| Biden apologizes for telling radio host 'you ain't black' if you are considering voting for Trump Posted: 22 May 2020 08:46 AM PDT  Former Vice President Joe Biden suggested Friday morning that an African-American radio personality "ain't black" if he was questioning whether he should support the presumptive Democrat nominee over President Trump in the upcoming general election.
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| 'This is a bad practice': Doctors question FDA protocol for plasma treatment of coronavirus patients Posted: 22 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT  The story of convalescent plasma is one of a federal medical establishment wanting badly to compensate for its slow response to the coronavirus.
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| Khashoggi's sons forgive Saudi killers, sparing 5 execution Posted: 21 May 2020 10:53 PM PDT  The family of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi announced on Friday they have forgiven his Saudi killers, giving legal reprieve to five government agents who had been sentenced to death for an operation that cast a cloud of suspicion over the kingdom's crown prince. "We, the sons of the martyr Jamal Khashoggi, announce that we forgive those who killed our father as we seek reward from God Almighty," wrote one of his sons, Salah Khashoggi, on Twitter. Salah Khashoggi, who lives in Saudi Arabia and has received financial compensation from the royal court for his father's killing, explained that forgiveness was extended to the killers during the last nights of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in line with Islamic tradition to offer pardons in cases allowed by Islamic law.
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| Russia welcomes delivery of ventilators from U.S. agency it banned Posted: 22 May 2020 07:26 AM PDT  Delivery of 50 ventilators comes in exchange of "sincere humanitarian gestures," but it also highlights ongoing tension between Washington and Moscow.
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| 'The end of Hong Kong': Experts say China's push to pass strict national security laws further erodes the city's autonomy Posted: 22 May 2020 09:10 AM PDT  China is planning to unilaterally modify Hong Kong's laws, and will likely outlaw the promotion of secession, subversion, and foreign interference.
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| North Dakota governor on brink of tears as he decries ‘mask shaming’ Posted: 23 May 2020 11:51 AM PDT  Republican Doug Burgum called out 'senseless dividing line' between Americans over whether masks should be worn in public * Coronavirus – live US updates * Live global updatesIn North Dakota on Friday, the Republican governor, Doug Burgum, decried a "senseless dividing line" between US citizens over whether masks should be worn in public during the coronavirus pandemic.As he pleaded with citizens of his state to "try to dial up your empathy and your understanding", Burgum was moved to the brink of tears."We're all in this together and there's only one battle we're fighting," he said. "And that's the battle of the virus."As Donald Trump encourages states to reopen their battered economies, federal authorities are recommending covering the face in public when social distancing is difficult, for example in grocery stores.Some states require residents to wear masks in public settings. North Dakota, where Burgum allowed reopening to start from 1 May, does not.The president has notably refused to wear a mask in public, although he was photographed wearing one on a visit to a Ford plant in Michigan this week.On Saturday, Secret Service officers who were with the president on a trip to a golf course were pictured wearing masks. Trump was not.Some rightwing protesters have attracted publicity by refusing to wear masks, while some shopkeepers have reportedly sought to deny service to people wearing face coverings.Speaking to reporters at the state capitol in Bismarck on Friday, Bergum said he "would really love to see in North Dakota that we could just skip this thing that other parts of the nation are going through, that they're creating a divide. Either it's ideological or political or something around mask versus no mask."This is I would say a senseless dividing line and I would ask people to try to dial up your empathy and your understanding. If someone is wearing a mask, they're not doing it to represent what political party they're in or what candidates they support."As he continued, Burgum struggled not to break down in tears."They might be doing it because they've got a five-year-old who's been going through cancer treatments," he said."They might have vulnerable adults in their life who currently have Covid-19 and are fighting."So again, I would just love to see our state, as part of being 'North Dakota smart', also be 'North Dakota kind', 'North Dakota empathetic', 'North Dakota understanding', to do this thing. Because if somebody wants to wear a mask, there should be no mask shaming."According to Johns Hopkins University, by Saturday North Dakota had recorded 2,317 coronavirus cases and 52 deaths.
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| Trump tells Fox News to 'fire their Fake Pollster' after network reports him 8 points behind Biden Posted: 22 May 2020 09:38 AM PDT  President Trump on Friday suggested Fox News should fire its pollster after the cable news network's latest national survey showed Joe Biden leading.
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| 'We need answers': VA has given hydroxychloroquine to 1,300 vets with COVID-19 amid troubling studies Posted: 22 May 2020 03:06 PM PDT  Democrats are raising concerns over the Department of Veterans Affairs using hydroxychloroquine to treat veterans diagnosed with COVID-19, a path of treatment that has been shown to increase mortality in some patients.
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| Brazil passes 20,000 virus deaths after record 24-hour toll Posted: 21 May 2020 06:23 PM PDT  The novel coronavirus death toll in Brazil surpassed 20,000 on Thursday, after a record number of fatalities in a 24-hour period, the health ministry said. Brazil has now recorded more than 310,000 cases, with experts saying a lack of testing means the real figures are probably much higher. The death toll -- the sixth highest in the world -- has doubled in just 11 days, according to ministry data.
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| Guatemala president scolds U.S. for deporting migrants with coronavirus Posted: 21 May 2020 08:51 PM PDT  Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei criticized the United States on Thursday for sending back migrants infected with the novel coronavirus to his Central American country and straining its weak health system. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, and Giammattei's attempts to curb deportation flights from the United States, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has been sending Guatemalan migrants back to their home country.
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| Fauci just made his first TV appearance in over 2 weeks and says we'll be 'seeing a little bit more' of him Posted: 21 May 2020 08:23 PM PDT  "We've been talking with the communications people, and they realize we need to get some of this information out," Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN.
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| Firefighters Battle Major Warehouse Fire on San Francisco's Famed Fisherman's Wharf Posted: 23 May 2020 09:59 AM PDT  So far, no injuries have been reported
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| Syria bars Assad's cousin from travel amid financial dispute Posted: 22 May 2020 05:19 AM PDT |
| ‘Wise Guy’ Biden Apologizes for ‘You Ain’t Black’ Gaffe Posted: 22 May 2020 09:01 AM PDT  Former Vice President Joe Biden apologized on Friday afternoon just hours after telling radio host Charlamagne Tha God that he "ain't black" if he had additional questions about whether to support Biden's presidential bid over Donald Trump's."I should not have been so cavalier. I've never, never, ever taken the African-American community for granted," Biden said on a call with the Black Chamber of Commerce. "I shouldn't have been such a wise guy."Before Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, addressed the remark, his campaign had moved quickly to clarify it, saying that he was speaking in jest. "The comments made at the end of the Breakfast Club interview were in jest, but let's be clear about what the VP was saying: he was making the distinction that he would put his record with the African American community up against Trump's any day. Period," Symone Sanders, a senior adviser to Biden, wrote on Twitter after the segment aired. Biden made the comment on Friday morning during an interview with Charlamagne on popular radio show "The Breakfast Club." After being asked about his search for a vice presidential candidate, Biden first answered vaguely by saying he's "not acknowledging anybody who is being considered" before adding that he could "guarantee" there were "multiple black women being considered."African-American voters are the most loyal constituency in the Democratic Party and played a key role in elevating Biden's candidacy to the status of presumptive nominee.Pressed for additional details, an advisor interrupted to wrap up the interview. Charlamagne then said, "You can't do that to black media!""I do that to white media and black media because my wife has to go on at 6 o'clock," Biden replied, while looking at his watch and saying, "I'm in trouble." "Listen, you've got to come see us when you come to New York, VP Biden," Charlamagne said. "It's a long way until November. We've got more questions." Biden said, in an apparent light-hearted fashion: "You've got more questions? Well, I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black."Charlamagne said it had nothing to do with Trump but was about wanting something "for my community.""Take a look at my record, man!" Biden responded. "I have a record that is second-to-none. The NAACP has endorsed me every time I've run, I mean, c'mon. Take a look at the record."Within minutes, Trump-aligned Republicans happily seized on the moment. Hosting an impromptu call with reporters, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Katrina Pierson, a senior adviser on Trump's reelection campaign, called Biden's comment "extremely racist.""We hear a lot on the left, particularly in the media, about white privilege," Pierson said. "And I think this video... of an 80-year-old man telling a young black man how to be black is the definition of white privilege." (Biden is 77.) She added: "He basically says, 'how dare you,' as if black America has the audacity to ask more questions about a candidate who is running for president of the United States."Scott, the only African-American Republican in the Senate, said he was "shocked and surprised" by Biden's remark. Choosing not to respond directly to a question about the suggestion it was said in jest, Scott said he was "struck by the condescension and the arrogance in his comments.""I could not believe my ears that he would stoop so low to tell folks what they should do, how they should think, and what it means to be black. That is as arrogant, and offensive, and demeaning as I can imagine in this time that we're living," the senator said.A handful of Bernie Sanders' supporters and African-American celebrities were quick to dunk on Biden for apparently assuming he had the black vote sealed."Aye bruh," rapper P Diddy tweeted at Biden. "I already told you the BlackVoteAintFree"But other Democrats and prominent media figures weighed in delicately, with some brushing off the moment as unlikely to sway voters. Jonathan Capehart, a Washington Post opinion writer who is African-American, wrote that it was clearly a joke when considered in the context of the 18-minute interview. His argument was retweeted by Charlamagne. One Democratic strategist close to the Biden campaign downplayed the exchange as "bubble stuff," referring to flash moments that insiders and D.C. press talk about, but that won't resonate widely with voters in November.Tiffany Cross, author of Say It Louder! Black Voters, White Narratives, & Saving Our Democracy, who wrote an open letter with several prominent black public figures, agreed it was unlikely to influence votes or turnout. But, she added, "his appeal to Black voters needs to be something beyond 'I'm better than the other guy.'" "Biden makes the mistake of assuming he has the Black vote in the bag. He does not. He needs a ticket that will energize people," Cross said, emphasizing for the need for Biden to select a black female running mate. "He may feel comfortable making comments in jest. But he should know all Black voters are not yet comfortable with him. There's still work to be done. That doesn't mean Black voters will cast a ballot for Trump. But he doesn't just want our votes. He has a responsibility at the top of the ticket to think down ballot. Hence, he and the party wants our votes, our dollars, our canvassing, our phone banking, our enthusiasm."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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| UK warns China to respect Hong Kong's autonomy as Beijing pushes for laws that would 'crush dissent' Posted: 21 May 2020 06:17 PM PDT  Downing Street warned China to respect the autonomy of Hong Kong after the Chinese Communist Party submitted plans for a controversial new law that could crush dissent in the former British colony. The intervention from No 10 came as Hong Kong braced for its first mass pro-democracy protests for months after Beijing said it would bypass the city's legislature to bring in sweeping new powers limiting freedom. At the opening of its National People's Congress (NPC) this week, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said China would establish a "sound" legal system and enforcement mechanisms to ensure national security in Hong Kong and Macau. But pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, as well as much of the international community, said the plan was an assault on Hong Kong's freedoms, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling it a "death knell" for the city's high degree of autonomy. Under the agreement signed when Hong Kong became a Chinese region, rather than a British colony, in 1997, China pledged to respect the "one country, two systems" principle, guaranteeing Hong Kong freedoms not seen on the mainland. A Downing Street spokesman said: "We expect China to respect Hong Kong's rights and freedoms and high degree of autonomy. As a party to the joint declaration the UK is committed to upholding Hong Kong's autonomy and respecting the one country, two systems model." Asked if the proposals breach that model, he said: "We are monitoring this closely and our immediate priority is to clarify the details of what is being suggested." Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, said he was "deeply concerned". In a joint statement with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne, he said China was "undermining the principle of 'One Country, Two Systems'". US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, already at odds with China on a number of fronts including a blame game over the coronavirus pandemic and robust opposition to countries working with the Chinese company Huawei to develop 5G networks, condemned the move.
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| Fox News' Chris Wallace debunks voter fraud conspiracy theories shared on network an hour earlier Posted: 22 May 2020 10:53 AM PDT  Fox News is committed to sharing both sides of a conspiracy theory.On Friday morning, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace tore apart the right-wing conspiracy theory that mail-in voting is full of fraud, noting that mail-in voting happens in both Republican and Democratic states and there is "really is no record" of fraud in any of them. But just an hour before Wallace came on the air, the network was sharing a very different message.Dan Patrick, Texas' Republican lieutenant governor, immediately came out swinging against mail-in voting when he appeared on Fox News' America's Newsroom just ahead of Wallace. "This is a scam by the Democrats to steal the election," Patrick claimed, asking host Ed Henry if he'd ever "gotten somebody's mail by mistake" or had his mail stolen.Henry reminded Patrick that the Democratic primary in Wisconsin exposed people to coronavirus, prompting Patrick to go back and make a case against himself. "Anyone over 65 in America can vote safely from home, that's already the law virtually everywhere. Some states have all mail-in ballots," Patrick said, definitely not helping his case. > This wild conspiracy theory alleging that Democrats are stealing elections across the country was on the same show as Wallace, just an hour before. pic.twitter.com/m7oCNUFFFN> > -- John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) May 22, 2020More stories from theweek.com A national paycheck guarantee? We should be grateful for good news in Georgia There's always a bigger scandal
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| Man who recorded Ahmaud Arbery shooting charged with murder Posted: 22 May 2020 10:26 AM PDT  Two men, 64-year-old Gregory McMichael and his 34-year-old son, Travis, have already been arrested and charged with murder.
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| US presses advancing Libya government to end fighting Posted: 22 May 2020 01:14 PM PDT  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday pressed Libya's Turkish-backed government for a ceasefire and criticized the flow of weapons as Tripoli pushes back against a year-old rebel offensive. Pompeo placed a phone call to Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj to "reiterate US opposition to the continued level of weapons and munitions being brought into the country," the State Department said. Pompeo and Sarraj "emphasized the importance of an immediate halt to the fighting and return to political dialogue," a statement said.
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| Palestinians report first coronavirus death in Gaza Posted: 23 May 2020 09:07 AM PDT  A woman has died in Gaza Strip after contracting coronavirus, the Palestinian enclave's first known fatality from the global pandemic, the health ministry said on Saturday. Blockaded and short on medical facilities, Gaza, run by the Islamist group Hamas, has reported only 55 coronavirus infection cases among its population of two million. Meanwhile, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, where Palestinians have limited self-rule, there have been two deaths and 423 cases.
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| Trump admin won't require nursing homes to count COVID-19 deaths that occurred before May 6 Posted: 22 May 2020 02:43 PM PDT  The most recent computation by NBC News found that as of May 11 at least 27,000 older Americans who were residents of long-term care facilities had died.
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| Expletive-filled video of Bolsonaro swearing at cabinet meeting released by Brazil's Supreme Court Posted: 23 May 2020 03:31 AM PDT  Expletive-filled footage of Brazil's far-right president complaining about not being able to get intelligence from the police has been released by the country's Supreme Court.Jair Bolsonaro vows, in the clip, that he will not let his friends and family get "screwed" because he is unable to overhaul law enforcement officials.
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| Joe Biden calls Amy Klobuchar "first rate," asks her to undergo vetting for VP Posted: 22 May 2020 09:52 AM PDT  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has asked Senator Amy Klobuchar to undergo formal vetting as he narrows his list of potential running mates. CBS News 2020 campaign reporter Bo Erickson joined CBSN to discuss the latest.
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| Trump demands states reopen houses of worship 'right now' Posted: 22 May 2020 12:02 PM PDT  President Trump said Friday that he wanted state governors to allow the nation's houses of worship to reopen "right now" despite the ongoing health risks from the coronavirus pandemic posed by large gatherings of people.
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| Iranian ships approach Venezuela with no sign of US threat Posted: 23 May 2020 04:48 PM PDT  The first of five tankers loaded with gasoline sent from Iran approached Venezuelan waters late Saturday, expected to temporarily ease the South American nation's fuel crunch while defying Trump administration sanctions targeting the two U.S. foes. The oil tanker Fortune encountered no immediate signs of U.S. interference as it eased through Caribbean waters toward the Venezuelan coast and Venezuelan officials celebrated the arrival. "Iran and Venezuela have always supported each other in times of difficulty," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza tweeted.
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| This Giant Monument to Elon Musk Has Tulsa Residents Furious Posted: 22 May 2020 06:04 PM PDT  In a dystopian bid to lure Tesla's Cybertruck Gigafactory to Tulsa, the Oklahoma state monument—a seven-story, 22-ton statue of an oil worker called The Golden Driller—has been redesigned as an effigy of Elon Musk. The likeness of X Æ A-12's multibillionaire father, now called The Driller 'Golden Elon,' is one of the largest free-standing statues in the U.S. "Tulsa is a city that doesn't stifle entrepreneurs - we revere them!" Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum wrote on Facebook, prompting an onslaught of enraged replies. "Golden @elonmusk is now the 6th-tallest statue in the United States. TulsaforTesla @Tesla." The gargantuan statue, unveiled earlier this week at a community event and on Bynum's social media, now features a red Tesla logo painted on its chest. The Driller's 48-foot belt, which once read "TULSA," was changed to read "TESLA." If you squint, the statue's head now looks like a low-budget YouTube cartoon of Musk. "I was told onsite it was an 'Elon Musk Face Skin,'" one worker wrote on Facebook. "It went on like a fruit roll-up." "It's this weird, ghostly, white mask-like thing," said Lucas Wrench, a 28-year-old Tulsa Artist Fellow, who runs an arts space called OK 1. "It sort of looks like if you FaceSwapped with some creature. I just couldn't believe it. I'm shocked at how transparent it is—the kind of a symbol they created in putting this enormous billionaire, literally a giant towering billionaire in Tulsa—the lack of self-awareness. They're groveling."The redesign was spearheaded by a "community-led group" called Tulsa For Tesla, in coordination with the Tulsa County Fairgrounds, a spokesperson for Bynum told The Daily Beast. The group has no online profile, although there is a Facebook page for a group called "Tulsa 4 Tesla," which was started May 17 and boasts 104 followers as of Friday. The administrator of that page told The Daily Beast they had not organized the redesign, but simply wanted Musk to move there. "I had no idea [the other Tulsa For Tesla] existed until a few days ago," the Tulsa 4 Tesla administrator wrote. "I would have thought they would have [a Facebook] page. When I named this one I looked [for others], even using '4' instead of 'For' Tulsa." "The City did not coordinate the Driller Golden Elon," the mayor's spokesperson wrote. "Mayor Bynum spoke at the community-led event earlier this week." Still, Bynum has made similar suggestions to redesign city structures in Musk's image. Earlier this week, reported by CBS News, Bynum posted an image of a Tesla Cybertruck sporting the Tulsa Police logo on Instagram, suggesting police officers would use the pixelated, sci-fi-looking monstrosities if the factory came to town. "The Golden Driller is something that's commonly decorated for special events and holidays," said Sydney Smith, a 22-year-old from Tulsa, who now studies at the Kansas City Art Institute. "Sometimes they paint it to look like wacky stuff, but painting it to paint like the face of Elon Musk is one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. It's asking a billionaire to come in and just bring his billionaire status to our town."The Golden Driller has undergone makeovers in the past. The first iteration was constructed in 1952 for the International Petroleum Exposition, an annual trade fair in Tulsa. At the time, the belt buckle read "MID-CONTINENT," after the company that commissioned it, The Mid-Continent Supply Company of Fort Worth. In 1959, after the statue attracted attention, the company built a second for that year's expo, before donating it to the Tulsa County Fairgrounds Trust Authority. In 1966, the Trust had it installed permanently by the Tulsa Expo Center, to commemorate the city as the "Oil Capital of the World." When the state adopted it as its official monument in 1979, they changed the massive buckle to read "TULSA."White Anti-Quarantine Protesters Have Cruelly Co-opted an Enslaved Black Woman from the 18th CenturyThe Kentucky Miner Who Scammed Americans by Claiming He Was Hitler and Plotting a 'Revolt' With 'Spaceships'At the base of the statue, which "wears" a size-112 hard hat and size-393DDD shoes, an inscription reads, "The Golden Driller, a symbol of the International Petroleum Exposition. Dedicated to the men of the petroleum industry who by their vision and daring have created from God's abundance a better life for mankind."The redesign reorients a city literally nicknamed the "Oil Capital of the World" toward green energy, at least symbolically. Some residents are riled for precisely that reason. "What a fantastic use of tax dollars!! �� ," a Facebook user named Stacy Spohn Bay wrote. "Tulsa was built on oil, not electric/solar power. How degrading, desperate and embarrassing to see this." Progressives like Smith aren't sure how far the gesture goes. "Sure, they're making efforts to make a sustainable vehicle, but it's not necessarily something that's affordable," she said. "It's more of a status symbol and a way for a billionaire to make billions of dollars than something that's going to actually make a positive contribution to the environment, especially in a place like Tusla that's surrounded by refineries.""Our mayor, G.T. Bynum, I think he gets a lot of credit for being this sensible Republican," Wrench added. "Yeah, we're an oil town, but he's not afraid of clean energy. I think maybe, that is where this started. But they ignored the fact that Elon is just an insanely hated billionaire and that is by the far the dominant symbol that comes across to most people." Wrench plans to host a talk next Thursday called The Colossus of Musk, with Art History Professor Bill Anthes and Rome Prize Winner Classics Professor Michelle Berenfeld, both of Pitzer College, about the history of mega sculptures and what the "Golden Elon" means from an art perspective.The race to determine Tesla's new home came after Musk sued Alameda County in California, demanding to reopen his plant in Fremont, in flagrant violation of the state's stay-at-home order. On Twitter, Musk announced plans to move Tesla's "HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately." "While we love the idea of Tesla's Cybertruck plant moving to Tulsa, which would provide good paying jobs for Oklahoma families, move our state towards clean energy, and transition TPD to green vehicles, we have concerns pertaining to the fair treatment of workers," Tulsa activist publication The Progressive Report told The Daily Beast. "Led by Musk, Tesla committed several violations to the US National Labour Relations Act in 2017 & 2018\. Knowing Tesla's history of violating workers' rights, it's important we keep a watchful eye on them, especially if they decide to reside in T-Town."According to Electrek, Tesla plans to announce their new factory's site as soon as this month, and by July at the latest. "Maybe there's some benefit by bringing some jobs to Tulsa," Smith said, "But at the same time—outside of any opinions I have about Telsa or Elon Musk—a lot of times big corporations will propose bringing a headquarters to Tusla, and it will go to another city like Austin. The gentrification that comes to cities that used to have a similar vibe to Tulsa has the impact of raising the rent and raising the property taxes for the people that live there and call that place home." Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. 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| US to sanction nine Chinese entities for rights violations Posted: 22 May 2020 01:44 PM PDT  The US Department of Commerce said Friday it would sanction a Chinese government institute and eight companies for human rights abuses against Uighurs and other minorities in China's western Xinjiang region. "These nine parties are complicit in human rights violations and abuses committed in China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, forced labor and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region," the Commerce Department said in a statement. The sanctions followed China's move to impose a national security law to quash the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, which US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called a "disastrous proposal."
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| Argentina, creditors get ready to resume debt talks after ninth sovereign default Posted: 23 May 2020 08:16 AM PDT  A major Argentina creditor group said on Saturday it had been invited to sign a non-disclosure agreement by Argentina's government, signaling that talks could be moving to the next phase after the South American country defaulted a day earlier. The Exchange Bondholder Group, which comprises 18 investment institutions and represents 15% of Argentina's exchange bonds, said in a statement that Argentina approached its representatives and other creditor groups about signing a non-disclosure agreement "in contemplation of engaging in negotiations with the Ministry of Economy." It is common during debt restructurings for creditor committees to agree to limit the flow of information near the end of talks, as some of it may be material and non-public, a source from another creditor committee said.
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| China records no new coronavirus cases for the first time since the pandemic began Posted: 23 May 2020 07:32 AM PDT  The number of new cases dropped from four to zero between Thursday and Friday, China's National Health Commission said.
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| A haunting image of a body abandoned in the street in coronavirus-racked Rio shows how Brazil's health system is struggling to cope Posted: 23 May 2020 07:29 AM PDT  Brazil is now the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America, with a rocketing death toll and leadership crisis.
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| Lawyer for woman accusing Biden of sex assault drops case following claims over her educational record Posted: 22 May 2020 11:51 AM PDT  The lawyer representing Tara Reade announced he is no longer taking her on as a client.Doug Widgor said the decision to drop Ms Reade as a client was not reflective of his views on the veracity of her claim that 2020 election hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden sexually assaulted her.
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| Group: Texas naval base shooter voiced support for clerics Posted: 22 May 2020 10:02 AM PDT  The suspect killed during what the FBI is calling a "terrorism-related" attack at a Texas naval air base voiced support for hardline clerics, according to a group that monitors online activity of jihadists. The attack Thursday at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead. The gunman was identified on Friday by the FBI as 20-year-old Adam Salim Alsahli of Corpus Christi.
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| Afghanistan: Taliban announce three-day Eid ceasefire with government Posted: 23 May 2020 05:24 PM PDT  The truce with government forces will take effect when the Muslim festival of Eid begins on Sunday.
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| US government health agency CDC revises guidance on spread of coronavirus on surfaces Posted: 22 May 2020 08:50 AM PDT  The coronavirus is primarily spread from person-to-person and not easily from surfaces or objects, the US's government health agency has said in revised guidance. Catching the virus from delivery boxes or takeout food bags, for example, is highly unlikely "because of poor survivability of these coronaviruses on surfaces," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) writes. The virus travels mostly through the droplets a person produces when talking or coughing, its website says. "It may be possible that a person can get Covid-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes," it adds. "This is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads, but we are still learning more about this virus." While this information is not new, the new phrasing calls more attention to how the disease is not likely to spread.
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| Trump wants justices' help to stymie investigations and lawsuits Posted: 22 May 2020 11:05 AM PDT  President Trump won at least a temporary reprieve from the Supreme Court this week in keeping secret grand jury materials from the Russia investigation away from Democratic lawmakers. The president and his administration are counting on the justices for more help to stymie other investigations and lawsuits.
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| This might be one of the best weekends — ever — to buy a new car Posted: 22 May 2020 09:08 AM PDT  With dealers anxious to get their businesses back in gear, don't be afraid to bargain more aggressively than you normally would, experts say.
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| A massive study found that coronavirus patients who took the malaria drug touted by Trump had a higher risk of death Posted: 22 May 2020 07:01 AM PDT  We just got more evidence that the antimalarial medications touted by President Donald Trump aren't a good bet for treating the novel coronavirus.
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| Woman broadens claims against Biden to include sexual assault Posted: 22 May 2020 06:09 AM PDT  The Biden campaign says the incident, alleged to have occurred in 1993, "absolutely did not happen."
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| Police: Remains IDed in Long Island serial killer case Posted: 22 May 2020 12:37 PM PDT |
| Coronavirus: New York state daily death toll drop below 100 Posted: 23 May 2020 02:01 PM PDT  A total of 84 people died in 24 hours, the lowest daily toll since March in the worst-hit US state.
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| Man charged with fraud for lying about coronavirus test, forcing employer to shut plant Posted: 22 May 2020 07:14 AM PDT  A man from Atlanta, Georgia is facing fraud charges after telling his employer he had tested positive for coronavirus while in fact uninfected – causing the plant where he worked to be shut down for cleaning and costing his employer some $100,000.Santwon Antonio Davis, who works in Atlanta at a Fortune 500 company, appeared in court this week accused of faking a dubious medical excuse letter saying he had Covid-19 – a letter that was neither signed nor written on formal letterhead, and which said he had been discharged in November 2019.
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