| Seattle's first Black female police chief announced her resignation after the city council voted to cut the department's budget and ax dozens of jobs Posted: 11 Aug 2020 03:12 AM PDT  Carmen Best announced her resignation hours after the city council voted to reduce the department's $409 million budget by $3.5 million on Monday.
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| US Border Patrol agent arrested and charged with trafficking over 350,000 pills believed to be fentanyl Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:00 PM PDT  The suspect drove to the airport and unloaded two duffel bags into another vehicle. Officials later found nearly $330,000 in his home.
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| Map: State-by-state breakdown of coronavirus travel restrictions Posted: 11 Aug 2020 11:25 AM PDT  U.S. states and territories are making new rules for travelers. Find which ones across the United States have implemented travel restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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| 'Terror crocodiles' with teeth the size of bananas once roamed North America preying on dinosaurs Posted: 11 Aug 2020 10:12 AM PDT  "Terror crocodiles" which had teeth the size of bananas and could reach 33 feet in length once roamed North America preying on dinosaurs, according to a new study. Researchers say the Deinosuchus, which means "terror crocodile", was the largest predator in its ecosystem when it roamed the earth between 75 to 82 million years ago, outweighing the largest predatory dinosaurs which existed at the same time. The new study, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, revisited fossil specimens of the gigantic creatures and found the Deinosuchus had teeth "the size of bananas", capable of taking down even the very largest of dinosaurs. It also confirmed that the predators grew to as much as 33ft in length, making them nearly as long as some city buses. Researchers also found that there were at least three species of Deinosuchus, two of which lived along western America from Montana to northern Mexico.
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| Hong Kong newspaper raided, tycoon detained under new law Posted: 09 Aug 2020 06:44 PM PDT  Hong Kong authorities arrested media tycoon Jimmy Lai on Monday, broadening their enforcement of a new national security law and stoking fears of a crackdown on the semi-autonomous region's free press. Police were seen carting away boxes of what they said was evidence at Lai's pro-democracy Next Digital headquarters. In the evening, police arrested pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow Ting on charges of inciting secession under the same law, according to tweets by fellow activist Nathan Law, who left Hong Kong for Britain soon after the law took effect.
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| Kamala Harris in a snapshot Posted: 11 Aug 2020 01:40 PM PDT  The California senator has an extensive background as a prosecutor and delivered a stinging attack on Biden during the primary.
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| Trump abruptly taken out of briefing room as White House goes into lockdown following a shooting Posted: 11 Aug 2020 05:54 AM PDT  President Donald Trump was abruptly taken out of the briefing room on Monday during a daily session with reporters.
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| Louisville police said protesters, who have been marching against Breonna Taylor's death for more than 70 days, can no longer use public roads Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:46 AM PDT  A handful of people have been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and blocking a roadway since the ban started, local media reported.
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| Mother shares video of armed police surrounding black son after they assumed he was attacker when teen called 911 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:42 PM PDT  Multiple California police officers were filmed pointing guns at three African American teenagers who were were allegedly being threatened by a homeless man.The mother of one of the teenagers in the video, Tammi Collins, shared an 11-minute clip to her Instagram page, showing officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department aiming guns at them in Santa Clarita, California, on 7 August.
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| Schumer says Democrats ready for coronavirus aid talks, if Republicans move Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:22 PM PDT  U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday that Democrats are ready to return to the negotiating table over coronavirus relief, if Republicans would agree to a larger bill than they have been willing to accept up to now. Last week, Schumer used similar language to urge White House negotiators to agree to a legislative package at least $1 trillion larger than the $1 trillion bill that Senate Republicans have already proposed.
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| Biden VP pick: Kamala Harris chosen as running mate Posted: 11 Aug 2020 01:28 PM PDT  The California senator is the first black woman to be chosen as a running mate.
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| The 1918 Flu Pandemic Killed Hundreds of Thousands of Americans. The White House Never Said a Word About It Posted: 11 Aug 2020 07:00 AM PDT  President Wilson never uttered a single public statement about the pandemic, which killed about 675,000 Americans
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| Apt Bible passage at Catholic Mass coincides with earthquake Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:01 PM PDT |
| Seattle agrees to America’s ‘most comprehensive protection’ for media and legal observers covering protests against police Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:39 PM PDT  Seattle authorities have agreed to what campaigners say is the nation's "most comprehensive protection" for reporters and legal observers covering protests against the actions of police.Following a number of incidents in which reporters and other observers covering Black Lives Matter protests were arrested or else subjected to crowd control weapons such as pepper spray, the city agreed its police force should not target such individuals.
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| Ron Johnson Subpoenas FBI Director Wray in Probe of Crossfire Hurricane Origins Posted: 10 Aug 2020 06:14 AM PDT  Senator Ron Johnson (R., Wisc.) subpoenaed FBI director Christopher Wray last week for documents pertaining to the Russia investigation.Johnson, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee, issued the subpoena as part of the committee's probe into the origins of the Russia investigation, dubbed Crossfire Hurricane by the FBI.The subpoena, obtained by Fox News, demands that Wray make available "all records related to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. This includes, but is not limited to, all records provided or made available to the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice for its review.""The FBI has already been producing documents and information to the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which are directly responsive to this subpoena," the FBI told Fox. "As always, the FBI will continue to cooperate with the Committee's requests, consistent with our law enforcement and national security obligations."Both the Homeland Security committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee are conducting investigations into the origins of the Crossfire Hurricane probe, whose stated aim was to uncover alleged collusion between Russian operatives and 2016 Trump-campaign officials. Intelligence officials have already declassified various documents pertaining to Crossfire Hurricane as part of the Judiciary Committee's investigation.Many of those documents were uncovered by DOJ inspector general Michael Horowitz as part of his own investigation into the FBI's applications for FISA warrants to surveil former Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page. Horowitz found "at least 17 significant errors or omissions in the Carter Page FISA applications."
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| Coronavirus found on frozen seafood in China Posted: 11 Aug 2020 02:43 AM PDT |
| The Georgia school that punished students for posting photos of a packed hallway says it will close for 2 days after multiple students and staff got COVID-19 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:04 AM PDT  North Paulding High School superintendent Brian Otott told parents Sunday that the school would shut on Monday and Tuesday for deep cleaning.
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| 'If I die from the virus, it was just meant to be': 250,000 descend upon tiny South Dakota town for world-famous motorcycle rally Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:37 AM PDT  Experts worry the rally, complete with a Smash Mouth concert, could overwhelm the rural area and create a superspreader event as people return home.
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| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas confronts Pompeo over pipeline sanctions Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:07 AM PDT  German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Monday he has personally told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of his "dismay" over a warning by three Republican senators who threatened sanctions against a German port operator for its part in a pipeline project with Russia.
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| Fossil of fearsome 'hell ant' that used tusk-like jaws to hunt its victims discovered in amber Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:39 AM PDT  A 99-million year old fossil of a "hell ant" is giving researchers a glimpse into the behavior of these fearsome ancient insects, a new study reports.
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| Top Navy official: Sailor burnout a concern amid COVID-19 crisis Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:53 PM PDT  Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday told NBC News the pandemic has forced ships to remain at sea for longer periods of time.
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| US revises UN resolution to extend UN arms embargo on Iran Posted: 11 Aug 2020 02:51 PM PDT |
| Michael Flynn's efforts to force federal judge to dismiss case faces a skeptical appeals court Posted: 11 Aug 2020 02:40 PM PDT  At issue is whether a federal district judge abused his discretion when he appointed a third party to challenge DOJ's bid to drop its prosecution of Flynn.
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| Trump’s attorney general under fire for calling Black Lives Matter a ‘Bolshevik organisation’ with ‘fascistic’ tactics Posted: 11 Aug 2020 01:01 AM PDT  US attorney general Bill Barr made waves with a Fox News interview this weekend in which he called the Black Lives Matter movement "Bolshevik" and "fascistic" – and the fallout is still simmering.Host Mark Levin, who conducted the interview, is now pushing back against the mainstream media's coverage of the segment, accusing newspapers' fact checkers of lying about Black Lives Matter's true nature and declaring that journalists are in cahoots with "violent Marxists".
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| Milne Ice Shelf: Satellites capture Arctic ice split Posted: 11 Aug 2020 07:22 AM PDT  The Planet Earth-observation company releases new imagery of Canada's broken Milne Ice Shelf.
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| Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai predicted that he would be arrested under China's new national security law, but said he would still stay and fight Posted: 10 Aug 2020 06:37 AM PDT  Lai predicted his arrest in May, when Beijing first outlined Hong Kong's draconian new law. He is the most high-profile arrest under this law so far.
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| Israel closes Gaza goods crossing after balloon attacks Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:21 PM PDT  Israel will close its goods crossing with the Gaza Strip, authorities said Monday, after militants in the Hamas-run territory fired rockets into the Mediterranean and launched incendiary balloons towards the Jewish state. The Kerem Shalom crossing will be closed to all traffic except humanitarian equipment and fuel from Tuesday, COGAT, the defence ministry unit that oversees the crossings, said in a statement. The move comes in response to the "continued launching of incendiary balloons" from Gaza, it added.
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| Germany to Russia: we will protect our people, online and off Posted: 11 Aug 2020 03:05 AM PDT  The murder in a central Berlin park of a Georgian national, blamed by German prosecutors on the actions of a branch of the Russian state, has been a serious burden on relations between the two countries, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Maas said on Tuesday that Germany would do everything it could to protect its people, both in the online and offline spaces. "The murder in the Tiergarten, which prosecutors believe was commissioned by a Russian state organ, has seriously weighed on our relationship, so I made clear that we will defend the security of our people, both online and off," he said.
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| Money offered for info on disappearance of ‘Tiger King’ star Carol Baskin's husband Posted: 10 Aug 2020 08:32 PM PDT  A lawyer for the family of Don Lewis, who was declared legally dead in 2002, announced an independent investigation into his disappearance Monday.
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| The White House? Gettysburg? Florida? Trump team looks at options for nomination speech Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:26 AM PDT  The nomination acceptance speech is the most attention-getting event of a convention. Because of coronavirus, Trump may deliver his from home.
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| Dr. Sonia Angell, California's top health official, resigns Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:29 AM PDT  California's top public health official has resigned, just days after the state announced a fix for a glitch that caused a lag in reporting coronavirus test results used to make decisions about reopening businesses and schools.
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| As fewer students choose to enroll in the wake of coronavirus, some colleges are promising tuition-free semesters Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:15 AM PDT  Some colleges are making "ninth-semester-free" promises to students, as a new survey says many students may not enroll in the fall.
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| US health chief slams China over virus on Taiwan trip Posted: 11 Aug 2020 04:39 AM PDT  The coronavirus might have been stamped out more quickly had it emerged in democratic Taiwan instead of autocratic China, the US health secretary said Tuesday during a historic diplomatic trip to Taipei. Alex Azar's renewed criticism of China's handling of the pandemic is likely to further stoke already fiery tensions between the United States and China, where the disease first appeared late last year. "I believe it is no exaggeration to say that, if this virus had emerged in a place like Taiwan or the United States, it might have been snuffled out easily," he added.
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| A California judge ruled that Uber and Lyft have to classify their drivers as employees, not contractors Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:49 PM PDT  Uber and Lyft are expected to appeal Monday's ruling, and have argued that reclassifying drivers as employees could wreak havoc on their businesses.
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| Protesters met with jeers by crowd with guns in Nevada city Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:40 PM PDT |
| GOP senators tiptoe around Trump as the party faces growing political dangers ahead of Nov. 3 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:35 AM PDT  GOP senators running for reelection are facing a bind: They can't alienate Trump but they need to win suburban voters who are souring on him.
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| Iran says European insurers should pay compensation for downed Ukrainian plane Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:26 AM PDT  Iran will not compensate Ukraine International Airlines for its plane Tehran accidentally downed in January because the passenger jet was insured by European firms, the head of Iran's Central Insurance Organisation said on Monday. "The Ukrainian plane is insured by European companies in Ukraine and not by Iranian (insurance) companies," said Gholamreza Soleimani, according to the Young Journalists Club news website affiliated with state TV.
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