PoliticsThe IndependentTrump mocks RBG’s dying wish and claims it was invented by ‘Pelosi or Schumer’
President Donald Trump has mocked the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish that she not be replaced until a new president can be installed, falsely suggesting the quote was created by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders. Justice Ginsburg, a liberal stalwart and one of the most consequential judges in US history, told her granddaughter just days before she died of complications resulting from metastatic pancreatic cancer at the age of 87: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."
WorldINSIDERTens of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts traveled to the Lake of the Ozarks for a bike rally weeks after a similar event in Sturgis was linked to COVID-19 cases in 8 states
Tens of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts descended upon Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks for its Bikefest this weekend, approximately three weeks after a similar rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, was linked to COVID-19 cases in at least eight states. The five-day festival started on Wednesday, as Missouri continues to see a surge in COVID-19 cases. On Saturday, Missouri reported 1,387 new cases, and, according to the Associated Press, hospitalizations are rising.
HealthBusiness InsiderHow to have a coronavirus social routine that's as meticulous as Dr. Fauci's
Dr. Anthony Fauci works 7 days a week, breaking only to eat. Dr. Anthony Fauci does not consider his own pandemic protocol as anything to admire, or to emulate. "I don't think we need to go by my routine, which is probably unusual," he said, when I asked how we might be able to relax our daily procedures a little, after months of vigilance against the coronavirus in the US.
WorldReutersEgypt discovers 27 sarcophagi more than 2,500 years old
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, a burial ground that is also home to one of the world's oldest pyramids, the ministry of tourism and antiquities said. The wooden sarcophagi are ornately painted and covered in hieroglyphs, and were found stacked in two burial shafts, the ministry said in a statement. They have not yet been opened, the ministry said.
WorldBusiness InsiderLeaked files contain more evidence of Kremlin links to one of the biggest donors to Boris Johnson's Conservative party
The husband of a major donor to Boris Johnson's Conservative party has allegedly been secretly funded by a Russian oligarch with close links to Vladimir Putin, according to leaked files. Lubov Chernukhin, the party's biggest female donor, has paid to spend time with each of the last three prime ministers, having played a tennis match with Boris Johnson. Leaked financial documents shared with the BBC and other news organisations show that her husband Vladimir Chernukhin was given £6.1 million, originally by a Russian politician and oligarch called Suleyman Kerimov who faced sanctions from the US because of his close links with the Kremlin.
WorldBBCSolomon Islands: Men working for WW2 bomb clearing agency die in explosion
Two men working for an aid agency which helps dispose of unexploded bombs have been killed in an explosion in the Solomon Islands. Briton Stephen Atkinson and Australian Trent Lee were employees of Norwegian People's Aid. The Solomon Islands, a WW2 battleground in the South Pacific, are littered with thousands of unexploded bombs.
PoliticsUSA TODAYTrump's ex-national security adviser H.R. McMaster warns Afghan peace talks will fail, leave US vulnerable
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, said U.S.-backed peace talks in Afghanistan are doomed to end in "failure" and warned the risk of another 9/11-style attack on America is "very high." The U.S. is "in many ways more at risk today than we were on Sept. 10, 2001," McMaster told USA TODAY in the first print interview for his new book, "Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World." McMaster served as Trump's second national security adviser, appointed to the job in February 2017 after Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was fired for lying about his contacts with the Russian ambassador.
WorldAssociated PressIsrael court says woman can be extradited in child sex case
An Israeli court on Monday approved the extradition of a former teacher wanted in Australia on charges of child sex abuse, potentially paving the way for her to stand trial after a six-year legal battle. Malka Leifer, a former educator who is accused of sexually abusing several former students, has been fighting extradition from Israel since 2014. Leifer maintains her innocence and the battle surrounding her extradition has strained relations between Israel and Australia.
WorldReutersNew Zealand ends all pandemic restrictions outside main city of Auckland
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday lifted all coronavirus restrictions across the country, except in second-wave hotspot Auckland, as the number of new infections slowed to a trickle. "Our actions collectively have managed to get the virus under control," she told reporters in Auckland. New Zealand, a nation of five million, appeared to have halted community transmission of COVID-19 earlier this year, but a fresh outbreak in Auckland in August prompted the government to place the city back in lockdown.
PoliticsINSIDERHundreds of 'Arizona Republicans for Biden' signs have been stolen and vandalized across the state where poll shows Trump and Biden neck and neck
Several hundred "Arizona Republicans for Biden" signs have been damaged or stolen from lawns across the state in recent months, the group who displayed them said. The signs had displayed by a political action committee called "Arizona Republicans Who Believe In Treating Others With Respect." The group's president, Daniel Barker, a former Arizona Court of Appeals judge, told the Arizona Republic that his team had put up 1,000 signs, and they still don't know who's taking them down.
PoliticsUSA TODAYWoman suspected of sending ricin-tainted package to Donald Trump at White House arrested at US-Canada border
A woman suspected of sending a package containing the poison ricin to the White House has been arrested at the U.S.-Canada border, a law enforcement official said. The suspect was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo and is expected to face federal charges in connection with the package which was intercepted in the past week, said the official who is not authorized to comment publicly. In a weekend statement, the FBI described the missive as "a suspicious letter received at a U.S. government mail facility."
U.S.LA TimesArmed and Black. How a group of men licensed to carry guns say they are seeking racial justice
Before he drove to the grocery store parking lot, Romeal Taylor did the same thing he's done every day this summer — he holstered his 9-millimeter handgun to the waistband of his gym shorts until he could feel it hug his right hip. When he arrived at the store in north Minneapolis he spotted six other Black men, some in tactical gear, armed with Glock 23s and Smith & Wesson M&Ps. The ad hoc group of about two dozen men — including a retired firefighter, a healthcare worker and a veteran — formed in the days after George Floyd's killing in response to the local NAACP chapter putting out a call for residents in predominantly Black north Minneapolis to protect small businesses from destruction as fires and unrest engulfed the city.
WorldReutersTaiwan military says it has right to counter attack amid China threats
Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to self-defence and counter attack amid "harassment and threats", in an apparent warning to China, which last week sent numerous jets across the mid-line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait. Tensions have sharply spiked in recent months between Taipei and Beijing, which claims democratically run Taiwan as its own territory, to be taken by force if needed. Chinese aircraft crossed the mid-line to enter the island's air defence identification zone on Friday and Saturday, prompting Taiwan to scramble jets to intercept them, and President Tsai Ing-wen to call China a threat to the region.
WorldThe TelegraphLost whale swims free from crocodile-infested river in Australia
A humpback whale has found its way back to sea weeks after it got lost in a murky, crocodile-infested river in northern Australia. There have been no previous recorded sightings of whales in remote East Alligator River in the Northern Territory's World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park, and no one can explain why at least three of the blue water mammals ventured so deep inland in a river with little visibility. The last of the trio managed to navigate its way through shallow channels at the broad river mouth and back into Van Diemen Gulf over the weekend, Kakadu National Park manager Feach Moyle said.
PoliticsUSA TODAYBiden hits back on calls for his list of Supreme Court nominees, gives 3 reasons candidates shouldn't do it
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is pushing back against the Trump campaign's criticism of him not releasing a list of potential Supreme Court nominees to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, saying it showed his opponent looks at the issue as a "game" and that there are good reasons candidates don't normally release such lists. Speaking at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia Sunday, Biden praised Ginsburg for achieving a level of standing in American culture that had been held by few Supreme Court justices and said she "did as much to advance the constitutional rights, opportunities and justice for women, as Justice Marshall did for African Americans."
WorldAssociated PressPolice detain over 400 during Sunday protests in Belarus
Police in Belarus said they detained more than 400 protesters who took part in a weekend demonstration demanding the resignation of the nation's authoritarian president following a disputed vote. With protests rocking the country for more than six weeks, tens of thousands of Belarusians marched through Minsk, the capital, on Sunday, calling for President Alexander Lukashenko to step down after 26 years in power. Protests also took place in several other cities, including Brest, where police used tear gas in an effort to disperse the crowd.
ScienceBusiness InsiderNASA's Hubble space telescope captured the ribbon of a supernova blast that ancient humans saw about 15,000 years ago
The supernova explosion of a massive, dying star was so bright that ancient humans would have seen it from Earth about 15,000 years ago. The supernova's blast wave continues to scream through space, heating and compressing dust and gas in a way that causes them to glow in a web of colorful ribbons called the Cygnus Loop. NASA's Hubble space telescope recently captured an image of the Cygnus Loop in unprecedented detail.
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The CIA sent a team of 4 operators on a spy mission targeting China. None came back.
In 2008, the CIA sent a team of four operators on a spy mission targeting China. None came back. Internally, the CIA officers blamed the mission failure and deaths of four of their men on Bob Kandra, the Special Activities Division chief at the time.
WorldThe TelegraphNavalny asks for his clothes back as no official probe into poisoning launched in Russia
Alexei Navalny, Russia's opposition leader who was in a medically induced coma for weeks, has asked authorities to return belongings and clothes that were seized from him as no official inquiry has been launched into his poisoning in Russia. Mr Navalny, a prominent critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, fell suddenly ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow last month and spent weeks on a ventilator in a coma before regaining consciousness earlier this month. Several European laboratories independently confirmed that he had been poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok that was previously used in the attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury.
PoliticsUSA TODAY OpinionFirst, stanch the Trump bleeding. Whatever progressives think of Biden, we can't sit out 2020.
The Supreme Court has rolled back voting rights. And all the while the president, a lifelong grifter, routinely caters to wealth, sucks up to dictators and undermines the Constitution. Young voters need to get over it Yet many younger people bridle at voting for the Democratic Party.
WorldReutersRussia rejects U.S. terms, sees 'minimal' chance to extend New START nuclear pact
Russia sees minimal chances of extending the New START treaty with the United States - their last major nuclear arms pact - as it does not accept conditions set out by Washington, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Monday. He spoke came after Marshall Billingslea, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control, told a Russian newspaper that Moscow must accept a joint agreement with Washington on extending the treaty before the U.S. presidential election in November.
U.S.Associated PressTropical Storm Beta forecast to make landfall late Monday
Parts of Texas and Louisiana braced Monday for flooding and damaging storm surge as Tropical Storm Beta slowly worked its way into a part of the country that's already been drenched and battered during this year's exceptionally busy hurricane season. The storm was no longer expected to gain hurricane strength and forecasters decreased estimated rainfall totals from Beta early Monday, saying in a U.S. National Hurricane Center advisory that up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain could fall in some areas. It was the system's slow movement and storm surge, however, that were generating concerns in coastal communities.
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Biden releasing Supreme Court list would make him look ‘weak’: Biden surrogate
Biden surrogate Max Baucus discusses how the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg impacts the Biden-Harris campaign.
LifestyleUSA TODAYDisney World adds 'Extra Magic' hours for holidays: See when each park will be open longer
Disney World may have scaled back its September hours but the company's Florida theme parks will temporarily expand their hours for the holidays, lengthening the days at Magic Kingdom and Epcot for the first week of December. The biggest change: in order to curb the spread of COVID-19, it's cutting events that draw big crowds, such as the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party and Candlelight Processional at Epcot and the holiday show Castle Dream Lights. Meanwhile, photo opportunities with Santa Claus and Disney characters will be socially distanced.
PoliticsThe IndependentTrump news - Democrats refuse to rule out second impeachment trial for Trump in Supreme Court battle
Donald Trump began his day by tweeting a series of bizarre and misleading claims, including suggesting that UK prime minister Boris Johnson is “looking for a British version” of White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. The US president's tirade on Twitter comes amid an explosive row brewing in Congress over Republican attempts to ram through a Supreme Court nominee before November's election, despite the fact Republican senate majority leader Mitch McConnell prevented Barack Obama from nominating his preferred judge in 2016, on the justification that a president should not be able to do so in an election year. Democrats have said everything is on the table in their response to the Republican moves to fill the vacant spot on the bench.
“The SAT is emblematic of higher education’s failure to keep up with the times...Just the stuff that systemic racism thrives on.”
“These tests create unnecessary stress for young people already dealing with mental health challenges.”
“Dropping the SAT requirement makes it harder for colleges to compare applicants against a common standard.”
“The best predictor of college success overall is a simple one: high school grades.”
“What matters more is a broader push to help minority students get better educations.”