| Schiff demands answers from Pentagon on monitoring domestic unrest Posted: 08 Jun 2020 02:02 PM PDT  Rep. Adam Schiff wrote the Pentagon Monday expressing concerns that the Defense Department might be involved in "unlawful or unethical activities" in response to recent nationwide protests.
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| Dramatic details emerge in capture of man accused of killing deputy Posted: 09 Jun 2020 04:49 AM PDT  Northern California officials called U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Steven Carrillo "a dangerous man intent on bringing harm to police officers" during a weekend ambush.
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| Amid US tension, Iran builds fake aircraft carrier to attack Posted: 09 Jun 2020 01:08 AM PDT  As tensions remain high between Iran and the U.S., the Islamic Republic appears to have constructed a new mock-up of an aircraft carrier off its southern coast for potential live-fire drills. The faux foe, seen in satellite photographs obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, resembles the Nimitz-class carriers that the U.S. Navy routinely sails into the Persian Gulf from the Strait of Hormuz, its narrow mouth where 20% of all the world's oil passes through. While not yet acknowledged by Iranian officials, the replica's appearance in the port city of Bandar Abbas suggests Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is preparing an encore of a similar mock-sinking it conducted in 2015.
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| Human remains have been found in the home of doomsday writer Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Posted: 09 Jun 2020 01:52 PM PDT  Chad Daybell is in custody Tuesday after police searched his home. His stepchildren JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan have been missing since September.
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| Virginia judge blocks governor's demand to pull down Confederate statue Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:14 PM PDT  The injunction was issued by a Richmond City Circuit Court judge on Monday, the Post reported. A lawyer for the man who sought the injunction - William C. Gregory - did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did Northam's office.
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| OC health officer resigns amid criticism over face covering order Posted: 09 Jun 2020 07:41 AM PDT  Orange County's chief health officer resigned Monday amid criticism over her order requiring face masks as businesses started to reopen.
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| Small cars are still the most dangerous choice on the market, according to a new ranking of vehicles by fatality rate Posted: 09 Jun 2020 10:42 AM PDT  These 20 models — including cars from Ford, Chevy, Hyundai, and Kia — have the highest rates of driver death, according to a new IIHS study.
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| Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies of 'cardiac arrest' at 55 Posted: 09 Jun 2020 12:03 PM PDT  Pierre Nkurunziza was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell, the government says.
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| So, we're officially in a recession. Market response? Dow rises, S&P erases losses, Nasdaq hits record high Posted: 08 Jun 2020 03:29 PM PDT  Investors are firmly optimistic that recovery is within spitting distance — despite metrics that indicate economic pain across the nation.
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| Trump advisers concerned president has damaged his election chances with hard-line response to George Floyd protests Posted: 08 Jun 2020 11:50 AM PDT  Some of Donald Trump's advisers are concerned that his response to the George Floyd protests has damaged support with his own voters, according to reports.The president's aides and advisers are concerned for his chances at the 2020 presidential election, after his responses to the coronavirus pandemic and the protests have been criticised, according to the Associated Press.
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| Biden seeks running mate who's "ready to be president on day one" Posted: 09 Jun 2020 04:05 PM PDT  The presumptive Democratic nominee said he wants someone who's comfortable raising any disagreements with him.
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| Fired Atlanta officers file suit against mayor, police chief Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:12 AM PDT  Two Atlanta police officers who were fired after video showed them using stun guns on two college students pulled from a car in traffic during a large protest against police brutality are looking to get their jobs back. Bottoms and Shields have said they reviewed body camera footage from the May 30 incident and decided to immediately fire the officers and place three others on desk duty. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard brought criminal charges on June 2 against Gardner, Streeter and four other officers involved in the incident.
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| Second Etihad plane from UAE lands in Israel Posted: 09 Jun 2020 05:13 PM PDT  UAE carrier Etihad Airways sent its second flight to Israel in less than a month Tuesday, carrying medical aid to help the Palestinians tackle the coronavirus pandemic, witnesses and officials said. Jordan and Egypt aside, Arab countries have no official diplomatic ties with Israel, but Gulf Arab nations have had ever more publicly warm ties with Israel of late, partly over shared rivalry with Iran. In mid-May, the United Arab Emirates flew its first publicly announced flight to Israel, also an Etihad flight carrying coronavirus aid for the Palestinians.
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| 'Enough is enough': South African opposition leads protests outside U.S. missions Posted: 08 Jun 2020 06:43 AM PDT  Demonstrators gathered outside U.S. missions in South African cities on Monday to condemn the killing of George Floyd, the black man whose death in police custody has set off a wave of protests worldwide and ignited a debate about race and justice. Protesters led by opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) carried placards saying "Black Lives Matter" and "Black people are not slaves" outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria and consulates in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
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| North Korea expected to shut down all communications with the South Posted: 08 Jun 2020 05:53 PM PDT  Since 2018, the two countries have conducted two phone calls each day on 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time.
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| One Year After the Hong Kong Protests Began, Frustrated Hardliners Call for Independence Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:22 AM PDT  Desperation forces some to call for a break from China
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| Trump news – live: President takes stand against movement to defund the police as he tanks in 2020 polls Posted: 08 Jun 2020 06:07 AM PDT  Donald Trump has offered a back-handed compliment to Utah senator Mitt Romney after he became the first Republican senator to join a George Floyd protest march over the weekend, gloating that the ex-presidential candidate's poll numbers are "tanking" in his state.The president's anger follows Romney, 43rd president George W Bush and ex-US secretary of state Colin Powell all saying they will not vote for him in November, prompting Trump to attack Powell as "pathetic", "highly overrated" and "a real stiff" and to criticise his record on the Iraq War.
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| Cuomo: Trump should apologize for "reprehensible" tweet Posted: 09 Jun 2020 10:16 AM PDT  New York's governor spoke about protests and New York City beginning Phase 1 of reopening after an 80-day lockdown.
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| The U.S. Air Force’s Shiny, New Sea Power Presence Posted: 09 Jun 2020 09:28 AM PDT  It will take more than a lone bomber mission from afar—no matter how impressive—to rattle Moscow's complacency.
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| Defense: Harvard professor charged in China case is 'victim' Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:51 PM PDT |
| Iran says it will execute man convicted of spying on Soleimani for CIA Posted: 09 Jun 2020 12:40 AM PDT  An Iranian who spied for U.S. and Israeli intelligence on slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani has been sentenced to death, Iran said on Tuesday, adding the case was not linked to Soleimani's killing earlier this year. On Jan. 3, a U.S. drone strike in Iraq killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force. Washington blamed Soleimani for masterminding attacks by Iran-aligned militias on U.S. forces in the region.
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| Canada border opens to foreign families of Canadians Posted: 08 Jun 2020 12:57 PM PDT  Thousands of foreign nationals will be able to reunite with their families in Canada after the government in Ottawa moved Monday to exempt them from its travel ban. In late May, a deal was reached with the United States to extend the closure of their shared border but still allow a select few, including health care workers, to cross back and forth until at least June 21. "This is an incredibly difficult time to be apart from a spouse or a child or mom and dad," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters.
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| Washington, D.C., National Guardsmen test positive for COVID-19 Posted: 09 Jun 2020 01:49 PM PDT  After mobilizing to assist in response to protests over the death of George Floyd, members of the D.C. National Guard tested positive for COVID-19.
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| DOJ Claims Flynn Was Involved in Conspiracy to Target Turkish Exile Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:12 AM PDT  The Justice Department said in a new court filing that it is "unsustainable" to suggest that Michael Flynn "was not a part of any conspiracy" with members of the Turkish government.The filing was drafted as part of the government's case against Bijan Rafiekian, a former business partner of Flynn who was prosecuted by Robert Mueller on charges of conspiracy and acting as a foreign agent. The development marks a departure from the DOJ's decision last month to drop charges against Flynn.Rafiekian's defense recently wrote to Jeff Jensen — the U.S. Attorney that Attorney General Bill Barr appointed to review the Flynn case — to request that Rafiekian's case get a similar review, but the DOJ is pressing ahead with a request to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to move forward with its case."Defendant argues that the district court should have instructed the jury not on law but on a specific fact: that Michael Flynn was not a part of any conspiracy. That argument is unsustainable," the DOJ says in its brief, which was filed on Sunday."Wrongful and wasteful use of scarce taxpayer resources," Flynn's lead attorney Sidney Powell told Politico on the decision to include Flynn in the case against Rafiekian. Flynn's case has yet to be dropped, with the D.C. Circuit hearing oral arguments this week after the judge overseeing Flynn's case refused to comply with the DOJ's request.Rafiekian was found guilty by a jury — only for a judge to later overturn the conviction — after Flynn said in his initial 2017 guilty plea that he had made "materially false statements and omissions" related to Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filings for his Flynn Intel Group.Prosecutors used Flynn's admission to say Rafiekian, a former Trump transition team adviser, had secretly worked as a Turkish agent to hide the fact that Flynn signed a contract in 2016 for $530,000 to investigate Fethullah Gulen, an exiled cleric and critic of the Turkish government who lives in the U.S.Flynn wrote an op-ed for The Hill on Election Day 2016 that said Gulen was the "primary bone of contention" between Turkey and the U.S., calling him a "radical Islamist" and a "shady Islamic mullah." Prosecutors also looked into reports that Flynn had been involved in trying to kidnap Gulen to return him to Turkey, but Flynn denied any such plot.Flynn initially agreed to serve as the government's star witness against Rafiekian, but later backed out after dropping his initial defense team, which also had handled FARA filings on behalf of Flynn Intel Group.
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| Portland, Ore., police chief resigns after 6 months amid George Floyd protests Posted: 09 Jun 2020 12:14 PM PDT  Jami Resch stepped down as chief of the Police Bureau in Portland, Oregon, on Monday and announced Chuck Lovell would take her place amid protests in the city.
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| White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany boasted that 8% of Black voters supported Trump in 2016 and falsely claimed Mitt Romney won just 2% of Black voters in 2012 Posted: 09 Jun 2020 09:07 AM PDT  McEnany refused to say whether Trump endorses the statement that "black lives matter" and attacked Romney's support for the anti-racism protests.
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| One of oldest wild grizzly bears emerges from hibernation with cubs Posted: 09 Jun 2020 11:14 AM PDT  A beloved grizzly bear believed to be one of the oldest living in the wild has been spotted alive and with a new litter of cubs.399 - the bear's number - is a 24-year-old grizzly living in Grand Teton national park, within the Yellowstone ecosystem.
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| F-35s And Supersonic Missiles: This Is Japan's Strategy To Beat China's Navy Posted: 09 Jun 2020 06:30 AM PDT  Japan is extending the range of its weapons.
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| Outcry in South Africa after woman found stabbed and hanging from tree Posted: 09 Jun 2020 05:48 AM PDT  Tshegofatso Pule had been missing for four days before her body was discovered.
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| Prince Philip to mark 99th birthday amid coronavirus crisis Posted: 09 Jun 2020 06:05 AM PDT  Britain's Prince Philip will celebrate his 99th birthday on Wednesday, spending it quietly with his wife, Queen Elizabeth II.
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| U.N. expert says some are 'starving' in North Korea Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:49 AM PDT  A United Nations human rights expert voiced alarm on Tuesday at "widespread food shortages and malnutrition" in North Korea, made worse by a nearly five-month border closure with China and strict quarantine measures against COVID-19. Tomas Ojea Quintana, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, urged the U.N. Security Council to reconsider sanctions imposed on the isolated country over its nuclear and missile programmes, so as to ensure food supplies. The pandemic has brought "drastic economic hardship" to North Korea, Ojea Quintana said, with a 90% fall in trade with China in March and April leading to lost incomes.
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| Philippine defense chief flies to disputed island amid feud Posted: 09 Jun 2020 03:14 AM PDT  The Philippine defense chief and top military officials flew to a disputed island in the South China Sea on Tuesday to inaugurate a beach ramp built to allow the "full-blast" development of the territory in a move likely to infuriate China. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana brought journalists to witness the ribbon-cutting ceremony on the island, internationally called Thitu, in what he said was a milestone in efforts to make the island, long occupied by Filipino forces and fishermen, more livable without militarizing it. Lorenzana said the Philippines has the right to develop its nine occupied islands as other claimants have done.
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| Minneapolis Manufacturing Company Will Leave City after Plant Burned in Riots Posted: 09 Jun 2020 06:41 AM PDT  A Minneapolis manufacturing company whose plant was set on fire by rioters plans to leave the city, saying that city officials afforded them no assistance in handling the destruction."They don't care about my business," 7-Sigma Inc.'s president and owner, Kris Wyrobek, told The Star Tribune about Minneapolis public officials. "They didn't protect our people. We were all on our own."The 7-Sigma plant in south Minneapolis, which the company has maintained since 1987, shut down several hours early around 7 p.m. instead of 11 p.m. as a precautionary measure on the first night of rioting. The company manufactures several products, including rollers for high-speed printing presses and medical training mannequins.When a fire broke out in an apartment complex under construction that was next door to the manufacturing facility, "the fire engine was just sitting there, but they wouldn't do anything," Wyrobek said. The apartment complex was leveled by the fire, and several stores across the street including a Target store were looted during the first night of riots.Mayor Jacob Frey said the city's fire department was operating at full capacity in response to the riots, which he said required the state's National Guard to quell the violence. Governor Tim Walz, who excoriated the city's weak response, called in the state's National Guard to Minneapolis after the mayor requested it. The Minnesota National Guard said in a statement that "a key objective is to ensure fire departments are able to respond to calls.""This was a Guard-sized crisis and demanded a Guard-sized response," Frey said. "And once we had the full presence of the National Guard — which by the way hasn't been deployed since World War II — there was a significantly different result."The city will lose about 50 jobs when the company skips town, a move that Wyrobek said he had "not in my wildest nightmare" considered before the riots. Now, he is "cautiously optimistic" that he can rebuild his company elsewhere, "but we are certainly not able to do that in Minneapolis."Riots broke out in Minneapolis during the last week of May after the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, including after Floyd passed out. Rioters set a police precinct ablaze as well as businesses across the city.Both peaceful protests and riots have occurred in metropolitan areas around the country in response to Floyd's death and have continued through both of the following weekends.
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| Minnesota state troopers admit deflating tires during protests Posted: 09 Jun 2020 01:23 PM PDT  Social media videos emerged that appear to show law enforcement officers slashing tires as protesters gathered in Minneapolis.
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| Trump calls Jared Kushner 'my star' after the adviser announces he's working with law enforcement to 'fix' policing Posted: 08 Jun 2020 03:09 PM PDT  Kushner praised law enforcement during the White House event and said he hoped they would help craft solutions "that could bring this country forward."
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| Letters to the Editor: Worry about police spreading COVID-19, not the protesters demanding justice Posted: 09 Jun 2020 03:00 AM PDT  If we're going to express concern about the coronavirus after these protests, call out the police for not wearing masks and using tear gas.
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| Kill the Carrier: The DF-100 Anti-Ship Missile Is Crucial To China's Pacific Plans Posted: 09 Jun 2020 04:00 PM PDT  America's carriers are at risk.
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| Virginia police investigating white officer who tasered unarmed black man unprovoked Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:48 AM PDT  A police department in Virginia is investigating an incident where one of its own officers tasered an unarmed man, then restrained him with a knee on his back while he repeatedly said "I can't breathe".The officer concerned, Tyler Timberlake, was recorded by another officer's body camera. He has been charged with three counts of misdemeanour assault and battery; he and all officers at the scene have been relieved of duty while the incident is investigated.
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| Why Kenyans are begging their president for freedom Posted: 09 Jun 2020 04:13 PM PDT  About 1.2 million people have lost their jobs since coronavirus hit the East African state in March.
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| Malaysian prosecutors drop corruption charges against Najib ally Posted: 09 Jun 2020 03:47 AM PDT  Malaysian government prosecutors withdrew corruption charges on Tuesday against an ally of former premier Najib Razak, whose party returned to power in a new coalition three months ago after having lost the last election amid massive graft scandals. The Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted Musa Aman, a senior figure in Najib's United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and former chief minister of Sabah state in Malaysian Borneo, after the prosecution dropped all 46 charges of alleged bribery in timber concession deals and money laundering. The opposition Pakatan Harapan coalition described the decision as "confusing and disappointing".
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| Cristobal weakens to tropical depression, rains persist Posted: 08 Jun 2020 12:12 AM PDT  Cristobal weakened to a tropical depression Monday morning, after crashing ashore as a lopsided tropical storm a day prior in Louisiana and ginned up dangerous weather farther east, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches, swamping parts of an Alabama island town and spawning a tornado in Florida. Cristobal made a Saturday afternoon landfall between the mouth of the Mississippi River and the since-evacuated barrier island resort community of Grand Isle, with 50-mph (85-kph) winds.
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| Chinese fighters briefly enter Taiwan airspace: Taipei Posted: 08 Jun 2020 10:49 PM PDT  Chinese fighter jets briefly entered Taiwan's airspace on Tuesday, forcing the island to scramble its fighters, the same day Taipei announced plans for its largest annual live-fire military drill. The Taiwanese defence ministry said it broadcast warnings and "took active responses to dispel" multiple Chinese Su-30 fighters to the southwest of the island. The incursion came as the ministry announced that the "Han Kuang" live-fire drill would be held next month, including computer simulations and an exercise to defend against forces landing on the island. China has ramped up fighter flights and warship crossings near Taiwan or through the Taiwan Strait since President Tsai Ing-wen was first elected in 2016, as she has refused to acknowledge that the island is part of "one China". Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to one day seize it, by force if necessary. On February 10, a Chinese military jet briefly crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait separating the two sides in the first major incursion since Tsai's landslide re-election in January. Tsai has lashed out at Beijing for "meaningless and unnecessary" moves. In March last year, two Chinese J-11 fighter jets crossed over the line for the first time in years, prompting Taipei to accuse Beijing of violating a long-held tacit agreement in a "reckless and provocative" move.
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| Team Trump ‘Desperately’ Wants Bush to Endorse Biden. Some Dems Love the Idea, Too. Posted: 09 Jun 2020 01:25 AM PDT  President Donald Trump and his political lieutenants are privately hoping that former President George W. Bush will endorse Joe Biden this cycle, creating a bizarre confluence of interests with an increasing number of Democrats who are hoping for the same.To Team Trump, a Bush endorsement of Biden would allow them to hitch a formerly unpopular GOP president and the personification of dynastic politics to the Democratic Party's 2020 ticket. They believe that Bush's backing would drive the progressive wing of the party into a tizzy, especially if the Democratic nominee were to accept and promote it, creating internal strife for Biden at a time when he needs unity. According to two people familiar with his private remarks on the matter, Trump has said it would be "fun" if he could effectively run against both Bush and Biden. These sources with knowledge of the president's thinking say he views both Biden and Bush as emblematic of the political establishment that he successfully ran against in the last election, and that Trump continues to harbor a visceral distaste for members of the Bush family and administration."We would LOVE him to officially endorse Biden," messaged a source close to the White House adding it "would be such a gift to us" citing the 43rd president's legacy on trade, big government policies, and "constant war."One senior Trump campaign official even said that some on the team "desperately" wanted the 43rd president of the United States to come out for Biden 2020, as it would make for easy messaging fodder. "I imagine we want it about as much as a lot of Biden people would not want it," the official said.The New York Times reported Saturday that, among other Republicans struggling with an endorsement decision, the former president would not support Trump's re-election efforts, citing people familiar with the situation. A spokesman for Bush told The Texas Tribune that the Times' assertion was "false."Bush certainly left the White House as a deeply unpopular figure, under the cloud of disastrous wars, various scandals, and a cratered economy. But his standing has improved in his years away from the political scene, including among Democratic voters. And on the few occasions he has waded back into public life, he has conveyed a more socially conscious approach to national affairs, including offering his recent support for ending systemic racism in police forces. Over time, the previously unthinkable has begun to happen, with prominent Democrats warming up to him and—now—the idea that an endorsement from him could provide an assist to the Democrats' White House chances. "Our task is to build the broadest coalition possible," Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), a leading House progressive and former co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) presidential campaign, told The Daily Beast about a hypothetical endorsement. "I began my career in public service running against Bush's war in Iraq in 2004. But no one doubts his commitment to tolerance and inclusiveness."Khanna argued that Bush is in a "different moral league" than Trump, particularly in regard to the latter's fondness for promoting "divisiveness" and "fearmongering." "His endorsement would help to highlight the enormous stakes in 2020 for our democracy," he said. Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a top Biden booster, said he would "welcome" the endorsement, arguing that the public embracing of a high-profile Republican could have an electoral upside in critical swing states. "Ninety percent of Trump's vote is the base. And the base isn't going to care what George Bush says," Rendell said. "Then there's the 10 percent of Independents, suburban Republicans that stuck with him. … The question is: what effect does a George Bush endorsement have with them? I'd say, it adds weight to the entire picture that's growing. I don't think there's any blowback on our side."Ellen Defends Laughing It Up With George W. Bush at Cowboys GameIt is unclear if Bush will end up endorsing anyone for president this year, and he could very well sit on the sidelines and merely refuse to publicly support Trump's reelection. According to a New York Times story published this weekend, Bush "won't support the re-election of Mr. Trump." But a Bush spokesperson told The Texas Tribune that the detail in the Times' piece was "false."Bush is hardly a Republican turncoat, having fundraised for conservative House and Senate candidates in the 2018 midterm elections in an effort to help preserve GOP congressional majorities—which, had it been successful in the House, would have preserved Trump's sway on Capitol Hill. But his distaste for Trump has been evident for some time. And, in this case, the animus goes both ways. Two White House officials said they simply couldn't care what Bush did or didn't do ahead of this election, casting him as a trivial media obsession. "Elections are about the future, not the past," said Ed Brookover, a former senior Trump adviser during the 2016 race. "President Bush performed well during his two terms, but people judge today's candidates in today's world. President Trump receives support from many voters who supported President Bush, as well as voters he pulled into his own orbit. President Trump's policies and actions represent a new brand of leadership, which America has been needing for quite a while."Dubya Was Bad, but the Donald Might Be Worse: Richard ClarkeFor Biden, the risks of accepting a Bush endorsement are fairly clear. The association with the Iraq War (which Biden supported), the use of torture, and the handling of Hurricane Katrina, alone, represents a heaping of political baggage that could outweigh any benefit. And some progressives were clear that they would struggle with having a president they had deeply reviled in their proverbial corner. "George W. Bush is a war criminal who lied to the American people in order to illegally invade a country. If nothing else, for that reason alone, I would never support accepting his endorsement," said Charlotte Clymer, a LGBTQ activist who previously backed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and has since thrown her weight behind Biden. But even Clymer found a bigger upside to the idea of an endorsement for party purposes, saying she wouldn't be surprised to see Biden accept it "in order to remove our greatest national security threat in modern history: Donald Trump."And among more establishment Democrats, the choice to welcome a potential boost from Bush now was seen as a no-brainer. "No one can ever accuse me of being a fan of former President George W. Bush," said Jim Manley, a longtime senior Democratic Senate aide who served as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's spokesman during the latter Bush years. "But as far as I'm concerned, it would be fantastic if he were to come out and support the vice president. It would serve as a powerful rebuke to the current president."James Carville, a former top adviser to President Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign who is now advising the pro-Biden Democratic group American Bridge, responded enthusiastically about the prospect of a Bush endorsement for the presumptive Democratic nominee."I fought with these guys during impeachment, I fought with these guys on the Iraq War, I fought with these guys left and right," Carville said. "We're in a different situation now. We have a deadly pathogen that's infected this country and we got to get rid of it."Put another way, Carville said: "What did Churchill say? 'If Hitler invaded hell, I would side with the devil.'" 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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| A tale of two mothers: How Texas couple claimed their baby from Ukraine despite lockdown Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:47 AM PDT  One cannot bear children, another needs money for her own family. A look at the joy and heartbreak of surrogate motherhood.
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| George Floyd protests: Lawyer arrested twice after spitting on black teenager and slapping another the next day Posted: 09 Jun 2020 02:49 AM PDT  A lawyer who spat on a teenage protester during a demonstration over George Floyd's death has been arrested twice in two days.According to eye witness reports from the scene on Saturday, Stephanie Rapkin, a white 64-year-old resident of the Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood, parked her car in the middle of an intersection to block an anti-racism protest, angrily ignoring demands that she get back into the car and move it.
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| Poland seizes three tonnes of cocaine hidden in barrels of frozen pineapple Posted: 09 Jun 2020 07:18 AM PDT 
Polish authorities have seized more than three tonnes of cocaine hidden in barrels of frozen pineapple pulp and with a street value of around 3 billion zlotys ($760.9 million) in a record haul for the country. The cocaine was discovered in barrels of frozen pineapple pulp in a warehouse in the northern port city of Gdynia, police said in a statement on Tuesday (June 9). The cocaine had been transported by ship to Hamburg from Ecuador before travelling to Gdynia by road, police said, adding they had arrested three men from the northern Polish region of Pomerania, aged from 64 to 71, as a result of their investigation. Latin American drug lords have been sending bumper shipments of cocaine to Europe even as the new coronavirus pandemic disrupts drug supply chains and confines users to their homes, anti-narcotics officials say.
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