| The Biden campaign is reaching out to Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders with targeted ad campaign Posted: 09 Oct 2020 10:00 AM PDT  Joe Biden's campaign announced on Friday a paid media campaign targeting Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities that will include digital, radio and print ads airing nationally and in 16 key states.
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| Extradition fight continues in Kenosha protest shootings Posted: 08 Oct 2020 08:51 PM PDT  A 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, remains in custody in his home state of Illinois as his attorneys fight efforts to send him to Wisconsin to stand trial on homicide charges. Kyle Rittenhouse appeared on streaming video and wore a face mask during a brief court hearing Friday in Lake County, Illinois. Judge Paul Novak scheduled an Oct. 30 hearing on the extradition request, though prosecutors told Novak they were prepared to move faster.
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| Britain, France, and Germany said they will sanction Russia over Alexei Navalny's poisoning. Putin won't care. Posted: 10 Oct 2020 01:14 AM PDT  Just as in the 2018 poisoning of the Skripals in England and the 2019 killing of a Chechen leader in Germany, Europe's threats will go unheeded.
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| Police fire teargas at Nigerians protesting at alleged brutality, witnesses say Posted: 09 Oct 2020 09:01 AM PDT  Nigerian police used teargas on Friday to disperse dozens of people in the capital Abuja who had gathered to protest at alleged brutality by members of a special police unit, witnesses said. Protesters, some holding placards, ran as clouds of teargas hung in the air. Multiple people at the incident said on Twitter that police had fired the canisters.
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| Fire at South Korea 33-level tower block brought under control Posted: 08 Oct 2020 11:08 PM PDT  Hundreds were earlier forced to evacuate the building and dozens were sent to hospital for smoke inhalation.
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| Bars, indoor dining to close in Toronto amid virus surge Posted: 09 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT |
| Southwest Airlines apologized to a woman who was blocked from boarding a flight because of her black halter top Posted: 10 Oct 2020 08:06 AM PDT  A Southwest Airlines employee blocked Kayla Eubanks from boarding a flight to Chicago for wearing what the employee called an inappropriate outfit.
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| Despite stumbles and disruptions, VP debate shows America's progress: Readers Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:39 PM PDT  On debate stage, vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris showed beyond a doubt that she is ready to lead this nation.
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| Don't believe Trump's hype about 'missing' ballots, Republican election official says Posted: 09 Oct 2020 12:06 PM PDT  The often-repeated claim that millions of ballots have gone missing recently is misleading and exaggerated, one state's top election official said.
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| Sheriff Pal of Militia Twins: Whitmer Kidnap Plot Could’ve Been a Legal ‘Citizen’s Arrest’ Attempt Posted: 09 Oct 2020 11:58 AM PDT  According to prosecutors, twins Michael and William Null are a part of a militia group who conspired to overthrow the government, kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and put her on trial for "treason."But according to a Michigan sheriff, who once shared the stage with one of the twins at an anti-Whitmer rally, they might have only wanted to perform a citizen's arrest on the Democratic governor, calling the bombshell allegations "just a charge.""It's just a charge, and they say a 'plot to kidnap' and you got to remember that. Are they trying to kidnap? Because a lot of people are angry with the governor, and they want her arrested. So are they trying to arrest or was it a kidnap attempt? Because you can still, in Michigan, if it's a felony, make a felony arrest," Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf told Fox 17.> This interview with a sitting sheriff in Michigan is absolutely wild. pic.twitter.com/h7WKsrAqCZ> > — Ross Jones (@rossjonesWXYZ) October 9, 2020The Nulls are among seven men linked to the militia group Wolverine Watchmen who were hit on Thursday with several charges, including terrorism crimes, after allegedly planning to attack the state capitol building and attempt to "instigate a Civil war." In addition to the twins, Paul Bellar, 21, Shawn Fix, 38, Eric Molitor, 36, Pete Musico, 42, and Joseph Morrison, 42, were also charged.The charges came in tandem with federal charges against six other men in an alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer before Election Day."There has been a disturbing increase in anti-government rhetoric and the re-emergence of groups that embrace extremist ideologies," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday. "This is more than just political disagreement or passionate advocacy. Some of these groups' mission is simply to create chaos and inflict harm upon others."On Friday, Nessel took aim at Leaf's defense of the Null brothers."As Michigan's top law enforcement official, let me make this abundantly clear—Persons who are not sworn, licensed members of a law enforcement agency cannot and should not 'arrest' government officials with whom they have disagreements. These comments are dangerous," she tweeted.But Tom Siver, who is representing the twins, claimed Friday the 38-year-old Michigan residents had been unfairly targeted in a "political vendetta" by state officials and law enforcement. He said the Nulls, who were being held in Antrim County Jail, are not "a flight risk, they aren't a danger to the community at all, an ask of a bond of a million dollars is punishing them before their trial.""At this point, we believe this is a political vendetta by the governor's office and the AG's office. If they believe this was true they would give us dates and times and they were delayed in taking action," Siver told UpNorthLive on Friday.The high bond, however, may be tied to the severity of the allegations. Prosecutors argue the Wolverine Watchmen plotted a violent attack on Whitmer and sought to incite a civil war this summer, with plans to kidnap other elected officials.The Nulls have a public history of showing their distaste for the Democratic governor and her policies—and were photographed at an anti-Whitmer demonstration at the Michigan capitol in April.The twins were among a group of militia members who stormed the capitol to protest Whitmer's COVID-19 restrictions, as the Detroit Free Press first reported. In one photo, the twins are seen wearing a "Michigan Liberty Militia" patch—referring to one of the militarized groups banned by Facebook in August—faux lanyards and walkie talkies. Both are also armed with semi-automatic weapons.At least one of the brothers was arrested during the event, which featured hundreds of protesters, some of them armed with assault rifles, demanding entry onto the state Senate floor to confront lawmakers set to debate an extension of the stay-at-home order.In a widely shared tweet at the time, State Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D) claimed some senators were wearing bulletproof vests as a result. A spokesperson for the Michigan AG's office confirmed Friday that Polehanki's tweet featured one of the Null brothers.> Directly above me, men with rifles yelling at us. Some of my colleagues who own bullet proof vests are wearing them. I have never appreciated our Sergeants-at-Arms more than today. mileg pic.twitter.com/voOZpPYWOs> > — Senator Dayna Polehanki (@SenPolehanki) April 30, 2020"They never came off as these 'screw the government, we're going to take it over' type of people," Michelle Gregoire, a member of one Michigan militia who was at the April event, told the Detroit News. Gregoire stressed that she had met the Nulls multiple times and added that her immediate response to Thursday's charges was, "Who the hell are the Wolverine Watchmen?"Ryan Kelley, an organizer of the April demonstration dubbed an "American Patriot Rally," added to the outlet he was "totally surprised" by the criminal charges and admitted he'd met the twins at one of the rallies—but claimed he had no other communication. Gregorie and Kelley did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast's request for comment. The American Patriot Council, the pro-militia group who hosted the rally, also issued a statement Thursday stressing they don't condone "violence as a form of political action."A month later, the Nulls joined a rally in protest of Whitmer's order in Grand Rapids—an event where the Barry County sheriff was a guest speaker. In his interview with Fox 17 Thursday, Leaf stressed he didn't know about the twin's alleged involvement in the plot against Whitmer, but said he doesn't have any regrets about sharing a stage with William Null."I haven't read everything up on it, I've got other duties to do, it wasn't our investigation. I was shocked, did not see this coming with those guys, but still we can't convict them in the media here, they do have a right to a fair trial," Leaf said before making the bonkers suggestion that a citizen's arrest in this case might have been legal.The Bizarre Brew of Crazy Behind the Whitmer Kidnapping Plot"I think it's MCL 764.4, 764.5 somewhere on there and it doesn't say if you are an elected officer that you're exempt from that arrest. I have to look at it from that angle and I'm hoping that's more what it is. In fact, these guys are innocent till proven guilty so I'm not even sure if they had any part of it," Leaf added.The sheriff added that the Null brothers had always been nice and respectful to him, stating the two "gentlemen" are "innocent til proven guilty. And we really, really should be careful, trying to try them in the media."A neighbor of William Null, who requested anonymity, told The Daily Beast he was "a bit surprised" to hear the 38-year-old was arrested for his involvement in the wild plot. Stressing there are "a lot of militia people here," the neighbor said Null didn't seem as violent as the allegations suggest."Guess it's hard to truly know your neighbors," the West Michigan man mused.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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| Protesters want Kansas City police officer fired after kneeling on pregnant Black woman Posted: 09 Oct 2020 12:18 PM PDT  Bystander footage of Deja Stallings' arrest shows the officer kneeling on her back as the crowd yells to stop because she is pregnant.
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| Philippines says it and China reaffirm strong relations Posted: 10 Oct 2020 08:14 AM PDT  The foreign ministers of Philippines and China reaffirmed their countries' strong relations on Saturday, Manila's foreign ministry said, amid bilateral tensions over the South China Sea. China, which has for years been locked in maritime disputes with other coastal states in the South China Sea, has in recent months held exercises in disputed parts of the strategic waterway, at a time when other claimants are battling coronavirus outbreaks. "Both sides reaffirmed the continuing vitality of relations despite the constraints imposed by COVID-19," the Philippines' foreign ministry said in a statement following talks in Yunnan between Teodoro Locsin and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
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| The tale of Algeria's stolen cannon and France's cockerel Posted: 10 Oct 2020 04:50 PM PDT  Hopes grow that a gigantic weapon stolen after the invasion of Algiers in 1830 may soon be returned.
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| Aid group says Libyan militia is holding hostage 60 migrants Posted: 10 Oct 2020 04:48 AM PDT |
| Millions will be ordered not to leave their local areas in new Covid clampdown Posted: 10 Oct 2020 11:47 AM PDT  Millions of people will be asked not to travel outside their local areas and could be banned from mixing with other households, even outdoors, amid fears that some hospitals in the North-West could be overwhelmed within days. This weekend, Downing Street was briefing mayors and council leaders on the planned three-tier "Local Covid Alert Levels" system of restrictions for England, expected to be announced by Boris Johnson on Monday. Joe Anderson, the Mayor of Liverpool, said he was in discussions with Number 10 about placing the city into the third tier – with the toughest restrictions – amid mounting concern over the number of cases and the capacity of intensive care units at hospitals in the area. The talks included discussions about deals that would give local leaders greater autonomy over measures and testing in their area in exchange for helping to enforce and explain the rules. Plans for the third "very high" tier are understood to include guidance asking residents not to travel outside their area other than for specific reasons such as work or education. Local mayors said they expected pubs and bars in these areas to have to close, with restaurants able to remain open until 10pm. In telephone calls with local leaders, Boris Johnson's aides also indicated that areas put into the third tier could face bans on multiple households mixing either indoors or outdoors. Separately, Downing Street is inviting leaders whose areas are due to be in the "very high" tier to request the closure of specific types of hospitality or leisure venues, including beauty salons and sports centres. That came after acknowledgement that the Government had not done enough to achieve "local buy-in" for some of the existing restrictions faced by areas with high infection rates in the North-East and the North-West.
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| Harrison demands Graham get COVID-19 test before next debate Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:18 PM PDT  Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison are set to meet for their second debate on Friday.
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| Snowboarders accused of starting avalanche should pay $168,000, Colorado official says Posted: 09 Oct 2020 03:07 PM PDT  "I've never heard of anyone receiving a criminal penalty for making a mistake like this," one of the snowboarders said.
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| In campaign's final stretch, Democrats claw their way back in Pennsylvania Posted: 09 Oct 2020 05:00 AM PDT  After Donald Trump shocked Keystone State Democrats in 2016, the Biden campaign is trying to reach every county, big and small, to flip the result back.
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| Cunningham won't directly address possible other affairs Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:27 PM PDT  Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham refused on Friday to address whether other sexual affairs could surface days after The Associated Press reported his intimate encounter this summer with a public relations consultant. Cunningham is in a closely contested, expensive race with Republican Sen. Thom Tillis that could determine control of the Senate. The U.S. Army Reserve officer and Raleigh attorney on Oct. 2 acknowledged the existence of sexually suggestive text messages between him and a woman, both of whom are married, and apologized for hurting his family and supporters.
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| Officials demand investigation after ICE agents stop Black jogger in Boston Posted: 09 Oct 2020 11:49 AM PDT  Bena Apreala, 29, was stopped by ICE near his home in Boston, the latest of several instances of a Black jogger being stopped by authorities.
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| Detained Australian Yang Hengjun set to face trial in Beijing Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:58 PM PDT |
| No one will buy the Watts murder house featured in Netflix's 'American Murder: The Family Next Door Posted: 09 Oct 2020 12:54 PM PDT  The house is technically still owned by Watts despite its foreclosure
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| Ken Starr: Biden, Harris making terrible decision not to reveal choice for Supreme Court Posted: 10 Oct 2020 08:49 AM PDT  Former White House independent counsel reacts to the Democrats refusal to name their choices for the high court.
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| Two women share chemistry Nobel in historic win for 'genetic scissors' Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:51 AM PDT  This year's prize, which is for work on genome editing, is awarded to two women for the first time.
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| 'Tiger King' star Bhagavan 'Doc' Antle has been indicted on wildlife trafficking and animal cruelty charges Posted: 10 Oct 2020 09:22 AM PDT  Wildlife park owner "Doc" Antle was indicted on two felony counts and 13 misdemeanor counts, the Attorney General of Virginia announced.
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| Thousands will enter the 2022 visa lottery for a free green card. This advice could help Posted: 10 Oct 2020 12:04 PM PDT  This week, the U.S. government opened the entry period to participate in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program for Fiscal Year 2022 (DV-2022), which ends on Nov. 10, 2020.
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| Foreign policy experts rebuke Trump administration for policies that emboldened rivals, alienated allies Posted: 09 Oct 2020 06:52 AM PDT  A group of academic experts in international relations view President Trump's handling of foreign policy "largely as a failure," identifying specific examples of his botched global engagements and calling for new leadership just weeks before Election Day.
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| Mideast wildfires kill 3, force thousands to flee homes Posted: 10 Oct 2020 05:41 AM PDT  Wildfires around the Middle East triggered by a heatwave hitting the region have killed three people, forced thousands of people to leave their homes and detonated landmines along the Lebanon-Israel border, state media and officials said Saturday. The areas hit by the heatwave are Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. Wildfires spread across different areas of Israel and the West Bank for a second day Saturday, forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
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| One Dead as Gunfire Erupts Amid Dueling Rallies in Denver Posted: 10 Oct 2020 03:51 PM PDT  A man was shot dead during rival rallies between far-right groups and Black Lives Matter protesters in Denver on Saturday. The victim, who has not been identified, was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries a short time later, Denver police confirmed. Two suspects were taken into custody in connection with the shooting, which occurred in the courtyard of the Denver Art Museum. Nearby, hundreds of activists from the far-right and Black Lives Matter had been facing off in dueling demonstrations.The shooting is now being investigated as a homicide, police said.> Update: This shooting is now being investigated as a Homicide. Updates will be posted as information comes available.> > — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) October 10, 2020A video said to be taken from the scene at the time of the shooting captured the gunfire and the shooting in the distance. After a shot rang out, police officers could be seen rushing to the area as bystanders screamed in horror and yelled, "He's got a gun!" A man could be seen lying on the ground as authorities handcuffed two other people nearby. > Potato video, but here is the person shooting the gun at the Denverprotests, and the scene after (Denver, CO) pic.twitter.com/N1FksCXWiW> > — Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) October 10, 2020The incident capped off a day of tensions in the city, after counter-protesters hosted a "BLM-Antifa Soup Drive" outside the Civic Center where right-wing groups had gathered for what was dubbed a "Patriot Muster." Far-right militias appeared ready to do battle at the event, wielding shields and wearing helmets, but only isolated clashes and screaming matches were reported between the two sides until the gunfire erupted. A day before the event, the organizer of the Patriot Rally, John Tiegen did an interview with the Steffan Tubbs Show where he was quoted saying of the rally: "I'm not going in there to do violence, but I'm going to be prepared to do violence."On Twitter, he called on participants to "be seen be heard loud and proud." "Don't let the communists, socialist party and groups intimidate or Oppress you any longer!" he wrote.Ahead of the rallies, the Denver Police Department said it would respect "the right to peacefully assemble" but urged those participating to "do so in a lawful manner."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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| Azeri leader rules out concessions before Nagorno-Karabakh talks Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:21 AM PDT  Azerbaijan's president ruled out making any concessions to Armenia on Friday ahead of talks aimed at halting the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years. President Ilham Aliyev's uncompromising position in a televised speech appeared to leave little room for de-escalation as the Azeri and Armenian foreign ministers arrived in Moscow. The talks were expected to be the first diplomatic contact between the enemies since fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave erupted on Sept. 27, killing hundreds of people.
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| China, increasingly mighty, still learning how to project power Posted: 09 Oct 2020 09:31 AM PDT |
| Paris Hilton leads protest and calls for closure of Utah school Posted: 10 Oct 2020 08:44 AM PDT  The reality TV star says schools like Provo Canyon School abuse and mistreat youth.
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| NYC cancels $900M payment to teachers due to financial crisis Posted: 09 Oct 2020 12:54 PM PDT  NYC teachers who were expected to receive their share of a $900 million payout were told those funds will not be released. The de Blasio administration canceled the payment and is blaming it on the pandemic, according to the New York Post. "It is the city's desire to avoid the necessity for layoffs, and to make a retroactive payment at this time would therefore be fiscally irresponsible," said First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan to Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers on Thursday.
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| Hathras case: A woman repeatedly reported rape. Why are police denying it? Posted: 09 Oct 2020 05:08 PM PDT  A young Indian woman repeatedly said she was raped, but authorities insist there was no sexual assault.
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| A Florida mom walked into a Walmart. Then she vanished, surveillance video shows Posted: 09 Oct 2020 10:10 AM PDT  The mystery has deepened surrounding a Central Florida woman who has been missing since Sept. 25.
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| Second presidential debate canceled after Trump refuses to hold it virtually Posted: 09 Oct 2020 03:51 PM PDT  The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Friday that it has officially canceled the Oct. 15 debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden after Trump declined to go along with the plan to hold it virtually.
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| Gunmen kill Pakistan singer, father of rights activist Posted: 09 Oct 2020 08:53 AM PDT |
| Princeton will drop President Woodrow Wilson and rename school after influential Black finance expert Posted: 09 Oct 2020 07:06 PM PDT  History won't only be taught at Princeton University - it will be made. The Ivy League college is naming a residential college after Mellody Hobson, an influential finance expert who is an alumna and major donor to the school. She will be the first Black woman to have that honor in the Elizabeth, New Jersey-based school's 274-year history. Hobson College will be built on a site once named for ...
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| Footage from former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale's meltdown shows him complaining to a police officer that his wife wasn't having sex with him Posted: 10 Oct 2020 09:27 AM PDT  Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale was hospitalized last month after threatening to harm himself.
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| Hurricane Delta weakens after churning into storm-battered Louisiana Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:02 AM PDT  Hurricane Delta weakened steadily on Friday after churning into a corner of southwestern Louisiana repeatedly battered by storms this year, sending residents scurrying out of harm's way and disrupting Gulf Coast energy production. Delta made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (161 kph), at 6 p.m. on Friday near the town of Creole, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported. Within hours, its sustained winds had diminished to 75 mph (120 kph) and it was on the verge of being downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm.
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| Sen. Tammy Duckworth was once told to pump breast milk in an airport toilet stall. Now she has unlocked funding to put lactation rooms in all of America's airports. Posted: 10 Oct 2020 05:03 AM PDT  The senator's Friendly Airports for Mothers Improvement Act lets airports large and small use federal funds to install clean, private lactation areas.
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| Canadian extradition judge deals Huawei CFO legal blow Posted: 09 Oct 2020 03:23 PM PDT  A senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies has been denied access to most of the documents her lawyers hoped to use to help prevent her extradition to the United States. Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei's founder and the company's chief financial officer, at Vancouver's airport in late 2018. It says Meng, 48, committed fraud by misleading the HSBC bank about the company's business dealings in Iran.
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| Breonna Taylor: What happened on the night of her death? Posted: 09 Oct 2020 02:16 PM PDT  The 26-year-old was killed by police in her Louisville home, sparking protests and calls for justice.
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| North Carolina University issues ‘shelter in place order’ following ‘direct threat’ over BLM mural Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:51 PM PDT  Students and teachers warned 'do not come to campus'
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| Trump hails his COVID 'cure' as leading medical journal calls him 'dangerously incompetent' on pandemic Posted: 09 Oct 2020 01:05 PM PDT  President Trump continued to hail an experimental monoclonal antibody treatment as a "cure" for COVID-19, telling radio host Rush Limbaugh that it sped his recovery from the disease and was "better than a vaccine."
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| Trump: I don't know how I got COVID-19, would love to donate plasma Posted: 09 Oct 2020 05:49 PM PDT  President joins Dr. Marc Siegel to discuss his stay at Walter Reed, the presidential debates and dexamethasone
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| Venezuelans once again fleeing on foot as troubles mount Posted: 08 Oct 2020 09:00 PM PDT  Eleazar Hernández slept on a sidewalk amid a light drizzle, temperatures that dipped close to freezing and the roar of passing trucks. The 23-year-old Venezuelan migrant was trying to make it to the Colombian city of Medellin with his wife, who is seven months pregnant. After months of COVID-19 lockdowns that halted one of the world's biggest migration movements in recent years, Venezuelans are once again fleeing their nation's economic and humanitarian crisis.
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| Ready for a Hawaiian vacation? Surf's up, but so are lots of COVID-19-related hassles Posted: 10 Oct 2020 05:00 AM PDT  OK, so you're willing to stare down the coronavirus and travel to Hawaii, but know the restrictions and rules on the islands before you go.
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