| Texas police officer charged in death of Pamela Turner, a Black woman whose killing was captured on video Posted: 17 Sep 2020 02:53 PM PDT  A Texas police officer was indicted this week in the death of Pamela Turner, a Black woman who was killed outside her apartment more than a year ago.
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| As Trump courts Black voters, critics see a 'depression strategy' Posted: 18 Sep 2020 03:57 PM PDT  While the president's team touts its efforts to court a community that Republicans have long ignored, critics describe them as part of a cynical "depression strategy" designed to minimize Black American turnout.
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| Measures to control coronavirus have brought flu infections to 'historic lows.' Scientists want to keep it that way. Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:22 AM PDT  Lockdowns and protective measures like the widespread wearing of face masks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have driven influenza infections to record lows, according to a new CDC study.
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| Man, woman who died in California fires didn't evacuate because of 'erroneous information' Posted: 16 Sep 2020 07:24 PM PDT  Fires ravaging California, Oregon and Washington have killed at least 34 people, destroyed thousands of homes and other structures and charred an area about the size of New Jersey.
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| Second UK lockdown? PM says second wave inevitable, new restrictions possible Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:35 PM PDT  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he did not want another national lockdown but that new restrictions may be needed because the country was facing an "inevitable" second wave of COVID-19. Ministers were on Friday reported to be considering a second national lockdown, after new COVID-19 cases almost doubled to 6,000 per day, hospital admissions rose and infection rates soared across parts of northern England and London. Asked about whether the whole of the country should brace for a new lockdown, rather than just local restrictions, he said: "I don't want to get into a second national lockdown at all."
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| JPMorgan is reportedly no longer reimbursing junior traders taking Ubers to and from work as the bank orders staff back to the office Posted: 17 Sep 2020 08:35 AM PDT  As the bank plans to bring back employees on September 21, it's ending reimbursements for junior traders Ubering to the office.
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| A dentist who pulled someone's tooth while riding a hoverboard has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud and 'unlawful dental acts' Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:34 PM PDT  In a 2016 video, the dentist rolls up to a sedated patient, pulls her tooth while standing on the hoverboard, and rolls away.
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| Trump says a presidential debate 'isn't something you have to practice' as candidates' first show-down approaches Posted: 17 Sep 2020 09:07 AM PDT  President reportedly told aides debate are not something one has to prepare for, bucking decades of precedent
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| Michelob Ultra is hiring someone to travel to national parks — for a hefty salary Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:56 AM PDT  "Don't worry about gas money, that's on us."
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| Pentagon sending troops to Syria after clashes between U.S., Russian military Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:38 PM PDT  The troops are meant to discourage Russians from crossing into the eastern area where U.S., coalition, and Syrian Democratic Forces operate, say officials.
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| Boater rescues man stranded under bridge: 'He was out there all night in just shorts' Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:12 AM PDT  A community of residents, living on boats, in condos or stilted homes, were taken by surprise when Hurricane Sally blew through as a Category 2 storm.
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| NATO keeps France-Turkey probe under wraps as tempers flare Posted: 17 Sep 2020 06:00 AM PDT  A NATO investigation into a naval standoff between French and Turkish ships in June has been rated too sensitive to discuss in public and does not apportion blame, as Paris and Ankara wage a war of words, diplomats have told Reuters. On June 10, a French frigate on a NATO mission tried to inspect a Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship suspected of smuggling arms to Libya. France says the frigate was harassed by Turkish navy vessels escorting the cargo ship, and accuses Turkey of breaking a U.N. arms embargo.
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| Seven dead, dozens infected after 'superspreader' wedding in rural US Posted: 17 Sep 2020 11:31 PM PDT  A wedding in rural Maine became a coronavirus "superspreader" event that left seven people dead and 177 infected, renewing fear of the disease in the northeastern US state that had hoped the worst of the pandemic was behind it.
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| Oracle will have to pore over the TikTok's source code to make sure there are no backdoors as part of its proposed deal Posted: 18 Sep 2020 06:17 AM PDT  TikTok and Oracle will need to convince the Trump administration their proposed deal will keep data secure.
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| Trump Finally Admits Many Americans Won’t Get Vaccine Until April Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:26 PM PDT  President Trump on Friday said that the U.S. expects to have enough coronavirus vaccines for every American by April. "We'll have manufactured at least 100 million vaccine doses before the end of the year and likely much more than that," Trump said at an afternoon press conference. "Hundreds of millions of doses will be available every month, and we expect to have enough vaccines for every American by April. And again I'll say that even at that later stage a delivery will go as fast it comes they can deliver."Despite Trump saying "three vaccines are already in the final stage," there is still no certainty when a safe and effective vaccine will indeed be approved for the American public. The Global Rush to Approve a COVID-19 Vaccine Keeps Getting CreepierThe claim from the president put him closer to the timeline the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testified to lawmakers about earlier this week. Trump challenged Dr. Robert Redfield's words during a tumultuous press conference Wednesday by claiming that his timeline on when a COVID-19 vaccine would be ready was "incorrect." Redfield had told lawmakers earlier this week that he thought a vaccine wouldn't be "generally available to the American public" until "late second quarter, third quarter of 2021." Trump Claims Vaccine Will Be Ready by Fall, Says CDC Director Was 'Confused' That answer caught Trump's ire as he described the leading medical official in his own administration as "confused," and pushed a much more aggressive timeline for later this year, throwing out different potential months the vaccine could land. "When he said it, I believe he was confused… We're ready to go as soon as the vaccine is approved," Trump insisted Wednesday. "We're not going to say 'in six months,' we're going to start giving it to the general public."When a reporter pressed Trump about his timeline given the April date he had just offered, the president deferred to Dr. Scott Atlas, a neuroradiologist advising the president on the virus. Atlas reiterated Trump's point about having "over 100 million doses manufactured," by the end of the year. People on the "prioritized list including high risk, including first responders, will have the ability to take the vaccine, no one's being mandated to be vaccinated, at the latest in January.""And as we said....there will be hundreds of millions of doses delivered for people to take it during the first quarter and so that by April every single American who wants to be vaccinated will have the ability to be vaccinated," Atlas said. "It's not a forced vaccination of course." Atlas taking the question—rather than leading health officials who often spoke at the former White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings earlier in the pandemic like Dr. Deborah Birx or Dr. Anthony Fauci, was another sign of how much the public face of the White House response to the pandemic has changed. Neither Birx nor Fauci were in attendance in the briefing room Friday.-With additional reporting from Allison Quinn Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet 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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| Lightning storm, easterly wind: How the wildfires got so bad Posted: 17 Sep 2020 10:43 AM PDT  It began as a stunning light show on a mid-August weekend — lightning bolts crackling in the skies over Northern and Central California, touching down in grasslands and vineyards. The National Weather Service warned that the dry lightning striking a parched landscape "could lead to new wildfire." Thousands of bolts ignited hundreds of fires in California and at least one in Oregon, setting the stage for some of the most destructive wildfires the West Coast states have seen in modern times.
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| ‘He is doing his thing because he loves his wife’: Meet Kamala Harris’s husband Douglas Emhoff, who wants to be America’s first second husband Posted: 17 Sep 2020 03:41 AM PDT  Democratic vice presidential nominee is married with two stepchildren
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| Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration are set to deny funding to Connecticut schools over inclusive transgender athlete policies Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:42 PM PDT  According to The New York Times, Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration are cutting funding to certain Connecticut schools over their participation in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. The conference allows transgender student-athletes to compete with, and against, athletes who share their gender identity, a course of action Trump's administration has repeatedly fought against. If the schools refuse to cut ties with the conference prior to October 1, the education department has vowed to withhold $18 million in desegregation grants.
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| He survived an Oregon wildfire by perching on a rock in a river, fending off embers with a chair Posted: 17 Sep 2020 10:53 AM PDT  Trapped in a canyon by downed trees and flames, an Oregon man survived on a rock in the middle of a river. He made time for a beer, too.
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| Virtual class students overhear fatal shooting between siblings, Wisconsin cops say Posted: 18 Sep 2020 06:20 AM PDT  A teacher called 911 after the shooting.
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| GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn reveals she doesn’t know what an "Amendment" is — on Constitution Day Posted: 18 Sep 2020 02:22 AM PDT  "We will never rewrite the Constitution of the United States," she proudly and wrongly proclaimed on Twitter
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| Woodward on decision not to release Trump recordings early: ‘My God, I would have if I could save one life’ Posted: 17 Sep 2020 12:51 PM PDT  Investigative journalist Bob Woodward joins Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to discuss his new book, "Rage." In the weeks leading up to publication, Woodward has come under fire for not releasing audio recordings of President Trump privately acknowledging the potential severity of the coronavirus pandemic as early as February. He explains, however, that due to the nonlinear nature of reporting, it would not have been feasible to release the audio recordings early because of a lack of context.
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| Fauci says he'll take responsibility if a coronavirus vaccine rolled out in the US is faulty Posted: 18 Sep 2020 03:29 AM PDT  In comments to media outlets, Dr. Anthony Fauci sought to reassure the public amid a dispute between President Donald Trump and the CDC over vaccines.
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| California and Oregon 2020 wildfires in maps, graphics and images Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:14 AM PDT  A visual guide to the wildfires ravaging California, Oregon and other western states.
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| Coronavirus: Idaho pastor who called himself 'no-masker' in intensive care with Covid-19 Posted: 18 Sep 2020 10:36 AM PDT  'I want to encourage all of you to begin to regather this Sunday and let nothing hinder you from doing so,' says Paul Van Noy
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| Donor cash surges to Harrison, the Democrat taking on Graham Posted: 18 Sep 2020 11:33 AM PDT  It won't be known until Election Day if a poll showing a tightening contest between Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democrat Jaime Harrison portends an upset — but the gains are real enough in the Democrat's campaign account. On the heels of a Quinnipiac University poll that has him tied with Graham among likely voters in South Carolina, Harrison's campaign has marked two back-to-back fundraising days of $1 million apiece, bringing his total fundraising to over $30 million. It's a staggering sum, unheard of for a Democrat competing in this conservative state, and matches what Graham has also raised in his pursuit of a fourth term.
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| U.S. House panel asked to postpone whistleblower deposition on Homeland Security Posted: 18 Sep 2020 10:22 AM PDT |
| Three men accused of setting up illegal roadblocks as wildfires burn, Oregon cops say Posted: 18 Sep 2020 01:15 PM PDT |
| Canada abandons free trade talks with China: minister Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:26 AM PDT  Canada has walked away from free trade talks with China amid soured relations over a Huawei executive's arrest and the detention of two Canadians in apparent retaliation, foreign minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a newspaper interview Friday.
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| Fact check: Kamala Harris was part of the second integrated class in elementary school Posted: 17 Sep 2020 03:10 PM PDT  "Sen. Harris is correct in describing her experience as the second class to be part of the busing integration program," Berkeley Public Schools wrote.
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| Noul turns deadly while making landfall in Vietnam Posted: 18 Sep 2020 03:13 AM PDT  Noul made landfall as a tropical storm in central Vietnam on Friday leading to at least one death, as reported by the Bangkok Post.VnExpress stated that Noul prompted the closure of several airports in central Vietnam on Friday, including Da Nang's airport, which led to several dozen cancellations and delays.Noul produced 310 mm (12.20 inches) of rain in Da Nang from Thursday into Friday as the storm moved onshore.> ⛈️Tropical storm Noul has made landfall in Vietnam with strong winds and torrential rain. It's tracking west across Vietnam, Laos & northern Thailand. pic.twitter.com/70Oi8yHwlC> > -- BBC Weather (@bbcweather) September 18, 2020CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE ACCUWEATHER APPHeavy rainfall and flash flooding from Noul will now move inland across Indochina through the weekend.Noul (known as Leon in the Philippines) first became a tropical storm on Tuesday night as a broad area of low pressure strengthened across the South China Sea after crossing the Philippines. This satellite loop shows Noul strengthening across the South China Sea on Thursday evening, local time, before landfall in central Vietnam. (CIRA/RAMMB) Now that Noul is inland and losing wind intensity, AccuWeather meteorologists expect flooding rainfall to be the predominant concern through the weekend.AccuWeather Meteorologist Tony Zartman explains, "Even though Noul will lose wind intensity and fall below tropical storm status, it will still pose a significant flooding threat into Sunday." Widespread rainfall totals of 100-150 mm (4-6 inches) are expected from this storm with 200-250 mm (8-10 inches) of rain in the mountainous terrain across central Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and southern Myanmar. An AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 400 mm (16 inches) will be possible in the hardest-hit areas.The heaviest rain from Noul is expected to shift from Vietnam and Laos during the end of the week into Thailand and southern Myanmar through the weekend.This amount of rainfall as the storm tracks inland can lead to flooding and mudslides. Road closures are possible and some isolated communities could be inaccessible for several days.AccuWeather forecasters will continue to monitor Noul into the beginning of next week since what is left of the system after tracking over land is expected to emerge over the Bay of Bengal and can bring impacts to India next week.Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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| US carrier transits Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:48 AM PDT  The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier safely transited on Friday through the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most important chokepoint for oil shipments, the U.S. Navy said, as tensions with Iran continue to simmer. In a "scheduled" maneuver, the U.S. sent the carrier and several other warships through the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, according to the U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based 5th fleet. The Nimitz, America's oldest carrier in active service, carries some 5,000 sailors and Marines.
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| U.S. House to consider bills on Chinese goods made with forced labor, Pelosi says Posted: 18 Sep 2020 08:45 AM PDT  U.S. lawmakers will consider two bills next week on goods made with forced labor from China's Xinjiang region, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday, with one that would restrict imports and another requiring publicly traded U.S. companies to make disclosures on supply chains. "If we refused to speak out about human rights in China because of commercial interests, then we lose all moral authority to speak about human rights any place in the world," Pelosi said. Relations with China have become an issue in campaigning for the Nov. 3 U.S. elections, with Republican President Donald Trump running for re-election against his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden.
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| Pakistan outcry over police victim-blaming of gang-raped mother Posted: 18 Sep 2020 05:16 PM PDT  A police chief's comments spark an unprecedented backlash after a woman was raped in front of her children.
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| Soldier from Fort Bragg killed in Navy base crash in Key West Posted: 17 Sep 2020 12:28 PM PDT  The U.S. Army has identified a soldier struck and killed by a vehicle driven by an on-duty Navy Security Force civilian Monday on a Key West Navy base.
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| 2 gunmen open fire on home of officers in Camden; manhunt underway Posted: 17 Sep 2020 05:44 PM PDT  A manhunt is underway for two suspects who shot up the home of two New Jersey police officers earlier this week, authorities announced on Thursday.
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| ‘I can’t do it any more, I can’t watch me’: Trump says he is bored of seeing himself Posted: 18 Sep 2020 09:33 AM PDT  President addressed baying crowd in Wisconsin as Joe Biden held CNN town hall
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| Jared Kushner reportedly said 'free markets will solve' the PPE shortage in March. Nurses are still paying for that approach. Posted: 18 Sep 2020 12:11 PM PDT  "The federal government is not going to lead this response," Kushner reportedly said in March, adding, "Free markets will solve this."
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| China's 1st Supercarrier Could Feature EMALS Launch Technology: Report Posted: 18 Sep 2020 05:57 AM PDT  The carrier could rival those in the U.S. fleet for size and capability, according to an analysis.
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| Video shows huge alligator swimming in Sally's storm surge Posted: 18 Sep 2020 03:48 AM PDT  Images of a massive gator, an eel and fire ants were seen in Hurricane Sally's wake.
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