News India: August 2020

Monday, August 31, 2020

Video: How the Fatal Shooting at A Portland Protest Unfolded

We followed the final moments of a man shot and killed in Portland, Ore., as supporters of President Trump clashed with those protesting police violence.

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Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies Fatally Shoot a Black Man They Say Had a Gun

The man, who had been stopped riding a bicycle, was shot several times when a fight broke out, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

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A Long History of Language That Incites and Demonizes

President Trump has employed provocative and sometimes incendiary words and images to focus attention on demonstrations and away from the human and economic costs of the pandemic.

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Biden Condemned Violence. Why Won’t Trump?

Only one candidate incites his supporters to mayhem.

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American Intelligence Knows What Russia Is Doing

Congress needs to understand about foreign election meddling, too.

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Unwitting Progressives for Trump

Does Joe Biden have the nerve to stand up to the far left?

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Trump Fans Strife as Unrest Roils the U.S.

The president plans to visit to Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday, unwelcome by officials in a state pivotal to the election, to condemn what he calls “left-wing mobs.”

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Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia

The move, a response to pressure to pay publishers when their stories are posted on the social network, could add to internet silos springing up around the world.

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Trump defends supporters accused in deadly clashes

The US president suggests right-wing activists in Wisconsin and Oregon acted in self-defence.

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Joe Biden Had Better Watch It

After Trump’s unconventional convention, there is danger for the former vice president all over the political landscape.

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Trumpism Is Not the Only Future for Conservatives

When Republicans jettison liberty as a core political value, they reject conservatism and America itself.

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Hawk. Lizard. Mole. Human.

Because William Blake was right: Every living thing is holy.

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How a New Wave of Black Activists Changed the Conversation

George Floyd’s killing galvanized a nation. But small groups like the queer-led collective Black Visions are channeling that energy into a movement for political change.

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‘The Boys’ Is Back, More Relevant Than Ever

Amazon’s irreverent take on the superhero genre is defined by depravity and violence, which makes it suited to a time when “authoritarianism and celebrity are combined,” its creator said.

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United Airlines Drops Change Fees for Most U.S. Flights: Live Updates

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Suburban Home Sales Boom as People Move Out of N.Y.C.

Buyers worried about the health risks of living in packed urban neighborhoods seek the space and land the city can't provide.

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Sunday, August 30, 2020

St. Louis police officer dies after being shot while responding to a shooting

A St. Louis Police Department officer has died after being shot in the line of duty, according to a statement from the department.

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway makes big bets on Japan

Warren Buffett is ushering in his nineties with big bets on Japan.

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Meet Germany’s Bizarre Anti-Lockdown Protesters

A strange mix of conspiracy theorists, far-right extremists and ordinary citizens have taken to the streets. Why?

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They are going head-to-head on hyper-sensitive issues in a potentially defining moment for an electrified battle for the White House

Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump are going head-to-head on the hyper-sensitive issues of civic violence and racial justice in a potentially defining moment for a suddenly electrified battle for the White House.

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The Runway Lights Failed, So Villagers Used Their Headlights to Aid an Airlift

A child was waiting to be flown to Anchorage, but the pilot of a LifeMed Alaska flight could not see the runway at the airport in Igiugig, Alaska, officials said.

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I’m Still Reading Andrew Sullivan. But I Can’t Defend Him.

He’s one of the most influential journalists of the last three decades, but he’s shadowed by a 1994 magazine cover story that claimed to show a link between race and I.Q.

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Portland Shooting Amplifies Tensions in Presidential Race

A fatal shooting after clashes in Portland came on the heels of the shooting deaths of two people during confrontations in Kenosha, Wis., earlier in the week.

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Trump, Vicar of Fear and Violence

He continues the old practice of stoking white victimhood for votes.

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Can Colleges Meet the Covid Challenge?

Readers blame both students and administrators for campus outbreaks and discuss the social isolation forced by Covid.

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Expert compares Donald Trump's politics to fascism

Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains why he claims President Donald Trump's politics are akin to fascism, a political movement based around a leader.

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Axios: Trump offered FBI director job to John Kelly if he pledged loyalty

President Donald Trump offered then-Homeland Security secretary John Kelly the position of FBI director one day after he fired James Comey in 2017, but demanded that he be loyal, according to an Axios report citing New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt's forthcoming book.

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This woman is beautifying Skid Row one makeover at a time during the pandemic

For a few hours every Saturday morning, Los Angeles' Skid Row -- home to one of the nation's largest concentrations of homeless people -- transforms into an outdoor beauty salon.

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Opinion: 'Clean' comic's profanity-laced tirade could hurt Trump

Jim Gaffigan isn't known as the "clean" comedian for nothing. He typically keeps politics out of his routines and is famous for not cursing in his shows, instead serving up hilarious comedy about slices of daily life from "Hot Pocket" snacks to his clothing. Trump's speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention seems to have changed all that.