Authorities said during a press conference that the unnamed officer was multiple times and is on life support at the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Shock Trauma Center. “We have a coward on the loose in Baltimore that we must and will find,” Mayor Brandon Scott said. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison called the crime a “cowardly, brazen act” and offered his prayers and condolences to the officer and family. The officer was attacked when responding to a call at around 1:30 a....

The Independent reports that West Midlands Police officers came to the scene after a pedestrian report of a man behaving suspiciously inside a parked Ford Focus. They identified the car and made contact with the man inside, but were unable to extract him from the car. Efforts to unlock the doors from either side did not work, so one policeman with the Force Response Unit produced a baton and shattered the window to free the captive man....

As part of its investigation in Jones’ death, the attorney general’s office made the security footage public. An investigation is launched after any death involving an officer under state law, according to Fox News. On October 30, Jones walked into the police station from a bar close by, according to The Times Union. In the security footage, Jones is seen taking his hoodie and undershirt off, throwing a shoe at a table, taking items out of his pockets, and knocking a jug of hand sanitizer over as three police officers watch him....

The acclaimed English author sparked controversy after he revealed last week that he had traveled to his home in Scotland after he and his singer wife decided they “needed to give each other some space.” Gaiman, 59, described on his blog how he had flown “masked and gloved” from Auckland to Los Angeles before getting on a flight to London, and then borrowed a friend’s car to drive up to Scotland....

As the referendums and legislative battles begin, it is also an opportunity to develop new strategic goals. To that end, hundreds of activists, leaders, and academics from across the political spectrum have signed an unprecedented joint statement declaring support for public policies designed to reduce the economic and social pressures that drive many women to seek abortions. The goal of the statement is two-fold: to highlight the support of a significant portion of the pro-life movement for policies that go beyond directly limiting abortion and to demonstrate to the American people that we are collectively committed to helping mothers, babies, and families with all of the tools at our disposal, including political ones....

Recently, Cai Xia, who was professor at the CCP’s elite Central Party School, charged Xi Jinping with destroying the country with his policies. Taking Xi Jinping head-on, Xia said there was widespread opposition to the Party chief within the Party, but very few dared to speak out due to retaliation threats such as corruption charges. “Under the regime of Xi, the Chinese Communist Party is not a force for progress for China....

Hatch, 88, died at 5:30 p.m. in Salt Lake City surrounded by his family, announced by the Hatch Foundation. Former President Donald Trump issued a statement extending his condolences, shared by Jenna Ellis on Twitter. “Orrin was a true warrior for our Country, for liberty, and for his beloved state of Utah,” Trump said. “He was as wise as he was kind, and as tough as he was smart–he loved America and his contributions to our Country were tremendous....

Last week, Obama hit John McCain for hiring “some of the biggest lobbyists in Washington” to run his campaign; Obama’s aides say their candidate, as a foe of “special interests,” has refused to take money from lobbyists or employ them. Neither Axelrod nor his partners at ASK ever registered as lobbyists for Commonwealth Edison—and under Illinois’s loose disclosure laws, they were not required to. “I’ve never lobbied anybody in my life,” Axelrod tells NEWSWEEK....

And it’s not just about politics. Pick any topic these days, and there’s sure to be a poll on it somewhere. Whether you choose to believe the results, these barometers of public opinion have become the best way to study an increasingly complex society. But how much power do polls really have? Can they sway public opinion? Newsweek’s Sarah Childress surveyed the Gallup Poll’s editor in chief, Frank Newport on polling in the upcoming White House race, the bandwagon effect–and the secret of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?...

The polling, which was conducted by The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler, showed Biden with support from 48 percent of Texas voters, while Trump was backed by just 43 percent. However, 5 percent of respondents said they were undecided while 4 percent said they’d back a different candidate. But the results were notably different from when a similar poll was conducted by the newspaper and the university back in February....

While Pence and Pompeo didn’t explicitly mention the former president by name at the annual Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), they did make clear references related to Trump. In one apparent reference to the ex-president, Pompeo said during a speech at the weekend-long event that a “personality” and “celebrity” is not what the GOP needs, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. He explained during his speech, which was meant to “regain Americans’ trust and win again,” that his party needs someone who is competent enough to protect values and “present the conservative case....

There’s reason to think not. Times have changed since Einstein worked by day as a clerk in the Swiss Patent Office, and by night as a World-Historical Physicist. Early in the last century, science and technology were still largely the province of private patrons and individual inventors working in basement labs. These days vast networks of laboratories sponsored by governments, universities, corporations and venture capitalists are all pushing to find the next new thing....

Researchers have found, for example, that when people on placebos experience pain relief, their own brains are releasing pain-relieving chemicals called endorphins. Depression studies have yielded similar findings, showing that the 45 percent of sufferers who improve on placebo exhibit clear changes in brain chemistry, not just altered perceptions. Even more provocative is a recent study of patients with Parkinson’s disease, a condition in which one part of the brain (the striatum) stops producing enough dopamine to support normal movement and muscle control....

The Vatican issued a statement saying that Francis had authorized a decree regarding a miracle attributed to John Paul I, who was elected to the papacy in 1978 and passed away just 33 days later. The statement did not provide details of the miracle but it is believed to be the healing of an 11-year-old girl in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The girl was said to be at the end of her life and have “severe acute inflammatory encephalopathy, a malignant refractory epileptic illness and septic shock....

The ceremony, which ordinarily draws thousands to the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, took place inside St. Peter’s Basilica and was closed to the public for the first time in recorded history. In lieu of physical attendance, a live stream of the event was available to watch online via the Vatican’s official news platform as well as several additional outlets. According to an Associated Press report published Sunday morning, only a few nuns, clergy and members of the papal household were present for the service....

The ceremony was live streamed by multiple outlets, including the Vatican’s official news site and YouTube channel, so global patrons heeding social distance requirements could watch from home. Francis closed Sunday’s ceremony with his annual “Urbi et Orbi” (“To the City and to the World” in Latin) blessing, which is typically delivered to crowds gathered outside in St. Peter’s Square. The message acknowledged somber circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak and encouraged people to uplift one another through “the contagion of hope” amid challenging times....

Five porcupines in Bar Harbor had to be rushed to the Acadia Wildlife Center over the course of one week. All five were seen to have runny noses and seemed to have trouble breathing. Three of the porcupines died in short order, leaving scientists perplexed. When they investigated further, they saw that the virus that killed the animals in Maine had originally been found in several animals throughout Canada....

The woman identified herself as Noelle Mandolfo in multiple videos posted to Twitter, including one shared by a Blaze TV reporter that captured the arrest outside the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in downtown Portland in thefa early hours of Monday. “Get off of me! Why? Why are you doing this?” Mandolfo is heard asking the agents restraining her in the video. “Stop resisting,” the federal officer sitting on her back tells her....

Portland’s air quality ranking continues to be by far the worst among major world cities as tens of thousands of acres remain ablaze in the region. Other cities in the area—including Vancouver, Seattle and San Francisco—are also experiencing some of the worst air quality in the world, with yellowed skies and dense fog blocking out the sun for millions of residents. Although the National Weather Service says mild temperatures and calm winds may help the massive firefighting effort, each city remains under Dense Fog and Dense Smoke advisories Sunday....