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How to Die (Without Really Trying)
The New York Times - 16 Sep 2020 20:24
A conversation with the religious scholar Brook Ziporyn on Taoism, life and what might come after.
New Mexico Mystery: Why Are So Many Birds Dropping Dead?
The New York Times - 16 Sep 2020 02:48
Scientists say that the wildfires in the West combined with drought and record heat waves could be triggering one of the Southwest's largest migratory bird die-offs in recent decades.
Anderson Cooper to Woodward: What you just said is pretty terrifying
CNN - 16 Sep 2020 03:47
After many comprehensive interviews with President Trump for his new book, "Rage," veteran journalist Bob Woodward tells CNN's Anderson Cooper the conclusion he came to about the President.
Hurricane Sally makes landfall: Pensacola gets 30 inches of rain; 'catastrophic flooding is unfolding' in Alabama, Florida
USA Today - 16 Sep 2020 15:43
Hurricane Sally lurched ashore early Wednesday, promising to soak the Gulf Coast with heavy rains and historic flooding in Florida and Alabama.
Trump tells ABC in Pennsylvania town hall that he 'up played' severity of coronavirus
USA Today - 16 Sep 2020 04:53Pelosi vows to keep House in session after Dems spike Senate COVID relief deal
New York Post - 16 Sep 2020 03:01
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday vowed to keep the House in session until a deal is reached on COVID relief — after her own Democrats blocked a $650 billion package offered by Senate Minority Leader Mitch...
Outrage as Nigeria sentences 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blasphemy
CNN - 16 Sep 2020 16:09
Child rights agency UNICEF has condemned the sentencing of a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blasphemy in northern Nigeria.
German police found sharing racist messages in group chats
Al Jazeera English - 16 Sep 2020 15:52
Officers suspended after participating in far-right groups, including one which shared image of refugee in gas chamber.
Refugees in Greece wary of entering new camp after Moria fire
Al Jazeera English - 16 Sep 2020 15:30
Many fear conditions in temporary camp would be no better than Moria, which had drawn widespread humanitarian concern.
Lancaster protester held on $1 million bail is a sorority girl
New York Post - 16 Sep 2020 15:14
Kathryn Patterson, one of the accused rioters locked up on $1 million bail following violent protests in Lancaster, is a Kappa Delta sorority sister.
Michigan priest compared Black Lives Matter 'terrorists' to 9/11 attackers
New York Post - 16 Sep 2020 15:00
A Roman Catholic church in Michigan is apologizing after one of its priests took to the pulpit to compare “evil” Black Lives Matter protesters to the 9/11 terrorists. In a homily live-streamed on the Church of the Di...
Trump's ABC News town hall: Fact-checking the president's answers
ABC News - 16 Sep 2020 04:59
ABC News fact checks what President Donald Trump said during a 90-minute town hall special Tuesday night.
Sarah McBride Is Set to Be the Nation's Highest-Ranking Transgender Official
The New York Times - 16 Sep 2020 04:29
Ms. McBride, who would be the first openly transgender person to serve in any state's senate, won a primary for a safely Democratic seat in Delaware.
Bill Gates Sr., father of Microsoft co-founder, dies at 94
Boston - 16 Sep 2020 02:35
Gates died peacefully Monday at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer's disease, the family announced Tuesday.
Twitter suspends Chinese virologist who says COVID-19 was made in Wuhan lab
New York Post - 16 Sep 2020 15:51
Twitter has suspended the account of Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist who has claimed that COVID-19 was manufactured in a laboratory.
Toxic outside, contagious inside: Fire and COVID rage all around me. Can't we do better?
USA Today - 16 Sep 2020 15:12
Walking outdoors is like stepping into a crowded, cigarette-smoke filled bar where they are barbecuing and also have just launched fireworks.
The 22-year-old helping to lead Belarus' protests from behind a screen in Poland
ABC News - 16 Sep 2020 11:22
Stepan Svetlov runs NEXTA, a social media channel on the Telegram app.
Trump Blames Biden, Who Isn't President, For Not Instituting Mask Mandate
The Huffington Post - 16 Sep 2020 06:05
"To be clear: I am not currently president," Biden wrote moments later. "But if you chip in now, we can change that."
Alan Dershowitz sues CNN for $300 million over impeachment defense
New York Post - 16 Sep 2020 18:40
Lawyer Alan Dershowitz has hit CNN with a $300 million defamation lawsuit, accusing the cable network of for distorting his words to portray him as an "intellectual who had lost his mind."
Trump's ABC News town hall: Full transcript
ABC News - 16 Sep 2020 04:20
Read the full transcript of President Donald Trump's ABC News town hall, Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Police leaders pressed Rochester to keep Daniel Prude video secret
New York Post - 16 Sep 2020 03:43
Rochester police commanders urged city officials to hold off on publicly releasing body camera footage of Daniel Prude's suffocation death because they feared violent blowback if the video came out during nationwide prot...
Boston University professor crushed to death in apartment elevator accident
New York Post - 16 Sep 2020 01:13
A Boston University professor was crushed to death by an elevator in her apartment building when it suddenly dropped, trapping her between floors. “What my wife said she saw was the lady's arms like hanging onto her pa...