| Trump intel chief sounds alarm over Iran intimidating voters with spoofed emails Posted: 21 Oct 2020 06:24 PM PDT  DNI Director John Ratcliffe announced in a surprise press conference that the U.S. government has concluded "that two foreign actors, Iran and Russia, have taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections."
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| 'Mama, they just shot us for nothing': Waukegan police officer fatally shoots Black teen, injures woman Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:21 PM PDT  People are protesting in Waukegan, Illinois, after a police officer fatally shot 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette on Tuesday.
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| 'It just won't be so exhausting': Obama debuts his closing argument for Biden Posted: 21 Oct 2020 04:09 PM PDT  In a rousing speech before the Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, former President Barack Obama lambasted the Trump administration and urged the Democratic faithful to turn out in droves to elect Joe Biden.
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| Christian singer to host evangelical ‘worship protest’ on Washington DC’s National Mall with 15,000 expected to attend Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:06 PM PDT  The event scheduled this weekend will not require attendees to wear masks or social distance
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| Gaza nurses protest loss of Israeli permit, layoffs Posted: 21 Oct 2020 01:20 PM PDT  A group of nurses from the Gaza Strip staged a protest in a public square on Wednesday, saying an Israeli travel ban has led the Jerusalem hospital where they worked for many years to fire them. The seven nurses gathered at a public square in Gaza City, wearing lab coats and holding banners that said: "Firing us is a death sentence on our profession and families." "We never expected that Makassed would dismiss us arbitrarily," said Baher Lulu, 53, a critical care nurse who said he joined the hospital 30 years ago, when travel from Gaza to Jerusalem did not require Israeli permission.
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| Vanessa Guillén, Fort Hood soldier who went missing in April, died 'in the line of duty,' Army says Posted: 20 Oct 2020 07:30 PM PDT  Guillén's family will receive Army benefits, such as allowances, compensation for expenses, life insurance and a funeral with full military honors.
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| A 73-year-old in Colorado was fined more than $1,000 after her pet deer gored a woman walking her dog Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:10 PM PDT  Tynette Housley, 73, was cited on misdemeanor charges of illegal possession of wildlife and illegally feeding wildlife.
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| Mali's army liberates village besieged by jihadists: army statement Posted: 22 Oct 2020 04:42 PM PDT |
| Health secretary promises coronavirus vaccine before 2021 Posted: 21 Oct 2020 02:52 PM PDT  The first doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be available before the end of the year, with mass vaccination of Americans taking place throughout the spring, according to public health officials at CDC headquarters in Atlanta.
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| Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Less than a third of U.S. voters plan to cast their ballots in person on Election Day Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:22 AM PDT  Just 31 percent of respondents said they plan to vote in person on Nov. 3, while 64 percent planned to vote by mail or cast their ballots in early voting.
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| After teacher’s murder, France touts secularism. But Muslims feel heat. Posted: 21 Oct 2020 10:01 AM PDT |
| Ghislaine Maxwell: 'Intimate' details of British socialite's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein to be released in court documents Posted: 22 Oct 2020 05:43 AM PDT  Maxwell's lawyers fought hard to keep deposition secret
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| Texas woman died from COVID-19 after Spirit flight was diverted to Albuquerque in July Posted: 21 Oct 2020 10:57 AM PDT  The Garland, Texas, woman, who was in her 30s, was dead on arrival when her flight from Las Vegas to Dallas was diverted to Albuquerque in late July.
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| Bernie Sanders for Labor secretary? He's reportedly interested. Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:42 PM PDT  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reportedly has an "interest" in becoming Joe Biden's Labor secretary, were the Democrat to be elected president, Politico reports. Though Sanders shook off the suggestion when asked about it on Wednesday, "one person close to the Vermont senator" reportedly told Politico that "I can confirm he's trying to figure out how to land that role or something like it. He, personally, does have an interest in it."On Thursday, Sanders said he was planning to announce his own 100 day agenda, claiming that the rival proposal will "speak to the need to begin the process of moving toward Medicare For All," as well as raising the minimum wage, instituting a "massive infrastructure program," and making it easier for workers to join unions. Sanders then asked rhetorically if he would additionally back future primary challenges against elected Democrats who don't move toward more progressive policies, answering his own question by saying, "you're d--n right I am."Biden's team has reportedly been considering Republicans for some cabinet positions. Nevertheless, former Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir told Politico, "It would be great to have a unity government that takes into account that progressives are a pretty healthy portion of the electorate."More stories from theweek.com Men, this should be so easy A painful postpartum injury is plaguing America's moms — but nobody really talks about it Trump doubles down on the jerk vote
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| UN says shipwreck off Libya left 15 migrants dead Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:59 AM PDT |
| Trinidad says idle Venezuela oil vessel not a threat. Environmentalists are not convinced. Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:51 PM PDT  The government of Trinidad and Tobago said Thursday that a floating oil-storage vessel with nearly 55 million gallons of Venezuelan crude oil floating off its coast is not taking on water and shows no sign of capsizing and creating an environmental disaster off the coast of South America.
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| At least 10 bodies were found by researchers in a dig searching for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre Posted: 21 Oct 2020 03:11 PM PDT  An estimated 150 to 300 people, who were mostly Black, were killed in the Tulsa Race Massacre, which occurred from May 31, 1921 to June 1, 1921.
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| 'They only care about votes': As millions slip into poverty, voting may be the only leverage for a 2nd stimulus check Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:39 AM PDT  Millions of Americans across the country are fed up with elected officials who haven't worked out a second stimulus bill. As more time passes, Americans don't care how it gets done; they just want something done.
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| China and Germany heading for superpower status as U.S. influence wanes, says Putin Posted: 22 Oct 2020 08:27 AM PDT  The era when the United States and Russia decided the world's most important questions is in the past, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, saying China and Germany were now heading for superpower status. Addressing a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, Putin suggested that the role of the United States had waned, along with that of Britain and France, while Beijing and Berlin - in terms of political and economic weight -- were heading for superpower status. If Washington was not prepared to discuss global problems with Moscow, Russia stood ready to have that discussion with other nations, said Putin, who was speaking via video link.
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| Mexico's feminist protests grow louder. So does debate over tactics. Posted: 21 Oct 2020 08:21 AM PDT  Mexican feminist activists have occupied the National Commission for Human Rights office in Mexico City, sparking debate about protest tactics.
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| Delta brutally subtweets rival airlines like American and United for not blocking middle seats during a pandemic Posted: 22 Oct 2020 12:22 PM PDT  Delta's tweet, which read "A haunted house, but they're not blocking middle seats," appeared to call out competitor airlines.
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| 100-year-old voter shares advice ahead of election, names favorite president in her lifetime Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:10 AM PDT  Voting since she was eighteen, Mabel Cook votes in her fifteenth presidential election. Great-grandkids witness the monumental event
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| One million Hong Kongers coming to UK could generate £6bn in tax revenues Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:52 AM PDT  Up to one million Hong Kongers could take up the UK's citizenship offer to escape Chinese repression, netting the UK economy nearly £6 billion in tax revenues, a Home Office assessment has revealed. The influx – as a result of the Government's fast-track immigration lifeboat for Hong Kongers – would see up to 500,000 arrive in the UK in the first year, dwarfing any previous similar scheme, from the 15,000 Windrush arrivals in the 1950s to the 28,000 Ugandan Asians in the 1970s. The total potential one million spread over five years would be larger than the population of Liverpool and would bring the number of Chinese in the UK to 1.5 million, overtaking the number of Indians at 1.4 million. However, it is the potential economic uplift that could have the biggest impact on the UK, with the Home Office's estimates putting the "net positive impact" at between £2.4 billion and £2.9 billion over five years, "the majority attributable to additional tax revenue." This is based on the £6 billion generated for the Exchequer through tax revenues minus the cost to the state from the incoming Hong Kong families' use of health, education and other public services. Under the scheme, Hong Kongers who have, or are eligible for, British National Overseas (BNO) passports will be able to sidestep jobs, skills and income tests that other migrants will face from January 1 2021 and secure five-year UK visas. They will not be entitled to claim benefits and will have to pay the health surcharge and visa fees. They will also be expected to be able to accommodate and support themselves for at least six months and demonstrate a commitment to learn English and have no criminal record. The scheme was launched after the UK suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and slapped an arms embargo on the territory in response to China's national security law on the former British territory. It means that from January, BNOs and their immediate family can apply for 30-month or five-year visas to live, work and study in the UK, and can seek British citizenship once they have been in the country for more than five years. See video below of clashes in Hong Kong in May this year, as the authorities crack down on protesters:
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| UK warship seizes 450 kilograms of meth in Arabian Sea Posted: 21 Oct 2020 01:20 AM PDT |
| Kobe Bryant’s Widow Vanessa Lists Tuscan-Style Southern California Home Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:20 PM PDT  The couple purchased the three-bedroom dwelling in Irvine as an investment in 2013
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| Landlord threatens to raise tenants’ rent if Biden elected Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:22 PM PDT  Residents at a Colorado trailer park claim they were told their rent would double if the former VP wins the 2020 presidential election. A Colorado landlord allegedly threatened his tenants by sending them a letter saying their rent would double if former vice president Joe Biden is elected. 9NEWS reported residents of the Colorado trailer park emailed the letter from their landlord to the news outlet questioning whether or not the threat was legal.
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| Judge keeps 2nd degree murder charge against ex-police officer in Floyd death, drops lesser charge Posted: 22 Oct 2020 07:37 AM PDT  Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said prosecutors did not have probable cause to charge Chauvin with third-degree murder but said the evidence supported taking to trial a second-degree murder charge, which could lead to decades in prison. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced that he had activated the Minnesota National Guard as a "precautionary step" following the ruling, which he said marked "a positive step in the path toward justice for George Floyd."
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| Pompeo to ask China partner Sri Lanka to make 'difficult' choices Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:00 PM PDT  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will ask Sri Lanka to make "difficult" choices on its growing relationship with China amid criticism the island is sliding toward authoritarianism, an official said Thursday.
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| A 28-year-old volunteer in AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine trial has died, but a report says he was in the control group and given a placebo Posted: 22 Oct 2020 02:55 AM PDT  Brazil's O Globo newspaper reported that the man was not given a dose of the company's trial vaccine and that he died from COVID-19 complications.
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| WATCH: Trump posts his version of '60 Minutes' interview Posted: 22 Oct 2020 09:44 AM PDT  President Trump uploaded a cut of his "60 Minutes" segment to Facebook on Thursday before its Sunday evening broadcast on CBS. Trump this week abruptly ended his interview with Lesley Stahl and walked off camera.
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| Fact check: Australia never counted Aboriginal people as animals under 'Flora and Fauna Act' Posted: 22 Oct 2020 07:34 AM PDT  There is no evidence of a Flora and Fauna Act under Australian law that classified its Aboriginal population as plants and animals.
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| Turkey slams joint declaration by Cyprus, Greece and Egypt Posted: 22 Oct 2020 03:41 AM PDT  Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Thursday slammed a joint statement by Greece, Cyprus and Egypt that condemns Turkish energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean and numerous "provocations" that they maintain are threatening regional peace. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it "fully rejected the declaration containing baseless accusations and allegations." During a trilateral regional summit Wednesday in Nicosia, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged Ankara to end its "aggressive" actions.
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| Who wins when a fish and snake tangle? SC man catches life-or-death struggle on video Posted: 22 Oct 2020 12:57 PM PDT  "I looked down and the snake had a big catfish in his mouth," the man said. "I thought it was awesome."
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| Australian soldiers killed Afghan prisoner as only six could fit on American helicopter, US marine claims Posted: 21 Oct 2020 08:28 AM PDT  A United States Marine Corps helicopter crew chief has accused Australian special forces of shooting dead one of seven bound Afghan prisoners because there was only space for six on the US aircraft due to collect them. The chief, "Josh", flew 159 combat missions for the Marine Corps' Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469. He told Australia's ABC Investigations he was a door gunner providing aerial covering fire for the Australian soldiers of the 2nd Commando Regiment during a night raid in mid-2012, north of his squadron's base in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. The raid was part of a broader joint Australian special forces-US Drug Enforcement Administration campaign targetting drug operations financing the Taliban. Josh told the ABC: "We just watched them tackle and hogtie these guys and we knew their hands were tied behind their backs". He said the Australian commandos then called for the US aircraft to pick them and seven prisoners up. "The pilot said, 'That's too many people, we can't carry that many passengers.' And you just heard this silence and then we heard a pop. And then they said, 'OK, we have six prisoners'." The USMC chief said it was "apparent to everybody involved in that mission that they had just killed a prisoner that we had just watched them catch and hogtie".
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| Police major who oversaw Taylor drug raid unit investigated Posted: 22 Oct 2020 10:05 AM PDT  A Louisville Police major who oversaw the unit that sent officers to Breonna Taylor's home the night she was fatally shot is the subject of an internal police investigation. The department's Professional Standards Unit opened an investigation this week into Maj. Kimberly Burbrink, the commander of the Criminal Interdiction Division, the Courier Journal reported. Burbrink was allowed to attend a May video call to update department leaders about the Taylor case, even though investigators "voiced concern" about her presence on the call.
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| Vatican to push for religious freedom as China deal extended Posted: 22 Oct 2020 12:32 AM PDT |
| Joe Biden hides in his basement as corruption claims mount Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:19 PM PDT  Trump Organization EVP Eric Trump reacts to news Hunter Biden laptop connected to money laundering probe
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| A 26-year-old coronavirus patient who was pronounced brain dead in June just walked out of the hospital a survivor Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:25 AM PDT  Doctors suggested Tionna Hairston's family take her off life support, but they decided to hold on. She's now a COVID-19 survivor.
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| A bride tried on 12 dresses before finding a one-of-a-kind gown with a yellow skirt Posted: 22 Oct 2020 07:12 AM PDT  Hattie O'Hara knew she wanted a unique gown, but shopping for her dress just five months before her wedding limited her options.
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| Coke bids adieu to 200 drink brands, slashing portfolio in half Posted: 22 Oct 2020 11:58 AM PDT  Some popular brands could be on the chopping block.
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| Lincoln Project targets Ivanka and Jared for Covid-19 death count with massive Times Square billboards Posted: 22 Oct 2020 01:42 PM PDT  'There must be accountability for the lying and deaths — this is just the start,' says anti-Trump conservative group
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| Obama says White House is probably using pandemic playbook he left 'to prop up a wobbly table' Posted: 21 Oct 2020 07:22 PM PDT  Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday said dealing with the coronavirus pandemic "would have been challenging for any president, but this idea that somehow this White House has done anything but completely screw this up is just not true."Obama made his remarks in Philadelphia during a drive-up rally for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Obama said that South Korea recorded its first COVID-19 case at the same time as the United States, "and its per capita death toll is just 1.3 percent of what ours is. Canada is just 39 percent of what ours is. Other countries are struggling with the pandemic, but they're not doing as bad as we are because they've got a government that's actually been paying attention."Comparing Biden to President Trump, Obama declared that "Joe's not going to screw up testing, he's not going to call scientists idiots, he's not going to host a superspreader event at the White House." The United States is eight months into the pandemic, and cases are again on the rise across the country, but "Donald Trump isn't suddenly going to protect all of us," Obama said. "He can't even take the basic steps to protect himself."Trump can't say Obama didn't try to warn him — before leaving office, his administration passed along a 70-page document on how to fight pandemics, the former president stated, with information included on novel coronaviruses. "We literally left this White House a pandemic playbook," Obama said. "They probably used it to prop up a wobbly table somewhere."Obama didn't just focus on the pandemic. He also made the pitch for Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), promising voters they "are going to fight for you every day. They care about you and they care about this democracy. ... They believe that no one, especially the president, is above the law. They understand that protests on behalf of social justice isn't un-American, that's the most American thing there is. That's how this country was founded: protesting injustice."More stories from theweek.com Men, this should be so easy A painful postpartum injury is plaguing America's moms — but nobody really talks about it Trump doubles down on the jerk vote
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| Judge slams DeVos for rejecting 94% of loan relief claims Posted: 21 Oct 2020 11:15 AM PDT  Months after vowing to process a backlog of 160,000 requests for loan forgiveness from students who say they were defrauded by their schools, the U.S. Education Department has rejected 94% of claims it has reviewed, according to a federal judge who is demanding justification for the "blistering pace" of denials. In a biting decision issued Monday in California, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the department has been denying claims using template letters that are "alarmingly curt." Alsup threatened to suspend the agency from rejecting further requests, saying its approach "hangs borrowers out to dry."
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| White Supremacist Had List of Feds to Kill and Doxx: Unsealed File Posted: 21 Oct 2020 01:52 AM PDT  When members of a white supremacist street-fighting gang caught charges for their participation in a deadly riot, fellow travelers on the website Gab had a suggestion: Doxx the U.S. officials involved in the case, or maybe just kill them.A newly unsealed search warrant application from October 2018 reveals that feds were interested in threats made to federal law enforcement on the extremist-friendly social network. The threats concerned a Department of Justice official, a U.S. attorney, a prosecutor, and others involved in a federal case against members of the white supremacist Rise Above Movement. Months earlier, one of the Gab users involved had also helped doxx a blogger, attracting attention from another user who would later be accused of massacring worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue.The warrant sought information—including private messages and IP information—on Chad Bagwell, an Alabama man who posted on Gab and attended at least one white supremacist rally under his own name. The investigation appears to have begun when Bagwell suggested another prominent Gab user doxx (that is, reveal private information on) federal officials, particularly in the Justice Department.The search warrant's unsealing this week came at an appropriate time: Earlier this month, at least 15 people were arrested in three different alleged far-right plots to kidnap state or local officials. Two of those plots, which targeted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, were organized online.The 'Wolverine Watchmen' Accused of Targeting Michigan Guv Spooked Their Neighbors"you wouldn't think of using your considerable doxxing talents on the Federal Government next, would you?" Bagwell wrote to Gab user Hunter Wallace, an account long linked to Brad Griffin, a prominent member of the neo-Confederate group League of the South, in October 2018. "We start with Rosenstein, work our way down to the arresting agents themselves? Get ourselves a big ole' list of any System Pig who's ever harmed our people in any way. Could be a useful thing to have in the event of, um, future contingencies.""Rosenstein" was presumably a reference to then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But the suggestion came amid a discussion by other members of the far-right community about a U.S. attorney and other court officials involved in the case against Rise Above, a white supremacist group that glorifies street-level violence. The group emerged on federal radars after they were seen beating up opponents at the 2017's deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a neo-Nazi murdered an anti-racist protester with his car.Four members were charged with conspiracy to riot in Charlottesville, which enraged the white supremacist movement. (Four other members of the group would be convicted of conspiracy to riot elsewhere in the country, but three of their convictions were later overturned.)"Feds arrest four of our guys?" Bagwell wrote in one Gab post included in the search warrant application. "And what are we going to do about it? The real question to ask is, how many federal agents do we have to kill before the rest of them quit doing that?"Although the warrant does not name Griffin, and does not accuse him of posting court officials' private information, he had recently used Gab to facilitate the doxxing of an anti-racist blogger who was critical of white supremacists. Griffin posted in July 2018 that he had personal information (including the home address) of the blogger. Those comments attracted the attention of Robert Bowers, the man who would later be accused of murdering 11 people in Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in late Oct. 2018. Bowers contacted Griffin, offering more information on the blogger's home address, The Daily Beast previously reported.Bagwell could not be reached for comment for this story, and was not charged with a crime. Griffin did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and has also not been charged with a crime in connection to the warrant.A spokesman from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia declined to comment, as did individuals who were subjects of the potential doxxing but have since left the Department of Justice. The Eastern District of Virginia, which filed the case, did not immediately return a request for comment.Michael Hayden, a senior investigative reporter at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said doxxing was something of a communal activity on Gab, particularly in 2017 and 2018."Especially around that time on Gab, you would get the doxx and then there would be like a celebratory sharing of threats," Hayden told The Daily Beast. "They would talk publicly about what they wanted to do to somebody. It was very performative as well," he said, because some users appeared to be trying to incite reactions from anti-fascists who monitored the site.Bagwell and Griffin may have had offline connections. Bagwell attended at least one rally (a "White Lives Matter" event in Oct. 2017) alongside the League of the South, of which Griffin is a member. Bagwell is also a frequent commenter on Griffin's blog, including authoring a recent comment claiming to have joined the group.A Gab representative declined to comment on the search warrant."Like most technology companies with millions of users, Gab regularly communicates with U.S. law enforcement on matters concerning public safety," the representative told The Daily Beast. "We consider all communications with U.S. law enforcement to be confidential and do not publicly comment on specific cases."Court documents reveal that Gab complied with the warrant, emailing the relevant files to investigators. It was unclear whether Gab notified the involved users, specifically Bagwell.Doxxing and murder plots are technically against Gab's rules. However, the site has sometimes turned a blind eye to users' bad behavior, allowing them to stay on the site after posting private information. Bagwell's account, for instance, is still live on Gab, and uses his legal name, despite Gab receiving a warrant for his alleged activity.Gab took a reputational hit after the Tree of Life massacre, which Bowers appeared to advertise on the website. But although some of its most prominent users moved elsewhere (or in multiple high-profile cases, went to prison), Gab did little to change the site's culture, which had previously seen people like Bagwell build followings based on their incendiary remarks.Hayden said the lack of moderation, plus the comfort people like Bagwell felt in using their legal names, had real consequences."Gab, from 2017, the lead-up to Charlottesville, up until the Tree of Life massacre, was the worst and most dangerous website I've ever seen," he said. "It had this combination of this say-anything mentality, and it gave people a capacity to promote their brand and become public figures."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Turkey nabs massive cocaine haul on ship from Brazil Posted: 21 Oct 2020 03:19 AM PDT |
