Reading archive 2020-10-29

Hong Kong activists turned away in bid for refuge at U.S. Consulate, advocacy group says

New York Times, CNN sullied by ‘Anonymous’ charade

Jon Ossoff attacks Sen. Perdue on pandemic: ‘You’re attacking the health of the people that you represent’

A Long Island wedding and birthday party infected 56 with the coronavirus: ‘Blatant disregard for the well-being of others’

Election 2020: How sports owners hide political donations from players and fans

Hospitals being hit in coordinated, targeted ransomware attack from Russian-speaking criminals

Man shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ kills three at French church, terrorism investigation opened

‘There’s no help coming before the election’: Indiana’s RV capital faces its worst coronavirus outbreak alone

Glenn Greenwald resigns from the Intercept following dispute over Biden story: While the crusading journalist claimed censorship, his former editors accused him of trying to publish unsupported innuendo.

Republicans could suffer from Chinese company’s failure to buy Montana beef: Deal touted during Trump’s 2017 Beijing visit may affect tight U.S. Senate race

Unrest in Philadelphia after police kill a Black man roils the presidential campaign

Millions of mail ballots have not been returned as window closes for Postal Service delivery: Election officials said many may belong to those who requested them early, then decided to vote in person

What happens to Fox News if Trump loses? Rupert Murdoch is prepared.

As Election Day nears, Trump ponders becoming one thing he so despises: A loser

How Trump waged war on his own government ‘The 45th President’: One in a series looking back at the Trump presidency

A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air

Gray wolves stripped of endangered species protections by Trump administration States now drive gray wolves’ fate as Colorado votes on whether to force a state-run reintroduction

Trump strips protections for endangered gray wolves: Hunters and ranchers celebrate while conservationists say wolves will be hunted to extinction.