| Trump: Kamala Harris 'could never be your first woman president' Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:11 PM PDT  Entering the home stretch of his reelection campaign, President Trump told supporters in North Carolina Tuesday that Democrat Kamala Harris "could never be your first woman president."
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| Entire Rochester Police Leadership Resigns After Daniel Prude Death Posted: 08 Sep 2020 01:07 PM PDT  The chief of the Rochester Police Department announced he would resign Tuesday following the release of shocking footage of the March death of a 41-year-old Black man in police custody.La'Ron Singletary leaves the department after 20 years under heavy scrutiny over the death of Daniel Prude. He said earlier this week he would not depart his position.His top two officers in the department—Deputy Chief Joseph Morabito and Deputy Chief Mark Simmons—also announced they would step down from their positions. Simmons will stay on as a lieutenant, as will resigning commander Henry Favor. Another commander, Fabian Rivera, resigned Tuesday. Singletary did not name a successor. City council members told Rochester's Democrat & Chronicle they learned of the resignations as they happened. The city's mayor, Lovely Warren, had previously accused Singletary of failing to handle the Prude incident properly, saying she only learned of the March death in August after Prude's family obtained bodycam footage. She also said earlier this week that she ultimately supported Singletary. The New York Attorney General's office has opened an investigation into the death.The Brutal History of Spit Hoods, the Creepy Tool Cops Used on Daniel Prude"For the past two decades, I have served this community with honor, pride, and the highest integrity," Singletary wrote in a resignation letter. "As a man of integrity, I will not sit idly by while outside entities attempt to destroy my character. The events over the past week are an attempt to destroy my character and integrity." He decried what he described as the "mischaracterization and the politicization" of Prude's death.According to the Democrat & Chronicle, Singletary's personnel file depicted him as a "patient and professional" law enforcement officer. He started in the department as an intern in 1998, and the mayor previously described him as "dedicated to changing the culture of policing."Prude died March 30, seven days after Rochester police detained him, put a spit hood over his head, forced him to the ground, and rendered him brain dead. The Monroe County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, citing "complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint due to excited delirium due to acute phycyclidine [PCP] intoxication." His brother had called 911 for assistance dealing with Prude's mental health crisis.Joe Prude called the police's actions "cold-blooded murder." He called for the Singletary's resignation and those of other top police department officials. Mounting outrage over Prude's death, the shocking police body-worn camera footage of his detainment, and the amount of time that elapsed before police went public with the incident have inspired protests for nearly a week in Rochester.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get 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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| Sturgis motorcycle rally was a 'superspreader event' Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:27 AM PDT  A month after 460,000 motorcycle enthusiasts converged on Sturgis, S.D., researchers have found that thousands have been sickened across the nation, leading them to brand the rally a "superspreader" event that will involve more than $12 billion in health care costs.
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| Klamath National Forest fire threatening homes near California-Oregon border Posted: 08 Sep 2020 11:24 PM PDT  The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation order for the town of Happy Camp. Fires rages elsewhere in California and in Oregon.
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| Oregon declares state of emergency, 36 wildfires burning Posted: 09 Sep 2020 12:11 AM PDT  Fire crews in California are bracing for strong winds, which threaten the state's more than two dozen wildfires. ABC's Megan Tevrizian reports.
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| 9 Color Blocking Ideas for a Bright, Cheery Home Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:56 AM PDT |
| Spanish police arrest virus-infected surfer Posted: 09 Sep 2020 06:48 AM PDT  Spanish police said Wednesday they had arrested a woman who went surfing when she should have been in quarantine after testing positive for the new coronavirus.
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| A mom called 911 to help her 13-year-old with autism, Utah police shot him Posted: 09 Sep 2020 06:47 AM PDT  A Utah woman called 911 because her son was having a mental health episode. Police shot him, injuring his shoulder, ankles, intestines and bladder.
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| Ben Sasse Calls for Repealing 17th Amendment, Eliminating Popular-Vote Senate Elections Posted: 09 Sep 2020 06:00 AM PDT  Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) called to repeal the 17th Amendment on Tuesday, which would eliminate the requirement that U.S. senators be elected by popular votes.In a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled "Make the Senate Great Again," Sasse called for an end to the amendment, among other changes to the Senate "aimed at promoting debate, not ending it." He also recommended abolishing standing committees, requiring senators to show up for debates, implementing 12-year term limits, and requiring senators to live together in dorms when in Washington."What would the Founding Fathers think of America if they came back to life?" Sasse wrote. "Their eyes would surely bug out first at our technology and wealth. But I suspect they'd also be stunned by the deformed structure of our government. The Congress they envisioned is all but dead. The Senate in particular is supposed to be the place where Americans hammer out our biggest challenges with debate. That hasn't happened for decades—and the rot is bipartisan."Before the 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913, Article I of the Constitution mandated that each state legislature vote to send two senators to Washington. Sasse argues that returning control to state legislatures would be a way of increasing local control in the Senate in a time of polarization and nationalization in politics."Different states bring different solutions to the table, and that ought to be reflected in the Senate's national debate," he wrote. "The old saying used to be that all politics is local, but today—thanks to the internet, 24/7 cable news and a cottage industry dedicated to political addiction—politics is polarized and national. That would change if state legislatures had direct control over who serves in the Senate."The Nebraskan Senator also suggested ridding the Senate of cameras because in the presence of cameras, Senators "aren't trying to learn from witnesses, uncover details, or improve legislation. They're competing for sound bites.""Without posturing for cameras, Republicans and Democrats cooperate on some of America's most complicated and urgent problems," he wrote.
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| India in shock over 86-year-old grandmother's rape Posted: 09 Sep 2020 03:22 AM PDT  Police have arrested a man in his 30s for the rape and assault of the woman in Delhi.
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| Fauci says it's 'unlikely' there will be a coronavirus vaccine before the US election, despite the CDC asking states to be prepared by November Posted: 09 Sep 2020 03:10 AM PDT  Dr. Anthony Fauci said that judging by current development schedules, a successful vaccine would be more likely be ready by the end of 2020.
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| Tucker Carlson will be the Republican nominee in 2024, founder of pro-Trump super PAC predicts Posted: 09 Sep 2020 07:54 AM PDT  There has been mounting speculation that the Fox News host might stand for president
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| Firefighters overtaken by flames in California mountains Posted: 07 Sep 2020 10:50 PM PDT  More than a dozen California firefighters trying to protect a fire station in rugged mountains were overrun by flames Tuesday, and several were hurt. Elsewhere, military helicopters rescued more than 150 people stranded in a burning forest. Fourteen firefighters deployed emergency shelters as flames overtook them and destroyed the Nacimiento Station in the Los Padres National Forest on the state's central coast, the U.S. Forest Service said.
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| Ukrainian church leader who blamed COVID-19 on gay marriage tests positive Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:21 PM PDT  Patriarch Filaret, a prominent Ukrainian Orthodox leader, blamed same-sex unions for the global coronavirus pandemic, which has killed thousands in Ukraine.
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| An influencer who traveled to Rwanda to work with gorillas says she was locked up for 4 days after a false-positive COVID test Posted: 08 Sep 2020 03:30 AM PDT  Charly Jordan said she was quickly taken to a hotel to isolate when her test came back after a few days.
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| More than a dozen police chiefs faced backlash – and left – after George Floyd's death. Here's a list. Posted: 09 Sep 2020 04:51 PM PDT  George Floyd's death sparked a wave of protests. Here's a list of police chiefs who have have been fired, resigned or abruptly retired since then.
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| It’s Almost Throw Blanket Season Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:37 AM PDT |
| Injured army veteran pushes back after his image is used in anti-Trump ‘propaganda’ Posted: 09 Sep 2020 10:50 AM PDT  A US Army veteran has hit out at social media users for using photographs of him in attacks against president Donald Trump's alleged comments on veterans. Mr Trump has fiercely denied the article's claims. Posts began circulating on social media using the image of Bobby Henline, lone survivor out of five soldiers in an IED blast in Iraq, hitting out at the president's alleged comments, the veteran told Fox News in an interview.
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| The prehistoric megalodon shark had fins as big as human adults and heads the length of cars, according to new research Posted: 09 Sep 2020 05:51 AM PDT  Megalodons, the largest sharks ever to roam Earth's oceans, had heads the size of cars and 5-foot dorsal fins.
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| New Jersey earthquake? 3.1-magnitude quake shakes people awake early Wednesday Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:23 AM PDT  A 3.1 magnitude earthquake was confirmed to have struck in central New Jersey early Wednesday, jolting people awake.
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| 5 gators found ‘belly up’ in Louisiana bayou spur investigation by wildlife officials Posted: 09 Sep 2020 02:34 PM PDT  Officials have an idea about what happened.
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| Dispatches from the apocalypse: Photos show eerie scenes and orange skies as smoke tints the atmosphere across the West Coast Posted: 09 Sep 2020 03:15 PM PDT  Smoke from hundreds of wildfires across the West Coast has turned the sky orange and red. Here are some of the most striking images.
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| China detains 23 in crackdown on Inner Mongolia protests Posted: 08 Sep 2020 01:45 AM PDT  Police in China's Inner Mongolia region have detained at least 23 people following protests last week against a new policy that replaces Mongolian-language textbooks with Chinese ones in classrooms. The push to use the new textbooks, which started in other ethnic minority regions such as Xinjiang and Tibet in 2017, has prompted demonstrations and school boycotts by ethnic Mongolians in at least five cities and counties in Inner Mongolia. Others were for "flagrantly insulting a deceased former leader of the country" and "sharing videos in a WeChat group to obstruct the implementation of the national textbooks policy."
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| Trump's tax cut for military service members must be repaid in 2021 Posted: 09 Sep 2020 06:05 AM PDT  Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey said young families will spend the apparent pay raise and then get "kicked in the chops" when they must repay the taxes in 2021.
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| A scan of 10.3 million stars turns up no sign of aliens - yet Posted: 09 Sep 2020 02:31 PM PDT  Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Australia, but have found nothing - not yet, at least. Seeking evidence of possible life beyond our solar system, the researchers are hunting for "technosignatures" such as communications signals that may originate from intelligent alien beings. Using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope in the outback of Western Australia, they searched for low-frequency radio emissions - frequencies similar to FM radio - from stars in the constellation of Vela.
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| Two women charged with hate crimes after stealing child’s Make America Great Again hat Posted: 09 Sep 2020 11:32 AM PDT  Camryn Amy, 21, and Olivia Winslow, 21, were charged with robbery, conspiracy, endangering the welfare of a child
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| Trump running out of time to turn around 2020 campaign Posted: 09 Sep 2020 01:30 AM PDT  The presidential race is still leaning toward Joe Biden, while the battle for control of the Senate is a toss up.
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| US Attorney General William Barr says Operation Legend in Chicago has resulted in 500 arrests Posted: 09 Sep 2020 09:18 AM PDT  US Attorney General William Barr gave an update on Operation Legend in Chicago Wednesday morning, with more than 500 people arrested and federal charges against 124 suspects.
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| Lukashenko's love of being photographed with guns suggests he might be worried about the loyalty of his inner circle Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:47 AM PDT  Western security experts believe Lukashenko wants to be sure he is never the only unarmed man in the room, just in case his inner circle gets ideas.
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| Striking before and after photos show the extent of the damage caused by California's raging wildfires Posted: 09 Sep 2020 01:03 PM PDT  California's wildfires have already eaten up 2.3 million acres across the state, resulting in at least eight deaths and 3,700 destroyed structures.
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| A Florida jogger kept his cool while cops detained him. Then, they offered him a job Posted: 09 Sep 2020 08:58 AM PDT  Florida jogger detained by cops offered job by sheriff
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| Somaliland opens office in diplomatically isolated Taiwan Posted: 08 Sep 2020 10:45 PM PDT |
| Actor Anthony Rapp sues Kevin Spacey for sexual misconduct in 1980s Posted: 09 Sep 2020 10:44 AM PDT  The suit, filed in New York state court in Manhattan, refers to the same alleged incident that Rapp first recounted in an October 2017 BuzzFeed interview that triggered Spacey's fall from grace in Hollywood. Spacey in 2017 said he did not remember the encounter Rapp described but added, "If I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior." Spacey, now 61, came out as gay in 2017.
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| Missing Fort Hood soldier died by suicide, medical examiner rules Posted: 08 Sep 2020 05:25 PM PDT  Sgt. Elder Fernandes, 23, a Fort Hood soldier, was reported missing Aug. 19.
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| Army chief says combat is 'last resort' after Trump says military leaders seek to make defense contractors 'happy' Posted: 09 Sep 2020 09:50 AM PDT  On Monday, Trump said the "top people in the Pentagon" want "to do nothing but fight wars" so that defense contractors "stay happy."
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| Ohio governor forced to deny rumors of ‘coronavirus camps’ as unfounded conspiracy theories go viral Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:11 PM PDT  Mike DeWine calls conspiracy theory 'crazy' and 'ridiculous'
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| The Biden campaign has taken over an Instagram fan account started by a 15-year-old Posted: 08 Sep 2020 04:53 AM PDT  The account now has 94,000 followers, and the teen behind it has been brought onto the campaign as an official volunteer.
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| George Bizos: Anti-apartheid lawyer who defended Mandela dies aged 92 Posted: 09 Sep 2020 05:14 PM PDT  South Africa mourns the loss of human rights lawyer George Bizos after he dies of "natural causes".
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| Woman votes topless after being told anti-Trump shirt violates New Hampshire law Posted: 09 Sep 2020 12:04 PM PDT  "Boom! The shirt's off, and she's standing there saying, 'How's this?'"
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| Venezuelan gas lines surge as Iranian tankers go undercover Posted: 08 Sep 2020 02:57 PM PDT  Gasoline shortages have returned to Venezuela, sparking mile-long lines in the capital as international concerns mounted Tuesday that Iran yet again may be trying to come to the South American nation's rescue. Three Iranian tankers that delivered gasoline to Venezuela earlier this year have turned off their location tracking devices for up to three weeks, raising suspicions among global ship trackers that the tankers are again headed to Iran's ally. Iran uses cloaking to evade detection by the United States, which seeks to block shipments to Venezuela in a campaign aimed at forcing socialist President Nicolás Maduro from power.
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