What We’re Reading This Weekend: Ex-Cop Decapitation, Trump Beats Joe & Pete, NY’s Submarine Way … And More

Some headlines that caught our eye …

World

Russian Ex-Policeman Filmed Syrian Captive’s Beheading — Jamie Dettmer, VOA

Turkey Upholds Terrorism Verdict For 12 Opposition Newspaper Employees — Reuters

Military

Proposed Law: Classify Military Service In Iraq, Afghanistan Health Hazard — Patricia Kime, Military Times

Texas Community Honors Afghanistan Fallen With Surprise For Widows — Paris Jones & Jasmin Caldwell, KCEN-TV

Law & Order

‘It’s A Game’: The Travesty of The Daleiden Case — Mairead McArdle, Spectator USA

Horowitz To Fault FBI In Trump Campaign Inquiry — Bloomberg

Horowitz Has Reportedly Referred FISA Document Tampering Evidence To Durham — Jen Kirby, Vox

Iran Ordered To Pay $180 Million Damages To Detained Journalist, Family — Spencer Hsu & Carol Morello, Wash Post

Election 2020

Barrasso: None of Warren’s Health Ideas Are Feasible — Fox

Emerson Polling: Impeachment Support Drops, Trump Beats Biden, Buttigieg

Biden: Lindsey Graham Will ‘Regret’ Probing Me ‘His Whole Life’ — Joshua Caplan, Breitbart

GOP Senators Ask Treasury For Any Reports On Hunter Biden — Richard Cowan & Valerie Volcovici, Reuters

Bloomberg Launches Big TV Ad Campaign — Michael Finnegan, LA Times

The Left

NYC Flooding Subway Entrances To Prepare For Climate Change — Zoe Schlanger, Quartz

California Pot Taxes To Go Higher — AP

Econ/Finance/Business

Manufacturing, Services Sector PMIs Highest Since April — Greg Robb, Marketwatch

Bitcoin Plummets To Six-Month Low On China Crackdown — Ciara Lee, Reuters

How BlackBerry Went From Dominating Smartphone Market To Phone of The Past — Business Insider

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