| After Mueller's Op-Ed, Sen. Lindsey Graham Now Says He'll Call the Former Special Counsel to Testify Posted: 12 Jul 2020 01:45 PM PDT  Graham had previously brushed off Democrats' requests for Mueller to testify in the Senate
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| Bosnia Muslims mourn their dead 25 years after Srebrenica massacre Posted: 11 Jul 2020 03:00 PM PDT  Bosnian Muslims marked the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre on Saturday, the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II, with the memorial ceremony sharply reduced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Many mourners braved the tighter restrictions put in place to stem the spread of COVID-19 to attend the commemorations which culminated in a ceremony laying to rest the remains of nine victims identified over the past year. On July 11, 1995, after capturing Srebrenica, Serb forces killed more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in a few days.
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| Pakistan says 4 troops, 4 militants killed in shootout in NW Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:10 AM PDT |
| Here’s How Black Power Finally Prevailed in Mississippi State Flag Fight Posted: 11 Jul 2020 01:59 AM PDT  After many years demanding the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the state flag, Black Mississippians received their wish when a bill doing that was signed into law last week. Just as the state flag had served as a symbol of white supremacy for 126 years, beginning nearly 30 years after the Confederacy's defeat, the lowering of the flag for the final time by a Black man symbolized Black Power. By the state's own admission, the Mississippi state flag was rooted in white supremacy. Mississippi's Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union clearly states that "our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery." To enslave a race of people inherently means the perception of superiority by the oppressive race. Both Men Were Innocent But They Were From MississippiWinston Churchill once stated that "the further backward you look, the further forward you can see." There is also an African proverb that states, "as long as you speak my name I shall live forever." To fully understand the role of Black Power in bringing down the flag, it is important to look back in history and recognize those individuals who dedicated most of their lives to fighting for social justice. Civil rights stalwarts like Medgar Wiley Evers, who literally laid down his life in the fight for social justice, and Fannie Lou Hamer, who worked tirelessly despite her admission of being "sick and tired of being sick and tired," were instrumental in spurring activism and inspiring those who continued the fight for justice.Among those who continued that fight were Dr. Ollye Shirley, a former president of the Jackson Public School Board. As president, she helped stage one of the first successful efforts to remove a Confederate battle flag in the state when she led the Board in voting to eliminate the flag from a majority-white high school. Despite threats from white supremacists, she urged administrators to remove the flag peacefully, or she would "snatch it down" herself. Using an unconventional political strategy, community activists like NAACP members Mrs. Delores Orey and Mrs. Ineva May-Pittman pressured a local shopping mall to stop flying the state flag by repeatedly calling and disguising their voices, so it appeared numerous customers objected to it. State Senator Henry Kirksey served as one of the first advocates for the removal of what he called the "Confederate slave flag," teaming up with voting rights attorneys to challenge vote dilutive mechanisms put in place by white legislators immediately following the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As a result of his efforts, today Mississippi has the largest number of Black elected officials in the nation—which proved to be the deciding factor in the removal of the flag. Dr. Aaron Henry, then president of the Mississippi branch of the NAACP, joined forces with members of the legislative black caucus and other local activists to file a lawsuit to remove the flag in 1993. This lawsuit led to a 2001 referendum to remove the flag, which voters rejected. Building on those efforts, the final push came from the Black power derived from the Black Lives Matter movement in response to uprisings following the death of George Floyd. These protests put pressure on corporations, universities, athletic entities and clergy to coerce Mississippians to remove the flag. Kylin Hill, a Black football player at Mississippi State University, may have made the biggest impact when he used his power as a star athlete to post a tweet threatening to leave the University if the flag was not removed. That led to last week's vote. Black legislators now constitute 33 percent and 27 percent of the state's House and Senate, respectively. But because of racial polarization—all of the state's Black lawmakers are Democrats while Whites are overwhelmingly Republicans—Black legislators rarely achieve political success. Arguably, the most important vote to remove the flag occurred in the Senate. First, 11 Black senators and one white senator introduced a bill to remove the flag. Because of when the bill was introduced, a two-thirds vote was needed to suspend the rules and accept it. That happened because Blacks wielded political power by voting as a bloc. An alternative to the Black Power narrative is the storyline of white legislators crossing the partisan aisle, despite opposition by their constituents. For example, Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hoseman had a change of heart and supported the removal of the flag. Yet when the bill to do that was introduced, he assigned it to the seldom-used state constitution committee rather than the rules committee where it had some support in what appeared to be an effort to derail the legislation he said he supported. For the last 17 years, including in March of this year, members of the Legislative Black Caucus have annually introduced bills to remove the flag. These bills were dead on arrival, as they never emerged out of the assigned committees. To be sure, the speaker of the House, Phillip Gunn, publicly denounced the state flag following the brutal killings of Black parishioners in Charleston, South Carolina, by a self-proclaimed white supremacist who was pictured with a Confederate battle flag. In his denouncement he pointed to his Christian faith. That commitment diminished during the following legislative session. The term Black Power was coined in Mississippi during the 1966 March Against Fear initiated by James Meredith. Just as that march ended at the state capitol, so did the life of the state flag.Your Confederacy Is Burning. It's About Time.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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| New tropical system brewing in the East Pacific Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:35 AM PDT  While Cristina continues to weaken as the the storm approaches the Central Pacific, AccuWeather meteorologists will be monitoring a new area of disturbed weather for tropical development this week.A broad area of low pressure is moving off the southern coast of Mexico over the warm waters of the East Pacific Ocean. "This disturbance will likely become the next tropical depression or storm over the next day or two as it continues to move westward into a more favorable environment," stated AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Rob Miller.While this feature is expected to become more organized through the beginning of the week, there is one thing that will keep it from rapidly strengthening.CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE ACCUWEATHER APPAccording to Miller, this disturbance is expected to encounter vertical wind shear, or the change in direction and speed of wind at increasing heights in the atmosphere. As a result, development may be slow to occur over the next couple of days as the system moves away from any major landmass."A depression could form as early as Monday, but a better chance for development will occur Tuesday or Wednesday as the system moves into an environment with less wind shear," added Miller. This satellite image of the East Pacific, captured on Sunday morning, local time, shows Cristina, the spiral of clouds over the open ocean, as well as the tropical disturbance producing showers and thunderstorms near southern Mexico. (Photo/RAMMB) The next system to reach tropical storm status, which is maximum sustained winds of at least 74 mph, in the East Pacific Basin would be given the name Douglas.While this feature is not expected to directly impact land, it can still increase rough surf and the risk for rip currents along the southern coast of Mexico this week.Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Cristina continues to spin farther west in the East Pacific Basin.Cristina developed late Monday night and has since moved into an area of cooler ocean water as it continues to track west toward the Central Pacific. "Cristina became a strong tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph last Thursday through Friday. Since then, Cristina has lost much of its wind intensity," stated Miller.Cristina will not pose a direct threat to any land, but forecasters will continue to monitor the potential for impacts to the Hawaiian Islands late this week."At this time, moisture from Cristina is forecast to pass north of Hawaii during the latter part of the week," said AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski. "However, there is potential for this moisture to sink farther south, which could bring showers to the islands."Once in a while, these features can hold together for thousands of miles or long enough to bring showers, thunderstorms and rough seas to Hawaii."The waters east of Hawaii are cooler than waters south and west of Central America, and this tends to cause most tropical systems to weaken and/or fall apart before reaching Hawaii," Kottlowski stated."Generally, we start to look for significant impacts by tropical systems on Hawaii around August or so, when waters have warmed up and less wind shear is present," he explained.During July 2019, Hurricane Barbara passed about 120 miles south of Hawaii on July 8. In August 2019, Erick passed just south of the Big Island on Aug. 4 as a tropical storm, while Flossie passed just north of the islands as a depression on Aug. 6.Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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| Coronavirus can damage the heart, major study finds Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:25 AM PDT  Coronavirus can damage the heart, with more than half of hospitalised patients revealing abnormal scans, a major new study has found. A survey of 69 countries, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), found that 55 per cent of 1,261 patients studied had abnormal changes to the way their heart was pumping, with around one in seven showing evidence of severe dysfunction. The majority (901 patients) had never been diagnosed with heart problems before, leading scientists to conclude that Covid-19 itself may seriously affect the heart. Among this group, heart scans were abnormal in 46 per cent of patients and 13 per cent had severe disease. Just over half of all the scans were performed in intensive care, with others carried out on general wards, heart and lung wards and in A&E.; The results follow a number of studies indicating that the virus can cause long-term damage to the brain. Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan, associate medical director at the British Heart Foundation and a consultant cardiologist, said: "Severe Covid-19 illness can result in damage to the heart and circulatory system. "We urgently need to understand more about why this is happening so we can provide appropriate care - both short and long term. "This global study - carried out at the height of the pandemic - shows that we must be on the lookout for heart complications in people with Covid-19 so that we can adapt their treatment if needed." The study, published in the European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, found the abnormalities were almost evenly split between the left and right chambers of the heart. Some three per cent of patients had suffered a recent heart attack, according to the scans. As a result of their scan, one third of patients had their treatment changed, including being given medicines for heart failure, or more careful control of fluids and therapy designed to support heart function. The study was carried out by researchers from the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence at the University of Edinburgh. The team cautioned that the study cannot conclude how common heart changes are in people who did not receive scans. They stressed that all patients in the study were in hospital and had suspected heart complications. Professor Marc Dweck, who led the research, said: "Covid-19 is a complex, multi-system disease which can have profound effects on many parts of the body, including the heart. "Many doctors have been hesitant to order echocardiograms for patients with Covid-19 because it's an added procedure which involves close contact with patients. "Our work shows that these scans are important - they improved the treatment for a third of patients who received them. "Damage to the heart is known to occur in severe flu, but we were surprised to see so many patients with damage to their heart with Covid-19 and so many patients with severe dysfunction. "We now need to understand the exact mechanism of this damage, whether it is reversible and what the long-term consequences of Covid-19 infection are on the heart."
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| As coronavirus cases climb, Trump says states with an uptick in cases are 'going to be fine' and will be back to normal 'very quickly' Posted: 11 Jul 2020 09:52 AM PDT  Coronavirus deaths are once again on the rise amid a surge of confirmed cases in states like Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida.
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| U.S. warns citizens of heightened detention risks in China Posted: 11 Jul 2020 06:27 AM PDT  The U.S. State Department warned American citizens on Saturday to "exercise increased caution" in China due to heightened risk of arbitrary law enforcement including detention and a ban from exiting the country. "U.S. citizens may be detained without access to U.S. consular services or information about their alleged crime," the State Department said in a security alert issued to its citizens in China, adding that U.S. citizens may face "prolonged interrogations and extended detention" for reasons related to state security. "Security personnel may detain and/or deport U.S. citizens for sending private electronic messages critical of the Chinese government," it added, without citing specific examples.
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| Spectacular photos capture Neowise, one of the brightest comets in decades Posted: 11 Jul 2020 09:16 AM PDT  Astrophotographers around the world have captured incredible photos of the once-in-a-lifetime celestial event.
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| Couple who threatened Black Lives Matter protesters with guns once destroyed children's beehives Posted: 12 Jul 2020 02:14 PM PDT  St. Louis couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey drew national attention in June when they flashed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters walking down their street.
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| Tech CEO who abused Asian family steps down and enrolls in 'anti-racism' programme Posted: 12 Jul 2020 07:23 AM PDT  A disgraced CEO caught on video hurling racist abuse at an Asian family has resigned and cut all business ties with his San Francisco-based tech company.Michael Lofthouse said in a statement that he had stepped down from Solid8 in order to prevent causing harm to those closest to him.
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| Xu Zhangrun: Outspoken professor freed after six days Posted: 12 Jul 2020 09:49 AM PDT  A friend said constitutional law professor Xu Zhangrun was in good health.
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| South Africa's 9 million smokers were faced with cold turkey when the government banned cigarette sales in March as a coronavirus measure. Now Big Tobacco is fighting back. Posted: 12 Jul 2020 09:03 AM PDT  Cigarettes have become the top illicit drug, more profitable than cocaine and heroin, analysts told AP.
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| Caribbean countries are selling citizenship for as low as $100,000 — here's how the ultra-wealthy are cashing in to avoid pandemic travel restrictions Posted: 12 Jul 2020 06:13 AM PDT  Travel restrictions on Americans and US passport backlogs have helped fuel demand for secondary passports and citizenship this year.
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| Sen. Mitt Romney Calls Trump's Decision to Commute Roger Stone's Sentence 'Historic Corruption' Posted: 11 Jul 2020 07:10 AM PDT  'An American president commutes the sentence of a person convicted by a jury of lying to shield that very President'
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| U.S. weighs limited options to deal with China over Hong Kong: WSJ Posted: 12 Jul 2020 02:09 PM PDT  Steps against Hong Kong's financial system risk hurting U.S., Western and Hong Kong companies and consumers, according to the report https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-weighs-limited-options-to-punish-china-over-hong-kong-11594576800?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=10, citing U.S. officials and analysts. Measures like more targeted sanctions against Chinese officials and trade moves against products made in Hong Kong would have little impact on Beijing's integration of the city into the mainland's political and security system, the Journal added. On Thursday, Trump administration officials discussed Hong Kong plans in a White House meeting, people familiar with the gathering told the Journal.
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| British Islamic State fighter 'dies in prison' in Syria Posted: 12 Jul 2020 11:17 AM PDT  A British Islamic State member from East London has died in a prison in northeast Syria, according to the BBC. Ishak Mostefaoui is the first British IS-supporter to die in the custody of the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The British government refuses to allow its adult IS prisoner suspects to return to the UK for trial, believing that they should be tried in the region. The year-long impasse between the Kurdish authorities and the UK, and other Western governments has led to dangerously over-crowded prison and camps of IS members. According to one BBC source, Mostefaoui was shot when trying to escape the custody of the jail in Hassakeh which houses over 5,000 IS prisoners from 28 countries in cramped conditions. Another BBC source said that he died during rioting in the prison. Neither his death nor the circumstances surrounding it have been confirmed. The rumours of Mostefaoui's death appear to be circulating from pro-IS Telegram channels. The 27-year-old from Leyton, who admits to joining IS, travelled to Syria to join the terrorist organisation in April 2014. He was among seven students from the University of Westminster, where he was studying economics, who travelled to Syria. Also among them was Mohammed Emwazi, better known as "Jihadi John". Like many captured IS fighters, Mostefaoui admitted to doing administrative work for the group, but denied being a fighter, when interviewed by the Independent last year. The prison, a converted school, was set up shortly after the last of IS territory, Baghouz, was captured in March 2019. He was one of a handful of the Brits who had travelled to Syria to survive. Mostefaoui told the Independent that he had left Baghouz unconscious after being injured in a US-led coalition airstrike. His wife and children, he says, were killed in the strike and his skull left fractured. His citizenship was revoked by the British government in 2018. Mostefaoui was among an estimated 10 British IS members in the prison in northeast Syria and 30 women. Of the estimated 900 people who left the UK and travelled to Syria, ministers have said that 20 per cent have died, 40 per cent have returned to the UK and 40 per cent are still in the region. It is not clear how these numbers were reached. Mostefaoui, like most other foreign fighters in IS prisons, wanted to be tried in a court at home. "If we go back home, and we get taken to court and we are found guilty of whatever crimes they see as a crime, I'll put my hands up and do my time for that. And I'll go out. This is what democracy is," he told the Independent in December. The British government cites security concerns as the reason for not trying the adult men in the UK. The security situation in the severely overcrowded Hassakeh prison is tense and riots break out frequently. Mostefaoui's family have been settled in London since they left Algeria when he was five years old.
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| Florida reports largest, single-day increase in COVID cases Posted: 12 Jul 2020 08:31 AM PDT  Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as its daily average death toll continued to also rise. According to state Department of Health statistics, 15,299 people tested positive, for a total of 269,811 cases, and 45 deaths were recorded. California had the previous record of daily positive cases — 11,694, set on Wednesday.
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| Disney World reopens as coronavirus cases surging in Florida Posted: 11 Jul 2020 12:42 PM PDT  Walt Disney World has reopened in Florida after nearly four months amid a surge in Covid-19 infections in the state.Parts of the entertainment complex which bills itself as "the Most Magical Place on Earth" opened to visitors on Saturday with new rules to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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| Fourth day of virus protests in Serbia as virus cases spike Posted: 10 Jul 2020 05:54 PM PDT  Thousands protested for a fourth day Friday across Serbia over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as officials condemned the demonstrations and announced a record jump in cases. The protests were held as the Balkan nation announced a record daily death toll from COVID-19. Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said earlier Friday the Balkan state recorded 18 fatalities and 386 new cases over 24 hours in what she described as a "dramatic increase".
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| Fire ravages 249-year-old Spanish mission in Southern California Posted: 11 Jul 2020 04:56 PM PDT  The San Gabriel Mission was founded in 1771 by Franciscan priest Junipero Serra, who has become a flashpoint for activists denouncing colonialism and systemic racism.
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| City mulls razing site where 1st Alaska flag flew Posted: 12 Jul 2020 07:48 AM PDT  The fate of one of Alaska's most historic yet neglected structures could be decided Monday as city officials in Seward weigh whether to demolish a former Methodist boarding school where the Alaska territorial flag was first flown almost a century ago and where its Alaska Native designer lived. Benny Benson was among the orphans and displaced children who lived at the Jesse Lee Home, many of whom were sent there after the Spanish flu devastated Alaska Native villages.
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| Arrest Made In Case Of Missing Amish Teenager Posted: 11 Jul 2020 03:03 PM PDT  Linda Stoltzfoos, 18, was last seen June 21.
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| Jeff Sessions blasts Trump's 'juvenile insults' ahead of Alabama runoff election against Tuberville Posted: 11 Jul 2020 01:07 PM PDT  Trump continued to promote Tommy Tuberville, Sessions' rival for Alabama's GOP nomination for Senate, on Twitter.
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| Fire breaks out at petrochemical facility in southwest Iran Posted: 12 Jul 2020 11:37 AM PDT |
| US coronavirus deaths are rising again as cases surge in Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas Posted: 11 Jul 2020 05:52 AM PDT  Deaths from COVID-19 have increased to more than 600 a day following a surge in infection across the southeast and southwest United States.
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| Hong Kong security law: Why we are taking our BNOs and leaving Posted: 12 Jul 2020 05:19 PM PDT  As China enforces new restrictions, some are turning to their British National (Overseas) passport.
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| Inventor of Israel's Iron Dome seeks coronavirus 'game-changer' Posted: 11 Jul 2020 07:17 PM PDT  Daniel Gold, who led the team that invented Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, has a history of safeguarding the country against what he identifies as existential threats. With the nation facing surging coronavirus cases amid a pandemic that has triggered unprecedented economic hardship, Gold is trying to replicate his Iron Dome breakthrough in protecting Israel against the virus. Gold, who heads Israel's Defence Research and Development Directorate and holds PhDs in electronic engineering and business management, has become a celebrated figure in the Jewish state.
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| Florida cop charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after pointing gun at unarmed Black man Posted: 12 Jul 2020 01:14 PM PDT |
| As virus rages in US, New York guards against another rise Posted: 12 Jul 2020 07:39 AM PDT  As coronavirus rages out of control in other parts of the U.S., New York is offering an example after taming the nation's deadliest outbreak this spring — while also trying to prepare in case another surge comes. New York's early experience is a ready-made blueprint for states now finding themselves swamped by the disease. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has offered advice, ventilators, masks, gowns and medicine to states dealing with spikes in cases and hospitalizations and, in some places, rising deaths.
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| Shooting of man by Baltimore police highlights 'total failure' of city's behavioral health response, agency says Posted: 11 Jul 2020 03:04 PM PDT  BALTIMORE - After Baltimore police officers shot a man who pulled a firearm while undergoing a behavioral health crisis last week, the organization that oversees the city's behavioral health services called the current system "a total failure" that needs better integration of mental health professionals with the police. There is no indication that police dispatchers attempted to connect ...
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| Mercedes Schlapp on shrinking Democrat voter registration, Trump's immigration executive order, GOP convention Posted: 12 Jul 2020 06:39 AM PDT  Trump 2020 senior adviser Mercedes Schlapp joins 'Fox & Friends.'
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| Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown Posted: 12 Jul 2020 03:34 AM PDT  A misaligned missile battery, miscommunication between troops and their commanders and a decision to fire without authorization all led to Iran's Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board, a new report says. The report released late Saturday by Iran's Civil Aviation Organization comes months after the Jan. 8 crash near Tehran. Authorities had initially denied responsibility, only changing course days later after Western nations presented extensive evidence that Iran had shot down the plane.
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| The White House Made a List of All the Times Fauci ‘Has Been Wrong’ on the Coronavirus Posted: 11 Jul 2020 06:32 PM PDT  The White House has undertaken behind-the-scenes efforts in recent months to undercut and sideline Dr. Anthony Fauci—even going so far as to compile a list of all the times he "has been wrong on things," according to The Washington Post. After canceling some of his planned TV appearances and keeping him away from the Oval Office, White House officials and President Trump have taken to publicly expressing a loss of confidence in the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and face of the administration's coronavirus task force. The apparent attempts to undermine Fauci come as he continues to counter the president's overly optimistic narrative on the state of the pandemic. Against this backdrop, an unnamed White House official told the Post: "Several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong on things." The official attached a list of incorrect predictions Fauci had made, including his doubts early on that asymptomatic spread would play a large role in transmission and a February assurance that Americans did not need to change their behavior. Like many other public health officials, Fauci said at first that masks were not necessary but recently recommended that they be mandated nationwide. "Dr. Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public but he has been wrong about everything I have ever interacted with him on," Peter Navarro, the president's trade adviser, told the Post in a separate statement. "Now Fauci is saying that a falling mortality rate doesn't matter when it is the single most important statistic to help guide the pace of our economic reopening. So when you ask me if I listen to Dr. Fauci's advice, my answer is only with caution."In recent days, the 79-year-old doctor has offered unsparing assessments of the United States' current situation. In an interview with 538 published Thursday, he was perhaps at his most blunt: "As a country, when you compare us to other countries, I don't think you can say we're doing great. I mean, we're just not." The same day, the commander-in-chief told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview that Fauci was "a nice man, but he's made a lot of mistakes." The two haven't spoken in months, but Fauci has reportedly not complained about that. David Barr, an AIDS activist who knows Fauci, told the Post the doctor has become exasperated that state and local officials aren't listening to experts."Our bigger issue with Fauci is stop critiquing the task force...and try to fix it," another White House official told the Post. The official said Fauci's high approval and trustworthiness ratings have upset the president as his own deteriorate. The White House has also reportedly sought to keep Fauci out of the the public eye. A CBS anchor said last week that the White House has ignored requests to interview Fauci on air since early April, though he has spoken to print and podcast outlets. The White House maintains the authority to approve or deny interview requests for high-profile public officials and granted requests from PBS, CNN, and NBC to speak with the doctor only to cancel them after Fauci disagreed with Trump in a conversation with Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), according to the Post. The epidemiologist said that Trump's contention of a lower death rate indicating success in tamping down the virus was "a false narrative." He warned against "false complacency." Fauci has also said he'd like to go on Rachel Maddow's show, which routinely critiques the president, a request that was rejected.Trump himself has been wrong on the coronavirus in a laundry list of ways as he's pushed to reopen the country, and going after Fauci is not the only time he has attempted to contravene public health guidelines. He famously told Dr. Deborah Birx, the chief medical adviser on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, to "look into" the injection of bleach and the ingestion of sunlight as possible COVID-19 curatives. He's also pressured the Food and Drug Administration to reinstate its emergency authorization for the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment, as has his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who said doctors "don't know what they're talking about." Trump himself has said he took the drug despite FDA advisories warning it is unsafe to do so and unlikely to prevent or treat the coronavirus.The president donned a face mask for a Saturday visit to Walter Reed Hospital, one of the first and only times he has done so in public after repeatedly shrugging off their importance in recent weeks and even mocking Joe Biden for wearing one. In Dr. Fauci We TrustRead 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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| Coronavirus: Hotline to report people not wearing face masks set up in US county amid surge in Covid-19 cases Posted: 12 Jul 2020 02:47 AM PDT  A county in Ohio has launched a hotline so that callers can report people who do not use face masks, amid concerns over a surge in the number of coronavirus cases across the state.Armond Budish, the executive of Cuyahoga county, announced the service on Friday and said complaints would be managed by county officers and would be forwarded to local health authorities.
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| Saudi-led coalition intercepts ballistic rockets, drones launched by Yemen's Houthis: state news agency Posted: 12 Jul 2020 03:50 PM PDT |
| Florida COVID-19 cases top a quarter-million; deaths exceed 90 for third straight day Posted: 11 Jul 2020 01:57 PM PDT  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - COVID-19 cases pushed past a quarter-million Saturday, as Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a defense of the state's decision to return schools to in-person classes next month. "We know there are huge, huge costs for not providing the availability for in-person schooling for our students," he said at a news conference Saturday in Bradenton, on a day that saw 10,360 more cases ...
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| Leaders of minority Muslim sect accuse 'fanatics' of digging up baby's grave in Bangladesh Posted: 11 Jul 2020 08:21 AM PDT  Leaders of a minority Muslim sect in Bangladesh on Saturday accused "fanatics" of digging up the body of a baby girl from a cemetery grave just hours after being buried and dumping it by a roadside. The incident, which has sparked outrage on social media, is the latest targeting Ahmadi Muslims who many mainstream Muslims consider "infidels". The three-day-old girl was buried in a cemetery in Ghatura in the eastern district of Brahmanbaria on Thursday, local Ahmadi leader, S.M. Selim said. "Fanatics" dug up the child's body shortly after and left it by a roadside, he added. A photo of the body laid on a straw mat on a road has been widely shared and drawn angry comments. "Her crime is she was born to an Ahmadi Muslim family," said Mr Selim. Police in the district said no complaint had been made however and one officer said the incident had been resolved "peacefully". A local councillor, Azad Hazari, said he had intervened with police and the child was finally buried in another graveyard some 10 miles (16 kilometres) away. A local cleric Munir Hossain denied the body had been exhumed but said local Muslims prevented the parents from burying the baby at the cemetery. "It is against the Sharia to let an infidel be buried in a Muslim graveyard," he told AFP. "The pious Muslims of the village would never let it happen." The Ahmadis are an offshoot of the mainstream Sunni Muslim branch but are controversial because they believe their founder was a prophet. They have faced attacks and had religious rights taken away in some Muslim majority countries, including Pakistan. The 100,000 Ahmadis in Bangladesh have come under regular attack. In recent months, hardline Muslims have threatened to hold protests demanding that the sect be declared "non-Muslims" by the authorities. In 1999, a bomb at an Ahmadi mosque in the southern city of Khulna, killed at least eight worshippers. A 2015 suicide blast at an Ahmadi mosque in the northwestern town of Bagmara injured three people.
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| US Surgeon General Jerome Adams says the US can turn coronavirus around in '2 or 3 weeks if everyone does their part' Posted: 12 Jul 2020 09:15 AM PDT  Adams compared his past advice against buying and wearing masks to doctors who prescribed "leeches and cocaine and heroin for people as medical treatments" before they learned more.
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| University professors fear returning to campus as coronavirus cases surge Posted: 12 Jul 2020 02:17 PM PDT  "I am anticipating this semester with a good bit of dread," one professor said.
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| Dozens of US Marines in Japan's Okinawa get coronavirus Posted: 11 Jul 2020 04:45 AM PDT  Dozens of U.S. Marines at two bases on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa have been infected with the coronavirus in what is feared to be a massive outbreak, Okinawa's governor said Saturday, demanding an adequate explanation from the U.S. military. Gov. Denny Tamaki said he could say only that a "few dozen" cases had been found recently because the U.S. military asked that the exact figure not be released. The outbreaks occurred at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which is at the center of a relocation dispute, and Camp Hansen, Tamaki said.
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| Alpine melt yields old India headlines: Indira Gandhi is PM Posted: 12 Jul 2020 01:35 PM PDT  The Mont Blanc glacier in the French Alps yields more and more secrets as it melts -- this time a clutch of newspapers with banner headlines from when Indira Gandhi became India's first and so far only woman prime minister in 1966. The copies of Indian newspapers the National Herald and The Economic Times were probably aboard an Air India Boeing 707 that crashed on the mountain on January 24, 1966, claiming 177 lives. The trove of around a dozen newspapers was found last week by Timothee Mottin, who runs a cafe-restaurant, La Cabane du Cerro, perched at an altitude of 1,350 metres (4,455 feet) near the Chamonix skiing hub.
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| ‘Disheveled’ campsite spurs search for missing California woman in national forest Posted: 12 Jul 2020 12:22 PM PDT  "She would never leave her campsite a mess. Even a piece of litter on the ground would bother her."
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| Thailand plans November human testing for potential coronavirus vaccine Posted: 11 Jul 2020 11:28 PM PDT  Thai researchers plan to begin human trials of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus in November and are preparing 10,000 doses, a senior official said on Sunday, aiming for a vaccine that could be ready for use by late next year. Following favourable results in trials on primates, the next step is to manufacture doses for human trials, said Kiat Ruxrungtham, director of the Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University vaccine development program. "At first we were going to send them in June, but it was not easy to plan everything," Kiat told a news conference.
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