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WASHINGTON — During a campaign-style speech last week in the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump lamented that his efforts to turn Joe Biden’s son into a political vulnerability for the Democrat had flopped. “But Hunter — where’s Hunter?” Trump said, referring to the younger Biden’s lucrative position on the board of a Ukrainian gas company while his father was vice president. “And you all know about Burisma, but nothing happens. Nobody cares.” It’s one of many… Source link

Roger Stone walks out of a federal courthouse following a hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 25, 2019. (Lynne Sladky / Associated Press) To the editor: Columnist Jonah Goldberg omits President George H.W. Bush’s pardons, not merely commutations, of six defendants relating to the Iran-Contra scandal, four of whom were already convicted or had pleaded guilty. (“It’s Roger Stone’s Republican Party now,” Opinion, July 13). Lawrence Walsh, the special prosecutor, said: “It demonstrates that… Source link

China has been throwing its weight around from Hong Kong to India. Why the new aggression? Here’s everything you need to know: What is China doing?In the past few months, Beijing has exploited the U.S.’s and the world’s preoccupation with the coronavirus pandemic to assert China’s hegemony throughout Asia. It has threatened or sunk boats from Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, and Malaysia, and flown fighter jets into Taiwanese airspace eight times. It instigated a skirmish with India in the… Source link

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz attend the Saint Laurent show at Paris Fashion Week, February 25. (Photo by Dominique Charriau/WireImage) Brooklyn Beckham is “too immature” to get married, according to his ex-girlfriend Lexy Panterra. David and Victoria’s eldest child, 21, shared the news of his engagement to actress Nicola Peltz last week. However, US dancer Panterra, who dated the aspiring photographer for a year, said he was “not ready” to tie the knot and admitted to being… Source link

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in central China blasted a dam Sunday to release surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding across the country that has claimed scores of lives. State broadcaster CCTV reported the dam on the Chuhe River in Anhui province was destroyed with explosives early Sunday morning, after which the water level was expected to drop by 70 centimeters (more than 2 feet). Water levels on many rivers, including the mighty Yangtze, have been unusually high this year because… Source link

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It’s been three weeks since I arrived on the Walt Disney World campus in preparation for the NBA restart. I was one of two media members allowed into the bubble two weeks before the rest of the media contingent and a week before teams arrived. The league permitted early entrance to two of its broadcast partners: Turner and ESPN. I’m a full-time Yahoo Sports employee, but I’m also one of TNT’s sideline reporters. In late June, Turner asked if I would be… Source link

1 / 4 Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes has said he won’t enforce California’s statewide mask order including in cities such as Huntington Beach, seen here on July 16, 2020 Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes has said he won’t enforce California’s statewide mask order including in cities such as Huntington Beach, seen here on July 16, 2020 (AFP Photo/Robyn Beck) Huntington Beach (United States) (AFP) – For Davey, a resident of the city of Huntington Beach in southern California, the requirement to… Source link

Washington’s Dan Snyder is currently facing quite possibly the most scrutiny of his 21 years owning the team, which is saying something considering he was already among the most reviled team owners in sports. The scrutiny is coming via a Washington Post report published Thursday that detailed a culture of rampant sexual misconduct within the organization, with 15 different female employees and two female reporters alleging they were sexually harassed by high-ranking team employees. Snyder… Source link

As the coronavirus continues to spread at record pace in some parts of America, some have argued younger people shouldn’t fear COVID-19 because it doesn’t pose as large a threat to them if they contract it. Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman provided an emotional rebuttal to that argument on Saturday as he detailed his experience with the illness that caused him to report to summer camp late. Freeman told reporters that the experience was miserable enough that he started praying… Source link

After his open flouting of the NBA’s mask guidelines in Disney World led to a warning from the league, Dwight Howard is questioning why players need to wear a mask at all in the so-called bubble. The Los Angeles Lakers backup center expressed annoyance with the NBA’s mask guidelines while talking with reporters remotely on Saturday. From USA Today: “I personally don’t see a risk of us getting it during the time period that we’re here,” Howard said. “We’re not allowed to leave… Source link