted that those who were too "thin-skinned" to see Black residents celebrating the Fifteenth Amendment shut their doors, "presenting the appearance that 'nobody was in.'" White residents "refused to witness the procession, declaring they could not gaze upon such a humiliating scene." Remaking public spaceIn 2017, white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 11-12 for the Unite the Right rally, ostensibly to protect a monument of Robert E. Lee. It was a battle over what vision of America would prevail in public space in the 21st century. [The Conversation's science, health and technology editors pick their favorite stories. Weekly on Wednesdays.]Chanting "White lives matter" and "Jews will not replace us," the white supremacists violently attacked counterprotesters. Today, the tables are turned. Anti-racism protesters are transforming public space by tearing down Confederate monuments or demanding their removal. Years of activism combined with these same types of activities – mourning, celebration of Black pasts, public demands for the future, politics in the streets – have led to the removal of many Confederate monuments, despite the violence and fury of white supremacists. Activists are telling a new story of African American history out of the relics of a white supremacist past, just as they did in public celebrations in the 19th century.This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit news site dedicated to sharing ideas from academic experts.Read more: * What is intolerance fatigue, and how is it fueling Black Lives Matter protests? * Young Black Americans not sold on Biden, the Democrats or votingShannon M. Smith does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
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| Op-Ed: If Biden wins, don't expect Trump to accept defeat and head for the exit Posted: 12 Aug 2020 05:00 AM PDT  The only way to guarantee Trump doesn't ignore election results is a Biden win so decisive it's apparent on election night.
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| A Florida sheriff banned his deputies from wearing face masks the same day the county saw its highest number of COVID-19 deaths Posted: 12 Aug 2020 02:00 PM PDT  Deputies in Marion County, Florida, are prohibited from wearing masks, according to an email obtained by the Ocala Star-Banner. So are visitors.
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| Agnes Chow: Hong Kong activist hailed as the 'real Mulan' Posted: 12 Aug 2020 04:09 AM PDT  The 23-year-old democracy activist arrested under a new security law is a folk hero to her supporters.
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| Economic clout makes China tougher challenge for U.S. than Soviet Union was - Pompeo Posted: 12 Aug 2020 08:07 AM PDT  China's global economic power makes the communist country in some ways a more difficult foe to counter than the Soviet Union during the Cold War, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on a visit to the Czech Republic on Wednesday. Pompeo called on countries around Europe to rally against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which he said leverages its economic might to exert its influence around the world. "What's happening now isn't Cold War 2.0," Pompeo said in a speech to the Czech Senate.
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| Party with 400 people shut down during students’ first weekend back at ECU, cops say Posted: 12 Aug 2020 01:14 PM PDT  Police say the number of parties was still a far cry from past opening weekends at East Carolina University.
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| Mexico City lets bars open as restaurants to boost economy Posted: 11 Aug 2020 07:40 AM PDT  "I repeat, the bars are not opening," said Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, stressing they are opening as establishments that serve food and follow social distancing measures.
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| Residents of Chicago Neighborhood Eject Black Lives Matter Protesters Posted: 12 Aug 2020 10:11 AM PDT  A small group of residents from Chicago's Englewood neighborhood ejected Black Lives Matter protesters who arrived for a demonstration at a local police precinct.Several activist groups had organized a march leading to the 7th police precinct in Englewood. However, an organizer later told Fox 32 that groups decided to leave after confrontations with nearby residents left them feeling "unsafe.""If you ain't from Englewood, get the f*** out of here!" resident Darryl Smith shouted at the protesters. Residents engaged in pushing matches with some of the protesters."They were…gonna come to Englewood, antagonizing our police, and then when they go back home to the North Side in Indiana, our police are bitter and they're beating up our little black boys," Smith told Fox. Charles McKenzie, of a community violence-prevention group called God's Gorillas, concurred, saying "We refuse to let anyone come to Englewood and tear it up."Protesters maintained that they had come to demonstrate peacefully in favor of defunding the police. Organizers from one of the protest groups, GoodKids MadCity, said that they were themselves residents of Englewood, but that others in the neighborhood did not support eliminating the police entirely.Englewood has long been plagued by gun violence, including this year as Chicago sees a spike in shootings and homicides. Chicago police recorded 440 homicides and 2,240 shooting victims in the first seven months of 2020, up from 290 homicides and 1,480 shooting victims the previous year.On Sunday, police shot and wounded a 20-year-old who allegedly fired on officers, an incident that sparked confrontations with police after rumor spread that the wounded suspect was a child. That night, what appeared to be organized looters ransacked Chicago's downtown."A lot of people saying the looting sparked from Englewood. We're not having that. It didn't spark from Englewood," Smith said. "Those [looters] are opportunists, and we're tired of Englewood getting a black eye for any and everything that happens."
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| Fox News host baselessly claims that 'something's going to happen' to Joe Biden, forcing her colleague to walk her comment back Posted: 12 Aug 2020 03:59 PM PDT  "I have a sense that something's going to happen before the election, and he's not even going to be on the ticket," she said.
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| A man was forcibly carried out of an Arizona grocery store after he screamed profanities at an employee over face mask requirements Posted: 11 Aug 2020 05:08 PM PDT  "You are a bunch of idiots wearing masks. You know it's not real," the man yelled in a video that went viral.
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| 3 charged with threatening R. Kelly accusers Posted: 12 Aug 2020 12:58 PM PDT  Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against three men accused of threatening and intimidating women who have accused R&B singer R. Kelly of abuse, including one man suspected of setting fire to a vehicle in Florida.
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| Ohio drop box restrictions add new front to mail-in voting battle Posted: 12 Aug 2020 01:37 PM PDT  Drop boxes are set to take center stage in the "2020 voting wars."On Wednesday, Ohio's Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose released a statement spelling out the rules and regulations for drop box usage during general election voting, and some viewed it as a red flag that could suppress voter turnout.LaRose says legitimate drop boxes will be placed only at county boards of elections, and that "boards of elections are prohibited from installing a drop box at any other location." But Democrats in the state are arguing there's no legal reason for such a restriction, and that limiting the number of drop boxes will make it more challenging for voters to get their ballots in on time during the coronavirus pandemic.It doesn't help that recent concerns about the slow pace of the United States Postal Service has some worried about delays to mail-in ballots. President Trump has even faced allegations of grinding the service to a halt deliberately.> This is the new front in the 2020 voting wars: placement of drop boxes. Wouldn't be happening if we did not have new concerns about the USPS's ability and willingness to move mail ballots. https://t.co/spbtAktijV> > -- Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) August 12, 2020The move is viewed by some as an attempt to cater to the Trump administration. > The mask is off. @FrankLaRose works for the Trump campaign, NOT Ohio voters. Outrageous. There is no statutory authority for this Directive. The Trump campaign is suing to stop drop boxes in PA. I guess that's the "litigation" he is afraid of? VoterSuppression https://t.co/K0WpjgXhpx> > -- Gretchen Bennett (@BennettGretchen) August 12, 2020More stories from theweek.com Trump has pretty much eliminated daily intelligence briefings. Biden has already started receiving them. The case against American truck bloat Kamala Harris hammers Trump's coronavirus 'failure' in 1st speech as VP candidate
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| Federal judge refuses to block campus sexual assault rules Posted: 12 Aug 2020 02:26 PM PDT  A federal judge on Wednesday allowed the Education Department to move forward with new rules governing how schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual assault. The rules, which take effect Friday, expand the rights of the accused, narrow the definition of sexual harassment and reduce the scope of cases that schools are required to investigate, among other changes. In a suit challenging the rules, attorneys general from 17 states and the District of Columbia argued that the policy would block schools from investigating certain sexual abuse complaints and would discourage students from reporting assaults.
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| Almost 10 per cent of coronavirus deaths were not related to Covid-19, PHE admits Posted: 12 Aug 2020 11:54 AM PDT  Nearly 10 per cent of coronavirus deaths reported by Public Health England (PHE) were not related to Covid-19, the body has admitted. The Department of Health has been urgently reviewing the way in which it records deaths after Oxford University noticed in July that former coronavirus patients were being included in mortality figures even if they had recovered and then died of something else. On Wednesday, the true extent of the problem emerged when PHE published a report showing that 3,664 people who had been included in 40,160 English coronavirus deaths did not have Covid-19 on their death certificate. It is also now clear that England's death rate has been diminishing far faster than official figures showed. Since the middle of June, at least half the reported deaths have not been due to coronavirus and have now been excluded from official figures. Experts said the figures explained why the daily death toll for England remained stubbornly high throughout June and July, in contrast to the other devolved nations and despite the Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures showing that deaths were rapidly falling. The numbers have now been adjusted, and it now appears that England may have had its first Covid-19 death-free day on August 6.
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| Coping with campus coronavirus: U.S. fraternities, sororities give it the old college try Posted: 12 Aug 2020 03:11 AM PDT  Sixteen gallons of hand sanitizer sat in the foyer of the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house at the University of Wisconsin as house mother Karen Mullis reconfigured tables in the dining room to maintain social distancing. Only 17 of 38 members plan to live at the sorority house near the Madison, Wisconsin campus this fall. The chapter is one of hundreds of fraternities and sororities grappling with how to persuade hundreds of thousands of young adults to follow safety protocols when in-person learning resumes at many universities in coming weeks.
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| Downfall: BP worker sacked after Hitler meme wins payout Posted: 11 Aug 2020 12:03 AM PDT  Scott Tracey used the scene from Downfall to portray scenes from company wage negotiations.
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| Air circulation can fight coronavirus transmission — or help it spread. Here's how to spot a faulty system. Posted: 12 Aug 2020 05:30 AM PDT  Air inside a building could carry coronavirus particles if it's not getting filtered or ventilated. Here are signs the air may not be safe.
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