U.S.Miami HeraldA Florida 86-year-old pleaded for his job. Now, he’ll enter a plea on a murder charge
A senior citizen nightmare, losing a long held job when you still need the money, descended a couple of circles when a Belle Glade octogenarian shot the man firing him Friday. PBSO said Cabrera asked his supervisor “to continue to work for another year due to financial reasons.” When the supervisor denied Cabrera's request, PBSO said, “Cabrera became upset, pulled the gun out of his pocket and shot the victim several times, killing him.”
WorldAssociated PressPutin chafes at US, criticizes response to Capitol attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday set a tough tone for his upcoming summit with U.S. President Joe Biden, accusing Washington of trying to contain Russia and citing its response to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol as a manifestation of the West's double standards. Speaking at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, Putin said that arms control, global conflicts, the coronavirus pandemic and climate change are among the issues he and Biden would discuss at their June 16 summit in Geneva. “We need to find ways of looking for a settlement in our relations, which are at an extremely low level now,” Putin said.
PoliticsThe WeekMark Meadows reportedly asked acting AG to investigate 'fantastical' election conspiracy theory involving Italy
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows sent five emails to then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen in late December 2020 and early January 2021 asking him to examine election fraud conspiracy theories, including a "fantastical" one that claimed people in Italy used military technology and satellites to remotely switch votes for former President Donald Trump to votes for President Biden, The New York Times reports after reviewing newly uncovered emails provided to Congress. "Italygate" has been floating around some corners of the internet for a while, but the communications between Rosen and Meadows haven't been previously reported, and the Times writes that the messages show how Meadows "veered into the realm of the outlandish" as he, Trump, and their allies tried "to find some way to undermine" November's results.
WorldReutersIndia to ease lockdown rules as coronavirus case numbers decline
India reported 114,460 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, the lowest in two months, while the death toll increased by 2,677, as parts of the country prepared to ease movement restrictions. India has the world's second-largest number of coronavirus infections after the United States with total cases at 28.8 million, according to health ministry data. A second wave of the coronavirus that has largely battered the rural interiors of the country is yet to abate but New Delhi and other cities are working towards allowing more businesses to operate and movement rules to be relaxed from Monday onwards.
PoliticsAssociated PressBiden turns to Obama to help boost health care enrollment
President Joe Biden turned to his old boss, former President Barack Obama, on Saturday to help him encourage Americans to sign up for “Obamacare” health care coverage during an expanded special enrollment period in the pandemic. Biden used his weekly address for a brief Zoom chat with Obama to draw attention to the six-month expanded enrollment period that closes Aug. 15. Meanwhile the government released a report that claims that nearly 31 million Americans — a record — now have health coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
PoliticsReutersOcasio-Cortez endorses progressive Maya Wiley for New York City mayor
(Reuters) -Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday endorsed Maya Wiley for New York City mayor, boosting Wiley's chances to establish herself as the leading progressive in the crowded race. Speaking at an event outside City Hall in Manhattan, progressive firebrand Ocasio-Cortez called on voters to "come together as a movement" to avoid the city's being run "for billionaires and special interests." More than a dozen Democratic candidates are vying to succeed Mayor Bill de Blasio at the helm of the most populous U.S. city.
WorldBBCLetter from Africa: How Zimbabwe is still haunted by Robert Mugabe
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes that long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe, who died in 2019, seems to be causing trouble from beyond the grave. Robert Mugabe's relatives say he died a bitter man nearly two years after he was forced to hand over power to current President Emmerson Mnangagwa - and his bitterness, even in death, is creating feuds. In an African traditional context, the dead can speak, often through a vengeful spirit that is believed to respond violently against erstwhile tormentors.
U.S.Miami HeraldWhat cops say happened during a Maserati chase on I-95 in Miami-Dade and Broward
A Saturday morning police chase that spanned southern Broward and North Miami-Dade counties ended with one crash, three people arrested and four people — those three and a Miami-Dade police officer — being taken to a hospital, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. All four had injuries that FHP described as “non-life threatening.” Troopers arrested Devona Keon, 32, and James Dasher, 30, on charges of grand theft, driving without a license and fleeing and eluding.
HealthThe WeekChina's COVID-19 vaccines don't appear to be effective at preventing outbreaks in the real world
The World Health Organization recently granted emergency use approval to China's Sinopharm and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines, but the countries that have put the Chinese-made vaccines in the arms of their residents are reporting mixed results, at best. "In the Seychelles, Chile, and Uruguay, all of whom have used Sinopharm or ... Sinovac in their mass vaccination efforts, cases have surged even as doses were given out," The Washington Post reports.
U.S.Associated PressMother eulogizes Southern California boy killed in road rage
The mother of a Southern California boy killed in a road rage shooting remembered him Saturday as 6-year-old with a vocabulary beyond his years who exuded warmth and tenderness. The boy was fatally shot in the abdomen on May 21 while seated in the back seat of a car driven by Cloonan, on State Route 55 in the city of Orange. A reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect has grown to at least $500,000, Southern California News Group reported.
WorldReutersChinese city of Guangzhou reports seven new COVID-19 cases
The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou on Sunday reported seven new local confirmed COVID-19 patients for June 5, bringing the city's total since May 21 to 80 amid a resurgent outbreak. Overall, China reported 30 new mainland coronavirus cases for June 5, up from 24 a day earlier, the country's health authority said in a statement on Sunday. Of the new cases, 23 were imported.
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Do NC members of Congress agree with Donald Trump’s election lie? We asked each one
But it's also because the president and many in his party have sowed doubt about the integrity of elections. So last week, we asked members of North Carolina's Congressional delegation that very basic question: Did each think the 2020 election was fair and legitimate? Here's what they had to say: All five Democrats — Reps.
U.S.Associated PressWisconsin priest digs in to refuse bishop's demand to resign
But when his bishop demanded his resignation – after a series of divisive remarks about politics and the pandemic – Altman refused to oblige and has since raised more than $640,000 from his conservative supporters to defend himself. While not unprecedented, a Catholic priest's refusal to abide by a bishop's call to resign is certainly rare. Altman's case, which has garnered national attention and made him a celebrity of sorts among conservative Catholics, has further fueled the divide between them and those urging a more progressive, inclusive church.
U.S.Architectural DigestIt’s Time to Reconsider the Ashtray
Democratizing the smoking accessory for all Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
WorldThe TelegraphVaccines for children could start in August under plans being discussed by ministers
Ministers are awaiting advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which insiders expect will recommend the jab for younger teenagers, before they make a final decision. However, writing in The Telegraph, Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, warns that “a huge proportion of the latest cases are in children”, as he urges secondary school pupils to take a coronavirus test on Sunday before returning to school on Monday. In other developments: There was growing pessimism in Whitehall over whether social distancing restrictions will be lifted on June 21, with ministers awaiting further data on hospitalisations caused by the Indian (or Delta) variant of Covid.
HealthBBCBlack fungus: Is diabetes behind India's high number of cases?
About 12,000 cases of a condition known as "black fungus" have been reported in India, mostly in patients recovering from Covid-19. Which countries have got black fungus? Prior to the Covid pandemic, at least 38 countries around the world had reported cases of mucormycosis, more commonly known as black fungus.
WorldAssociated PressMicrosoft says "tank man" image blocking due to human error
Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine briefly not showing image results for the search term “tank man” on the anniversary of the bloody military crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989. Users in different parts of the world, including the U.S., said Friday that no image results were returned when they searched for the term “tank man.
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China urges U.S. to rethink investment ban
Beijing is urging the U.S. to drop an investment ban on dozens of Chinese companies. Speaking Friday (June 4) foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin pulled no punches: "The U.S. government is stretching the concept of national security, abusing national power and using every possible means to unscrupulously suppress and restrict Chinese enterprises. We are firmly opposed to this.
BusinessAssociated PressUS economy: Plenty of growth, not enough workers or supplies
The U.S. economy is sparking confusion and whiplash almost as fast as it's adding jobs. Barely more than a year after the coronavirus caused the steepest economic fall and job losses on record, the speed of the rebound has been so unexpectedly swift that many companies can't fill jobs or acquire enough supplies to meet a pent-up burst of customer demand. “Things exploded — it was like a light switch," said Kirby Mallon, president of Elmer Schultz Services, a family-owned Philadelphia firm that repairs and maintains kitchen equipment for restaurants and other clients.
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DA: Suspect 'ambushed' officers, killing K9
Two Massachusetts police officers and a K9 were shot responding to a domestic call in Braintree, Massachusetts, on Friday afternoon, according to multiple sources. The suspect was also wounded in the exchange of gunfire.
U.S.The IndependentCapitol police officer knocked unconscious in riot asks court not to release her alleged attacker
A US Capitol police officer has requested that one of the people suspected of attacking her and knocking her unconscious during the Capitol riot be denied a release from jail. The officer was allegedly attacked by Ryan Samsel, who was arrested for participating in the riot. Mr Samsel can be seen in photos of the riot wearing a red MAGA hat and squaring up against Capitol police officers.
U.S.Business InsiderAs mask mandates are lifted some states are grappling with longstanding mask bans that were aimed at the Ku Klux Klan
As coronavirus mask mandates are lifting, some states are weighing how to address longstanding mask bans, many of which were passed in response to the Ku Klux Klan, The New York Times reported. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a dozen states had laws banning masks that concealed the wearer's identity, many enacted primarily as a way to deter the KKK, a white supremacist hate group. Now that nixing mask mandates will reinstate those laws, some states are trying to figure out how to allow people to continue wearing masks if they want to for health reasons.
WorldAssociated PressNigerian government-enforced Twitter suspension takes effect
Millions of Nigerians were unable to access Twitter Saturday after the government enforced an indefinite suspension of the microblogging platform's operations in Nigeria. The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria said in a statement that its members have suspended access to Twitter in compliance with a government directive to do so. The Nigeria government said Friday it was indefinitely suspending Twitter in Africa's most populous nation, after the company deleted a controversial tweet President Muhammadu Buhari made about a secessionist movement.
U.S.INSIDERCalifornia police arrested two parents who went to a casino hours after their disabled kid starved to death
Two parents were arrested Friday in California after allegedly neglecting their three adopted kids. One of the kids - 15-year-old Karreon Franks - was disabled and died from starvation, the Oregonian reported. Two parents from Vancouver, Washington, were arrested Friday in California on suspicion of second-degree murder and homicide by abuse in the death of their adopted disabled son Karreon Franks.
CelebrityBusiness InsiderCaitlyn Jenner says tents in Beverly Hills are the latest sign of the homelessness crisis because they used to only be downtown
Caitlyn Jenner said tents in Beverly Hills are the latest sign of California's homelessness crisis. Jenner is running to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in a special recall election. California GOP gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner said the presence of tents in Beverly Hills is the latest sign of the state's homelessness crisis.
“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.”