| Trump mocks Hunter Biden’s drug addiction while praising his own children Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:10 AM PDT  Team Trump is ramping up attacks on former VP's son
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| Singapore Airlines is launching the new world's longest flight that will see flyers spending almost 19 hours on a plane nonstop Posted: 20 Oct 2020 07:41 AM PDT  Singapore Airlines is known for its ultra-long-haul flights with this latest addition securing the top spot on the list of the world's longest flights.
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| Record-setting catch of 110-pound catfish in Georgia has angler under fire. Here’s why Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:59 PM PDT  Some aren't happy about what happened to the catfish
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| U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian bombers near Alaska Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:52 AM PDT  U.S. fighter jets intercepted four Russian military aircraft in international airspace near Alaska, NORAD said.
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| Fake naked photos of thousands of women shared online Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:40 AM PDT  Fake naked images of thousands of women are being made from social media photos.
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| Journalists Share Deceptively Edited Clip of GOP Michigan Senate Candidate John James’ Answer on Health Care Posted: 19 Oct 2020 01:28 PM PDT  A number of prominent journalists shared a deceptively edited video that purported to show Republican Michigan Senate candidate John James fumbling his response to a question about protecting patients with pre-existing health conditions."I don't see a full health care plan on your website. What do you want to replace it with?" anchor Devin Scillian of Detroit's Local 4 News asked James during an interview on Sunday."So here's the thing. I'm not a politician," James begins his response, at which point the video ends.During the rest of his answer that was not included in the clip, James goes on to outline his vision for health care and the proposals he believes could replace the Affordable Care Act."Health care is unaffordable for too many Americans, and I believe that by increasing competition, increasing choice, increasing quality of care, lowering costs, I think we can do that with some of the ways I proposed," James said.The Michigan Republican said he proposes "broadening the risk pools across state lines," as well as reforming the tort and regulatory hurdles that raise costs and allowing business association health plans "so people can make their own choice.""Those are the types of things through a legislative requirement that must protect preexisting conditions," James said.The video was put out by Michigan Democrats and subsequently shared by several prominent journalists and others with large Twitter followings.CNN White House correspondent John Harwood shared the video, as did Emily Singer and Oliver Willis of the American Independent and veteran broadcast journalist Soledad O'Brien. Several former government officials and entertainment personalities also shared the video along with Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's communications director and incumbent Gary Peters, James's opponent in the Senate race.The Michigan Senate race is now considered a toss up between James and Peters, according to RealClearPolitics.James has been advocating for replacing Obamacare since his first unsuccessful run for Senate in Michigan three years ago.In November 2017, James called the Affordable Care Act a "monstrosity" and declared Washington needs "someone who will go and work their tail off" to repeal and replace it."Our failure to repeal and replace Obamacare is the surest sign that we need new conservative leadership in Washington," James said at the time.
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| TikTok users are super-gluing vampire fangs to their teeth, and struggling to get them off. Dentists are not happy about it. Posted: 19 Oct 2020 01:18 PM PDT  Users are posting videos, yanking furiously on their fangs to try to remove them. Dentists say it could cause permanent damage.
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| Expect a price jump, and new COVID-19 rules, when booking your next cruise Posted: 19 Oct 2020 06:45 AM PDT  Cruise companies say pent-up demand, once the U.S. no-sail order is lifted, will lead to higher ticket costs.
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| Fox News rejected Hunter Biden exposé; New York Post writer refused to put his name on it: reports Posted: 19 Oct 2020 05:38 PM PDT  The FBI is investigating whether the story is tied to a Russian influence operation, according to multiple reports
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| Chipotle is killing one of customers' favorite ways to get free food Posted: 19 Oct 2020 06:37 AM PDT  The era of the free Chipotle tortilla has come to an end. The chain is now charging $0.25 for a side tortilla.
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| The ‘siege’ of Phil Collins’ Miami Beach mansion continues: Ex wife just got served Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:22 PM PDT  She got served.
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| Early voting begins in crucial Florida as election nears Posted: 19 Oct 2020 05:39 AM PDT  Early voting began in battleground state Florida on Monday, with just two weeks to go until the election.
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| Dr. Birx reportedly asked Pence to remove COVID-19 adviser pushing 'junk science' Posted: 19 Oct 2020 07:02 AM PDT  Dr. Deborah Birx has reportedly been trying to get controversial adviser Dr. Scott Atlas removed from the White House coronavirus task force.A new report in The Washington Post describes the "discord on the coronavirus task force" that has reportedly "worsened" ever since the arrival of Atlas, a neuroradiologist who has no background in epidemiology. Atlas has reportedly "succeeded in largely sidelining" other doctors on the White House coronavirus task force, has challenged analysis from Birx and others with what experts have dismissed as "junk science," and is seen by colleagues as "ill-informed, manipulative and at times dishonest."Birx, who serves as the task force's response coordinator, recently confronted Vice President Mike Pence about Atlas, telling his office he should be removed from the task force and that she "does not trust" him nor does she believe "he is giving Trump sound advice," the Post also reports. Her effort was evidently unsuccessful, and Pence reportedly "did not take sides" in the conflict.The report also describes how Atlas has baselessly claimed to the task force that the United States is close to achieving herd immunity, an idea scientists have rejected, and that all coronavirus restrictions should be lifted. This, the Post says, led Birx and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to demand he produce data to support his claims during a "fierce debate." Atlas over the weekend also falsely claimed that masks don't work in fighting COVID-19, leading Twitter to remove the post."These days, the task force is dormant relative to its robust activity earlier in the pandemic," the Post writes. "Fauci, Birx, Surgeon General Jerome Adams and other members have confided in others that they are dispirited." Read more at The Washington Post. More stories from theweek.com Will Kansas go blue? What happened to third party candidates? If Roe falls
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| Fears of ecological disaster grow over stricken oil tanker in Caribbean Posted: 20 Oct 2020 08:05 AM PDT  Lawmakers from the National Assembly called on the country's government to urgently unload oil from Nabarima to avoid a spill.
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| Televangelist Pat Robertson predicts Trump win, then chaos, then the end of the world Posted: 20 Oct 2020 05:27 PM PDT  Pat Robertson has made similar predictions about the end of the world before and been wrong. This time, he foresees "some kind of asteroid strike."
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| Justice Department Announces Rule to Bar Some Criminal Illegal Immigrants from Asylum Posted: 20 Oct 2020 03:34 PM PDT  The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security on Tuesday announced new regulations barring illegal immigrants who have committed certain crimes from obtaining asylum in the U.S., part of the Trump administration's ongoing effort to prevent bad actors from gaining entrance to the country."To ensure that criminal aliens cannot obtain this discretionary benefit, the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security have exercised their regulatory authority to limit eligibility for asylum for aliens who have engaged in specified categories of criminal behavior," the DOJ said in a statement.Under the new rule, immigrants who are convicted felons, have been convicted of smuggling or harboring other illegal immigrants or reentering the country illegally, committed certain drunk driving offenses, committed a crime involving gangs, received government benefits illegally, committed drug trafficking or possession offenses, or committed offenses related to false identification will not be eligible for asylum.Notably, immigrants who have committed certain domestic violence offenses, such as battery or extreme cruelty, will also be barred from asylum even if they were not convicted.Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli said Tuesday on a call with reporters that the rule aims to "bring some sanity to the asylum system and our legal immigration system" and to "get the charlatans out of the system and preserve it for those who are deserving of America's tremendous generosity."Cuccinelli said that he expects the rule to help "speed the process along" of vetting asylum seekers, potentially easing the asylum program's current backlog of over a million cases.Asylum seekers who are currently waiting on their cases in the U.S. but are now ineligible for asylum under the new rule "will be deported" when their cases come up, Cucinelli said.The new rule will take effect 30 days after it is published in the Federal Register on Wednesday.Last year, the administration attempted to deny asylum to all migrants who failed to enter the U.S. through a legal port of entry but that policy was struck down by more than one federal judge, who said it was "inconsistent with" the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
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| Joe Biden supporter who was installing BLM sign arrested for allegedly shooting at passing Trump supporter and son Posted: 20 Oct 2020 12:12 PM PDT  Neighbours said the political signs supporting Democrats had been previously pulled down on multiple occasions
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| Submarine murderer Peter Madsen surrounded by armed officers after escaping Danish prison Posted: 20 Oct 2020 03:55 AM PDT  Danish submarine killer Peter Madsen took a female psychologist hostage and then escaped from prison in Copenhagen on Tuesday, keeping police at bay for nearby two hours after he wore what police feared was an explosives belt strapped around his abdomen. The 49-year-old escaped from Herstedvester prison at around 10am, seizing the woman and brandishing a "pistol-like object". "He used her as a shield to threaten the staff to open the gate. It was very violent and the staff, therefore, chose to back off," Bo Yde Sorensen, Chairman of the Danish Prison Federation, told Ekstra Bladet newspaper. "The weapon was life-like so the prison guards at the gate did not dare take any chances in relation to the hostage, who they judged to be in life danger. He threatened to kill her if they did not open the gate." Madsen, who murdered a Swedish journalist on his submarine in 2017, made it little more than half a mile from the prison gates.
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| SCOTUS mail-in voting ruling raises alarm: Democrats may “never win another national election" Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:15 AM PDT  Democrats scored a big win in a Pennsylvania mail-in voting case, but the victory "may only last a matter of days"
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| Heartbreak in the Magic Kingdom: Laid-off Disney workers turn to food banks as coronavirus devastates Florida tourism Posted: 20 Oct 2020 06:19 AM PDT  The coronavirus has led to thousands of layoffs at Disney in Orlando, and devastated the local economy, reports Richard Hall
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| A US lab used rockets to launch a semi-truck into a new tractor trailer built to transport nuclear weapons Posted: 20 Oct 2020 12:53 PM PDT  "You've got to be able to ship nuclear assets safely and securely or you don't have a deterrence program," a lab project manager said.
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| Woman rescued in Zion National Park is 'getting her strength back' Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:40 PM PDT  "She was unable to take more than a step or two without collapsing," the woman's daughter said. "She told me she was so dehydrated she couldn't open her mouth."
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| Letters to the Editor: It's time for Anthony Fauci to say what he really thinks about Trump Posted: 20 Oct 2020 12:21 PM PDT  Dr. Anthony Fauci has given his honest medical opinion throughout the pandemic, and Trump denigrates him.
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| ‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris was warned before child porn arrest by the owner of a gym featured on ‘AGT,’ lawsuit claims Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:18 PM PDT  Cheer Athletics co-owner Angela Rogers warned 'Cheer' star Jerry Harris about a possible investigation into his conduct, according to a lawsuit.
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| Former Mexican defense minister ordered held in U.S. jail without bond Posted: 20 Oct 2020 03:03 AM PDT  Mexico's former defense minister, Salvador Cienfuegos, was ordered held in U.S. custody without bail on Tuesday, pending his trial on drug trafficking charges in a case that could have far-reaching implications for U.S. and Mexican anti-cartel strategy. A U.S. magistrate judge also ordered Cienfuegos, 72, sent to New York to stand trial. Cienfuegos was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport last week.
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| Pieces of Halley’s Comet to bring meteor shower this week. Here’s how you can watch Posted: 19 Oct 2020 10:35 AM PDT  You could see up to 20 meteors per hour if you're lucky.
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| Infectious diseases specialist challenges airlines' COVID safety analysis Posted: 19 Oct 2020 05:50 AM PDT  A campaign by coronavirus-stricken aviation giants to persuade the world it's safe to fly has been questioned by one of the scientists whose research it draws upon.
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| The 2021 IKEA Catalog Is Finally Here! Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:31 PM PDT |
| Florida company warns employees they might lose jobs if Trump doesn’t win Posted: 19 Oct 2020 05:52 PM PDT  Boss has given hundreds of thousands to Republican political causes
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| Watch the US Navy stealth destroyer Zumwalt fire off a missile for the first time Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:10 AM PDT  USS Zumwalt went years without a working combat system, but now the Navy is starting to put its weapons to the test.
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| Elon Musk becomes Twitter laughingstock after Bolivian socialist movement returns to power Posted: 20 Oct 2020 02:44 PM PDT  "We will coup whoever we want": the Tesla CEO's braggadocious imperialism comes back to mock him
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| Killer dubbed ‘Black Widow’ gets prison release 30 years after hit on estranged husband Posted: 19 Oct 2020 03:50 PM PDT  Barbara Kogan organised killing to secure life insurance payout
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| Gunfire, racist threats reported against Indiana candidate challenging Pence’s brother Posted: 20 Oct 2020 11:27 AM PDT  "It's terrifying to me," Jeannine Lake said.
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| Taiwan and Chinese diplomats injured in fight in high-end Fiji hotel Posted: 19 Oct 2020 02:37 AM PDT  Taiwan and China have become embroiled in a diplomatic spat on the Pacific island of Fiji, after government officials from both sides were allegedly injured during a fight at an event in a high-end hotel to mark Taiwan's National Day. The incident occurred amid growing tensions between Beijing and Taipei over Taiwan's global status, and as both sides vie for diplomatic and economic influence in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. Taiwan's foreign ministry said on Monday that it had asked the Fijian police to investigate the October 8 incident. The fight resulted in a Taiwanese diplomat being sent to hospital after trying to prevent two Chinese embassy officials from entering the venue to photograph people who were attending. The Chinese Communist Party claims Taiwan - a democratic island of 24 million which it has never ruled - as its own territory. It tries to undermine Taiwan internationally and strongly objects to Taipei having independent ties with any other nations. Taiwan, a strong US ally, has formal relations with four countries in the region, although not with Fiji. According to the Taiwanese foreign ministry, two Chinese diplomats stormed into a celebration marking Taiwan's national day to "harass" their guests.
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| A Texas man bought an old ambulance from a landscaping company for $4,500 and spent $10,000 converting it into his dream tiny home. Here's how he did it. Posted: 20 Oct 2020 03:30 PM PDT  Michael Talley said that he focused on creating as much open space in the converted ambulance as possible.
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| Two weeks from Election Day, how do early voting numbers across US compare to 2016? Posted: 20 Oct 2020 09:12 AM PDT  Americans have voted early at a record pace this election, data show.
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| Japan to export defense tech to Vietnam under new agreement Posted: 19 Oct 2020 07:19 AM PDT  Japan has been pursuing such pacts in recent years to bolster ties with Southeast Asian countries and sustain its own defense industry.
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| Mitch McConnell reportedly told the White House to refrain from striking a stimulus deal before the election Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:28 PM PDT  McConnell said he thought a stimulus agreement would complicate the GOP's efforts to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
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| Fox News obtains receipt from computer shop in Hunter Biden story Posted: 19 Oct 2020 09:02 PM PDT  Former Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland joins 'Fox News @ Night' with analysis.
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| Ivanka Trump mocked for saying she's been using pandemic to learn guitar, as eight million fall into poverty Posted: 20 Oct 2020 01:54 PM PDT  'Lucky she doesn't have to worry about rent or food,' says one Twitter user
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| As the Arctic's attractions mount, Greenland is a security black hole Posted: 19 Oct 2020 10:06 PM PDT  On a windy August afternoon in 2017, Akitsinnguaq Ina Olsen was relaxing in the old harbour of Nuuk, Greenland's capital, when a Chinese icebreaker sailed unannounced into the Arctic island's territorial waters. The Chinese ship was one of a growing number of unexpected arrivals in Arctic waters as shrinking sea ice has fast-tracked a race among global powers for control over resources and waterways. Both China and Russia have been making increasingly assertive moves in the region, and after the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last year said now is "America's moment to stand up as an Arctic nation and for the Arctic's future," military activity is stepping up.
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