| 'Unconstitutional slop': Democrats blast Trump's executive actions on coronavirus relief Posted: 09 Aug 2020 08:58 AM PDT  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the "kindest thing I could say" after looking at President Trump's executive orders was that he "doesn't know what he's talking about."
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| Police searched a United Airlines jet after a reportedly hallucinating passenger claimed there was a bomb on board Posted: 10 Aug 2020 03:01 PM PDT  Police officers searched the plane with passengers still on board and offloaded each piece of luggage on the plane to be checked by canine units.
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| Amid pandemic, future of many Catholic schools is in doubt Posted: 09 Aug 2020 05:05 AM PDT  As the new academic year arrives, school systems across the United States are struggling to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Roman Catholic educators have an extra challenge — trying to forestall a relentless wave of closures of their schools that has no end in sight. Already this year, financial and enrollment problems aggravated by the pandemic have forced the permanent closure of more than 140 Catholic schools nationwide, according to officials who oversee Catholic education in the country.
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| Man says he wasn’t allowed into an Arkansas casino because ‘men do not carry purses’ Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT  The casino has since apologized.
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| Chicago’s ‘Magnificent Mile’ Looted after Police Shooting Posted: 10 Aug 2020 05:48 AM PDT  Looters ransacked shops in downtown Chicago early on Monday morning following a shootout between a suspect and police officers.According to police, officers were called to the Englewood neighborhood on Sunday afternoon after receiving reports of a man with a gun. Officers found a suspect who matched the description, however the suspect attempted to flee and fired at officers giving chase. Police then shot and wounded the suspect, who was brought into custody.However, police said rumors spread in the neighborhood that the suspect was a child, when in fact the man is in his 20's. A crowd gathered at the sight of the shooting and confrontations with police ensued. One officer was sprayed with a can of mace and the windows of a police vehicle were smashed with a brick, while community members told a local CBS affiliate that officers beat some of the demonstrators.Hundreds of people began looting stores in Chicago on Sunday night, causing city authorities to raise bridges leading to the city's downtown area and cease public transportation. There have been reports of shots fired between officers and looters during attempted arrests.> All bridges up in Chicago to prevent access to downtown. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/KutdT8Nbc6> > -- Vi Nguyen (@ViNguyen) August 10, 2020> Mass chaos in downtown Chicago. Hundred of people looting stores. Looters broke into a bank and ripped out the atm. They are trying to break into it. This is at State and Lake. @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/oKGrMHGADP> > -- Vi Nguyen (@ViNguyen) August 10, 2020"Absolute chaos in downtown Chicago," CBS reporter Ryan Baker wrote on Twitter. "Appears to be coordinated effort with minimal police presence."Former Chicago Bears player Patrick Mannelly posted a video of looters at a branch of The Gold Coast.> The Gold Coast is being looted right now. What the hell is going on @chicagosmayor ? 3:11am. WTF! pic.twitter.com/SF0x4q6LIb> > -- Patrick Mannelly (@PatrickMannelly) August 10, 2020"The Gold Coast is being looted right now. What the hell is going on @chicagosmayor?" Mannelly wrote.Chicago has been struggling with a wave of shootings since the end of May. While shootings typically rise every summer in the city, this year has been especially violent following coronavirus lockdowns and demonstrations sparked by the killing of George Floyd, an African American man killed during arrest by Minneapolis police officers. Chicago police recorded 440 homicides and 2,240 shooting victims from January-July 2020, compared with 290 homicides and 1,480 shooting victims over the same period in 2019.Chicago saw widespread looting and rioting during the weekend after Floyd's death in late May.
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| Where to Buy Wallpaper Online: 23 Stores With Unique Designs Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:21 AM PDT |
| Fact check: Quarantine 'camps' are real, but COVID-19 camp claim stretches truth Posted: 09 Aug 2020 10:31 AM PDT  An Instagram post is correct about expansion of quarantine sites during the pandemic, but falsely claims personal information will be accessed there.
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| Mauritius oil spill: Fears vessel may 'break in two' as cracks appear Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:37 PM PDT  The MV Wakashio, which ran aground on a coral reef on 25 July, is now leaking oil off the island.
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| Trump lashes out at Republican who called his executive orders 'unconstitutional slop' Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:51 AM PDT  Donald Trump lashed out on Monday at a Republican senator who is criticising recent executive orders the president says would provide relief to those out of work due to the coronavirus and protect some from being evicted.Mr Trump used a Monday morning tweet to call Nebraska GOP Senator Ben Sasse a "RINO," short for "Republican in name only," and mocked him over his last Senate campaign.
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| Celebrate the VP nominee, not Biden's decision to pick a woman. It's the least he can do. Posted: 09 Aug 2020 11:19 AM PDT  Our country has endured high opportunity costs for keeping white men in power for so long while ignoring the political contributions women could make.
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| Georgia school moves online after COVID-19 infections reported Posted: 09 Aug 2020 06:14 PM PDT  A Georgia high school plans to start the week with all classes moving online after nine students and staff tested positive for the coronavirus when the school year opened last week with most students attending classes in-person.
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| Appeals of Nazi camp guard conviction in Germany dropped Posted: 10 Aug 2020 08:14 AM PDT  All appeals against the conviction of a 93-year-old Nazi concentration camp guard have been dropped, a Hamburg court said Monday, making the decision legally binding and easing the way for possible future prosecutions. Bruno Dey was convicted last month of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder in Hamburg state court — equal to the number of people believed to have been killed at Stutthof during his service there in 1944 and 1945. Because he was 17 and 18 at the time of his alleged crimes, Dey's case was heard in juvenile court and he was given a two-year suspended sentence.
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| Washington, D.C., police union moves to block release of body cam footage Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:17 PM PDT  The Washington, D.C., police union said on Monday it asked a court to block the mandatory release of body camera footage and names of police officers involved in shootings. The federal district passed a police reform law in July after weeks of protests in the nation's capital and across the globe against systemic racism and police brutality, sparked by the killing of African-American George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis.
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| Senate cafeteria workers reportedly face layoffs if Congressional stalemate continues Posted: 10 Aug 2020 01:46 PM PDT  Up to 80 people who are part of the Senate cafeteria staff in the capitol could face layoffs by October if Congress can't emerge from its coronavirus relief deadlock, CNN reports.The company that employs the workers, Restaurant Associates, did not confirm the number, but did not deny issuing warnings of potential layoffs, which are the result of having to close some of its restaurants because of the pandemic.Senators told CNN they believe they will pass a bill that will fund the Architect of the Capitol — the federal agency that oversees the day-to-day function of the Capitol and has a private contract with Restaurant Associates — in time, allowing employees to continue to receive their paychecks, like the CARES Act did.Lawmakers said they were committed to protecting the workers' jobs, although Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) blamed Restaurant Associates, which he said "has been a problem to deal with," rather than his colleagues for the layoffs threat. As Murphy sees it, the company is simply trying "get more money out of the Architect of the Capitol," which he said could mean it's "time to find a vendor that's not going to use the threats of layoffs as a cajole to try to get more money." Read more at CNN.More stories from theweek.com Donald Trump's impotent tyranny California judge orders Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees QAnon goes mainstream
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| Want to keep spoiling your pets during the coronavirus pandemic? Here’s the latest in 'pet tech' Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:00 PM PDT  During the COVID-19 crisis, pets get plenty of attention. Some pet tech can help you keep spoiling your cat or dog when you are with them or away.
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| Xi or Tsai? Taiwan opposition jumps on US envoy's 'vocal slip' Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:30 AM PDT  Taiwan's opposition party demanded a clarification Monday after a US envoy who is visiting appeared to mispronounce the name of the island's president for her arch rival in China. Health chief Alex Azar met with President Tsai Ing-wen earlier Monday in the highest level visit to Taiwan since the United States switched diplomatic recognition to China. In his opening statement he fluffed the name of President Tsai -- pronounced "ts-eye" -- and instead said something closer to "shee".
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| Wild bear that sniffed woman's hair is caught and castrated Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:57 AM PDT  The black bear was captured after he was filmed approaching a visitor at an ecological park.
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| Kudlow said he 'spoke out of turn' when saying unemployment benefits can only be extended by Congress Posted: 09 Aug 2020 09:30 AM PDT  Days before Trump signed four executive orders to bypass Congress, Larry Kudlow said he thought extending the benefits "required an act of Congress."
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| AOC slams New York Governor Cuomo over reopening schools in autumn Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:58 AM PDT  Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken a swipe at New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over his decision to allow schools to open this fall, a rare case of Democrat-on-Democrat sparring during the pandemic."If it's not safe enough for indoor dining, what makes it safe enough for indoor schooling?" Ocasio-Cortez asked in a tweet. "And restaurants actually have soap in the bathrooms."
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| Sturgeon sorry for exams fiasco and admits student outrage a 'bigger problem' than grade inflation Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:22 AM PDT  Nicola Sturgeon has issued an apology to teenagers hit by this year's results day fiasco and promised to fix the "unfair" system. After spending much of last week defending the arbitrary downgrading of 124,000 qualifications, under a "moderation" process put in place following the cancellation of this year's exams, the First Minister on Monday confirmed a government u-turn over results. Opposition parties said the First Minister's apology did not go far enough, and claimed the reversal was motivated by a desire to keep her under-fire Education Secretary and deputy, John Swinney, in his job. The furious row over school qualifications threatened to overshadow the reopening of Scottish schools, for the first time in almost five months, from Tuesday. Many are welcoming pupils back on a "phased" basis over the coming days ahead of a full-time return next week. The EIS, the country's largest teaching union, said a major survey of almost 30,000 members showed that only one in five were confident that schools are currently safe, with two thirds believing face coverings should be made mandatory among older pupils. However, on school qualifications, Ms Sturgeon admitted: "We did not get this right and I'm sorry for that." Details of an overhauled system will be unveiled on Tuesday at Holyrood. It is likely that many, if not all, of the 124,000 downgrades will now be reversed. Ms Sturgeon said she had come to the conclusion that the injustice and disillusionment felt by teenagers was a "bigger problem" that the impact widespread grade inflation would have on the credibility of this year's results.
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| Virginia man who drove through BLM protest: 6 years in jail Posted: 10 Aug 2020 05:06 PM PDT |
| Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under security law, bearing out 'worst fears' Posted: 09 Aug 2020 05:22 PM PDT  Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highest-profile person arrested under a new national security law on Monday, detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces as around 200 police searched the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper. Mainland-born Lai, who was smuggled into the British colony of Hong Kong on a fishing boat when he was a penniless 12-year-old, has been one of the most prominent democracy activists in the now Chinese-ruled city and an ardent critic of Beijing.
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| It's decision time for Joe Biden: His VP pick could make history, with Harris, Rice among top contenders Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:20 PM PDT  Joe Biden has a crucial decision to make and the stakes are high for whichever woman he chooses as his running mate.
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| Mexico's coronavirus outbreak is now the third worst in the world Posted: 10 Aug 2020 08:31 AM PDT  The U.S., by a wide margin, leads the globe in COVID-19 cases. But its neighbor to the south has its own alarming spike, making it the third worst outbreak in the world.Mexico has had 52,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, The New York Times reported Monday. A widespread distrust of hospitals has made the pandemic even deadlier, as Mexicans are reportedly frequently refusing to seek treatment until their COVID-19 symptoms have worsened past the point of possible recovery, or not at all. Additionally, the tendency to avoid hospitals has made it difficult to confirm the true number of coronavirus deaths — those who die at home often aren't tested, so their deaths aren't counted as part of the official death toll. Mexico's government says there were 71,000 excess deaths this spring, deaths that aren't officially COVID-19-related but likely point to an even deadlier outbreak.Last month, nearly 70 percent of Mexicans said they would feel unsafe taking their loved ones to a hospital for coronavirus treatment, writes the Times. The fear, of course, isn't unfounded. Almost 40 percent of those hospitalized with COVID-19 end up dying, data shows, compared to less than 25 percent in New York City at the peak of the outbreak. Deaths in hospitals also happen quicker in Mexico, though doctors say that's partly because patients wait so long before arriving for treatment.The vicious cycle has many fearing that medical workers are even deliberately infecting patients or allowing them to die, though no evidence suggests that's the case. Read more at The New York Times.More stories from theweek.com Donald Trump's impotent tyranny California judge orders Uber and Lyft to classify drivers as employees QAnon goes mainstream
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| 'Unconstitutional slop': Pelosi slams Trump's executive actions on coronavirus relief Posted: 09 Aug 2020 09:23 AM PDT  The Speaker and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer didn't say if they will challenge the president in court.
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| Coronavirus: Brazil becomes second country to pass 100,000 deaths after US Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:38 AM PDT  Brazil's coronavirus death toll has surpassed 100,000, with the country's affliction showing no signs of abating as most cities reopen shops and restaurants.The nation became the second in the world to reach the grim milestone by official counts, 10 weeks after the United States.
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| Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says gig economy companies should be required to establish 'benefits funds' for workers instead of treating them as full-time employees Posted: 10 Aug 2020 07:03 AM PDT  The ridesharing company is facing mounting pressure from drivers and labor activists to extend more benefits to gig workers.
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| Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy in Kano state Posted: 10 Aug 2020 12:38 PM PDT  Musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu broadcast a song about Prophet Muhammad in March.
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| Gunmen kill six French aid workers, their driver and guide in Niger, minister says Posted: 09 Aug 2020 08:05 AM PDT  Gunmen on motorcycles killed six French aid workers, a Nigerien guide and a driver in a wildlife park in Niger on Sunday, officials said. The group was attacked in a giraffe reserve just 65 km (40 miles) from the West African country's capital Niamey, the governor of Tillaberi region, Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella, told Reuters. The six worked for an international aid group, Niger's Defence Minister Issoufou Katambé told Reuters.
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| Apt Bible passage at Catholic Mass coincides with earthquake Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:01 PM PDT |
| How President Trump’s Weekend Executive Actions Laid a Dangerous Trap for Democrats Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:46 AM PDT  The Sharpies squeaked as Trump signed four documents promising aid for Americans feeling the economic brunt of the coronavirus pandemic.
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| Small farmers left behind in Trump administration's COVID-19 relief package Posted: 09 Aug 2020 03:12 AM PDT  The uneven distribution of funds is stark. The top 10 percent got over 60 percent of the pot, while the bottom 10 percent got just 0.26 percent.
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| Injured cruise ship worker ‘forgotten’ after seven months in South Florida hotels Posted: 09 Aug 2020 04:00 AM PDT  From behind the locked window of his 10th-floor hotel room, Paúl Córdova watches dozens of airplanes take off and land each day at Miami International Airport.
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| Lebanon's prime minister and his entire cabinet have resigned following last week's deadly explosion in Beirut Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:15 AM PDT  Lebanon Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced that his government would resign from power after the August 4 explosion.
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| 84 arrests made at Sturgis Rally as governor welcomes 250,000 bikers to district Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:31 PM PDT  Sturgis Motorcycle Rally kicked off in the western part of South Dakota on Friday, leading to 84 arrests in one day, according to a report.The annual rally, which the city council decided would go ahead in June, has drawn thousands of bikers to the state from all over the country, many without masks or social distancing in mind.
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| California's public health officer resigns after COVID-19 undercount problem Posted: 10 Aug 2020 04:31 PM PDT  Dr. Sonia Angell offered in a letter to step down as the director of the Department of Public Health over the weekend, and "I accepted her resignation," Newsom told a news conference in Sacramento, the state capital. Calling it a "personnel" issue, Newsom declined to say directly whether the departure of Angell less than a year into her tenure was related to computer problems that caused nearly 300,000 COVID-19 test results to go temporarily unprocessed.
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| Susan Rice on the Biden ticket would be dangerous for America, Rep. Waltz warns Posted: 10 Aug 2020 05:32 AM PDT  Republican Rep. Michael Waltz says Obama's former national security adviser as vice president would be a 'total debacle' and 'slap in the face' to the U.S. military.
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| Hate crime victim arrested at protest won't be prosecuted Posted: 09 Aug 2020 11:11 PM PDT  A Black woman who became a leading activist in the Black Lives Matter movement after she was assaulted by a white supremacist three years ago won't be charged after her arrest early Monday fueled anger among protest leaders in Portland, Oregon, authorities said. Demetria Hester, 46, was booked on suspicion of disorderly conduct and interfering with a police officer during the protest that began Sunday night. The Multnomah County district attorney's office later said Hester would not be prosecuted but offered no further details.
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| Litman: New York wants to dissolve the NRA; it will probably decapitate it instead Posted: 09 Aug 2020 03:00 AM PDT  Even if the NRA survives New York's lawsuit, dethroning its CEO and heaping it with humiliation and penalties will be a victory.
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| Cuba reports record daily number of coronavirus cases Posted: 10 Aug 2020 10:26 AM PDT  Faced with a second wave of coronavirus cases, Cuba announced on Monday a record daily number of new infections. The 93 new cases beat the previous record from May 1 of 74, leading authorities to reimplement lockdown measures that had been gradually relaxed. The health ministry said most of the cases are in the capital Havana and the neighboring province of Artemisa.
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| Florida reports record COVID-19 hospitalizations Posted: 10 Aug 2020 02:59 PM PDT  Team Trump's conflicting messaging on mask led to preventable deaths, 100,000 children caught Covid-19 in July
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| Guns found in carry-on bags at airports skyrocket — despite fewer passengers, TSA says Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:22 AM PDT  Eighty percent of the guns coming into checkpoints are loaded, officials say.
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| Venezuela: Former American soldiers jailed over failed coup Posted: 09 Aug 2020 08:18 AM PDT  Luke Denman and Airan Berry were arrested in May while entering Venezuela by sea from Colombia.
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| Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are 1.5 times more likely to have a child with autism, according to the largest study of its kind Posted: 10 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT  In the largest study of its kind, marijuana use in pregnancy was linked to a 50% higher risk of having a child with autism.
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