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'I Discovered the Body': South Dakota's Attorney General Offers New Crash Details
The New York Times - 15 Sep 2020 20:02
Jason Ravnsborg, the attorney general, elaborated on what happened after his car struck something on a dark highway, saying he returned in the morning to find the dead man, Joe Boever, 55, nearby.
Save Stars and Stripes
The New York Times - 15 Sep 2020 23:36
Congress must ensure that the military paper does not fall through any fiscal cracks.
Trump admits he was 'all set' to assassinate Assad after calling reports of the plan 'fiction'
The Week - 15 Sep 2020 16:17
In Bob Woodward's new book, Rage, the journalist describes a scene from 2017 in which President Trump pushed then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis to "kill" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after he launched a chemical ...
The Very Structure of Modern Government Is Under Legal Assault
The New York Times - 15 Sep 2020 11:00
Here's how to defend it.
Biden: Trump is a 'climate arsonist' who doesn't grasp that 'damage from climate change is already here'
The Week - 15 Sep 2020 03:42
The fires raging in California, Oregon, and Washington are "hellish," Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Monday, and there will be more like them if President Trump is re-elected in November. At least 35 p...
South Dakota AG reported hitting deer but actually killed a man
CBSNews - 15 Sep 2020 04:54
"I am shocked and filled with sorrow following the events of last night," Jason Ravnsborg said.
Scientists discover antibody that 'neutralizes' virus that causes coronavirus
New York Post - 15 Sep 2020 03:10
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have isolated "the smallest biological molecule" that "completely and specifically neutralizes" the virus that causes coronavirus. The antibody component is 1...
Biden: Climate change means "you aren't safe in Donald Trump's America"
CBSNews - 15 Sep 2020 13:19
There are deadly blazes burning in California, Washington and Oregon, and at least 35 people have died as a result of the fires.
Once-standout DEA agent says he conspired with drug cartel
New York Post - 15 Sep 2020 03:44
TAMPA, Fla. -- A once-standout US narcotics agent admitted Monday to conspiring to launder money with the same Colombian cartel he was sworn to fight -- one of the most egregious betrayals of the badge in the history of ...
Video shows UK motorcyclist pulling wheelie at 100 mph past cop car
New York Post - 15 Sep 2020 22:04
Lee Embleton, 51, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at Newcastle Crown Court on Friday over the stunt in June 2018 during which police estimate he was doing at least 100 mph.
Pandemic brings toilet paper from Mexico to American stores
ABC News - 15 Sep 2020 16:15
Toilet paper is back on store shelves
South Africa's Private Game Reserves Are Struggling to Survive Without Tourists. The Animals Are, Too
Time - 15 Sep 2020 15:55
The precipitous drop in safari tourism has brought many of the country's 500 or so private game parks to their knees
Missing Alabama State University student Adam Dowdell Jr. found dead
New York Post - 15 Sep 2020 15:50
An Alabama college student who was missing for nearly a week has been found dead, police said. Montgomery police found the body of Adam Dowdell Jr., a 22-year-old sophomore at Alabama State University, Monday afternoon j...
U.S. Ambassador to China to step down amid escalating tension
CBSNews - 15 Sep 2020 04:55
The U.S. ambassador to China is stepping down next month. Terry Branstad's announcement comes amid increasingly strained relations between the two countries. CBSN contributor Isaac Stone Fish, senior fellow at the Asia S...
U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad Is Stepping Down
Time - 15 Sep 2020 04:07
Terry Branstad, appointed in 2017, confirmed his decision in a phone call with President Trump last week
Ghislaine Maxwell sued by Jeffrey Epstein accuser over trafficking allegations
New York Post - 15 Sep 2020 04:04
Jeffrey Epstein accuser Jennifer Araozsued Ghislaine Maxwell on Monday for helping the dead pedophile recruit her as a sex slave at the age of 14. The lawsuit filed in a Manhattan Supreme court, under the Child Victims A...
Chris Evans breaks silence after reportedly sharing NSFW photo
Boston - 15 Sep 2020 16:23
The Sudbury native faced some good-nature ribbing online from friends and family after the purported faux pas.
Oregon man's search for his son amid wildfires ends in grief
New York Post - 15 Sep 2020 03:50
An Oregon man's desperate search for his 13-year-old son and ailing mother-in-law amid a raging wildfire turned into a tale of unimaginable horror and heartbreak. Chris Tofte had gone off to borrow a trailer from a frien...
Hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead in New Mexico
CNN - 15 Sep 2020 03:19
Biologists at New Mexico State University are trying to find out why hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead across the state.
Trump, Covid and Climate Change: What He Says vs. What He Knows
The New York Times - 15 Sep 2020 19:15
One reader cites an ad that the president signed in 2009 warning about the perils of climate change. Others criticize him for holding large indoor rallies.
Trump trusted less internationally than Putin and Xi after Covid-19 response
CNN - 15 Sep 2020 16:15
The United States' image around the world has plummeted in the wake of its coronavirus response, a major global survey has found.
3 more COVID cases linked to American's bar crawl in Bavaria
ABC News - 15 Sep 2020 16:13
German authorities in the Alpine town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen say they've recorded three more cases of COVID-19 infection in people who frequented bars visited by a 26-year-old American woman suspected of flouting quar...