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Trump implodes at reporter Weijia Jiang's probing question and abruptly ends press conference
OpEdNews - 12 May 2020 03:31Lebanon: People with Disabilities Overlooked in Covid-19
Human Rights Watch - 12 May 2020 05:00
Expand School-age children in Lebanon. Top photos, bottom left photo: © 2017 Amanda Bailly for Human Rights Watch. Bottom center and right photos: © 2017 Sam Koplewicz for Human Rights Watch (Beirut) - Lebanon's Covid-...
Kobe Bryant knew 'risks involved' in chopper ride, pilot's family claims
New York Post - 12 May 2020 01:16
The helicopter pilot involved in the chopper crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna should not be held responsible for their deaths because the NBA legend knew the risks of riding in the aircraft, the pilo...
Coronavirus cluster linked to Seoul nightclubs fuels homophobia
CBSNews - 12 May 2020 18:26
South Korea's LGBTQ community is being blamed by some for a flare-up of COVID-19 in the capital, and that could make it worse.
UK transit worker dies of coronavirus after sick traveler spat at her
New York Post - 12 May 2020 15:21
Belly Mujinga, 47, was attacked while working in London's Victoria station on March 22 by a man who coughed over her and a colleague.
Filming mountain climber Alex Honnold
CBSNews - 12 May 2020 18:35
"60 Minutes" had 14 cameras rolling the day Alex Honnold tackled the sheer mountain face of Sentinel in Yosemite. Some of the cameramen were even suspended on climbing ropes.
Anthony Mason walks through New York City, transformed by the coronavirus pandemic
CBSNews - 12 May 2020 15:17
For the past two months, New York City, the city that survived the Depression, 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy, has transformed as it fights the coronavirus pandemic. These days, after finishing the "CBS This Morning" broadcast...
Georgia Attorney General Seeks Investigation of Prosecutors in Ahmaud Arbery Case
Time - 12 May 2020 15:56
The Feb. 23 killing of 25-year-old Arbery has sparked a national outcry
California man who went shopping in KKK hood won't be charged
New York Post - 12 May 2020 05:13
The California man who went grocery shopping wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood last week said he didn’t mean to make “a racial statement” and won’t be facing charges, police said Monday. The hooded creep was spotted ro...
Indianapolis cop allegedly beat wife so bad her eye came 'out of its socket'
New York Post - 12 May 2020 16:02
A veteran Indianapolis cop has been charged with repeatedly beating his wife who lost one of her eyes, sparking an investigation that revealed a pattern of abuse, court records show.
White House to block federal retirement fund from investing in China
New York Post - 12 May 2020 15:53
Top White House officials are moving to ensure that the US has less money invested in Chinese equities as the Communist nation faces the steep fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. White House economic adviser Larry Kud...
Biden Says He's Not 'Hiding' at Home, but 'Winning' Against Trump
The New York Times - 12 May 2020 15:37
In an interview on ABC, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, pushed back against concerns from allies that he needs to do more to compete against the highly visible incumbent president.
Fauci to warn U.S. Senate that easing virus restrictions will risk lives: New York Times
Reuters - 12 May 2020 15:28
Leading U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci will warn Congress on Tuesday that moving too quickly to ease restrictions on business and social life will put lives at risk from the coronavirus pandemic and hamper ...
UN says 7 or 8 'top' candidates for a COVID-19 vaccine exist
New York Post - 12 May 2020 03:55
UNITED NATIONS -- The World Health Organization chief said Monday there are around seven or eight "top" candidates for a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus and work on them is being accelerated. WHO Director-General...
California inmates tried to infect themselves with coronavirus for freedom
New York Post - 12 May 2020 03:19
A group of California inmates are accused of trying to intentionally infect themselves with the coronavirus — thinking they would be set free if they contracted the contagion, authorities said Monday. Prisoners at the ...
Michigan woman at center of transgender rights case dies
ABC News - 12 May 2020 23:09
Aimee Stephens, a Detroit-area transgender woman who was fired by a funeral home after she said she wanted to be recognized as female, has died
By Spurning a Mask, Trump Elevates a Symbol
The New York Times - 12 May 2020 21:01
A simple accessory tells the story of a presidency and a pandemic.
Democrats Accuse Conservatives of a 'Dark Money' Bid to Influence Judges
The New York Times - 12 May 2020 20:13
A proposal to ban membership among judges in the Federalist Society has set off a partisan battle. The influential group has guided President Trump's rightward overhaul of the judiciary.
Man charged with placing target at NAACP leader's home
ABC News - 12 May 2020 18:12
Police in Tennessee have charged a man accused of placing a bullseye-like target in the front yard of Nashville’s NAACP president
Newborns among 16 dead in Kabul hospital attack; 24 killed in funeral bombing
Reuters - 12 May 2020 16:30
Gunmen disguised as police attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, killing 16 people including two newborn babies from a maternity clinic run by the international humanitarian organisation Doctors W...
Trump casually accuses Joe Scarborough of murder while live tweeting Morning Joe
The Week - 12 May 2020 16:24
President Trump took a break from Fox & Friends and replaced it with a bit of conspiracy theorizing. On Tuesday, Trump spent his morning on a live-tweeting spree, clearly watching MSNBC's Morning Joe for part of it. He m...
U.S. Supreme Court begins arguments in Trump bid to keep his finances secret
Reuters - 12 May 2020 16:10
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday started hearing arguments in a major showdown over presidential powers arising from President Donald Trump's attempts to prevent Democratic-led congressional committees and a New York Ci...