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Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah dies in US hospital at 91

Kuwait's emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, architect of the nation's modern foreign policy and mediator in some of the worst crises to grip the Gulf, died on Tuesday at the age of 91. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SaXGrl

Florida martial arts school billed taxpayers over $350,000 for ‘ghost’ kids, state says

Funded by public grants, the United Martial Arts Academy in Homestead offered an array of self-defense training, including the “Tiny Tigers” and “Little Dragon” courses for kids. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36od7ov

Hathras gang rape: India victim's death sparks outrage

The 19-year-old woman died after fighting for her life in a hospital for two weeks. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jd7sVP

Chinese rail stations and airports swamped during holiday, raising fears of fresh Covid outbreak

People have begun swarming into China’s rail stations and airports as the country where the coronavirus pandemic emerged enters into its first major public holiday week after lockdowns began easing, potentially raising the risk of new infections. Nearly half of the country’s 1.4 billion people are expected to hit the road during China’s “Golden Week,” kicking off on Oct 1 as the nation celebrates its founding anniversary. Chinese authorities have relaxed some travel restrictions as the number of daily infections have begun dropping significantly. About 30 people were confirmed with the coronavirus through Tuesday this week, a figure that could rise given increased movement of people over the holiday. As such pandemic precautions remain in place, including detailed contact tracing via mobile phone apps that allow users to flash a green, yellow or red code – a health contagion profile that determines whether someone might pose an infection risk. from Yahoo News - Latest News & He

Top US infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci calls some of Fox News' primetime coverage of the coronavirus pandemic 'outlandish'

Fauci said that with some reporters, "anything that I would say they'll distort a bit," adding, "I'm not sure there's anything I can do about that." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HEnSZr

Voters react to first 2020 presidential debate

The latest CBS News Battleground Tracker polls show how Americans are responding to the first presidential debate. CBS News Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto joined CBSN's Elaine Quijano on "Red and Blue" to discuss the results. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33ihsHX

Doctor ‘snubbed for trying to tell Trumps to wear masks at debate'

Melania also took off mask once she sat down from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2G457OV

Poco X3 VS Realme Narzo 20 Pro: 20 हजार से कम कीमत में किसमें खास फीचर

Poco X3 और Realme Narzo 20 Pro20 दोनों हज़ार रुपये से कम कीमत में लॉन्च किए गए है...आइए जानते हैं फीचर्स के मामले में कौन सा फोन है बेस्ट... from Latest News मोबाइल-टेक News18 हिंदी https://ift.tt/33jAwFU

Kentucky's Black Republican attorney general comes under fire in Breonna Taylor probe

In the continuing fallout from the death of Breonna Taylor, many residents of Louisville appear to view Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is Black, as an obstacle to justice in the case. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30jRuC2

Who won the presidential debate?

Writers for The Independent have their say on the chaotic first clash between Donald Trump and Joe Biden from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30g17BC

New York battles COVID-19 hot spots as Washington wrangles over relief

New York City restaurants welcomed patrons back inside for the first time in months on Wednesday as authorities scrambled to contain COVID-19 outbreaks in some neighborhoods and negotiators in Washington wrangled over a coronavirus relief package. Coronavirus infection rates continued to climb in many of the nine ZIP codes in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn where new clusters have emerged, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday. The city is deploying 400 police officers as well as other officials to improve compliance with social-distancing rules and a face-covering mandate in the affected neighborhoods. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36ol3pM

McConnell shields Judge Amy Coney Barrett from questions about election outcome as she meets with senators

The Senate majority leader refused to answer if Ms Barrett should recuse herself from election-focused cases from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/348uCGO

A 'super healthy' 19-year-old college student has died from coronavirus complications

Chad Dorrill, a "super healthy" student at Appalachian State University and former star basketball player, died from complications of the coronavirus. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ScLG8T

Fox News host floats bonkers conspiracy theory that Joe Biden will use listening devices at debate

“The Trump team asked to inspect the ears of each debater for electronic devices or transmitters,” Bill Hemmer says from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EJyvcx

The U.S. is once again giving away 55,000 green cards to foreigners. It’s simple and free.

The U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday that it will officially open registration for the Diversity Visa Program for Fiscal Year 2022 (DV-2022), better known as the visa lottery. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36ytYVZ

What Ohio swing voters are saying ahead of presidential debate

Fox Business correspondent Connell McShane has the latest on 'The Daily Briefing' from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HxDE8r

The family of one of the officers who killed Breonna Taylor started an online fundraiser so he can retire early and focus on his 'safety'

The family of Detective Myles Cosgrove is trying to raise $75,000 so that he can buy out the rest of his service time and retire early. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cHAsCV

Rep. Katie Porter eviscerates pharma CEO with a brutal math lesson about his $13 million salary

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) never wastes an opportunity to roast a CEO.On Wednesday, three pharmaceutical executives, including former Celgene CEO Mark Alles, testified on drug pricing for the House Oversight Committee. While at the company, Alles saw a massive increase in the price of the cancer drug Revlimid -- and Porter broke down just what it got Alles in return.Porter started her takedown by asking Alles if he knew what a Revlimid pill cost in 2005: $215, she reminded him with the help of a whiteboard. And by the time Alles left the company late last year, after its sale to Bristol-Myers Squibb, a single Revlimid pill cost $763. "Did the drug get substantially more effective in that time? Did cancer patients need fewer pills?" Porter questioned, trying to figure out why Celgene upped the price. Alles answered by saying Revlimid proved effective in more patients. "So you discovered more patients who might benefit from paying $763 a pill?" Porter rhetorically r

Trump's spy chief just released 'Russian disinformation' against Hillary Clinton that he acknowledged may be fabricated

DNI John Ratcliffe said in a letter that the US intel community "does not know the accuracy" of the allegation or whether it's been fabricated. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/345hJNA

Fact check: Post online satirizes Judge Amy Coney Barrett in 'yearbook' photo with fake quote

After critics equated SCOTUS nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett's views with Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, some have satirized Barrett's record. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3n5sSXr

Breonna Taylor case grand juror: We weren’t given the option of indicting the two cops who shot her

Grand juror said AG Daniel Cameron misrepresented the deliberations. Cameron agreed to release grand jury recording from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jfuFqA

She escaped N.Korea, but 'raped' by South's spies

She ran away from her home in North Korea six years ago to find a safe haven in the South. But it was after meeting a South Korean spy, she says, that another nightmare began. Lee, who we're only identifying by her last name to protect her identity, was raped by the man -- according to the defector and prosecutors. "I was mad at myself, I should have defended or fought with a knife, but I was just unable to fight back when they did that to me." She may not be alone. More than 72% of North Koreans resettled in the South are women and at least a quarter of them encountered sexual violence in the South, but less than 10% sought help, the gender equality ministry found in a 2017 survey. In Lee's case, the suspected abuser called himself Dr Seong. She says he was a mysterious man, and like a father figure to help her start a new life. Seong paid her for info. She had previously worked at a military institute in the north. He also helped her reconnect with her brot

Teacher says he can no longer teach kindergarten after parent complained about tattoos

Local educational authorities said students under six "could be frightened" by the appearance of a teacher with tattoos. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30hyNyJ

Engineers found the location of an elusive leak on the space station: It's in a Russian module that provides crucial life support

The source of the small leak on the International Space Station is on a module on the station's Russian side, according to NASA. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33eteDm

Lost wallet used as bait to lure alleged meth dealer into an arrest, Florida cops say

The suspect showed up to the meeting spot with methamphetamine and $3,000 on his person. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cQoR4B

Police are investigating a shooting at YouTuber Boogie2988's home after he said he was being stalked by a banned YouTube personality

Both Boogie2988 and Frank Hassle made social media posts confirming their involvement in the incident, which per Motherboard is under investigation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3n2kSqa

Why a Biden blowout is still the most likely result

Five weeks out from the 2020 presidential election, significant media attention is being given to the small possibility that President Donald Trump could again pull off a narrow Electoral College victory while losing the popular vote, or that even an Electoral College tie could push the election to the House. Those scenarios, though, are mainly making headlines because they're interesting fodder for the pundit class. All the data point to a big blowout victory for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.The major recent polls (Economist/YouGov: Biden +7, CNBC: Biden +9, Quinnipiac: Biden +10, NYT: Biden +8) show Biden with a truly commanding lead nationally. Equally important is how Biden leads. The 2016 election was always a much closer and more dynamic race, Trump was facing a much more unpopular opponent, and a much larger number of voters were undecided. None of those are the case this time.This year we have experienced a global pandemic which has so far killed over 200,000 Americans, a m

Democratic senators refusing to meet with Trump high court nominee

Fox News contributor and former Congressman Trey Gowdy weighs in on the Supreme Court vacancy showdown. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3l012tT

Charges still uncertain for Trump aide Parscale. It may depend on what his wife decides.

Two days after police seized 10 guns and hospitalized demoted former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale following a confrontation with police at his waterfront home in Fort Lauderdale, it remained unclear if the analytics guru will face any criminal charges. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cGTFVb

Pelosi warns Democrats the election may be decided by the House — where the GOP holds an edge

If the Electoral College is tied, each state delegation gets a single vote. Republicans currently control 26 from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36deOF9

Fact check: False claim that Biden and Harris said the other 'wasn't fit to run the country'

A post claims that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris questioned each other's fitness to be president during the Democratic debates. They did not. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jgpwhW

California governor signs law requiring trans inmates to be housed by gender identity

The law requires inmates to be asked how they identify, then they must be housed accordingly. Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law on Saturday that will require California prisons to house transgender inmates according to their gender identity. The law requires officers to privately ask inmates if they identify as transgender, nonbinary or intersex. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33bNcOI

Trump wants Biden to undergo an ear inspection before the debate

If President Trump's calls for his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, to join him in taking a drug test before or after Tuesday night's presidential debate were ever serious, they gained little traction. On Tuesday, Trump's campaign moved on to a new demand: that both candidates subject themselves to a pre-debate, third party inspection for electronic ear pieces.The calls came after a conspiracy theory that Biden would wear such a device spread on social media, including several accounts associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory. Biden's campaign denied reports that it had earlier agreed to an inspection.The Trump campaign's unfounded speculation that Biden is planning to cheat — whether via electronics or performance-enhancing drugs — during the debate has coincided with their insistence that the former vice president is a strong debater, which runs counter to their usual depiction of him as a gaffe-prone candidate whose mental fitness should

'Utter devastation': Three dead as multiple wildfires in California explode in size

"This was pretty devastating," one official said. "Just literally hundreds and hundreds of homes devastated with nothing standing." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36fAPTJ

Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: 'Bomb on donkey' used to ambush Borno governor

Militants from an Islamic State-linked group strapped the animal with explosives in Borno state. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jamP1v

Justice Ginsburg buried at Arlington in private ceremony

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was buried Tuesday in a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, laid to rest beside her husband and near some of her former colleagues on the court. Washington last week honored the 87-year-old Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18, with two days where the public could view her casket at the top of the Supreme Court's steps and pay their respects. On Friday, the women's rights trailblazer and second woman to join the high court lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman to do so. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3in40ad

Brad Parscale, former Trump campaign manager, hospitalised after self-harm threats

Police called to Fort Lauderdale home said Parscale, who had access to firearms, accompanied officers willinglyDonald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has been hospitalised after he threatened to harm himself, according to Florida police and campaign officials.Police were called to the home in Desota Drive in the Seven Isles community of Fort Lauderdale late on Sunday afternoon. The home is owned by Bradley and Candice Parscale.“When officers arrived on scene, they made contact with the reportee (wife of armed subject) who advised her husband was armed, had access to multiple firearms inside the residence and was threatening to harm himself,” Fort Lauderdale police said in a statement.“Officers determined the only occupant inside the home was the adult male. Officers made contact with the male, developed a rapport, and safely negotiated for him to exit the home.”Police identified the man as Parscale. He did not threaten police and accompanied officers willingly under Flori

Mitch McConnell ‘refusing to debate his election rival if there is a female moderator’

‘He continues to resist allowing women to host debates,’ said McConnell’s opponent in the Kentucky Senate race from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3n1MZpg

Fighting rages in Nagorno-Karabakh as Erdogan calls for Armenia to end 'occupation'

Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has told Armenia to end its "occupation" of the flashpoint region of Nagorno-Karabakh amid a second day of fighting that claimed 21 more lives. Armenian forces have been in fierce clashes with Azerbaijan's troops in the region since Sunday, in the most severe flare-up of violence there for decades. On Monday, Mr Erdogan said the time has come to end the long-running crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, which broke away from Azerbaijan, a Turkish ally, in the 1990s after a bloody separatist war. "The time has come for the crisis in the region that started with the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh to be put to an end," Mr Erdogan said. "Once Armenia immediately leaves the territory it is occupying, the region will return to peace and harmony." Meanwhile, the president of Armenia, Armen Sarkissian, claimed that Ankara had provided F-16 fighter jets to support its ally. There were competing claims about fighting on the gr

Barrett Lamented ‘Very Brutal’ Confirmation Process in 2019 Speech, Blamed ‘Dangerous’ Drift toward Judicial ‘Policymaking’

Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s pick to replace Justice Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, warned in a private discussion at Notre Dame last year that the judicial nomination process “has gotten very brutal” due to “a fundamental misunderstanding of the judicial role.”Footage of the event, which went public Tuesday, shows Barrett and Amul Thapar, a federal appeals judge for the Sixth Circuit who is also on President Trump’s shortlist for the Supreme Court, discussing their backgrounds and judicial philosophy in a far-ranging conversation.Barrett, already the topic of heavy scrutiny for her family’s involvement in a charismatic Christian group, spoke candidly on the topic of judicial confirmations — referencing comments made by Ginsburg after Justice Kavanaugh’s 2018 hearing, of which the late justice said “the way it was, was right. The way it is, is wrong."“Part of that is because people have a fundamental misunderstanding of the judicial role,” Barrett explained. “If you think

Catholic voters can't ignore abortion or Kamala Harris' religious bigotry in 2020 election

As Pope Francis has said, 'The right to life is the first among human rights.' So why make American Catholics feel like they shouldn't vote for life? from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3hNv55W

White nationalist from Charlottesville rally nicknamed ‘Crying Nazi’ is charged with threatening to rape a woman

Christopher Cantwell sent a series of threatening text messages in bid to uncover information about leader of a far-right group from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36gE0un

Germany walks away from Lockheed, Boeing cargo helicopter offers

The surprise decision halts an acquisition race that was scheduled to a see a contract awarded in 2021. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2S9Pkk4

Trump's spy chief just released 'Russian disinformation' against Hillary Clinton that he acknowledged may be fabricated

DNI John Ratcliffe said in a letter that the US intel community "does not know the accuracy" of the allegation or whether it's been fabricated. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/345hJNA

Collins, Gideon clash over Supreme Court, pandemic in debate

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Sara Gideon clashed Monday over the Supreme Court and the response to the pandemic during their second debate in the closely watched Senate race. Gideon, the Maine House speaker, accused the four-term Collins of failing to use her seniority to show results for the people of Maine, especially when additional help is needed during the pandemic. Collins said the Paycheck Protection Program she authored saved hundreds of thousands of jobs while noting that the Maine Legislature adjourned during the pandemic. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2G7WLWp

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin backs Supreme Court delay tactics since 'we don't do anything around here anyway'

While Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee reportedly do not intend to boycott the confirmation hearing for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, the party's senators will likely do whatever they can to slow the process, Politico reports.Some of the tactics available for Democrats, who believe Republicans set a precedent for blocking Supreme Court nominations in the lead up to a presidential election in 2016, that Politico lists include: invoking the "two-hour" rule — which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has already done — slowing down legislative business, objecting to recess, denying a quorum, raising points of order, enlisting the aid of the Democratic-controlled House, and delaying the final committee vote. Politico goes into more detail about each tactic here.Politico also reports that there is broad, overwhelming support for pulling out all the stops among Democrats, including those, like Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), who

Dozens dead as world leaders urge halt to Azerbaijan-Armenia clashes

At least 24 people have died after deadly clashes between arch foes Armenia and Azerbaijan, as the latest violence in the decades-long territorial dispute sparked international calls Sunday to halt the fighting. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EAV5nt

Democrats condemn Trump for gloating about an end to Obamacare less than a day after announcing his Supreme Court nominee

"It's no mystery about what's happening here: President Trump is trying to throw out the Affordable Care Act," Democratic nominee Joe Biden said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/341W20N

Georgia officer loses job after calling suicidal inmate a ‘crazy N-word’

A Georgia police officer is being fired after going on a racist rant against an inmate on suicide watch. Gregory Hubert Brown was placed on administrative leave without pay after he called a suicidal inmate at the Clayton County Jail a “crazy N-word,” Sheriff Victor Hill said in a statement over the weekend. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3iamsT6

Turkey Sends ISIS Warlord to Azerbaijan to Face-Off Against Putin’s Armenian Allies

ISTANBUL, Turkey—On Sunday afternoon, a video depicting a large convoy of Islamist Syrian rebel fighters yelling enthusiastically as they drove off to war circulated widely on Arabic social media. Fighters in the packed trucks, driving quickly past the group of children filming with their phones, could be heard yelling “Allahu Akbar!” and, “our leader, till’ the end of time, is our master, Muhammad!”However what shocked those watching the video weren’t the shouts of the Syrian fighters but rather those of the children filming, who yelled back at the soldiers in a language unfamiliar to most Syrians following their country’s nine-year war. “That’s not Kurdish, right?” said one user in an online group where the video emerged. “If they were Kurds you think they’d be cheering them on?” responded another with a laugh out loud emoji.After several hours rumors swirled that the video was shot in Azerbaijan, a small Turkic speaking nation nudged between Iran and Russia and that the Syrian rebel