Politics

October 6, 2020
White House nixes tougher FDA guidelines on vaccine approval

The White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration guidelines on bringing potential vaccines for COVID-19 to market that would almost certainly have prevented their approval before the Nov....

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October 6, 2020
White House nixes tougher FDA guidelines on vaccine approval

The White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration guidelines on bringing potential vaccines for COVID-19 to market that would almost certainly have prevented their approval before the Nov....

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October 6, 2020
White House nixes tougher FDA guidelines on vaccine approval

The White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration guidelines on bringing potential vaccines for COVID-19 to market that would almost certainly have prevented their approval before the Nov....

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October 6, 2020
Congressional debate turns fiery between Barr, Hicks

Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and his Democratic opponent Josh Hicks clashed over the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic in a fiery debate that turned personal Monday night. The...

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October 6, 2020
Congressional debate turns fiery between Barr, Hicks

Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and his Democratic opponent Josh Hicks clashed over the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic in a fiery debate that turned personal Monday night. The...

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October 6, 2020
Congressional debate turns fiery between Barr, Hicks

Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and his Democratic opponent Josh Hicks clashed over the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic in a fiery debate that turned personal Monday night. The...

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October 6, 2020
Group challenges amendment language of graduated tax plan

A group aligned with the Republican Party filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the language of a proposed Illinois constitutional amendment that creates a graduated-rate income tax. The Illinois Policy Institute...

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October 6, 2020
With COVID-19 diagnosis, Trump says ‘I get it.’ He doesn’t.

Now that he has contracted COVID-19, President Donald Trump says he does “get it.” That revelation comes seven months — and almost 210,000 American deaths — is not the first...

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October 6, 2020
Your iPhone may be wiped of its data to fix battery problems after update, Apple says

While the iOS 14 has ushered a plethora of new iPhone options, it's not without its issues. Apple addressed the problems, but the fixes can scare the average user. In...

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October 5, 2020
Los Angeles Times executive editor to resign

Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine plans to resign after two years heading a newspaper battered by layoffs, mismanagement and questions about its commitment to newsroom diversity. Pearlstine, 78,...

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October 5, 2020
CEO says Southwest needs union pay cuts to avoid furloughs

Southwest Airlines will cut pay for nonunion workers in January and says union workers must also accept less pay or face furloughs next year as the pandemic continues to hammer...

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October 5, 2020
Software company founder McAfee charged with tax evasion

Antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been charged with evading taxes after failing to report income made from promoting cryptocurrencies while he did consulting work, made speaking engagements and sold...

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October 5, 2020
Governor asks court to block actions by Trump’s land boss

The governor of Montana on Monday asked a judge to block three sweeping land use plans that would open most U.S.-owned lands in the state to energy development, saying the...

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October 5, 2020
Giants winless after four games with Joe Judge in charge

The first-quarter marking period is over and it might be easy to make a knee-jerk reaction and give New York Giants coach Joe Judge a D for failing to win...

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October 5, 2020
Louisiana governor: Alcohol sales can resume in stadiums

Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday that alcohol sales can resume at Louisiana sporting events this weekend in parishes that have reached low rates of new coronavirus cases and are...

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October 5, 2020
Texans fire coach Bill O’Brien after 0-4 start

The Houston Texans fired coach and general manager Bill O'Brien on Monday. The firing comes a day after Sunday's 31-23 loss to the Vikings dropped the Texans to 0-4 for...

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October 5, 2020
Supreme Court allows minor leaguers’ class action over pay

The Supreme Court is allowing a class-action lawsuit to proceed from minor league baseball players who allege they are being paid less than minimum wage. The lawsuit involves minor league...

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October 5, 2020
Goodell: Forfeits possible for NFL virus protocol violations

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has warned the league's 32 teams of penalties including potential forfeits of games for violations of COVID-19 protocols that force changes in the regular-season schedule. In...

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October 5, 2020
CEOs of 3 tech giants to testify at Oct. 28 Senate hearing

The CEOs of technology giants Facebook, Google and Twitter are expected to testify for an Oct. 28 Senate hearing on tech companies' control over hate speech and misinformation on their...

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October 5, 2020
Brewers GM Stearns: Payroll “uncertain” in ’21 due to virus

Milwaukee Brewers general manager David Stearns said the team might trim payroll in 2021 following three straight postseason trips due to financial hardships brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The...

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October 5, 2020
Norwegian Cruise Line cancels cruises until December after CDC no-sail order extended

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has canceled cruises on its three brands — Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas — until December. The announcement comes just days after...

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October 5, 2020
Epstein expects to remain with Cubs at least for next season

Theo Epstein appears to be gearing up for one more go-round as the Chicago Cubs' president of baseball operations. Epstein said Monday his expectation is the “status quo” when it...

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October 5, 2020
How major US stock indexes fared Monday

Stocks closed broadly higher Monday as hopes for economic aid from Washington helped Wall Street recover its losses from its initial, fearful reaction after learning that President Donald Trump tested...

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October 5, 2020
3 dead, 1 hurt after partial building collapse in Houston

Three workers were killed Monday during a partial collapse of a high-rise building under construction in Houston, according to fire department officials. The fire department said one injured worker was...

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October 5, 2020
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery rose $2.17 to $39.22 a barrel Monday. Brent crude oil for December delivery rose $2.02 to $41.29 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for November...

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October 5, 2020
Former tech CEO gets home confinement for admissions bribe

A former tech executive was sentenced Monday to one year of home confinement for paying $300,000 to bribe his son's way into Georgetown University as a tennis recruit, even though...

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October 5, 2020
Group sues to block California boardroom diversity law

A conservative legal group announced Monday that it sued to block California's first-in-the-nation law that requires hundreds of corporations based in the state to have directors from racial or sexual...

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October 5, 2020
The Latest: Trump tweets that he’s leaving hospital Monday

The Latest on President Donald Trump's health after his COVID-19 diagnosis and hospitalization, and infections of close aides and others (all times local): 2:40 p.m. President Donald Trump says he's...

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October 5, 2020
Suit seeks to force listing of bistate grouse on NV-CA line

Citing the government's repeated reversals and refusals to protect a cousin of the greater sage grouse the last two decades, conservationists are suing again to try to force the federal...

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October 5, 2020
Culp an atypical GOP candidate for Washington governor

Loren Culp is not the typical Republican running to become governor of Washington. Unlike most previous GOP candidates for the state's top office, Culp, 59, is a first-time politician. The...

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October 5, 2020
Clyburn asks federal officials to probe SC gov grant program

Two congressional leaders, including the South Carolina congressman at the helm of a special subcommittee managing a multitude of issues related to the coronavirus pandemic, are asking the nation's top...

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October 5, 2020
Ump who sued MLB to call Dodgers-Padres NL Division Series

Angel Hernández, who has sued Major League Baseball alleging racial discrimination, will umpire the NL Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres. The Cuba-born Hernández...

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October 5, 2020
What we know, and what we don’t, about Trump’s diagnosis

The White House is striking a sunny note about President Donald Trump's condition, with doctors volunteering that the president could be discharged as early as Monday from the hospital where...

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October 5, 2020
Giambattista Valli presentation in Paris channels 1960s

Giambattista Valli's 1960s-infused collection was the highlight on the second-last day of Paris Fashion Week, which concludes Tuesday with Chanel and Louis Vuitton runway shows. Like Milan before it, Paris...

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October 5, 2020
‘My 12yo daughter’s friends and teachers pushed her into wanting to be a boy… thank God lockdown allowed her to escape’

Exclusive: an American doctor gives RT a powerful and moving account of how her daughter was encouraged to change sex by her school, and was wrongly told that the puberty...

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October 5, 2020
Cruising is on the ballot in Key West this year. Will voters reject big ships?

Cruising is on the ballot this year in Key West, where voters have a say in how the island city does business with the cruise ship industry. Voters in the...

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October 5, 2020
Struggling to pay rent during the COVID crisis? Miami-Dade may have money for you

Tenants and landlords across Miami-Dade can apply for county help from the CARES Act, with stipends available to cover rent payments that can't be made because of the COVID-19 crisis....

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October 5, 2020
Caitlin Johnstone: WaPo publishes paranoid screed cautioning readers not to let Russia make them paranoid

“Russia and other adversaries may not need to hack the election if they can hack something else: our minds.” So begins a crazy, paranoid Washington Post editorial titled, “The U.S....

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October 5, 2020
No commies, please: By banning party members from migrating to America, the US has again shown its crazy paranoia about China

A ban on members of communist parties worldwide from gaining US citizenship was announced last week. This is the latest attempt by America to paint the Chinese Communist Party as...

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October 5, 2020
Historic restaurant in Kansas closing after 125 years

An iconic Kansas restaurant with a long history is closing, a casualty of the coronavirus. The Brookville Hotel in Abilene announced its closure in a Facebook post on Thursday. The...

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