| Trump says he is considering the 'Great Battlefield' at Gettysburg for his convention speech Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:48 PM PDT  President Trump tweeted on Monday that he is choosing between two locations, Gettysburg, Pa., and the White House, for his speech accepting the Republican nomination, slated for Aug. 27.
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| Police searched a United Airlines jet after a reportedly hallucinating passenger claimed there was a bomb on board Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:01 PM PDT  Police officers searched the plane with passengers still on board and offloaded each piece of luggage on the plane to be checked by canine units.
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| Man says he wasn’t allowed into an Arkansas casino because ‘men do not carry purses’ Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT  The casino has since apologized.
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| Georgia school moves online after COVID-19 infections reported Posted: 09 Aug 2020 06:14 PM PDT  A Georgia high school plans to start the week with all classes moving online after nine students and staff tested positive for the coronavirus when the school year opened last week with most students attending classes in-person.
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| Schumer says Democrats ready for coronavirus aid talks, if Republicans move Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:22 PM PDT  U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday that Democrats are ready to return to the negotiating table over coronavirus relief, if Republicans would agree to a larger bill than they have been willing to accept up to now. Last week, Schumer used similar language to urge White House negotiators to agree to a legislative package at least $1 trillion larger than the $1 trillion bill that Senate Republicans have already proposed.
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| Fact check: Quarantine 'camps' are real, but COVID-19 camp claim stretches truth Posted: 09 Aug 2020 10:31 AM PDT  An Instagram post is correct about expansion of quarantine sites during the pandemic, but falsely claims personal information will be accessed there.
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| Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy in Kano state Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:38 PM PDT  Musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu broadcast a song about Prophet Muhammad in March.
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| GOP senator subpoenas FBI over Russia, defends Biden probe Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:00 AM PDT  Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said Monday that he has subpoenaed the FBI to produce documents to his committee related to the Trump-Russia investigation. The Wisconsin senator also defended a separate investigation he is leading into Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Ukraine, even as Democrats say the probe has the effect of amplifying Russian propaganda and as U.S. intelligence officials say they have assessed that Russia is working to denigrate Biden ahead of the November election.
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| Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are 1.5 times more likely to have a child with autism, according to the largest study of its kind Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT  In the largest study of its kind, marijuana use in pregnancy was linked to a 50% higher risk of having a child with autism.
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| Employees need masks even for at-home Zoom calls, Wisconsin agency says. Here’s why Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:32 PM PDT  The masks will "visually remind folks that masking is an important part of navigating the business of natural resources during this tumultuous time," a spokeswoman said.
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| Sturgeon sorry for exams fiasco and admits student outrage a 'bigger problem' than grade inflation Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:22 AM PDT  Nicola Sturgeon has issued an apology to teenagers hit by this year's results day fiasco and promised to fix the "unfair" system. After spending much of last week defending the arbitrary downgrading of 124,000 qualifications, under a "moderation" process put in place following the cancellation of this year's exams, the First Minister on Monday confirmed a government u-turn over results. Opposition parties said the First Minister's apology did not go far enough, and claimed the reversal was motivated by a desire to keep her under-fire Education Secretary and deputy, John Swinney, in his job. The furious row over school qualifications threatened to overshadow the reopening of Scottish schools, for the first time in almost five months, from Tuesday. Many are welcoming pupils back on a "phased" basis over the coming days ahead of a full-time return next week. The EIS, the country's largest teaching union, said a major survey of almost 30,000 members showed that only one in five were confident that schools are currently safe, with two thirds believing face coverings should be made mandatory among older pupils. However, on school qualifications, Ms Sturgeon admitted: "We did not get this right and I'm sorry for that." Details of an overhauled system will be unveiled on Tuesday at Holyrood. It is likely that many, if not all, of the 124,000 downgrades will now be reversed. Ms Sturgeon said she had come to the conclusion that the injustice and disillusionment felt by teenagers was a "bigger problem" that the impact widespread grade inflation would have on the credibility of this year's results.
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| AOC slams New York Governor Cuomo over reopening schools in autumn Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:58 AM PDT  Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken a swipe at New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over his decision to allow schools to open this fall, a rare case of Democrat-on-Democrat sparring during the pandemic."If it's not safe enough for indoor dining, what makes it safe enough for indoor schooling?" Ocasio-Cortez asked in a tweet. "And restaurants actually have soap in the bathrooms."
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| Want to keep spoiling your pets during the coronavirus pandemic? Here’s the latest in 'pet tech' Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:00 PM PDT  During the COVID-19 crisis, pets get plenty of attention. Some pet tech can help you keep spoiling your cat or dog when you are with them or away.
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| Mauritius oil spill: Fears vessel may 'break in two' as cracks appear Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:37 PM PDT  The MV Wakashio, which ran aground on a coral reef on 25 July, is now leaking oil off the island.
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| 'We're going to go over the cliff': Evictions in S.C. signal housing crisis for renters nationwide Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:00 AM PDT  "It ain't no fun when your stomach hurts from hunger. It ain't no fun — especially in a pandemic," said one South Carolina woman who lost her home.
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| U.S. Attorney General Barr says the left wants to tear down system Posted: 09 Aug 2020 07:12 PM PDT  Barr also told a Fox News TV host he was worried that an increase in mail-in voting could lead to a contested presidential election in November, sounding in on an issue often raised by U.S. President Donald Trump. In an interview with conservative pundit Mark Levin, Barr said Democrats had pulled away from classic liberal values and now were akin to the "Rousseauian Revolutionary Party" aimed at destroying the institutions upon which the country was built.
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| Appeals of Nazi camp guard conviction in Germany dropped Posted: 10 Aug 2020 08:14 AM PDT  All appeals against the conviction of a 93-year-old Nazi concentration camp guard have been dropped, a Hamburg court said Monday, making the decision legally binding and easing the way for possible future prosecutions. Bruno Dey was convicted last month of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder in Hamburg state court — equal to the number of people believed to have been killed at Stutthof during his service there in 1944 and 1945. Because he was 17 and 18 at the time of his alleged crimes, Dey's case was heard in juvenile court and he was given a two-year suspended sentence.
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| Lindsey Graham Claims Declassified Docs Show FBI ‘Misled’ Congress on Steele Dossier Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:59 AM PDT  Newly declassified documents show that the FBI misled Congress regarding the reliability of the Steele dossier, Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) said on Sunday.The Senate Intelligence Committee, which Graham chairs, is currently conducting an investigation into the origins of the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane probe, whose stated aim was to uncover alleged collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian operatives.One document released by the committee on Sunday is an FBI draft of talking points for a February 2018 Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the Russia investigation. The talking points, uncovered by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, seek to give the impression that the Steele dossier's "Primary Sub-Source" for intelligence was reliable.The Primary Sub-Source "did not cite any significant concerns with the way his reporting was characterized in the dossier to the extent he could identify it," according to the talking points.However, the FBI knew in early 2017 that the Primary Sub-Source had cast doubt on the dossier's claims that Trump-campaign officials and Russian operatives were working together. The Primary Sub-Source in fact told FBI agents in 2017 that there was "zero" corroboration for some of the allegations in the dossier.The 2018 memo "clearly shows that the FBI was continuing to mislead regarding the reliability of the Steele dossier. The FBI did to the Senate Intelligence Committee what the Department of Justice and FBI had previously done to the FISA Court: mischaracterize, mislead and lie," Graham said in a press release. "What does this mean? That Congress as well as the FISA Court was lied to about the reliability of the Russian sub-source. I will be asking FBI Director Wray to provide me all the details possible about how the briefing was arranged and who provided it."IG Horowitz's report on the FBI's attempts to obtain FISA warrants for former Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page revealed "at least 17 significant errors or omissions" in those applications.
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| Injured cruise ship worker ‘forgotten’ after seven months in South Florida hotels Posted: 09 Aug 2020 04:00 AM PDT  From behind the locked window of his 10th-floor hotel room, Paúl Córdova watches dozens of airplanes take off and land each day at Miami International Airport.
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| Macron pledges to continue fight against terrorism after seven aid workers murdered in Sahel Posted: 09 Aug 2020 10:16 AM PDT  Emmanuel Macron has pledged to continue France's fight against terror in the Sahel after seven aid workers — six French and one Nigerien — were murdered and set on fire by gunmen on Sunday in a wildlife reserve in the west African nation of Niger. "Several of our compatriots and Nigeriens were cowardly murdered yesterday in Niger in a deadly attack," the French president said on Twitter. "I share the pain of their families and loved ones. Some were hired for the most altruistic of missions: to help people." The aid workers were killed on Sunday morning while driving through the southwestern area of Kouré, an area famed for being home to the last remaining population of west African giraffes, about an hours drive from the capital Niamey. The French humanitarian group ACTED issued a statement on Monday confirming the deaths of seven of their aid workers. The group said that they were 'horrified' by the 'senseless and barbaric killing'. "This heinous crime must not go unpunished, nor will it distract us from our commitment to support the people of Niger," it said. Kadri Abdou, the president of the Association of Kouré's Giraffe Guides was also killed in the attack. The area is popular with expatriates living in Niamey, as it one of the few places NGO staff are allowed to visit on days off. It is understood that Nigerien and French forces have been combing through the reserve, searching for the gunmen. Local media reported that the US was also helping with drone surveillance and that one of the gunmen had already been found by Nigerien commandoes. No group has claimed responsibility for the killing but groups allied to both Al Qaeda and Islamic State have both been active in the surrounding Tillaberi region. Some 5,100 French soldiers are battling jihadist groups across the Sahel region which runs underneath the Sahara desert.
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| Litman: New York wants to dissolve the NRA; it will probably decapitate it instead Posted: 09 Aug 2020 03:00 AM PDT  Even if the NRA survives New York's lawsuit, dethroning its CEO and heaping it with humiliation and penalties will be a victory.
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| Breonna Taylor's name is a national rallying cry. Will it be enough to charge the police? Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:00 AM PDT  Her name has echoed in streets. It's on signs, LeBron's shoes and magazine covers. Will that pressure be enough to get the results protesters demand?
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| Florida reports record COVID-19 hospitalizations Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:59 PM PDT  Team Trump's conflicting messaging on mask led to preventable deaths, 100,000 children caught Covid-19 in July
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| The Georgia school that punished students for posting photos of a packed hallway says it will close for 2 days after multiple students and staff got COVID-19 Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:04 AM PDT  North Paulding High School superintendent Brian Otott told parents Sunday that the school would shut on Monday and Tuesday for deep cleaning.
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| Afghan council frees Taliban prisoners to set up peace talks Posted: 08 Aug 2020 11:40 PM PDT  A traditional Afghan council concluded Sunday with hundreds of delegates agreeing to free 400 Taliban members, paving the way for an early start to negotiations between Afghanistan's warring sides. No date has been set for the release, but negotiations between Kabul's political leadership and the Taliban are expected to begin as early as next week, and will most likely be held in the Mideast state of Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office. At the time of its signing it was touted as Afghanistan's best chance at ending decades of war.
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| Iran closes down newspaper after expert doubts official coronavirus tolls Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:38 AM PDT  Iran shut down a newspaper on Monday after it quoted a former member of the national coronavirus taskforce as saying the country's tolls from the epidemic could be 20 times higher than official figures, state news agency IRNA reported. "The Jahan-e Sanat newspaper was shut down today for publishing an interview on Sunday," the newspaper's editor-in-chief, Mohammadreza Saadi, told IRNA. On Sunday, the newspaper published an interview with Mohammadreza Mahboubfar, in which he said: "The figures announced by the officials on coronavirus cases and deaths account for only 5% of the country's real tolls".
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| Number of Americans giving up US citizenship skyrocketing in 2020, report says Posted: 10 Aug 2020 06:24 AM PDT  The number had been in steep decline over the last few years, according to the report.
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| Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says gig economy companies should be required to establish 'benefits funds' for workers instead of treating them as full-time employees Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:03 AM PDT  The ridesharing company is facing mounting pressure from drivers and labor activists to extend more benefits to gig workers.
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| Wild bear that sniffed woman's hair is caught and castrated Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:57 AM PDT  The black bear was captured after he was filmed approaching a visitor at an ecological park.
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| It's decision time for Joe Biden: His VP pick could make history, with Harris, Rice among top contenders Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:20 PM PDT  Joe Biden has a crucial decision to make and the stakes are high for whichever woman he chooses as his running mate.
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| The Bizarre Story of a Far-Right Activist Taking COVID Trutherism to Mexico Posted: 09 Aug 2020 01:49 AM PDT  On April 22, American Gavin Seim caused a minor media firestorm in Mexico when he posted a video on social media showing him flouting COVID-19 restrictions in the city of Santiago de Querétaro. The maskless Seim insisted that the government had no right to close a plaza he was visiting as part of its efforts to limit large gatherings, nor to manage his health. Several media outlets and commentators brushed him off as a disgruntled tourist. The American ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, called him "a spoiled brat and an embarrassment to our country… a perfect example of the 'Ugly American.'" But this was not an isolated incident. Seim is an anti-government activist and coronavirus truther. He falsely claims the coronavirus is a normal flu and that there is no evidence that masks work. Last month, he posted two more accounts of willful violations of mask policies in Mexican stores, part of an effort to push his followers online not to be "sheep" following mask "bullies."The weirdest part: He insists that he's not just a visitor being a jerk, but a political refugee from American injustice. 'I'm Not Scared': She Faces Life in Prison After Allegedly Buying Red Protest Paint Seim, a 35-year-old photographer from Ephrata, Washington, was involved with the patriot movement that rallied around the Bundy Family, members of which were criminally charged after an armed standoff with the feds over cattle grazing fees, in the mid 2010s. He seems to share many of their utopian libertarian beliefs, as well as their concerns about the erosion of American freedoms, and indulges in conspiracies about the machinations of shady elites. But even some fellow Bundy supporters view him as uniquely absolutist, aggressive, and hyperbolic. For example, he calls all cops "Blue ISIS" and has argued that "not one person in the U.S. prison system is there lawfully. Every trial has been botched and every prisoner abused.""When you put out 20 percent truth and the rest is fake, it comes off as fact," Greg Whalen, a Bundy supporter, told The Daily Beast of Seim's grandiose and extreme rhetoric. "He can't see it for himself, right? But he's a cross between antifa and a sovereign citizen." Sovereign citizens, of course, are unified mainly by the beliefs that most, if not all, law enforcement is thuggery—and legal systems sophistry meant to keep citizens confused and oppressed. Seim responded briefly to an initial query, but as of publication had not actually addressed any issues raised in messages sent by The Daily Beast seeking comment for this story.Starting in at least 2014, Seim made it his business to challenge cops sitting in unmarked vehicles or making traffic stops, mostly by lecturing them on the supposed unconstitutionality of their actions. But in August 2017, a cop arrested him for allegedly interfering in a traffic stop, and the local court ordered him to open his phone so they could access his video of the encounter. Rather than contest the order in court, Seim packed his wife and kids into an RV and drove 18 straight hours to Mexico, fleeing a misdemeanor charge because he insisted local authorities wanted to plant evidence on his phone to put him away for good. "You might be facing charges that are really minimal, but you still end up dead" in America's justice system, he said in a recent video about the incident. Seim has claimed that he applied for political asylum in Mexico City. But that was only after he started filming his confrontations with Mexican police officers, within weeks of arriving in the country. By January 2018, he was already attempting to challenge their activities, in English, by citing articles of the Mexican constitution. He says the videos show they are less thuggish than American cops, but insists that he still needs to keep them honest. Far-right movement scholar Matthew Sweeney says he's never heard of someone in these circles leaving to live in Mexico before. Seim's decision has confused and amused some fellow Bundy circle members, who sometimes see trials as a welcome opportunity to grandstand for their beliefs. But even stranger than Seim's choice is the fact that Mexico may actually—as Seim claimed earlier this year—have granted him and his family asylum. Daniel Berlin of Asylum Access, a group that helps asylum seekers navigate the country's immigration system, told The Daily Beast that Seim's description of the asylum process matches his group's case experiences, and that papers he has brandished on camera, while not definitive, appeared to be valid at first glance. Neither the Mexican Commission for Aid to Refugees, which vets and approves asylum claims for the nation, nor the U.S. Embassy in Mexico responded to requests for comment. But Maureen Meyer of the human rights group WOLA pointed out that the Mexican National Institute of Migration's data indicates it has issued 12 permanent residence permits to Americans based on refugee status attainment so far this year—and issued seven of them in January, when Seim claims he, his wife, and their five kids received said documents.Regardless of his status, there is no evidence that Seim's provocations in Mexico have attracted much local support, either before or since the pandemic began. Sure, Mexico has its own brands of anti-state activists. And sure, as Sweeney notes, the economic strain and the chafe of personal restrictions stemming from COVID-19 responses are leading to a surge in beliefs and protests that mirror Seim's in a number of countries across the world. But American far-right, patriot-type rhetoric appears relatively absent in Mexico. "There tend to be too many barriers—everything ranging from political and cultural differences to personality differences—that make folks unlikely" to jump onto Seim's bandwagon in Mexico, explained far-right movement researcher Amy Cooter. Instead, after largely ignoring him for his first couple of years in the nation, Mexican news outlets have started accusing Seim of distorting their constitution, and a number of locals have suggested deporting him, citing an article of their constitution to justify the idea. They seem more attentive to, and irked by, his pretensions to authority and his flouting of local laws when doing so actively disrupts efforts to control a raging pandemic, rather than avoid a traffic stop. But Seim may not need to bring locals into his activist protests to have an impact on his new home. Over the last couple of years, he's published materials actively encouraging his fellow Americans to flee to Mexico, and offering guidance on seeking asylum and settling in. One of his recent Facebook posts went so far as to suggest others may be trying to follow his lead: "This must be how it felt to help slaves escape!! I love reports from the people who saw my warning, jumped bail and escaped the USA." As of now, Mexican authorities don't seem to care about Seim's exploits. He didn't get arrested, or even face any serious official pushback, for his stunt in the plaza in April. The cops in his videos usually seem bemused or exasperated by his lack of language skills and his insistent, aggressive demeanor, but ultimately brush him off. And José Antonio "Toño" Mejía Lira, the municipal president of Tequisquiapan, in Querétaro State, where Seim has filmed several videos, told The Daily Beast that Seim wasn't on his radar. Whatever this American gets up to, Mejía Lira explained, "does not concern the municipality." This may reflect the fact that Querétaro State has not suffered nearly as much from the pandemic as some other states in Mexico. Government figures showed just 387 active cases in the state as of Thursday evening, out of 30,010 nationwide, and one of the nation's lowest per capita caseloads, as well. According to the latest U.S. Embassy information, most businesses there remain open, if operating at limited occupancy and with relatively mild masking and distancing restrictions in place. But Seim does run risks if he pushes his luck. Not because, as online commentators often imply, there's a serious chance of corrupt cops killing him. But instead because the Mexican government might get tired of his antics."If Seim were to commit a serious crime," explains Meyer, while stressing that in some states there are now strict regulations in place to control COVID-19 and legal responses to infractions of those rules, "he could have his status revoked." 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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| As fewer students choose to enroll in the wake of coronavirus, some colleges are promising tuition-free semesters Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:15 AM PDT  Some colleges are making "ninth-semester-free" promises to students, as a new survey says many students may not enroll in the fall.
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| Race in Mauritius to empty oil tanker before it breaks up Posted: 10 Aug 2020 06:11 AM PDT  Urgent efforts increased in Mauritius on Monday to empty a stranded Japanese ship of an estimated 2,500 tons of oil before the vessel breaks up and increases the contamination of the island's once-pristine coastline. Already more than 1,000 tons of the fuel has washed up on the eastern coast of Mauritius, polluting its coral reefs, protected lagoons and shoreline. High winds and waves are pounding the Japanese bulk carrier MV Wakashio, which ran aground on a coral reef two weeks ago and is showing signs of breaking up and dumping its remaining cargo of oil into the Indian Ocean waters surrounding Mauritius.
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| Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security. Its tactics are fearsome: ACLU director Posted: 09 Aug 2020 04:10 PM PDT  The very premise of a 'homeland security' bureaucracy is chilling. It's a loaded weapon that sits on the proverbial coffee table in the Oval Office.
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| Australia says COVID-19 outbreak shows signs of peaking Posted: 09 Aug 2020 04:45 PM PDT  Australia recorded its biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 deaths on Monday although a slowdown in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infections in the state of Victoria may have peaked. Nineteen people had died from the virus, all in Victoria, in the past 24 hours, a national daily record. "This is an agonising day for the members for the 19 families who have lost a loved one to COVID-19 today," Michael Kidd, Australia's deputy chief medical officer, told reporters.
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| The Federal Government Must Stop the Deadly Abortion Pill Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:30 AM PDT  While COVID-19 dominates the news cycle, a battle is being fought over a deadly drug that has killed over 3.7 million children and at least 24 women. The drug is Mifeprex — commonly known as the abortion pill. On July 13, an Obama-appointed federal judge enjoined the Food and Drug Administration requirements governing the prescription of Mifeprex. He ruled that requiring pregnant women to complete an in-clinic appointment to procure the drugs was a "substantial obstacle" to abortion and was to be suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. This ruling suspends, for the abortion pill, the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), the FDA's rules for "certain medications with serious safety concerns to help ensure the benefits of the medication outweigh its risks." Women procuring abortion drugs without proper education or evaluation are at greater risk of complications and death due to undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy, hemorrhaging, infection, and more. This dangerous judicial activism should compel elected officials, entrusted with the care of their constituents, to take a stand when federal agencies jeopardize public health and safety.The first drug in the abortion-pill regimen, Mifeprex was approved by the FDA in 2000 after a highly politicized scramble within the Clinton administration. Beverly Winikoff is the founder of one of the abortion pill's loudest proponents, Gynuity Health Projects. Winikoff claimed that the September 11 terrorist attacks "saved" Mifeprex because the nearly 3,000 Americans killed that day overshadowed news of a woman killed by the abortion pill a day prior. Mifeprex was designed specifically to kill the developing child and is approved for use up to ten weeks, at which point a child has arms, eyelids, toes, fingers, and organs.Since the drug's approval, over 4,000 adverse maternal reactions have been reported to the FDA. The FDA acknowledges that adverse reactions are notoriously underreported, and most women experiencing hemorrhaging and severe infections will seek follow-up care at emergency rooms instead of returning to the abortion clinic. Yet emergency rooms are not required to report adverse reactions. And as of 2016, the Obama administration changed the requirement so that abortion-pill manufacturers must report only maternal deaths to the FDA. The number of women seeking blood transfusions and emergency intervention is likely much greater than 4,000.The Mifeprex regimen has unleashed horrors on America's women and children while providing no medical benefit. Killing innocent children, endangering mothers, and abusing the health-care system to do harm is tragic. And as long as this deadly drug remains on the U.S. market, it will pose a serious health risk.Pregnancy is not a disease and abortion is not health care. The abortion pill is not medicine. No child deserves to be killed by a drug, and pregnant women deserve better. FDA commissioner Stephen Hahn should acknowledge the subversion of the abortion industry and its allies, which are using a national pandemic to instigate abortion expansions that could remain long after the pandemic is over. The FDA should protect the public health of Americans and pull this lethal drug, Mifeprex and its approved generics, from the market immediately.Ted Cruz is a U.S. senator from Texas and a member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Lila Rose is the president and founder of Live Action, a nonprofit human-rights organization educating on abortion and the abortion industry.
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| Climate change: Warming world will be 'devastating' for frozen peatlands Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:10 PM PDT  Huge stocks of greenhouse gases tied up in peatlands could be released as the world warms.
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| 12,000 crew members still on cruise ships in US waters months after COVID-19 pandemic shut cruising down Posted: 09 Aug 2020 08:29 AM PDT  Nearly five months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down the cruise industry, more than 12,000 crew members remained on ships in U.S. waters alone.
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| Retired US police officer tracks down man who shot him and escaped jail after 50 years on the hunt Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:20 AM PDT  A retired US police officer has revealed how he finally managed to track down a man who escaped jail after shooting him almost five decades ago. Officer Daril Cinquanta first encountered Luis Archuleta in Colorado in 1971, when the notorious criminal shot him in the stomach. Archuleta was jailed over the shooting, but managed to escape from prison three years later after feigning an illness to secure a hospital visit. "It was an escape from a Hollywood script," Mr Cinquanta said, complete with "a hostage, a getaway car, an accomplice with guns." When Mr Cinquanta learned of his attacker's escape, he made it his mission to track him down. Years of calling contacts for potential leads led Mr Cinquanta to San Jose, California in the 1980s, but the trail appeared to run cold. Undeterred, Mr Cinquanta continued his search for his attacker and was rewarded with a tip off this June, 47 years after Archuleta went on the run. The tip came from an anonymous caller who suggested Archuleta was now living under the alias Ramon Montoya at an address in Española, New Mexico. Mr Cinquanta's research revealed that Mr Montoya had been charged with drunk driving in 2011 and a search of the police database showed that his mug shot matched Archuleta. "I couldn't believe it," Mr Cinquanta told CBS Denver. "I've been chasing the guy all of this time, and dead end after dead end after dead end." Mr Cinquanta, who is now retired, alerted the local police force and the FBI, who tracked down Archuleta, now 77, and arrested him on August 5.
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| ‘They’ve had enough of everything’: Record numbers of Americans are giving up their US citizenship Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:58 AM PDT  Record numbers of Americans are renouncing their citizenship according to numbers reported by a New York accountancy firm.Bambridge Accountants reports that 5,816 people gave up US citizenship in the first half of 2020 — a 1,210 per cent increase on the previous six months in which only 444 cases were recorded.
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| The bodies of 7 Marines and a Navy sailor who died after their amphibious assault vehicle sank off the coast of California have been found Posted: 09 Aug 2020 02:25 AM PDT  The accident took place during a routine training exercise near the island of San Clemente on July 30.
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