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• West Virginia sees coronavirus outbreaks in churches
• 'Not to me, they don't': Philadelphia court supervisor fired for tearing down Black Lives Matter signs on video
• 18 of America’s Best Historic Homes to Visit
• Police department rips Tucker Carlson for "inaccurate" protest report
• Atlanta officer Garrett Rolfe was fired after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks. He had recently been trained in de-escalation tactics and cultural awareness.
• A Crisis Is Brewing Between India and China. But This Time There Is a Big Difference.
• Supreme Court won't consider limiting police immunity from civil lawsuits
• Hong Kong leader urges people not to 'demonize' security law
• Berlin, NATO warn against US troop cuts in Germany
• 'Golden State Killer' suspect to plead guilty, won't get death penalty
• Richmond police chief resigns after weeks of protests
• The Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks was reprimanded for using a firearm in 2017
• Fact check: Cloth masks — homemade and not — do offer protection against COVID-19
• Hong Kong security law will not be retroactive: Chinese official
• Russia’s Ka-52 Helicopter Gunship to be Upgraded with Long-Range Missiles
• 20 Indian soldiers killed in clash with Chinese troops at disputed border
• Oxford Researchers Identify First Drug Proven to Reduce COVID-19 Fatalities
• US Supreme Court halts Texas execution over clergy question
• Police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta ruled a homicide
• 'Kroger Karen' is going viral for using a stroller to block a Black woman from leaving a grocery store parking lot
• At least 7 Minneapolis cops have quit since George Floyd's death
• As leaders warned of US meat shortages, overseas exports of pork and beef continued
• Hezbollah leader says dollar injections needed, accuses U.S. of deepening shortage
• India-China clash: 20 Indian troops killed in Ladakh fighting
• Should the World Be Worried About the 'Explosive' New Outbreak of Coronavirus in Beijing?
• 'Because I was white' — Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian shares story of walking away from a police encounter in college after he was found drunk and high in his car
• Woman apologizes after criticism for confronting homeowner
• Violent counter-protesters mobbed a small-town BLM demonstration in Ohio amid false rumors of antifa
• 'She has found her voice': Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms steps into national spotlight amid policing debate
• U.S. Justice Dept. employees to testify about political meddling, House panel says
• Kim Yo-jong: North Korea's most powerful woman and heir apparent?
• Is the U.S. Naval Buildup in the Pacific a Warning to China?
• Airlines are cutting in-flight alcohol service as a result of the pandemic
• Sheriff searching for 3 who fired at deputies from woods
• Editorial: Atlanta police killed a Black man for being drunk at Wendy's
• Liberal groups blast Biden's stance on police protests
• 'Unorthodox,' 'abuse of power': ICE is hitting lawful asylum-seekers with a new obstacle
• 17-foot python captured in Florida Everglades
• U.S. to impose sanctions aimed at blocking Syria military victory
• Will China Have Global Naval Dominance by 2030?
• Making it illegal for an adult to store a gun in a place where a child might access it could result in nearly 2,500 fewer gun deaths a year in the US, new research shows
• Biden posts massive $81M cash haul for May
• President of police union chapter in Florida suspended after 'despicable' Facebook post

West Virginia sees coronavirus outbreaks in churches Posted: 15 Jun 2020 01:08 PM PDT Less than a month after President Trump urged churches to reopen, West Virginia has reported a significant number of coronavirus outbreaks linked to houses of worship.

'Not to me, they don't': Philadelphia court supervisor fired for tearing down Black Lives Matter signs on video Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:44 AM PDT A supervisor with Philadelphia's Family Court was fired after a video circulated online showing him tearing down Black Lives Matter signs and telling bystanders that black lives don't matter to him.The video shows Michael Henkel marching along a sidewalk tearing Black Lives Matter signs from fences and walls. When a bystander yells "black lives matter" at him, Mr Henkel replies "not to me, they don't."

18 of America’s Best Historic Homes to Visit Posted: 15 Jun 2020 01:00 PM PDT

Police department rips Tucker Carlson for "inaccurate" protest report Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:57 AM PDT The department said Carlson's report creates "creates an environment of confusion and bitterness"

Atlanta officer Garrett Rolfe was fired after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks. He had recently been trained in de-escalation tactics and cultural awareness. Posted: 15 Jun 2020 04:34 PM PDT Garrett Rolfe attended 2,000 hours of police training, his personnel record shows. In January, he attended a course in the use of deadly force.

A Crisis Is Brewing Between India and China. But This Time There Is a Big Difference. Posted: 16 Jun 2020 07:59 AM PDT America has inserted itself deeper into the China-India-Pakistan triangle, altering the shape of the regional order, pushing it toward a bipolar one with Beijing and Islamabad on one side and New Delhi and, to some extent, itself on the other.

Supreme Court won't consider limiting police immunity from civil lawsuits Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:08 AM PDT The justices' decision not to hear any new cases follows the recent death of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, while in police custody.

Hong Kong leader urges people not to 'demonize' security law Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:23 PM PDT Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that she hopes opponents of a new national security law being imposed by China do not "demonize and stigmatize" the legislation because doing so would mean pitting themselves against residents of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. "The people of Hong Kong want to see stability again, they want a safe environment where they can work and live," Lam told reporters. China's ceremonial parliament in May approved the decision to enact a national security law in Hong Kong, aimed at curbing subversive, secessionist, terrorist and foreign intervention activities in the city following months of anti-government protests last year.

Berlin, NATO warn against US troop cuts in Germany Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:32 AM PDT Germany and NATO on Tuesday underlined the importance of US troops in Germany for security on both sides of the Atlantic, a day after President Donald Trump announced he would slash the number stationed there. "We think that the US presence in Germany is important for the security not just of Germany but also for the security of the United States and especially for the security of Europe," German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said during a visit to Poland.

'Golden State Killer' suspect to plead guilty, won't get death penalty Posted: 16 Jun 2020 04:33 AM PDT The man accused of being the Golden State Killer is expected to plead guilty on June 29 in return for being spared the death penalty, a source familiar with the matter said Monday.

Richmond police chief resigns after weeks of protests Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:35 PM PDT "It boils down to whether the leadership of RPD embraces the change or stands in the way," said Mayor Levar Stoney.

The Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks was reprimanded for using a firearm in 2017 Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:23 AM PDT Ex-officer Garrett Rolfe had been with Atlanta police for nearly seven years. He faced 12 investigations and was exonerated in nine of them.

Fact check: Cloth masks — homemade and not — do offer protection against COVID-19 Posted: 16 Jun 2020 04:58 PM PDT The claim that ear loop masks offer no protection against the coronavirus is partly false. Such masks help others, but they don't protect the wearer.

Hong Kong security law will not be retroactive: Chinese official Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:30 AM PDT Hong Kong's national security legislation will not punish people retroactively, a senior Chinese official said on Monday, touching on a key question raised by local residents, diplomats and foreign investors over the controversial law. Deng Zhonghua, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office，also said while Beijing must be able to have jurisdiction over the most serious national security cases, the financial hub should be responsible for most enforcement work. Beijing last month moved to directly impose the legislation on Hong Kong in a bid to tackle secession, subversion and foreign interference in the city.

Russia’s Ka-52 Helicopter Gunship to be Upgraded with Long-Range Missiles Posted: 16 Jun 2020 05:00 AM PDT What can they do?

20 Indian soldiers killed in clash with Chinese troops at disputed border Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:46 AM PDT Twenty Indian soldiers were killed Monday in the first military deaths on the disputed border in nearly half a century.

Oxford Researchers Identify First Drug Proven to Reduce COVID-19 Fatalities Posted: 16 Jun 2020 05:42 AM PDT Researchers at the University of Oxford announced Tuesday that they had found the first proven life-saving coronavirus treatment, after a clinical trial of dexamethasone, a low-cost steroid treatment, cut the risk of death by one-third for coronavirus patients on ventilators and one-fifth for those on oxygen.The study, part of the U.K.'s "Recovery Trial" project to find existing treatments for COVID-19, compared approximately 2,000 hospital patients that were given dexamethasone with nearly 4,000 who did not get the drug.For patients on ventilators, it cut death risk from 40 percent to 28 percent, while patients who required oxygen saw their death risk fall from 25 percent to 20 percent.> Breaking: Oxford researchers find 1st drug proven to reduce Covid deaths > > Low-cost steroid dexamethasone reduced death by a third in ventilated patients> > If used from start of the pandemic it could have saved apprx 5,000 lives in UK> > It costs about £5 -- about £40 saves a life pic.twitter.com/AuhXcYbjyM> > -- Rhys Blakely (@rhysblakely) June 16, 2020"This is the only drug so far that has been shown to reduce mortality, and it reduces it significantly. It's a major breakthrough," Dr. Peter Horby, chief investigator on the study, said in a statement. Head researcher Dr. Martin Landray added that the drug's low cost would lead to an even greater impact."There is a clear, clear benefit. The treatment is up to 10 days of dexamethasone and it costs about £5 per patient. So essentially it costs £35 to save a life. This is a drug that is globally available," he said, emphasizing that for every eight patients on ventilators that are treated with the drug, one life could be saved.The only other drug that has shown promise in a clinical setting for treating coronavirus is remdesivir, an experimental antiviral treatment that has shown promise in treating patients early in the infection's onset.Researchers at Oxford have also made significant headway with a vaccine after positive trials with rhesus macaque monkeys — who after 28 days were healthy despite being exposed to heavy quantities of coronavirus that sickened the control group.Oxford University researcher John Bell, who is leading the project, said in May that the vaccine's ability to generate "strong antibody responses is probably going to be OK," but said the verdict was still out on whether it would be a safe treatment."We're pretty sure we'll get a signal by June about whether this works or not," Bell stated.

US Supreme Court halts Texas execution over clergy question Posted: 15 Jun 2020 09:04 PM PDT The U.S. Supreme Court granted a reprieve Tuesday to a Texas inmate scheduled to die for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old woman more than two decades ago, continuing a more than four-month delay of executions in the nation's busiest death penalty state during the coronavirus pandemic. The justices blocked Ruben Gutierrez's execution about an hour before he could have been executed. Gutierrez's attorneys had argued his religious rights are being violated because the prison system won't allow a chaplain to accompany him in the death chamber.

Police killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta ruled a homicide Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:16 AM PDT The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office said Brooks, 27, died after he was shot twice in the back.

'Kroger Karen' is going viral for using a stroller to block a Black woman from leaving a grocery store parking lot Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:58 PM PDT Shaneeka Montgomery-Strickland live-streamed the incident in which a white woman barred her from exiting a Kroger parking lot.

At least 7 Minneapolis cops have quit since George Floyd's death Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:42 PM PDT Officials didn't specify if the departures are specifically due to Floyd's death, but the decisions to leave were made recently.

As leaders warned of US meat shortages, overseas exports of pork and beef continued Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:31 AM PDT Critics say companies and Trump used a scare tactic to justify the executive order, which provided some liability protection for meatpacking plants.

Hezbollah leader says dollar injections needed, accuses U.S. of deepening shortage Posted: 16 Jun 2020 12:31 PM PDT

India-China clash: 20 Indian troops killed in Ladakh fighting Posted: 16 Jun 2020 02:40 PM PDT It is the first deadly skirmish in decades between the two regional powers at their disputed border.

Should the World Be Worried About the 'Explosive' New Outbreak of Coronavirus in Beijing? Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:23 AM PDT Since 106 new cases emerged around a food market, the Chinese capital has been plunged into what officials are calling "wartime mode."

'Because I was white' — Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian shares story of walking away from a police encounter in college after he was found drunk and high in his car Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:13 AM PDT "Because I was white. I walked away + started Reddit, not jail time. I became an entrepreneur, not a statistic," Ohanian tweeted.

Woman apologizes after criticism for confronting homeowner Posted: 15 Jun 2020 03:10 PM PDT The CEO of a cosmetics company has issued an apology after a video went viral showing her and her husband confronting a man and threatening to call police because he wrote "Black Lives Matter" in chalk on his San Francisco property.

Violent counter-protesters mobbed a small-town BLM demonstration in Ohio amid false rumors of antifa Posted: 16 Jun 2020 12:32 PM PDT A small demonstration against racism in Bethel, Ohio, turned violent when hundreds counter-protesters arrived after learning of the event online.

'She has found her voice': Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms steps into national spotlight amid policing debate Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:59 PM PDT The Atlanta mayor, mentioned as a possible running mate for Joe Biden, has faced her own policing crisis with the shooting of Rayshard Brooks.

U.S. Justice Dept. employees to testify about political meddling, House panel says Posted: 16 Jun 2020 07:55 AM PDT

Kim Yo-jong: North Korea's most powerful woman and heir apparent? Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:32 AM PDT Kim Jong-un's sister is North Korea's most powerful woman and a possible successor to her brother.

Is the U.S. Naval Buildup in the Pacific a Warning to China? Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:55 PM PDT Beijing had better believe it.

Airlines are cutting in-flight alcohol service as a result of the pandemic Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:10 AM PDT Economy passengers on most airlines will not have the option of purchasing a drink while the service will stay largely the same in first class.

Sheriff searching for 3 who fired at deputies from woods Posted: 15 Jun 2020 03:35 AM PDT

Editorial: Atlanta police killed a Black man for being drunk at Wendy's Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:00 AM PDT Surely we can find a way to end horrific killings like that of Rayshard Brooks and still have police who responsibly protect the public.

Liberal groups blast Biden's stance on police protests Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:51 AM PDT Reaction from former DNC communications director Mo Elleithee and former George W. Bush deupty assistant Brade Blakeman.

'Unorthodox,' 'abuse of power': ICE is hitting lawful asylum-seekers with a new obstacle Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:32 AM PDT "Now that they're granting some paroles, they're placing as many hurdles as possible," said a staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center.

17-foot python captured in Florida Everglades Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:25 PM PDT A 17ft long python was caught in the Everglades, after a tussle with a man who calls himself the "Python Cowboy."Mike Kimmel, who runs the Python Cowboy YouTube page, posted a video to his channel on Friday, that documented his journey to catch the snake.

U.S. to impose sanctions aimed at blocking Syria military victory Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:52 AM PDT The United States will impose sanctions on Wednesday aimed at cutting off revenue for Syrian President Bashar al Assad's government in a bid to push it back into United Nations-led negotiations and broker an end to the country's nearly decade-long war. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Kelly Craft told the Security Council on Tuesday that Washington would implement the measures to "prevent the Assad regime from securing a military victory." "Our aim is to deprive the Assad regime of the revenue and the support it has used to commit the large-scale atrocities and human rights violations that prevent a political resolution and severely diminish the prospects for peace," Craft said.

Will China Have Global Naval Dominance by 2030? Posted: 16 Jun 2020 05:30 AM PDT Not so fast.

Making it illegal for an adult to store a gun in a place where a child might access it could result in nearly 2,500 fewer gun deaths a year in the US, new research shows Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:04 PM PDT Stricter background checks and prohibiting domestic abusers from owning guns are also policies that reduce gun violence.

Biden posts massive $81M cash haul for May Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:03 PM PDT Joe Biden pulled in $81 million for his election effort in the month of May, a massive sum that shows the extent to which Democrats have unified behind the former vice president as he seeks to defeat Republican President Donald Trump. Then on Monday, he broke his own single-event record by taking in $6 million during an online fundraiser with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a former primary campaign rival, that was attended by over 600 people. The amount of money Biden is pulling in suggests he won't have difficulty amassing the resources needed to compete with Trump, even in the midst of a pandemic that has tanked markets, forced many out of work, or otherwise crimped peoples' ability to spend.

President of police union chapter in Florida suspended after 'despicable' Facebook post Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:52 AM PDT A Facebook post by a Florida chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police recruited officers disciplined and charged in violent incidents.

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