Politics

October 23, 2020
How major US stock indexes fared Friday

Stocks shrugged off a sluggish start and ended mostly higher on Wall Street Friday. The S&P 500 managed a modest gain, but still posted its first weekly loss in four...

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October 23, 2020
Legislators consider ways to increase Idaho air travel

Lawmakers in Idaho have considered ways to increase air travel in the state as flights have been reduced or eliminated in recent years, stunting economic growth. Horizon Air stopped direct...

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October 23, 2020
$10.6 million contract for Mississippi garment maker

A Mississippi apparel manufacturer has been awarded a $10.6 million contract for military clothing. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that the award means Golden Manufacturing Co. in the Tishomingo...

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October 23, 2020
Senior-level hires and promotions in Miami-Dade and Broward for the week of Oct. 26, 2020

APPAREL Michael Jellson has been named director of corporate sales at The Cromer Company, an apparel screen printing and embroidering company based in Hialeah Gardens. He is responsible for the...

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October 23, 2020
Slavoj Zizek: We should look to how Cuba coped with the fall of the Soviet Union to deal with our new Covid world

It's time to be brave enough to acknowledge that we are in a hopeless situation, and Covid has changed the way our world will work forever. But we can thrive...

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October 23, 2020
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery fell 79 cents to $39.85 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for December delivery fell 69 cents to $41.77 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...

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October 23, 2020
A Russia-China military alliance would be a bulwark against America’s global imperialism. Is it time for Washington to panic?

Vladimir Putin says it's ‘quite possible to imagine' a full-blown defense pact between Moscow and Beijing in the near future. Such a deal would transform the geopolitical balance – and...

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October 23, 2020
Missouri AG hopeful pays taxes late; GOP claims false filing

The Democratic candidate for Missouri attorney general made overdue property tax payments this week after being asked about them, prompting a Republican official to accuse him of lying about being...

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October 23, 2020
Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases

The United States is approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases in the latest ominous sign about the disease's grip on the nation, as states from...

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October 23, 2020
Whistleblower suit against prison health system continues

A Georgia doctor may continue his whistleblower lawsuit against the state's prison health care system, its director and the warden at the hospital prison where he worked, a federal judge...

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October 23, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s skewed indictment of wind power

President Donald Trump's dismissal of wind power as a glitchy, pricey, bird-slaughtering way to make electricity is out of step with the times. He slammed the technology in his debate...

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October 23, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic worsens the Kansas teacher shortage

Kansas' teacher shortage finally shows signs of shrinking. But districts still can't find enough educators to keep schools running under coronavirus safety demands. “We were through the worst of it...

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October 23, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic worsens the Kansas teacher shortage

Kansas' teacher shortage finally shows signs of shrinking. But districts still can't find enough educators to keep schools running under coronavirus safety demands. “We were through the worst of it...

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October 23, 2020
Paris Las Vegas power restored after outage, evacuations

The power has been restored at a Las Vegas Strip hotel after an outage forced hundreds of guests to evacuate, an entertainment company said. “This evening, Paris Las Vegas experienced...

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October 23, 2020
Paris Las Vegas power restored after outage, evacuations

The power has been restored at a Las Vegas Strip hotel after an outage forced hundreds of guests to evacuate, an entertainment company said. “This evening, Paris Las Vegas experienced...

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October 23, 2020
Call me a Grinch, but with festive markets abandoned, the ski season gutted and zero excitement around, Christmas 2020 is off

Santa's not coming to town & the Three Kings can keep wandering afar. Thanks to Covid-19 cracker-downs, we apparently need to prepare for a ‘digital Xmas'. ‘Tis the season to...

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October 23, 2020
More than 30 college teams to play early games at casino

A resort casino on tribal land in Connecticut is finalizing plans to host more than 30 college basketball teams as it becomes a modified bubble for several early-season tournaments, including...

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October 23, 2020
More than 30 college teams to play early games at casino

A resort casino on tribal land in Connecticut is finalizing plans to host more than 30 college basketball teams as it becomes a modified bubble for several early-season tournaments, including...

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October 23, 2020
The Biden-Trump race is both over and too close to call

With a little more than a week before the official US presidential election on November 3, the race between Joe Biden and President Donald Trump is both over and too...

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October 23, 2020
Garth Reeves III is ready to excel

Garth Reeves III's mother, Rachel, and grandfather, Garth Sr., groomed him to be the publisher of The Miami Times. By purchasing the Biscayne Times, he's showing why. … Click to...

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October 23, 2020
Garth Reeves III was groomed to be The Miami Times publisher. He’s now showing why

Garth Reeves III has a lot going on. The Miami Times, the award-winning weekly his family has published since 1923, has an edition due in four days. A key advertiser...

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October 23, 2020
Parties’ late spending on Senate races shows GOP’s jeopardy

Republicans and Democrats are unleashing millions in eleventh-hour spending to contest Senate seats in states that read like a list of reliable GOP strongholds: Alaska. Arizona. Georgia. Iowa. Kansas. Montana....

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October 23, 2020
The Latest: Harris insists Biden won’t ban fracking

The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 12:15 p.m. Sen. Kamala Harris is clarifying Joe Biden's comments during the last presidential debate about transitioning away from the oil...

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October 23, 2020
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen last week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social...

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October 23, 2020
North Miami Beach rescinds approval of Instracoastal Mall project, schedules new vote

A day after North Miami Beach commissioners voted to approve Uptown Harbour, a massive mixed-use redevelopment of the Intracoastal Mall, Mayor Anthony DeFillipo announced he was scrapping the results and...

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October 23, 2020
Trump, Biden frame closing appeals for sprint to election

Their final debate behind them, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are packaging their divergent personal styles and policy prescriptions into closing messages for the final sprint to Election...

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October 23, 2020
Battleground postal delays persist with mail voting underway

U.S. Postal Service records show delivery delays have persisted across the country as millions of Americans are voting by mail, raising the possibility of ballots being rejected because they arrive...

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October 23, 2020
Yellowstone National Park to pilot automated shuttle program

Park officials have said a shuttle program using automated electric vehicles is expected to launch at Yellowstone National Park next year. Beep Inc. Shuttles is expected to pilot the program...

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October 23, 2020
United (Socialist) States of America? Trump-Biden showdown is a battle for the capitalist soul of the country

The final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden highlighted what is really at stake: not the political fortunes of two politicians, but rather what a future America might...

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October 23, 2020
United (Socialist) States of America? Trump-Biden showdown is a battle for the capitalist soul of the country

The final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden highlighted what is really at stake: not the political fortunes of two politicians, but rather what a future America might...

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October 23, 2020
Blaming Russia for Hunter’s problems was a big misstep, Joe, and it may prove to be your downfall

Joe Biden recently suggested that stories circulating about his son Hunter were part of a Russian disinformation campaign. Whatever he has or hasn't been up to, blaming another nation is...

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October 23, 2020
Blaming Russia for Hunter’s problems was a big misstep, Joe, and it may prove to be your downfall

Joe Biden recently suggested that stories circulating about his son Hunter were part of a Russian disinformation campaign. Whatever he has or hasn't been up to, blaming another nation is...

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October 23, 2020
LT teams with toy drives to help underprivileged children

Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has teamed with DonateAToy.org for his own charity, Fore Life, Inc., a Florida-based not-for-profit organization that uses the game of golf and its...

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October 23, 2020
LT teams with toy drives to help underprivileged children

Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has teamed with DonateAToy.org for his own charity, Fore Life, Inc., a Florida-based not-for-profit organization that uses the game of golf and its...

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October 23, 2020
In October, SC’s Graham rakes in $1M per day for Senate race

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has continued to rake in campaign cash in the closing days of his bid for a fourth term, raising about $1 million a day for the...

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October 23, 2020
Sidelined by COVID-19 bigger issue for NFL players, coaches

For Jeffery Simmons, being sidelined by COVID-19 and having to watch his Tennessee teammates beat Buffalo without him hurt. He sat on his couch and tweeted almost a play by...

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October 23, 2020
Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden's campaigns are assembling armies of powerful lawyers for the possibility that the race for the White House is decided not at the...

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October 23, 2020
Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle

President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden's campaigns are assembling armies of powerful lawyers for the possibility that the race for the White House is decided not at the...

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October 23, 2020
Veggie burgers are still burgers, EU lawmakers rule

Plant-based products that do not contain meat can continue to be labeled “sausages” or “burgers,” European lawmakers said Friday, when they rejected a proposal back by the meat industry to...

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October 23, 2020
Veggie burgers are still burgers, EU lawmakers rule

Plant-based products that do not contain meat can continue to be labeled “sausages” or “burgers,” European lawmakers said Friday, when they rejected a proposal back by the meat industry to...

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