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The IndependentTrump caught on audio mocking Michelle Obama’s looks to giggling GOP hierarchy at Mar-a-Lago
Leaked recording from RNC fundraiser reveals ‘uproarious’ laughter from sponsors for ridicule of former first lady
- The Independent
White nationalist website calls Tucker Carlson’s ‘replacement’ rant ‘one of the best things Fox News has ever aired’
The Fox News host has won the praise of an officially designated hate group after appearing to endorse the racist ‘replacement’ theory
- Associated Press
Canary Islands hotel offers shelter to migrants in need
When hotel director Calvin Lucock and restaurant owner Unn Tove Saetran said goodbye to one of the last groups of migrants staying in one of the seaside resorts they manage in Spain’s Canary Islands, the British-Norwegian couple didn’t know when they would have guests again. The Spanish government — struggling to accommodate 23,000 people who disembarked on the islands in 2020 — contracted hundreds of hotel rooms left empty due to the coronavirus travel restrictions. The deal not only helped migrants and asylum-seekers have a place to sleep, it also allowed Lucock to keep most of his hotel staff employed.
- The Independent
Daunte Wright: Obamas say police killing reveals ‘how badly we need to reimagine policing and public safety’
Following ‘another senseless tragedy’, former first family stresses urgency for ‘nationwide changes that are long overdue’ to address racial inequities
- Business Insider
White House hits states with Cs and Ds in its 'infrastructure report cards'
As President Biden pushes for his $2 trillion infrastructure bill, the White House singled out states like New Jersey with a D+ grade.
- BBC
Chinese man kidnapped and killed in elaborate body-swap scheme
The scheme was devised to grant a dying man's wish to avoid a ban on traditional burials.
- The State
Why a move to May, Kiawah’s Ocean Course and fans have PGA Championship organizers giddy
The 2021 golf season’s second major championship will be played May 20-23 outside Charleston.
- The Independent
Caron Nazario ‘feared for his life’ in pepper spray traffic stop
One of the police officers involved has been sacked
- Lexington Herald-Leader
McConnell: Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal plan ‘a grave mistake’
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said a Biden administration plan to remove all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September is a “grave mistake” that would abandon the allied global fight against terrorism.
- Business Insider
NATO is likely to join the US in withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in September, German defense minister says
Biden announced plans to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said NATO would likely follow suit.
- The Independent
Lachlan Murdoch backs Tucker Carlson as host doubles down amid calls for his firing
Fox News host under fire for defending white nationalist conspiracy theory
- Associated Press
Austin: US adds 500 troops in Germany, despite Trump pledge
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Tuesday that he is expanding the U.S. military presence in Germany by 500 troops and has stopped planning for large-scale troop cuts ordered by the Trump administration. Adding 500 troops to a current total of about 35,000 is a symbolic gesture of solidarity with Germany and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but it also fills a practical need that commanders in Europe had identified months ago. Austin said the extra troops will have a role in space, cybersecurity and electronic warfare.
- Business Insider
Nigel Farage was pranked on Cameo into wishing happy birthday to a 'Hugh Janus'
The Former Brexit Party leader was tricked into wishing one user of the Cameo video-sharing app into wishing a happy birthday to a "Hugh Janus."
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In 2019 arrest, Floyd said 'he was addicted' to opioids -witness
"It was quite hard to assess him," she testified. "He was upset and confused." Moseng said that Floyd told her he consumed opioids. On cross-examination, Moseng said that Floyd took Percocet, a combination of Oxycodone and acetaminophen used to treat pain."I asked him why, and he said because he was addicted," she testified.Lawyers for Chauvin on Tuesday began presenting their case in the former Minneapolis policeman's murder trial, also calling to the stand a now-retired officer who pulled over a car in which Floyd was a passenger in 2019 - a year before his deadly encounter with Chauvin.Chauvin's lead attorney, Eric Nelson, argued in court filings that the earlier arrest supported his defense that a drug overdose may have caused Floyd's death in May 2020, not a lack of oxygen caused by Chauvin kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, as prosecutors charge.But in cross-examination Moseng said that, despite the pills he had taken, Floyd was alert, not in respiratory distress, and did not suffer a heart attack.
- The Independent
‘An indefensible system’: AOC leads calls to abolish police after Daunte Wright killing
Democrat leads calls for reform of US policing as brands including Ben & Jerry’s issue demand for ‘a real system of public safety’
- Associated Press
Pentagon chief on inaugural tour of Europe to shore up ties
Nearly a year after President Donald Trump ordered thousands of troops to leave Germany, capping a series of setbacks for U.S. relations with major allies, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin began an inaugural tour of Europe to shore up partnerships that are a cornerstone of the post-World War II order. Austin arrived in Berlin on Monday against the backdrop of a newly emerging crisis with Iran, which on Monday blamed Israel for a recent attack on its underground Natanz nuclear facility. Israel has not confirmed or denied involvement, but the attack nonetheless imperils ongoing talks in Europe over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal.
- Architectural Digest
The World’s 9 Most Expensive Home Listings Currently on the Market
These fantastical houses range from a 64,000-acre Texas ranch to an oceanside estate in the south of France Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
- The Independent
Almost two-thirds of Americans back some kind of vaccine ID, new poll finds
Less support for requirement to carry card with them to enter a business
- Business Insider
Biden says it 'remains to be determined' if fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minnesota was accidental
President Joe Biden said he reviewed the body camera footage and would wait for additional details before calling the Wright family.
- The Independent
Deaths soar over births in some Brazil cities as Covid spirals
Brazil’s death toll stands at 358,425 deaths, the second worst-hit country in the world by Covid-19