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Xavier Usanga was supposed to start second grade Tuesday. Instead, grief counselors were consoling his would-be classmates at Clay Elementary School, after the 7-year-old boy became the 11th child killed by gunfire in St. Louis since June. Xavier was shot Monday afternoon while standing near a teenager and two other children on the city's north side. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2H2QqZw via Latest News

China has denied requests for two US Navy ships to visit Hong Kong, the Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday, after the two countries engaged in a war of words over the city's pro-democracy protests. The USS Green Bay, an amphibious dock landing ship, was to stop in Hong Kong on Saturday, while the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie planned a port call there next month, Commander Nate Christensen, deputy spokesman for the United States Pacific Fleet, said in a statement. "The Chinese government denied requests for port visits to Hong Kong" by the two vessels, Christensen said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YZsXm9 via Latest News

Shrieking and yelling were heard coming from Jeffrey Epstein‘s cell on the morning of his death, it has been reported.People nearby heard a commotion characterised as shouting, shrieking and yelling in a report by CBS News.The broadcaster cited unnamed sources, who added that guards at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre (MCC) in New York had tried to revive the alleged sex trafficker.“Breathe, Epstein, breathe,” they were reported as having said during the effort.It came as pressure mounted on prison authorities in the wake of Epstein’s apparent suicide on Saturday.Jerrold Nadler, the Democratic chairman of the House judiciary committee, sent a scathing letter to the acting director of federal prisons, complaining that the “competency and rigour of our criminal justice system has been marred”.Along with other politicians he demanded answers from Hugh Hurwitz on the prison’s suicide-prevention policies, information on the guards on duty and whether video cameras were in use.On Monday,

A tech worker accused of killing a Utah college student was charged Tuesday with 19 unrelated counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after investigators said they discovered child pornography on his computer. Ayoola Ajayi had images of children as young as 4, prosecutors said in charging documents. Investigators took the computer as part of the investigation into the death of 23-year-old University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ySDDVd via Latest News

Hong Kong protesters used carts to block departure gates, sending a message to the government and drawing attention to alleged police brutality. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Z6CGHk via Latest News

Russia's nuclear agency chief on Monday confirmed that five scientists killed last week were developing "new weapons" and vowed to continue testing despite the explosion. The accident took place at an Arctic military facility on the coast of the White Sea on Thursday, but Russian authorities only admitted its nuclear nature on Saturday. The explosion caused a spike in radiation levels. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Z0Lpa5 via Latest News

India has issued a warning to China to stay out of the dispute over Kashmir’s status, after Pakistan said it would take the issue to the United Nations Security Council with the support of Beijing. The remarks by the Indian foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, came after his Pakistani counterpart visited China in a bid to seek allies for a UN resolution against New Delhi for revoking Kashmir's autonomy. Mr Jaishankar flew to Beijing himself to meet China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, saying at the talks that "the two nations should ensure that it was important that differences between us, if any, should not become disputes". China’s foreign ministry said in a statement later that it had taken a “principled” stand on “unilateral” actions by India, and had urged New Delhi to play a constructive role in regional peace and stability. But India's Ministry of External Affairs bluntly said decisions on Kashmir were "an internal matter concerning the territory of In

Jeffrey Epstein, 66, was found unresponsive on Saturday morning while being held on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31LT1zd via Latest News

A Southern California dog is lucky to be alive after it was kicked 15 feet in the air during an unprovoked attack last week, according to police. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Z5wcEC via Latest News

Chinese state media have ramped up the rhetoric against Hong Kong's pro-democracy campaigners, describing them on Tuesday as "mobsters", warning they must never be appeased and raising the spectre of mainland security forces intervening to quash them. On Monday, Beijing described unrest and clashes in Hong Kong -- which started as opposition to a proposed extradition law but morphed into calls for democratic reform -- as "terrorism emerging". Chinese state media has repeatedly issued harsh criticism of the protests, which are the biggest threat to Beijing's rule in the semi-autonomous city since the handover in 1997. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YJVtsJ via Latest News

Have you ever wished you could have a whole plane to yourself? Same.One lucky man, Vincent Peone, recently found himself in that rare position, and as you may imagine it did not suck.Upon learning he was the only passenger on a Delta flight, Peone -- who also happens to be a director -- recorded his unique experience and spliced together clips to make a hilarious video."Last week @Delta gave me my own private jet...kind of," Peone tweeted alongside the footage.SEE ALSO: Passenger and tarmac worker play rock-paper-scissors through plane windowIn the video you'll see Peone getting special treatment from Delta employees before he even boards the plane."Good evening ladies and gentleman, we're about to board our flight to Salt Lake City from Gate 5, would the only passenger on this flight kindly board at this time," an airport employee announces, to which Peone says, "That's me," and grabs his bag."I'm going to record this," Peone say

2020 Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders shrugs off concerns about the cost of his free college plan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KLEnkk via Latest News

“These people out here like John Hardee and the other 13 who are out here buying sex, they’re promoting human trafficking,” Sheriff Leon Lott said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2MeYGdf via Latest News

Kansas City, Kansas, police shot and killed a man on Tuesday who told a hotel manager that he had killed his wife and was heading to a popular shopping and restaurant area. The "very angry and distraught" man entered the Country Inn & Suites near the Legends Outlet shopping area said he had killed his wife, said Jacob Honeycutt, general manager of the business. You better call police,'" Honeycutt told The Associated Press. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Z5atN4 via Latest News

James B. Stewart wrote about an "on background" conversation he had last year with Epstein in a piece published on Monday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KHUJuf via Latest News

Democrat Stacey Abrams, who vaulted onto the national political stage championing voting rights during an unsuccessful 2018 run for Georgia governor, announced on Tuesday that she's launching a new multistate voter protection initiative and not running for president in 2020. Abrams revealed plans for the multimillion-dollar initiative, called Fair Fight 2020, during a speech before a labor union convention in Las Vegas. The project will staff and fund voter protection teams in battleground states across the country ahead of next year's elections. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Mgq8an via Latest News

China has denied requests for two US Navy ships to visit Hong Kong, the Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday, after the two countries engaged in a war of words over the city's pro-democracy protests. The USS Green Bay, an amphibious dock landing ship, was to stop in Hong Kong on Saturday, while the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Erie planned a port call there next month, Commander Nate Christensen, deputy spokesman for the United States Pacific Fleet, said in a statement. "The Chinese government denied requests for port visits to Hong Kong" by the two vessels, Christensen said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2YZsXm9 via Latest News

Jeffrey Epstein, 66, died from an apparent suicide on Saturday morning while being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ZZ7uXW via Latest News

Troops in Indian-administered Kashmir allowed some Muslims to walk to local mosques alone or in pairs to mark the Eid al-Adha festival Monday on the eighth day of an unprecedented security lockdown imposed as India stripped the disputed region of its autonomy. Thousands of additional troops were sent to the mostly-Muslim region before India's Hindu nationalist-led government said Aug. 5 it was revoking Kashmir's special constitutional status and downgrading its statehood. All communications and the internet remained cut off to limit protests against the decision in the Himalayan region where most people oppose Indian rule. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2ORkNsm via Latest News

Hong Kong police say they have arrested five people for unlawful assembly, assaulting police officers and possessing weapons after a second day of mass protests at the city's airport. Officials said in a statement that some protesters detained, harassed and assaulted a traveler and a journalist, and obstructed ambulance workers from taking the two men to the hospital. Hong Kong's busy airport was the latest setting for large-scale pro-democracy protests that have rocked the city for months, with authorities canceling dozens of flights on Monday and Tuesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Kw8nC8 via Latest News

Sen. Kamala Harris earlier this year said if elected president, she would take executive actions to ban the importation of AR-15-style weapons into the U.S. and expand background check requirements. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KsYOnf via Latest News

Outrage and intrigue surrounds the apparent suicide in prison of Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted paedophile who had connections to celebrities and presidents.  His death sparked questions about whether the alleged victims will have a full chance at justice, though US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said the federal investigation into allegations that Epstein ran a sex trafficking ring remains ongoing. Among those dragged into one of the biggest sex scandals of a generation is the Duke of York, a former friend of the high-flying financier. Epstein, who hobnobbed with countless politicians and celebrities over the years, was found dead in his cell on Saturday while awaiting trial. Here is everything we know about the case.  Who was Jeffrey Epstein? Epstein, 66, was a hedge fund manager who once socialised with the rich, famous and powerful. Epstein owned a private island in the Caribbean, homes in Paris and New York City, a New Mexico ranch, and a fleet of high-price cars.  Under a 2008 non-prosec

The live-action puppies appear on their first magazine cover. from CNET https://ift.tt/2N2ufqq via Mobiles