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TOPEKA, Kan. - The Kansas Democratic Party on Wednesday declared that the 19-year-old nominee for a state House seat is "unfit" for office because of "alarming behavior" that includes admitting to circulating revenge porn, and he said his online fundraising account has been disabled. Chairwoman Vicki Hiatt said the state party is working with the Kansas House's top Democrat, Minority Leader Tom Sawyer, to find an alternative to nominee Aaron Coleman in a normally safe Democratic district in Kansas City, Kansas. Coleman defeated seven-term state Rep. Stan Frownfelter in the Aug. 4 primary by 14 votes out of about 1,600 cast. Frownfelter has launched a write-in campaign, and Sawyer, from Wichita, said Democratic lawmakers are supporting it. Sawyer also said that if Coleman wins the November general election, Democrats are likely to launch an effort to keep him from being seated. Many Democrats have disavowed Coleman, a dishwasher and community college student, ov

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has admitted he has started learning Korean to improve his standing with Son-Heung Min.  The Portuguese coach is already multi-lingual and knows six languages - Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, English, French and Italian - but now he is adding another string to his bow to help him communicate better with his star forward. Speaking at the launch of the club's Amazon documentary All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur, he said it was important he understood the different cultures at the club and was willing to throw himself into various languages. Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho believes it is important he embraces the culture of the club He revealed he has started learning Korean to improve communication with Son-Heung Min 'Communication is very important when I am with the group, I have to go to the native language, which everybody understands,' he said, via the Sun. 'It's respectful to the culture of the club to speak the language of the indivi

As excuses to cancel dinner go, the text message sent by Tony Abbott to a British friend newly arrived in Sydney is hard to beat. 'Sorry to do this at short notice, mate, but I'm trying to put out these damned bush fires.' He wasn't joking. The former Australian leader and volunteer fireman had flown hundreds of miles to New South Wales after record-breaking temperatures and severe drought triggered massive fires that raged for months last summer. It was in accordance with Abbott's swashbuckling style. For years, Australian politicians have scrupulously avoided being photographed on the beach in anything other than the baggiest of board shorts. Not Abbott. Australian politicians have avoided being photographed on the beach in anything other than baggy board shorts - but not Tony Abbott. He is pictured at the Great Aussie Swim in 2012 In 2009, the then leader of the opposition centre-right Liberal party appeared in a pair of 'budgie smugglers' – tight Speedos

Viewers of The Bachelor were treated to an innuendo-filled fencing date between Locky Gilbert and Irena Srbinovska on Wednesday. And it turns out that it's not the first time that this style of date has been used on the show, with Ali Oetjen and Todd King doing the same activity on The Bachelorette in 2018. 'I'm sure it'll be fun getting poked around with Locky's sword today,' Irena giggled in the scene. Fun: Viewers of The Bachelor were treated to an innuendo-filled fencing date between Locky Gilbert and Irena Srbinovska on Wednesday Locky told Irena that she makes him 'feel so good' when they're together, and she replied: 'Yeah, it's strange, because I feel the same way.' Irena then asked Locky if he was open to having children, and he responded: 'I love kids, absolutely love kids. Being a dad would be so much fun.' He added: 'It's so crazy how quick I've gained feelings for you. Every time I look at you, I just feel

The wicked old Soviet Union had a privileged administrative class. By Soviet standards they were well paid, and the lucky ones got dachas — cushy second homes.  These unaccountable bureaucrats were called the nomenklatura. Although Britain is a parliamentary democracy, we have developed our own nomenklatura.  They are highly remunerated and not infrequently incompetent. Although they run large parts of the country, we have little idea of who they are. On Tuesday, Sally Collier stood down as chief executive of Ofqual after it had issued downgraded exam results for hundreds of thousands of pupils as a result of its flawed algorithm It’s very hard to sack members of this administrative elite and, if unusually they are got rid of, they are liable to pop up in another highly paid job in a different quango, or else receive a whopping pay-off. Incidentally, the acronym ‘quango’ is a misnomer. Many of them are not quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations.  It’s the ‘non-governmental’ bi

No charges will be laid against Victorian police involved in the death in custody of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day. A coronial investigation found the grandmother's death was clearly preventable. The 55-year-old died in hospital more than two weeks after she repeatedly fell and hit her head in a Castlemaine police station. She was arrested for being drunk on a train in December 2017. Coroner Caitlin English in April referred Ms Day's death to prosecutors, saying there was evidence to suggest it may have amounted to negligent manslaughter. Victoria Police now say charges will not be laid against the officers involved, following advice from the Office of Public Prosecutions. Ms Day's family are devastated and angry. "The two police officers who failed to properly check on our mum and instead left her to die on the floor of a police cell have been let off," the family said in a statement released through the Human Rights Law Centre late on Wednesday night. "Our mu

All three WNBA games scheduled for Wednesday were postponed because players opted not to participate in the games. The first contest Wednesday evening between the Washington Mystics and the Atlanta Dream was canceled because the Mystics decided they didn't want to play. The boycott follows the lead of players in the NBA, who chose not to play in any of the three scheduled playoff games near Orlando in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. on Sunday. For an hour before the game, players from both teams discussed how to approach the situation. It was originally thought that the game would be played, but after Washington went into the locker room, the team decided not to play. Before the game, Washington players had arrived wearing T-shirts that spelled out Jacob Blake and featured seven red bullet holes in the back, signifying the number of times he was shot by a police officer. He remained hospitalized on Wednesday. --Field Level Media

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, Aug 26 - A group of more than 2,000 online sellers has filed an antitrust case against Amazon in India, alleging the U.S. company favours some retailers whose online discounts drive independent vendors out of business, a legal filing seen by Reuters showed. The case presents a new regulatory challenge for Amazon in India, where it has committed $6.5 billion in investment but is battling a complex regulatory environment. In January, the Competition Commission of India had ordered an investigation of Amazon and rival Flipkart, owned by Walmart, over alleged violations of competition law and certain discounting practices, which Amazon is challenging, according to court filings. In the latest case, the All India Online Vendors Association, members of which sell goods on Amazon and Flipkart, allege Amazon engages in unfair business practices. Reuters was first to report the case filing on Wednesday. The group alleges that Amazon India's wholesale arm buys go

Israel said it had launched air strikes against Hezbollah observation posts in Lebanon on Wednesday, after shots were fired from across the border towards its troops the previous evening. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the shooting on Shiite militant group Hezbollah with which Israel fought a devastating month-long war in 2006, and pledged a 'forceful' response to any further incidents. 'I advise Hezbollah not to test Israel's crushing strength,' he tweeted. 'Hezbollah is once again endangering the state of Lebanon due to its aggression.' Israeli artillery units are deployed in the north of Israel near the Israeli-Lebanon border on Wednesday. An Israeli army spokesperson said that the Israeli military launched air attacks on Hezbollah observation posts in the border area The border flare-up came hours after Lebanon rejected an Israeli call to reform the UN peacekeeping force which patrols the border, ahead of a UN Security Council vote to renew its

MILWAUKEE - A pair of Major League Baseball games were postponed Wednesday as players across the sports landscape reacted in the wake of the weekend shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin. Games between the Cincinnati Reds and Brewers in Milwaukee and the Seattle Mariners and Padres in San Diego were called off hours before they were set to begin. Other MLB games had finished, were in progress or just about to start when the announcements were made. The baseball postponements came after the NBA´s Milwaukee Bucks didn´t come out on the floor for Game 5 of their first-round playoff series with the Orlando Magic on Wednesday afternoon at Lake Buena Vista, Florida. NBA officials later announced that all three of the day´s scheduled playoff games had been postponed. Blake was shot multiple times by police in Kenosha, about 40 miles south of Milwaukee. The Blake family´s attorney said Blake was paralyzed and that it would "take a miracle" for him to walk agai

Hansi Flick has admitted that Bayern Munich will 'lose some players who have tremendous quality'. Despite winning the Champions League, Bayern's squad could be rather different next season, with Liverpool target Thiago Alcantara amongst those who could depart. In addition, Ivan Perisic is set to return to Inter Milan following the conclusion of his loan spell, while Philippe Coutinho is heading back to Barcelona.  Liverpool are preparing to make an approach for Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara Bayern Munich boss Flick told Die Zeit: 'We lose some players who have tremendous quality, we have to deal with that. 'If I could continue to work with this squad, that would be nice, but that is not the case.'  Flick's comments come as Liverpool are preparing to make an approach for Thiago in the coming days, according to SportBILD.  True 😉 https://t.co/yuy9zg7rum — Christian Falk (@cfbayern) August 26, 2020 True 😉 https://t.co/yuy9zg7rum Bayern Munich man

Jacob Blake, the black man shot in the back seven times in front of his three young children by Wisconsin police, had a knife in his posession, the Wisconsin Attorney General revealed. The Wisconsin Department of Justice provided some of the first details surrounding the police shooting on Wednesday, revealing Blake had a knife and the name of the officer who opened fire.  That knife was later recovered from the driver's side floorboard of his SUV, but it's unclear if Blake had it on him when he was talking to police.  Blake, a 29-year-old father of six, was shot multiple times in the back by Kenosha officers responding to a dispute at the scene on Sunday evening, sparking national outrage and heated protests decrying police brutality. Police were called to the scene at the 2800 block of 40th Street in Kenosha on Sunday after Blake's girlfriend 'reported that her boyfriend was present and was not supposed to be on the premises.' Officers tried to subdue him with a t

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Ida Rose Jacomet, 37, was last seen Oct. 2, 1975, at the Circle M Bar on an old highway near Fairbanks, Alaska. The only clue left behind was that her purse was found in the parking lot. If she is alive today, she would be 82. Valerie Sifsof disappeared from a campground about 65 miles southeast of Anchorage, last seen by her boyfriend about midnight on July 7, 2012. Search teams tried in vain but never found Sisof or her body. She would be 51 years old, if she´s alive. In the village of Fort Yukon, located just above the Arctic Circle 400 miles north of Anchorage, 62-year-old Lorraine Juanita Ginnis was spotted walking near her home Oct. 4, 2018. She hasn´t been seen since. These women are among the hundreds of Alaska Native or American Indian women who have gone missing over the years, and in many instances, their cases have gone cold. Now the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services is opening seven Operation Lady Justice Task Force cold case offices

The WNBA postponed its three games Wednesday night following the shooting of Jacob Blake over the weekend. The move came hours after the NBA decided to postpone its three playoff games with its players choosing to boycott in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice. "We know it´s a very emotional time for our players. They are struggling with what´s been happening in this country for months, if not yearss," said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, who said the league supports its players decision to not play Wednesday night. In Bradenton, Florida, in the WNBA bubble, Washington was set to play Atlanta, Minnesota was going to face Los Angeles, and Connecticut was going to meet Phoenix. Players from the Mystics, Dream, Sparks and Lynx were talking on the court for about an hour deciding whether to play or not. The decision was announced shortly before the expected 7 pm. EDT tip for the Mystics and Dream. All four teams took a knee at center court right before leavi