U.S.INSIDERA woman says she was told to wait outside of a car inspection station because her shirt was 'inappropriate'
Tia Wood said in a TikTok that she was asked to wait outside a car inspection station because of her outfit. A TikTok user named Tia Wood said she was told to wait outside of a car inspection station in Lakewood, New Jersey, because her outfit was "inappropriate." In a TikTok video posted on July 20, Wood is seen wearing a crop top, denim shorts, and white sneakers.
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Coast Guard: 6 dead in Alaska sightseeing plane crash
A sightseeing plane crashed Thursday in southeast Alaska, killing all six people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The plane's emergency alert beacon was activated around 11:20 a.m. when the plane crashed in the area of Misty Fjords National Monument, near Ketchikan, the Coast Guard and Federal Aviation Administration said. A helicopter company reported seeing wreckage on a ridgeline in the search area, and Coast Guard crew members found the wreckage around 2:40 p.m. A Coast Guard helicopter lowered two rescue swimmers to the site, and they reported no survivors, the agency said.
ScienceThe WeekScientists fear a critical Atlantic Ocean system might collapse, triggering 'extreme cold' and sea level rise
Scientists are worried the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a "critical aquatic conveyer belt" that drives currents in the Atlantic Ocean, is at risk of near-complete collapse due to climate change, The Washington Post reports. A shutdown of the crucial circulation system could "bring extreme cold to Europe and parts of North America, raise sea levels along the U.S. East Coast, and disrupt seasonal monsoons that provide water to much of the world," the Post reports. "The mere possibility that the AMOC tipping point is close should be enough for us to take countermeasures," warns Levke Caesar, a climate physicist at Maynooth University.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderMary Trump says Trump used his infamous 'it is what it is' dismissal when she brought up concerns about her father's burial
Mary Trump wrote that Donald Trump's use of the phrase "it is what it is" to dismiss COVID-19 deaths brought back a childhood memory. Mary, the daughter of Trump's late brother Freddy, said her family used the phrase to minimize others' suffering. Mary Trump, former President Donald Trump's niece, wrote in her newly-released book, "The Reckoning: Our nation's trauma and finding a way to heal," that her uncle's use of the phrase "it is what it is" to dismiss the rising COVID-19 death toll last year brought back a chilling childhood memory.
HealthThe TelegraphStatistics showing more young people hospitalised with Covid are not what they seem
On Thursday, Amanda Pritchard, the new NHS chief executive, claimed that a fifth of Covid hospital cases in England were young people. Ms Pritchard told the BBC about 1,000 young adults were "really unwell" in hospital, adding that the number being admitted was four times higher than at the peak last winter. NHS England clarified by saying that patients aged 18 to 34 made up more than 20 per cent of those admitted to hospital last month, up from around one in 20 – 5.4 per cent – at the January high point.
U.S.INSIDERFlorida TikToker 'Timbo the Redneck' is dead at 18 after his truck flipped while doing donuts, according to friends and family
TikToker Timothy Hall died on Saturday, according to several people close to him and an obituary. Hall made TikToks as "Timbo the Redneck." A family member said he died after his truck flipped over while doing "donuts."
U.S.The Daily BeastOregon High School Janitor Stockpiled Weapons for Mass Shooting: Cops
A janitor at an Oregon high school was prepared to gun down students and teachers at the school where he worked and made detailed plans for the shooting spree, local police said Thursday. Kristopher Clay, the 24-year-old janitor for South Medford High School, surrendered to the Medford police department on July 20, allegedly confessing to officers he had “homicidal thoughts.” Budreau said Clay had mentioned his plans and his homicidal intentions to other people who did not take him seriously and did not report him to the authorities.
PoliticsWashington ExaminerMark Levin says Biden should be removed from office
Mark Levin says it is time to start talking about using impeachment or the 25th Amendment against Joe Biden to remove the "most disastrous president in modern American history" from office. The conservative commentator, who commands a large following on the Right, took aim at Biden's handling of the border situation and the coronavirus pandemic, making the case to fellow Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday that the Democratic commander in chief violated the Constitution. After a series of insults, Levin said Biden has "the border wide open in violation of our immigration laws" and invoked the administration's eviction moratorium, which came this week despite a Supreme Court decision in June ruling an earlier eviction moratorium could only be extended by Congress.
BusinessBusiness InsiderFormer Gap CEO says he warned Kanye West against partnering with the apparel giant for the Yeezy X Gap collection
Former Gap CEO Mickey Drexler said he told Kanye West not to go into partnership with Gap. Gap announced its 10-year partnership with Yeezy, West's fashion brand, in June 2020. Retail veteran and former Gap CEO Mickey Drexler said he warned Kanye West not to go into partnership with Gap.
U.S.Miami HeraldWhat happens when you allow hundreds of snake hunters in the Everglades? You get a winner
Gov. Ron DeSantis, in between battling with President Joe Biden about mask mandates, announced that the 2021 Florida Python Challenge has a new king. The 10-day event, from July 9-18, resulted in the removal of a record 223 invasive pythons from South Florida, DeSantis said.
SportsNextSharkPeople are changing their Tinder locations to Japan so here are more Olympic athletes the internet can’t get over
People are setting their Tinder locations to Olympic Village in the hopes of finding love with one of the world's top athletes. A TikTok trend: Kassie Yeung made headlines in May when she, a self-proclaimed “petty” ex-girlfriend, shared her 5,953-mile journey to Seoul to remove a “love lock” that she and her ex had once attached to a symbolic fence on Namsan tower. In a video posted Monday, she's seen swiping through a new feed after setting her Tinder location to the Olympic Village in Japan.
U.S.TheGrioFinancial advisor fired for alleged ‘no Blacks’ comment exposed in TikTok video
LPL Financial has reportedly fired affiliated adviser Eileen Cure amid allegations of racism after TikTok videos surfaced of her admitting that she does not interview Black job applicants. Cure, president of Cure and Associates in Nederland, Texas, was exposed after one of her staffers reportedly forwarded screenshots of Skype messages to popular TikToker Denise Bradley, who goes by the handle auntkaren0. Bradley shared the messages in several TikTok videos posted to her more than one million followers.
WorldBusiness InsiderIsrael vaccinated fast and looked like it had beaten COVID-19. It just brought back a swathe of restrictions amid a Delta surge.
Daily new cases rose to 3,260 on Tuesday, according to The Times of Israel - the country's highest level of new cases since March. Ministers on Tuesday approved rules that require mask-wearing at outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people. Close contact such as hugging and kissing and indoor socializing is discouraged, the paper reported.
WorldAssociated PressBelarus runner used quick thinking to avoid being sent home
A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who feared reprisals back home after publicly criticizing her coaches at the Tokyo Games used quick thinking to get help, using her phone to translate a plea and show it to Japanese police as she tried to avoid being forced onto a plane. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya described on Thursday a dramatic series of events at the Olympics that led her to decide not to return to Belarus, where an authoritarian government has relentlessly pursued its critics. After posting a message on social media that criticized the way her team was being managed, Tsimanouskaya said she was told to pack her bags.
SportsNBC NewsHe was adopted and raised by a gay dad. Now he's an Olympian and symbol for LGBTQ rights.
Watching Jordan Windle execute a perfect dive from the 10-meter platform — analogous to jumping headfirst from a three-story building — you'd never know he was scared of anything. The 22-year-old diver, who was adopted at 18 months old from Cambodia by a single gay American man, has spent the last 15 years preparing for this moment. “On the 10-hour flight here, I could not sleep,” Windle said.
U.S.USA TODAYA woman passed out after drinking. A man dumped her in the cold to die, court docs say.
An Indianapolis man charged in a woman's death in the cold behind a laundromat in February told police he dragged the woman into the snow after she fell asleep while they were "hanging out and drinking" in his car, court records show. Justin Holman, 36, was charged with reckless homicide more than four months after police found 50-year-old Shanel Smith dead in a snowbank behind a laundromat in the early hours of Feb. 19. Surveillance video from the night, obtained by IndyStar, shows a man dragging a seemingly unresponsive Smith out of the passenger seat of a black sedan before throwing the woman's belongings next to her and driving away.
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Infrastructure bill draws thousands of lobbyists to Washington: Report
A barrage of lobbyists representing nearly 2,000 companies and organizations are swarming D.C. to advocate for infrastructure advancements, according to a report from The Washington Post. Yeganeh Torbati, an economic policy investigative reporter for The Washington Post, joins CBSN's Michael George with a closer look.
PoliticsWashington ExaminerBiden pulls 'Governor who?' line in row with DeSantis
President Joe Biden took a jab at one of his foremost critics and prospective 2024 challengers Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, playing as if he didn't recognize who the Republican is. "Governor who?" Biden responded with a smirk on Thursday when asked to respond to recent comments DeSantis made about battling the federal government's COVID-19 strategy. Biden and DeSantis, along with their proxies, have engaged in a public spat in recent days, with the president and White House press secretary Jen Psaki blaming DeSantis's pandemic-related policies for the increase in COVID-19 infections and related hospitalizations in his state.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderThe design for one of Donald Trump's new 'Trump Cards' has a typo
One of the draft designs for "Official Trump Cards" misspells the word "official." The cards are being advertised in fundraising appeals from Trump's Save America PAC. One of the draft designs for official "Trump Cards" advertised in fundraising messages by former President Donald Trump's Save America PAC misspells the word "official."
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U.S. plans boosters for at-risk Americans: Fauci
In a race against the highly transmissible Delta variant - the United States is working to give additional COVID-19 booster shots for at-risk Americans with compromised immune systems. Top U.S. infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci: ”Immunocompromised individuals are vulnerable. flash) “It is extremely important for us to move to get those individuals their boosters.
U.S.AxiosMassive California blaze levels town, threatens others as it burns out of control
The small Sierra town of Greenville, California, was heavily damaged on Wednesday night into Thursday as the Dixie Fire surged northward amid high winds, extremely dry air and hot temperatures. The latest: The Dixie Fire, California's biggest blaze, continued to threaten communities in Plumas County into Thursday night, as more mandatory evacuation orders were issued in the region. The Plumas County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post to residents of the towns of Chester, Lake Almanor Peninsula and Hamilton Branch on Thursday afternoon: If you are still in the area, you are in danger and you MUST leave now!!
U.S.TheGrioSon of comedian Tony Baker, 21, killed in Los Angeles car crash
Comedian Tony Baker is mourning the loss of his 21-year-old son who tragically died in a car crash on Tuesday. Cerain Anthony Raekwon Baker and two others were killed in a three-vehicle car crash in Burbank, California, NBC4 reported. Police arrived on the scene of the wreck which occurred around 11:30 p.m. on North Glenoaks Boulevard at Andover Drive to find Baker and the other victims ejected from a silver Volkswagen.
U.S.INSIDERAfter her arrest on an incest charge, Chris Chan is being categorized as male in jail despite being a trans woman
Online creator Christine Weston Chandler, known online as Chris Chan, is in quarantine due to COVID-19 protocols at the Central Virginia Regional Jail after she was arrested on an incest charge, according to the jail's Captain Hoffman. Despite being a transgender woman, the jail has categorized Chandler as male, Hoffman confirmed to Insider. "I've had an interaction with inmate Chandler and it's been fine," Captain Hoffman told Insider in response to a question about Chandler's well-being.
HealthWashington ExaminerModerna recommends third shot of vaccine to defend against new coronavirus strains
Moderna said Thursday that people will likely need a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose to protect against future mutations of the coronavirus, touting the “robust” antibody response generated by the additional shot. The company has conducted studies to determine the benefits of administering a third “booster” shot of its two-dose vaccine to protect against the highly contagious delta variant that accounts for a majority of COVID-19 cases, as well as any future strains of the virus that develop. Moderna's Phase 2 trial of a 50-microgram booster dose generated a strong immune response against the delta, gamma, and beta variants — all of which seem to spread more easily and quickly than other variants, which could lead to more COVID-19 outbreaks.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderFederal judge sanctions lawyers who brought conspiracy theory-filled lawsuit trying to overturn the 2020 election, reap $160 billion in damages
A federal judge in Colorado sanctioned two lawyers who challenged the 2020 election results. The lawyers had asked for $160 billion in damages because Joe Biden won the presidential election. A federal judge in Colorado has sanctioned attorneys who brought a lawsuit that challenged the results of the 2020 presidential election and sought $160 billion in damages, calling their conspiratorial claims "the stuff of which violent insurrections are made."
“If nothing else, Tokyo 2020 may end up being remembered as the wake-up call everyone needed.”
“Cancel the Olympics—for good.”
“Olympians haven’t really changed. These athletes still showcase extraordinary human achievement from around the world.”
“Delivering more excellence and less sideshow will probably require giving athletes a bigger voice in how the Olympics are run.”
“The Olympics were conceived in 1896 as a sporting event, and they’ve become a construction event.”