PoliticsYahoo NewsRubio pushes for new China sanctions amid questions over coronavirus lab leak theory
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is preparing to introduce a bill that would place new sanctions on China unless it allows “a transparent international investigation of suspect laboratories in Wuhan,” in particular the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has become the focus of intense speculation and scrutiny in recent months, including from President Biden. Rubio and other Biden critics want the president to be more aggressive in getting China to accede to a thorough investigation, which the country's leadership has so far resisted.
WorldThe TelegraphSweden's government toppled as prime minister loses no-confidence vote
Sweden's prime minister, Stefan Lofven, on Monday morning became the first leader in Sweden's history to lose a no-confidence vote in parliament, leaving him just one week to decide whether to hold snap elections or resign. Of the parliament's 349 members, 181 supported the vote, 109 opposed it and 51 abstained, with Lofven's red-green coalition voted down by an unusual combination of the former Communist Left Party, the far-Right Sweden Democrats, and the right-wing Moderate and Christian Democrat parties. "The Left Party has linked up arms with the right-wing conservative bloc and used that to create an unholy alliance to fell the government," Annelie Karlsson, the Social Democrat's parliamentary leader, told parliament before the vote.
WorldThe TelegraphMacron and Le Pen watch out - could France have a new presidential contender?
Emmanuel Macron's plot to destroy France's traditional Right has suffered a humiliating electoral setback, casting doubt on predictions of a two-horse duel with Marine le Pen in next year's presidential race. The French centre-Right has come out the big winner in the closely watched first round of regional elections in which the Mr Macron's LREM party and far-Right leader Marine Le Pen fared far worse than expected. With the polls so off-kilter and amid record-low turnout of around 34 per cent, the unexpected first-round results prompted some to suggest that a Macron-Le Pen presidential face-off next April may not be the foregone conclusion touted until now.
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramMan armed with handgun robs 4 convenience stores early Monday in Fort Worth locations
An armed man held up four convenience stores early Monday and took an undisclosed amount of money and store items. No injuries were reported in the holdups which occurred within two hours in Fort Worth. Fort Worth police did not release information on whether the same suspect robbed the stores, but in each holdup there was only one suspect and descriptions of him matched in several of the robberies, according to police call logs.
WorldBBCNicaraguan police arrest fifth presidential hopeful
Police in Nicaragua have detained another potential candidate for the presidency in the latest crackdown on opposition figures. Journalist Miguel Mora was detained under Nicaragua's controversial "treason" law. The wave of detentions comes five months before elections in which President Daniel Ortega is expected to run for a fourth consecutive term.
U.S.Miami HeraldClaudette is a tropical storm again, and there’s another disturbance in the Atlantic
Claudette strengthened into a tropical storm again overnight as it neared the coast of the Carolinas. The forecast calls for the storm to douse the region for several more hours Monday, with some flooding possible, before heading into the western Atlantic Ocean. The storm is moving east-northeast at 28 mph with maximum sustained winds at 40 mph with higher gusts, according to the National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. advisory.
U.S.The StateTraffic snarl caused by crash blocks lanes on highway headed to Columbia
A crash on a highway heading toward Columbia caused a traffic jam for drivers on the Monday morning commute. All of the eastbound lanes on Interstate 20 were blocked following the collision that happened at about 7:45 a.m., according to the South Carolina Department of Transportation. The wreck was near Exit 58 in Lexington, which is the junction with U.S. 1, and the connection to Lexington, West Columbia, and the Columbia Metropolitan Airport.
U.S.INSIDERA Florida man pulled out a gun on a Starbucks employee who turned out to be the local police chief's daughter
A Florida man pulled out a gun on a Starbucks employee for getting his order wrong earlier this week. The employee was the daughter of Miami Gardens Police Chief Noel-Pratt. The man identified as Omar Wright was arrested and charged.
PoliticsBBCJoe Biden: My surprise claim to be the US president's English cousin
Last week the BBC investigated the recent discovery of an English link in US President Joe Biden's ancestry. Since then a family from England has claimed a connection to the president through the same forebears. For 20 years, Paul Harris has made a hobby of dwelling on the past.
BusinessMiami HeraldRoyal Caribbean sails first ‘simulator’ cruise ship from Miami, as industry set to restart
A Royal Caribbean International cruise ship left from PortMiami with 600 passengers on board Sunday evening — part of a test sail trip as the cruise industry gears up for a grand restart later this summer. The two-day trip on the Freedom of the Seas is a simulation with volunteer passengers, many of whom are Royal Caribbean employees, set to test whether cruise ships are safe. It's a major milestone for the cruising industry after it came to a sudden halt last year during the COVID-19 pandemic and has not sailed with passengers for 15 months.
PoliticsThe WeekLiz Cheney spent at least $58,000 on bodyguards after Jan. 6, wants to teach GOP basic civics
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has no regrets about opposing former President Donald Trump and his lies about the 2020 election, even though it cost her her position in House Republican leadership and earned her death threats, she tells The New York Times. "We've got people we've entrusted with the perpetuation of the Republic who don't know what the rule of law is," Cheney said. There has been a cost to Cheney's crusade.
WorldBBCCovid: Brazil hits 500,000 deaths amid 'critical' situation
The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter. The virus continues to spread as President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to back measures like social distancing. The health institute Fiocruz says the situation is "critical".
U.S.USA TODAYA gay couple faced harassment for 5 years. Handwriting analysis led to a suspect: A neighbor.
For five years, we were living here and wondering which of our neighbors, who were all being kind and neighborly to us, is actually harassing us,” McLean said. Then the perpetrator made a mistake. The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, signed the couple up for a Boston Globe subscription, but McLean and Furze already had a subscription.
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Violence leaves 18 dead in Mexican border city, many victims appear to be innocent citizens
Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after gunmen in vehicles killed 14 people, including taxis drivers, workers and a nursing student, and security forces responded with operations that left four suspects dead.
PoliticsLA TimesMcManus : Why Republicans are suddenly reluctant to condemn political violence
The Republican Party has a problem with political violence: It's not sure whether it's for it or against it. In the first days after a mob loyal to former President Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 to try to block Congress from certifying President Biden's election, GOP leaders delivered a sensible, unified response: There's no place in our constitutional system for that kind of violence. Since January, though, some leading Republicans have been backsliding — offering excuses for the insurgents who sought to overturn the election through extralegal means.
ScienceThe WeekThousands sign petitions to keep Bezos in space
Tens of thousands of people have signed petitions calling for barring Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth after his planned flight into space on July 20, NPR reports. Bezos announced earlier this month that he and his brother, Mark Bezos, would be on board when the New Shepard suborbital rocket system built by his space exploration company, Blue Origin, makes its first flight carrying people. There are several petitions targeting Bezos.
LifestyleArchitectural DigestClean Up With the Best Vacuum Deals Prime Day Has to Offer
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WorldBBCParul Khakhar: The Indian stay-at-home mum trolled for poem on Covid dead
She posted the mournful 14-line dirge called Shabvahini Ganga (A hearse called Ganga - the Indian name for river Ganges) on her Facebook page, where she has more than 15,000 followers. The Gujarati-language poem speaks about the wrath of the virus, leaving a trail of death and devastation in its wake. Khakhar writes about floating corpses, funeral pyres and the crematoria chimneys melting under the load of the burning dead.
PoliticsBusiness Insider'We are running out of time': Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs urges Senate to pass voting-rights legislation
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs last week urged the US Senate to pass the sweeping voting-rights legislation known at the For the People Act, arguing that "democracy is under siege" in her home state. In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, Hobbs deemed GOP efforts to undermine the confidence in the 2020 election as part of a strategy to "steal" the 2024 presidential election. "Republicans aren't just protesting the results of our most recent presidential election ...
PoliticsUSA TODAYRon Johnson visited Milwaukee's Juneteenth Day celebration. It didn't go well.
You could see this coming. On Saturday, during an otherwise joyful celebration of Juneteenth Day in Milwaukee, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson made an appearance at a Republican Party booth. Johnson told reporters that his experience interacting with attendees had been generally positive, except for "one nasty comment."
WorldINSIDERPhoto shows a Dubai princess who claims she's being held hostage by her family on a 'European holiday' in Spain
Princess Latifa tried to flee Dubai in 2018 but was caught and subsequently vanished. A video of her emerged in February in which she said she was being held hostage by her family. A photo posted to Instagram Monday by a Dubai teacher showed Latifa at an airport in Madrid, Spain.
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Police investigating motive in deadly Lake Merritt shooting
Police say all six surviving shooting victims are in stable condition. The department says it's possible other suspects are still out there, and a reward of $40,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
WorldBusiness InsiderIs Keir Starmer's time as Labour leader about to come to an early end?
Keir Starmer's future as Labour Party leader may be in peril. Historically poor recent election results for the party have left him vulnerable. Starmer has so far retained the support of most Labour MPs.
U.S.The Daily BeastThe Wild Case of the Sisters-in-Law Found Dead on the Same Property Months Apart
In March, three months after the body of Kristina Michelle Jones was discovered in the burned-out shell of her father's trailer in Water Valley, Mississippi, her family became frustrated that police had not announced a cause of death or made an arrest. On June 13, Henley was found dead of a gunshot wound on the very same property—raising obvious questions about whether the two deaths were related. What exactly Henley believed she had uncovered remains a mystery.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderGOP congressman lashes out at Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday: 'Are we going to do one for the Native American Indians?'
GOP Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, one of 14 Republicans who voted against the legislation, took to Fox News Radio on Thursday to explain his opposition, saying that the vote "was an easy no vote" and questioned if a holiday would now have to be established for Native Americans as well. During the program "Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla," Norman also cited the number of existing holidays in detailing his rejection of a federal holiday for Juneteenth, while alleging that supporters were using "race" as an issue. "There's one Fourth of July.
“It may seem desperate at this point, but I can’t be mad at any and all efforts to get people vaccinated.”
“I won’t get rich, but I will get to live my life. That seems like reward enough.”
“Offering incentives may encourage people who are not actively opposed to vaccination but may have put it off.”
“At some point, the government is simply rewarding irresponsible behavior.”
“Sure, people should do it without needing an incentive. But what’s the alternative? Not enough people get vaccinated.”