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A Long History of Language That Incites and Demonizes

‘We Germans,’ Alexander Starritt by the Author: An Excerpt

Unwitting Progressives for Trump

Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia

Frustrated by Election Boycott, Venezuela’s Leader Pardons 100 Opponents

A Teacher and Congresswoman Confronts School Reopenings

Trump Fans Strife as Unrest Roils the U.S.

Schiff vows to 'compel' intelligence on election security after DNI head Ratcliffe ends in-person briefings

Ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin requested dismissal of murder charges in George Floyd killing

World Bank: Lebanon blast caused damage up to $4.6 billion

John Oliver rains fire and cold fury on the RNC 'racial panic' and the Kenosha troubles

The alt-right group Patriot Prayer, associated with a man killed in the Portland protests, has a history of provoking left-wing groups: 'This was just a matter of time'

Trump's Kenosha visit highlights his reelection message: Only Trump will keep you safe

Soldier who made ‘vile’ Holocaust joke to 3 million TikTok followers punished, Army says

Ethiopia seeks US clarification on reported aid cut over dam

'Hero' St. Louis police officer dies after being shot in the head

Will my child be sent home for cough, runny nose? What to know about day care guidelines during COVID-19

Large trials for the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine begin in the U.S. - NBC News

JCPenney proposes to sell company out of bankruptcy - Fox Business

New top story on Hacker News: Python setuptools v50 breaks pip installation on Debian/Ubuntu

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Captcha Alternatives?

New top story on Hacker News: Hapax Legomenon

Fact check: Biden tax plan would raise rates for those who make more than $400K, corporations

Report: New York tenants were not aware they would be featured at the Republican National Convention

Trump to visit Wisconsin city on Tuesday where police shot Black man in the back

SpaceX may attempt 3 rocket launches on Sunday

A teen activist in New Jersey received a $2,500 bill to pay for police presence at a Black Lives Matter protest she organized

Mauritius oil spill: 'We want to protect our island'

Norway bunker partygoers poisoned with carbon monoxide

Europe's migrant crisis: The year that changed a continent

The search engine boss who wants to help us all plant trees

Letter from Africa: Why Kenyans are no longer cheering their constitution

Belarus protest: Dozens arrested at mass rally

One dead, five injured in shooting at Chicago restaurant - Fox News

NYPD uses facial recognition to arrest brazen sex offender accused of attempted rape on subway platform - Fox News

Hurricane center monitoring 'quartet of systems,' disturbance could form off East Coast - Fox News

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway buys stakes in Japan's five leading trading companies - CNBC

The killer feature that could make the iPhone 12 feel much, much faster - CNN

Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Ties for Most Weeks at No. 1 in 2020 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart - Billboard

Miami Dolphins 2020 scrimmage report: Tua Tagovailoa discusses the ‘good’ and the ‘not so good’ - The Phinsider

Raptors vs. Celtics score, takeaways: Boston makes easy work of Toronto in Game 1 of Eastern semifinals - CBSSports.com

Government paid influencers to promote Test and Trace

New top story on Hacker News: Ex-neuralink employees describe rushed timelines clashing with science’s pace

New top story on Hacker News: Drug Cartel Now Assassinates Its Enemies with Bomb-Toting Drones

New top story on Hacker News: Banks create money out of thin air, but it's less impressive than it sounds

Coronavirus Around the World

Man booked in slaying of 3, including Fort Hood soldier

Does Kyle Rittenhouse Have a Self-Defense Claim?

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta fears attendees of Trump's RNC speech will get COVID-19 and 'may even die'

Six US Air Force B-52 bombers make symbolic sweep over all NATO members

Australia open to talks over where NZ mosque shooter serves life sentence

Dramatic last-second launch abort grounds spy satellite

Fact check: Jacob Blake did not 'brandish' knife, get gun before Kenosha police shooting

Riot in Sweden after anti-Muslim Danish leader banned

Louisiana avoided Laura's 'wall of water'? Not so, says forecaster

Elon Musk confirmed a Russian national tried to bribe a Tesla employee with $1 million in a bungled ransomware attack

McConnell inexplicably claims that Democrats want to tell Americans 'how many hamburgers you can eat'

Here's what the payroll tax deferral action means for you - CNN

Mauritius oil spill: Thousands march in Port Louis - BBC News

Apple's next entry-level iPad might look a lot like an iPad Pro - Engadget

Kourtney Kardashian & Scott Disick Risk Running Into His Ex Sofia Richie During Dinner Date - HollywoodLife

Leonard Cohen's Estate Slams GOP For Using 'Hallelujah' At RNC - HuffPost

New top story on Hacker News: Deep Dive into PHP 8's JIT

New top story on Hacker News: Tower Defense with a twist: all towers must be positioned with CSS Flexbox

New top story on Hacker News: Why does the government let a company like Herbalife stay in business?

New top story on Hacker News: Engineer admits he wiped 456 Cisco WebEx VMs from AWS after leaving

New top story on Hacker News: Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your customers

Laura thrashes Louisiana, nearby states face tornado threats

Breonna Taylor’s ex-boyfriend says she had nothing to do with alleged drug crimes

Forecasters eye two developing systems in the Atlantic: Nana, Omar could be next up on the heels of Hurricane Laura

Man arrested after wallet stolen from California firefighter battling wildfires

Republican senator, swarmed by protesters after Trump speech, calls for FBI probe

Hurricane Laura's 'unsurvivable' storm surge: It looks like Louisiana was spared, but some rural areas likely hit hard

Rights groups call for release of Jordanian cartoonist

A former SpaceX intern says she reported sexual harassment to HR — and it cost her the opportunity for a full-time job

Fox News' Chris Wallace calls out co-hosts for defending armed vigilantes

Amazon fires: Are they worse this year than before?

Cloud gaming: Are game streaming services bad for the planet?

Week in pictures: 22-28 August 2020

Bihar: Destroyed lives and submerged homes in flood-hit India

FDA PR Chief Exits After Blood Plasma Blunder : Coronavirus Live Updates - NPR

Clouds of Smoke are Blowing Misery Across the West - The New York Times

China Defends Missile Launches, Calls U.S. 'Troublemaker' After Navy Poses Challenge - Newsweek

Coronavirus vaccine on track for FDA approval by end of 2020, says Operation Warp Speed official - USA TODAY

How to Unlock YouTube's Picture-in-Picture Mode in iOS 14 - Lifehacker