Aug 28 Watch 5:57 Pandemic brings unexpected perils for British dog owners By Malcolm Brabant In the United Kingdom, an unexpected result of the pandemic: a surge in dognapping. Puppy prices have soared during lockdown, and pet thefts have spiked 65 percent in a year. As some owners pay hefty ransoms for their animals' return,… Continue watching
Aug 28 Hurricanes and wildfires are compounding the risks of the pandemic By Ali Mostafavi, The Conversation Disaster preparation and evacuation procedures weren't made for social distancing. The pandemic means response decisions are now fraught with contradictions. Continue reading
Aug 28 WATCH: Trump amplifies convention warnings about Biden at New Hampshire rally By Zeke Miller, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Fresh off accepting the Republican Party's nomination, President Donald Trump is sowing fear about the implications of a Joe Biden victory to voters in battleground states. Continue reading
Aug 28 Judge delays extradition hearing for teen charged in Kenosha killings By Stephen Groves, Scott Bauer, Associated Press A judge has postponed a decision on whether a 17-year-old should be returned to Wisconsin to face charges in the killing of two people on the streets of Kenosha during unrest following the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob… Continue reading
Aug 28 Top general says no role for military in presidential vote By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in America, where the president has declared without evidence that the expected surge in mail-in ballots will make the vote "inaccurate and… Continue reading
Aug 28 California governor announces new reopening plan By Michael R. Blood, Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press The new rules create a four-tier, color-coded system that counties will move through based on their number of cases and percentage of positive tests. It will rely on two metrics to determine which tier a county is in: case rates… Continue reading
Aug 28 Trump pardons Alice Johnson, who praised him in RNC speech By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Trump on Friday pardoned Alice Marie Johnson, who had spent more than two decades serving life without parole for a nonviolent drug offense. Continue reading
Aug 28 College towns growing alarmed over outbreaks among students By Bryan Anderson, David Pitt, Associated Press The outbreaks since students began returning to campus in the past few weeks have heightened town-gown tensions and led to recriminations between local politicians and university officials. Continue reading
Aug 28 WATCH: Kenosha police chief says officers didn't see protest shooter as threat By Associated Press What the officers were driving into in this case, said Chief Mikinis, "was a shots fired complaint, not a shooting, not a person down complaint."… Continue reading
Aug 28 More than 750,000 still without power in Hurricane Laura's aftermath By Melinda Deslatte, Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press In hard-hit Lake Charles, Louisiana, the mayor says many of the city's 80,000 residents could be without basic services for days or weeks… Continue reading