Month: August 2020

Charles “CQ” Brown says the service must rethink its internal structure to better align with how airmen deploy.

Source: Yahoo News, Air Force’s New Top General Is Calling for Radical Change to How the Service Fights

The social media giant argues that new rules altering the financial arrangement between publishers and online platforms could make it impossible to share news content.

Source: NBC, Facebook threatens to block news in Australia if regulations are enacted

Nine Fort Hood soldiers have been found dead this year.

Source: Yahoo News, Soldiers from a Texas base keep dying. Lawmakers want to probe ‘abhorrent conditions’

1. China can make India suffer ‘severe’ military losses: Global Times  Reuters
2. India and China Face Off Again at Border as Troops Move In  The New York Times
3. India and China Trade Blame Over Troop Movements at Disputed Border  The Wall Street Journal
4. How To Read China’s Increasing Aggression With India  NDTV
5. China Vows Retaliation, India Boosts Defenses as Both Claim Border Incursions  Newsweek
6. View Full Coverage on Google News

Source: Google News, China can make India suffer ‘severe’ military losses: Global Times – Reuters

1. Facebook threatens to block news in Australia if regulations are enacted  NBC News
2. Facebook Threatens to Cut Off Australians From Sharing News  Yahoo Finance
3. Facebook threatens to ban Australian users from sharing links to news stories  Sky News Australia
4. Facebook threatens to block Australians from sharing news in battle over landmark media law  The Guardian
5. Facebook threatens to stop publishers in Australia share local news if regulation becomes law  Yahoo Finance
6. View Full Coverage on Google News

Source: Google News, Facebook threatens to block news in Australia if regulations are enacted – NBC News

Two pilots and two crewmembers safely bailed out of a Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft before it crashed north of Norfolk.

Source: Yahoo News, Navy E-2C Hawkeye Crew Found Safe After Plane Crashes in Virginia

Governor Charlie Baker said the shots are needed to keep the healthcare system from getting overwhelmed during the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: CBS, Hundreds protest student flu shot mandate in Massachusetts

Source: Yahoo News, China can make India suffer ‘severe’ military losses: Global Times

Oscar-winning screenwriter and Director Charlie Kaufman says he hopes his latest film, Netflix’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” is “an honest depiction of a human experience.” (Aug. 31)

Source: USA Today, Charlie Kaufman on new film: ‘An honest depiction of a human experience’

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn suggested on Sunday that he may fast track Phase 3 of a coronavirus vaccine clinical trial, leaving many in the medical community to wonder if he is reacting to pressure from the White House. Clinical professor emeritus at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health and editorial board chair for UC Berkeley Health and Wellness Publications Dr. John Swartzberg told CBSN that truncating the process compromises our ability to know whether a drug is safe or not.

Source: CBS, “You can’t speed the process up,” says expert vaccinologist of clinical trials for coronavirus drug

Actor Jesse Plemons says he was never more excited to read a script than when he got Charlie Kaufman’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things.” He also didn’t need to read a word of it to know that he was in. (Aug. 31)

Source: USA Today, When Jesse Plemons got Charlie Kaufman script, he knew he was in

A bloody weekend in Philadelphia pushed the number of homicides in the city north of 300, according to police figures. 

Source: Fox News, Weekend gun violence pushes Philadelphia to over 300 homicides so far in 2020

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 31, 2020
PRESS BRIEFING
BY PRESS SECRETARY KAYLEIGH MCENANY

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Source: WH Pool Reports, Subject: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany | 8/31/2020, #32

Detroit transformed Belle Isle Park into a memorial for victims of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday. Nearly 900 billboard-sized photos of people who died from the virus were placed in the park …

Source: The Hill, Detroit island park transformed into coronavirus memorial

Source: CNN, Jacob Blake’s father responds to Trump: “I’m not going to play politics. This is my son’s life”

Ohio State defensive tackle Haskell Garrett was released from the hospital Monday after being shot in the face over the weekend, a spokesman for the football program said.

Source: Fox News, Ohio State player out of hospital after weekend shooting

A police stop could have cost former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin his career in space before he ever got started.

Source: CNN, This former astronaut was never afraid to go to space. But a police stop made him sweat

Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin was never afraid to go to space. But a police stop made him sweat  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News

Source: Google News, Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin was never afraid to go to space. But a police stop made him sweat – CNN

1. Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin remembers the police stop that made him sweat  MSN Money
2. Privately Developed Moon Lander Model Arrives at NASA for Testing  VOA Learning English
3. Trump offers promises for the Space Force and NASA for the second term  The Hill
4. New space age: the race to dominate the moon and mars | Four Corners  ABC News In-depth
5. Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin was never afraid to go to space. But a police stop made him sweat  CNN
6. View Full Coverage on Google News

Source: Google News, Former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin remembers the police stop that made him sweat – MSN Money

Four sailors jumped from their twin-propeller E-2C Hawkeye aircraft before it crashed in Accomack County, Virginia, Monday afternoon, according to a Navy official.

Source: ABC, Navy crew jumped from surveillance plane before it crashed

Plus: Flavored tobacco is banned, teachers protest against distance learning, and weekend protests

Source: Yahoo News, In CA: Legislators consider bills on reparations, corporate boards and evictions

Plus: Flavored tobacco is banned, teachers protest against distance learning, and weekend protests

Source: USA Today, In CA: Legislators consider bills on reparations, corporate boards and evictions

President Donald Trump refused to condemn the shooting of two people during recent unrest in Wisconsin, saying the gunman “probably would have been killed.” Trump also addressed claims that supporters of his in Portland were themselves being violent. (Aug. 31)

Source: USA Today, Trump won’t condemn Kenosha shooting suspect

Toni Collette is an Oscar-nominated actor who has starred in acclaimed films including “Muriel’s Wedding,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” “About a Boy,” “Knives Out” and “Hereditary.” That doesn’t mean she wasn’t absolutely “petrified” to work with Oscar-winning screenwriter and Director Charlie Kaufman on his latest film, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things.” (Aug. 31)

Source: USA Today, Toni Collette was ‘flattered and petrified’ to work with Charlie Kaufman

When actor Jessie Buckley read Charlie Kaufman’s script for his latest film, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” she says she didn’t fully understand it but didn’t need to. (Aug. 31)

Source: USA Today, Jessie Buckley says Charlie Kaufman script left her unnerved