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Portland Shooting Amplifies Tensions in Presidential Race

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By BY MIKE BAKER, THOMAS KAPLAN AND SHANE GOLDMACHER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32EEtTN

Norway bunker partygoers poisoned with carbon monoxide

More than 20 people were hospitalised after attending the party in the Norwegian capital Oslo. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3lyzLje

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ET2wpK

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2YPoIZg

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

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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. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jpQ1kJ

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

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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. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bbQFzp

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

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Mayor Mario Kranjac of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, said the bill covered police presence and their overtime hours. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3hFBTDB

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

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The claim that families who make $75,000 would see their tax rate double under the Democratic nominee's plan is false. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ExzNr7

Death toll in China restaurant collapse climbs to 29

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The number of people killed when a restaurant in northern China collapsed has climbed to 29, state media said Sunday, with efforts to find survivors brought to a close. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3hI8NTR

Kim Klacik: President Trump is producing real results for the Black community

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Republican congressional candidate Kim Klacik joins Maria Bartiromo on 'Sunday Morning Futures.' from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QBEeTQ

Trump to visit Wisconsin city on Tuesday where police shot Black man in the back

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, the city that has seen unrest since a white police officer shot a Black man in the back, a White House official told reporters on Saturday. Trump will meet law enforcement officials and assess damage in the city where the officer shot Jacob Blake, who is paralyzed from the waist down and remains in hospital, the official said. A 17-year-old boy is being held by authorities in Kenosha on suspicion of shooting three people who were protesting the shooting of Blake. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3bdjxqT

Teslas were 3 of the 10 fastest-selling used cars amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the data — see the full list

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iSeeCars compiled a list of the 10 fastest used cars from March to June 2020. Tesla vehicles take up three of the 10 spots. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YNt7fo

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

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The tenants were interviewed by a HUD official, they said. The RNC was criticized for blurring the lines between the government and partisan politics. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3lnzmA9

China restaurant collapses during birthday party, killing 29

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Rescue efforts ended at a two-story restaurant in a northern Chinese village that collapsed during a local resident's 80th birthday celebration, leaving 29 people dead, authorities said Sunday. The Ministry of Emergency Management said another 28 people were injured, seven of them seriously, when the building suddenly crumbled on Saturday. Hundreds of rescue workers using sniffer dogs, cranes and high-tech sensors had searched the rubble, lifting slabs of concrete in hopes of freeing survivors. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31GlqcI

French lieutenant-colonel stationed at a NATO base in Italy charged with spying for Russia

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A senior French military officer has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing top secret documents to Russian intelligence, Florence Parly, the defence minister, said on Sunday. The lieutenant-colonel, who has not been named, is stationed at a NATO base in Italy. He was detained by France’s General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI), the equivalent of MI5, 10 days ago. The officer was about to return to Italy after a holiday in France, Europe 1 radio reported, and is being held at La Santé prison in Paris. Ms Parly said the defence ministry had referred the case to public prosecutors. She declined to give details about the nature of the information allegedly given to Russia, saying the matter was sub judice. “We have taken all necessary measures. Now justice must be allowed to take its course while respecting the secrecy of the investigation… It is for the judicial system to decide what he is guilty of and whether he is guilty.” If convicted, the officer risks life impri

Rally supporting police draws scores to downtown Kenosha

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Scores of police supporters gathered Sunday in downtown Kenosha where protesters have been demonstrating against police brutality since the shooting of Jacob Blake last weekend. A Kenosha police officer shot Blake in the back Aug. 23, leaving the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed. Protesters have marched in Kenosha every night since Blake’s shooting, with some protests devolving into unrest that damaged buildings and vehicles. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gMZ0ul

Denied permits, Palestinians raze own homes in Jerusalem

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Palestinian Alaa Borqan preferred to tear down his own house in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem after a court ruled that it was constructed illegally and must be demolished. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EJNVgC

Trump, Vicar of Fear and Violence

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By BY CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3bbyA4D

Jon Rahm Sinks a Big Putt to Win Playoff at the BMW Championship

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By BY ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/31Iok0E

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

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By BY PETER BAKER, JOHN BRANCH, JOHN ELIGON, REID J. EPSTEIN, DAN LEVIN AND MARC STEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gJPdVW

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3baM8wW

Top US general says military will not escort Donald Trump from the White House if election disputed

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America's most senior general has declared the military will not intervene if Donald Trump were to decline to leave the White House following a disputed US election. In a letter to Congress, Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he did not envisage soldiers playing any role if Republicans and Democrats did not agree on the result. Mr Trump has repeatedly voiced concerns that the election will be undermined by fraud during widespread mail-in voting amid the coronavirus pandemic, and suggested that the result may never be known. Joe Biden, the Democrat nominee, has said he fears Mr Trump will try to "steal" the election but the military would "escort him from the White House with great dispatch." Democrat congresswomen Elissa Slotkin and Mikie Sherrill wrote to the general seeking answers as to what the military's role would be. In a written response General Milley, known to be a student of military history, wrote: "I believe deeply

Does Kyle Rittenhouse Have a Self-Defense Claim?

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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

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

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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. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EKwRqw

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

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Off-the-radar battles between moderates and progressives have broken out over health care, police reform and primary challenges. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3hSFuyh

Man booked in slaying of 3, including Fort Hood soldier

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

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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 dan

New Jersey mayor rescinds $2,500 police overtime bill sent to student who organized BLM protest

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After holding the protest in July, Emily Gil received a letter from Mayor Mario Kranjac saying she owed $2,499.26 for police overtime. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YLVlHe

Dramatic last-second launch abort grounds spy satellite

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The "hot-fire abort" derailed plans for three launches in just two days from Florida's Space Coast. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GbvfqH

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

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The one-off mission, titled "Allied Sky," is meant to signal the alliance's unity and improve interoperability, say U.S. military officials. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34IsDec

17-year-old suspect in Jacob Blake protest shooting charged with 2 counts of homicide

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Kyle Rittenhouse faces two first-degree homicide charges, as well as two charges of attempted homicide, according to Wisconsin court records.. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2D8Hmnl

Israel strikes Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets

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First confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection is ‘not surprising,’ doctors say

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Researchers in Hong Kong confirmed the first known case of coronavirus reinfection, but many doctors and public health officials say it isn't that surprising given what we know about waning immunity from other coronaviruses. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3hJ2LlS

Biden's latest ad puts Trump's weirdest moments and empty rallies to a Bad Bunny song

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's latest ads take direct aim at swing states and Latinx Americans across the country.Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is backing the former vice president and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in the 2020 election, and lent one of his hits to a new ad for the Democrats. The ad features footage of excited President Trump fans in 2016 juxtaposed with a sparsely attended recent rally, as well as Trump's Bible photo-op and that time he hugged and kissed a flag. Video of police cracking down on protesters as Trump cheers them on. Bad Bunny's Pero Ya No plays underneath, with its incredibly straightforward lyrics translating to "I loved you before, but not anymore / I liked you, but not anymore."> This is the ad pic.twitter.com/Q28BKybRDd> > -- David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) August 28, 2020Also on Friday, the Biden campaign debuted a run of ads capitalizing on empty sports stadiums across America's swing states. Text readin

U.S. military identifies two soldiers killed in Black Hawk training crash

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‘It Was Challenging’: Bucks Return, Balancing Basketball and Activism

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By BY MARC STEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/31GQF7a

Coronavirus Around the World

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By Unknown Author from NYT Home Page https://ift.tt/3hHLF8b

Begum Rokeya: The forgotten 19th Century feminist

Begum Rokeya was a writer, educationalist and reformer who tirelessly fought for women's rights. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2QCwJwg

Algeria's lessons from The Plague in the age of coronavirus

Finding parallels between the famous novel and how Algeria is coping with coronavirus amid political upheaval. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3hJHdWg

West Mathewson: South African conservationist killed by white lions

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Police say two lions attacked the lodge owner as he was taking them for a walk, in front of his wife. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2G3lPxq

GOP official warns that a single law is going to delay election results in Midwest swing states

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The top Republican election official in Ohio on Thursday said that other Midwestern states where the presidential election was decided four years ago are in a “really terrible situation” because they have so far not allowed mail-in ballots to be processed in an expedited way.  from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jnldRD

Invisible workers: Prison fire crews save lives while incarcerated then left to fend for themselves once released

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There are currently more than 14,000 firefighters struggling to battle roughly 7,000 blazes in California, many working 24-hour shifts. Among those pushed to the limit, as this year’s fire season in California burns an area now the size of the state of Delaware, are approximately 3,100 inmates trained as wildland firefighters. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ELv0Si

Detained Colombia businessman was negotiating with Iran for Venezuela, lawyers say

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Arrest made after firefighter’s wallet stolen as he battled wildfires, CA officials say

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The thief drained the bank account of the firefighter after the wallet was lifted from his vehicle. officials said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32ztprh

Kenosha aftermath: Wisconsin college replaces Vice President Mike Pence as commencement speaker

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A Pence spokesman said the VP "understands and supports" the school's "decision to prioritize the safety and well-being of their students." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QyU8yg

Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend says she had nothing to do with alleged drug crimes

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The ex-boyfriend of Breonna Taylor speaks out and claims she was not involved in illegal activities. Breonna Taylor‘s ex-boyfriend has come forward in an attempt to clear up her alleged involvement in any criminal activity. Jamarcus Glover, 30, was the target of the narcotics investigation leading to the execution of the no-knock warrant that resulted in the police shooting and killing Taylor, the Courier-Journal reports. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3b5llCl

'Donald Trump froze': Kamala Harris rips into the president before his RNC speech

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivers an advance rebuttal to President Trump's RNC speech. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3ltJN5k

Israel strikes Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets

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US Marshals found 39 missing children in a 2-week operation, 15 of whom they say were sex-trafficking victims

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The US Marshals located 39 missing children in Georgia, and arrested nine suspects on charges that ranged from sex trafficking to parental kidnapping. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31A7SiS

Sarah Palin’s Suit Against New York Times Will Go to Trial, Judge Rules

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By BY NIRAJ CHOKSHI from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2EAiS76

Stephen Miller’s Dystopian America

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By BY JEAN GUERRERO from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3lwrAnp

Corrections: Aug. 29, 2020

By Unknown Author from NYT Corrections https://ift.tt/3lwgpuS

Quotation of the Day: ‘Panting for Air’ Under Smoky Western Skies

By Unknown Author from NYT Today’s Paper https://ift.tt/3b6JBUx

Workers will have to pay any deferred payroll taxes by April.

By BY ALAN RAPPEPORT from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2YK73SS

Rival Themes Emerge as Race Enters Final Weeks: Covid vs. Law and Order

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By BY KATIE GLUECK, ANNIE KARNI AND ALEXANDER BURNS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3baWFs3

Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore After Oil Spill Off Mauritius

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By BY MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3baWhtB

Returning to the campaign trail, Trump unloads baseless attacks on Biden.

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By BY PETER BAKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/31BfL7y

Jacob Blake Was Shackled in Hospital Bed After Police Shot Him

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By BY JOHN ELIGON, SARAH MERVOSH AND RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2G2P2s9

Lute Olson, Who Put Arizona on College Basketball Map, Dies at 85

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By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/34ELxCF

El legado de Shinzo Abe, el primer ministro de Japón que anunció su dimisión

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By BY MOTOKO RICH AND RUSSELL GOLDMAN from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/2ENAwUQ

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. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/31FfZuC

Week in pictures: 22-28 August 2020

A selection of remarkable images taken around the world this week. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2EC3ZB5

A man accused of driving into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Iowa City told police the demonstrators needed 'an attitude adjustment'

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The criminal complaint, seen by Insider, said that Michael Stepanek, 45, drove into a crowd of protesters in Iowa City on August 21. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3gy7Qw3