Biden on protests: ‘These are not images of some imagined Joe Biden America in the future, these are images of Donald Trump’s America today’

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday challenged the Republican talking point that people will not be safe in the United States with Biden as president.

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Brazil Indigenous chief Raoni tests positive for coronavirus

Chief Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon forest in Brazil, was hospitalized with symptoms of pneumonia and tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Raoni Institute said Monday. Raoni previously met several European leaders to denounce Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's calls for the economic development of Indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest.

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An LA teacher said she and her daughter had to flee their home after she received threats for wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt to class

On the first day of school, the English teacher in Los Angeles wore a shirt that read, "I can't breathe," a message associated with the BLM movement.

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'Rest in peace Jay': sympathy for the far right foretells Trump's election strategy

The president has shown a lifelong penchant for inflaming racist hatreds and fears – expect much more of this before NovemberSix months into the coronavirus pandemic, Donald Trump tweeted a rare statement of condolences, as the confirmed death toll in the US climbed past 183,000.But the expression of regret was not for victims of Covid-19. Instead the president memorialized a member of a far-right group killed in Portland, Oregon on Saturday night.“Rest in peace Jay,” the president tweeted, referring to Aaron “Jay” Danielson, shot dead in clashes after a convoy of Trump supporters drove through an anti-racism protest.Trump is not often given to expressions of sympathy or understanding. But going back to the days when he took out a full-page ad in the New York Times to call for the deaths of five wrongfully accused Black men in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, he has shown a lifelong penchant for inserting himself at raw public moments to inflame racist hatreds and fears.The difference now is that Trump is president, and that penchant has become the centerpiece of his re-election strategy. That much is plain from his Twitter feed, which on Sunday included footage of a Black man assaulting a white woman on a subway platform, apropos of nothing.“I think he only means to agitate things,” said Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. “He is campaigning. It’s clear his campaign is all about ‘law and order’, it’s a throwback to the past, and he’s going to do everything to disrupt law and order in this time.”It has been three years since Trump defended the “very fine people” among the white supremacist marchers in Charlottesville, Virginia. It has been only two months since he branded anti-racist protesters “terrorists” and two weeks since he tweeted that “the history and culture of our great country [is] being ripped apart” with the removal of statues to Confederate leaders and generals.Trump has announced that he will visit Kenosha on Tuesday. The Wisconsin city has been the scene of protests after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, four times in the back as Blake reached into a car in which his children were sitting.Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old who was both a Trump admirer and a self-styled law enforcement enthusiast, brought a semi-automatic rifle to the scene of protests in the city and killed two people, prosecutors say.Trump has expressed his support: on Friday the president “liked” a tweet thread beginning: “Kyle Rittenhouse is a good example of why I decided to vote for Trump.”Of the caravan of trucks flying Trump flags that drove into the anti-racism protests in Portland on Saturday, spraying mace and firing paintballs, Trump tweeted: “GREAT PATRIOTS!”A suspect held in the death of Danielson reportedly described himself as a supporter of “antifa”, a broad label applied to “anti-fascist” groups that Trump and the far right have accused of unsubstantiated acts of violence. Danielson was identified as a “friend and supporter” of the Patriot Prayer group, whose founder, a former Republican candidate for US Senate, has condemned white supremacy but which attracts white supremacist sympathizers.Trump’s planned Kenosha visit was seen by Bass and others as likely to inflame tensions at a time when calls for calm and mutual understanding are needed.“I think his visit has one purpose, and one purpose only, and that is to agitate things and to make things worse,” Bass said.For others, Trump’s plan to visit Kenosha was ominously reminiscent of visits to scenes of other conflicts critics say he has fomented with incendiary tweets and by cheerleading violent actors.After a white gunman who warned of a “Hispanic invasion” killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas last year, Trump visited despite urging from local officials not to. At the scene, Trump boasted about progress on his border wall.A year earlier, Trump paid a similarly controversial visit to Pittsburgh, where a gunman who accused Jews of “committing genocide to his people” killed 11 at a synagogue.Joe Biden has directly tied Trump’s rhetoric to such incidents of violence, and accused the president of unleashing “the deepest, darkest forces in this nation”.“How far is it from Trump’s saying this ‘is an invasion’ to the shooter in El Paso declaring ‘this attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas’?” Biden has tweeted. “Not far at all.”The Democratic nominee for president planned to visit Pittsburgh on Monday, “to lay out a core question voters face in this election: are you safe in Donald Trump’s America?”In released excerpts of his speech, he said: “This president long ago forfeited any moral leadership in this country. He can’t stop the violence – because for years he has fomented it.”Trump, Biden added, “may believe mouthing the words ‘law and order’ makes him strong, but his failure to call on his own supporters to stop acting as an armed militia in this country shows you how weak he is.”Writing for the Daily Beast, the columnist Michael Tomasky said trying to convince voters that Biden represents chaos would not work. The piece was titled “White People Aren’t as Racist or Stupid as Trump Thinks”.But four years ago, Trump showed he knew white voters, who made up 74% of the 2016 electorate, better than a lot of people. They voted 54%-39% for Trump, putting him where he is today.

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Cuomo says state considering indoor dining in NYC, but

Despite progress in New Jersey and other parts of New York, indoor dining in New York City may not happen any time soon, Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio suggested on Monday.

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Hundreds of protesters arrested by Belarusian police as 100,000 rally against Lukashenko

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched through the Belarusian capital of Minsk on Sunday calling for an end to strongman Alexander Lukashenko's rule, despite heavily armed police and troops blocking streets and detaining dozens of demonstrators. Protests have now entered a third week since the disputed presidential election on August 9 in which Mr Lukashenko claimed victory, while opposition rival Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said she was the true winner. An AFP journalist and local media estimated that more than 100,000 people came to Sunday's protest, equalling the scale of the rallies on previous weekends, the largest demonstrations the country has seen since independence from the USSR.

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Canada statue of John A Macdonald toppled by activists in Montreal

John A Macdonald was accused of letting famine and disease decimate indigenous Canadian communities.

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Argentina says it reaches deal to avoid debt default

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Patriot Prayer no stranger to protests in Northwest

The man who was fatally shot in Portland, Oregon, as supporters of President Donald Trump skirmished with Black Lives Matter protesters was a supporter of a right-wing group called Patriot Prayer, which doesn't have a big national footprint but is well known in the Pacific Northwest. Patriot Prayer's founder, Joey Gibson, has held pro-Trump rallies repeatedly in Portland and other cities since 2016. The events have drawn counterprotesters from around the region and had heightened tensions in Portland long before Black Lives Matter demonstrators began nearly 100 days of nightly protests over the police killing of George Floyd.

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Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin requested dismissal of murder charges in George Floyd killing

In a new court filing, Chauvin's attorney explained that Minneapolis officer "acted according to MPD policy, his training, and within his duties."

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U.S. Postal Service tells Congress delivery performance has improved

The U.S. Postal Service told Congress on Monday that delivery performance has improved and returned to early July levels after it came under harsh criticism. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in mid-July made changes that critics said were significantly delaying deliveries. In mid-July, the Postal Service said it emphasized the need to adhere to existing transportation schedules and ensure trucks run on schedule.

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Trump Fans Strife as Unrest Roils the U.S.

The president plans to visit to Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday, unwelcome by officials in a state pivotal to the election, to condemn what he calls “left-wing mobs.”

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Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia

The move, a response to pressure to pay publishers when their stories are posted on the social network, could add to internet silos springing up around the world.

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Weekend gun violence pushes Philadelphia to over 300 homicides so far in 2020

A bloody weekend in Philadelphia pushed the number of homicides in the city north of 300, according to police figures. 

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Ohio State player out of hospital after weekend shooting

Ohio State defensive tackle Haskell Garrett was released from the hospital Monday after being shot in the face over the weekend, a spokesman for the football program said.

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GOP lawmaker argues left is 'funding, in a huge way,' protests and riots across US

An investigation into the riots that have taken place in cities across America would reveal a money trail on the left, Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., claimed Monday.

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Marlins get outfielder Starling Marte in trade with D-backs

Miami acquired outfielder Starling Marte in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday, giving the Marlins a versatile hitter and defender as they try to make a surprising push for the playoffs.

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Will new coaches, new QBs keep it simple? They won't tell

Teams with new coaches or new quarterbacks could limit their playbooks early in the season because they missed valuable practice time in the offseason due to the coronavirus shutdown.

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Colts owner Jim Irsay says ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER is about unequal treatment faced by BLACK Americans'

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has spoken out about social injustice issues in the United States.

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Ken Buck calls for congressional hearings into source of recent riot funding, following push for DOJ investigation

Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., is calling for congressional hearings into the source of funding for riots that have erupted in certain cities across the country this year, one day after he pushed for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to intervene with an investigation.

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2020 ‘Miss USA,’ ‘Teen USA’ to air from Elvis Presley’s Graceland with COVID-19 protocols

The 2020 “Miss USA” and “Miss Teen USA” pageant competitions will go on and will be held live from Graceland, Fox News has learned.

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Nevada schools reopen with virtual, in-person classes amid coronavirus pandemic

In the Silver State, each school district is laying out its own reopening plan.

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New Zealand buyer spends $5,300 on houseplant, sets record

That’s a lot of green.

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Jon Rahm's makes the biggest putt to win a thriller at BMW

With so few people around, Jon Rahm still got word from the other side of the Olympia Fields clubhouse that Dustin Johnson had made a 45-foot birdie on the final hole to force a playoff Sunday in the BMW Championship.

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Brian Austin Green hasn't ruled out reconciliation with Megan Fox: 'Never say never'

Brian Austin Green says that reconciliation with estranged wife Megan Fox isn't out of the question.

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Tom Brady says he will 'continue to listen and learn' from teammates on social issues

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has been known to be a vocal leader his entire career, but with the ongoing social issues in the United States, the future Hall of Famer says he’ll “listen and learn.”

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Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen will sell team following reports of racist behavior

Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen will sell the team, Major League Soccer announced on Sunday.

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Donald Trump Jr. hits Biden's health, mental acuity: Can he 'wake up at 3:00 am to take a phone call?'

The mainstream media has largely avoided coverage of Joe Biden’s health and fitness for office, but the question remains whether he possesses the physical and mental capacity to hold the most powerful office in the land, Donald Trump Jr. said Sunday.

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Trump resumes campaign rallies and utters the unthinkable: 'If Biden wins...'

One night after accepting the Republican nomination, Donald Trump resumed campaigning for reelection as though the coronavirus pandemic was a thing of the past, rallying hundreds of supporters at New Hampshire airport hangar.

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State report shows hundreds test positive for COVID-19 at Florida schools in August

The Florida Department of Health accidentally released a report on COVID-19 outbreaks at schools across the state — from daycare centers to colleges — and found that nearly 900 students and staffers had tested positive during a two-week period in August as schools had just begun or readied to reopen.

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Fact check: Biden tax plan would raise rates for those who make more than $400K, corporations

The claim that families who make $75,000 would see their tax rate double under the Democratic nominee's plan is false.

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The real threats to American law and order are Trump's craven enablers

The president railed against ‘violent anarchists, agitators and criminals’ but he surrounds himself with lawless lackeysOne week ago, Rusten Sheskey, a seven-year veteran of the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police department, fired at least seven shots at the back of a Black man named Jacob Blake as he opened his car door, leaving the 29-year-old father of five probably paralyzed from the waist down.After protests erupted, self-appointed armed militia or vigilante-type individuals rushed to Kenosha, including Kyle Rittenhouse, a white 17-year-old who traveled there and then, appearing on the streets with an AR-15 assault rifle, allegedly killed two people and wounded a third.This is pure gold for a president without a plan, a party without a platform, and a cult without a purpose other than the abject worship of Donald J Trump.To be re-elected Trump knows he has to distract the nation from the coronavirus pandemic that he has flagrantly failed to control – leaving more than 180,000 Americans dead, tens of millions jobless and at least 30 million reportedly hungry.So he’s counting on the reliable Republican dog-whistle. “Your vote,” Trump said in his speech closing the Republican convention Thursday night, “will decide whether we protect law-abiding Americans, or whether we give free rein to violent anarchists, agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens.”“We will have law and order on the streets of this country,” Vice-President Mike Pence declared the previous evening, warning “you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America.”Neither Trump nor Pence mentioned the real threats to law and order in America today, such as gun-toting agitators like Rittenhouse, who, perhaps not coincidentally, occupied a front-row seat at a Trump rally in Des Moines in January.Pence lamented the death of federal officer Dave Patrick Underwood, “shot and killed during the riots in Oakland, California”, earlier this year, implying he was killed by protesters. In fact, Underwood was shot and killed by an adherent of the boogaloo boys, an online extremist movement that’s trying to ignite a race war.Such groups have found encouragement in a president who sees “very fine people” supporting white supremacy.The threat also comes from conspiracy theorists like Marjorie Taylor Greene, the recently nominated Republican candidate for Georgia’s 14th congressional district and promoter of QAnon, whose adherents believe Trump is battling a cabal of “deep state” saboteurs who worship Satan and traffic children for sex. Trump has praised Greene as a “future Republican star” and claimed that QAnon followers “love our country”.And from people like Mary Ann Mendoza, a member of Trump’s campaign advisory board, who was scheduled to speak at the Republican convention until she retweeted an antisemitic rant about a supposed Jewish plan to enslave the world’s peoples and steal their land.> Since Trump promised he would hire 'the best people', 14 Trump aides, donors and advisers have been indicted or imprisonedClearly the threat also comes from hotheaded, often racist police officers who fire bullets into the backs of Black men and women or kneel on their necks so they can’t breathe. Needless to say, there was little mention at the Republican convention of Jacob Blake, and none of George Floyd or Breonna Taylor.And the threat comes from Trump’s own lackeys who have brazenly broken laws to help him attain and keep power. Since Trump promised he would only hire “the best people”, 14 Trump aides, donors and advisers have been indicted or imprisoned.Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W Giuliani – who ranted at the Republican convention about rioting and looting in cities with Democratic mayors – has repeatedly met with the pro-Russia Ukrainian parliamentarian Andriy Derkach, whom American intelligence has determined is “spreading claims about corruption … to undermine former Vice President Biden’s candidacy and the Democratic Party”.In addition, federal prosecutors are investigating Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine with two men arrested in an alleged campaign finance scheme.Trump’s new postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, who had been a major Trump campaign donor before taking over the post office, is being sued by six states and the District of Columbia for allegedly seeking to “undermine” the postal service as millions of Americans plan to vote by mail during the pandemic.Not to forget the secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, who spoke to the Republican convention while on an official trip to the Middle East, in apparent violation of the Hatch Act, which prohibits officials of the executive branch other than the president and vice-president from engaging in partisan politics.You want the real threat to American law and order? It’s found in these Trump enablers and bottom-dwellers. They are the inevitable excrescence of Trump’s above-the-law, race-baiting, me-first presidency. It is from the likes of them that the rest of America is in serious need of protection.

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A teen activist in New Jersey received a $2,500 bill to pay for police presence at a Black Lives Matter protest she organized

Mayor Mario Kranjac of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, said the bill covered police presence and their overtime hours.

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Protests erupt at Portland police building, mayor's condo

Fires set outside a police union building that's a frequent site for protests in Portland, Oregon, prompted police to declare a riot early Saturday and detain several demonstrators. An accelerant was used to ignite a mattress and other debris that was laid against the door of the Portland Police Association building, police said in a statement. As officers approached to move demonstrators away from the building and extinguish the fire, objects including rocks were thrown at them, police said.

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Kate Bedingfield on Biden's plans to return to campaign trail, civil unrest's impact on race for White House

Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield joins Chris Wallace with insight on 'Fox News Sunday.'

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Report: New York tenants were not aware they would be featured at the Republican National Convention

The tenants were interviewed by a HUD official, they said. The RNC was criticized for blurring the lines between the government and partisan politics.

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"His politics are appalling": Steve Mnuchin's family speaks out in disgust over his fealty to Trump

His family has not only criticized him but publically accused him of racism

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Norway bunker partygoers poisoned with carbon monoxide

More than 20 people were hospitalised after attending the party in the Norwegian capital Oslo.

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Europe's migrant crisis: The year that changed a continent

More than a million people arrived in Europe in 2015. Five years on, we reflect on what's changed.

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The search engine boss who wants to help us all plant trees

Christian Kroll is the boss of Ecosia, which donates 80% of its profits to tree-planting projects.

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Letter from Africa: Why Kenyans are no longer cheering their constitution

It is a time of reflection 10 years after the country was promised a rebirth, writes Waihiga Mwaura.

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Stories of 2020: Five Lives Caught in a Year of Upheaval and Pain

In a year that has filled morgues, emptied schools, shuttered workplaces, swelled unemployment lines and polarized the electorate, these are a few of the Americans struggling to respond.

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Trump, Vicar of Fear and Violence

He continues the old practice of stoking white victimhood for votes.

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Can Colleges Meet the Covid Challenge?

Readers blame both students and administrators for campus outbreaks and discuss the social isolation forced by Covid.

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Ex-NYPD Commissioner on violence in America: ‘Thugs’ are ‘emboldened’ by city leadership, politician behavior

Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik said crime in major cities is being encouraged by leadership that doesn't support law enforcement.

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NYPD uses facial recognition to arrest brazen sex offender accused of attempted rape on subway platform

A suspect seen in disturbing cellphone video attempting to brazenly rape a woman on a Manhattan subway platform has been apprehended, according to reports.

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Geraldo Rivera: In wake of Hurricane Laura and on Katrina anniversary, I recall covering killer storms

I’ve covered dozens of hurricanes including Sandy, Hugo, Rita, Maria and terrible Katrina, whose 15th anniversary we grimly commemorated Saturday. Reporting a hurricane’s landfall is like going to war,

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St. Louis Cardinals pull off historic double play

The St. Louis Cardinals pulled off a once-in-a-lifetime play in a once-in-a-lifetime-season Friday with a 3-2-8 double play against the Cleveland Indians.

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Banksy’s overloaded migrant rescue boat saved by Italian government

The Italian government stepped in Saturday to help a migrant rescue boat funded by the British street artist Banksy, which was overloaded with people and stranded in the Mediterranean ocean.

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What we know about the career of the officer who shot Jacob Blake

Rusten Sheskey said in an August 2019 interview that what he likes most about police work "is that you're dealing with people on perhaps the worst day of their lives and you can try and help them."

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Man booked in slaying of 3, including Fort Hood soldier

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Does Kyle Rittenhouse Have a Self-Defense Claim?

Kenosha, a city of 100,000 in Wisconsin’s southeastern corner, now confronts the question of when lethal force is justified in two different cases. One, the shooting of Jacob Blake by a police officer, I addressed yesterday. The other is the case of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is alleged to have killed two people and injured one during the civil unrest this week, and who has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide, reckless homicide, and other offenses.Rittenhouse is a 17-year-old from Antioch, Ill., about a half hour’s drive from Kenosha. Inexplicably, this underage police cadet from out of state wound up on the streets after curfew in a place where a riot was likely imminent, doing interviews with journalists and openly carrying an AR-15–style rifle.There can be no question that Rittenhouse and whatever adults were in charge of him made idiotic decisions. Minors should not stand guard at riots play-acting at being cops. But even people who knowingly put themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time are allowed to defend themselves against attack when they get there. So the biggest legal question is: Did Rittenhouse defend himself against attack with an appropriate amount of force, or were the people he shot the ones acting in self-defense by trying to disarm him?The very beginning of the situation is not on video that I am aware, but the complaint against Rittenhouse contains some key details from Richard McGinnis, a Daily Caller reporter who was interviewing Rittenhouse at the time:> McGinnis said that as they were walking south another armed male who appeared to be in his 30s joined them and said he was there to protect the defendant. McGinnis stated that before the defendant reached the parking lot and ran across it, the defendant had moved from the middle of Sheridan Road to the sidewalk and that is when McGinnis saw a male ([Joseph] Rosenbaum) initially try to engage the defendant. McGinnis stated that as the defendant was walking Rosenbaum was trying to get closer to the defendant. When Rosenbaum advanced, the defendant did a “juke” move and started running. McGinnis stated that there were other people that were moving very quickly. McGinnis stated that they were moving towards the defendant. McGinnis said that according to what he saw the defendant was trying to evade these individuals.After that, much of the situation was recorded, and the New York Times has done an excellent job of stitching the videos together. This Twitter thread from a co-author of the piece nicely explains the events and (for those willing to watch graphic footage) provides the key clips:> A teenager faces charges in shootings that left 2 people dead in Kenosha, WI. The @nytimes Visual Investigations team reviewed hours of livestreams to track 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse’s movements during and leading up to the shootings. [THREAD] https://t.co/FRCYlS5wgH> > -- Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) August 27, 2020 The first video starts with people already chasing Rittenhouse, one of whom throws something at him. One person even fires a handgun in the air — and another, Rosenbaum, charges at Rittenhouse, who shoots him. After that, there are more shots from an unknown source, and Rittenhouse calls a friend on his phone and leaves.But again he’s pursued, with some protesters urging others to join in, and this time he falls down. Several people move in on him, and he takes shots at three, hitting two. One is holding a handgun and survives a shot to the arm; the other has a skateboard and dies. Again there are additional mysterious gunshots after the fact.Obviously, a big unanswered question right now is how this all really got started. But as we wait for that information, let’s take a gander at the Wisconsin laws at issue.There are two extremes here: justifiable use of deadly force and first-degree intentional homicide. So let’s see what the law says about those two situations, bearing in mind that other charges can apply if Rittenhouse’s behavior fell in between them. (There are plenty of options: Rittenhouse is charged with reckless homicide for the first fatal shooting, first-degree intentional homicide for the second, and attempted first-degree intentional homicide for the nonfatal one, in addition to charges for reckless endangerment and bearing a dangerous weapon as a minor.)Quite typically for a U.S. state, Wisconsin allows civilian use of deadly force when one “reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm.” One major issue, then, will be whether Rittenhouse reasonably thought that the folks engaging with him meant to inflict serious injury, not just disarm him.But what if Rittenhouse provoked the confrontation to begin with? That’s bad for a claim of self-defense, but it doesn’t preclude one. Here’s another excerpt from the Wisconsin statute books:> (a) A person who engages in unlawful conduct of a type likely to provoke others to attack him or her and thereby does provoke an attack is not entitled to claim the privilege of self-defense against such attack, except when the attack which ensues is of a type causing the person engaging in the unlawful conduct to reasonably believe that he or she is in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm. In such a case, the person engaging in the unlawful conduct is privileged to act in self-defense, but the person is not privileged to resort to the use of force intended or likely to cause death to the person's assailant unless the person reasonably believes he or she has exhausted every other reasonable means to escape from or otherwise avoid death or great bodily harm at the hands of his or her assailant.> > (b) The privilege lost by provocation may be regained if the actor in good faith withdraws from the fight and gives adequate notice thereof to his or her assailant.> > (c) A person who provokes an attack, whether by lawful or unlawful conduct, with intent to use such an attack as an excuse to cause death or great bodily harm to his or her assailant is not entitled to claim the privilege of self-defense.So, even if Rittenhouse bears some responsibility for the initial conflict, he can still argue that he did everything he could to escape the situation and withdraw from the fight. Both shooting incidents began with him running away.Moving to the other extreme, to prove first-degree intentional homicide, prosecutors will have to show that Rittenhouse “cause[d] the death of another human being with intent to kill that person” and will have to disprove the existence of any “mitigating circumstances” the defense asserts. If the prosecution fails at the latter task, the offense is knocked down to the second degree.Mitigating circumstances include “adequate provocation,” meaning the victim did something “sufficient to cause complete lack of self-control in an ordinarily constituted person”; “unnecessary defensive force,” meaning Rittenhouse “believed he . . . was in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm and that the force used was necessary to defend [himself],” even though the belief was unreasonable; and “prevention of felony,” meaning he believed his actions were necessary to stop the “commission of a felony,” even though the belief was unreasonable. In other words, even if Rittenhouse unreasonably thought his actions were necessary, he can get the charge downgraded, though in that case he’ll still have committed a very serious offense.Rittenhouse is already a hero to some and a supervillain to others; in that sense, he is the Bernie Goetz of 2020. The highest charge against him strikes me as a stretch, but beyond that I don’t have any bold opinions yet. The outcome for each shooting will depend on whether Rittenhouse reasonably feared for his life, which in turn might depend on broader context we lack thus far — and even if all three shootings were justified, there are still firearms and reckless-endangerment charges for him to contend with.Where the f*** were this kid’s parents?

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A Democratic turf war is raging — even as progressives try to elect Biden

Off-the-radar battles between moderates and progressives have broken out over health care, police reform and primary challenges.

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CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta fears attendees of Trump's RNC speech will get COVID-19 and 'may even die'

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta couldn't be more exasperated by President Trump's decision to speak before a packed crowd at the Republican National Convention, fearing some attendees could die from COVID-19 as a result.Trump on Thursday delivered his acceptance speech at the RNC before a crowd of about 1,500 people who weren't practicing social distancing and few of whom were wearing masks, a fact Gupta sounded the alarm about on Friday morning, expressing deep frustration that such an event took place during the coronavirus pandemic."The history books will be written about this chapter in our lives at some point, and it will show events like that and say that in the middle of a pandemic ... at a time when there were more than 5 million infected, we started having events like that again," Gupta said. "It's really frustrating. It's mind-boggling."Gupta went on to say that this demonstrates that some people still haven't "learned" how dangerous COVID-19 is, and he raised concerns about the coronavirus spread the event may lead to."There will be people who became infected as a result of that event last night," Gupta said. "And there will be people who will spread it, and possibly require hospitalization, may even die as a result of that event last night."CNN's Jim Acosta reports that a senior White House official dismissed concerns about the crowd at the event by declaring, "Everybody is going to catch this thing eventually." But Gupta pushed back against that flippant comment, noting that what COVID-19 "does to the body" long term still isn't clear and warning, "You don't want this virus." > "There will be people who became infected as a result of that event last night, and there'll be people who will spread it and possibly require hospitalization, may even die," @drsanjaygupta says about the large crowd that wasn't socially distanced for Trump's RNC speech. pic.twitter.com/BIU3JBTV0W> > -- CNN (@CNN) August 28, 2020More stories from theweek.com Trump's RNC polling bounce more about 'subtraction on the Biden side,' pollster suggests 5 more scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Many uninsured coronavirus patients reportedly don't qualify for Trump's coverage program because of other illnesses

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If the police officer who shot Jacob Blake can prove he feared an 'imminent risk of death or great bodily harm,' his shooting could be legally justified

An officer shot Jacob Blake while he had his back turned toward them. If they reasonably feared for their lives, it may be legally justified.

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Six US Air Force B-52 bombers make symbolic sweep over all NATO members

The one-off mission, titled "Allied Sky," is meant to signal the alliance's unity and improve interoperability, say U.S. military officials.

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Australia open to talks over where NZ mosque shooter serves life sentence

Australia's prime minister said on Friday he was open to discussions over whether Australian mass killer Brenton Tarrant, jailed for life without parole this week for the New Zealand mosque shootings, should serve his sentence in his home country. Scott Morrison told broadcaster Channel Seven he had not received a formal request from New Zealand for such a transfer, although New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters suggested it after Tarrant was sentenced on Thursday. "We'll have an open discussion and look at the issues around this," Morrison said, adding that the views of the affected families would need to be considered first.

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Dramatic last-second launch abort grounds spy satellite

The "hot-fire abort" derailed plans for three launches in just two days from Florida's Space Coast.

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Fact check: Jacob Blake did not 'brandish' knife, get gun before Kenosha police shooting

There was no gun involved. Police did find a knife in the SUV, but authorities haven’t said if Blake held it at some point.

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Joe and Jill Biden have been married for 43 years — here's a timeline of their relationship

Joe and Dr. Jill Biden have been at each other's sides through successes and failures, joyful celebrations and devastating losses.

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Riot in Sweden after anti-Muslim Danish leader banned

At least 10 people were arrested, and several police officers injured, in violence which broke out in southern Sweden after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Koran-burning rally, police said Saturday.

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Louisiana avoided Laura's 'wall of water'? Not so, says forecaster

The highest surge hit about 15 miles east of where Laura was forecast to make landfall but it "wobbled" at the last moment. Most U.S. media played up a nine-foot surge recorded by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration observation station near Cameron, Louisiana, and the NHC was criticized for perhaps raising too much alarm.

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Elon Musk confirmed a Russian national tried to bribe a Tesla employee with $1 million in a bungled ransomware attack

The DOJ accused a Russian national of offering $1 million to an employee to install malware. Elon Musk confirmed the employee worked for Tesla.

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McConnell inexplicably claims that Democrats want to tell Americans 'how many hamburgers you can eat'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) asked Americans to "support Republican Senate candidates across the country and re-elect my friend, President Donald Trump" during the Republican National Convention on Thursday night — including making an ominous (and false) threat that Democrats are prepared to take away your hamburgers if you don't.McConnell has been a bit of a reluctant ally — and even occasional foe — of the president's, even initially announcing he had no plans to talk at the convention before walking the statement back. But speaking from the verdant fields of Kentucky, McConnell stressed the importance of the election for conservative voters. Democrats "want to tell you when you can go to work, when your kid can go to school," McConnell claimed. "They want to tax your job out of existence, and then send you a government check for unemployment."He added that Democrats "want to tell you what kind of car you can drive, what sources of information are credible, and even how many hamburgers you can eat."> 'They want to tell you what kind of car you can drive, what sources of information are credible, and even how many hamburgers you can eat' — Rep. Mitch McConnell thinks he knows what Democrats are all about RNC2020 pic.twitter.com/8FVJvi032X> > — NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 28, 2020While it's not true that Democrats are seeking to regulate hamburgers, CNN's Daniel Dale noted that the claim "may, or may not, be an exaggerated reference to Sen. Kamala Harris's musings about dietary guidelines, which are not mandates."Either way, McConnell's intention was clear: "With two more liberal senators, we cannot undo the damage [Democrats have] done," he said.More stories from theweek.com Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies at 43 5 more scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Sleepy Donald closes out the RNC

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Iranian man sentenced to nine years in prison for beheading daughter while she slept in 'honour killing'

An Iranian has been sentenced to nine years in jail for beheading his teenaged daughter in her sleep, local media reported Friday, adding that the mother wants him executed. The so-called "honour" killing of 14-year-old Romina Ashrafi on May 21 sparked widespread outrage, with media condemning "institutionalised violence" in the Islamic republic. Media said Romina was decapitated at the family home in the village of Talesh in the northern province of Gilan. "Despite the judicial authorities' insistence on a 'special handling' of the case, the verdict has terrified me and my family," Rana Dashti, the mother, told ILNA news agency. "I don't want my husband to return to our village ever again," she said, calling for the verdict to be reviewed and changed to "execution". Having lived with the man for 15 years, Dashti said she now fears for the life of the rest of her family. Ebtekar newspaper said at the time of Romina's killing that Iran's "eye for an eye" retributive justice does not apply to a father who kills his child, for which the customary sentence is jail time and fines. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has "expressed his regrets" following the girl's killing and called for the speedy passing of several anti-violence bills. Romina had reportedly run away after the father refused to give permission for her to marry a man 15 years her senior. But she was detained by authorities and taken home, despite having pleaded with a judge that she feared for her life if returned. The man she wanted to marry, Bahman Khavari, was sentenced to two years in prison, local media said, without specifying the charge. The legal age of marriage for women in Iran is 13.

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‘Enough Is Enough’: New Racial Justice Leaders Rise in Kenosha

A new crop of activists has joined the ranks of protesters in Kenosha, Wis., as police killings across the country spur ordinary people into the streets. Jacob Blake’s family spoke at a rally on Saturday.

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Pets boosting morale during coronavirus pandemic, study says

All the time spent at home has brought people closer to their pets, the report claims.

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Nebraska couple celebrates 60 years of marriage with photo shoot in wedding outfits

Cheers to the bride and groom!

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Sex assault charges filed against Jacob Blake in July prompted police to respond before shooting: union report

The police union that represents the Kenosha Police Department has said that police responded to the scene of the Jacob Blake shooting because he violated a restraining order related to a sexual assault. 

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Man arrested after wallet stolen from California firefighter battling wildfires

The sheriff of Santa Cruz County said the suspect admitted the theft and wrote a letter of apology.

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Republican senator, swarmed by protesters after Trump speech, calls for FBI probe

Republican Senator Rand Paul on Friday called on the FBI to investigate a crowd of protesters that swarmed him as he departed the White House after listening to U.S. President Donald Trump accept his party's nomination for re-election. Paul told Fox News Channel he believes the group chanting his name and pushing against his impromptu police escort was paid to incite a riot. "I believe there are going to be people who were involved with the attack on us that actually were paid to come here and are not from Washington, D.C., and are sort of paid to be anarchists," Paul said.

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Hurricane Laura's 'unsurvivable' storm surge: It looks like Louisiana was spared, but some rural areas likely hit hard

Gov. John Bel Edwards said Louisiana "caught a break" on storm surge. The National Hurricane Center says the surge was likely as bad as feared.

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Rights groups call for release of Jordanian cartoonist

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A former SpaceX intern says she reported sexual harassment to HR — and it cost her the opportunity for a full-time job

In a new lawsuit, the former SpaceX intern says her manager made inappropriate comments and wanted to take her to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

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Fox News' Chris Wallace calls out co-hosts for defending armed vigilantes

Fox News' Chris Wallace has a brief legal reminder about vigilante justice.On Wednesday, a 17-year-old who appeared to be aligned with an armed vigilante group was arrested after allegedly shooting and killing two people during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Tuesday night. Several Fox News contributors and hosts discussed the situation in Kenosha on Thursday, with Katie Pavlich saying "on the topic of vigilante justice, when you have no police around ... then there is a void that is filled."Pavlich's comments spurred Wallace to "push back" against the "implication vigilante justice was understandable or justified by the lack of sufficient police action." But Pavlich and the other hosts tried to talk over Wallace and insist he hadn't heard what was just said. "Just as it's fair to say that rioting and looting is a completely inappropriate response to George Floyd or Jacob Blake, vigilante justice is a completely inappropriate response to the rioting on the street," Wallace eventually said, forcefully reminding them "vigilante justice is a crime."> Wallace pushes back in the next segment> > "I've got to push back ... there seemed to be the implication that somehow vigilante justice was understandable or justified by the lack of sufficient police action ... you were saying it filled a void, I don't think that's right" pic.twitter.com/MuWTi4Rio9> > — Lis Power (@LisPower1) August 27, 2020Protests have gone on for days in Kenosha since police shot Jacob Blake on Sunday, with peaceful daytime demonstrations turning violent at night. Fox News' Tucker Carlson is among conservatives defending the alleged killer.More stories from theweek.com McConnell inexplicably claims that Democrats want to tell Americans 'how many hamburgers you can eat' 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Biden's latest ad puts Trump's weirdest moments and empty rallies to a Bad Bunny song

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Amazon fires: Are they worse this year than before?

Blazes are continuing to rage in the Amazon rainforest, despite the Brazilian president's fire ban.

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Cloud gaming: Are game streaming services bad for the planet?

Remote streaming services may be the future but could cause a sharp rise in emissions, a study shows.

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Week in pictures: 22-28 August 2020

A selection of remarkable images taken around the world this week.

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Bihar: Destroyed lives and submerged homes in flood-hit India

Homes and livelihoods have been swept away by monsoon rains in India's Bihar state.

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The Trump Women, Trying to Help Trump With Women

Tiffany Trump, Lara Trump, Kimberly Guilfoyle and, of course, Ivanka Trump all took a turn at promoting the family business — for all intents and purposes, President Trump — on the convention stage.

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Hurricane Laura Passed, but Disaster Still Looms for Texas

We survived Hurricane Laura, but the Gulf Coast needs better surge protections for the next one.

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Laura victims may go weeks without power; deaths climb to 14

The Louisiana coastline devastated by Hurricane Laura began a long and gloomy recovery Friday as hundreds of thousands of people still without water and power confronted the possibility that basic services may not return for weeks or even longer. The number of dead climbed to at least 14.

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Flight attendant flips upside-down, closes overhead compartment with her heels in viral video

Talk about using your head…or feet, rather.

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CNN's Don Lemon claims Trump voters must have 'cognitive dissonance' to support such a 'bad person'

CNN anchor Don Lemon went after Trump voters yet again following the president's speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday, saying they must suffer from "cognitive dissonance" to support someone Lemon described as a "bad person."

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Seattle-based activists arrested in Kenosha after filling up gas cans

The leaders of a group of Seattle activists said they were arrested in Kenosha, Wis., while filling up fuel cans during an effort to feed people. 

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Accused Kenosha shooter's lawyer claims self-defense amid new video

A 17-year-old charged in two shooting deaths amid a chaotic demonstration Kenosha, Wis., earlier this week was in fear for his life after being attacked by rioters who chased him down and beat him while on the ground when he fired in self-defense, his attorney said Friday. 

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Obama advised LeBron James, other NBA players to resume season: Report

The players broached the possibility of forming a committee for player action with Obama’s involvement, according to the report.

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Trump: Big Ten Conference, others should bring football back

“The Dems don’t want football back, for political reasons," Trump tweeted.

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Dan Bongino describes being harassed outside White House by 'paid, organized mob of lunatics'

Fox News contributor Dan Bongino was one of several Republican National Convention attendees who were harassed by protesters outside the White House following President Trump's speech on Thursday night.

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Activist paints 'Baby Lives Matter' outside Planned Parenthood facility in Charlotte

Anti-abortion activist Tayler Hansen painted the phrase “Baby Lives Matter” on the street outside of two women’s health clinics in Charlotte, North Carolina this week.

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California Gov. Newsom releases modified Covid-19 reopening guidelines

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new, color-coded reopening process Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic that is more gradual than the original plan, which led to a second round of shutdowns two months ago. 

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Trump to join Laura Ingraham for exclusive interview Monday night

President Trump will sit down with Fox News Channel's Laura Ingraham for an exclusive interview airing Monday, Aug. 31.

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Hong Kong: China arrests 10 after intercepting boat 'fleeing Hong Kong'

Activists were among those detained off Guangdong province on Sunday, Hong Kong media say.

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This terrifying animation shows how high Hurricane Laura's storm surge might get

If the National Hurricane Center's word on Hurricane Laura's devastation isn't good enough, the Weather Channel has some visuals. On Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center forecast the Louisiana and eastern Texas coasts would see an "unsurvivable storm surge" of 10-20 feet as a Category 4 Laura pulled in; Al Roker said he'd never heard the term used before. The Weather Channel also seemed unprepared for a surge of that magnitude. Its graphics could only show what a storm surge would look like at nine feet, but that was terrifying enough.> The National Hurricane Center has forecasted "unsurvivable storm surge" from Hurricane Laura in parts of Louisiana and Texas. Do NOT underestimate this storm.> > This is what that kind of water height looks like: pic.twitter.com/ik7EtpFTzn> > -- The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) August 26, 2020ABC News took a different approach with its storm surge animation, showing how quickly the water could flow into and fill up a home. > Hurricane Laura is expected to cause 10-20 feet of storm surge as it closes in on the Louisiana and Texas coast. @Ginger_Zee explains the science behind storm surge, which is often the greatest threat to life and property during a hurricane. https://t.co/VftCuDzjC6 pic.twitter.com/u0Tjnr47IC> > -- ABC News (@ABC) August 26, 2020And as these photos show, even with Laura still 200 miles offshore at mid-day Wednesday, the storm surge was already piling in. > LA 1 remains CLOSED at this time south of the Leon Theriot Lock in Golden Meadow. Here are photos in that area from Golden Meadow and Leeville. Laura pic.twitter.com/e6JyeJVmpJ> > -- Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office (@LafourcheSO) August 26, 2020More stories from theweek.com That 'famous' Lincoln quote in Lara Trump's RNC speech? He never said it. FDA gives emergency-use approval for Abbott's $5, 15-minute COVID-19 test, though not for home use 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention

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Nicholas Sandmann, teen who faced off with Native American protester in viral video, praises Trump's battle against 'cancel culture'

In a speech at the Republican convention, the Kentucky high school student who was seen in a red “MAGA” hat standing in front of a Native American activist outside the Lincoln Memorial last year accused the media of trying to “cancel” him because of his support for President Trump.

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Kyle Rittenhouse: Facebook and police defend lack of action over alleged vigilante charged in double shooting

Two days after a 17-year-old allegedly shot two protesters dead in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Facebook has admitted that despite being warned by users, it did not remove calls for armed citizens to attend the protests in the name of law and order.

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Israel keeps up Gaza strikes after Qatar joins mediation bid

Israeli warplanes struck a Hamas target in Gaza overnight, the military said Wednesday, even as a Qatari envoy joined efforts to broker an end to the almost three-week flare-up.

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He was toting a machete when a Miami-Dade cop shot him. Still, some neighbors have questions.

After Arcadio Hernandez was wrongfully diagnosed with pink eye at a hospital, he suffered catastrophic brain damage when an aneurysm in his head burst in 2010. A civil jury in Pasco County later awarded him $13.2 million in damages.

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Belarus detains around 20 journalists preparing to cover protest: Reuters witness

Belarusian police detained around 20 journalists preparing to cover a protest in central Minsk on Thursday and confiscated their telephones and identity documents, a Reuters witness said. The Interior Ministry later said the journalists had been driven to a police station for officers to check they had valid accreditaton allowing them to work as journalists. It denied the journalists had been detained.

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Kyle Rittenhouse charged over Wisconsin protest deaths

Kyle Rittenhouse is charged with killing two people and injuring another amid protests in Kenosha.

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Instead of Evolving as President, Trump Has Bent the Job to His Will

In a 40-minute phone call this week, Mr. Trump struggled to describe how he has changed in office. “I think I’ve just become more guarded than I was four years ago,” he said.

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One N.B.A. Team Walked Out. A Generation of Athletes Followed.

More games were halted in basketball, baseball and hockey, and the messages from athletes reverberated beyond the sports world.

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Trump and the Politics of ‘Mean World’

A four-day showing of apocalypse now.

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April Was Trump’s Cruelest Month

Covid-19 won when he tweeted LIBERATE MINNESOTA.

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Will This Be the Year Arizona Turns Blue?

Democrats, Independents and even Republicans have come together to work toward a lasting political transformation of the desert Southwest.

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Gen. Keith Kellogg rips Biden's reported opposition to Bin Laden raid, calls Bolton 'architect of failure'

A vote for Joe Biden will make the United States less safe, Gen. Keith Kellogg, the national security adviser to the vice president's office, told "Special Report" Thursday.

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'Bachelorette' Season 16 gets premiere date, poster revealed

"The Bachelorette" is set to return to TV this fall beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

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Rose McGowan reflects on 1998 VMAs dress: 'I hadn't really ever dealt with global media shaming'

The actress bared all at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards for a reason.

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Republican National Convention Day Four: live updates

The Republican National Convention's fourth day got underway on Thursday. Speakers include Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, HUD Secretary Ben Carson, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, White House advisor Ivanka Trump, and President Trump.

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NHL puts off 2 days of playoff games amid injustice protests

The NHL postponed two days of playoff games Thursday after withering criticism from Black players who said the league was slow to acknowledge the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.

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Kenosha Police arrest 9 people in out-of-state cars carrying gas masks, fireworks

Kenosha police arrested nine people traveling in vehicles with out of state license plates Wednesday on suspicion they were attempting to engage in criminal activity amid the civil unrest occurring in the city. 

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Karl Rove rips Biden suggestion he would have handled pandemic differently: 'Baloney and he knows it'

Democratic presdential candidate Joe Biden initially thought the coronavirus pandemic "was not going to be a big deal," contrary to his current claims, Fox News contributor Karl Rove argued on "Your World" Thursday.

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Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians: 'I don't know if protest is an action'

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians voiced his displeasure with protesting and instead suggested that players and teams have the responsibility to take action against social injustice.

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Dissident Chinese artist made secret film about Wuhan during China’s coronavirus lockdown

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made a secret film called Coronation in Wuhan, the central Chinese city that became the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, during its strict lockdown.

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More MLB games postponed in response to racial injustice

In a typically awkward way, Major League Baseball has been pulled into America’s discussion about racial injustice.

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Trump challenges Biden to drug test before debate

The president claims Mr Biden went from incoherent to articulate in a previous debate.

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Caged Congolese man: Why a zoo took 114 years to apologise

Ota Benga was kidnapped from what is now DR Congo in 1904 and taken to the US to be exhibited.

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India NEET, JEE exams: 'Conducting these exams will be a giant mistake'

Indian students are demanding that competitive college exams be postponed due to the pandemic.

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Why Navalny’s team sees Kremlin's hands in attack

Activists do not doubt the Russian opposition figure was targeted for his political work.

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Blueberry farmers warn of 'disaster' crop

Wild blueberry farmers in the US state of Maine are now facing numerous challenges.

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Eusebio Leal: The man who saved Old Havana from decay

Historian Eusebio Leal died last month but his legacy is far-reaching in the city he loved.

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How Trump’s Convention Has Become a Crucial Play for the Suburbs

Conciliatory messages at the Republican convention were an acknowledgment by the president’s campaign that appealing to his right-wing base will not be enough to win re-election.

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Trump Takes Night Off From Anti-Immigrant Talk to Swear In U.S. Citizens

Five new American citizens were stunned to be naturalized at a White House ceremony during the Republican National Convention. Some said they did not know they were being broadcast until friends called to tell them.

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Don’t Be Dense, Beware Mike Pence

Just the man you don’t want to see next in line.

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R.N.C. Rewrites Trump’s Racism — and America’s

The Black speakers have a job to do: erase history and cloud reality.

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‘We Did the Exact Right Thing,’ Says Our Glorious Leader

So why does the United States have 4 percent of the world’s population and 22 percent of coronavirus deaths?

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More of Your Coronavirus Testing Questions, Answered

Our readers sent in smart questions about this thorny issue.

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Three Trump Supporters Have a New Target: Germany

The United States needs allies. Punishing Berlin over a Russian gas pipeline is a needless provocation.

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Russian citizens caught trying to smuggle Pomeranian puppies into United States

Two Russian travelers attempted to smuggle eight Pomeranian puppies with falsified records through Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) this month.

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Oregon protester convicted of arson in police precinct fire gets probation, community service

An 18-year-old man accused of setting a fire outside a Portland Police Bureau precinct during a chaotic protest was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation and community service. 

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Buttigieg blasts Trump as 'master of chaos' with no 'interest in justice or peace'

President Trump is a "master of chaos" who doesn't have any interest in justice or peace in places like Kenosha, Wis., former South Bend, Indiana mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg told "Special Report" Wednesday.

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Hurricane Laura could bring quick-rising water levels as tides turn, National Weather Service says

A shifting tide and incoming storm surge will send water levels rising quickly along the Gulf coast near where Hurricane Laura is expected to make landfall overnight, the National Weather Service warned just before low tide Wednesday evening,

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Ted Cruz says he wasn't invited to participate in Republican convention

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said in an interview published Wednesday that he was not invited to speak at the Republican National Convention this year

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NBA analyst Kenny Smith walks off TNT set in solidarity with player boycott

The NBA postponed three games Wednesday night following the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.

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Republican National Convention Day Three: live updates

The Republican National Convention's third day got underway on Wednesday. Speakers include South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Former Amb. Richard Grenell and Vice President Mike Pence.

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Bret Baier calls Biden denunciation of violence 'very late in coming' after DNC silence on issue

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's denunciation of the violence in Wisconsin is "very late in coming," "Special Report" host Bret Baier observed on "The Five" Wednesday.

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Passenger at Seattle airport tramples gate agent after being told to wear mask

A “disruptive” passenger sent an airline employee at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to the hospital and ended up in jail Monday.

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Texas teachers could see double-digit raises under program to retain top performers

Thousands of teachers in Texas will receive raises over the next five years as part of the state’s plan to retain high-performing educators.

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Kellyanne Conway can quit because she has resources to care for her family. Many of us don't.

The risk this pandemic presents to wealthy, white women and their families is minimal compared with poor families and families of color.

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Jacob Blake moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, because it was 'safer.' Now he's paralyzed from the waist down after police shot him 7 times in the back.

Pictures of Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back by the police in Wisconsin, have emerged, along with details from his family and other loved ones.

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New York attorney general takes legal action against Trump Organization

The attorney general of New York is taking legal action against the Trump Organization amid an investigation into the company.Attorney General Letitia James' office in a legal filing on Monday asked a judge to force the Trump Organization to provide information it has been seeking in a probe of the company's financial dealings, The Washington Post reports. The investigation is focused on whether the Trump Organization "improperly inflated the value of Mr. Trump's assets on financial statements in order to secure loans and obtain economic and tax benefits," a filing said, per CNN.James' office said she's seeking to compel testimony from Eric Trump, the president's son and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, as well as "thousands of documents" that are being withheld. Eric Trump, according to James, has refused to provide testimony despite previously agreeing to an interview that was to take place last month."For months, the Trump Organization has made baseless claims in an effort to shield evidence from a lawful investigation into its financial dealings,” James said. "They have stalled, withheld documents, and instructed witnesses, including Eric Trump, to refuse to answer questions under oath."The New York attorney general's investigation into the Trump Organization was opened after Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, told Congress in 2019 that Trump "inflated his total assets when it served his purposes," as well as "deflated his assets to reduce his real estate taxes." The Trump Organization's chief legal officer, Alan Garten, said that James' "continued harassment of the company as we approach the election (and filing of this motion on the first day of the Republican National Convention) once again confirms that this investigation is all about politics."More stories from theweek.com Melania Trump reportedly taped making 'disparaging' remarks about president and his children Black Monday for the religious right Trump surrogate Kim Guilfoyle slams home state, suggests Puerto Rico isn't part of U.S., in loud, dark RNC speech

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