| 2020 election: Hundreds of staffers for Bush, McCain and Romney back Biden in remarkable GOP rejection of Trump Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:10 AM PDT  Hundreds of former aides to the last three GOP presidential nominees before Donald Trump took the party's mantle are rejecting his campaign and voting for the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, this fall.On Thursday, more than 230 former officials from the George W Bush administration — including some from Cabinet-level positions — publicly endorsed Mr Biden. Ex-campaign staffers for the late Senator John McCain and Senator Mitt Romney, the 2008 and 2012 GOP presidential nominees, respectively, have also thrown their public support behind the former Democratic vice president.
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| ‘Like An Alien Ship Came Down’: Residents Confront Hurricane Laura’s Wrath Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:10 AM PDT  LAFAYETTE, Louisiana—Dawn over the Gulf Coast revealed initial damage from Hurricane Laura, which hammered the region hours after making landfall overnight in the tiny parish seat of Cameron as a Category 4 storm.Winds of up to 150 mph put it among the most powerful storms yet to hit the U.S. Officials initially feared an "unsurvivable" storm surge that was forecast to push a wall of water an unthinkable 40 miles inland. Laura was later downgraded to a tropical storm.Gov. John Bel Edwards announced four fatalities linked to Laura, all caused by falling trees. A 14-year-old girl and a 60-year-old man were among the victims. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he'd received unconfirmed reports of one death near Sabine County."We do expect that there could be more fatalities," Christina Stephens, a spokesperson for Edwards, told reporters.Images from the city of Lake Charles showed entire skyscrapers with their windows blown out as winds well over 100 mph whipped the city beloved as a travel destination. Police reportedly spotted a casino that floated away. The National Weather Service issued several warnings for tornadoes in the area, but none have been confirmed to have touched down.In Delcambre, near the coast south of Lafayette, Jacob Lombas said Thursday morning that his own house was just inches away from flooding and his neighbors' had already done so. "It was a crazy night. I barely got any sleep. The wind was the worst I've ever seen," he told The Daily Beast, adding, "We had to go next door to my dad's. His house is raised up."> Breaking news major damage in Downtown Lake Charles many skyscrapers have blown out winds. > Some of the building may be total losses. > Many roof off massive flying debris. @NWSLakeCharles lawx HurricaneLaura pic.twitter.com/s9EgeDtz43> > — Jeff Piotrowski (@Jeff_Piotrowski) August 27, 2020At least 700,000 homes and businesses were without power, according to the website PowerOutage.Us.NOLA.com reported the highest wind gusts were recorded at the Lake Charles airport, 132 mph, and at the Emergency Operations Center in downtown Lake Charles, according to Joshua Schroeder, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Brownsville, Texas. The outlet reported the Brownsville office was backing up its Lake Charles counterpart, which was forced to evacuate.Schroeder told NOLA.com the NWS had lost contact with radars at Lake Charles and Fort Polk overnight, likely due to "equipment issues" in the raging storm.Storm chasers on social media posted videos of heavy rain and swirling winds, which meteorologist Reed Timmer reported was "gutting buildings" around Lake Charles as the eye wall of Laura moved through.> BREAkING! Buildings gutted in Lake Charles LA in powerful eye wall of HurricaneLaura @RadarOmega_WX @ChasinSpin pic.twitter.com/wP3fPyREIZ> > — Reed Timmer (@ReedTimmerAccu) August 27, 2020As of Thursday morning, more than 500,000 people had lost power in Louisiana and Texas, with many more outages expected."Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana, including Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes," the National Hurricane Center said ahead of the storm's arrival. "This surge could penetrate up to 30 miles inland from the immediate coastline." Later advisories pushed that threat to 40 miles inland.> Even after nightfall, we have the tools to keep watch, and issue the life saving warnings to keep you, your family and friends safe. We're going to be watching Laura all night, thinking of those of you facing the brunt of the storm.https://t.co/VyWINDk3xP for the latest. pic.twitter.com/heSYqX0kyQ> > — National Weather Service (@NWS) August 27, 2020Edward Rappaport, deputy director of the National Hurricane Center, told The Daily Beast exactly what the term "unsurvivable" means."At its worst, the storm surge will reach from 15 to 20 feet, with waves riding on top of that," he said. "I cannot imagine what that means to any human who is in the line of that water. Any human or structure."Footage from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Aircraft Operations Center showed its Hurricane Hunter pilots struggling in heavy turbulence squarely in the eye of the hurricane.> OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO - Aug. 26, 2020. Heavy turbulence leaving the eye of Category 4 Hurricane Laura on @NOAA WP-3D Orion NOAA42 Kermit. Credit: Lt. Cmdr. Doremus, NOAA Corps. Our thoughts are with all in this storm's path. FlyNOAA pic.twitter.com/m7Bc3Gttnn> > — NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (@NOAA_HurrHunter) August 27, 2020Officials in Texas and Louisiana ordered more than 580,000 people to evacuate, including those in areas severely damaged during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. At least 6 million people in Louisiana and Arkansas were also under a flash flood watch. Arkansas has also declared a state of emergency in preparation for the storm, setting aside $250,000 for relief efforts.As many departed, an ominous signal of the storm's strength appeared on the Mississippi River, which was forced to flow backward as Laura approached, an anomaly seen only during the strongest of hurricanes that have raked the Delta. The Texas Hurricane Center on Wednesday issued evacuation warnings to more than 385,000 residents from several areas, including Beaumont, Galveston, and Port Arthur. Ten more Texas cities and counties issued voluntary evacuation orders, including parts of Houston, as officials stressed residents should remain vigilant and prepared. All told, about 60 Texas counties were under a disaster declaration. "If you decide to stay, you are on your own," Port Arthur, Texas, Mayor Thurman Bartie said at a press conference. "I will not put my people in harm's way. If you stay, it is you and God."> Only a couple of hours remain to protect life and property! Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana, including Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes lawx txwx HurricaneLaura pic.twitter.com/eYTEH89rGu> > — NWS Lake Charles (@NWSLakeCharles) August 26, 2020In Louisiana, about 200,000 people were ordered to leave Calcasieu Parish and parts of Cameron Parish—low-lying coastal regions that were already seeing flooding hours before the storm was set to make landfall. Social media posts on Wednesday showed rising waters along southeast Louisiana and even parts of coastal Alabama. The City of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services on Wednesday said they were sending their ambulance bus to southwest Louisiana to further aid evacuation efforts.> Here's the current state of LA 1 below the Leon Theriot Lock in Golden Meadow. The highway remains closed and this area remains under a mandatory evacuation. Laura pic.twitter.com/p5OkD7t0wN> > — Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office (@LafourcheSO) August 26, 2020Among the evacuees was Fabienne Celestin, who found herself stuck in Lake Charles without enough money to get out of town, and had never been in an emergency evacuation situation, especially not while facing a monster like Laura. A Florida native, she moved to Lake Charles in late 2010. So she missed the devastation of Katrina and Rita in 2005 and the double whammy of Gustav and Ike in 2008. And she was desperate to get out of town with her children—Roodson, 16, Jayden, 10, and Moisha, 4—before Laura came ashore."I didn't have no gas money, no transportation," she told The Daily Beast Wednesday night. "I have one special-needs child. He was crying. I have no help, but at the last minute a friend sent me some gas money so I was able to make it to Lafayette."The desperation of being trapped made Celestin frantic. To top things off, her boyfriend was arguing with her about the decision to evacuate, she recalled: "I was scared because I never took the highway before." Even with her own emotions on edge, she had to keep things together—especially for Roodson."It is a scary situation," Celestin said. "My special-needs son didn't understand, so he was asking a lot of questions."Emergency workers had already been in Lake Charles for 48 hours, helping people in need like Celestin find shelter out of the storm's path. When storms approach, the state's Department of Children and Family Services coordinates transportation for thousands of evacuees.Gov. Bel Edwards said in a news conference Wednesday that Hurricane Laura had the potential to bring storm surges that residents had not seen seen since 1957. He added that Louisiana had activated its entire National Guard, something it hasn't done in "many years." "This is a very serious storm," he said. "In the five years I've been governor, I don't believe I've had a press conference where it was my intention to convey the sense of urgency that I am trying to convey right now."The storm coincided with the Republican National Convention, where the danger it posed received little attention. CBS reported that President Donald Trump had been briefed only once on the impending storm as of Wednesday afternoon. He tweeted Wednesday, "Hurricane Laura is a very dangerous and rapidly intensifying hurricane. My Administration remains fully engaged with state & local emergency managers to continue preparing and assisting the great people Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Listen to local officials. Listen to local officials!"Bonnie Lee, a Lake Charles resident for 40 years, saw her home ravaged by the storm while her neighbors were pretty much untouched, she explained in an interview on Thursday. Among other damage, she said the chimney had been completely taken off, roof shingles were gone, and that there was "a hole in the roof like an alien ship came down and put in a new skylight." Bizarrely, she explained, her potted plants were fine: "Apparently an asparagus fern can survive a hurricane. It's unscathed."It was a marked contrast with some of the more notorious storms to roll through the area in previous years."During Hurricane Rita, we had no damage at all," Lee told The Daily Beast. "This one got us."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? 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| China intercepts boat with activists suspected on board Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:45 AM PDT  Chinese authorities have arrested at least 10 people, including a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, after its coast guard intercepted a speedboat believed to be heading to Taiwan, media reports said Thursday. The reports, citing unnamed sources, said activist Andy Li was among those detained. Li had been arrested earlier this month with nine others on charges of collusion with foreign forces under a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing and was out on bail.
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| Texas father arrested in daughters' 2008 killings: FBI Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:27 AM PDT  A Dallas-area taxi driver wanted for the 2008 slayings of his two teenage daughters was arrested on Wednesday, the FBI said.
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| Fort Hood Sgt. Elder Fernandes 'humiliated' after reporting sexual abuse, says family's lawyer Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:35 AM PDT  Leaders at the U.S. Army's Fort Hood created an environment that led to the death of Sgt. Elder Fernandes, his family's attorney says.
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| Two new waves appear in the Atlantic as Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:50 AM PDT  As Hurricane Laura spreads farther inland across southwest Louisiana, forecasters are beginning to monitor two new tropical waves in the Atlantic near Africa early Thursday.
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| 'What he did in 2016 was disgraceful': Pelosi calls on Biden to cancel debates with Trump over president's 'skullduggery' Posted: 27 Aug 2020 08:50 AM PDT Speaker Nancy Pelosi has publicly urged Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden not to debate Donald Trump this fall, saying the president's behaviour on-stage would simply be "an exercise in skullduggery.""Don't tell anyone I told you this—" Ms Pelosi said before a room of reporters and TV cameras during an on-the-record news conference, "[but] I don't think there should be any debates."
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| Hurricane Laura ‘will cause unsurvivable storm surge’ Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:53 AM PDT  Hurricane Laura is heading for Texas and Louisiana with wind speeds of up to 150 mph (240km/h).
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| The DNC warned campaign staffers to 'swipe carefully' on dating apps because matches could be political opponents digging for dirt Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:15 PM PDT  A Democratic official told Business Insider that the warning is "nothing new" and that campaign staff are frequently reminded to be vigilant online.
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| Seventy-four face federal charges from Portland protests Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:58 AM PDT  Seventy-four people are now facing federal charges related to protests that have rocked Portland, Oregon, for three months since George Floyd was killed, the local U.S. attorney announced Thursday. The misdemeanor and felony charges include assaults on federal officers, arson and damaging federal property. "Violent agitators have hijacked any semblance of First Amendment protected activity, engaging in violent criminal acts and destruction of public safety," Billy Williams, the U.S. attorney for Oregon, said in a statement.
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| Putin says alleged mercenaries were lured to Belarus by foreign spy operation Posted: 27 Aug 2020 04:38 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a group of Russians who were detained in Belarus prior to its Aug. 9 election and accused of being mercenaries had been lured to Belarus by a Ukrainan-U.S. intelligence operation. Belarus had accused the men of seeking to destabilise the country ahead of its election, marking an unusual diplomatic row with close ally Russia. At the time, Russia had said the men were private security workers on their way to a third country.
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| Trump is about to bungle another natural disaster Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:10 PM PDT  While the third night of the Republican National Convention progressed, Hurricane Laura was bearing down on Louisiana and Texas. At time of writing, it had reportedly strengthened nearly to Category 5 status, and may end up being one of the 10 strongest hurricanes ever recorded making landfall on the continental U.S.Yet the looming hurricane was barely mentioned during the night's convention proceedings, including a brief note during the opening prayer and a short aside from Vice President Mike Pence. "Our administration is working closely with authorities in the states that will be impacted," he said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency "has mobilized resources and supplies for those in harm's way."In reality, there is little doubt that the Trump administration is going to botch the response to this onrushing disaster. Trump did not manage the response to Hurricane Harvey well, and did almost nothing in response to Hurricane Maria. In Puerto Rico after the latter storm, nearly 3,000 people died in large part because the island went so long without power, cleanup, or rebuilding. We are also months into a viral pandemic that he has catastrophically bungled.What's more, today state budgets have been hamstrung by the coronavirus economic collapse, and Republicans refuse to rescue them. Trump also recently diverted a bunch of FEMA money to pay for a brief boost to unemployment benefits because his party didn't want to authorize additional funding through Congress. When a gormless reality TV host is president, this is the kind of thing that tends to happen.More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Is the Republican Party a cult of personality? Fox News' Chris Wallace calls out co-hosts for defending armed vigilantes
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| Pelosi says Biden shouldn't debate Trump: 'I wouldn't legitimize a conversation with him' Posted: 27 Aug 2020 10:27 AM PDT  Pelosi also said that if Biden wins the White House and Democrats retain control of the House, they will have the ability to expose Trump's tax returns.
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| An astronaut on the space station captured dramatic photos of Hurricane Laura barreling towards Louisiana and Texas Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:19 PM PDT  Hurricane Laura is the latest storm in a record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Images from space show the storm's immensity.
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| CDC: Maine overnight camps hosted over 1,000 kids and counselors, and only 3 contracted the coronavirus. Here is the safety plan they followed. Posted: 26 Aug 2020 11:07 AM PDT  The camps employed a multilayered plan that included early identification and isolation, quarantining, cohorting, masking, and physical distancing.
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| Jacob Blake: Police officer in Kenosha shooting named Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:05 PM PDT  Wisconsin's attorney general names the officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back.
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| Kara Mann and CB2 Reveal New Collaboration Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:22 AM PDT |
| Defense official: Arson suspected as cause of Navy ship fire Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:50 PM PDT  Arson is suspected as the cause of a July 12 fire that left extensive damage to the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, and a U.S. Navy sailor was being questioned as a potential suspect, a senior defense official said Wednesday. The sailor was being questioned as part of the investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the official said, adding that defense department leaders were notified of the development. The official, with knowledge of the investigation, spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to provide details not yet made public.
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| Belarus detains around 20 journalists preparing to cover protest: Reuters witness Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:33 AM PDT  Belarusian police detained around 20 journalists preparing to cover a protest in central Minsk on Thursday and confiscated their telephones and identity documents, a Reuters witness said. The Interior Ministry later said the journalists had been driven to a police station for officers to check they had valid accreditaton allowing them to work as journalists. It denied the journalists had been detained.
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| Army Paratrooper Shot in the Foot During Live-Fire Exercise at Fort Bragg Posted: 27 Aug 2020 04:32 PM PDT  The incident occurred while soldiers were moving through a shoot-house, clearing rooms and firing live ammunition.
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| Passenger tramples gate attendant at Seattle airport after mask run-in, police say Posted: 26 Aug 2020 07:50 AM PDT  The Folsom, California, man faces misdemeanor assault charges, police say.
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| Nicholas Sandmann, teen who faced off with Native American protester in viral video, praises Trump's battle against 'cancel culture' Posted: 25 Aug 2020 06:32 PM PDT  In a speech at the Republican convention, the Kentucky high school student who was seen in a red "MAGA" hat standing in front of a Native American activist outside the Lincoln Memorial last year accused the media of trying to "cancel" him because of his support for President Trump.
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| Hurricane Laura makes landfall, rivaling Louisiana's worst storms Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:10 AM PDT  Hurricane Laura made landfall in Cameron, Louisiana, at about 1 a.m. on Thursday, packing sustained winds of up to 150 miles per hour, just shy of a Category 5 hurricane. The storm, which hit at high tide, has already caused flooding in southwestern Louisiana, and the National Hurricane Center warned residents about a potentially "unsurvivable storm surge" of up to 20 feet.> At 1 am CDT, Hurricane Laura has made landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Cameron as a category 4 hurricane. Maximum sustained winds were 150 mph, with a minimum central pressure of 938 mb. Potentially catastrophic impacts will continue. More: https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/GVWRnmGejy> > -- National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 27, 2020Laura is the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in southwest Louisiana, rivaling 2005's Hurricane Katrina in its ferocity, according to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher at Colorado State University. Its minimum pressure of 938 millibars is the fourth lowest on record in Louisiana, after Katrina, 2005's Hurricane Rita, and 1856's Last Island hurricane -- the lower the pressure, the worse the storm -- and its wind speed tops Katrina (125 mph) and Rita (115 mph). Hurricane Harvey hit Texas with 130 mph winds in 2017.Weather Channel meteorologist Stephanie Abrams demonstrated what winds that high are like in real life when she narrowly escaped being struck by debris in Lake Charles, Louisiana, right in the hurricane's path.> After saying her crew had a 104mph gust and she moved closer to her crew and a solid structure from what looked like a boardwalk/walkway, Stephanie Abrams BARELY avoids a pile of debris/tree limbs. She repeatedly says everyone is fine, but that was scary. HurricaneLaura LAwx pic.twitter.com/p1WDfFAih6> > -- Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 27, 2020More than 500,000 people in Louisiana and Texas were told to evacuate before the storm, but at least 150 people declined to leave their homes in Cameron Parish. "They're thinking Cameron Parish is going to look like an extension of the Gulf of Mexico for a couple of days," warned Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D).Edwards activated the state's National Guard to help with the hurricane response, and National Guard Brigadier General Keith Waddell suggested "those folks that are staying at home or staying in some other location" bring tools if the floodwaters force them into the attic, since "you may have to cut your way out of there before we can get to you the next day." Edwards also ordered parts of I-10 closed to traffic. You can track the storm at NBC. More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Is the Republican Party a cult of personality? Fox News' Chris Wallace calls out co-hosts for defending armed vigilantes
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| Tucker Carlson says teen charged with killing Wisconsin protesters was trying to 'maintain order when no one else would' Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:00 PM PDT  Fox News host Tucker Carlson has sparked controversy after claiming a teenager charged with killing demonstrators in Wisconsin protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake was trying to "maintain order when no one else would".The television personality made the controversial comments as protests over the police-shooting of Mr Blake continued throughout the week, after video footage of the confrontation between a white officer and Mr Blake, a black man, went viral and drew national media attention.
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| Hong Kong: China arrests 10 after intercepting boat 'fleeing Hong Kong' Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:29 AM PDT  Activists were among those detained off Guangdong province on Sunday, Hong Kong media say.
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| Lebanese media: Sectarian clashes near Beirut leave 2 dead Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:10 PM PDT |
| Remote Andamans tribe with just 53 members reports nearly one-in-ten have fallen sick with coronavirus Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:08 AM PDT  Four members of a remote tribe living on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands have tested positive for Covid-19, sparking fears for the group's survival. The Greater Andamese number as few as 53 and have limited immunity to viruses like Covid-19 due to their isolated nature. They numbered more than 5,000 in the 1850s but when the British colonised the islands successive outbreaks of diseases like measles caused their numbers to plummet. Two of the Great Andamese who have tested positive have been admitted to hospital and two have been quarantined in a care centre. "It is extremely alarming that members of the Great Andamanese tribe tested positive for Covid-19," said Sophie Grigg, a Senior Researcher at Survival International, an NGO campaigning for the rights of tribal people. "They will be all too aware of the devastating impact of epidemics that have decimated their people".
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| Pelosi says coronavirus relief talks at 'tragic impasse' after first call with White House in weeks Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:01 PM PDT  Talks broke down between the speaker and the White House earlier this month and they remain about $1 trillion apart on how much to spend.
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| Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen says he helped Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife block the release of sensitive photos Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:15 PM PDT  Cohen told CNN he helped the couple block some "personal photos between a husband and wife" from being released in 2015.
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| A thousand kids and counselors went to summer camp in Maine. Only 3 got the coronavirus. Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:59 PM PDT  Out of 1,022 people who attended or worked at several summer camps in Maine that implemented measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, only three tested positive for it, a new study says. And those three cases did not result in secondary infections because proper measures were taken.
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| A man accused of driving into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Iowa City told police the demonstrators needed 'an attitude adjustment' Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:01 AM PDT  The criminal complaint, seen by Insider, said that Michael Stepanek, 45, drove into a crowd of protesters in Iowa City on August 21.
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| RNC video showing violence in 'Biden's America' is actually Barcelona Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT  The Republican National Convention aired a video meant to paint the George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter demonstrations as inherently violent, chaotic events, but included a scene from protests in Barcelona, Spain.A public broadcaster in Catalonia reported that the images in question - of fires burning in the streets - were captured in 2019 in Barcelona. The protests in Spain began after a Spanish court sentenced Catalan separatists to prison.
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| Wisconsin attorney general identifies police officer who shot Jacob Blake Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:11 PM PDT  At a press conference on Wednesday, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul identified Rusten Sheskey of the Kenosha Police Department as the officer who shot in the back and severely injured Jacob Blake.
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| Laura makes landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Texas Posted: 26 Aug 2020 12:48 PM PDT  Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as a ferocious Category 4 monster early Thursday, swamping a low-lying coast with ocean water that forecasters said could be 20 feet deep and unsurvivable. The National Hurricane Center said the storm, which intensified rapidly Wednesday before plowing into land, came ashore at 1 a.m. CDT near Cameron, a 400-person community about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of the Texas border. "Potentially catastrophic impacts will continue," forecasters said.
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| U.S., China trade jibes as military tensions worsen Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:10 PM PDT  Both are at loggerheads over issues from technology and human rights to Chinese military activities in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of deliberately provocative behavior. In the latest U.S. move against China ahead of November's presidential election, Washington on Wednesday blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and targeted individuals over construction and military actions in the busy South China Sea waterway.
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| Drone maker General Atomics lays off hundreds Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:03 PM PDT  Privately held drone maker General Atomics, of San Diego, is laying off approximately 630 of its roughly 10,000 employees.
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| RNC speaker Abby Johnson shows how not to appeal to women voters Posted: 25 Aug 2020 07:09 PM PDT  Donald Trump is far behind with female voters. Given that fact, one would expect the Trump campaign to make some moves to appeal to women. Yet on Tuesday night, anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson addressed the RNC and its audience of millions, despite her holding views that go far beyond garden-variety opposition to abortion.Earlier in the day on Tuesday, Johnson faced a firestorm of criticism for saying in a YouTube video earlier this year that her "brown son is more likely to commit a violent offense over my white sons." Then, shortly before the RNC began, a White House reporter for CBS News drew attention to two of Johnson's tweets from May in which she expressed support for "bringing back household voting," which would give each household a single vote — and give husbands "the final say." (Johnson doubled down on this outlandishly retrograde position on Tuesday evening just a few hours before her speech.)No wonder, then, that when she stood at the podium at the Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C., Johnson unleashed an unmodulated attack on her former employer Planned Parenthood, denouncing its "racist roots," deploring its "barbarity," and even pausing to evoke "what abortion smells like." The assault naturally culminated in gushing praise for the anti-abortion efforts of President Trump.There are ways for Republicans to appeal to women. There are even ways to do so in pro-life terms — by talking about the tragic, wrenching struggles and anguish experienced by so many women when they contemplate and make the decision to terminate a pregnancy. But Johnson said nothing about any of that, and really expressed no empathy for women at all. Which is exactly what one would expect of someone who would prefer a Handmaid's Tale world in which women lose their bodily and political autonomy and are forced to submit their minds and civic convictions to the absolute rule of their husbands.More stories from theweek.com Trump's RNC role is a much bigger mistake than Republicans realize Trump calls for drug tests before presidential debates Trump's D.C. hotel hosting at least 15 events for donors amid RNC, including bourbon tasting with Rand Paul
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| New York woman admits to spitting on US Postal Service employee, threatening to give him COVID-19 Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:01 AM PDT  Melissa Daniels-Johnson faces up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine for assaulting a federal officer.
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| Black Lives Matter protesters stand over diners at DC restaurant demanding they show solidarity Posted: 26 Aug 2020 06:59 AM PDT  Video of a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters angrily hectoring a patron at a Washington, DC restaurant has gone viral, drawing a backlash from both left and right.Shared by Washington Post reporter Fredrick Kunkle on Tuesday, the footage shows a crowd of black-clad demonstrators shouting "white silence is violence" and raising their fists in an affluent DC neighbourhood, then descending on a white woman seated at an outdoor table.
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