- PoliticsYahoo News
AOC and Michael Moore urge Iowa voters not to 'play it safe' as they stand in for Sanders
Two of Bernie Sanders's highest-profile allies, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. and liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, filled in for him on the campaign trail Friday night, speaking to a rally here at the University of Iowa, as the Vermont senator participated in the impeachment trial in Washington, D.C. Their message to the audience, overwhelmingly students, was not to settle for more moderate candidates who claim to have a better chance in the general election against President Trump, but to stick with Sanders. Moore referenced campaign ads by another (unnamed) Democratic hopeful, paraphrasing his message as: “You should vote for him because he's the safe candidate.
- SportsUSA TODAY
Google 'When did Kobe Bryant die' and it lists day of deadly crash as 'date of assassination'
A Google search for "When did Kobe Bryant die" on Sunday night, listed Jan. 26 as the former NBA star's "date of assassination" rather than "date of death." The result, which mentions the "date of assassination" is for a Wikipedia page about Bryant's life and career. The word "assassination" did not appear on the Wikipedia page, which does have a note that it is "being heavily edited because its subject has recently died."
- U.S.Business Insider
The Taliban says it shot down a US military plane in Afghanistan
Google Maps A plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday afternoon local time, officials said. While provincial government authorities said it was a Boeing plane operated by the Ariana Afghan Airline, the airline's CEO said the jet didn't belong to his company. The head of Afghanistan's civil aviation authority also said it wasn't a civilian plane.
WorldAFPAnxious foreigners await rescue from China virus epicentre
Anxious foreigners in the locked-down city that spawned China's deadly viral epidemic say they are stranded at home, running out of food and desperate to leave, as governments scrambled to draw up evacuation plans. Authorities have barred travel to and from Hubei province and its capital Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first detected before it spread across China and to a dozen other countries -- including the United States, France and Australia. Several other large cities in China have introduced their own travel restrictions in a bid to contain the disease, which has killed 56 people and infected nearly 2,000 others.
- WorldReuters
Taiwan to inspect travellers to enforce mask export ban, will permit personal use
Taiwan will inspect people leaving the island to ensure they are not breaking a temporary ban on exporting face masks amid an outbreak of the new coronavirus which started in China, but people carrying them for personal use will be exempted. Taiwan, which has close economic and cultural links with China even though political ties are strained, has reported five cases of the coronavirus and has stepped up inspections at airports and stopped most Chinese visitors from coming. A total of 81 people have died, all in China.
- U.S.Associated Press
Georgia inmate who came close to execution in 2017 dies
A Georgia death row inmate whose planned execution was halted in September 2017 by the U.S. Supreme Court after his lawyers argued his death sentence was tainted by a juror's racial bias has died, according to the state Department of Corrections. Keith “Bo” Tharpe, 61, died of natural causes Friday, Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Joan Heath confirmed in an email Sunday. In 1991, a jury convicted Tharpe of murder in the September 1990 slaying of his sister-in-law, Jacquelyn Freeman, and sentenced him to death.
- U.S.The New York Times
'Doorbell Ditch' Prank Led to Crash That Killed 3 Teens, Officials Say
A man who the authorities contend deliberately crashed his car into another one on a Southern California road last Sunday, killing three of the six teenagers inside, did so because the group had played a so-called doorbell ditch prank on him, prosecutors said this week. The man, Anurag Chandra, 42, faces several murder charges for his role in the Temescal Canyon Road crash, which the Riverside County District Attorney's Office said Thursday occurred after the boys played a doorbell ditch prank on him. In a doorbell ditch, also commonly known as a ding-dong-ditch, a person rings a doorbell and tries to run away before anyone opens the door.
- LifestylePopular Mechanics
What's in a Moon Name?: A Guide to Lunar Labels
Your guide to watching the moon... in all its forms. From Popular Mechanics
- WorldThe Week
Coronavirus 'has become rampant,' but shows no signs of mutating into deadlier form
China's central government announced Sunday that it's taking the reins in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus from local officials in Hubei province, home to the virus' city of origin, Wuhan. Ma Xiaowei, the head of the country's National Health Commission, said "we are now in a critical period of prevention and control." It appears the coronavirus is becoming more contagious — Zhou Xianwang, the mayor of Wuhan, said experts will likely soon confirm another 1,000 infection cases.
- PoliticsPolitico
Senate Republicans eye quick Trump acquittal after witness vote
Senate GOP leaders are strongly considering a move to quickly end President Donald Trump's impeachment trial next week if a motion to call additional witnesses is defeated, according to three top Republican senators. The Republican strategy — which is still fluid — could mean senators have limited time between key procedural votes and the final vote on whether to convict the president of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. “The question is going to come to 'Have you heard enough to make a decision or do you want witnesses?' If people say, 'We're ready to vote,' we're going to vote right then,” said Sen. John Barrasso (Wyo.), the number three Senate Republican.
- BusinessThe National Interest
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Needs to Learn Economics
How, pray tell, are American billionaires responsible for such massive theft? According to AOC, the very mechanisms of capitalism mandate such theft. In her view, successful businesspeople simply exploit their workers while maximizing their profits.
- CelebrityBusiness Insider
Kobe Bryant's helicopter crashed in foggy conditions considered so dangerous that the LAPD grounded all its flights
The NBA legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning. The fog conditions were so bad that the Los Angeles Police Department had grounded its flights that morning, deeming it too dangerous to fly. Flight-tower audio recordings published by TMZ showed aviation authorities telling the helicopter pilot he was flying "too low" at some point during Sunday's flight.
- WorldBloomberg
Sanders Goes After JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon in New Ad
The jab continues criticism by the Vermont senator and presidential candidate after Dimon knocked socialism in an op-ed published last week in Time magazine as part of its coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Are you kidding me?” a Sanders aide exclaims in the ad, which was posted on Twitter. The spot cites Dimon's pay, including $31.5 million last year, and says JPMorgan received bailouts after the global financial crisis 12 years ago.
- WorldReuters
Public anger grows over coronavirus in Thailand, with eight cases of the illness
The health minister in Thailand, the country with the most confirmed cases outside China of the new coronavirus, called an emergency meeting on Sunday with the transport and tourism ministries amid rising public discontent over the government's handling of the illness. "We can control the situation and are confident in our ability to handle the crisis," Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters. The number of cases of the disease in Thailand rose on Sunday to eight.
WorldAFPHow the world discovered the Nazi death camps
Images of what the Allies found when they liberated the first Nazi death camps towards the end of World War II brought the horror of the Holocaust to global attention. Many of the ghastly pictures were at first held back from the broader public, partly out of concern for those with missing relatives. The concentration and extermination camps were liberated one by one as the Allied armies advanced on Berlin in the final days of the 1939-1945 war.
- U.S.Associated Press
US army investigating plane crash in Taliban-held area
A Taliban spokesman and Afghan journalist affiliated with the militant group say that a U.S. military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday. Tariq Ghazniwal, a journalist in the area, said that he saw the burning aircraft. In an exchange on Twitter, he told The Associated Press that he saw two bodies and the front of the aircraft was badly burned.
PoliticsYahoo News VideoPaula White, Trump's spiritual adviser, calls for 'satanic pregnancies to miscarry'
Paula White, a controversial televangelist who joined the White House in an official capacity last year, is arguing that the content of a sermon she delivered on Jan. 5, which mentioned adversaries of President Trump and soon after advocated for divine forces to cause the miscarriage of babies in “satanic wombs,” was taken out of context.
- PoliticsNational Review
Pompeo Privately Dismissed Giuliani’s Allegations Against Former Ambassador Yovanovitch: Report
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo privately dismissed Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's assertions that former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch had criticized the president, the New York Times reported Sunday. A record of the private conversation was contained in the manuscript of former White House national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming book. Pompeo apparently followed through on the order to recall Yovanovitch last May despite privately questioning the rationale for her dismissal.
- PoliticsPolitico
‘We did’ give in to Trump stonewalling, House impeachment manager says
House Democrats surrendered to President Donald Trump's efforts to block witnesses from testifying in their impeachment probe, one of the House managers of the trial said Sunday. In an interview on CNN's “State of the Union,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) was pressed by host Jake Tapper on her comments during the trial imploring senators not to “surrender to the president's stonewalling,” given that the House did not pursue court cases further to force witness testimony.
- WorldThe National Interest
France's Barracuda Attack Submarine Is Changing How Paris Views Military Power
The Suffren is launching years behind schedule, but has come only slightly over budget due to use of a fixed-price contract. In 2025 and 2030, French shipbuilder Naval Group will launch five more Barracudas, replacing all six of France's original nuclear-powered attack submarines, the Rubis-class, at a total cost of €9.9 billion euros. Delays in the Suffren's completion were related to difficulties miniaturizing of the 150-megawatt K15 nuclear reactor, adapted from a type used on the larger Triomphant-class ballistic missile submarine.
- WorldBusiness Insider
Iran's military knew it accidentally shot down a passenger plane moments after it happened, and a stunning new report details how it was covered up — even from Iran's president
Iran's military was on high alert in January after the United States ordered a drone strike in Iraq that killed Iranian military commander general Qassem Soleimani. According to a new report in the New York Times, Iran knew that it had accidentally fired on the aircraft immediately — but the country's Revolutionary Guards hid the truth for days, even from Iran's president Hassan Rouhani. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
- PoliticsBloomberg
LGBT Rights Group Demands Sanders Renounce Rogan Endorsement
The Human Rights Campaign is calling on Bernie Sanders to renounce an endorsement from radio host Joe Rogan, who has made derogatory comments about African Americans and LGBTQ people. Rogan, who hosts “The Joe Rogan Experience,” one of the most downloaded podcasts, said he would “probably vote for Bernie,” adding “I believe in him. I like him a lot.
- U.S.The Daily Beast
Fifth U.S. Case of Coronavirus Confirmed in Patient Who Traveled From Wuhan, China
Several new cases of the deadly coronavirus have been confirmed in the U.S., bringing the total infections to five as the situation in China, where the bug originated, grows increasingly dire. Health officials revealed Sunday morning that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a person in Orange, County California, who had traveled from Wuhan, China, has the virus. Within hours, authorities revealed two more cases: a student at Arizona State University who is “not severely ill” and a patient who reported he was not feeling well when he got off a plane at Los Angeles International Airport.
WorldAFPChinese Uighurs in Saudi face impossible choice
His eyes brimming with tears, a Uighur student in Saudi Arabia holds out his Chinese passport -- long past its expiry date and condemning him to an uncertain fate as the kingdom grows closer to Beijing. The Chinese mission in Saudi Arabia stopped renewing passports for the ethnic Muslim minority more than two years ago, in what campaigners call a pressure tactic exercised in many countries to force the Uighur diaspora to return home. Half a dozen Uighur families in Saudi Arabia who showed AFP their passports -- a few already expired and some approaching the date -- said they dread going back to China, where over a million Uighurs are believed to be held in internment camps.
- BusinessAssociated Press
India plans sale of debt-laden national carrier Air India
India said Monday it plans to sell its entire 100% stake in the national carrier Air India to shore up falling government revenues amid an economic slowdown, after an initial attempt last year failed to attract a single bidder. The government issued a document on Monday inviting initial expressions of interest in the airline, which operates both domestic and international routes and has accumulated huge losses in the past decade. The document set March 17 as the deadline for submissions and said the bidders would have to absorb 232 billion rupees ($3.26 billion) of the airline's 580 billion rupee ($8 billion) debt burden.
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