PoliticsNBC NewsAfter 100 days out of office, Trump's support softens in NBC News poll
Even Trump's pull within his own party appears to have lessened, with 44 percent of Republicans saying they're more supporters of Trump than the GOP, versus 50 percent who say they're more supporters of the GOP than the former president. It's the first time since July 2019 when party supporters have outnumbered Trump supporters in our poll, and it's also the first time that party supporters have reached 50 percent on this question. Strikingly, these numbers are coming as the perception of Trump's pull within his party couldn't be stronger.
U.S.NextSharkMan Arrested for Brutally Stomping on Head of Asian American Man, 61, in Manhattan
A Manhattan man who stomped on a 61-year-old Asian American man's head last week was arrested on Tuesday morning. The details: Jarrod Powell, 49, was charged with two felony assault counts when police apprehended him at around 2:45 a.m. following the Friday attack on Yao Pan Ma near Third Avenue and East 125th Street, NBC New York reported. Police found Powell after being told that he was spotted at a shelter near the scene of the incident.
PoliticsAssociated PressBidens to visit Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter while in Georgia
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit the 39th president, Jimmy Carter, and his wife, Rosalynn, while in Georgia this week, the White House said Tuesday. The White House had previously announced that Biden would attend a drive-in rally in Atlanta on Thursday to mark his 100th day in office, which comes a day after his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening. The Bidens will now add in a trip to Plains, Georgia, to visit the Carters.
PoliticsArchitectural DigestHouse Call: Gifts to Obsess Over
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ScienceThe TelegraphFlorida residents in uproar as scientists prepare to release 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes
Florida residents are furious as scientists prepare to release hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes into their communities. The experiment, led by British biotech company Oxitec, will see around 750 million male mosquitoes sent out into the Florida Keys over the next two years in an attempt to control the population of an invasive, disease carrying species which has settled in the area. The first wave of the project will see thousands of mosquitoes released at six locations this week.
WorldReutersSomalia's PM rejects proposed presidential term extension
Somalia's prime minister denounced a proposed extension of the president's term on Tuesday, piling pressure on President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to hold elections as rival factions in the security forces drew up battle lines in the capital. The heads of two regional states who had been staunch allies of the president also rejected the proposed two-year extension of Mohamed's term. Earlier this month, the lower house of parliament voted to extend his four-year term by another two years, after the country failed to hold elections as planned in February.
HealthThe WeekJoe Rogan tells his massive audience that healthy young people shouldn't get vaccinated
Joe Rogan, the host of one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is facing criticism after claiming that healthy young people shouldn't "worry about" getting vaccinated against COVID-19. The Joe Rogan Experience host made his comments encouraging young listeners not to get a COVID-19 vaccine if they're "healthy" during a recent episode of his show, as Media Matters for America reported. "If you're like 21 years old and you say to me, 'Should I get vaccinated,' I go, 'No,'" Rogan said.
PoliticsAssociated PressJudge has doubts on voter privacy in Arizona recount
A judge hearing a challenge to voter privacy policies during the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate's recount of 2.1 million 2020 election ballots in the county that includes metro Phoenix said Tuesday he is not convinced voter secrecy is being upheld. The comment from Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin came at the end of a lengthy hearing where he also declined to extend a previous judge's order that auditors hired by the Senate comply with state voter privacy laws -- at least until he hears more at a hearing on Wednesday. “I will share with you all, I am not yet persuaded that there has been a showing that the rights of the voters in Maricopa County are being protected,” Martin said.
WorldReutersAs U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, lawmakers fear dark future for women
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers grilled President Joe Biden's Afghanistan peace envoy on Tuesday about how women will be protected if the hard-line Islamist Taliban take control after U.S. troops withdraw, and threatened to withhold funding if rights gains are reversed. "I don't believe under any circumstances that the United States Senate will support assistance for Afghanistan, especially under the World Bank's program which provides budget support, if the Taliban has taken a governing role that ends civil society advances and rolls back women's rights," said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez.
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Woman fatally shot in Delaware middle school parking lot; students safe
Police in Delaware are investigating a deadly shooting that happened in the front parking lot of Smyrna Middle School Tuesday morning.
U.S.The StateChildren slip bus driver secret note to rescue mom from abuse, New Mexico police say
After enduring a night of abuse, a New Mexico mother was desperate for help, police say. She wrote a secret note for her children to slip to their bus driver. The Las Cruces woman's 40-year-old boyfriend, Erik Alvarado, was accused of strangling her and using a pillow case and shirt to suffocate her during a “night-long domestic altercation” that began Thursday evening, police say.
PoliticsLos Angeles Times OpinionLetters to the Editor: Republicans are trying to recall Gavin Newsom because they can
To the editor: Whatever political positives or negatives Gov. Gavin Newsom has, they are far less important than the obvious flaws in the recall process. There was and is no real grassroots discontent with Newsom's governing. Instead, we see the same old, same old: Copious support from Republicans out of state who are attempting something that amounts to tyranny of the minority.
WorldReutersMan killed in Myanmar two days after regional deal, local media say
Myanmar security forces shot dead a man in the second city of Mandalay on Monday, national media reported, two days after Southeast Asian leaders said they had reached consensus with the junta on ending violence. Activists opposed to military rule called on people to stop paying electricity bills and agricultural loans and to keep their children away from school, adding to doubts about a regional bloc's push to end Myanmar's post-coup crisis. The man was shot dead at a fried rice shop in Mandalay late on Monday and some other people were wounded, three Myanmar media reported.
HealthBBCWhy India's Covid crisis matters to the whole world
A visual guide to the Covid crisis in India Why India's vaccine manufacturers need US help The pandemic has revealed just how interconnected the world is. And if a country has very high levels of infection, then it's likely to spread to other countries. Even with travel restrictions, multiple tests and quarantine, infections can still leak out; and if a traveller has come from somewhere where the virus is very prevalent, they have a higher chance of taking the virus with them.
WorldMiami HeraldAs Biden rolls out U.S. ‘vaccine diplomacy,’ he needs to start in our own hemisphere | Opinion
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the presence of China and Russia in Latin America and the Caribbean has expanded significantly. A few months into the pandemic, China capitalized on the moment to announce a $1 billion loan to the region to facilitate vaccine access. Today, through three of its domestically developed vaccines — Sinovac, Sinopharm and CanSino — China's vaccine diplomacy extends to a dozen countries in the region.
U.S.Raleigh News and ObserverNC may require some teachers to be fingerprinted, undergo criminal records check
People who want to work in North Carolina public schools could be required to be fingerprinted and undergo a criminal background check under legislation backed by some state lawmakers. The N.C. House Education Committee passed Tuesday legislation that would require public schools to do criminal background checks of job applicants. The legislation would also require people who want to become teachers, or teachers seeking to renew their license, to be fingerprinted and undergo a criminal background check.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderSen. Joe Manchin brushes off the idea of switching parties: 'I've never considered it from that standpoint'
Sen. Joe Manchin has not thought about switching parties despite his conservative leanings. The West Virginian has faced pressure from the left wing of his party to reform the filibuster. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has never thought about trading in his Democratic Party affiliation for the GOP, he told Vox in an interview published Tuesday.
U.S.Idaho StatesmanIdaho policeman mocks LeBron James tweet after police shooting, gets 3M TikTok views
An Idaho law enforcement officer went viral in recent days after posting a video on TikTok criticizing NBA star LeBron James for his comments about a police shooting in Ohio. Other videos depict the Idaho marshal defending a Minnesota police officer who shot a man after confusing her Taser with her gun. James, the star player for the Los Angeles Lakers, tweeted a photo last week of Columbus, Ohio, police officer Nicholas Reardon after the officer fatally shot 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant, who is Black, four times.
HealthCBS NewsMan hit with almost $90,000 bill after serious car accident despite having insurance
When Mark Gottlieb was hit by another car while driving in January of 2019, he damaged four vertebrae and smashed several teeth. After physical therapy and other treatments that Geico covered, Gottlieb needed spinal surgery. Geico negotiated both bills down substantially and paid more than $150,000 towards Gottleib's charges, before his plan was exhausted, leaving him on the hook for about $90,000 for the surgeon's bill.
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NYPD detective attacked by man with stick while working at crime scene
Police say 25-year-old Akeele Morgan walked up to the NYPD detective and struck him in the head with a plastic stick.
U.S.USA TODAYJustice Department to investigate whether Louisville police engaged in abuse
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has launched a wide-ranging investigation into whether the Louisville Metro Police Department engaged in a pattern of civil rights abuses amid a nationwide reckoning after the death of Breonna Taylor. The investigation will examine whether Louisville police officers used excessive force, including during peaceful protests, and engaged in unconstitutional stops, searches and seizures. It will also look at how the police department executes search warrants and whether officers discriminate against people based on race.
U.S.Fort Worth Star-TelegramFort Worth father on the run after being accused of abandoning kids before fatal fire
Jerome Anderson told Amberlee Sharp that he had left their 3-year-old daughter and his two young sons alone for just a few minutes on Sept. 21 in a west Fort Worth apartment while he threw away some trash. Sharp, Aaliyah's mother, believes Anderson is still in Fort Worth, but he's managed to elude authorities. “In February, someone posted videos of him at clubs in Fort Worth and Arlington,” Sharp said.
U.S.The IndependentJacob Blake’s uncle arrested at protest over police officer’s return to work
Jacob Blake's uncle was one of three protesters arrested during demonstrations against the police officer who shot Mr Blake returning to work. Justin Blake was arrested for disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer on Sunday after blocking the entrance to the Kenosha County Public Safety Building. According to the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department (KCSD), the three people arrested had posted bonds and were no longer in police custody as of noon on Monday.
WorldBusiness InsiderA US Navy ship fired warning shots after Iranian fast-attack boats got too close in the Persian Gulf
A US Navy ship fired warning shots after Iranian fast-attack boats came too close with "unknown intent." The Iranian vessels did not alter their behavior after US forces radioed warnings, the Navy said. The speed boats withdrew after warning shots were fired.
U.S.Business InsiderFox News argues its hosts didn't need to fact-check election conspiracy theories from Trump's lawyers in response to Smartmatic defamation suit
Fox News is trying to dismiss a $2.7 billion lawsuit from Smartmatic over election conspiracies. It argues its hosts didn't have a legal responsibility to fact-check falsehoods from Trump's lawyers. Election conspiracy theories have led to a tangle of legal consequences for right-wing media.
“Expanding the Court is a reasonable, proportionate response to a system that obviously failed a long time ago.”
“It would be a blatant power grab by a party that doesn’t believe there should be any curbs on its political agenda.”
“The Court today is a thoroughly political institution … It is not reasonable to ask either party to ignore this fact.”
“Court-packing could set off a chain reaction of court enlargement every time the Senate and the White House changed hands.”
“Imposing term limits for justices would create a court that is better balanced ideologically and more in sync with the public mood.”