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Idaho pastor who bucked mask mandate now in ICU battling COVID-19
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 15:55
An Idaho pastor who eschewed wearing face masks during services has contracted COVID-19 and is now recovering in an intensive care unit, church officials said. Paul Van Noy, senior pastor at Candlelight Christian Fellows...
Utah police officer charged with assault for ordering K9 to bite Black man who was kneeling with his hands up, prosecutors say
USA Today - 17 Sep 2020 05:23
Salt Lake City police officer Nickolas Pearce is facing a second-degree felony assault charge after ordering his K9 to bite Jeffery Ryans on April 23.
Lancaster judge to revisit $1 million bail set for accused rioters
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 03:49
A Lancaster County, Pa., judge is expected to revisit the whopping $1 million bail set for each of several accused rioters after some of them hired private attorneys and filed petitions protesting the amount, according t...
Spider-like venom found in Australian stinging trees -- and the pain can last for weeks
CNN - 17 Sep 2020 15:30
Australia is synonymous with venomous spiders and snakes -- but scientists have discovered new toxins in what they label a "truly venomous" plant.
Sally is far from finished: 600,000 without power across South as flooding, rains move north
USA Today - 17 Sep 2020 15:44Ex-top Pentagon official sexually harassed two women over seven years
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 03:32
A former top Pentagon official sexually harassed two female colleagues over seven years — subjecting them to unwanted attention, including photographing the buttocks of one woman and giving the other massages during �...
CDC head Robert Redfield walks back Senate testimony claim on COVID-19 vaccine
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 03:05
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention walked back his comments stating that face masks probably offer better protection from coronavirus than a vaccine. CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield made the asse...
President Trump accuses Twitter of tweaking algorithm to make him look bad
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 15:46
President Trump on Thursday accused Twitter of tweaking its algorithms to make him look bad, saying on Twitter that the matter is "being studied now." "Twitter makes sure that Trending on Twitter is anything bad, Fake or...
Why a growing number of Americans are turning to socialism
CBSNews - 17 Sep 2020 13:00
Socialism has gone mainstream in American politics, but it remains deeply controversial.
Lawmakers call for Russia to release jailed ex-US Marine
ABC News - 17 Sep 2020 02:58
Leading Republican congressmen submitted a resolution calling on Russia to release Trevor Reed, an ex-U.S. Marine jailed in Russia.
Alexei Navalny aides say nerve agent Novichok was found on hotel water bottle
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 16:08
Vladimir Milov, a former deputy energy minister and an ally of Navalny, said his team members had outsmarted the Russian security police.
1 killed, 2 critically injured in Philly shooting that hit 4
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 04:52
PHILADELPHIA -- One person was killed and two are in critical condition after a shooting Wednesday in Philadelphia that injured four people, police said. Officers went to a basketball court in the Spring Garden neighborh...
'Criminalization of politics': AG Barr says prosecutors become 'headhunters'
USA Today - 17 Sep 2020 04:34
'Criminalization of politics': AG Barr says prosecutors sometimes become 'headhunters'
Trump blames 'blue states' for increasing nation's coronavirus death rates, ignores high rates in red states
USA Today - 17 Sep 2020 00:55
Trump did not offer specific evidence to back up his insinuation that blue states handled the COVID-19 pandemic any differently than red states.
Oregon couple helplessly watch as looters break into evacuated home
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 16:19
An Oregon couple forced to flee their home because of the raging wildfires soon faced a second heartbreak — as they helplessly watched looters breaking in on their home video surveillance. Tracy and Marvin Johnson told...
Black Lives Matter support drops 12 percent over summer, poll finds
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 15:55
Support for the Black Lives Matter movement has cratered over the past three months — as some protests led by the group have devolved into violence and looting, a new poll has found. A majority of American adults — 5...
Some countries roll out experimental COVID-19 vaccines
CBSNews - 17 Sep 2020 15:31
As the global race for a coronavirus vaccine continues, China, Russia and the United Arab Emirates are allowing their citizens to get vaccinated with an experimental vaccine before clinical trials wrap up. Internal medic...
Elevator that killed Boston University lecturer feels like an antique: resident
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 15:10
The elevator at a Boston apartment building where a French lecturer was crushed to death is a disconcerting "antique" that can leave some uneasy, one resident said. Carrie O'Connor, a 38-year-old professor at Boston Univ...
Sen. Chuck Grassley calls on Biden to release Supreme Court nominee list
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 15:27
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees by the end of September. Grassley (R-Iowa), who previously ...
Seattle resident trying to boot councilwoman over BLM protest involvement
New York Post - 17 Sep 2020 19:03
A Seattle resident’s effort to boot a councilwoman from office over her involvement in Black Lives Matter protests -- including a march that could’ve compromised the mayor’s “personal safety” -- may proceed, a ...
Massachusetts man puts up electric fence around Trump lawn sign after string of thefts
USA Today - 17 Sep 2020 04:55
"I'm defending my property and my right to free speech," he said. "This is about my right to free speech, period."
I Am the Joan of Arc of Coronavirus Vaccine Trials
The New York Times - 17 Sep 2020 11:17
Side effects, you ask? So far, just a sense of having contributed to the salvation of humanity.