| No Images? Click here  Thursday, August 15LEAD CRISIS HITS NEW JERSEY Residents in Newark, New Jersey, are facing a growing emergency over lead contamination in the city’s drinking water supply. The crisis is the result of years of mismanagement and has forced city officials to warn tens of thousands of residents against drinking tap water for fear of lead poisoning. [HuffPost]KING HORRIFIES WORLD WITH RAPE AND INCEST REMARK Racist Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said generations of people would not be here without rape and incest while making the case for anti-abortion legislation without exceptions for victims of those crimes. King is a white supremacist who shared his racist views in an interview with The New York Times. [HuffPost]HATRED FOR THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT RUNS DEEP Agency officials at Trump’s Interior Department have slammed the 1973 law as “a sword to tear down the American economy” and likened species listings to “incoming Scud missiles.” [HuffPost]SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AFTER HOURS-LONG STANDOFF A suspected gunman in the wounding of several police officers during a shootout in North Philadelphia was taken into custody roughly eight hours after the confrontation began, the Philadelphia Police Department announced just after midnight on Thursday. [HuffPost]4 WOMEN SUE ACTOR DANNY MASTERSON Four women who have accused Danny Masterson of raping them filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against the actor; the Church of Scientology, to which he belongs; and the church’s controversial leader, David Miscavige. [HuffPost]RUSSIAN JET CRASH LANDS AFTER HITTING FLOCK OF GULLS A Russian passenger jet flew into a flock of birds then crash-landed in a cornfield just outside a Moscow airport Thursday, according to Russian state news agency TASS. [CNN]ANOTHER NEWSLETTER YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN As the United States and other nations grapple with the rise of far-right movements and white supremacy, HuffPost is relaunching the Fringe newsletter to keep you informed about the latest news on political extremism. Get it here.  GERMANY HEADED TOWARD RECESSION Stock markets slumped on Wednesday as Germany’s economy went into reverse, fuelling fears of global recession and slamming the brakes on a rally for equities after Washington delayed tariffs on some Chinese imports. [Reuters]HONG KONG PREPARES FOR MORE PROTESTS Hong Kong braced on Thursday for more mass demonstrations through the weekend, with the weeks-long crisis escalating after pro-democracy protests forced the cancellation of nearly 1,000 flights this week and world leaders urging calm. [Reuters]SUBPOENA ISSUED FOR 8CHAN OWNER The House Homeland Security Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday against Jim Watkins, owner of online extremist forum 8chan. It calls for Watkins to appear before the committee on Sept. 5 to testify on what he’s doing to combat the website’s rampant white supremacy and misogyny. [HuffPost]LGBT YOUTUBERS SUE GOOGLE FOR DISCRIMINATION A group of LGBTQ YouTubers say they have been unfairly targeted with discrimination and suppression of their content because of their sexuality, a new federal lawsuit against the platform alleges. [HuffPost]PORN GRIFTERS ARE CHASING TEENS ON TIKTOK Bot accounts which attempt to lure users onto erotic websites have been making their way to TikTok, according to a new cybersecurity report. The short-video-sharing app has become explosively popular among teens, and is now home to a shady operation involving impersonation, sexting — and Snapchat. [HuffPost]OHIO ATTEMPTS TO TRADEMARK ‘THE’ Ohio State has submitted an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to claim one of the most common words in the English language all for itself. An application for “the” was sent to the office on Aug. 8 on behalf of the school, whose fans are constantly reminding people to call it THE Ohio State University. [HuffPost]
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