Monday, July 29, 2019

Monday's Headlines: 3 killed, 15 injured in shooting before police kill gunman at California food festival

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3 killed, 15 injured in shooting before police kill gunman at California food festival
Police are still searching for a possible second suspect in the shootings at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, Calif. A 6-year-old boy was among the dead.
Intelligence Director Coats is set to resign next month 
Daniel Coats's upcoming departure caps a tense relationship with President Trump, who said that he would nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.), a fierce ally of the president, to replace Coats.
 
New spy chief pick Ratcliffe made his name during the Trump inquiries by backing the president
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.), who sits on powerful House committees and has been determinedly pro-Trump, is a far more politically polarizing figure than the current director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats.
 
Trump's attacks on Baltimore are seen by big-city leaders as part of a long-standing pattern
The president has sought to paint diverse, liberal urban areas as violent, dirty and outside the mainstream, a sharp contrast to the praise he heaps on whiter, more conservative communities.
 
Jared Kushner owns lots of Baltimore-area apartments. Some were infested with mice.
The company's complexes have been cited for hundreds of code violations.
 
The Theater of Politics | Perspective
Joe Biden is back for an encore. Can he finally command center stage?
Politics is theater. Our chief critic, Peter Marks, brings his analytical eye to the campaign trail, reviewing another of the front-runners as he winds through Iowa.
 
How an early Biden crime bill created the sentencing disparity for crack and cocaine trafficking
The 1986 law including the "100-1" provision passed with overwhelming support. Biden later disavowed the measure, which came to be viewed as one of the most racially slanted federal sentencing policies.
 
15 endangered travel destinations to visit in a rapidly changing world
We look at five transformative influences facing the tourism world and offer examples of places and experiences that may soon go the way of the traveler's check.
 
 
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Opinions
Don't get complacent. Things really are that bad under Trump.
No, military spending is not bankrupting us
Kicking Trump out is the important thing. Fights over how to do it shouldn't get in the way.
Democrats will have a better chance if they take a page from Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer
Donald Trump is American democracy's worst nightmare come true
U.S. income inequality doesn't have to be the worst in the industrialized world
 
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A colonel accused a general of sexual assault. A Senate panel will decide what happens next.
Gen. John E. Hyten's chances of being confirmed as the military's No. 2 officer may hinge on whether senators believe Col. Kathryn Spletstoser's charges that he assaulted her while she was under his command — accusations he denies.
 
What's that hairy crab doing in your recycling? New trash rules vex Shanghai residents.
The city of more than 24 million is the first in China to introduce a garbage-sorting system — and many say it's not easy to follow.
 
Campaign 2020
For Beto O'Rourke, Tuesday's Democratic debate looms large. Will it be opportunity or calamity?
The former congressman from Texas has turned to immigration as his key issue, but he will need a strong debate performance to gain momentum.
 
She delivered $200 worth of drugs. Police seized her $53,000 Chevrolet Tahoe.
A Virginia case shines light on the world of drug stings and police seizures of property thought to have been used in a crime, a practice known as civil asset forfeiture.
 
State senator from Arizona criticized for saying that 'we're going to look like South American countries'
State Sen. Sylvia Allen (R) faced backlash after the Phoenix New Times published an audio recording of a speech during an event at the Arizona Republican Party headquarters.
 
Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered
She went undercover to expose an insane asylum's horrors. Now Nellie Bly is getting her due.
Bly, a female pioneer in 19th-century journalism, will be honored with a monument in New York City.
 

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