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Fact Check Friday: Trump on 'law and order' and protests
ABC News - 4 Sep 2020 16:15
President Trump made false and misleading statements this week while visiting Kenosha, Wisconsin, and about his power over the National Guard. It's Fact Check Friday.
F1 champion Lewis Hamilton opens up about his loneliness and 'difficult days'
CNN - 4 Sep 2020 12:05
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has opened up about his mental health struggles, admitting he has "a lot of difficult days" and suffers from loneliness on the tour.
'I had no choice': Suspected Portland protest killer Michael Reinoehl
New York Post - 4 Sep 2020 01:11
The Antifa security guard allegedly being eyed in the shooting death of a President Trump supporter during protests in Portland has broken his silence, telling VICE News, “I had no choice”. “You know, lots of lawye...
Trump: Soldiers Who Die in Battle Are "Losers"
Mother Jones - 4 Sep 2020 00:54
Jeffrey Goldberg has a stunning story today about President Trump’s attitude toward the military. In a nutshell, he’s contemptuous of anyone who served, anyone who was captured on the battlefield, or anyone who died....
The Rev. Leon Finney, longtime South Side activist and developer, dies at 82
Chicago Tribune - 4 Sep 2020 21:58
The pastor and founder of the Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church in Bronzeville came to prominence in in the 1960s as he fought against the university and slumlords in his community.
North Korea could soon unveil missile able to reach US, officials warn
New York Post - 4 Sep 2020 16:24
North Korea may be preparing to unveil a new “harder to detect” long-range missile capable of reaching America, US government officials warned. The public display of the solid-fueled intercontinental-range ballistic ...
Rescue Dog and Hopes of a Miracle Captivate Ravaged Beirut
The New York Times - 4 Sep 2020 16:17
A search squad from Chile and its dog Flash discovered what appeared to be a heartbeat underneath debris from the Aug. 4 port blast.
Suspect sought in connection of Portland shooting killed by authorities
ABC News - 4 Sep 2020 09:09
No officers were injured during the incident.
Blue Lives Matter supporters arrested with weapons near Kenosha after police tip
ABC News - 4 Sep 2020 05:23
Two men were arrested on firearm charges after a tipster warned law enforcement they were traveling to Kenosha, Wisconsin, with assault-style weapons.
Trump Reportedly Referred To American War Dead As 'Losers' And 'Suckers'
The Huffington Post - 4 Sep 2020 02:32
The president allegedly made the comments in France in 2018 while speaking to his staff about U.S. service members who'd died in World War I.
'Voting Is My Healing': Inside a Push to Turn Out 100,000 Crime Survivors
The New York Times - 4 Sep 2020 16:38
For all that narratives about crime shape American politics, survivors are rarely at the center of the conversation, if they are heard at all. A campaign called #HealTheVote is trying to change that.
Witnesses describe killing of Portland shooter Michael Reinoehl
New York Post - 4 Sep 2020 16:11
Witnesses recalled the harrowing moments before a US Marshals task force fatally shot the Antifa-supporting security guard who killed a pro-Trump demonstrator at a Portland protest. A hail of bullets broke out outside an...
Police: 5 found dead after shooting in Ontario home
ABC News - 4 Sep 2020 16:11
Police say five people have been found dead and another with serious injuries following an early morning shooting in a home east of Toronto
Macron decries 'Islamic separatism', defends right to blaspheme
Al Jazeera English - 4 Sep 2020 15:32
French president, who proposes law against 'Islamic separatism', defends free speech amid Charlie Hebdo attack trial.
Suspect in Fatal Portland Shooting Is Killed by Officers During Arrest
The New York Times - 4 Sep 2020 05:40
Michael Forest Reinoehl, an antifa supporter, died when law enforcement went to arrest him, four officials said. He was being investigated in the fatal shooting of a member of a far-right group.
Seven police officers suspended after video shows hood placed on head of Black man in police custody
Boston - 4 Sep 2020 02:59
"Mr. Daniel Prude was failed by our police, our mental health system, our society and me," Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren said.
Search for survivor in Beirut rubble continues as rescuers detect 'heartbeat'
ABC News - 4 Sep 2020 16:23
The search for a survivor in Beirut rubble continues as rescuers detect 'heartbeat,' one month after blast.
Russia's Covid-19 vaccine generated an immune response, study says
CNN - 4 Sep 2020 15:50
A Covid-19 vaccine developed and tested in Russia generated neutralizing antibodies in dozens of study subjects, and while the vaccine often caused side effects such as fever, those side effects were mostly mild, accordi...
GoFundMe campaign for owner of Nancy Pelosi's salon raises almost $128K
New York Post - 4 Sep 2020 14:53
This GoFundMe campaign is to dye for. A fundraiser set up for the embattled owner of the salon where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had her hair done has raised almost $128,000 of its $300,000 goal as of Friday morning. The ...
On Facebook, N.H. lawmaker advocated burning homes with BLM signs, state says
Boston - 4 Sep 2020 23:38
A New Hampshire lawmaker is being investigated over a Facebook post that advocated for burning and looting houses displaying Black Lives Matter signs
As a new school year begins, concern grows about children and their mental health
CBSNews - 4 Sep 2020 14:43
As millions of kids head back to school in-person and virtually, there is growing concern about their mental health. At the end of the last school year, three in ten parents surveyed reported their child's mental health ...
Louisiana Man Faces Murder Charge in Fatal Shooting of a Panhandler
The New York Times - 4 Sep 2020 05:30
A Black victim's family seeks a federal investigation into how the police have handled a shooting after a confrontation with a white man.