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The diagnosis — delivered at a distance of 6 feet in the doctor’s office — was a shock. It brought back memories of my work in the Ebola ward. Then as now, an intimate touch was a rare thing. (Image credit: Frank Huster for NPR) Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107848/87/1078488734_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_c0d24daabebbdbe5ad4fda45e77ce886.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010161080789710-turkish-police-reportedly-arrest-dangerous-daesh-terrorist-wanted-by-interpol-france/ The arrested woman denies joining the terrorist organisation, claiming that she fled France for Syria in a bid to escape her abusive husband. She had a fake Syrian passport on her at the time of the arrest. Turkish police have allegedly arrested a 30-year-old Daesh* terrorist of Tunisian origin, Soumaya Raissi, in Adana province, several Turkish media outlets reported, citing anonymous security sources. She was arrested in her house on 14 October and was interrogated for two days by Turkish security services, Daily Sabbah reported. According to the media outlet, Raissi, who has […]
The Nebraska couple accused of fatally strangling 24-year-old Sydney Loofe after wooing her on Tinder last year allegedly discussed selling homemade murder and torture videos. Anastasia Golyakova, who testified in Dawson County Court on Thursday about her months-long relationship with Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail, revealed the couple told her they believed they could make upwards of “one million dollars” from these sinister videos. “I paid three psychologists to forget this,” Golyakova said, according to the Omaha World-Herald. Boswell, 26, is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and improper disposal of human remains for her alleged role in the […]
LONDON—Over three million Black voters in key states were identified by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign as people they had to persuade to stay at home on Election Day to help him reach the White House. The revelation comes from an enormous data leak obtained by the British news network Channel 4. It shows that, four years ago, the Trump campaign prepared files on almost 200 million American voters and separated some out into eight different categories. One such category, assigned to 3.5 million Black voters, was titled: “Deterrence.” The leaked database was reportedly used by Trump’s digital campaign team, which […]
When US Navy SEALs conducted their operation to kill the co-founder of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group in Pakistan in 2011, they discovered enormous amounts of data stored on CDs, DVDs, and flash drives in his compound. Osama bin Laden, the man who masterminded the 9/11 attacks on the United States that killed 2,977 people, kept porn videos, animated movies, and memes on his hard drives, the new documentary “Bin Laden’s Hard Drive” revealed. The first episode of the film, made by the National Geographic, was aired on 13 September. According to the documentary, the pornography recovered from bin Laden’s drive is […]
The football legend hinted he might leave Barcelona in August after 20 years there, causing a major uproar among his fans. However, he later noted he would stay in order to avoid a legal dispute with the Spanish club. Lionel Messi had no choice but to remain at Barcelona due to bad advice from his father and agent Jorge, former Real Madrid player Hugo Sanchez stated. According to him, the player shouldn’t have sent a burofax message about leaving the club. “That untimely burofax only strengthened the image of the president of Barcelona and gave him time to weaken Messi’s decision”, […]
You thought what happened on-screen during the first night of the Republican National Convention was crazy? It’s nothing compared to Trump behind the scenes. Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, joined Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast on this episode of The New Abnormal to share the eye-watering tales of what Trump is really like when the cameras are switched off. The national security official couldn’t get through a meeting “without him doing 20 tangents, becoming irascible, turning red in the face, demanding a diet Coke, spewing spit,” Taylor explained. “Literally out of goddamn nowhere, […]
Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren says no sports through the end of the year due to COVID. But… he’s fine with his son playing ball at Mississippi state…and despite every single Athletic Director in the Big Ten wanting to play ball. As reported earlier, the Big Ten named Kevin Warren the Commissioner of the league last June. They probably didn’t see that this political hack would end all sports for the second half of 2020 when they did. Warren is supposed to oversee sports for the conference, not kill them. Shortly after Warren took over Big Ten sports, Warren showed his […]
Donald Trump really wanted to go big for his re-nominating convention. Long before the coronavirus pandemic utterly destroyed his vision of a great American “revival” this summer—to be packed with his signature mega-rallies, economic renewal, and an extravagant 2020 Republican National Convention that would show up Joe Biden—the president was planning for yet another evening of being treated as a Republican rock-star while anointed the party standard-bearer. Going back to last year, Trump was getting personally involved in pitching ideas and soliciting pitches for the four-day convention’s garish moments and granular details, according to three people who’ve discussed RNC planning with […]
The news adds to Apple’s problems as it faces a court battle with Epic Games, which accused the Cupertino-based company of operating “a complete monopoly” and filed a lawsuit against Apple, a move that was supported by many app developers. The founding developer of free application WordPress, which allows users to create websites, revealed that Apple was no longer releasing updates or fixing bugs until it adds in-app purchases into its application. This function is used by developers worldwide to profit from their applications, despite the fact that they give them away for free. For example, a user is offered premium […]
The unsealed indictment against a retired CIA officer alleges he sold classified and national defense information to China for almost two decades. The case comes amid rising US accusations of Chinese espionage. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 67, was arrested on Friday in Hawaii. He faces charges of conspiring with a relative – another former CIA officer, who isn’t named – to “communicate classified information up to the Top Secret level to intelligence officials of the People’s Republic of China,” the US Department of Justice announced on Monday. “The trail of Chinese espionage is long and, sadly, strewn with former American intelligence […]
An outdoor vigil was held for 7-year-old Zamar Jones who was shot while playing on his porch in Philadelphia. Zamar had aspirations to become a police officer. Violent activity has been on the rise in major cities across the United States and over the weekend, Chicago experienced a drastic increase in looting. Zamar’s great aunt questioned, “I don’t understand and we out here, we’re sending up balloons for my little nephew when-. That’s all we can do?” She continued speaking about Zamar’s mother saying, “She can’t even come back to the block. That’s why we got to do it out here […]
The job of a White House reporter is no easy feat, especially under an administration which constantly refers to the press as “the enemy of the people.” But CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta knew early on he would not back down from President Donald Trump and his administration. “When he started to call us fake news and Sean Spicer was calling us fake news and Mike Pence was calling us fake news at that infamous news conference, I just thought, you know what, that’s it I’ve had enough,” Acosta told Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast on this bonus episode […]
A month after lying to authorities about the whereabouts of Lori Vallow’s 7-year-old boy at his mom’s behest, Melanie Gibb demanded answers from her best friend. “I had to move him somewhere else,” Vallow explained during a Dec. 8 phone call with her new husband, Chad Daybell, and Gibb. “The danger is that there are people after me.” “If you knew, it would put you in danger,” Daybell interjected, with a laugh. “I’m not telling nobody where he is so I can keep him as safe as possible. So nobody has to be questioned about it, so he can be safe.” […]
Like many Republicans in office today, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) came to power in the Barack Obama era by running against the president’s signature health-care law. Today, those Republicans are confronting a difficult political environment in which their dogged efforts to kill the Affordable Care Act may have, in fact, made it more popular. And many are trying to whitewash their prior opposition. Tillis is taking it a bit farther. The North Carolina Republican, who is facing a competitive re-election this fall, is now bragging that a health-care bill he wrote “literally” cribs language from Obamacare. In a July 27 appearance […]
There are varying degrees of bad guys, and per its title, World’s Most Wanted is about the absolute worst of the worst. A six-part Netflix docuseries whose each installment fixates on a different fugitive, it’s a true-crime effort (premiering Aug. 5) that aims to further raise the profile of the globe’s chief villains—and, in doing so, to make their avoidance of the law that much more difficult. Of the monstrous sextet profiled in World’s Most Wanted, only one has been caught, Félicien Kabuga, and he just landed in custody on May 16, 2020. That’s the best news to come out of […]
Nearly half of the teams in the Premier League wrote to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to request that Manchester City’s appeal against a ban from European competition be dismissed, according to a report released Tuesday. Pep Guardiola’s team was hit with a two-year ban from European football and a multi-million Euro fine earlier this year from UEFA’s club financial control body (CFCB) for what they described as “serious breaches” of rules related to licensing and financial fair play. Also on rt.com Back in the mix: Manchester City’s two-year European ban OVERTURNED as club WINS APPEAL The case stemmed from the […]
When Meghan Markle arrived in Prince Harry’s life, one senior royal reportedly referred to her as “Harry’s showgirl.” Another royal family member said, “She comes with a lot of baggage.” In the second extract from the unofficial Harry and Meghan biography Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, the authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand reveal the alleged prejudice Meghan faced on entering the royal family, as well as her strained relationship with sister-in-law Kate Middleton. Meghan, the book claims, “would agree with the assessment” that she and Kate Middleton are “not the best of […]
In the week leading up to his announcement of a “surge” of hundreds of FBI, Justice Department, and Homeland Security personnel to Chicago, Donald Trump wanted a bigger, more public, more violent fight on the streets of the Windy City. According to three people familiar with the president’s private remarks, Trump previously envisioned an ostentatious, camera-ready show of force. He wanted to go after what he saw as violent gang leaders, flush them out of hiding in ways that would have them “shaking in their boots” like they never had before, and have alleged perpetrators marched out in front of the […]
Did we all learn nothing from Scarlett Johansson? Over the weekend Halle Berry discussed a new role she’s been eyeing—which happens to be a trans man. The entertainment industry and critics have discussed the issues with casting cisgender people to play transgender roles for years, so at this point it’s hard to imagine how anyone could have missed the memo. But beyond that, Berry also repeatedly misgendered the character she hopes to play during an Instagram Live interview. After taking fire, Berry apologized on Twitter late Monday for her comments, and said that “as a cisgender woman, I now understand that […]
A couple in Martinez, California, peacefully painted over the city-sanctioned giant yellow “Black Lives Matter” lettering in the middle of the road on the Fourth of July. Police are now looking for the couple, likely harder than they are searching for the terrorists who ripped down statues, looted shops, and destroyed large chunks of cities across the nation. “The narrative of police brutality. The narrative of oppression. The narrative of racism — it’s a lie,” the man told an upset onlooker. He explained that he believed the giant Black Lives Matter state-sanctioned vandalism is itself racism. TRENDING: “Tell My Family I […]
Carmen Quintero works as a supervisor at a distribution center for N95 masks. She owes $1,840 for other care she received when she tried to get a test for COVID-19. Heidi de Marco/KHN hide caption toggle caption Heidi de Marco/KHN Carmen Quintero works as a supervisor at a distribution center for N95 masks. She owes $1,840 for other care she received when she tried to get a test for COVID-19. Heidi de Marco/KHN Carmen Quintero works an early shift as a supervisor at a 3M distribution warehouse that ships N95 masks to a nation under siege from the coronavirus. On March […]
By Wayne Allyn Root My name is Wayne Allyn Root. I’m a S.O.B. (son of a butcher). I understand this “white privilege” controversy like no one person on earth. I’ve never had it. I’ve never even had a whiff of it. That’s why I have no “white guilt.” I have nothing to be guilty about. But I’ve met plenty of privileged white kids. You know what you call them? Liberal Democrats. More on that in a minute. First, my background. My Jewish ancestors were far more likely to be slaves, than to have one. My ancestors were persecuted, abused, robbed, enslaved […]
Police in San Jose are on the lookout for a woman who appeared to deliberately cough on a 1-year-old child after insisting his mother was standing too close. The suspect, whose act was captured on video, is now wanted for assault. The disturbing incident unfolded at a San Jose restaurant earlier this month, in which the unidentified woman is seen in surveillance footage standing in line alongside a mother pushing her baby in a stroller. According to a police press release, the woman became angry that the mother “was not maintaining proper social distancing,” and in retaliation “removed her face mask, […]
Officials from the DC and Air National Guard, federal law enforcement and public safety agencies have refuted the Trump administration’s claim that the violent dispersal of peaceful protesters outside the White House earlier this month was unrelated to the president’s photo-op at a nearby church. The recent revelations, first published Sunday in an exclusive article by the Washington Post, further reinforce the notion that the tactic was used by the administration to instill fear in protesters, Mara Verheyden Hilliard, the executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, told Sputnik. DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Peter Newsham told the […]
Three Nevada men with prior U.S. military experience and links to a right-wing extremist group conspired to set off explosives at a recent protest against police brutality to “create civil unrest and rioting” and spark violence between police and protesters, federal prosecutors say. Stephen Parshall, alias “Kiwi,” Andrew Lynam, and William Loomis are each being held on a $1 million bond for terrorism-related charges. According to a complaint filed by the Nevada U.S. Attorney’s Office, the group was “potentially planning terroristic activity” when they brought Molotov cocktail materials to a Las Vegas protest over the death of George Floyd. All three […]
Transcripts of conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak show that incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was looking out for US interests and sought Russian help against terrorists, while the FBI framed him. Flynn and Kislyak spoke several times in December 2016 and January 2017, during the presidential transition. Within days of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the FBI interviewed Flynn with an intent – as shown by recently published documents – to catch him in a perjury trap. After a description of his call with Kislyak was leaked to the Washington Post, Flynn was accused of misleading the White House about […]
A manhunt is underway for a University of Connecticut student suspected of killing two people and stealing guns and cars in a three-day rampage. “We know that he is armed and dangerous,” Connecticut State Trooper Christine Jeltema said at a Sunday press conference. “Do not approach him.” In the early afternoon, police said suspect Peter Manfredonia, 23, was driving a stolen black Volkswagen Jetta with a sticker paying tribute to victims of the Sandy Hook massacre in his hometown of Newtown. Hours later they said that car had been found near the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Valley Independent […]
Arrest warrants have been issued for New York Giants’ DeAndre Baker and Seattle Seahawks’ Quinton Dunbar after the two men were accused by numerous witnesses of conducting an armed robbery at a South Florida party. Baker and Dunbar – who are both from Miami – are wanted on four counts each of armed robbery with a firearm, while Baker faces four additional counts of aggravated assault with the firearm following the Thursday incident at a residential community between Fort Lauderdale and Miami. Reports state that Baker and Dunbar were attending a barbecue at a Miramar residence when a fight broke out. Baker, […]
John Brennan under the spotlight! In January 2017, the US Intelligence community released a report, at former President Barack Obama’s request a couple weeks prior, to determine Russia’s influence into the 2016 election. A bogus report was created and it is reportedly under review curently by John Durham, the US Attorney selected by AG Barr to look into government actions surrounding the 2016 election and the Trump-Russia collusion lie. Ed Henry from FOX News reported tonight that Brennan is under the spotlight: TRENDING: Tucker Carlson Confronts Former Rep. Trey Gowdy for Actions He and Former Speaker Paul Ryan Took that Allowed […]
India 08:57 GMT 12.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107894/85/1078948592_0:3:3119:1757_1200x675_80_0_0_a723cb20bc0cd5a9198fb866539227da.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202005121079277354-amid-lockdown-delhi-police-arrest-two-wanted-sharpshooters-for-murder-of-tiktok-star/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Last year in May, a 27-year-old man was shot dead inside a shop in Delhi’s Najafgarh area. According to the local police, three unidentified men had fired 13 bullets at the man. They were recognised, however, with the help of a CCTV feed. The deceased was identified as Mohit Mor, a TikTok star. Two wanted sharpshooters with different rewards on their heads have been arrested in Punjab in connection with last year’s murder of TikTok star Mohit Mor, Delhi Police said on Tuesday. The arrests have […]
BBC: The suspect in the crash which killed Harry Dunn is “wanted internationally” after an Interpol notice. BREAKING NEWS | Confirmed: Anne Sacoolas did NOT have diplomatic immunity at the time of #HarryDunn‘s death. She’s now a fugitive. There’s an Interpol Red notice out for her arrest. Dunn family friend, @RaddSeiger spoke to #MOATS last week. He appealed to the government. pic.twitter.com/1Il3EIcWjn — George Galloway (@georgegalloway) May 11, 2020 Mr Dunn 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire in August and US national Anne Sacoolas is suspected of causing his death by dangerous driving. A Home Office extradition request was rejected […]
Europe 13:52 GMT 07.05.2020Get short URL The trial in the case of Philip Manshaus, who is accused of murdering his step-sister and attacking a mosque, is underway in the Norwegian capital of Oslo, reports say. Philip Manshaus, 22, who went on a shooting spree at a Norwegian mosque last August has stated that it was “emergency justice” and he regretted not having caused more damage, the Norwegian broadcaster NRK reported citing prosecutors. The Norwegian shooter on the first day of his trial did not dispute the criminal acts themselves, but pleaded not guilty, citing the right to break the law due to force […]
With the sort of near-mystical media savvy on which Donald Trump built his celebrity brand as a novice politician and reality-television star, his White House aides specifically asked for World News Tonight anchor David Muir—and not chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, according to knowledgeable people—to conduct Trump’s first broadcast television interview of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was This Week and Good Morning America host Stephanopoulos, a seasoned Democratic political operative-turned-astute political journalist, who, in a series of interviews with the president over two days last June, produced a headline-making primetime special notable for Trump’s self-immolating bombshell that he’d welcome dirt on a […]