How Trump could lose the popular vote again – and hold the White House

In Washington this week, Hillary Clinton summed up her bid for the White House in 2016. You can win the popular vote. Clinton beat Donald Trump in the popular vote by nearly 3 million ballots yet lost the electoral college – the body of people who represent states and actually get to choose the president – by 304 votes to 227.

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UN Climate Action Summit: How many countries will step up on the world stage Monday?

The hottest ticket in New York on Monday is at the United Nations, where world leaders will hold a Climate Action Summit to address climate change. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres bluntly told nations to "come with concrete plans" to ramp up commitments to slash greenhouse gases and achieve net zero carbon emissions. President Donald Trump, who wants to pull the United States out of the ratified 2015 Paris agreement to cut emissions, won't participate, but United Nations officials and observers say China and about 70 other countries could make big announcements.

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  Youth leaders at UN demand bold climate change action

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  Greta Thunberg at UN Youth Climate Summit: 'We young people are unstoppable'

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Earthlings dwindle, music fading at Area 51 events in Nevada

Little A'Le'Inn owner Connie West vowed that a music program topped by the Los Angeles band Wily Savage would continue until midnight, as scheduled, in the tiny town of Rachel. "Things are ramping down," Lincoln County emergency services chief Eric Holt said as darkness fell and first-responders from around the state began heading home. "Area 51 Basecamp" was already dark, after pulling the plug the morning after a Friday concert-and-vendors just that drew just 500 attendees in Hiko.

Israel Could Not Survive Hamas' Missiles Without The Iron Dome

Key point: Israeli missile defense technology is cutting edge. On July 15th, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced it was deploying more Iron Dome missile defense systems near Tel Aviv and other parts of southern Israel. The Iron Dome is Israel's most effective defense system against short-range projectiles.

Bernie Sanders calls for eliminating $81 billion in medical debt

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released a plan on Saturday to eliminate $81 billion in Americans' existing medical debt, expanding on his signature proposal for a government-run health insurance system.

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  Bernie Sanders says he admires Trump's hair — and that's about it

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  Bernie Sanders Reveals The Only Thing He 'Admires' About Donald Trump

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Yemen upcycles shot-up buses to ease water shortage

Once a bus wreck peppered with bullet holes, the pristine white water tanker parked in front of a Yemen university now delivers water to students in the war-torn and cholera-hit south. Sitting among still battle-scarred buses, the tanker was repurposed by student welfare officer Nashwan el-Rebasi, who has made a mini fleet of water transporters for the university at the foot of the Taez mountains. "The idea was born out of the water shortages in the region and the total lack of a reservoir at the university," said the 35-year-old.

105 people injured as a pair of strong earthquakes rattle Albania

Cars were crushed by bricks falling from buildings in Albania's capital Tirana, as the country was struck by a pair of strong earthquakes on Saturday. According to the Ministry of Health, at least 68 people were injured, but some reports say there are as many as 105 people injured. It also damaged about 600 homes and temporarily cut power and water facilities in Tirana and Durres.

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  Cars Destroyed by Falling Debris as Earthquake Rocks Albania

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  Strong earthquake in Albania damages buildings and sends residents fleeing

  AFP

Chasten Buttigieg goes from opening act to fundraising star

Chasten Buttigieg has gone viral on social media and supported his husband on the presidential campaign trail. Chasten is slated to be the sole headline draw for several Pete for America fundraisers over the next month, starting with an event in Chicago this week. In October, Chasten will swing through New York City for another fundraiser, followed by a trip overseas to raise money from Americans living in London on Oct. 22, according to event invitations obtained by POLITICO.

'They're forming like roaches.' The 6 tropical storms whirling at once have tied a record

The six named storms whirling at once this week in the Atlantic and Pacific hit a record first set in 1992, forecasters reported. "While Humberto and Kiko were spinning in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, four new tropical cyclones formed Tuesday: Imelda and Jerry in the Atlantic Basin, and Mario and Lorena in the Eastern Pacific Basin," the Weather Channel reported. This combined number of active storms in both basins was believed to tie a modern record, set in September 1992, according to National Hurricane Center forecaster Eric Blake.

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  Tropical Storm Karen Has Formed in the Atlantic and Could Hit Puerto Rico. Here’s What to Know About Its Path

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  Could Bermuda feel effects from Jerry this week?

  AccuWeather

The Latest: Man suspected of shooting Chicago cop captured

The Latest on the nonfatal shooting of a Chicago police officer (all times local): 4:40 p.m. Chicago police say a man believed to be the suspect in the shooting and wounding of an officer has been shot and captured. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi (goo-lee-EHL'-mee) tweeted Saturday that officers apprehended a "person of interest" believed to be 45-year-old Michael Blackman following an armed encounter with officers and a daylong manhunt.

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  Police: Suspect in cop shooting, bike attack captured

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  Suspect in custody, Chicago police officer recovering after Saturday shooting

  WLS – Chicago

How 1 Mistake Cost Hitler Victory During World War II

Editor's note: This is the second in a series of five articles providing critical analysis as to how Germany Might Have Won World War Two. In our last article, we examined some of the actions that Germany might have taken to achieve its territorial objectives without having to fight the Western Powers of Britain, France and the United States of America in World War Two. Some of the most important ways for Germany to have won the war would have been to have waited until German industries had recovered from the limitations imposed by the Versailles Treaty to maximize Germany's military potential.

Prince Harry and family head to SAfrica for official visit

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are scheduled to land in South Africa on Monday, bringing baby Archie along for their first official tour as a family. Prince Harry, Meghan and their son will touch down in the coastal city of Cape Town for the first leg of their 10-day southern Africa trip. The tour will begin with an education workshop in one of Cape Town's townships -- areas crippled by gang violence that sit just miles from the city's stunning beaches and rolling vineyards.

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  A Look Back at Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry, and More Royals on Their Visits to South Africa

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  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Trip to Africa Will Be a 'Little More Lively' with Son Archie

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Surprising Facts You Didn't Know About Rhinos

Do you know how much dung one rhino produces a day? From Popular Mechanics

New York Post blasts Bill de Blasio with 'obituary' for his ended presidential campaign

WASHINGTON – The New York Post published an "obituary" for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's now-concluded presidential campaign. De Blasio, who is currently serving his second term as mayor, was blasted by the newspaper, which wrote that his campaign had "died" from "ego-induced psychosis." Neighbors said the body had been in rigor mortis for some time,” the mock obituary says.

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  New York Post Declares De Blasio's 2020 Bid 'Dead Of Ego-Induced Psychosis'

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  De Blasio’s Done, and the Joke’s on New York City

  The Daily Beast

Gorsuch says US Supreme Court not split on partisan lines

The conventional wisdom that the court is split along partisan lines based on the political views of the president that appointed each justice is false, a U.S. Supreme Court justice said. Gorsuch is considered one of the Supreme Court's most conservative members, though he recently agreed with more liberal colleagues in a decision reaffirming a criminal defendant's right to a jury trial. Gorsuch noted he uses the original meaning of the Constitution to guide his judicial decisions, in contrast with judges who believe interpretations of the document should evolve over time.

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Want Small Ships to Land Troops in a War

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are considering acquiring small transport ships in order to complement existing large amphibious vessels and give the fleet more ways of landing troops during a major war. The new small transports, perhaps based on the oil and gas industry's typical offshore support vessel, could represent a revival of a defunct class of warship that once filled a variety of roles in the American fleet. “As the Navy and the Marine Corps narrow in on what their future amphibious operations might look like, they are considering acquiring something akin to an offshore support vessel to help Marines distribute around a littoral environment in a future fight,” Megan Eckstein wrote for the news website of the U.S. Naval Institute.

White supremacist who praised ‘psychedelic Nazis’ caught with stockpile of guns and LSD

In a secret chat last November, according to court filings, two associates of a violent white supremacist group discussed whether drug use was in line with their political beliefs. There's nothing more Aryan than entheogenic drug use,” Andrew Thomasberg, 21, texted a friend, according to prosecutors, referencing plants that have psychedelic effects. Thomasberg was arrested at his home in McLean, Virginia, on Thursday, according to court filings, accused of possessing guns as a drug user and illegally buying an AK-47 in 2017 for that friend, who is cooperating with authorities.

Canada's Trudeau pledges lower taxes, cellphone costs as blackface scandal hits him in polls

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went on the offensive on Sunday, promising to cut middle-class taxes and slash cellphone costs if re-elected after polls showed he took a significant hit when photos emerged last week of him in blackface. Trudeau has repeatedly apologized for the images, which jarred with his oft-stated position that he wants to improve the lot of minorities in Canada and prompted accusations of hypocrisy. Trudeau announced the proposed cuts to taxes and cellphone bills in the Ontario city of Brampton, where 58% of the population is either South Asian or black.