Politics

October 1, 2020
US political discourse is so toxic & divided that friends of 30 years no longer talk to me. The America I loved has gone forever

The bitter divisions in America are turning neighbour against neighbour and tearing families apart, amid an atmosphere of indoctrination where freedom of thought and speech is outlawed. I fear we're...

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October 1, 2020
Hendrick and Childress to establish common Chevrolet engine

Hendrick Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing will combine to establish one common Chevrolet engine specification. Chevrolet is the only original engine manufacturer in NASCAR with two organizations building and supplying...

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October 1, 2020
MLB’s first retail store opens Friday in New York City

Inside a former Manhattan television studio, the scaffolding has come down and Major League Baseball's first retail store opens Friday across from Radio City Music Hall in a part of...

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October 1, 2020
Lawsuit filed over Kansas crash that killed mother, 4 kids

The paternal grandparents of a 10-year-old Kansas girl killed in a crash last week are suing the truck driver involved in the collision, along with his employer. The Wichita Eagle...

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October 1, 2020
Lawsuit filed over Kansas crash that killed mother, 4 kids

The paternal grandparents of a 10-year-old Kansas girl killed in a crash last week are suing the truck driver involved in the collision, along with his employer. The Wichita Eagle...

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October 1, 2020
Use of AI & digital ads in politics shows it’s a snake oil world of deception, manipulation & contempt for ordinary people

There is a worrying assumption that cuts across the political divide in 2020 – that the electorate are fickle, easily misled and manipulable. We are simply reduced to being data...

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October 1, 2020
World shares mostly higher; Tokyo trading halted by outage

Shares were higher in Europe and Asia on Thursday, while trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was suspended due to a technical failure in its computer systems. The Tokyo Stock...

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October 1, 2020
World shares mostly higher; Tokyo trading halted by outage

Shares were higher in Europe and Asia on Thursday, while trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was suspended due to a technical failure in its computer systems. The Tokyo Stock...

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October 1, 2020
World shares mostly higher; Tokyo trading halted by outage

Shares were higher in Europe and Asia on Thursday, while trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was suspended due to a technical failure in its computer systems. The Tokyo Stock...

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October 1, 2020
EU takes legal action against UK over planned Brexit bill

The European Union took legal action against Britain on Thursday over its plans to pass legislation that would breach parts of the legally binding divorce agreement the two sides reached...

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October 1, 2020
Unemployment marches higher in Europe amid pandemic

Unemployment rose for a fifth straight month in Europe in August amid concern that extensive government support programs won't be able keep many businesses hit by coronavirus restrictions afloat forever....

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October 1, 2020
Outage freezes Tokyo Stock Exchange, world’s 3rd largest

Tokyo Stock Exchange officials said they were working to get trading back to normal by Friday after the bourse halted trading for the day due to what they said was...

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October 1, 2020
Tokyo trading stops over system failure, China on holiday

Trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was suspended Thursday because of a problem in the system for relaying market information. Most other Asian markets were closed for national holidays. The...

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October 1, 2020
Tokyo trading stops over system failure, China on holiday

Trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was suspended Thursday because of a problem in the system for relaying market information. Most other Asian markets were closed for national holidays. The...

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October 1, 2020
Wednesday Sports in Brief

NBA LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Davis scored 34 points in his NBA Finals debut, LeBron James had 25 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists and the Los...

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October 1, 2020
How can there be a culture war in the UK when the only culture it has to speak of is copied from the US?

Britain's Stockholm Syndrome mimicry of America is at the heart of nearly everything it does, and points to a country that now has no discernible identity of its own. This...

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October 1, 2020
How can there be a culture war in the UK when the only culture it has to speak of is copied from the US?

Britain's Stockholm Syndrome mimicry of America is at the heart of nearly everything it does, and points to a country that now has no discernible identity of its own. This...

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October 1, 2020
How can there be a culture war in the UK when the only culture it has to speak of is copied from the US?

Britain's Stockholm Syndrome mimicry of America is at the heart of nearly everything it does, and points to a country that now has no discernible identity of its own. This...

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October 1, 2020
How can there be a culture war in the UK when the only culture it has to speak of is copied from the US?

Britain's Stockholm Syndrome mimicry of America is at the heart of nearly everything it does, and points to a country that now has no discernible identity of its own. This...

Continue Reading
October 1, 2020
How can there be a culture war in the UK when the only culture it has to speak of is copied from the US?

Britain's Stockholm Syndrome mimicry of America is at the heart of nearly everything it does, and points to a country that now has no discernible identity of its own. This...

Continue Reading
October 1, 2020
How can there be a culture war in the UK when the only culture it has to speak of is copied from the US?

Britain's Stockholm Syndrome mimicry of America is at the heart of nearly everything it does, and points to a country that now has no discernible identity of its own. This...

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October 1, 2020
Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble

An ambitious humanitarian project to deliver coronavirus vaccines to the world's poorest people is facing potential shortages of money, cargo planes, refrigeration and vaccines themselves — and running into skepticism...

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October 1, 2020
Malaysia palm oil producer vows to clear name after U.S. ban

Malaysian palm oil producer FGV Holdings Berhad vowed Thursday to “clear its name” after the U.S. banned imports of its palm oil over allegations of forced labor and other abuses....

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October 1, 2020
The Latest: September worst month for pandemic in India

NEW DELHI — India has reported 86,821 new coronaviruses cases and another 1,181 fatalities, making September its worst month of the pandemic. The Health Ministry's update raises India's total to...

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October 1, 2020
Police departments seeing modest cuts, but not ‘defunding’

The racial justice protests following the death of George Floyd earlier this year prompted calls to “defund the police” in cities across the country, a priority for activists that has...

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October 1, 2020
Biden, Trump snipe from road and rails after debate chaos

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden kept up their debate-stage sniping from the road and the rails, fighting for working-class voters in the Midwest while both parties — and...

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October 1, 2020
Biden, Trump snipe from road and rails after debate chaos

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden kept up their debate-stage sniping from the road and the rails, fighting for working-class voters in the Midwest while both parties — and...

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October 1, 2020
Biden, Trump snipe from road and rails after debate chaos

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden kept up their debate-stage sniping from the road and the rails, fighting for working-class voters in the Midwest while both parties — and...

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October 1, 2020
In Appalachia, people watch COVID-19, race issues from afar

The water, so cold that it nearly hurts, spills relentlessly into a concrete trough from three pipes driven into a hillside near the edge of town. People have been coming...

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October 1, 2020
In Appalachia, people watch COVID-19, race issues from afar

The water, so cold that it nearly hurts, spills relentlessly into a concrete trough from three pipes driven into a hillside near the edge of town. People have been coming...

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October 1, 2020
In Appalachia, people watch COVID-19, race issues from afar

The water, so cold that it nearly hurts, spills relentlessly into a concrete trough from three pipes driven into a hillside near the edge of town. People have been coming...

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October 1, 2020
In Appalachia, people watch COVID-19, race issues from afar

The water, so cold that it nearly hurts, spills relentlessly into a concrete trough from three pipes driven into a hillside near the edge of town. People have been coming...

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October 1, 2020
Check’s in the mail? Trump doling out aid ahead of election

It's almost as if he's writing a personal check. In recent days, President Donald Trump has promised millions of Medicare recipients that — thanks to him — they'll soon be...

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October 1, 2020
California governor vetoes bill to help displaced workers

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill late Wednesday that would have guaranteed most laid-off hospitality workers would be first in line to get their jobs back once those industries...

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October 1, 2020
Russian man sentenced for LinkedIn, Dropbox data breaches

A Russian man convicted of hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring and stealing the personal information of more than 100 million customers was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in...

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October 1, 2020
Tokyo trading stops over system failure, China on holiday

Trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was suspended Thursday because of a problem in the system for relaying market information. Most other Asian markets were closed for national holidays. The...

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October 1, 2020
Ban on chokeholds among California criminal justice reforms

Spurred by the slayings of George Floyd and other Black people in police custody across the country, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday banned certain chokeholds as he approved several...

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October 1, 2020
California legislation bans toxic chemicals in cosmetics

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed legislation banning two dozen toxic chemicals from being used in cosmetics, making the state the first in the nation to prohibit the use...

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October 1, 2020
California governor signs corporate boardroom diversity law

Hundreds of California-based corporations must have directors from racial or sexual minorities on their boards under a first-in-the-nation bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The diversity legislation is similar...

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October 1, 2020
Biden, Trump snipe from road and rails after debate chaos

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden kept up their debate-stage sniping from the road and the rails on Wednesday, fighting for working-class voters in the Midwest while both parties...

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