| Katie Porter, AOC among House freshmen making their mark by grilling witnesses Posted: 11 Sep 2020 02:00 AM PDT  Those tuning in to high-profile House hearings often find them most interesting toward the end, when junior representatives start asking questions.
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| Post-COVID heart damage alarms researchers: 'There was a black hole' in infected cells Posted: 10 Sep 2020 10:20 AM PDT  While more studies are needed, researchers and doctors throughout the country are warning of a likely connection between COVID-19 and a serious heart condition.
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| The 4 police officers facing charges in George Floyd's killing appear to be pointing fingers at one another Posted: 10 Sep 2020 06:27 PM PDT  "There are very likely going to be antagonistic defenses presented at the trial," Earl Gray, a lawyer for Thomas Lane, wrote in a legal motion.
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| US mayor of Portland bans the use of tear gas by police Posted: 10 Sep 2020 05:13 PM PDT  The mayor of the protest-hit US city of Portland, Oregon on Thursday ordered city police to stop using tear gas for crowd control purposes.
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| This Scandinavian Villa Was Designed to Blend Into Nature Posted: 11 Sep 2020 11:11 AM PDT |
| Why a visit by a Saudi official to New Jersey is now part of the 9/11 investigation Posted: 11 Sep 2020 04:57 AM PDT  Previously secret FBI documents give a look at how the 9/11 hijackers made North Jersey their home, and possible links to a mosque in Jersey City.
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| Democrat Fairfax announces bid for Virginia governor Posted: 10 Sep 2020 12:10 PM PDT |
| Federal Prosecutor Resigns from Durham Probe over Alleged Pressure to Wrap Up ahead of Election Posted: 11 Sep 2020 01:13 PM PDT  Nora Dannehy, a top federal prosecutor working with U.S. Attorney John Durham on his investigation into the origins of the FBI's Russia probe, resigned from the Justice Department on Thursday, partially over concern that Attorney General William Barr is pressuring investigators to conclude their work prematurely for political purposes.Dannehy, a career prosecutor who has worked with Durham over decades and joined his team in spring of last year, submitted her resignation in an email Thursday night that made no mention of political pressure, the Hartford Courant first reported.Durham was appointed by Barr last year to investigate the origins of the FBI's Russia probe. His appointment came just after former Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his final report to the Justice Department concluding that the Trump campaign did not conspire with Russians to influence the election, but could not reach a conclusion on whether President Trump committed obstruction of justice.Colleagues reportedly said that Dannehy, who does not support President Trump, was concerned about pressure from Barr to produce a report on the investigation before the presidential election in November and had been considering leaving the probe for weeks.Additionally, some Durham associates suggested that Durham is under pressure to produce results in some form before the election, citing concerns that the probe could be dissolved should Trump lose in November, the paper reported.Last month, Durham announced the first criminal charge resulting from his investigation against former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who pled guilty to doctoring an email that investigators relied on to justify an application to surveil a former Trump campaign adviser, according to court documents.Barr suggested this week that more charges could be forthcoming from Durham's probe of the Russia investigation."Yeah, there could be," Barr said during an interview with NBC News, but he declined to say whether additional charges would be announced before Election Day.
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| Rough arrest of Black teen in southern Louisiana prompts internal police probe Posted: 11 Sep 2020 10:25 AM PDT  One Lafayette officer was put on leave and two more taken of regular duties, following bowling alley confrontation.
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| Tropical development likely in East Pacific as system churns towards favorable conditions Posted: 11 Sep 2020 11:05 AM PDT  After almost a week of quiet conditions following Tropical Storm Julio, AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring a couple of tropical features brewing in the East Pacific Ocean.According to AccuWeather Tropical Expert Dan Kottlowski, forecasters will be focusing on an area of disturbed weather located about 300 miles to the southwest of the southwestern coast of Mexico.This feature has been designated Invest 92E by the National Hurricane Center. Invest 92E is expected to track slowly to the west-northwest through this weekend and into the beginning of next week. This path will take the storm through the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and into an area of low to moderate wind shear.Wind shear is the change in speed or direction of the wind at different levels in the atmosphere and plays a strong role in the development and organization of tropical systems.CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE ACCUWEATHER APPThis environment could allow this tropical disturbance to become more organized by the beginning of next week, and there is a medium to high potential that 92E evolves into a tropical depression, or even a tropical storm, by Sunday or Monday."92E is expected to track to the west-northwest though the beginning of the week, away from the western coast of Mexico, and will not bring any direct impacts to land in the near future," added Kottlowski.While the storm is located far enough away from the coast that torrential rain and gusty winds will not reach Mexico, as the storm becomes more organized, it can kick up rough surf and an increased risk for rip currents along the Mexican coast.Shipping interests should monitor this system into at least the middle of next week to avoid the dangers of tracking through downpours, strong wind gusts and rough surf.The next system to reach tropical storm status, or to gain sustained winds of at least 63 km/h (39 mph), in the East Pacific basin would be given the name Karina."Another area of disturbed weather [is located] 400 miles to the southwest of the southern tip of Baja California and remains disorganized," said Kottlowski. He added that the chances for this to become an organized tropical system continue to diminish.Meanwhile, the Atlantic tropical basin remains active as forecasters continue to track Tropical Storm Paulette, Tropical Storm Rene and several disturbances.Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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| The US Postal Service has reportedly used outdated systems for years that left the agency vulnerable to hackers and a potential $1 billion loss Posted: 11 Sep 2020 12:34 PM PDT  An audit of the USPS found flaws "that increase the risk of disclosure of sensitive information and potential impact to business operations."
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| Student arrested after repeatedly going to high school on online days, NY school says Posted: 11 Sep 2020 01:12 PM PDT  The student argues he should be able to attend classes at school every day.
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| People are making apocalyptic gender reveal party memes after one sparked a 12,000-acre fire in California Posted: 10 Sep 2020 02:09 PM PDT  A gender reveal party in San Bernardino County, California, started the catastrophic El Dorado Fire, and people are making memes mocking the parties.
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| Return of Saddam-era archive to Iraq opens debate, old wounds Posted: 10 Sep 2020 06:57 PM PDT  A trove of Saddam-era files secretly returned to Iraq has pried open the country's painful past, prompting hopes some may learn the fate of long-lost relatives along with fears of new bloodshed.
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| About 8,800 unaccompanied children are expelled at US border Posted: 11 Sep 2020 05:13 PM PDT |
| Daughter of Trump supporter who died of COVID: 'The president is on record lying' Posted: 10 Sep 2020 01:20 PM PDT  "We're taught to follow our leaders especially during times of crisis. For people like my dad, he trusted Donald Trump," she said.
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| Australia says security agencies acted on evidence in Chinese journalist raid Posted: 10 Sep 2020 07:23 PM PDT  Australia's security agencies acted on evidence related to a foreign interference investigation when a raid was conducted on Chinese journalists in Australia in June, the country's trade minister said on Friday. The incident, involving four Chinese state media journalists, was revealed by China's foreign ministry this week, in the wake of two Australian journalists departing China after questioning by Chinese police.
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| US Navy scraps plan to fly fighter jet over New York City on 9/11 anniversary after it sparked outrage Posted: 11 Sep 2020 10:51 AM PDT  The announcement that the Navy planned to conduct flight training on 9/11 prompted a New York congressman to ask: "Are you out of your mind?"
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| Nearly 100 earthquakes swarm Yellowstone in 24 hours. Here’s what experts are saying Posted: 11 Sep 2020 10:31 AM PDT  Is that normal?
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| New stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment unlikely as Congress fractures over coronavirus relief Posted: 10 Sep 2020 11:33 AM PDT  Another round of coronavirus stimulus checks for Americans and renewal of enhanced unemployment benefits appear to be a long shot on Capitol Hill.
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| Alabama Ex-House speaker reports to begin prison sentence Posted: 11 Sep 2020 05:15 PM PDT |
| 2 Black Senate hopefuls look to make history, usher in a ‘new South’ Posted: 10 Sep 2020 10:49 AM PDT  Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins from Louisiana and Jaime Harrison from South Carolina envision a "new South" to address issues they say have been largely ignored by their longtime incumbent opponents.
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| Trump's 'Great American Comeback' campaign ad shows Ukraine stock footage Posted: 10 Sep 2020 01:50 PM PDT  The commercials are running in the battleground states of North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
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| US Marshals capture Oklahoma man accused of recording sexual assault of 6-month-old baby and posting it on social media Posted: 10 Sep 2020 05:12 PM PDT  Brice Gage Watkins, 22, is facing one count of felony distribution of child pornography and other charges for the alleged sexual abuse of an infant.
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| Beijing to impose restrictions on all US diplomats in China Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:29 AM PDT  Beijing will impose "reciprocal restrictions" on all American diplomats on Chinese soil in response to curbs on its embassy personnel in the United States, China's foreign ministry said Friday.
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| Inside the National Guard's Daring Rescue of Hundreds from a California Wildfire Posted: 10 Sep 2020 12:43 PM PDT  Two helicopter aircrews pulled more than 214 people from encircling fires last weekend.
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| Facebook board member Peter Thiel reportedly had dinner with a key white nationalist figure in 2016 and said he 'really enjoyed' meeting him Posted: 11 Sep 2020 12:20 PM PDT  The revelation is likely to contribute to internal tensions at Facebook, where employees have protested far-right organizing on the platform.
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| Backpacker burning toilet paper started 2019 wildfire at Grand Canyon, officials say Posted: 10 Sep 2020 10:32 AM PDT  The high winds made the fire spread quickly and burned 64 acres, officials said.
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| Rhea Chakraborty: Why is Indian TV obsessed with Sushant Singh Rajput's death? Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:59 AM PDT  Sushant Singh Rajput's death and the media frenzy around his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty have dominated news.
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| Nebraska Democrats name third pick to replace Senate nominee Posted: 10 Sep 2020 03:09 PM PDT  After months of bickering, accusations and apologies, Nebraska Democrats again named their candidate for U.S. Senate Thursday, and to no one's surprise, he isn't the Democrat on the ballot. Omaha activist and professor Preston Love Jr. is the Democrats' third choice to compete against Omaha baker and fellow Democrat Chris Janicek, who won the primary and is on the ballot against Republican Sen. Ben Sasse.
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| Philippines presidential spokesman links pardon of U.S. Marine to vaccine access Posted: 10 Sep 2020 10:04 AM PDT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to pardon a United States Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman nearly six years ago may have stemmed from his desire to get access to coronavirus vaccines being developed by U.S. firms, his spokesman said on Thursday. Duterte on Monday pardoned Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton who was serving a six- to 10-year sentence for killing Jennifer Laude near a former U.S. navy base in 2014, sparking condemnation from activists who described the move as a "mockery of justice". Roque, who served as lawyer in the prosecution of Pemberton, had likened Laude's killing to the "death of Philippine sovereignty".
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| Court-appointed adviser blasts 'corrupt' DOJ move to drop Flynn case Posted: 11 Sep 2020 10:35 AM PDT  It's not clear whether the brief by retired jurist John Gleeson will sway the District Court judge deciding Flynn's fate.
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| Russian Dissident Survives Suspected Assassination Attempt in Finland Posted: 11 Sep 2020 08:09 AM PDT  A suspected assassin has reportedly been detained in connection with an attack against a Russian exile. Musa Lomaev says he survived what appears to be the latest in a string of brazen attacks, two of them fatal, against dissidents in Europe who have railed against the brutal Kremlin-backed ruler Ramzan Kadyrov.Kadyrov, a ruthless strongman who has previously discussed his willingness to die for Russian President Vladimir Putin, has repeatedly been accused of ordering torture, the detention of gay men, and assassination attempts on his critics. Although he has always denied those allegations, he is also known to make frequent and violent threats against anyone who dares to criticize him.Four of the Russian exiles who have been targeted in Europe this year have one main thing in common—they had been vocally critical of the notorious ruler of Chechnya, a republic of south eastern Russia. Two of them, Imran Aliyev and Mamikhan Umarov, were killed. A third, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, was able to overpower his would-be attacker in Sweden, and survived.Russian Teen Forced to Rape Himself on Camera for Criticizing 'Putin's Soldier'On Friday, Finnish authorities reportedly arrested a suspect in connection to another possible assassination attempt on Lomaev, a fourth Chechen blogger. According to Finnish station Radio Liberty, Lomaev claims a suspect was detained on Thursday after, he says, a price-tag of $500,000 was placed on his head.Lomaev runs a YouTube channel where he posts videos criticizing the Kadyrov regime, and says that he escaped Russia after being kidnapped and tortured in 2004 by the police, who accused him of carrying out terrorist acts against the government. As yet, there are no further details on the reported attempt on his life.Earlier this year, the Financial Times reported the assassination of Chechen blogger Mamikhan Umarov. He was reportedly killed two days after posting a video on YouTube goading Kadyrov into murdering him, in which he said: "Come and stop me!... Send your toughest guy, I'll tear him a new one." He was shot three times on the outskirts of Vienna, and two Russians were later detained.Kadyrov tried to deflect accusations of his government's involvement by claiming western intelligence services were killing Chechen exiles in an attempt to damage his image. "Don't become puppets, take care of your families. Otherwise the same fate awaits you, and they will blame Kadyrov and his team," he wrote, according to the FT.'Putin's Soldier' Ramzan Kadyrov Threatens Vengeance Against Mike PompeoEarlier in the year, in January, the 44-year-old blogger Imran Aliev was murdered in a hotel room in Lille, France—he had received a reported 135 stab wounds. French police investigating the murder later identified a man who traveled with the victim from Belgium, then fled to Russia after the killing, as the chief suspect.A police official told Business Insider at the time, "We have also collected intelligence about the man that indicates he works closely with Kadyrov, which continues to confirm our suspicion that this was a politically motivated murder linked to Aliev's dissident activities."Tumso Abdurakhmanov, who survived his attack, posted a video of himself standing over the bloodied body of his hammer-wielding assassin. When questioned, the man told Abdurakhmanov, "They have my mother." The head of the Chechen parliament had previously declared a "blood feud" against Abdurakhmanov.Chechnya became one of world's worst human rights violators under Kadyrov, who used Kremlin money to rebuild the republic and has largely been given the freedom to rule how he wants as long as he remains loyal to Putin. Kadyrov previously said he's "ready to die" for Putin and has described himself as Putin's "foot soldier."Earlier this week, The Daily Beast reported that a teenager in Chechnya was forced to strip naked and make a horrific "apology" video after daring to criticize the Kadyrov regime.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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| 'Living hell': Ethiopians detained in Saudi call for help Posted: 11 Sep 2020 03:51 AM PDT  Using a smuggled-in mobile phone, a detained Ethiopian migrant pleaded for help as he described harrowing conditions in a Saudi detention centre -- overcrowded and disease-ridden cells, food scarcity and rising suicides.
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| Navy Early Warning Plane Damaged After Hitting Parked Super Hornet on Carrier Deck Posted: 11 Sep 2020 06:04 AM PDT  It was the second mishap on the Nimitz in two weeks.
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| La Niña has formed, and it could worsen hurricanes and wildfires Posted: 11 Sep 2020 05:40 AM PDT  La Niña could provide an additional boost to the already active Atlantic hurricane season, as well as extend the disastrous fire season in the West.
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| Top Medicaid official racked up $3.5 million in consulting charges — and billed it all to taxpayers Posted: 10 Sep 2020 08:48 AM PDT  The person in charge of providing health care for low-income Americans spent several million dollars of taxpayer money on furthering her own career, a congressional investigation has found.Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and a member of the coronavirus task force, racked up $3.5 million in consulting charges, event costs, and other things that developed her connections within the Republican party, Politico reports via the investigation set to be published Thursday. That included nearly $3,000 on a "Girl's Night" party, about $1,000 to place an op-ed with Fox News, and dozens more line items before Verma was cut off last year.Politico first reported Verma's excessive spending in March 2019, and her contracts with the consulting firm Nahigian Strategies were soon cut off. But Politico also sparked a congressional probe into those contracts, and investigators sifted through thousands of pages of Verma's emails and billing records. They found that Verma spent more than $3 million over two years in the Trump administration on "handpicked communications consultants used to promote Administrator Verma's public profile and personal brand," congressional Democrats said in a Thursday statement.Among the charges, investigators found Verma spent $115,000 with one consultant who "tried to broker conversations between Verma and well-known Washington reporters," booked conservative media appearances, and even tried to connect her with then-White House communications director Bill Shine, Politico writes. Verma also diverted $13,856 to shoot an "eMedicare" video, including $450 for a makeup artist, and spent at least $3,400 in consulting charges to arrange an appearance on Politico's Women Rule podcast, among many other charges. Read more at Politico.More stories from theweek.com The true Election Day nightmare scenario The epistemic crisis of political polling Are the troops turning on Trump?
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| Tory Lanez to Megan Thee Stallion after shooting: 'I ... just got too drunk' Posted: 10 Sep 2020 11:58 AM PDT  After he allegedly shot her, Canadian rapper Tory Lanez texted "WAP" hitmaker Megan Thee Stallion that he "got too drunk," according to TMZ.
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| Israel's Netanyahu pressed to sign conflict-of-interest deal Posted: 10 Sep 2020 09:31 AM PDT  With Israel's prime minister lashing out at him nearly every day, the country's attorney general is pressing Benjamin Netanyahu to sign a conflict-of-interest agreement barring him from influencing key appointments that could affect his corruption trial. Charged in a series of scandals, Netanyahu has long accused police, prosecutors and the media of trying to oust him in a deep-state conspiracy. Netanyahu has stepped up those attacks in recent days, following a pair of TV reports alleging cover-ups by police and prosecutors, including a case of possible conflict of interest by a police investigator.
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| Explosive material found in Beirut port after blast was stored for years, says president Posted: 11 Sep 2020 05:38 AM PDT  Several tonnes of highly explosive material found at Beirut's port, just weeks after the same chemical was blamed for causing a massive detonation there, had been in storage for 15 years, the Lebanese president said on Friday. The army said on Sept. 2 it had discovered a stockpile close to the port of 4.35 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, the highly explosive chemical blamed for the huge Aug. 4 blast that killed about 190 people and ruined a swathe of Beirut. Critics said the lack of proper care and attention in storing such highly explosive material revealed the depth of dysfunction in the way Lebanon has been governed.
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| U.S. weekly jobless claims losing momentum labor market recovery showing signs of fatigue Posted: 10 Sep 2020 02:16 PM PDT  The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits hovered at high levels last week, suggesting the labor market recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was stalling.
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| Tom Ridge: Whistleblower allegation against Trump should outrage all Americans Posted: 11 Sep 2020 08:00 AM PDT  The allegations should make anyone who had the responsibility to brief a U.S. president furious, and it should make all Americans shudder.
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| Terror at sea: Rohingya migrants tell of 200-day ordeal Posted: 10 Sep 2020 11:41 PM PDT  When hundreds of Rohingya refugees paid traffickers to escape their squalid camp in Bangladesh, they were promised a new life in Malaysia after just one week at sea.
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