Politics

October 20, 2020
Car built in Washington state sets a world record at 316 mph

A Washington state car company says it's set a world record after its newest vehicle reached an average speed of 316 mph (510 kph) along a highway in Nevada. Guinness...

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October 20, 2020
How Google evolved from ‘cuddly’ startup to antitrust target

In Google's infancy, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin reviled Microsoft as a technological bully that ruthlessly abused its dominance of the personal computer software market to choke off competition...

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October 20, 2020
Labor Dept: Women basketball coaches at UConn were underpaid

The University of Connecticut has agreed to pay a total of just under $250,000 to seven women, including four members of Geno Auriemma's 2014 women's basketball coaching staff, after the...

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October 20, 2020
US overdose deaths appear to rise amid coronavirus pandemic

Matthew Davidson was beating his heroin addiction. The 31-year-old was attending group recovery meetings. He had a restaurant job he liked. He was a doting uncle to a baby nephew....

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October 20, 2020
US overdose deaths appear to rise amid coronavirus pandemic

Matthew Davidson was beating his heroin addiction. The 31-year-old was attending group recovery meetings. He had a restaurant job he liked. He was a doting uncle to a baby nephew....

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October 20, 2020
More fire-prevention power shutoffs possible in California

Electricity may be shut off to 50,000 Northern California utility customers this week to try to prevent power lines from sparking and igniting new wildfires during a predicted new round...

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October 20, 2020
US’ planned removal of Sudan from terrorism list is really an attempt to reduce Chinese influence and further isolate Iran

President Trump has confirmed that America will no longer consider Sudan a state sponsor of terrorism. While it's the African country that will benefit, the move has been driven by...

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October 20, 2020
Washington wants to declare burned bridge ‘major disaster’

The state of Washington has asked the federal government to declare a destroyed railroad bridge a major disaster after it was burned down in a wildfire in September. The 100-year-old...

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October 20, 2020
Postal carrier accused of stealing mail-in ballot in Miami

A U.S. Postal Service carrier is accused of stealing a Miami-Dade County mail-in ballot, 10 gift cards and four prepaid debit cards earlier this month, federal authorities said. A federal...

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October 20, 2020
Tribes make new move to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline

Native American tribes opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline once again have asked a federal judge to stop the flow of oil while the legal battle over the line's future...

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October 20, 2020
Glenn Close to receive honorary AARP Purpose Prize award

Glenn Close will receive an honorary AARP award for her work with a charity that brings awareness to mental illness. AARP announced Tuesday that Close will be the first to...

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October 20, 2020
6 Russian officers charged in ‘destructive’ hacking campaign

The Justice Department announced charges against Russian intelligence officers in cyberattacks that targeted a French presidential election, the Winter Olympics in South Korea and American businesses. The case implicates the...

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October 20, 2020
Justice Dept. to file landmark antitrust case against Google

The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its online dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers, a person...

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October 20, 2020
East Carolina University announces more furloughs, pay cuts

A university in North Carolina has announced temporary furloughs and pay cuts for its athletics staff due to budget deficits caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The salary reductions and furloughs...

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October 20, 2020
East Carolina University announces more furloughs, pay cuts

A university in North Carolina has announced temporary furloughs and pay cuts for its athletics staff due to budget deficits caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The salary reductions and furloughs...

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October 20, 2020
Suits challenge emissions by Georgia sterilizing company

Homeowners in Georgia have filed a lawsuit over emissions of a chemical used by a company that sterilizes medical equipment. The Journal-Constitution reports that the attorney for the couple who...

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October 20, 2020
Suits challenge emissions by Georgia sterilizing company

Homeowners in Georgia have filed a lawsuit over emissions of a chemical used by a company that sterilizes medical equipment. The Journal-Constitution reports that the attorney for the couple who...

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October 20, 2020
Chris Pratt is in the cancel culture crosshairs for imaginary crimes against woke dogma in the online Infinity War

The movie star has kept silent about his political beliefs, but the two-bit thought police Thanoses of Twitter think they can read his mind and believe he is an evil...

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October 20, 2020
PortMiami wants $285M in COVID rent breaks for cruise lines as debt pressures grow

Faced with a crippled cruise industry as a one-time cash cow, PortMiami wants to slash required rent payments for ships and hope business picks up in time to cover debt...

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October 20, 2020
Broward is getting a new $30M affordable housing project, thanks to two developers

A new affordable housing community is in the pipeline for Broward County. The Coral Gables-based development firms Coral Rock Development Group and the Paragon Group of South Florida are building...

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October 20, 2020
Here’s what the massive Intracoastal Mall redevelopment project will look like

A proposal to redevelop the aging Intracoastal Mall into a massive, $1.5 billion mixed-use project will go before the North Miami Beach City commission on Tuesday for a second reading....

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October 20, 2020
This is what Uptown Harbour in North Miami Beach would look like

If approved, the massive project Uptown Harbour will be built on the current site of the Intracoastal Mall in North Miami Beach. … Click to Continue »

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October 20, 2020
Serbia-Kosovo ‘normalization of relations’ plan: Will Belgrade give in to Western demands & shift toward ‘mutual recognition’?

For the West, the only final solution to the Kosovo issue would be Serbia recognizing it as an independent state – other ‘normalization' aspects talked about are merely stepping stones....

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October 20, 2020
Miami-Dade set to sell $3.5 million in county land for $30 for housing deals

While fixing a hasty giveaway of county land from two weeks ago, Miami-Dade commissioners are set to vote on two new transfers of county property worth more than $3 million....

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October 20, 2020
Miami-Dade set to sell $3.5 million in county land for $30 for housing deals

While fixing a hasty giveaway of county land from two weeks ago, Miami-Dade commissioners are set to vote on two new transfers of county property worth more than $3 million....

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October 20, 2020
UK to start controversial ‘challenge’ vaccine research trial

U.K. researchers are preparing to begin a controversial experiment that will infect healthy volunteers with coronavirus to study the disease in hopes of speeding up the development of a vaccine....

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October 20, 2020
UK to start controversial ‘challenge’ vaccine research trial

U.K. researchers are preparing to begin a controversial experiment that will infect healthy volunteers with coronavirus to study the disease in hopes of speeding up the development of a vaccine....

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October 20, 2020
Longtime auto parts maker TOPY finishes Frankfort expansion

A car parts manufacturer has completed a $38 million expansion at its Frankfort facility. Topy America Inc. makes steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks. The expansion at its...

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October 20, 2020
Longtime auto parts maker TOPY finishes Frankfort expansion

A car parts manufacturer has completed a $38 million expansion at its Frankfort facility. Topy America Inc. makes steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks. The expansion at its...

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October 20, 2020
Longtime auto parts maker TOPY finishes Frankfort expansion

A car parts manufacturer has completed a $38 million expansion at its Frankfort facility. Topy America Inc. makes steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks. The expansion at its...

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October 20, 2020
Chase Briscoe lands childhood hero Tony Stewart’s No. 14

Chase Briscoe earned job security for the first time in his career with a well-deserved promotion to the Cup Series to cap a season that has so far been storybook....

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October 20, 2020
Chase Briscoe lands childhood hero Tony Stewart’s No. 14

Chase Briscoe earned job security for the first time in his career with a well-deserved promotion to the Cup Series to cap a season that has so far been storybook....

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October 20, 2020
Asian shares mixed as U.S. virus aid hopes fade

Asian shares were mixed Tuesday, after Wall Street's overnight decline as hopes faded Washington will come through with badly needed aid for the U.S. economy before the U.S. presidential election....

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October 20, 2020
Monday’s Sports in Brief

MLB ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The starting pitchers for the World Series are set. Tyler Glasnow will start Game 1 for Tampa Bay, while three-time NL Cy Young Award winner...

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October 20, 2020
Friedman’s Series: Built Rays, then left to build Dodgers

Andrew Friedman isn't quite torn. The Dodgers' president of baseball operations since October 2014, he helped build Los Angeles into a power that reached the World Series for the third...

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October 20, 2020
The Latest: Fishing crews arriving in New Zealand have virus

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A number of fishing crew who flew into New Zealand on chartered planes have the coronavirus. Health officials said Tuesday that 11 have tested positive so...

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October 20, 2020
Deadline looms, but COVID relief deal may be far off

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reported some progress in advance of a Tuesday deadline for reaching a pre-election deal with President Donald Trump on a new coronavirus relief package, but the...

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October 20, 2020
How Trump plowed through $1 billion, losing cash advantage

President Donald Trump's sprawling political operation has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in 2017 — and set a lot of it on fire. Trump...

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October 20, 2020
Alaska Senate candidate hopes to ride Democratic wave

Al Gross commands a fishing boat as a narrator describes him prospecting for gold and killing a grizzly bear in self-defense in an ad meant to underscore a central theme...

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October 20, 2020
California’s greenhouse gas emissions rose slightly in 2018

Greenhouse gas emissions in California increased slightly in 2018 due largely to lower hydroelectric power use, according to a newspaper report Monday. The state Air Resources Board said California emitted...

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