Politics

December 18, 2020
On Facebook, ‘French’ and ‘Russian’ influence ops are the same as your Boomer aunt’s

Facebook recently banned ‘inauthentic' account networks it accused of influence operations in Africa on behalf of Russia and France. Absent any proof, though, ‘Russia' and ‘France' are about as authentic...

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December 18, 2020
Darden Restaurants: Fiscal 2Q Earnings Snapshot

Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) on Friday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $96 million. The Orlando, Florida-based company said it had net income of 73 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted to...

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December 18, 2020
As COVID-surge increases, companies continue with protocols – and hope for the best

As COVID-19 numbers surge across South Florida, many companies continue to work remotely, limit hours and shrink staff. While some are concerned about the possibility of another shutdown, several said...

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December 18, 2020
Latin American countries are waiting on vaccines. Here’s what they’ve reserved so far

The coronavirus vaccine has yet to roll into Latin America. When it does, residents of Chile will be most likely to get it. Next in line: Mexico, Brazil and Argentina....

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December 18, 2020
Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread

Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another...

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December 18, 2020
Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread

Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another...

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December 18, 2020
1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died

One in very five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times higher than the general population. In...

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December 18, 2020
The Latest: Half of Belgium’s COVID-19 deaths in rest homes

BRUSSELS — More than 10,000 elderly people living in Belgian rest homes have died from COVID-19 since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Yves Van Laethem, a spokesman at Belgium's...

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December 18, 2020
Changing portfolios without doing anything | Opinion

The stocks owned by millions of investors will change in the week ahead without those investors buying or selling anything. If you own mutual funds, index funds or exchange traded...

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December 18, 2020
Liz Truss’s right-wing equality plan deserves a chance, because weak woke politicians have got the UK nowhere

The Conservative equalities minister has laid out her new approach for delivering equality, but it's already been attacked by virtue-signalling lefties accusing her of whitewashing British history and implicit racism....

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December 18, 2020
Liz Truss’s right-wing equality plan deserves a chance, because weak woke politicians have got the UK nowhere

The Conservative equalities minister has laid out her new approach for delivering equality, but it's already been attacked by virtue-signalling lefties accusing her of whitewashing British history and implicit racism....

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December 18, 2020
Amazon has turned a middle-class warehouse career into a McJob

Amazon.com Inc. job ads are everywhere. Plastered on city buses, displayed on career web sites, slotted between songs on classic rock stations. They promise a quick start, $15 an hour...

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December 18, 2020
Amazon has turned a middle-class warehouse career into a McJob

Amazon.com Inc. job ads are everywhere. Plastered on city buses, displayed on career web sites, slotted between songs on classic rock stations. They promise a quick start, $15 an hour...

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December 18, 2020
GMC dealers have to spend thousands to sell new Hummer all-electric pickup

About half of General Motors' 1,900 GMC dealers in the United States have agreed to invest up to $140,000 to sell the 2022 Hummer all-electric pickup truck. The dealers are...

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December 18, 2020
GMC dealers have to spend thousands to sell new Hummer all-electric pickup

About half of General Motors' 1,900 GMC dealers in the United States have agreed to invest up to $140,000 to sell the 2022 Hummer all-electric pickup truck. The dealers are...

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December 18, 2020
This capitalist commune is trying to cure LA’s loneliness. Plus there’s free coffee

On a Sunday evening in late September, with wildfire smoke hanging in the air, a few dozen people gathered in the rooftop kitchen of a Hollywood apartment building called Treehouse...

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December 18, 2020
This capitalist commune is trying to cure LA’s loneliness. Plus there’s free coffee

On a Sunday evening in late September, with wildfire smoke hanging in the air, a few dozen people gathered in the rooftop kitchen of a Hollywood apartment building called Treehouse...

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December 18, 2020
Pilot project aims to help at home learners without internet

Kentucky Educational Television has partnered with the Kentucky Department of Education to launch a pilot project that aims to give stronger support to at home learners without internet access, officials...

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December 18, 2020
States making bold new legal claims in 2 Google lawsuits

As a wave of antitrust actions surges against Google and Facebook, states in two lawsuits are stretching beyond the cases made by federal competition enforcers to level bold new claims....

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December 18, 2020
UNICEF feeding our children is a humiliation that lays bare a broken system – is the UK a 3rd-world country now?

The faux outrage being expressed over the UN agency stepping in to provide for hungry children in London is misplaced. Focus on the problem's root causes – and bring about...

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December 18, 2020
Iran builds at underground nuclear facility amid US tensions

Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the U.S. over its atomic program, satellite photos obtained Friday by The Associated...

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December 18, 2020
Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head

President-elect Joe Biden says he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his...

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December 18, 2020
Snags on COVID-19 relief may force weekend sessions

It's a hurry up and wait moment on Capitol Hill as congressional negotiators on a must-pass, almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package struggled through a handful of remaining snags....

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December 18, 2020
Trump stays on sidelines as vaccine injections begin

President Donald Trump's administration helped deliver vaccinations against the coronavirus earlier than even some in his administration thought possible, but the president has been largely absent from the effort to...

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December 18, 2020
Hack against US is ‘grave’ threat, cybersecurity agency says

Federal authorities are expressing increased alarm about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian hackers. The nation's...

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December 18, 2020
COVID-19 models plot dire scenarios for California hospitals

When Gov. Gavin Newsom provided a dire view of California's out-of-control surge of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations this week, he referred to projection models of future death and misery that...

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December 18, 2020
Facing crisis, LA’s Garcetti ends talk of Biden Cabinet post

Not long ago, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti looked like he was going places. The two-term Democrat who considered a 2020 White House run became part of Joe Biden's inner...

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December 18, 2020
Walgreens, CVS predict COVID-19 vaccines will be available to the general public by appointment at pharmacies by spring

With health care workers the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and residents and staff of longterm care facilities next, Americans are asking when it will be their turn to...

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December 18, 2020
Fraudulent unemployment claims filed in name of U.S. senator

Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in...

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December 18, 2020
Fraudulent unemployment claims filed in name of U.S. senator

Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in...

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December 18, 2020
Biden picks Regan for EPA nominee, Haaland for interior head

President-elect Joe Biden announced Thursday that he had chosen North Carolina regulator Michael S. Regan as his nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency and New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland...

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December 18, 2020
Cook County recognizes Juneteenth as holiday for its workers

Illinois' largest county is recognizing Juneteenth as an official holiday and a paid day off for county workers. Juneteenth will be one of 14 government holidays granted to all Cook...

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December 18, 2020
Kemp says Georgia will keep paying for nurses in pandemic

Gov. Brian Kemp says the state of Georgia will keep paying for extra nurses to assist hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities that have struggled to find staff...

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December 18, 2020
Kemp says Georgia will keep paying for nurses in pandemic

Gov. Brian Kemp says the state of Georgia will keep paying for extra nurses to assist hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities that have struggled to find staff...

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December 18, 2020
Kemp says Georgia will keep paying for nurses in pandemic

Gov. Brian Kemp says the state of Georgia will keep paying for extra nurses to assist hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities that have struggled to find staff...

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December 18, 2020
Some states say Pfizer vaccine allotments cut for next week

Several states say they have been told to expect far fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in its second week of distribution, prompting worries about potential delays in shots...

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December 17, 2020
Ky. high court: online poker site must pay state $1 billion

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an online poker company must pay more than $1 billion to the state for illegal gambling losses in a court battle that began...

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December 17, 2020
Lexi Thomson shoots 65, leads LPGA Tour’s season finale

With brother Curtis back at her side at Tiburon Golf Club, Lexi Thompson shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour's CME Group...

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December 17, 2020
Lexi Thomson shoots 65, leads LPGA Tour’s season finale

With brother Curtis back at her side at Tiburon Golf Club, Lexi Thompson shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour's CME Group...

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December 17, 2020
Louisiana lawmakers OK fantasy sports betting regulations

Louisiana lawmakers agreed Wednesday to regulations governing fantasy sports betting in the 47 parishes that approved it two years ago, setting in motion the process for approving operators so the...

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