| Trump tells NYC to activate National Guard: 'The lowlifes and losers are ripping you apart!' Posted: 02 Jun 2020 09:44 AM PDT  After vowing Monday to deploy military force to restore order in states that fail to "dominate" unlawful demonstrations, President Trump on Tuesday all but ordered New York City to request help from the National Guard.
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| Police Identify German Man as Main Suspect in Madeleine McCann Disappearance Posted: 03 Jun 2020 12:14 PM PDT  Police in the U.K. have asked the public for help in tracking the movements of a 43-year-old German man identified as the main suspect in the mysterious disappearance of Madeleine McCann.Madeleine vanished from a hotel apartment in Praia da Luz on Portugal's Algarve coast in May 2007, while on holiday with her parents and twin siblings.It is the first time British police have identified a key suspect, and senior police officers described the breakthrough to the U.K.'s Telegraph as "significant." Friends of Kate and Gerry McCann told the newspaper it was the biggest development to date in a case often described as the most scrutinized missing persons case in modern history.Scotland Yard said in a statement that detectives had identified the 43-year-old German man, currently in prison in Germany on unrelated charges, as a suspect following a 2017 appeal on the 10th anniversary of Madeleine's disappearance. New Break in Maddie McCann Case Centers on Killer PedophileOn Wednesday, they appealed for help from the public in tracking the German man's movements around the Algarve during the time Madeleine went missing.The man, whose name was not released due to German privacy laws, lived on and off in the Algarve between 1995 and 2008. At the time of Madeleine's disappearance, he was 30 years old and was living in a camper van in the area."He received a 30-minute phone call in Praia da Luz, the resort where the McCanns were on holiday, just an hour before the 3-year-old girl vanished," the statement said.Police are trying to track down the man on the other end of the phone call and took the unusual step on Wednesday of releasing the Portuguese mobile phone number the suspect was using as well as the number of the person who called him.Police also released images of the distinctive VW camper the suspect was living in, and a 1993 Jaguar saloon car that the suspect owned and re-registered in Germany under another person's name the day after Madeleine went missing. The Jaguar stayed in Portugal despite the man re-registering it in Germany. Scotland Yard said he was driving the camper around Praia da Luz in the days before Madeleine's disappearance and had been living it in for days or weeks.Madeleine's disappearance almost 13 years ago garnered an extraordinary amount of interest globally and led to a high-profile—but largely fruitless—search for answers.There has never been any trace of Madeleine since she vanished and no arrests have been made. British tabloids subjected the McCanns to vicious and baseless allegations of being involved in their daughter's disappearance—however investigators have maintained that it was a criminal act by a stranger.In a statement, Kate and Gerry McCann said they welcomed the appeal and thanked police. "All we have ever wanted is to find her, uncover the truth and bring those responsible to justice. We will never give up hope of finding Madeleine alive but whatever the outcome may be, we need to know, as we need to find peace."Detective Chief Inspector Mark Cranwell, who leads the task force set up by U.K. police to investigate the disappearance, said: "While this male is a suspect we retain an open mind as to his involvement and this remains a missing person inquiry."A similar public appeal for information was due to be made on German television on Wednesday. The suspect was described by police as white and in 2007 was believed to have been six feet tall, aged between 25 to early 30s, with short blond fair, a slim build, and fair skin. 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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| 'My face exploded': Police firing rubber bullets have wounded and permanently disabled protesters and journalists Posted: 02 Jun 2020 09:11 AM PDT  Experts tell Insider that rubber bullets are considered "less lethal" weapons — a "legitimate tool" employed by policemen for decades.
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| An 'ANTIFA' Twitter account that called for looting 'white hoods' was actually run by white nationalist group Identity Evropa Posted: 02 Jun 2020 07:18 AM PDT  Twitter said this isn't the first time that users linked to Identity Evropa have created fake accounts to spread "hateful content."
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| Greek demonstrators hurl firebombs towards U.S. embassy in Athens Posted: 03 Jun 2020 11:18 AM PDT  Demonstrators hurled firebombs in a march towards the U.S. Embassy compound in Athens on Wednesday in a protest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Reuters journalists saw demonstrators throwing several flaming objects which erupted into flames on the street towards the heavily-guarded embassy in central Athens and police responding with rounds of teargas. Demonstrators were holding banners and placards reading "Black lives matter" and "I can't breathe".
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| Italy welcomes tourists (but the feeling’s not mutual) Posted: 02 Jun 2020 07:52 PM PDT  Rome wants to open its borders for the summer season, but other countries are still wary.
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| PPP loan program accidentally paid some small-business owners twice Posted: 03 Jun 2020 02:40 PM PDT  "Everyone is just flying by the seat of their pants," said one small-business owner.
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| UN appeal for urgent Yemen aid falls $1B short amid virus Posted: 02 Jun 2020 09:12 AM PDT  A United Nations appeal Tuesday for countries to fund emergency aid in Yemen, where more than five years of war have collapsed the country's health care system, raised $1.35 billion — a billion dollars short of what aid agencies needed. It is meant to cover Yemen's needs through the next six months. Aid agencies say Yemen is in dire need of assistance as the coronavirus threatens to decimate a health care system already ravaged by civil war.
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| America could move weapons stored on British soil if UK persists with Huawei, US senator warns Posted: 02 Jun 2020 11:56 PM PDT  America could move weapons stored on British soil if the UK allows Huawei to build its 5G network, a US senator has warned. Tom Cotton, the Republican senator for Arkansas who was called as a witness before the Defence Select Committee, warned that the case for America keeping some US Air Force assets, such as F-35 fighters, in the UK could be weakened if it goes ahead with Huawei, as it would pose a security risk. "We have to make a decision about deploying those [F-35 fighters] to many countries," Senator Cotton said. "Obviously if you no longer have Huawei in your network then F-35 fighters can be based in your country under my legislation. "That does not mean I would drop my legislation… my legislation is about Huawei and the threat Huawei poses to our airmen and our aircraft." He added that allowing Huawei in UK infrastructure could "give PLA [China's People's Liberation Army] hackers a window into our military logistics operations", which he said could put US forces and American weapons systems based in England "at dangerous risk".
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| Minneapolis police chief filed a civil suit against the department in 2007 alleging discrimination against people of color, including black officers Posted: 02 Jun 2020 03:01 AM PDT  Minneapolis and its police force have a troubled history that extends beyond the death of George Floyd, according to new reports this week.
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| Trump is talking about using tanks to quell the George Floyd protests, but the Pentagon is getting cold feet Posted: 03 Jun 2020 04:33 AM PDT  Pentagon officials said Defense Secretary Mark Esper's urgings that states "dominate the battlespace" was more a show of loyalty.
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| Cuomo lashes out at New York mayor and police after night of violence sees Macy's looted Posted: 02 Jun 2020 08:09 AM PDT  Manhattan's flagship Macy's store was among dozens of businesses hit by looters on Monday evening, as a nighttime curfew in New York failed to prevent widespread looting in the city.While peaceful protests and marches over the police killing of George Floyd were taking place across the city, roving groups caused chaos in Midtown, smashing their way into shops and stealing merchandise.
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| Trump administration selects five coronavirus vaccine candidates as finalists: NYT Posted: 03 Jun 2020 10:26 AM PDT  The other companies are Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co Inc, according to the paper. The selected companies will get access to additional government funds, help in running clinical trials, and financial and logistical support, the paper reported.
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| Hong Kong to lead Tiananmen mourning despite virus vigil ban Posted: 03 Jun 2020 02:38 PM PDT  Hong Kong will Thursday lead global remembrance of China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, with people lighting candles in neighbourhoods across the restless city after authorities banned a mass vigil because of the coronavirus. Open discussion of the brutal suppression is forbidden inside China, where hundreds -- by some estimates more than a thousand -- died when the Communist Party sent tanks on June 4, 1989 to crush a student-led demonstration in Beijing calling for democratic reforms. This year's vigil was forbidden on public health grounds with restrictions placed on more than eight people gathering in public, to combat the coronavirus.
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| Why The Middle East Fears Russia's Alpha Group Commandos Posted: 03 Jun 2020 09:41 AM PDT  A 2018 report recommended just that.
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| Mystery Officers Patrolling D.C. Streets Are From Federal Prisons Posted: 03 Jun 2020 12:38 PM PDT  The Justice Department has sent special operations teams from the Bureau of Prisons to support the Trump administration's response to protests in Washington, D.C., and Florida. In a statement to The Daily Beast, a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson confirmed that they had deployed Crisis Management Teams in response to the protests. The teams include Special Operations response teams, "which are highly trained tactical units capable of responding to prison disturbances, and providing assistance to other law enforcement agencies during emergencies." Officers from the Bureau's Disturbance Control Teams, which "specialize in crowd control scenarios," have also been deployed.Speculation about the presence of special response teams from the agency grew online as residents and reporters noted the presence of law enforcement officials wearing tactical equipment placed around the city, many of whom refused to identify which agency they worked for.In one photo shared by MSNBC correspondent Garrett Haake, officers with shields labeled "corrections" and a shirt with an apparent Federal Bureau of Prisons Disturbance Control Team patch formed a perimeter preventing protesters from approaching the White House. Twitter users also noted officers wearing uniforms with logos for the Bureau of Prisons Special Operations Response Team stationed by the Washington Convention Center on K Street."Per the request of the Attorney General, the BOP has dispatched teams to Miami, Florida, and Washington, D.C.," the bureau said.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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| Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel caught on hot mic amid unrest: 'If I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't care' Posted: 02 Jun 2020 04:18 PM PDT  It comes as the New York congressman has faced his toughest primary since being elected Congress in 1988.
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| Bar owner won't face charges in fatal shooting of Omaha protester Posted: 03 Jun 2020 03:25 AM PDT  In response to outrage on social media, the county attorney said there was no "racial tone" to conversations between the shooter and the victim.
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| Vegas officer on life support after attack during protests Posted: 02 Jun 2020 08:15 AM PDT  A police officer was on life support Tuesday after being shot during a protest on the Las Vegas Strip, the latest in a handful of attacks on police amid demonstrations across the country over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The 29-year-old officer in Las Vegas was shot as police tried to disperse a large crowd of protesters in front of a casino shuttered because of the coronavirus. At about the same time and less than three miles (4.8 kilometers) away, police outside a federal courthouse shot a protester who was wearing a black tactical vest and armed with two handguns and a rifle.
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| I helped create the worst photo-op ever. Thanks to Trump, now it's only second worst. Posted: 03 Jun 2020 12:32 PM PDT  The St. John's photo-op wasn't just odd and uncomfortable. It was built on violations of the Constitution, the law, simple decency and common sense.
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| Sweden is rushing to launch a formal inquiry into its no-lockdown coronavirus strategy, as its death rate remains among the world's highest Posted: 02 Jun 2020 05:24 AM PDT  Stefan Löfven, Sweden's prime minister, told the Aftonbladet newspaper that the government will appoint a commission before the summer.
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| New York protests: Video shows NYPD officer being attacked in the Bronx Posted: 02 Jun 2020 06:35 AM PDT  A video has emerged online appearing to show a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer being attacked by several people in the Bronx, New York, on Monday amidst the George Floyd protests.The footage, which was tweeted by the city's Sergeant's Benevolent Association appears to show an NYPD officer struggling on the ground with someone.
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| Seattle protesters are using umbrellas to block pepper spray and tear gas, mirroring tactics used by the Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrations Posted: 03 Jun 2020 03:37 AM PDT  Seattle anti police-brutality protesters showed up with umbrellas as a shield, and also as a potential new symbol in defiance of police action.
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| Finland's PM says she hopes to give birth while in office Posted: 03 Jun 2020 01:10 PM PDT  Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin, the world's youngest leader at 34, told a magazine she would like to have a child while in office, which would make her only the third elected head of government to give birth while in power in modern times. "I am very much hoping for an addition to the family, a little sibling for Emma," her 2-year-old daughter, Marin told Me Naiset magazine in an interview. Marin took the reigns of Finland's centre-left five-party coalition in a sudden move at the end of last year, after her predecessor from her Social Democratic Party, Antti Rinne, stepped down.
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| China sea security issues pushed Philippine U-turn on US troop pact Posted: 03 Jun 2020 04:00 AM PDT  Security issues in the disputed South China Sea helped convince the Philippines to delay quitting a key US military pact, the nation's envoy to Washington said Wednesday. The government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced Tuesday it had suspended plans to cancel the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), a deal that is important to Washington's moves to counter Beijing's rising regional power. Duterte has cosied up to China in search of trade and investment, sparking US concern that its long-time ally and former colony would change sides in a strategic boost to Beijing.
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| At It Again: Russia's Black Sea Fleet Conducts Fresh Exercises Posted: 03 Jun 2020 11:42 AM PDT  Deterrence never stops.
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| Why is Wall Street soaring while Main Street is burning? Posted: 03 Jun 2020 10:11 AM PDT  "Martial law, military in the streets of major American cities," might be enough to panic the stock market, said one analyst.
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| Looting and violence continues in New York City despite unprecedented curfew Posted: 02 Jun 2020 07:14 AM PDT  People smashed their way into shops including Macy's while Mayor Bill de Blasio says curfew would start earlier tonight, at 8pmAn unprecedented curfew in New York City on Monday night did little to prevent destruction, as people smashed their way into shops including Macy's flagship store, grabbed merchandise and fled.Police said more than 200 were arrested and several officers were injured, following another day of peaceful protests throughout the city over the death of George Floyd, an African American man who died on 25 May after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes.One officer was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Bronx and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said."Some people are out tonight not to protest but to destroy property and hurt others and those people are being arrested," Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted. "Their actions are unacceptable and we won't allow them in our city."It was the fourth instance in a row of mainly peaceful daytime demonstrations followed by violence and arrests after nightfall.De Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo, both Democrats, announced an 11pm curfew late on Monday afternoon. De Blasio said Tuesday's curfew would start earlier, beginning at 8pm and ending at 5am.Roving bands of people struck stores in Manhattan and the Bronx, even though many stores were boarded up pre-emptively as merchants feared more destruction.Video posted on social media showed piles of rubbish on fire on a debris-strewn street and people smashing into stores. Another video showed a group of men hitting a police officer with pieces of wreckage until he pulled his gun and they ran.People rushed into a Nike store and carried out armloads of clothing. Store windows were smashed near Rockefeller Center.The violence threatened to overshadow anger over the death of Floyd.On Monday, a federal judge agreed to release on bail two lawyers accused of throwing a molotov cocktail into a police van during protests in Manhattan on Friday.Urooj Rahman, 31, and Colinford Mattis, 32, were each released on a $250,000 bond, according to local media reports. They were expected to be confined to their homes as they await trial. Prosecutors had strongly argued against their release on bail."We don't believe this is the time to be releasing a bomb-thrower into the community," one prosecutor said of Rahman, according to a Pix11 local news report.Defense lawyers argued that the government was alleging a "property offense" and highlighted the heightened risks of contracting Covid-19 in the Medical Detention Center in Brooklyn.Rahman, a human rights lawyer who studied at Fordham University School of Law, and Mattis, who works for a Manhattan law firm and was educated at Princeton, were charged with causing damage to a police vehicle by throwing a homemade incendiary device into an empty NYPD van outside the 88th precinct.Some police officers in New York City and around the nation have sought to show solidarity with demonstrators while urging calm.New York City's highest-ranking uniformed member, Chief of Department Terence Monahan, clasped hands with protesters and kneeled on Monday in Washington Square Park, in Manhattan."The people who live in New York want New York to end the violence," Monahan said.
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| Obama steps out as nation confronts confluence of crises Posted: 03 Jun 2020 12:00 PM PDT  Former President Barack Obama is taking on an increasingly public role as the nation confronts a confluence of historic crises that has exposed deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities in America and reshaped the November election. In doing so, Obama is signaling a willingness to sharply critique his successor, President Donald Trump, and fill what many Democrats see as a national leadership void. On Wednesday, he held a virtual town hall event with young people to discuss policing and the civil unrest that has followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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| Online clothing retailer Stitch Fix is laying off 1,400 California employees and instead hiring in lower-cost cities like Austin and Minneapolis Posted: 02 Jun 2020 03:08 PM PDT  The San Francisco-based company said the layoffs are not related to the pandemic, but the health crisis has dealt a blow to the retail industry.
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| 2 dead after shooting at North Dakota air base Posted: 02 Jun 2020 02:12 PM PDT  A shooting on Monday left two airmen dead at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota, the military said. The base's emergency services members responded to the shooting, which occurred at 4:30 a.m. Officials said there is no risk to other personnel, and the shooting remains under investigation.
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| Voices captured on an NYC police scanner can be heard saying protesters should be shot and run over Posted: 03 Jun 2020 07:35 AM PDT  The scanner broadcast people saying, "Shoot those motherf---ers," and "Run them over," referring to protesters.
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| NYPD Says Looters Are Stashing Bricks. Brooklyn Locals Say Otherwise Posted: 03 Jun 2020 01:57 PM PDT  On Wednesday morning, New York Police Department Commissioner Dermot F. Shea tweeted a low-resolution video of an unidentified officer picking up blue plastic crates on a city street corner. The crates, which appeared to be filled with chunks of masonry, had apparently been left next to a garbage can near Avenue X and West 3rd Street in Gravesend, a neighborhood by the water on Brooklyn's south end that's been largely untouched by the protests elsewhere in the borough and the city."This is what our cops are up against: Organized looters, strategically placing caches of bricks & rocks at locations throughout NYC," Shea wrote. On Wednesday afternoon, the White House included that clip in a video compilation of footage it claimed showed "Antifa and professional anarchists... invading our communities."But Shea didn't explain why organized looters would have left bricks in a quiet, mostly residential Brooklyn neighborhood, and conversations with people who work and live in the area suggest the NYPD's Twitter bulletin threatened to stoke tensions for no reason.Cops Reclaim New York in Massive Show of ForceAn officer in Sector B of the 61st Precinct, which covers Gravesend, said he could not explain or discuss the details of the brick discoveries. NYPD coordinators for the neighborhood did not respond to requests for comment. A detective at the Office of the NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Public Information said he did not know anything about the incident. "The city is going through an unprecedented issue with looting and protesting," he told The Daily Beast. "The normal people who would answer your questions are out trying to protect the city. So that's why you're not getting answers to your questions."In the week of protests since the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, cops and politicians alike have been quick to point to "organized looters" and "outside agitators" fomenting unrest. But the claims often come with little evidence, and seem to buckle under scrutiny. Last week, after NYPD vehicles were filmed driving into a crowd of protestors, Mayor Bill De Blasio claimed that "a small set of men… came to do violence in a systematic organized fashion." And there have been reports of protesters throwing bricks at police in New York. But New York City Council Member Mark Treyger, who represents the Gravesend area, disagreed with the idea that external troublemakers were making mischief in his turf. In a phone call with The Daily Beast, Treyger said he became aware of the discovery of containers of suspect materials at two locations in his district when a constituent messaged him over social media, and that he confirmed the finding with the 61st Precinct. However, Treyger said that the NYPD acknowledged to him the containers might simply contain construction debris. The councilman said that he had not seen protests in the area or any signs of organized looting—and pointed out that at least one set of the containers were found near a construction site, suggesting that the bricks came from there. He called his conclusion "simple math." "There is literally a construction site and construction fencing and signage. And they found five or six containers of what appears to me to be construction debris," Treyger told The Daily Beast. "I believe that [Shea's] tweet about my district is not responsible. Because he did not give the full set of facts and the full picture, especially when his own department says the discovery was still under investigation," Treyger added, warning that such rumors could cause division in the racially diverse neighborhood. "The police commissioner needs to be very mindful with his words, because they could incite violence."The commissioner's claims about the crates in Gravesend were especially remarkable because they were nowhere near the locus of protests Tuesday, which is when five employees of local businesses told The Daily Beast the bins were removed.Employees at two businesses—Knapp Pizza II and New Fortune Wine & Spirit—on the block in question told The Daily Beast police had removed the crates on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, Tuesday's protests in Brooklyn were centered closer to the Barclays Center, nearly five miles away. A woman who asked to be identified only as Sabrina R. said that the medical offices next to the apparent site of the bins did have security cameras, but that they were blocked from a view of the corner. An employee at nearby New Fortune Wine & Spirit said they had heard about the bricks, but had seen no protest. She said that while the store was outfitted with security cameras, that they belonged to the landlord, who could not be reached by press time.Violent Social-Distancing Arrest Videos Go Viral, Putting NYPD on DefensiveAt Smart Choice Pharmacy, which sits across from the site where the crates appeared to be collected, a staff member told The Daily Beast the street has been very quiet. "We haven't seen anything like that," she said. "It was very quiet yesterday. We didn't see anything like that… There was no protest in Gravesend last night." An employee at the Dunkin Donuts across the intersection from the site in question told The Daily Beast they had not noticed the bricks at all. An NYPD spokeswoman told the Daily Beast no complaint report had been filed about the containers. "No one called it in to complain," she said. "It wasn't taken as a complaint report… Because it's not a crime. [The crates were] just left there."In a media availability Wednesday morning, Commissioner Shea discussed the issue with Mayor De Blasio. "So in terms of the tweet today, unfortunately it's not an isolated incident," Shea said. "That was two locations, one was in Brooklyn, one was in Queens, where pre-staged bricks are being placed and then transported to quote unquote peaceful protests—which are peaceful protests—but then used by that criminal group within to sow fear." Shea did not provide any details on the incident in Queens or specify how NYPD had come to the conclusion that the debris containers were associated with protests, given that no major protests had been reported in that area. He did concede that they might have come from construction sites. "We've had construction sites burglarized in recent days in Manhattan," Shea said. "It's interesting. Construction site burglary is not that uncommon, but during a riot it's interesting what was taken—bricks." Shea also mentioned a pattern of protestors throwing water bottles filled with cement at police officers, but did not provide specific instances of when such incidents had occurred, or evidence that any of those had been "an orchestrated attack." "I do believe that the police commissioner needs to be clear in his messaging that this debris was found near a construction site," Council Member Treyger said. "And as of this afternoon, I have not heard of organized looting in my district."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Exclusive: Trump Administration Denied Iran Coronavirus Prisoner Swap Posted: 02 Jun 2020 08:22 AM PDT  "The United States has tried to deport Sirous Asgari since December 2019, but the Iranian government repeatedly has held up the process," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus told the National Interest. "As the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed today, Mr. Asgari is not and has never been a participant in any prisoner swap with Iran."
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| America is at its breaking point and white women still won't stop frivolously calling police on black people Posted: 03 Jun 2020 12:57 PM PDT  Calling 911 is not a free mediation service for white people to get the upper hand in banal disputes with people of color.
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| Floyd family autopsy could help accused policeman's defense, legal experts say Posted: 02 Jun 2020 03:05 AM PDT  The autopsy released on Monday said Floyd's death, which sparked nationwide protests, was a homicide and that he had no underlying medical conditions. Later on Monday, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner released details of its autopsy findings that also said Floyd's death was a homicide caused by asphyxiation but that he had possible underlying health conditions and intoxicants in his body that may have been contributing factors in his death.. On the surface, the independent autopsy would seem to bolster the prosecution's case against Derek Chauvin, the police officer who knelt on Floyd's neck for several minutes before he died last week.
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| Protests planned in OC, including 4 in Newport Beach Posted: 03 Jun 2020 05:53 AM PDT  Protests over the death of George Floyd and police violence are expected to be held in Orange County as demonstrations continue in Southern California.
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| McConnell blocks resolution condemning Trump's response to protests Posted: 03 Jun 2020 09:58 AM PDT  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attempted to pass the resolution by unanimous consent.
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| FAA chief called before Senate to testify about Boeing plane Posted: 02 Jun 2020 03:53 PM PDT |
| One of America's most popular police trainers is teaching officers how to kill with fear-based warrior tactics Posted: 02 Jun 2020 02:53 PM PDT  Dave Grossman's overly aggressive style prepares law enforcement officers for a job under siege, where they're "at war" on the streets.
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| Gov. Cuomo apologizes to NYPD brass after critical 'do your job' comments, chief says Posted: 03 Jun 2020 07:50 AM PDT  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo apologized privately to top New York City Police administrators after ripping their response to rioters as a "disgrace."
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| Leaked documents reveal China withheld crucial information about the coronavirus at the start of the outbreak Posted: 02 Jun 2020 05:45 AM PDT  China didn't publish the coronavirus genome until over a week after its scientists decoded it, according to a new investigation.
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| Libya pro-unity govt forces reseize Tripoli int'l airport: spokesman Posted: 03 Jun 2020 12:27 PM PDT  Forces backing Libya's unity government said Wednesday they had reseized Tripoli international airport after heavy fighting with rival troops supporting strongman Khalifa Haftar. "Our forces have fully liberated Tripoli International Airport," said Mohamad Gnounou, spokesman for forces backing the Government of National Accord in a statement. The airport, in a strategic area on the capital's southern edges, has been closed since 2014 and had been seized by pro-Haftar forces last year.
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| Northrop Grumman's New B-21 Stealth Bomber: A Technological Powerhouse? Posted: 02 Jun 2020 05:12 AM PDT  The new stealth U.S. Air Force B-21 bomber has taken yet another key technological step toward being ready for war, through integrated computer automation designed to streamline information, improve targeting and offer pilots organized warzone information in real-time.
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| Putin declines British invitation to take part in coronavirus summit: Kremlin Posted: 03 Jun 2020 03:13 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to take part in an online summit on a possible coronavirus vaccine being organised by the British government this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Putin received an invitation to take part in the summit from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week, the Kremlin had said. Scheduled to take place on June 4, the Global Vaccine Summit 2020 is designed to mobilise resources needed to ensure universal availability of the vaccine against the novel coronavirus.
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| Chechen leader accused of mass torture and murder offers Donald Trump human rights advice: ‘End the mayhem’ Posted: 02 Jun 2020 02:02 AM PDT  Chechnya's gay-purging strongman Ramzan Kadyrov has made an unexpected foray into US politics by suggesting Donald Trump might have a thing or two to learn from him about human rights.In a social media post published early on Tuesday morning, the controversial leader demanded American authorities "put an end" to "mayhem" and "illegal actions against citizens."
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