| The Biden campaign is reaching out to Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders with targeted ad campaign Posted: 09 Oct 2020 10:00 AM PDT  Joe Biden's campaign announced on Friday a paid media campaign targeting Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities that will include digital, radio and print ads airing nationally and in 16 key states.
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| Extradition fight continues in Kenosha protest shootings Posted: 08 Oct 2020 08:51 PM PDT  A 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, remains in custody in his home state of Illinois as his attorneys fight efforts to send him to Wisconsin to stand trial on homicide charges. Kyle Rittenhouse appeared on streaming video and wore a face mask during a brief court hearing Friday in Lake County, Illinois. Judge Paul Novak scheduled an Oct. 30 hearing on the extradition request, though prosecutors told Novak they were prepared to move faster.
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| Britain, France, and Germany said they will sanction Russia over Alexei Navalny's poisoning. Putin won't care. Posted: 10 Oct 2020 01:14 AM PDT  Just as in the 2018 poisoning of the Skripals in England and the 2019 killing of a Chechen leader in Germany, Europe's threats will go unheeded.
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| Police fire teargas at Nigerians protesting at alleged brutality, witnesses say Posted: 09 Oct 2020 09:01 AM PDT  Nigerian police used teargas on Friday to disperse dozens of people in the capital Abuja who had gathered to protest at alleged brutality by members of a special police unit, witnesses said. Protesters, some holding placards, ran as clouds of teargas hung in the air. Multiple people at the incident said on Twitter that police had fired the canisters.
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| Bars, indoor dining to close in Toronto amid virus surge Posted: 09 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT |
| Southwest Airlines apologized to a woman who was blocked from boarding a flight because of her black halter top Posted: 10 Oct 2020 08:06 AM PDT  A Southwest Airlines employee blocked Kayla Eubanks from boarding a flight to Chicago for wearing what the employee called an inappropriate outfit.
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| Harrison demands Graham get COVID-19 test before next debate Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:18 PM PDT  Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison are set to meet for their second debate on Friday.
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| Don't believe Trump's hype about 'missing' ballots, Republican election official says Posted: 09 Oct 2020 12:06 PM PDT  The often-repeated claim that millions of ballots have gone missing recently is misleading and exaggerated, one state's top election official said.
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| Protesters want Kansas City police officer fired after kneeling on pregnant Black woman Posted: 09 Oct 2020 12:18 PM PDT  Bystander footage of Deja Stallings' arrest shows the officer kneeling on her back as the crowd yells to stop because she is pregnant.
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| Millions will be ordered not to leave their local areas in new Covid clampdown Posted: 10 Oct 2020 11:47 AM PDT  Millions of people will be asked not to travel outside their local areas and could be banned from mixing with other households, even outdoors, amid fears that some hospitals in the North-West could be overwhelmed within days. This weekend, Downing Street was briefing mayors and council leaders on the planned three-tier "Local Covid Alert Levels" system of restrictions for England, expected to be announced by Boris Johnson on Monday. Joe Anderson, the Mayor of Liverpool, said he was in discussions with Number 10 about placing the city into the third tier – with the toughest restrictions – amid mounting concern over the number of cases and the capacity of intensive care units at hospitals in the area. The talks included discussions about deals that would give local leaders greater autonomy over measures and testing in their area in exchange for helping to enforce and explain the rules. Plans for the third "very high" tier are understood to include guidance asking residents not to travel outside their area other than for specific reasons such as work or education. Local mayors said they expected pubs and bars in these areas to have to close, with restaurants able to remain open until 10pm. In telephone calls with local leaders, Boris Johnson's aides also indicated that areas put into the third tier could face bans on multiple households mixing either indoors or outdoors. Separately, Downing Street is inviting leaders whose areas are due to be in the "very high" tier to request the closure of specific types of hospitality or leisure venues, including beauty salons and sports centres. That came after acknowledgement that the Government had not done enough to achieve "local buy-in" for some of the existing restrictions faced by areas with high infection rates in the North-East and the North-West.
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| Philippines says it and China reaffirm strong relations Posted: 10 Oct 2020 08:14 AM PDT  The foreign ministers of Philippines and China reaffirmed their countries' strong relations on Saturday, Manila's foreign ministry said, amid bilateral tensions over the South China Sea. China, which has for years been locked in maritime disputes with other coastal states in the South China Sea, has in recent months held exercises in disputed parts of the strategic waterway, at a time when other claimants are battling coronavirus outbreaks. "Both sides reaffirmed the continuing vitality of relations despite the constraints imposed by COVID-19," the Philippines' foreign ministry said in a statement following talks in Yunnan between Teodoro Locsin and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
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| The tale of Algeria's stolen cannon and France's cockerel Posted: 10 Oct 2020 04:50 PM PDT  Hopes grow that a gigantic weapon stolen after the invasion of Algiers in 1830 may soon be returned.
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| Cunningham won't directly address possible other affairs Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:27 PM PDT  Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham refused on Friday to address whether other sexual affairs could surface days after The Associated Press reported his intimate encounter this summer with a public relations consultant. Cunningham is in a closely contested, expensive race with Republican Sen. Thom Tillis that could determine control of the Senate. The U.S. Army Reserve officer and Raleigh attorney on Oct. 2 acknowledged the existence of sexually suggestive text messages between him and a woman, both of whom are married, and apologized for hurting his family and supporters.
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| 'Tiger King' star Bhagavan 'Doc' Antle has been indicted on wildlife trafficking and animal cruelty charges Posted: 10 Oct 2020 09:22 AM PDT  Wildlife park owner "Doc" Antle was indicted on two felony counts and 13 misdemeanor counts, the Attorney General of Virginia announced.
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| In campaign's final stretch, Democrats claw their way back in Pennsylvania Posted: 09 Oct 2020 05:00 AM PDT  After Donald Trump shocked Keystone State Democrats in 2016, the Biden campaign is trying to reach every county, big and small, to flip the result back.
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| Officials demand investigation after ICE agents stop Black jogger in Boston Posted: 09 Oct 2020 11:49 AM PDT  Bena Apreala, 29, was stopped by ICE near his home in Boston, the latest of several instances of a Black jogger being stopped by authorities.
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| Paris Hilton leads protest and calls for closure of Utah school Posted: 10 Oct 2020 08:44 AM PDT  The reality TV star says schools like Provo Canyon School abuse and mistreat youth.
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| Detained Australian Yang Hengjun set to face trial in Beijing Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:58 PM PDT |
| NYC cancels $900M payment to teachers due to financial crisis Posted: 09 Oct 2020 12:54 PM PDT  NYC teachers who were expected to receive their share of a $900 million payout were told those funds will not be released. The de Blasio administration canceled the payment and is blaming it on the pandemic, according to the New York Post. "It is the city's desire to avoid the necessity for layoffs, and to make a retroactive payment at this time would therefore be fiscally irresponsible," said First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan to Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers on Thursday.
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| Aid group says Libyan militia is holding hostage 60 migrants Posted: 10 Oct 2020 04:48 AM PDT |
| Thousands will enter the 2022 visa lottery for a free green card. This advice could help Posted: 10 Oct 2020 12:04 PM PDT  This week, the U.S. government opened the entry period to participate in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program for Fiscal Year 2022 (DV-2022), which ends on Nov. 10, 2020.
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| Mitch McConnell says an economic stimulus package is 'unlikely in the next 3 weeks' as the White House renews its push for aid Posted: 09 Oct 2020 08:54 AM PDT  McConnell said a coronavirus aid package was needed, but added "everybody is kind of trying to elbow for political advantage."
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| Ken Starr: Biden, Harris making terrible decision not to reveal choice for Supreme Court Posted: 10 Oct 2020 08:49 AM PDT  Former White House independent counsel reacts to the Democrats refusal to name their choices for the high court.
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| Second presidential debate canceled after Trump refuses to hold it virtually Posted: 09 Oct 2020 03:51 PM PDT  The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Friday that it has officially canceled the Oct. 15 debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden after Trump declined to go along with the plan to hold it virtually.
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| Hathras case: A woman repeatedly reported rape. Why are police denying it? Posted: 09 Oct 2020 05:08 PM PDT  A young Indian woman repeatedly said she was raped, but authorities insist there was no sexual assault.
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| Princeton will drop President Woodrow Wilson and rename school after influential Black finance expert Posted: 09 Oct 2020 07:06 PM PDT  History won't only be taught at Princeton University - it will be made. The Ivy League college is naming a residential college after Mellody Hobson, an influential finance expert who is an alumna and major donor to the school. She will be the first Black woman to have that honor in the Elizabeth, New Jersey-based school's 274-year history. Hobson College will be built on a site once named for ...
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| China, increasingly mighty, still learning how to project power Posted: 09 Oct 2020 09:31 AM PDT |
| Hurricane Delta weakens after churning into storm-battered Louisiana Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:02 AM PDT  Hurricane Delta weakened steadily on Friday after churning into a corner of southwestern Louisiana repeatedly battered by storms this year, sending residents scurrying out of harm's way and disrupting Gulf Coast energy production. Delta made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (161 kph), at 6 p.m. on Friday near the town of Creole, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported. Within hours, its sustained winds had diminished to 75 mph (120 kph) and it was on the verge of being downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm.
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| Mideast wildfires kill 3, force thousands to flee homes Posted: 10 Oct 2020 05:41 AM PDT  Wildfires around the Middle East triggered by a heatwave hitting the region have killed three people, forced thousands of people to leave their homes and detonated landmines along the Lebanon-Israel border, state media and officials said Saturday. The areas hit by the heatwave are Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. Wildfires spread across different areas of Israel and the West Bank for a second day Saturday, forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
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| A Florida mom walked into a Walmart. Then she vanished, surveillance video shows Posted: 09 Oct 2020 10:10 AM PDT  The mystery has deepened surrounding a Central Florida woman who has been missing since Sept. 25.
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| 2 Bay Area teachers on leave after viral video surfaces: 'Kids are technologically illiterate' Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:41 PM PDT  "I was heartbroken...angry...upset...confused. I couldn't believe I heard that come out of a teacher's mouth."
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| Footage from former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale's meltdown shows him complaining to a police officer that his wife wasn't having sex with him Posted: 10 Oct 2020 09:27 AM PDT  Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale was hospitalized last month after threatening to harm himself.
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| Foreign policy experts rebuke Trump administration for policies that emboldened rivals, alienated allies Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:52 AM PDT  A group of academic experts in international relations view President Trump's handling of foreign policy "largely as a failure," identifying specific examples of his botched global engagements and calling for new leadership just weeks before Election Day.
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| Breonna Taylor: What happened on the night of her death? Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:16 PM PDT  The 26-year-old was killed by police in her Louisville home, sparking protests and calls for justice.
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| Sen. Tammy Duckworth was once told to pump breast milk in an airport toilet stall. Now she has unlocked funding to put lactation rooms in all of America's airports. Posted: 10 Oct 2020 05:03 AM PDT  The senator's Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act lets airports large and small use federal funds to install clean, private lactation areas.
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| Gunmen kill Pakistan singer, father of rights activist Posted: 09 Oct 2020 08:53 AM PDT |
| India's already-high inflation likely climbed further in September: Reuters poll Posted: 08 Oct 2020 09:14 PM PDT  Retail inflation in India likely rose further above the central bank's medium-term target last month as food prices climbed due to lingering supply disruptions, a Reuters poll found, reducing the chances of another interest rate cut. Persistent high prices have hurt the recession-stricken economy, which contracted a record 23.9% in April-June despite the Reserve Bank of India cutting its key repo rate by a cumulative 115 basis points since the pandemic started. Although the government has eased some lockdown restrictions to help the economy, supply chain disruptions have shown little sign of abating as the virus continues to spread rapidly in India.
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| Canadian extradition judge deals Huawei CFO legal blow Posted: 09 Oct 2020 03:23 PM PDT  A senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies has been denied access to most of the documents her lawyers hoped to use to help prevent her extradition to the United States. Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei's founder and the company's chief financial officer, at Vancouver's airport in late 2018. It says Meng, 48, committed fraud by misleading the HSBC bank about the company's business dealings in Iran.
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| North Carolina University issues ‘shelter in place order’ following ‘direct threat’ over BLM mural Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:51 PM PDT  Students and teachers warned 'do not come to campus'
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| Ready for a Hawaiian vacation? Surf's up, but so are lots of COVID-19-related hassles Posted: 10 Oct 2020 05:00 AM PDT  OK, so you're willing to stare down the coronavirus and travel to Hawaii, but know the restrictions and rules on the islands before you go.
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| Azeri leader rules out concessions before Nagorno-Karabakh talks Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:21 AM PDT  Azerbaijan's president ruled out making any concessions to Armenia on Friday ahead of talks aimed at halting the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years. President Ilham Aliyev's uncompromising position in a televised speech appeared to leave little room for de-escalation as the Azeri and Armenian foreign ministers arrived in Moscow. The talks were expected to be the first diplomatic contact between the enemies since fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave erupted on Sept. 27, killing hundreds of people.
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| Trump hails his COVID 'cure' as leading medical journal calls him 'dangerously incompetent' on pandemic Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:05 PM PDT  President Trump continued to hail an experimental monoclonal antibody treatment as a "cure" for COVID-19, telling radio host Rush Limbaugh that it sped his recovery from the disease and was "better than a vaccine."
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| They were at Panda Express in a Florida mall. Then came the punches and flying chair Posted: 09 Oct 2020 07:16 AM PDT  A trip to get Chinese takeout food turned violent a Naples, Florida, mall Tuesday.
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| Priscilla Chan said she's proud of how Mark Zuckerberg has handled backlash over Facebook's policing of misinformation and conspiracy theories like QAnon Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:12 PM PDT  "I am proud of how he's been handling all of this, and I know he is doing his hardest, and I wish others could see that," Chan told the "Today" show.
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| Venezuelans once again fleeing on foot as troubles mount Posted: 08 Oct 2020 09:00 PM PDT  Eleazar Hernández slept on a sidewalk amid a light drizzle, temperatures that dipped close to freezing and the roar of passing trucks. The 23-year-old Venezuelan migrant was trying to make it to the Colombian city of Medellin with his wife, who is seven months pregnant. After months of COVID-19 lockdowns that halted one of the world's biggest migration movements in recent years, Venezuelans are once again fleeing their nation's economic and humanitarian crisis.
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