U.S.Associated PressSheriff: No charges after twin boys die from heat in car
A sheriff said no charges will be filed against a South Carolina father whose 20-month-old boys died from heat after he forgot to drop them off at daycare and left them in his vehicle because he was under intense pressure at work. Watching investigators interview the father was one of the most heartbreaking things Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said he has seen in his 46 years in law enforcement. Brycen and Brayden McDaniel died from exposure to the heat as temperatures inside the SUV reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius) on a muggy late summer day, Richland County Coroner Nadia Rutherford said.
U.S.Washington ExaminerAuthorities search for Brian Laundrie 500 miles from home following Facebook tip
Florida authorities searching for the boyfriend of Gabby Petito said Tuesday that someone bearing his likeness was caught on a deer camera hiking through the wilderness. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office said it is looking into reports that Brian Laundrie was spotted in the area. The announcement follows a Facebook post on Monday by a user who claimed he saw a man resembling Laundrie carrying a backpack around 6:17 a.m. in Baker, Florida, about 500 miles away from Laundrie's home in North Port.
PoliticsPeopleBiden Had a Four-Letter Reaction After He Found Trump's Giant Video Golf Setup in the White House: Book
When President Joe Biden moved into the White House in January, a new book reports, he found his new home somewhat cold — with unusual remnants of Donald Trump's presidency. Peril, by the Washington Post's Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, contains headline-making reporting on the fraught final days of Trump's administration. "Trump's existence permeated the White House," the Peril authors write, according to an ABC News report.
U.S.Reuters'Critical race theory' roils a Tennessee school district
Robin Steenman, an Air Force veteran and white mother of three, is fed up with the way public schools in her community of Franklin, Tennessee are teaching kids about race. She believes that the reading materials and teachers' manuals are biased, specifically the lessons taught to second graders about civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. Kids leave class believing that white people are oppressors and minorities are victims, Steenman claims. While her only school-age child attends private school, Steenman nevertheless wants the public system, Williamson County Schools, to change its approach.
U.S.Business InsiderTake a look at the record-breaking port congestion from 10,000 feet above, as 70 hulking cargo ships park off the LA coast
Every day last week key ports in Southern California hit a new record backlog of cargo ships. An aerial view shows how the coast has turned into a parking lot for container ships. From above they may look like colorful specks in the distance, but the cargo ships floating off the coast of Southern California represent a massive bottle neck for the global supply chain.
U.S.MarketWatchThe U.S. Space Force unveils new uniforms — and reminds people it still exists
The U.S. Space Force unveiled new prototype uniforms for its service members Tuesday, and drew a plethora of reactions on social media. Gen. Jay Raymond, Chief of Space Operations at the U.S. Space Force, announced the new uniforms during a speech at the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber conference. Breaking from the style of other military branch dress uniforms — which are typically suit style with buttons down the center — the Space Force uniforms feature a dark blue wraparound jacket with diagonal silver buttons.
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Drone shows lava swallowing La Palma swimming pool
The Canary Islands' first volcanic eruption on land in 50 years has forced authorities to evacuate another part of El Paso municipality on the island of La Palma and to urge sightseers attracted by the phenomenon to stay away. People from the neighborhood of Tacande Alto were evacuated Monday (September 20) and Tuesday (September 21) after a new stream of lava started flowing from another crack on the slope of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, El Paso's mayor Sergio Rodriguez told state broadcaster TVE. About 6,000 of the 80,000 people living on the island have been forced to leave their homes to escape the eruption so far, TVE said.
U.S.The Daily BeastThis Was Van-Lifer Gabby Petito’s ‘Odd’ Final Text Message
The last text Gabby Petito sent before she went missing while road-tripping across the U.S. with her fiancé set off alarm bells for her mother, who became fearful for the 22-year-old's safety after receiving the “odd” message. That's according to a newly-unsealed search warrant giving North Port, Florida, police permission to search a hard drive investigators found in Petito's white van, which she and Brian Laundrie, 23, had been using to tour the country's national parks. The text message read, 'Can you help Stan, I just keep getting his voicemails and missed calls,'” the warrant states.
U.S.INSIDERBody thought to be Gabby Petito's was found near where a family of YouTubers tipped off authorities after seeing her van by chance
Remains matching Gabby Petito's description were found in a Grand Teton National Park camping area. YouTubers previously shared a video they said showed a van that looked like Petito's in that area. The remains found in the search for Gabby Petito were discovered near where YouTubers filmed her van before she went missing.
U.S.Associated PressWoman charged after daughter, 3, found dead in garbage bag
A Michigan woman has been charged with murder days after her 3-year-old daughter's body was found with stab wounds inside a garbage bag, authorities said. Justine Johnson, 22, was arraigned Monday in 81st District Court in Tawas City on one count each of felony murder and first-degree child abuse. Police were called last Friday to a residence in Iosco County in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula after a garbage bag with a human foot protruding from it was found at the home.
PoliticsHuffPostBob Woodward Warns Donald Trump Wants To Be President Again For 1 Worrying Reason
Bob Woodward thinks he knows what Donald Trump wants to do if he wins the presidency again. Tuesday on MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” Woodward and fellow Washington Post journalist Robert Costa spoke about the reporting that went into their newly released book, “Peril. The book details the final months of the Trump administration and lifts the lid on his many expletive-laden rants and attempts to overturn the 2020 election result.
PoliticsNational ReviewAustralian Reporter ‘Startled’ by Biden Press Team’s Aggressive Aversion to Questions
An Australian reporter covering President Biden's address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday was “startled” by how aggressively the press pool was treated by the White House communications team. The designated pooler, France24's Washington correspondent Kethevane Gorjestani, reported that she “was asked by a very startled Australian reporter whether WH wranglers were always so strict about ushering the pool out without questions,” after a press conference held by Biden and Australian prime minister Scott Morrison. Biden and his press team have been criticized for a reclusive, question-averse approach.
NewsYahoo News SingaporeMan stole estranged wife's phone, posted 'evidence' of her affair on Facebook
The husband then accused the supervisor of being a “home-wrecker” and included his name and occupation in the post. The victim and her supervisor learnt about the public post, which went viral with 1,000 comments and was shared some 2,000 times. It had also garnered 3,000 likes.
ScienceThe Weather NetworkThis animal lets you know when fall is here and what kind of winter to expect
Maybe you realize fall is in the air when you go to grab a sweater or light jacket before leaving your house or maybe it is when you have to get the rake out of storage because the leaves have turned from green to red and then fallen from the trees. Last year though, on a trip to the Okanagan Valley, The Weather Network found out a new way to tell when the seasons are about to change. Jenna Bower is an interpreter at the Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre, and while we were touring the grounds, we spotted a deer grazing for food.
U.S.The Daily BeastMom and Daughter Killed Adult Film Actress With Backyard Butt Implants, Cops Say
A mom and daughter who allegedly posed as plastic surgery pros have been charged with murder after an aspiring adult film actress' illegal butt augmentation surgery turned deadly. Libby Adame, 51, and Alicia Galaz, 23, were arrested Aug. 5 in Riverside, California, in connection with the death of 26-year-old Karissa Rajpaul, who died at a local hospital hours after she underwent the botched procedure. The Los Angeles Police Department told local outlets that the two women posed as specialists while performing the allegedly illegal procedure on Oct. 15, 2019 and likely have operated on a slew of other victims.
U.S.Associated PressPolice: 4 people killed, left in cornfield died in St. Paul
Four people whose bodies were found in an abandoned SUV in western Wisconsin were killed in St. Paul, Minnesota, where three of the victims lived, police said Monday. Investigators with the Saint Paul Police Department's homicide unit said in a statement that they would be assuming the lead role in the investigation into the deaths of Matthew Pettus, 26, and half-sister Jasmine Sturm, 30, and Sturm's boyfriend, 35-year-old Loyace Foreman III, all of St. Paul; and 30-year-old Nitosha Flug-Presley, of Stillwater, Minnesota, a close friend of Sturm. The victims' bodies were found by a farmer in a cornfield on Sept. 12 just outside of the Town of Sheridan in Dunn County, roughly 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of St. Paul.
HealthWashington ExaminerCOVID cluster outbreaks could signal pandemic is nearing the end
Upticks in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in central southeastern states such as West Virginia and Kentucky are considered signs that the pandemic is on its way out and shifting toward endemicity. As more people gain immunity to the coronavirus, through either vaccination or infection, the virus has fewer opportunities to spread and mutate into variants that are better at infecting people. The pandemic's demotion to the endemic level at which the virus circulates globally at manageable levels is likely around the corner, infectious disease experts say, but the delta variant is still ripping through states such as West Virginia and Kentucky, where immunogenicity is low.
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‘Remember me?’ NYC gunman asks before shooting teenager
It took a day, but a Bronx gunman got his revenge on a teenager who tossed him around like a rag doll during a road rage clash, police said Tuesday. “Remember me?” the triggerman said before pumping two bullets into the 17-year-old on Oak Point Ave. near Hunts Point Ave. at 4 a.m. in Hunts Point on Monday, cops said.
PoliticsAssociated PressMichigan rep to fellow lawmaker: I hope 'your car explodes'
A Michigan lawmaker told another lawmaker that he hoped her “car explodes on the way in,” according to text messages filed in court to support a request for a personal protection order. Marino, a Macomb County Republican, and Manoogian, an Oakland County Democrat, had a personal relationship that ended more than a year ago. Manoogian, 29, obtained a protection order last week from a judge, a few days after Marino, 32, was removed from House committees for alleged abuse. State police are investigating.
U.S.Idaho StatesmanMissing Yellowstone camper found dead as search goes on for half-brother, rangers say
A Washington man on a camping trip in Yellowstone was found dead Monday, park officials said. Mark O'Neill, a 67-year-old from Chimacum planned to stay four nights in Yellowstone's backcountry with his half-brother. The two planned to go to Shoshone Lake, the park's second-largest lake.
HealthINSIDERAn Idaho nurse who told her family not to get vaccinated even as her mother was in a coma from COVID-19 has died of the disease
An Idaho nurse who told her family not to get vaccinated has died from COVID-19, CNN reported. A steep rise in COVID cases this month has caused hospitals across Idaho to ration care. An Idaho nurse who told her family not to get vaccinated even as her mother was in a coma caused by COVID-19 has died of the disease, her brother told CNN.
U.S.Associated PressInvestigators: Colorado man chose to 'hunt and control' wife
Investigators allege that a Colorado man charged with killing his missing wife decided to “hunt and control” her like an animal after she insisted on leaving him and later changed his statements as evidence in the case developed, according to a court document released Monday. A judge allowed the release of the arrest affidavit laying out investigators' case against Barry Morphew after ruling last week that there was enough evidence for him to stand trial for murder in the presumed death of Suzanne Morphew. Barry Morphew has pleaded not guilty and was released from jail Monday after posting a $500,000 cash bond.
ScienceThe TelegraphWuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats 18 months before outbreak
Wuhan scientists were planning to release enhanced airborne coronaviruses into Chinese bat populations to inoculate them against diseases that could jump to humans, leaked grant proposals dating from 2018 show. New documents show that just 18 months before the first Covid-19 cases appeared, researchers had submitted plans to release skin-penetrating nanoparticles containing “novel chimeric spike proteins” of bat coronaviruses into cave bats in Yunnan, China. Papers, confirmed as genuine by a former member of the Trump administration, show they were hoping to introduce “human-specific cleavage sites” to bat coronaviruses which would make it easier for the virus to enter human cells.
U.S.Washington ExaminerHaitian migrants revolt in custody and seize control of privately contracted bus
Haitian migrants who were being transported on a federally contracted private bus away from the border revolted during the ride and overtook control of the commercial vehicle before escaping, according to two law enforcement officials. A large white bus bound for San Antonio, Texas, was overtaken Monday afternoon during the two-and-a-half-hour trip from the international bridge in Del Rio. The migrants on board had been picked up from the makeshift migrant camp, where thousands are waiting to be taken into custody, two federal law enforcement agents told the Washington Examiner.
U.S.Associated PressMan arrested in brutal California attacks, rape on trail
A pilot has been arrested in connection with brutal attacks on women in Southern California where he allegedly choked them into unconsciousness and assaulted them in bushes off of a running trail, prosecutors announced Monday. Prosecutors said he raped one victim and tried to sexually assault the other two women in Aliso Viejo, a city about 50 miles (81 kilometers) south of Los Angeles. Officials believe there may be other victims in the U.S. and abroad because of his job as an international commercial cargo pilot, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said Monday during a news briefing to announce the arrest.
“It wouldn’t take much of an annual wealth tax to rescue the retirement system.”
“Privatizing Social Security — or at least letting individuals opt-out so they can escape the sinking ship — would be a huge win.”
“Congress could save hundreds of billions of dollars by modestly paring back the benefit formula for future wealthy retirees.”
“Raising the retirement age reduces the number of beneficiaries, thereby reducing the costs of the program.”
“Social Security as we know it needs to be abolished and replaced with a better system.”