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Best of TomDispatch: John Dower, Terror Is in the Eye of the Beholder
OpEdNews - 30 Jul 2020 18:11
Some years ago, a newspaper article credited a European visitor with the wry observation that Americans are charming because they have such short memories.
Idaho teacher fired for saying mayor should 'get laid' by BLM members
New York Post - 30 Jul 2020 15:58
An Idaho teacher who suggested that Boise's mayor should "get laid" by Black Lives Matter members is now out of a job, district officials said. Rita Soltesz, who formerly taught music at the Idaho Fine Arts Academy and E...
AJ Freund's father may be nearing a plea deal in 5-year-old boy's slaying, his attorney says
Chicago Tribune - 30 Jul 2020 22:41
The father of murdered 5-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake may be nearing a plea deal, his attorney suggested in court Thursday.
Police find AK-47, guns with laser attachments and body armor inside Burnside shooting victims' home
Chicago Tribune - 30 Jul 2020 02:53
Police discovered illegal drugs and a cache of weapons, including an AK-47 style rifle, four handguns (two with laser attachments), ammunition and body armor, at the scene of a shooting that left one person dead and seve...
Jack's Abby and the Celtics are teaming up on a new beer
Boston - 30 Jul 2020 18:39
The beer, Pride and Parquet, will be released in the late fall or early winter.
How to watch NASA's Mars launch
CBSNews - 30 Jul 2020 01:26
NASA is launching an extraordinarily complex and ambitious mission to Mars.
Malik B, founding member of The Roots, dead at 47
CBSNews - 30 Jul 2020 12:50
The Philadelphia-born emcee, whose real name is Malik Abdul Basit, was a major contributor to the group.
Hiroshima Court Recognizes Victims of Radioactive 'Black Rain' as Atomic Bomb Survivors
Time - 30 Jul 2020 04:31
The court ordered the city and the prefecture to provide the same government medical benefits as given to other survivors
German cops may search 'hidden cellar' for remains left by Madeleine McCann suspect
New York Post - 30 Jul 2020 22:06
Police in Germany might now search a second hidden cellar for possible remains left behind by the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. Even as police and cadaver dogs probed a first hidden cellar on Thursday — o...
Police: R.I. man dies trying to save 3 teens from rip current
Boston - 30 Jul 2020 16:18
Police say a Rhode Island man apparently drowned after jumping into the water to save three teenagers caught in a rip current
Federal agents tear-gas Portland protesters again
CBSNews - 30 Jul 2020 16:08
Federal agents tear-gassed the demonstrators. It was the 62nd nights in a row of demonstrations there.
Kenya to send officials to Beirut consulate after CNN report on allegations of abuse, exploitation
CNN - 30 Jul 2020 15:44
The Kenyan government will dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Lebanese capital to look into reports of mistreatment at the country's consulate, according to a government official.
Louisville mayor recommends declaring racism a public health emergency
New York Post - 30 Jul 2020 04:18
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is recommending the city’s Metro Council declare racism a public health emergency. Two members of Fischer’s administration made the case to the council Wednesday in light of the coronavi...
Trump Mocked For Saying Biden Aims To Reach Net-Zero Emissions For Buildings By '2:30'
The Huffington Post - 30 Jul 2020 02:37
"Carbon neutral by 2:30 tomorrow afternoon? Wow, that Biden climate change plan is ambitious!"
Lee Teng-hui, 97, Taiwan's First Democratically Elected President, Dies
The New York Times - 30 Jul 2020 16:08
He led the island's transition away from a police state to one of Asia's most vibrant democracies. His insistence that Taiwan be treated as a sovereign state angered Beijing, which considers it part of its territory.
Local Catholic school students face a tough choice: a full return to in-person instruction or remote learning, possibly by an outside vendor
Chicago Tribune - 30 Jul 2020 00:45
Some Chicago-area Catholic schools plan to use an outside company to deliver remote learning for families who choose it -- at the same tuition cost.
4 Hong Kong Activists Arrested for Online Posts Under New Security Law
The New York Times - 30 Jul 2020 04:59
The arrests, carried out by the local police, appeared to be the first to target activists under the law, which the Chinese government imposed on the city a month ago.
Long Island, Maine police monitoring sharks near coastlines after fatal attack
New York Post - 30 Jul 2020 19:16
Police have deployed helicopters and boats to track sharks on the coastlines of Long Island and Maine after a New York City woman was fatally attacked by a great white this week -- and several other sightings startled be...
3 shark sightings reported in Maine since fatal great white attack
Boston - 30 Jul 2020 16:21
Two beaches were also closed in Massachusetts on Wednesday after great whites were spotted off shore.
Trump suggests delaying November election, something he doesn't have the power to do
ABC News - 30 Jul 2020 16:15
President Donald Trump Thursday suggested delaying the presidential election over his persistent false attacks that mail-in voting would lead to a false results.
Mass. man killed in altercation in McDonald's parking lot in Maine
Boston - 30 Jul 2020 15:58
Police say a Massachusetts man was fatally injured in an altercation in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Auburn, Maine
Governor announces 'phased withdrawal' of federal officers from Portland
ABC News - 30 Jul 2020 12:58
The Oregon governor announced there will be a "phased withdrawal" of federal officers from Portland.