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Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
US to announce new charges in 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing

The US Justice Department expects to unseal charges in the coming days in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet that exploded over Lockerbie in Scotland, killing...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Dec. 14 The Times and Democrat on South Carolina's highway death toll: With South Carolina counting down toward a highway death toll that...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Blackhawks promote Bowman, hire Faulkner to oversee business

The Chicago Blackhawks shuffled their front office Wednesday, elevating general manager Stan Bowman to president of hockey operations and hiring Jaime Faulkner as president of business operations. Danny Wirtz —...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Charlie Hebdo attack accomplices trial finds all 14 guilty, but France is a long way off solving its Islamist terrorism problem

The accessories to the gunmen who killed 17 people over two days in 2015 were all found guilty, but far from drawing a line under the problem of French Islamic...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Survey seen as fair pay baseline in Italian luxury fashion

Italian luxury producers and suppliers on Wednesday received a “pretty positive” report card from the Fair Wage Network, in the first large-scale survey of pay and working conditions in the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Washington unemployment rate in November was 6%

Washington's jobless rate was 6% last month, and the state's economy added just 100 jobs. According to numbers released Wednesday by the Employment Security Department, November's rate was the same...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
World’s space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020

Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and robotic explorers grabbed rocks from the moon...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Vaccinations reach nursing homes as California faces crisis

The first COVID-19 vaccinations are underway at U.S. nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a surge so alarming...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
MLB tells managers to expect on-time spring training start

Big league managers say that Major League Baseball has instructed them to prepare for spring training to start on time in mid-February despite uncertainty around the coronavirus. Tampa Bay Rays...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s book ‘Persist’ to come out in April

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a book coming out about six key experiences and perspectives. The title should be familiar to those who have followed the Massachusetts Democrat's career: “Persist.” Henry...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Business
Editorial Roundup: Georgia

Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ Dec. 16 The Brunswick News on Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine: The fight against COVID-19 is reaching a critical juncture. While the bad news is that...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Mango’s owner proposes selling South Beach club, nearby property to build new complex

The owner of Mango's Tropical Cafe is under contract to buy three adjoining properties behind the iconic Ocean Drive club for the development of a mixed-use complex that may include...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Mango’s proposes selling South Beach club for redevelopment project

Mango's Tropical Cafe, the iconic South Beach club, is proposing to sell its Ocean Drive business and three Collins Avenue lots for the construction of a mixed-use development project. …...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
California’s growth rate at record low as more people leave

California saw its slowest growth rate on record for the nation's most populous state, adding just 21,200 people during the year that ended in July, state officials said Wednesday. For...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Fed keeps rate near zero but sees brighter economy in 2021

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will keep buying government bonds until the economy makes “substantial” progress — a step intended to reassure financial markets and keep long-term borrowing...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Airbnb suspends North Carolina listings over COVID-19 rules

Airbnb has suspended nearly 60 listings across North Carolina for violations of its party guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said Wednesday. In emails to The Associated Press, the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
United Airlines to begin contact tracing program with CDC this week to help slow spread of COVID-19

United Airlines will begin collecting contact information from passengers when they check in as part of an effort by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to better track spread...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Google glitch, snowstorm bring virtual learning frustrations

It wasn't the weather that delayed school this week, at least not the first time. Students in the Northeast might be giddily anticipating a storm that the National Weather Service...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Study: Airline passenger satisfaction hits record high during pandemic

Half-empty flights, a less-crowded airport terminal and shorter lines for security are signs of the impact of the pandemic — but in normal times they would be markers of a...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Biden boosters’ bid to erase first ‘out’ gay cabinet member Grenell in favor of Buttigieg is a sweeping revisionist fantasy

Establishment media are hyping Pete Buttigieg's appointment as Biden's transport secretary as a ‘first' for the LGBT community – deliberately ignoring the fact the first openly gay cabinet member actually...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Nigerians anxious after 330 boys kidnapped by extremists

Anger, fear and exhaustion. Anxiety has overwhelmed many parents in Nigeria's northern Kankara village who await word on their sons who are among the more than 330 kidnapped by extremists...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Germany registers record deaths as weekslong lockdown begins

BERLIN — A record number of deaths was reported in Germany on Wednesday due to the coronavirus as the country entered a nationwide lockdown in a bid to break a...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Senate report: Opioid industry has paid advocacy groups $65M

A bipartisan congressional investigation released Wednesday found that key players in the nation's opioid industry have spent $65 million since 1997 funding nonprofits that advocate treating pain with medications, a...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Mail carrier indicted for stealing mail, checks

A U.S. Post Service worker has been indicted on charges alleging that he stole mail from customers along his Kansas City, Missouri, route and deposited the checks he found into...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
With nothing left to do but plunder, Biden administration embraces loyalty over competence… just like Trump

The incoming Biden administration has made it clear loyalty is the only requirement for an appointment, stuffing the cabinet with a pack of dependable yet talentless names whose only selling...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Authorities: Video contradicts account of suspect’s escape

Video of a murder suspect's escape from a security company's transport van contradicts the driver's story that the man jumped through an open window while the vehicle was stopped at...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Thinker Writer Radical Spy: Just how close to the security services was John le Carré during his writing career?

The recently departed writer occupied a strange space in the spectrum of spy authors. He was simultaneously one of British intelligence's most respected and beloved representatives while also seen as...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Science & Tech
Newest gig economy job: Host of your own esports tournaments on Fortnite, Madden NFL, other video games

Play One Up, an app that lets you bet on your own video game skills, now lets you host esports tournaments for Fortnite, Madden NFL and other games.

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Dec. 15 Winston Salem-Journal on the distribution of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine: The rapid development and distribution of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
The Latest: Buttigieg recalls struggles of Clinton nominee

The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local): Transportation secretary nominee Pete Buttigieg, who will be the first openly gay person to serve in a Cabinet, on Wednesday tipped...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Farming
New TB strategy agreed to halt ‘accelerating’ spread of the disease

Enhanced wildlife control measures and more detailed investigations into on farm breakdowns are understood to be included in a new bovine TB eradication strategy agreed between farm organisations and the...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Joe Biden reveals former rival as his pick for transport secretary

US president-elect Joe Biden has introduced Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for transport.

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
From restaurants to retailers, virus transformed economies

It would be just a temporary precaution. When the viral pandemic erupted in March, employees of the small insurance firm Thimble fled their Manhattan offices. CEO Jay Bregman planned to...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
French court finds 14 accomplices to Charlie Hebdo attackers guilty

A French court on Wednesday convicted 14 people of crimes ranging from financing terrorism to membership of a criminal gang in relation to Islamist attacks in 2015 against the Charlie...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
On a mission: Tom Cruise insists on social distancing on set

Tom Cruise has launched an expletive-laden rant at colleagues on the set of his latest "Mission: Impossible" movie, after he reportedly spotted two workers failing to respect social distancing rules....

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Breaking News
Optimism over Brexit trade deal and US stimulus boosts markets

Optimism continues to course through the stock market as traders maintain the cautious belief that a trade deal between the UK and EU might finally arrive this side of 2020.

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Congress approves funding for Mississippi courthouse repairs

A federal courthouse in Mississippi that was deemed uninhabitable because of mold and moisture is set to undergo renovations. Lawmakers in Washington approved a $24.3 million plan by the General...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Rockefeller Foundation donates nearly half million to Black businesses in Florida

The Rockefeller Foundation has donated $400,000 in support of Black contractors in Florida to help offset the economic impact of COVID-19. The grant to the Black Business Investment Fund Florida...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Covid Christmas in UK: Medics are terrified of letting us manage our own risks

The medical profession's lobbying to overturn the UK's mild relaxation of Covid-19 rules confirms the biggest lesson of 2020: that safety now trumps freedom. A rare joint editorial by two...

Posted by The Analyst | December 16, 2020 | Science & Tech
Google tweaks cord-cutting device: Chromecast with Google TV will soon stream Apple TV+ video service

The Chromecast with Google TV streaming device will soon add Apple TV+ to the video services it can stream. It can also stream 4K video.