| Some evangelicals fear the 'mark of the beast' from a coronavirus vaccine Posted: 14 May 2020 11:32 AM PDT  Peggy Popham, who described herself as a lifelong Republican, said that while her beliefs about the coronavirus vaccine "have a lot to do with my political views," they also "go along with my faith." "I'm 70 and I've gotten sick before," said Popham. But, she added, "I would not take the vaccine."
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| Crowds pack Wisconsin bars hours after court stops coronavirus stay-at-home order Posted: 14 May 2020 03:40 PM PDT  Hours after the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state's stay-at-home order, bars were packed with crowds forgoing masks and social distancing recommendations during the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Medal of Honor recipient dies; saved lives in Afghanistan Posted: 14 May 2020 05:21 PM PDT  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Former Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer II, who received the Medal of Honor in 2018 for braving heavy gunfire to save lives in Afghanistan, has died of cancer. Miranda Shurer said her husband died Thursday in Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. She said he was diagnosed with cancer three years ago. Ronald Shurer II received the nation's highest military honor from President Donald Trump in a formal White House ceremony attended by 250 people.
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| Armed militia members, other protesters demand 'freedom' from Michigan stay-home order Posted: 14 May 2020 01:22 PM PDT  The anti-lockdown gathering at the state Capitol was smaller than previous ones, which drew widespread national attention.
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| Americans calling for herd immunity should look at Sweden's coronavirus experiment to see why it won't work Posted: 15 May 2020 01:20 PM PDT  Health officials have called the concept of herd immunity dangerous and said it could take years to reach without a vaccine.
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| Ex-FBI official reportedly undercut DOJ's argument for dropping the Flynn case, and nobody's informed the judge Posted: 14 May 2020 12:52 AM PDT  Allies of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, up to and including President Trump, have pointed to a handwritten February 2017 note by Bill Priestap, then the FBI's counterterrorism director, to argue that FBI agents set out to trick Flynn into lying about his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak before Trump's inauguration. Attorney General William Barr said FBI agents intended to "lay a perjury trap." Acting U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea, Barr's long time adviser, cited Priestap's memo when petitioning U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to drop Flynn's case, despite a guilty plea Flynn affirmed before seeking to withdraw.Justice Department officials involved in the Flynn case interviewed Priestap last week, two days before Shea signed the extraordinary motion to dismiss the case, The New York Times reports. Priestap said their interpretation of his memo — and the one pushed by Flynn's lawyers and Fox News personalities — was wrong. "He said that FBI officials were trying to do the right thing in questioning Mr. Flynn and that he knew of no effort to set him up," the Times reports.Priestap's memo reflected his own thoughts on the FBI'S internal debate about inteviewing Flynn. "What's our goal? Truth/admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?" Priestap wrote, adding: "Protect our institution by not playing games." His notes also show the FBI "softened its interview strategy" with Flynn, giving him hints to refresh his memory of his conversations, the Times reports. Nevertheless, Flynn "lied repeatedly, and prosecutors have said that agents gave him 'multiple opportunities to correct his false statements by revisiting key questions.'"Justice Department officials "did not tell Judge Sullivan about Mr. Priestap's interview," though an official said they will submit a report on the interview soon, the Times reports. That may not sit well with Sullivan, who has already expressed skepticism over the DOJ's motion to dismiss the case. Barr's push to drop the case has also drawn strong rebukes from hundreds of former Justice Department officials, and another former top official cited in Shea's motion, Mary McCord, wrote in a New York Times op-ed it's "disingenuous for the department to twist my words" to support Barr's "contorted argument." Read more about Priestap's memo at The New York Times.More stories from theweek.com The next phase of America's coronavirus problem is a massive housing crisis The conservative victimhood complex has made America impossible to govern 5 hilarious cartoons about Trump's vague 'Obamagate' allegations
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| Palestinian shot dead after ramming car into Israeli soldiers: army Posted: 14 May 2020 09:32 AM PDT  A Palestinian rammed a car into Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Thursday before being shot dead, the Israeli army said. "An assailant drove at a high speed towards (Israeli) soldiers adjacent to a military post near the community of Negohot, southwest of Hebron," an army statement said. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed he was a Palestinian, and his family named him as Bahaa Al-Awawdeh.
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| Lawyers for suspect in Arbery shooting say facts point to "different narrative" Posted: 15 May 2020 01:12 PM PDT  "Those facts will be revealed where all facts that matter are revealed: in a courtroom," said an attorney for Gregory McMichael.
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| Joe Biden: People who believe Tara Reade 'probably shouldn't vote for me' Posted: 15 May 2020 10:49 AM PDT  Joe Biden said people who believe Tara Reade's assault allegations "probably shouldn't vote for me. I wouldn't vote for me if I believed Tara Reade."
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| Pompeo says TSMC's $12 billion investment to increase U.S. economic independence from China Posted: 14 May 2020 09:52 PM PDT  TSMC, a major supplier to Apple Inc, announced on Friday it will build a $12 billion chip factory in Arizona, in what the company called a "strong partnership" with the U.S. government. Pompeo said the investment will strengthen U.S.-Taiwan ties.
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| Democrats push $3T coronavirus relief bill toward House OK Posted: 14 May 2020 10:21 PM PDT  Democrats powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill toward House passage Friday, an election-year measure designed to brace a U.S. economy in free fall and a health care system struggling to contain a pandemic still pummeling the country. Passage, sure to be along mostly partisan lines, would advance a Democratic opening bid to difficult talks with the White House and Senate Republicans. It would deliver almost $1 trillion for state and local governments, another round of $1,200 direct payments to individuals and help for the unemployed, renters and homeowners, college debt holders and the struggling Postal Service.
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| GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler just handed over documents to federal authorities investigating alleged insider trading Posted: 14 May 2020 07:32 PM PDT  A spokesperson said the senator had forwarded "documents and information" to federal authorities investigating allegations of insider trading.
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| Photos taken 1 year apart show potentially troubling sign in volcano. Posted: 15 May 2020 12:28 PM PDT  The Halema'uma'u crater on Kilauea, located in Hawaii, has been relatively quiet over the last year after a frenzy of activity in 2018, which all began with an explosive eruption of ash 30,000 feet into the air during May. But, since at least 2019, there has been a change that scientists believe could pose a potential danger to the Big Island. Water has started to collect in the caldera to form a lake.A caldera is a large crater left behind in a volcano after an eruption. From 2010 until 2018, a lava lake had filled the caldera rather than water. That changed in May 2018 when the eruption caused the lava lake to drain, collapsing the caldera floor and causing a hole nearly as deep as the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center. The eruption also created a 459-foot cliff (140 meters) north of the crater.About a year later, a helicopter pilot flying over the volcano noticed a mysterious green pool of water in the Halema'uma'u crater. A second report of the same findings from a helicopter passenger prompted USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory researchers to survey the green pool of water.It was then discovered that water had indeed started to pool into the lowest part of the Halema'uma'u crater, and ever since the water was discovered in 2019, the depth of the lake has been steadily growing. The sequence of satellite images above shows Halema'uma'u crater before the lava lake drained (left), after the caldera floor had collapsed (middle) and after water pooled on the crater floor for nine months (right). (Joshua Stevens / Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey) "We know that the crater floor dropped a little more than 70 meters below the water table in 2018. Any time that you punch a hole below the level of the water table, water is eventually going to come in and fill that hole," explained Don Swanson, a volcanologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The pool of water in the Halemaʻumaʻu Crater on Aug. 7, 2019. (USGS / D. Swanson) Currently, the water has an area larger than five football fields combined and is approximately 100 feet (30 meters) deep, according to NASA's Earth Observatory.The water has also changed color from the original chalky green to a rusty brown, due to chemical reactions happening in the water. The pool of water in the Halemaʻumaʻu Crater on April 21, 2020\. Since its discovery in 2019, the pool has slowly been growing. (USGS / M. Patrick) As for how the water could affect a future eruption of the volcano, Swanson said it could contribute to an explosive eruption, since one of the main factors behind a big volcanic explosion is the amount of water and other gases that get caught up inside the magma."In one case, magma could rise quickly up the conduit and intersect with the lake," said Swanson. "In the second, the crater floor could collapse and drop all of the water down to a zone where it would be quickly heated into steam."While an explosive eruption remains possible for Kilauea, Swanson said the next eruption could also happen slowly and all the water could evaporate."We do not want to be alarmist, but we also need to point out to the public that there is an increasing possibility of explosive eruptions at Kilauea," said Swanson.Only time will tell what is in store for Kilauea, but for now, the volcano is being closely researched and monitored by geologists.Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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| New York City on 'high alert' after 100 cases of COVID-19 linked to inflammatory disease in children Posted: 14 May 2020 08:16 AM PDT  New York City is on "high alert" after reporting 100 cases of a rare inflammatory disease apparently tied to COVID-19 in children.New York recently began reporting rising cases of pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, an illness that officials say is similar to toxic shock or Kawasaki disease, with symptoms including a fever and abdominal pain and which "appears to be linked to an immune response to COVID-19," The New York Times reports.New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in a press briefing on Thursday said "we are now on high alert in addressing" the syndrome after the number of confirmed cases of pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome in the city has reached 100. Among those cases, 55 children have tested positive for COVID-19 or the antibodies, de Blasio said, and one child has died. Two other children have also died from the illness in New York State, according to the Times. De Blasio had reported 82 cases of the syndrome in the city on Wednesday.These developments continue to be "really troubling" after it was previously thought that "children seemed to have very little effect from this disease," de Blasio said. He urged parents to "call your doctor immediately" if a child has a persistent fever, a rash, abdominal pain, vomiting, and "especially" a combination of these symptoms.More stories from theweek.com The next phase of America's coronavirus problem is a massive housing crisis 5 hilarious cartoons about Trump's vague 'Obamagate' allegations The conservative victimhood complex has made America impossible to govern
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| 'They came to kill the mothers': Shock, blame swirl after Afghan hospital attack Posted: 15 May 2020 07:35 AM PDT  "They went through the rooms in the maternity, shooting women in their beds. It was methodical," a Doctors Without Borders representative said.
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| China ready to put U.S. companies on 'unreliable list' Posted: 15 May 2020 10:06 AM PDT  China is ready to put U.S. companies in an "unreliable entity list," as part of countermeasures against Washington's move to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei Technologies, the Global Times reported on Friday.
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| 2020 election: Joe Biden says anyone who believes Tara Reade should not vote for him in November Posted: 15 May 2020 05:42 AM PDT  Joe Biden has said anyone who believes accuser Tara Reade, who's claimed he harassed her while working in the Senate, should not vote for him come November, but confessed he doesn't remember the staffer.The former vice president and assumed Democratic presidential nominee spoke to Lawrence O'Donnell for MSNBC on Thursday to discuss his bid to unseat Donald Trump come November.
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| House Democrats float $3 trillion coronavirus bill, Republicans reject it Posted: 14 May 2020 07:57 AM PDT  Democrats in the House of Representatives unveiled on Tuesday a $3 trillion-plus coronavirus relief package with funding for states, businesses, food support and families, only to see the measure flatly rejected by Senate Republicans.
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| 50 Years After the Jackson State Killings, America's Crisis of Racial Injustice Continues—and Shows the Danger of Forgetting Posted: 14 May 2020 09:00 AM PDT  Police unleashed a 28-second barrage that killed two young people. Today, though the nation retains a vivid memory of the violence at Kent State, Jackson State has been largely forgotten
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| Sanofi says COVID-19 vaccine will be available worldwide simultaneously Posted: 14 May 2020 07:46 PM PDT  Sanofi will ensure that a potential vaccine against COVID-19, if approved, reaches all regions of the world at the same time, the chairman of the French drugmaker said on Thursday. "There will be no particular advance given to any country," Serge Weinberg told France 2 television. Sanofi operates 73 industrial locations in 32 countries.
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| First storm of hurricane season won't make landfall on Florida's coast but will bring rain, rough surf Posted: 15 May 2020 08:24 AM PDT  While the first tropical storm of hurricane season 2020 won't hit Florida, it will bring storms and heavy rain.
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| Colorado police are looking for a man seen at a grocery story wearing a KKK hood with a swastika Posted: 15 May 2020 11:53 AM PDT  Amid the pandemic, Coloradans, like other Americans, have been asked to cover their faces in public, when social distancing isn't possible.
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| US accuses Iran of defying UN resolution endorsing nuke deal Posted: 13 May 2020 07:48 PM PDT |
| Al-Qaeda and Islamic State cross swords in Sahel Posted: 15 May 2020 04:15 AM PDT  Al-Qaeda and the Islamic state group have turned their guns on each other in the Sahel, according to experts, fracturing a period of cooperation that has held for years. The semi-desert African region has seen years of conflict with Islamic militants, who first emerged in northern Mali in 2012 before sweeping into the centre of the country, and neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.
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| Beaches in N.Y, N.J., Connecticut, Delaware to open Memorial Day weekend Posted: 15 May 2020 11:07 AM PDT  They will open on the Friday before Memorial Day, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
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| Walter Barton: New blood stain evidence suggests man may be innocent days before execution Posted: 14 May 2020 05:45 AM PDT  Newly released blood spatter evidence has cast doubt on a murder conviction for an inmate who is scheduled to be executed in three days.Three jurors who convicted the man said that new blood spatter evidence has raised doubt about his guilt.
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| Feinstein was also questioned by FBI on coronavirus stock trades — but Loeffler won't say if she has been Posted: 14 May 2020 12:23 PM PDT  Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) spokesperson has confirmed she answered questions from the FBI over stock trades her husband made before the U.S. markets took a dive due to the coronavirus pandemic — but Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) is refusing to say if she was contacted as well.Reports emerged earlier this year Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) sold stocks while he was receiving briefings on the coming COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, and federal agents have now seized his cellphone. Numerous other senators also sold stocks around the same time as Burr, including Feinstein, as The New York Times reported she and her husband sold between $1.5 million and $6 million in stock in the biotech company Allogene Therapeutics between Jan. 31 and Feb. 18.Feinstein denied being involved in the sales, with a spokesperson at the time saying, "All of Senator Feinstein's assets are in a blind trust" and "she has no involvement in her husband's financial decisions." On Thursday, Feinstein's spokesperson confirmed to NBC News that she answered questioned from the FBI and provided authorities with documents. Her aides also said this questioning occurred in April and that there have been "no follow up actions on this issue," per The Washington Post.Loeffler, who is a much closer ally of President Trump's than Burr, and her husband also sold stock around the same time after she was briefed on the coronavirus, although she says the decisions were made by investment advisers. But asked Thursday if she's been contacted by the FBI, Loeffler wouldn't say, and when asked by CNN if she has, a spokesperson didn't directly address the question, instead saying, "No search warrant has been served on Sen Loeffler. She has followed both the letter and spirit of the law and will continue to do so."More stories from theweek.com The next phase of America's coronavirus problem is a massive housing crisis 5 hilarious cartoons about Trump's vague 'Obamagate' allegations The conservative victimhood complex has made America impossible to govern
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| Indianapolis Detective Suspended for Mocking Man Just Killed by Police Posted: 14 May 2020 12:16 PM PDT  An Indianapolis detective caught on video joking about the death of a 21-year-old fatally shot by police after a high-speed chase has been suspended by the department, a police spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Beast.The detective, whose name has not been released, arrived at the scene of the May 6 shooting of Dreasjon "Sean" Reed—which was apparently broadcast on Facebook Live—and can be heard saying on video: "Looks like it's going to be a closed casket, homie.""We are aware of inappropriate comments made by an IMPD detective" on the livestream, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Chief Randal Taylor said at a May 7 press conference. "Let me be clear: These comments are unacceptable and unbecoming of our police department."'Please Come Get Me': Fatal Indianapolis Police Shooting May Have Aired on Facebook An IMPD spokesperson confirmed that disciplinary action was taken against the detective on Thursday, stating that he was suspended for "numerous days and has been reassigned to another unit." The spokesperson declined to provide further details due to the "ongoing investigation and for safety purposes."The department said the incident began around 6 p.m. when two officers began pursuing a man whom they observed to be driving recklessly. After the driver exited the car, an officer chased him on foot before gunfire was "exchanged" at around 6:14 p.m., police said in a press release, without revealing who fired first. In an unconfirmed Facebook video of the incident, at least 13 or 14 gunshots can be heard.The officer who fired the fatal shot has been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation. Police have not identified the officer, but said he and the driver are black men."It's not right. We're going to fight for him. I swear to god it is just not right," Jamie Reed, the driver's father, said at a Wednesday press conference. "We need to fight for this. We don't need to let this fade. We need to all fight."In the Facebook video, Reed is filming himself in the middle of a high-speech chase with police when he appears to pull over and stop his car. Authorities say the driver disregarded "the officers' verbal commands to stop" and ran out of the car, prompting an officer to chase him on foot."I'm on 62nd and Michigan," Reed says in the video, just before exiting the car. "I just parked... I'm gone."Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Chris Bailey said during a news conference that the officer first used his taser, but it's unclear if it worked. The taser cannot be seen on the purported video from the scene."It is believed at this time that shots were fired by both the officer and the suspect," Bailey said.A Kentucky EMT Worker Was Killed During a 'No-Knock' Police Raid. The Target Was Already in Custody.In the video, Reed appears to start screaming before collapsing on the ground. About eight seconds later, 11 or 12 gunshots can be heard in rapid succession. The livestream does not show Reed talking about a gun or firing a weapon.By the end of the gunfire, more than 4,000 people had tuned in to watch the livestream. Bailey said Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services arrived shortly after and pronounced the driver dead at the scene. The officer was uninjured.Taylor stated that a "loaded gun" was recovered at the scene that appeared to have been fired twice. He said it belonged to the driver. An attorney for Reed's family, Fatima Johnson, acknowledged Wednesday that while the 21-year-old may have had a firearm, it was obtained legally. "You have a right to ask questions about what happened last week. You have a right to demand answers for what happened last week. The way we do that is in the courtroom," Johnson said Wednesday.More than 100 people from the community gathered at the scene of the shooting to express their outrage earlier this month. Protesters continued demonstrating the following day, with dozens marching through the streets of Indianapolis before congregating outside of police headquarters.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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| Mexico's president pushes back on government forecast coronavirus could impoverish millions Posted: 14 May 2020 07:01 PM PDT  Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pushed back on Thursday against a government report that forecast the coronavirus pandemic could drag millions of Mexicans into extreme poverty in Latin America's second largest economy. CONEVAL, the autonomous public agency that measures poverty, said in a report published on Monday that between 6.1 million and 10.7 million Mexicans could be added to the ranks of extreme poverty in 2020 alone. Lopez Obrador said his government is working on a document that will explain his administration's strategy for protecting Mexicans, especially those mired in poverty.
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| Experts warn about the 'brutal arithmetic' of applying herd immunity to humans Posted: 15 May 2020 03:45 AM PDT  Health professionals and officials continue to warn that there is no easy way out of the pandemic, particularly with parts of the U.S. beginning to ease lockdowns.
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| Trump says Biden has 'no idea what's happening' seconds before claiming that AOC 'wants wind' that 'kills all the birds' Posted: 15 May 2020 07:29 AM PDT  President Donald Trump's vendetta against wind turbines predates his presidency and has now made it onto his 2020 campaign platform.
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| China Threatens to Place Apple, Boeing, and Other U.S. Firms on ‘Unreliable Entities’ List Posted: 15 May 2020 10:11 AM PDT  China is preparing to place U.S. companies including Apple and Boeing on an "unreliable entities list" in response to newly announced sanctions on tech giant Huawei."China will take forceful countermeasures to protect its own legitimate rights," a source told China's government-owned Global Times. The country could cease purchasing planes made by Boeing, and impose restrictions or even launch investigations into Qualcomm, Cisco, or Apple under Chinese anti-monopoly and cybersecurity laws.The threat comes after the U.S. Commerce Department announced sanctions that would prevent companies from selling semiconductor ships to Huawei if the chips are manufactured with American technology. The U.S. considers Huawei a national security threat, alleging that the Chinese government can gain access to data gathered by Huawei networks around the world.Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) welcomed the new sanctions on Friday."Let's cut to the chase: China's main export is espionage, and the distinction between the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese 'private-sector' businesses like Huawei is imaginary," Sasse said in a statement. "Huawei's supply chain depends on contracts with American companies and the Commerce Department ought to take a careful look at how we can effectively disrupt our adversary."The Global Times reported earlier this week that the Chinese government was considering sanctions on U.S. lawmakers who have taken a hawkish line against the country, including Senators Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) and Tom Cotton (R., Ark.).
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| Awful data show US economy is in deep trouble Posted: 15 May 2020 12:50 PM PDT  Newly released economic data showed the US economy is in a terrible state and may not rebound quickly even when the devastating lockdowns imposed to stop the coronavirus pandemic are lifted. Data tracking industrial production and the vital retail sector released Friday showed record declines in April, the first full month of lockdowns to stop the spread of COVID-19 virus that has killed nearly 86,000 people and caused around 36.5 million people to lose their jobs in the world's largest economy. With millions of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits every week since the lockdowns began in mid-March, analysts fear the US faces a months-long slog out of the downturn, with no shortage of possible setbacks.
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| Fighter jet crashes at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida; pilot ejected and taken to hospital Posted: 15 May 2020 11:39 AM PDT  An F-22 fighter jet crashed Friday at the Eglin Air Force Base reservation. The plane wasn't part of the flyover planned to honor coronavirus workers.
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| FBI offers $1m reward for captors of Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle Posted: 14 May 2020 09:46 AM PDT  * US-Canadian couple were kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2012 * After release Boyle was cleared of abusing Coleman in CanadaThe FBI has offered a $1m reward for the arrest and prosecution for those responsible for the kidnapping of US citizen Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle, eight years ago in Afghanistan.The offer of a reward for their captors is the latest twist in the protracted saga of Coleman and Boyle, who were the subject of intense media scrutiny following their dramatic rescue in 2017 – and a subsequent trial over allegations of abuse by Boyle.Shortly after their wedding in 2012, Boyle and Coleman travelled to Afghanistan, where they were kidnapped by a Taliban-linked group shortly after arriving in the restive country. The couple spent five years as captives of the Haqqani network, during which time Coleman gave birth to three children."At times the [guards] could be very violent, even sometimes with the children," Coleman told ABC News in 2017, shortly after their release. "Some of the guards actually actively hated children and would somewhat target [one of our children], try to come up with reasons to hit him, either with a stick or otherwise, claiming that he was making problems, he was being too loud."The family say they were shuffled between different sites and captors – often kept underground – until they were eventually freed by Pakistani soldiers in October 2017 and returned to Canada.But in late December of that year, Boyle was arrested in Ottawa and charged with 19 offenses – including sexual assault, forcible confinement and uttering a death threat – all of which were alleged to have taken place after the family had arrived in the city. The closely watched trial lasted more than a year, culminating in a judge clearing Boyle of all charges in December 2019.Timothy Slater, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington field office, told the Canadian Press that agents were still actively working to track down the family's captors but need the public's help. In one proof of life video recorded by the family, Coleman identified her captors – but more information was needed for a breakthrough in the case.
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| Five arrested for brazen teen abduction over drug debt Posted: 15 May 2020 09:16 AM PDT  Toronto police say a 14-year-old teenage boy was abducted to settle his stepbrother's drug debt.
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| Experts believe Mexico's coronavirus cases could be 17 times higher than official tally Posted: 13 May 2020 08:38 PM PDT  The Mexican government has said it assumes the true number of coronavirus cases in the country is eight times higher than what is officially reported, but experts believe the actual number of cases could be 17 times higher, Vox reports. As of Wednesday, Mexico has reported 38,000 coronavirus infections and close to 4,000 deaths. Funeral home directors, mayors, doctors, and former officials have said they reported deaths that haven't been reflected in the government's tally; the mayor of Chimalhuacán told Al Jazeera the town had 87 coronavirus deaths, but the government "counted us as having 24 dead."It's unclear if the discrepancy is due to inefficiency or if the numbers are deliberately being undercounted, Vox notes. "If Mexico is good at anything, it's hiding numbers," said Dr. Laurie Ann Ximénez-Fyvie of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. El País reports that Mexico, which has a low testing rate, likely has between 620,000 and 730,000 COVID-19 cases. "We don't even know who the sick people are, and we don't know where they are," Ximénez-Fyvie said.Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been criticized for his response to the coronavirus and accused of not taking it seriously. In late March, he traveled to several cities and met supporters, even shaking hands with the mother of convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in Badiraguato. Read more about how the Mexican government is handling the coronavirus pandemic and the state of its health care system at Vox.More stories from theweek.com The conservative victimhood complex has made America impossible to govern 5 hilarious cartoons about Trump's vague 'Obamagate' allegations The next phase of America's coronavirus problem is a massive housing crisis
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| Jordan warns Israel of 'massive conflict' over West Bank annexation Posted: 15 May 2020 09:24 AM PDT  "If Israel really annexed the West Bank in July, it would lead to a massive conflict with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan," King Abdullah II said.
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| The second Boeing 777X just flew for the first time – take a look at the enormous new flagship Boeing hopes will be its redemption Posted: 14 May 2020 02:51 PM PDT  The Boeing plane is the largest twin-engine jet to ever take to the skies and will carry more passengers than its predecessor while using less fuel.
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| Philippines evacuates hundreds of thousands as typhoon makes landfall Posted: 14 May 2020 12:32 AM PDT  Philippine authorities started moving 200,000 people away from their homes in coastal and mountainous areas because of fears of flooding and landslides as a typhoon made landfall on Thursday, disaster officials said. Typhoon Vongfong, the first to hit the country this year, slammed into the eastern Philippines packing winds of 155 kph and gusts of up to 190 kph, the state weather bureau said. Provincial disaster officials said they had asked the education department for more schools they could use as temporary shelters.
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| Headscarves and bare hands: women deliver baby during Kabul hospital attack Posted: 14 May 2020 05:36 PM PDT  As armed men rampaged through an Afghan hospital, shooting dead mothers and babies, a group of pregnant women hid in a room with one of them about to give birth. "The mother was in pain but was trying not to make any sound," said a midwife who helped deliver the baby girl and sever the umbilical cord with her bare hands. "She even put her finger in the newborn baby's mouth to stop her from crying," the woman told AFP by phone on Friday, her voice still shaking three days after the attack in Kabul.
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| Tropical weather system developing near Florida Posted: 15 May 2020 02:28 PM PDT  If it develops sustained winds of 39 mph or higher, the storm will be named Arthur.
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| France and Spain say coronavirus data and tests show no herd immunity across population Posted: 14 May 2020 02:26 AM PDT  No more than five per cent of the population of France and Spain, two of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus, have contracted the disease, two new studies have found in a major blow to hopes of "herd immunity". A mere 4.4 per cent of the French population – 2.8 million people – have been infected, according to findings by the Pasteur Institue, published in the journal Science and based on models applied to hospital and death data. Even in the worst hit parts of France, the eastern area and the Paris region, the infection rate only reaches between nine and 10 per cent on average, the research found. Such figures are considerably higher than the official count of cases but far too low to effectively stop the spread of the virus through group immunity. "Around 65 per cent of the population should be immune if we want to control the pandemic by the sole means of immunity", it said. Herd immunity refers to a situation in which enough people in a population have immunity to an infection to be able to effectively stop that disease from spreading.
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| House to vote on additional $3 trillion coronavirus aid package Posted: 15 May 2020 05:51 AM PDT  The House of Representatives is pushing forward with a vote on an additional $3 trillion coronavirus response bill that has been met with skepticism from Republicans.
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| Records: Heroin buy prompted triple killing spree in Houston Posted: 14 May 2020 03:37 PM PDT  A heroin purchase in Houston prompted a triple killing spree that also left one person wounded, according to court records. Joshua Kelsey, 35, was charged Wednesday with a second murder count for his connection to the three fatal shootings on May 6 in southwest Houston. Kelsey was already jailed on murder and capital murder charges last week.
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