U.S. May Ban Cotton From Xinjiang Region of China Over Rights Concerns

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Kamala Harris talks to Black business owners in Milwaukee.

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Trump calls Biden 'stupid,' demands apology for challenging him on vaccines

Republican President Donald Trump, accused by Joe Biden of putting lives at risk in his handling of the coronavirus, on Monday called his Democratic rival "stupid" and demanded an apology for what Trump called anti-vaccine rhetoric. Trailing in national opinion polls as the U.S. death toll from the virus approaches 190,000, Trump unleashed a broad attack against both the former vice president, his opponent in the Nov. 3 election, and Biden's running mate, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris. Trump has said that a vaccine against the virus would be ready in record time, perhaps before the election, raising questions about whether political pressure might result in the deployment of a vaccine before it is safe.

Stand-off over face masks ends with couple forcibly removed from ferry, NYC police say

The couple said they wouldn’t have been removed “if we were (expletive) Black.”

A California fire that burned more than 7,000 acres was caused by a faulty spinning smoke machine at a gender-reveal party

A string of fires have hit parts of California in quick succession, so far killing eight people and razing around 3,300 buildings.

Trump prepares a new fall offensive: Labeling Kamala Harris

Drawing on a playbook of caricature and condemnation, Trump’s campaign hopes to chip away at Joe Biden’s lead by presenting Harris as an extreme California liberal.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny out of medically induced coma

Alexei Navalny, the poisoned Russian opposition leader, has regained consciousness and is reacting to stimuli, doctors announced on Monday. He has been brought out of a medically induced coma for the first time since his suspected poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok, and is starting to breathe on his own. The news came as Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, said he had summoned the Russian ambassador to register the UK’s “deep concern about the poisoning". “It’s completely unacceptable that a banned chemical weapon has been used and Russia must hold a full, transparent investigation,” Mr Raab tweeted. Mr Navalny's doctors stressed it is too early to determine whether he has suffered any long-term damage. The prominent Kremlin critic is being treated at Berlin’s Charite Hospital after being transferred from Russia last month. “The patient has been removed from his medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation. He is responding to verbal stimuli,” the hospital said in a statement. “It remains too early to gauge the potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning.”