| Militias targeting Michigan and Virginia governors show rise of 'boogaloo' violence Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:25 AM PDT  Recent arrests stemming from an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offer an example of the growing — and increasingly violent — antigovernment faction of the "boogaloo" movement.
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| Live: Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Yahoo News to discuss the coronavirus pandemic Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:32 AM PDT  Tune in on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 8 a.m. ET.
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| Another pro-Trump campaign ad caught using footage from Russia and Belarus Posted: 14 Oct 2020 03:37 AM PDT  Advert supporting Republican president is fourth in three months to use Russian footage
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| No phone, abandoned car, pleas for public help: California woman missing at Zion National Park in Utah Posted: 14 Oct 2020 06:38 AM PDT  A press conference on Tuesday afternoon led to more information released to the public on the disappearance of Holly Courtier in Zion National Park.
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| Alaska mayor to resign after TV news anchor posts what she says is partially nude photo of him Posted: 13 Oct 2020 08:16 PM PDT  The resignation comes after Ethan Berkowitz, who was first elected in 2015, acknowledged an "inappropriate messaging relationship."
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| Harris questions Barrett about recusal from Obamacare case Posted: 13 Oct 2020 05:27 PM PDT  Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, pressed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett about the process for recusal in a case before the court concerning the Affordable Care Act.
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| Men accused of plotting to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer also discussed "taking" governor of Virginia: FBI Posted: 13 Oct 2020 10:26 AM PDT  Both Whitmer and Ralph Northam were targeted by President Trump for their efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19
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| Anthony Fauci concludes ‘with a high degree of confidence’ that Donald Trump is ‘not shedding infectious virus’, NBC says Posted: 14 Oct 2020 07:51 AM PDT  NBC News has issued a statement saying that Dr Anthony Fauci has assessed Donald Trump to be no longer infectious - a statement which Fauci has confirmed is accurate
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| Taiwan dismisses latest China spying accusations Posted: 13 Oct 2020 03:06 AM PDT |
| Mexican president's anti-corruption drive buffeted by scandals Posted: 14 Oct 2020 04:03 AM PDT  Three months after taking charge of a new office created by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to compensate Mexicans for years of public sector embezzlement, its director quit, complaining the organization was tainted by corruption. The blow to the Institute for Returning to the People What Was Stolen (INDEP) is one of several recent cases to blot Lopez Obrador's image and undercut the message that his December 2018 investiture marked a sea change for a country awash in graft. On Sept. 22, INDEP director Jaime Cardenas submitted his letter of resignation, raising concerns over alleged misuse of proceeds from auctions of stolen assets, and the suspected theft of diamonds, emeralds and sapphires from the institute.
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| A spacecraft flying by Venus on Wednesday night could confirm recently found signs of alien life Posted: 13 Oct 2020 10:27 AM PDT  The BepiColumbo spaceship is scheduled to fly by Venus twice on its way to Mercury, first this week, and then next August.
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| Michigan man accused of fracturing Black teen’s jaw with lock: ‘Black lives don’t matter’ Posted: 13 Oct 2020 05:55 PM PDT  A Michigan man is facing a federal hate charge after allegedly fracturing a Black teen's jaw with a lock and declaring that "Black lives don't matter." Lee James Mouat, 42, is alleged to have hit a Black teen with a bike lock which not only fractured his teeth but broke his jaw, Buzzfeed reports. A criminal complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan declared that Mouat was charged on Tuesday with one count of willfully causing bodily injury to the victim because of his race.
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| 1987 Chevy Camaro reported stolen 32 years ago finally recovered in Indiana reservoir Posted: 14 Oct 2020 11:06 AM PDT  Police said a fisherman used sonar to find the retro ride upside down in several feet of silt.
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| Sweet 16 party turns ‘superspreader’ event — 37 positive for COVID, NY officials say Posted: 14 Oct 2020 07:23 AM PDT  The venue was slapped with a $12,000 fine.
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| Thai protests: Thousands gather in Bangkok as king returns to country Posted: 14 Oct 2020 08:32 AM PDT  A motorcade carrying the king and queen had to push through crowds of pro-democracy protesters.
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| A look at who's who in Joe Biden's inner circle Posted: 13 Oct 2020 08:05 AM PDT  It's no secret that Joe Biden has spent most of his life in politics. He was first elected to the Senate when he was just 29 years old in 1972. And before he became the Democratic nominee for president earlier this year, he had already run for the White House twice before — in 1988 and again in 2008.
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| Trump campaign events linked to new coronavirus cases in Minnesota Posted: 14 Oct 2020 05:04 AM PDT  State officials connect Trump campaign events to new coronavirus cases, as new one-high day recorded on Saturday
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| Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia's wife, a recent White House guest, tests positive for COVID-19 Posted: 13 Oct 2020 09:31 PM PDT  Trish Scalia, the wife of Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon, the Labor Department told staffers in an email on Tuesday night.Trish Scalia is "experiencing mild symptoms but doing well," the Labor Department said, while the secretary has tested negative for the virus and has not shown any symptoms.Trish Scalia, Eugene Scalia, and his mother, Maureen Scalia, all attended the Rose Garden ceremony last month where Trump officially introduced his Supreme Court pick, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. In the 1990s, Barrett served as a law clerk for late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Eugene Scalia's father.A Politico analysis has found that as of last Thursday, 35 White House aides and allies of President Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. Many of those people were at the Rose Garden ceremony and an indoor reception that followed.More stories from theweek.com Biden's post-election tightrope walk The Democrats' desperate SCOTUS scaremongering An anxious poll-watcher's guide to 2020
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| Hong Kong takes back seat as China's Xi promotes neighbor as future 'model city' Posted: 14 Oct 2020 04:31 AM PDT  "The Shenzhen model is political zero tolerance and business on China's terms," said Kent Deng, professor of Chinese economic history.
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| After yearlong delay, the US Air Force is ready to field Raytheon’s new smart bomb Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:28 PM PDT  Raytheon took a timeout to redesign a key component after problems were discovered during testing.
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| Peru opens Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist after almost 7-month wait Posted: 12 Oct 2020 07:26 PM PDT  Peru opened the ruins of Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist after he waited almost seven months to enter the Inca citadel, while trapped in the Andean country during the coronavirus outbreak. Jesse Katayama's entry into the ruins came thanks to a special request he submitted while stranded since mid-March in the town of Aguas Calientes, on the slopes of the mountains near the site, said Minister of Culture Alejandro Neyra on Monday. "He had come to Peru with the dream of being able to enter," Neyra said in a virtual press conference.
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| Ghislaine Maxwell 'may be a victim too', suggests judge deciding whether to unseal tranche of secret documents Posted: 13 Oct 2020 06:41 AM PDT  A judge weighing whether to unseal sworn testimony given by Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, has suggested that the socialite "may be a victim too." The British heiress is urging a panel of judges in a federal appeals court in New York to overturn a lower court decision ruling to make public the documents, which Maxwell claims will jeopardise her ability to defend against criminal charges she enabled Epstein's sexual abuse of girls. Ms Maxwell, 58, who is currently in a Brooklyn prison awaiting trial, has pleaded not guilty to charges she helped the billionaire recruit and groom underage girls as young as 14 years old to engage in illegal sexual acts in the mid-1990s. The evidence in question relates to a deposition she gave in 2016 in a civil case brought by Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who says the late billionaire forced her to have sex with Prince Andrew, and others, when she was 17. The Duke of York denies all allegations.
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| Cheerleader in hospital after goalpost falls on her head at Oklahoma field, family says Posted: 13 Oct 2020 09:06 AM PDT  The teenager's grandmother said she "shouldn't have survived" the incident.
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| Saudi Arabia failed to win a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, while China and Russia were voted in Posted: 14 Oct 2020 02:41 AM PDT  China and Russia were elected to the council in a secret ballot on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia did not receive enough votes to join.
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| Eric Trump cancels trip to Michigan gun store after former employee allegedly plotted to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer Posted: 13 Oct 2020 07:33 AM PDT  Huron Valley Guns says the employee was fired after showing up to work in 'a LOT of tactical gear'
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| Here are the prominent Republicans not supporting Trump, and those who are supporting Biden Posted: 14 Oct 2020 03:40 PM PDT  Several notable Republicans have publicly endorsed or shown support for Joe Biden instead of their party's incumbent, President Donald Trump.
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| Clarence Thomas Suggests Section 230 Immunities Applied Too Broadly to Tech Companies Posted: 13 Oct 2020 09:02 AM PDT  Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas suggested in a statement on Tuesday that some legal immunities granted to internet platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act could be narrowed or eliminated in future court cases.Section 230 grants internet platforms immunity from prosecution if a third party uploads defamatory or otherwise illegal content. For example, a blog website currently cannot be held legally liable if a third-party blogger writes a libelous post. (Such immunity does not generally apply in more extreme cases of illegal activity, such as when a website displays child pornography.)However, both conservatives and liberals have threatened to revoke this immunity and open large internet platforms like Facebook and Twitter to lawsuits. Joe Biden stated in a New York Times interview in January 2020 that Facebook should lose Section 230 immunity because of the prevalence of political "misinformation" on the platform.Some conservatives have bristled at what they perceive as anti-conservative bias on sites including Twitter, and have called to revoke Section 230 and threaten those sites with lawsuits over the perceived bias, which they claim reflects editorial decision making that makes the platforms no different from journalistic outlets.Justice Thomas indicated on Tuesday that the Supreme Court could also consider, in future cases, whether the judicial system has interpreted Section 230 immunity too broadly."Courts have…departed from the most natural reading of the text by giving Internet companies immunity for their own content," Thomas wrote in a statement. "Section 230(c)(1) protects a company from publisher liability only when content is 'provided by another information content provider.' Nowhere does this provision protect a company that is itself the information content provider."According to Thomas, courts may have interpreted Section 230 in such a way as to grant immunity to internet platforms even when those platforms are primarily responsible for the creation of their content. "An information content provider is not just the primary author or creator; it is anyone 'responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development' of the content," Thomas wrote.A reinterpretation of Section 230 immunities could carry widespread ramifications for internet platforms, potentially forcing companies to narrow the types of posts allowed on a given website. The Justice Department has already proposed legislation to Congress that would curb some immunities in order to better crack down on illegal content.
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| Blood type may affect severity of COVID-19 infection, new study suggests Posted: 14 Oct 2020 10:20 AM PDT  In a new study published Wednesday, researchers in Canada found that, among 95 critically ill COVID-19 patients, 84 percent of those with the blood types A and AB required mechanical ventilation compared to 61 percent of patients with type O or type B, CNN reports. The former group also remained in the intensive care unit for a median of 13.5 days, while the latter's median stay was nine days.Dr. Mypinder Sekhon, an intensive care physician at Vancouver General Hospital and the author of the study, said blood type has been "at the back of my mind" when treating patients, but "we need repeated findings across many jurisdictions that show the same thing" before anything definitive is established.It's still unclear what may be behind the possible distinction; Sekhon said one explanation could be that people with blood type O are less prone to blood clotting, which can often lead to more severe cases.Either way, Sekhon doesn't believe blood type will supersede other "risk factors of severity" like age or comorbidities, and he said people should not behave differently based on their group. "If one is blood group A, you don't need to start panicking," he said. "And if you're blood group O, you're not free to go to the pubs and bars." Read more at CNN.More stories from theweek.com Biden's post-election tightrope walk The Democrats' desperate SCOTUS scaremongering An anxious poll-watcher's guide to 2020
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| Duterte wants entire Philippine population vaccinated for COVID-19 Posted: 14 Oct 2020 09:36 AM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday his government has the money to procure coronavirus vaccines but he would need more as he wants to inoculate the country's entire population. The government aims to get vaccines to all Filipinos, which Duterte said now number around 113 million, but priority will be given to the poor, the police and military personnel. "All should have the vaccine without exception," Duterte said in a late-night televised address.
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| Mexico shootout: Fourteen gunmen killed and three police wounded Posted: 13 Oct 2020 02:46 PM PDT  The gun battle capped off the most violent weekend in the country's recent history
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| Did a cougar ‘stalk’ a hiker in viral Utah video? Here’s what experts say happened Posted: 14 Oct 2020 01:48 PM PDT  The cougar followed the hiker for 6 minutes, but was it dangerous?
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| Some Democrats are urging Nancy Pelosi to accept the White House's $1.8 trillion stimulus offer. But Senate Republicans pose a big obstacle to a coronavirus relief deal. Posted: 14 Oct 2020 12:37 PM PDT  We're not that far apart and the last few things should be negotiated. We should be able to get something done," Rep. Ro Khanna of California said.
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| Trump hasn’t 'saved Christianity' and Christians shouldn’t save his presidency Posted: 13 Oct 2020 04:53 PM PDT  Trump has claimed that he is the protector of American Christians, but his incivility has tainted the nation.
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| Gifted classes drive inequality. But what happens when schools get rid of them? Posted: 14 Oct 2020 02:59 AM PDT  Districts are eliminating gifted classes and instead trying to teach all students together. In some places, it's working — but schools also face challenges.
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| The Air Force Is Stripping a B-1 Bomber Down to Its Bolts to Make a Digital Twin Posted: 13 Oct 2020 07:11 AM PDT |
| Outgoing Pakistan Navy chief reveals details of modernization programs Posted: 14 Oct 2020 01:03 PM PDT  Pakistan's Navy is racing to plug operational and technological gaps as part of an unprecedented modernization effort, but analysts are divided on whether the move will deter adversaries.
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| Drunken groin shooting and bar fight have nearly half a Wisconsin police force on leave Posted: 13 Oct 2020 05:25 PM PDT  A Wisconsin police department has relied on other agencies while its officers are on leave.
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| Graham's $28M sets quarterly fundraise record for Senate GOP Posted: 14 Oct 2020 11:01 AM PDT |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi clashed with CNN's Wolf Blitzer over why Democrats haven't accepted the Trump administration's $1.8 trillion stimulus offer Posted: 13 Oct 2020 04:37 PM PDT  "I hope you'll ask the same question of Republicans about why they don't really want to meet the needs of the American people," Pelosi told Blitzer.
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| Barron Trump tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month Posted: 14 Oct 2020 01:38 PM PDT  The members of the first family have all since tested negative for the virus.
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| U.K. vaccine chief says COVID-19 vaccine may be 50 percent effective. Her U.S. counterpart is more bullish. Posted: 14 Oct 2020 06:37 AM PDT  The first wave of COVID-19 vaccines probably won't end the coronavirus pandemic, but "a partially effective vaccine is better than no vaccine at all," Kate Gingham, the head of Britain's vaccine task force, told Sky News on Tuesday. "Flu vaccines are 50 percent effective, but they are widely used and have a big impact on reducing the clinical impacts of flu in the population." She told The Telegraph on Wednesday that with the COVID-19 effort, "we shouldn't assume it's going to be better than a flu vaccine."Bingham said British regulators are expecting data from two Phase 3 vaccine trials, from Oxford University-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech, in a couple of weeks. "We haven't seen any serious safety signals that have stopped these vaccines completely," she said. "There will of course be safety issues, but these are carefully monitored."In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration won't approve any COVID-19 vaccine that is less that 50 percent effective at preventing infection or reducing severity, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said in August that "we don't know" if it will be any more effective than that. But Moncef Slaoui, chief scientific adviser to the U.S. government's Operation Warp Speed vaccine initiative, "has said repeatedly that he expects some of the candidates that he picked to have 75 to 90 percent efficacy and at least two to win approval by early January," Donald G. McNeil Jr. writes at The New York Times."Since January, when I began covering the pandemic, I have been a consistently gloomy Cassandra," McNeil writes. But "events have moved faster than I thought possible. I have become cautiously optimistic. Experts are saying, with genuine confidence, that the pandemic in the United States will be over far sooner than they expected, possibly by the middle of next year," and in the meantime, "the rest of us know what we need to do."More stories from theweek.com Biden's post-election tightrope walk The Democrats' desperate SCOTUS scaremongering An anxious poll-watcher's guide to 2020
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