BusinessBusiness Insider'Miracle on the Hudson' pilot Sully Sullenberger said he'll only fly with airlines that block the middle seat during the pandemic
Aviation safety expert and famed pilot Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III said that during the pandemic, he will only fly on airlines that leave middle seats empty. Sullenberger, who is known for landing a damaged plane on the Hudson River in 2009, saving all 155 people on board, cited a study from MIT that found that leaving middle seats empty halves the risk of catching the novel coronavirus during a flight. Sullenberger's comments came during a podcast interview with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
NewsUSA TODAYTeacher says he can no longer teach kindergarten after parent complained about tattoos
A heavily tattooed French schoolteacher said he was prevented from teaching kindergarten after a parent complained his appearance scared their child. Sylvain Helaine, 35, said the parent of a 3-year-old student at the Docteur Morere Elementary School in Palaiseau complained their son had nightmares after seeing him. Although the boy was not in his class, Helaine said he was removed from the classroom for two months and then prohibited from teaching children under the age of 6 years old.
PoliticsThe IndependentMitch McConnell ‘refusing to debate his election rival if there is a female moderator’
US Sen. Mitch McConnell and his challenger in the Kentucky Senate race, Amy McGrath, are sparring over upcoming debates. It all started when Mr McConnell sent a press release from "Team Mitch" accusing his opponent of potentially backing out of a debate in October. In a press release issued Monday, Ms McGrath's campaign alleged that "Amy is ready and willing to debate Mitch, but Mitch is afraid to take the stage unless he dictates every detail."
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Pelosi expresses hope that deal can be made with White House on COVID-19 relief
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that she thinks an agreement can be reached with the White House on a coronavirus relief package and that talks were continuing.
PoliticsThe Daily Beast‘Fox & Friends’ Hosts Look On in Horror as Rudy Giuliani Blurts Out Biden Dementia Conspiracy Theory
Anything can go wrong—from a faulty connection, a verbal slip-up, or, as was the case on Tuesday morning's Fox & Friends, Rudy Giuliani bellowing insane conspiracy theories at the nation with no obvious way to stop him. It's always a risk to allow Giuliani to share his wildly unpredictable stream of consciousness live. The man who was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2001 has long been reduced to sharing the latest Trumpist conspiracy theories on any cable news channel that has the budget to cover any possible subsequent defamation lawsuits.
PoliticsReutersFlynn attorney tells U.S. court she discussed criminal case with Trump
The lead attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday revealed to a federal judge that she has discussed the ongoing criminal case with the president, an extraordinary admission that raises questions about political interference. U.S. Justice Department lawyers denied any corruption or political motives in efforts to get the federal criminal case against Flynn dropped. In May, Attorney General William Barr stunned many in the legal community by ordering prosecutors to have the case dropped, a decision that came after Trump repeatedly complained that Flynn was being treated unfairly.
U.S.Miami HeraldMom’s sudden death left children fending for themselves for five days, Texas cops say
A 71-year-old mother was found dead after school officials asked police to do a welfare check at her home, according to Texas police. Teachers at the Forney Independent School District “sensed something was wrong” Friday when two students were absent and their parent could not be reached, a district spokesperson told McClatchy. The boys, ages 5 and 7, had not been in class since Monday, Sept. 21, according to KTVT.
PoliticsSalonFox News host floats bonkers conspiracy theory that Joe Biden will use listening devices at debate
The News Corp. building on 6th Avenue, home to Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal Kevin Hagen/Getty Images Fox News reported that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden may be planning to use listening devices during Tuesday night's debate. During a discussion with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, host Bill Hemmer relayed information from one of his colleagues, which was likely planted by the Trump campaign.
PoliticsThe IndependentDonald Trump’s former lawyer says whole ‘clan' could be jailed in tax controversy
Donald Trump's long-time former lawyer says the president's whole “clan” could go to jail over the alleged tax evasion scandal. Michael Cohen said he believed that three of Mr Trump's children, Ivanka, Donald Jr and Eric, would be caught up in the tax controversy, in an interview with MSNBC. And Cohen told the US news network that Mr Trump could become the “first sitting president to go from the White House straight to prison.
WorldReutersMerkel says German coronavirus infections could hit 19,200 a day: source
Chancellor Angela Merkel told leaders of her Christian Democrats (CDU) on Monday that coronavirus infection rate could hit 19,200 per day in Germany if the current trend continues but stressed that the economy must be kept running, a party source said. Infections have been rising in Germany for weeks. Data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany rose by 1,192 on Monday.
U.S.Business InsiderBody camera footage shows Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale being tackled by police outside his Florida home
The Fort Lauderdale police department released body camera footage showing former Trump campaign manager, Brad Parscale, being tackled and arrested outside his home on Sunday evening. The video shows Parscale being tackled by officers after he eventually emerged from his home, shirtless and holding a beer. Responding officers, who observed bruises on Candice's face and body, seized 10 firearms from the couple's home, according to a police report obtained by Business Insider.
U.S.SalonBreonna Taylor case grand juror: We weren’t given the option of indicting the two cops who shot her
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said he would comply with a judge's order to release the grand jury recording in the Breonna Taylor case after a grand juror alleged that Cameron had misrepresented the deliberations. An attorney for the juror told The New York Times that Cameron "misrepresented" the deliberations and "failed to offer the panel the option of indicting the two officers who fatally shot the young woman." The attorney general's office said it is "confident" in the case they presented but acknowledged that jurors were not given the option of indicting Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Det.
PoliticsThe Independent'An illegitimate sham': Democrats refuse to meet with Amy Coney Barrett before grilling her at hearings
A handful of Democratic senators are refusing to meet with Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick, Amy Coney Barrett, calling her nomination “illegitimate” because thousands of Americans have already begun casting their ballots for the 2020 elections. Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee that vets nominations to the federal bench, have confirmed they will snub Ms Barrett in the same way Senate Republicans avoided meeting with former Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland in 2016.
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'Music is not a crime': U.N. experts urge Nigeria to lift singer's death sentence
U.N. rights experts asked Nigeria on Monday to release a 22-year-old singer who was condemned to death over an allegedly blasphemous song, and said the sentence broke international law. Yahaya Aminu Sharif was sentenced last month by a sharia court in Kano, in Nigeria's mostly Muslim north, after he performed the song and shared it on WhatsApp. "Music is not a crime," read a joint statement from the group of U.N. rapporteurs.
WorldINSIDERA creepy presidential debate ad shows a deepfake of Putin telling Americans they're ruining their own democracy
A new advertising campaign from anti-corruption non-profit RepresentUs uses deepfake technology to deliver a message about democracy. In two different videos, deepfake representations of Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un say that Americans don't need foreign interference to ruin their democracy. The campaign is intended to be shocking, and drive viewers to take actions like volunteer to work at polling stations and check their voter registration.
U.S.Miami HeraldCollege student wakes to armed police raiding dorm in false report, Texas family says
The family of a Texas university student wants answers after she woke up in her dorm to campus police drawing guns on her. Two weeks after the Sept. 14 incident at Stephen F. Austin University, the school's president and police chief says it is investigating the false report made on Christin Evans. The students told a resident advisor about the fake threat and police were notified, KPRC reported.
EntertainmentThe Daily BeastShepard Smith: Fox News’ Chris Wallace Won’t Tolerate Lies at Presidential Debate
Shepard Smith's new CNBC show is called simply The News. Ahead of his premiere this Wednesday, Smith appeared on his new network colleague Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, where he offered up a series of non-committal, both-sides takes on the biggest news events of the week. Smith got in one joke about Donald Trump writing off $70,000 in hairstyling expenses but otherwise said he didn't expect the bombshell report on the president's tax returns to change any voters' minds.
U.S.The IndependentOregon hostage situation leaves ‘multiple people' dead
Multiple people died at a property in Oregon on Monday during what police described as a "hostage situation". Marion County Sheriff's Office said in a statement deputies responded to reports of a possible hostage situation at an address in Salem, at around 12:30pm. A trained hostage negotiatior was dispatched to the house on Juneva Place, but as the "incident unfolded, shots were fired," the Marion County Sheriff's Office statement added.
U.S.Associated PressAs suicides rise, Army brass reassessing outreach
Yet, five days after graduation, after Lowe left texts and calls unreturned, Staff Sgt. Ryan Graves drove to Lowe's apartment in Fayetteville, North Carolina, with a bad feeling. On the way there I think it set in that maybe there's something a lot worse going on,” Graves said. Graves opened Lowe's unlocked apartment door to discover his friend had taken his own life.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderMueller prosecutor once said that if Republicans 'retain the House, we all need to retain criminal lawyers' because 'that's how bats--- crazy they are,' a new book says
The special counsel Robert Mueller's team was acutely aware that the "third act in this play would be an inevitable investigation of us, by the Trump administration, when our investigation was complete," Andrew Weissmann, a former prosecutor who worked on Mueller's team, wrote in his new book. The jokes about investigating the investigators became more serious before the November 2018 midterm elections, when another prosecutor in Mueller's office, Jeannie Rhee, said that if Republicans "retain the House, we all need to retain criminal lawyers," according to the book. "That's how bats--- crazy they are," Rhee added.
U.S.The IndependentBreonna Taylor: Officer who may have fired fatal shot looking to retire after receiving 'countless threats'
A Kentucky police officer who may have fired the shot that killed Breonna Taylor is seeking to retire after receiving “countless threats”, his family has said. According to an online fundraising drive apparently organised by the family of Myles Cosgrove, it is no longer safe for the Louisville officer to remain in his job. It said his relatives were trying to raise enough money for him to stand down from the force, and take care of his family.
PoliticsSalon“So much misinformation”: Fauci calls out Fox News and Trump’s new adviser for “outlandish” claims
Scott Atlas and Anthony Fauci Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Imahes Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, on Monday called out Trump adviser Dr. Scott Atlas and Fox News for spreading "misinformation" about the coronavirus. Fauci called out Atlas, a frequent former Fox News guest who has no background in infectious diseases but has pushed the discredited "herd immunity" strategy and questioned the efficacy of masks, during an interview with CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter. "Most are working together," Fauci said of the administration's coronavirus advisers.
WorldReutersMerkel visited Kremlin critic Navalny in hospital
German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a personal visit to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny while he was undergoing treatment in a Berlin hospital for poisoning, in what Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday called a "murderous attack". Scholz's comment and the news of Merkel's visit are likely to annoy Moscow, which rejects the finding of German, French and Swedish experts that Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent in Russia last month. Russia has repeatedly criticised Germany over what it says is a failure to share information on the case.
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Video shows alleged ballot harvesting in Ilhan Omar's district
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PoliticsAssociated PressNew US citizen refugees excited for first presidential vote
They came fleeing war and persecution in countries like Myanmar, Eritrea and Iraq, handpicked by the United States for resettlement under longstanding humanitarian traditions. Now, tens of thousands of refugees welcomed into the U.S. during the Obama administration are American citizens, voting the first time in what could be the most consequential presidential contest of their lifetimes. With some states already sending out early ballots, the first-time voters from Arizona to Florida are excited but mindful of their responsibility in helping to choose the country's next leader.
“Enfranchising 16-year-olds would be good for them and good for our democracy.”
“At 16, most kids have little awareness of politics, civics, or American history.”
“Voting is habit forming...which underscores the importance of having as stable an environment as possible for the youngest voters.”
“Keeping the voting age at 18 is not a slap at 16-year-olds. It is recognition that an informed electorate is the best kind.”
“When young people’s participation lags badly, issues important to them receive short shrift in the public discourse.”