Politics

October 26, 2020
Denying kids meals will be BoJo’s legacy, but the solution for feeding the poor is community based – and that means proper funding

Boris Johnson's government has refused to extend a free school meal scheme to England's half-term holiday. It's time local communities took charge of providing meals for school kids, but they...

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October 26, 2020
FBI seeks help finding missing Georgia financial adviser

An Atlanta area financial adviser suspected of defrauding victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars that went missing more than a month ago and is being sought by federal...

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October 26, 2020
The Latest: Trump hits 1st of 3 rallies in key Pennsylvania

The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 12:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is beginning the first of three campaign rallies in Pennsylvania by saying he wants to discuss...

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October 26, 2020
Muslims call for French goods boycott to protest caricatures

Muslims in the Middle East and beyond on Monday broadened their calls for boycotts of French products and protests, as a clash over depictions of the Prophet Muhammad and the...

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October 26, 2020
Standoff in Washington imperils jobless and small businesses

With winter looming and confirmed viral cases rising, Bob Szuter's craft brewery and restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, could use another government lifeline to help survive until spring. So could many...

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October 26, 2020
Grains mixed, livestock mixed

Grain futures were mixed on Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. lost .116 cent at $6.2140 a bushel; Dec. corn fell .03 cent...

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October 26, 2020
Editorial Roundup:

The Dallas Morning News. October 24, 2020 The policy of separating families was a tragic mistake Border security can be achieved without callous strategies that destroy families. It is hard...

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October 26, 2020
Editorial Roundup:

The Dallas Morning News. October 24, 2020 The policy of separating families was a tragic mistake Border security can be achieved without callous strategies that destroy families. It is hard...

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October 26, 2020
Software developer pleads guilty to COVID-19 fraud scheme

A Seattle man has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for carrying out a scheme to defraud several COVID-19 relief programs, according to federal prosecutors. Baoke Zhang, 35,...

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October 26, 2020
Software developer pleads guilty to COVID-19 fraud scheme

A Seattle man has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for carrying out a scheme to defraud several COVID-19 relief programs, according to federal prosecutors. Baoke Zhang, 35,...

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October 26, 2020
French doctor warns his country has ‘lost control’ of virus

A French doctor warned Monday that his country has “lost control of the epidemic,” a day after health authorities reported more than 52,000 new coronavirus cases as nations across Europe...

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October 26, 2020
‘What Killed Michael Brown?’ is the new must-see documentary that eviscerates the mainstream narrative on race in America

A new film streaming on Amazon uses the tragedy of Michael Brown's death in 2014 to insightfully reveal the manipulations and machinations that distort modern-day race relations in the US....

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October 26, 2020
Coal magnate Robert Murray dies; he long fought regulators

Robert Murray, the board chairman of the largest privately owned U.S. coal operator, who long fought federal regulations to reduce black lung disease, died at his home in Ohio less...

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October 26, 2020
Government grant seeks to help small-scale meat processors

The Washington state Department of Agriculture is offering COVID-19 relief grants to small-scale meat processors to help them cover costs of boosting capacity during the pandemic. The Skagit Valley Herald...

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October 26, 2020
China’s new sanctions against American defence companies have the potential to cause major damage to the US military

Beijing has fired a warning to the US over its arms sales to Taiwan with a new round of sanctions. The move is symbolic for now, but if China wants...

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October 26, 2020
Power shut off in California as winds, fire danger increase

Large swaths of California were without power Monday as utilities sought to prevent the chance of their equipment sparking wildfires while the fire-weary state was buffeted by powerful winds and...

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October 26, 2020
How a Miami-area group is using tech to fight inequality and social justice issues

The global pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, the heated political contests nationally and locally — if the events of 2020 have taught us anything, it's that there is often...

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October 26, 2020
I lost multiple friends to opioids, and the deaths won’t stop while the system creates crises to sell ‘solutions’

Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, is pleading guilty to charges related to its role in the opioid epidemic that has killed over 400,000 Americans. But a single cause celebre...

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October 26, 2020
‘Babish’ expands as pandemic boosts YouTube cooking shows

Mac and cheese, 18th-century style. A seven-course meal using only ingredients from a convenience store. A meal that is literally on fire. Four episodes into her new YouTube show, “Stump...

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October 26, 2020
El Paso imposes curfew as virus cases overwhelm hospitals

Residents in the Texas border city of El Paso have been urged to stay home for two weeks as a spike in coronavirus cases overwhelms hospitals, prompting the state to...

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October 26, 2020
South Florida real estate calendar for the week of Oct. 26

Real estate talks focus on the residential market this week. Oct. 27 ▪ The Coral Gables-based Miami Association of Realtors will host the free webinar “Working with investors: Finding deals”...

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October 26, 2020
‘Family Karma’ stars to build a $4 million townhouse development in Miami

Two Bravo TV stars are developing a townhouse complex in Miami's Shenandoah neighborhood, and targeting Brickell residents looking for more space. Father-and-son Dipak Patel and Shaan Patel — part of...

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October 26, 2020
2020 Watch: Is Biden remaking the Democratic coalition?

Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into the final full week of the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: 8 ___ THE NARRATIVE Welcome to the final full...

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October 26, 2020
Crew safe, 7 detained after UK special forces raid tanker

All crew members of an oil tanker that was stormed by British naval special forces after a group of stowaways threatened violence are “safe and well,” the ship‘s operator confirmed...

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October 26, 2020
Steel producer starts construction on Kentucky plant

Steel producer Nucor Corp. has broken ground as construction begins on its new $1.7 billion manufacturing mill in Kentucky. The plant in Meade County is expected to create 400 full-time...

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October 26, 2020
Asian shares mostly fall on uncertainty over US election

Asian shares were mostly lower in muted trading Monday amid widespread uncertainty over what the U.S. presidential election will portend for markets and economic policy. Investors remain worried over surging...

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October 26, 2020
Asian shares mostly fall on uncertainty over US election

Asian shares were mostly lower in muted trading Monday amid widespread uncertainty over what the U.S. presidential election will portend for markets and economic policy. Investors remain worried over surging...

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October 26, 2020
Asian shares mostly fall on uncertainty over US election

Asian shares were mostly lower in muted trading Monday amid widespread uncertainty over what the U.S. presidential election will portend for markets and economic policy. Investors remain worried over surging...

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October 26, 2020
The Latest: Lockdown largely ending in Melbourne, Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia's former coronavirus hot spot Melbourne will largely emerge from lockdown after the city on Monday recorded its first day without a new COVID-19 case in more...

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October 26, 2020
The Latest: Lockdown largely ending in Melbourne, Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia's former coronavirus hot spot Melbourne will largely emerge from lockdown after the city on Monday recorded its first day without a new COVID-19 case in more...

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October 26, 2020
The Latest: Lockdown largely ending in Melbourne, Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia's former coronavirus hot spot Melbourne will largely emerge from lockdown after the city on Monday recorded its first day without a new COVID-19 case in more...

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October 26, 2020
Wary of angering public, Iran has few ways to contain virus

As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelming its hospitals and driving up its death toll, the country's health minister gave a rare speech criticizing his own...

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October 26, 2020
Wary of angering public, Iran has few ways to contain virus

As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelming its hospitals and driving up its death toll, the country's health minister gave a rare speech criticizing his own...

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October 26, 2020
Wary of angering public, Iran has few ways to contain virus

As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelming its hospitals and driving up its death toll, the country's health minister gave a rare speech criticizing his own...

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October 26, 2020
Feeding Houston’s hungry: 1M pounds of food daily for needy

In car lines that can stretch half a mile, (0.8 kilometers), workers who lost jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic and other needy people receive staggering amounts of food distributed...

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October 26, 2020
Feeding Houston’s hungry: 1M pounds of food daily for needy

In car lines that can stretch half a mile, (0.8 kilometers), workers who lost jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic and other needy people receive staggering amounts of food distributed...

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October 26, 2020
Feeding Houston’s hungry: 1M pounds of food daily for needy

In car lines that can stretch half a mile, (0.8 kilometers), workers who lost jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic and other needy people receive staggering amounts of food distributed...

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October 26, 2020
Coal magnate Robert Murray dead at 80, days after retiring

Coal magnate Robert Murray died at his home in Ohio less than a week after announcing his retirement as board chairman of a major U.S. coal operator. Michael Shaheen, an...

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October 26, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and his oh-so-familiar falsehoods

President Donald Trump says Mexico is paying for the wall (it isn't), health care choice for veterans came from him (it didn't) and his tax cut stands as the biggest...

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October 26, 2020
S.C. county’s longest-serving volunteer firefighter retires

James Hodge says he's getting more sleep nowadays, even though he's usually out of his house by 5:30 a.m. The school bus driver sleeps uninterrupted now, but for 40 years...

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