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Trump's new pitch to voters: Blue states are 'going to hell'
Black man bound by rope and led by police on horses sues Texas city for $1m
Roberta McCain, John McCain’s mother, dies at 108
Denver police identify suspect in fatal shooting near dueling protests
North Korea: What we know about the 'massive' new missile on parade
19-year-old dies after brain damage from breast implant surgery, Colorado family says
Police in Belarus crack down on protesters, detain dozens
Protesters topple Roosevelt, Lincoln statues in Portland
When will things go back to normal? Experts say that's the wrong question amid COVID-19
Cuomo insists he won't take position in DC after being named as possible Biden attorney general
Chief: No reason to fire Wisconsin officer who killed teen
El Salvador bar attack: Six people shot dead
Alaska's Senate race rocked by leaked videos, China ties and even a dead bear
Analysis: 'I have failed' - Kim Jong Un shows tearful side in confronting North Korea's hardships
Protester says he knocked down Trump supporter, 72, in self-defense
2020 polls: President Trump nearly as unpopular going into November election as Hillary Clinton was in 2016
Letters to the Editor: There was nothing racist about Kamala Harris and Mike Pence's debate
Israel hopes to collaborate with US on anti-missile lasers
China denies Canadians 'arbitrarily' detained over Meng case
Canadian woman returns 'cursed' artefacts stolen from Pompeii
20 ‘free-roaming’ pythons – some as long as 10 feet – seized at Utah home, cops say
Stan Swamy: The oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India
Erdogan tells EU's Michel that progress needed on improving Turkey-EU ties
Armed groups say they will show up to polling sites on Election Day, and experts are afraid it will intimidate voters
Portland protesters pull down statues of Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln
Prince Harry says he took his $55,000-a-year private school education for granted
Japan vows to boost missile defense after North Korea parade
Don't inject politics into vaccine policy
Man caught hanging noose from tree charged with a hate crime, California police say
Covid: Why bats are not to blame, say scientists
UK ministers to deny lawmakers vote on blocking chlorinated chicken imports - newspaper
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy donated more than $685,000 to the Republican National Convention
'California is going to hell': Trump attacks California, New York, Illinois in morning tweets
Apple is about to hold ‘the most significant iPhone event in years’
NYC slaps COVID-19 rule breakers with $150,000 in fines
Fact check: False claim that Pelosi drunk in 2016 photo with Obama
Building collapses in Nigeria, killing eight
Spain's Catalonia, Navarre tighten COVID measures as cases rise
McConnell, McGrath spar over federal response to coronavirus
'Put these animals in jail': Trump condemns protestors in Portland and continues his 'law and order' campaign rhetoric
Joni Ernst tells Barrett at hearing: 'We don’t have to fit the narrow definition of womanhood'
Democrat Gary Peters becomes first sitting senator to share his family's abortion experience
Two 12-year-old girls and a 17-year-old boy are missing. Police are asking for help

Trump's new pitch to voters: Blue states are 'going to hell'

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 11:39 AM PDT

Trailing badly in new polls, President Trump tried out an audacious new appeal to voters during his epic live tweeting of Supreme Court confirmation hearings fo Amy Coney Barrett.

Black man bound by rope and led by police on horses sues Texas city for $1m

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 05:48 AM PDT

'Neely felt as though he was put on display as slaves once were,' lawsuit says

Roberta McCain, John McCain’s mother, dies at 108

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 12:57 PM PDT

The senator, who died in 2018, said in 2008 that his "father was often at sea, and the job of raising my brother, sister and me would fall to my mother alone."

Denver police identify suspect in fatal shooting near dueling protests

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 04:06 PM PDT

Matthew Dolloff, 30, was being held for investigation of first-degree murder.

North Korea: What we know about the 'massive' new missile on parade

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 02:31 AM PDT

A defence expert explains why a new missile displayed at a military parade is a threat to the US.

19-year-old dies after brain damage from breast implant surgery, Colorado family says

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 09:26 AM PDT

"Emmalyn's parents and siblings are heartbroken."

Police in Belarus crack down on protesters, detain dozens

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 04:57 AM PDT

Security forces in Belarus detained dozens of protesters on Sunday and used force, including water cannon and batons, to break up crowds demanding a new presidential election, TV footage showed. Footage published by local news outlets showed police officers wearing black balaclavas dragging protesters into unmarked black vans and beating protesters with their batons at a rally that drew thousands onto the streets of the capital Minsk.

Protesters topple Roosevelt, Lincoln statues in Portland

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 12:25 PM PDT

Protesters toppled two statues of former US presidents in the western state of Oregon, prompting President Donald Trump to call Monday for the demonstrators to be locked up and for federal intervention.

When will things go back to normal? Experts say that's the wrong question amid COVID-19

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 08:17 AM PDT

It's natural to want things to go back to the way they were before COVID-19. That desire, however, can lead people to make bad decisions, experts say.

Cuomo insists he won't take position in DC after being named as possible Biden attorney general

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 10:56 AM PDT

'I just am giving you the straight advice as your governor and that's where I am'

Chief: No reason to fire Wisconsin officer who killed teen

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 05:07 AM PDT

The police chief of a Milwaukee suburb that has seen protests and unrest since an officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Black teenager in February said Monday that he sees no reason why the officer should be fired. Joseph Mensah, who is also Black, fatally shot 17-year-old Alvin Cole on Feb. 2 outside the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa. Milwaukee County's district attorney announced last week that like the first two fatal shootings, Mensah would not be charged in Cole's death.

El Salvador bar attack: Six people shot dead

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 04:36 AM PDT

Thirteen people are killed in violence across the Central American nation in 24 hours at the weekend.

Alaska's Senate race rocked by leaked videos, China ties and even a dead bear

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 02:10 PM PDT

With just weeks to go before the November election, a sleeper U.S. Senate race in a deeply Republican state is starting to garner some attention.

Analysis: 'I have failed' - Kim Jong Un shows tearful side in confronting North Korea's hardships

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 09:13 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to shed tears at the weekend as he thanked citizens for their sacrifices, in the most striking demonstration yet of how he is relying on his "man of the people" persona to tackle his country's deepening crises. Speaking at a military parade on Saturday, Kim became emotional as he paid tribute to troops for their response to national disasters and preventing a coronavirus outbreak and apologised to citizens for failing to raise living standards. "Kim's modesty and candour, and his tears and choking, were all highly unusual, even for someone who publicly acknowledges shortcomings and has an established pattern of being expressive," said Rachel Minyoung Lee, an independent researcher and former open-source North Korea analyst for the U.S. government.

Protester says he knocked down Trump supporter, 72, in self-defense

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 07:22 AM PDT

A man in his 20s is claiming that he knocked down an elderly Trump supporter in Nocatee, Florida in an act of self-defense. The confrontation between the Floridians began Saturday with a flag the younger man had on his golf cart that included a profane word. The man was allegedly protesting while Vice President Mike Pence was traveling through the small town after engagements in Orlando and the conservative senior community known as The Villages.

2020 polls: President Trump nearly as unpopular going into November election as Hillary Clinton was in 2016

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:06 PM PDT

Polls have grown so one-sided that Republicans fear a Democratic 'blue wave' in November, with control of the Senate also at stake

Letters to the Editor: There was nothing racist about Kamala Harris and Mike Pence's debate

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 03:00 AM PDT

A reader says a columnist's attempt to inject race into the debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence fell flat.

Israel hopes to collaborate with US on anti-missile lasers

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 12:58 PM PDT

Israel's Missile Defense Organization has contacted the Pentagon to collaborate on developing directed-energy capabilities, according to agency director Moshe Patel.

China denies Canadians 'arbitrarily' detained over Meng case

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:13 AM PDT

China on Monday denied that two Canadian citizens held for almost two years had been "arbitrarily" detained in response to Canada's arrest of an executive of technology giant Huawei. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian's denial came days after China granted consular access to Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for the first time since January. Canada's government on Saturday issued a statement saying it remains "deeply concerned by the arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities" of the two, and called for their immediate release.

Canadian woman returns 'cursed' artefacts stolen from Pompeii

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 08:56 AM PDT

A package containing artefacts stolen from the ancient site of Pompeii was delivered to a travel agent in the southern Italian city, with a letter saying they were "cursed." The letter, written in English by a Canadian woman named Nicole, said the relics were stolen in Pompeii in 2005, during a visit to the archaeological site. "Take them back, please, they bring bad luck," the woman wrote. The package contained two mosaic pieces, a piece of ceramics and two parts of an amphora. Pompeii is one of Italy's most visited ancient sites. A sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried the town, which was largely preserved under ashes.

20 ‘free-roaming’ pythons – some as long as 10 feet – seized at Utah home, cops say

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 11:53 AM PDT

The snakes were "mostly free-roaming inside the residence."

Stan Swamy: The oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 04:05 PM PDT

A respected 83-year-old activist and priest is the latest to be arrested for alleged links with Maoists.

Erdogan tells EU's Michel that progress needed on improving Turkey-EU ties

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 10:54 AM PDT

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Monday that progress was needed on improving ties between Ankara and the bloc, the Turkish presidency said, amid renewed tensions between Turkey and Greece over the eastern Mediterranean. In a statement, the presidency said Erdogan told Michel in a phone call that Turkey expected "concrete steps" from the EU on holding a regional conference with eastern Mediterranean states, and that Greece was "continuing steps to escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean despite Turkey's well-intentioned approach".

Armed groups say they will show up to polling sites on Election Day, and experts are afraid it will intimidate voters

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 04:35 AM PDT

The leader of a far-right group called the Oath Keepers told the Los Angeles Times his members would be carrying concealed weapons at polling sites.

Portland protesters pull down statues of Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 08:30 AM PDT

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that demonstrators were 'Biden fools'

Prince Harry says he took his $55,000-a-year private school education for granted

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:22 AM PDT

Princes Harry and William attended Eton College, which was recently ranked ninth place out of 100 independent private schools in the UK.

Japan vows to boost missile defense after North Korea parade

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 11:00 PM PDT

Japan vowed Monday to bolster its missile deterrence capability to respond to threats by North Korean weapons that are becoming "more diverse and complex," as displayed during a military parade held by the North over the weekend. While some experts say the weapons could have been mock-ups of missiles under development, the exhibits appear to signify North Korea's continuous upgrading of its weapons capabilities during stalled nuclear diplomacy with the U.S. "In order to respond to threats that are diversifying and complex, we will firmly work to strengthen our comprehensive missile deterrence capability," Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a regular news conference Monday.

Don't inject politics into vaccine policy

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:54 PM PDT

Our View: People are already suspicious about vaccines. Political pressure on the Food and Drug Administration will further undermine trust.

Man caught hanging noose from tree charged with a hate crime, California police say

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 01:13 PM PDT

Officials saw a man tying a rope noose at the marina, police said.

Covid: Why bats are not to blame, say scientists

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 04:24 PM PDT

Bats have been scapegoated by humans for centuries, with Covid only the latest example, say scientists.

UK ministers to deny lawmakers vote on blocking chlorinated chicken imports - newspaper

Posted: 10 Oct 2020 07:45 PM PDT

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy donated more than $685,000 to the Republican National Convention

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 11:07 AM PDT

The Republican mega-donor has been heavily criticized by Democrats over changes he's made at the US Post Office that led to mail delays amid the 2020 election cycle.

'California is going to hell': Trump attacks California, New York, Illinois in morning tweets

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 10:21 AM PDT

Each of the states have Democratic leadership

Apple is about to hold ‘the most significant iPhone event in years’

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 09:55 AM PDT

On Tuesday, Apple is holding a launch event where it will reveal this year's iPhone lineup.

NYC slaps COVID-19 rule breakers with $150,000 in fines

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 03:48 PM PDT

NEW YORK - City officials gave out 62 fines totaling $150,000 for violations of COVID-19 rules in hot spots in Brooklyn and Queens over the weekend, the city government said Sunday. Five unnamed religious institutions were among those hit with fines. The crackdown came amid an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases from Borough Park, Brooklyn, to Kew Gardens, Queens. With many of the affected areas ...

Fact check: False claim that Pelosi drunk in 2016 photo with Obama

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 05:29 PM PDT

A viral photo of Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama is being used out of context to make the House speaker appear intoxicated. We rate this claim false.

Building collapses in Nigeria, killing eight

Posted: 12 Oct 2020 06:25 AM PDT

Emergency services were clearing debris of a collapsed building on Monday in the densely populated city of Lagos in Nigeria that left at least eight people dead.

Spain's Catalonia, Navarre tighten COVID measures as cases rise

Posted: 11 Oct 2020 04:25 AM PDT

The Spanish regions of Catalonia and Navarre will bring in new restrictions on working and public gatherings after worrying rises in COVID-19 cases, authorities said on Sunday. Josep Maria Argimon, the Catalan health secretary, asked companies to tell employees to work from home for the next 15 days. "Without establishing measures, we could reach the situation in Madrid in two or three weeks," Argimon told RAC1 radio station.