Politics

September 30, 2020
Titans have NFL’s 1st COVID-19 outbreak; next game still on

The Tennessee Titans won't be back inside their building until Saturday at the earliest because of eight positive tests for the coronavirus, the first outbreak to hit the NFL as...

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September 29, 2020
California eases more virus restrictions, opens playgrounds

California has relaxed coronavirus restrictions in 40 of its 58 counties, including all but one in the San Francisco Bay Area where the illness first took hold in the state,...

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September 29, 2020
November auction set for MacMurray College campus

MacMurray College in central Illinois will put its real estate up for auction in November as it prepares to close at the end of the spring session following 174 years...

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September 29, 2020
Mississippi coastal city to give employees 4.5% raise

Employees in one Mississippi coastal city are getting a raise beginning Nov. 1. Gulfport city employees will notice a 4.5% increase in their paychecks after COVID-19 canceled a previous proposed...

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September 29, 2020
Mississippi coastal city to give employees 4.5% raise

Employees in one Mississippi coastal city are getting a raise beginning Nov. 1. Gulfport city employees will notice a 4.5% increase in their paychecks after COVID-19 canceled a previous proposed...

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September 29, 2020
Mississippi coastal city to give employees 4.5% raise

Employees in one Mississippi coastal city are getting a raise beginning Nov. 1. Gulfport city employees will notice a 4.5% increase in their paychecks after COVID-19 canceled a previous proposed...

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September 29, 2020
The Dallas Morning News editor resigning after 6-year tenure

Mike Wilson announced Tuesday that he will resign as editor of The Dallas Morning News after a six-year tenure. The newspaper reported Wilson revealed in a note to his staff...

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September 29, 2020
The Dallas Morning News editor resigning after 6-year tenure

Mike Wilson announced Tuesday that he will resign as editor of The Dallas Morning News after a six-year tenure. The newspaper reported Wilson revealed in a note to his staff...

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September 29, 2020
The Dallas Morning News editor resigning after 6-year tenure

Mike Wilson announced Tuesday that he will resign as editor of The Dallas Morning News after a six-year tenure. The newspaper reported Wilson revealed in a note to his staff...

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September 29, 2020
The Latest: Kamala Harris previews Biden’s focus for debate

The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local): 5:50 p.m. Kamala Harris says her running mate, Joe Biden, will share his vision for tackling the coronavirus and rebuilding...

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September 29, 2020
28,000 Disney workers will be laid off as its theme parks struggle amid coronavirus

The Walt Disney Company has taken another hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic as the company announced Tuesday about 28,000 employees at its Florida and California theme parks will be...

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September 29, 2020
California’s wine country residents face fire fatigue

Will Abrams and his family packed their pickup truck with laptops, clothes, sleeping bags and a tent and quickly left their rental home in California's wine country after seeing flames...

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September 29, 2020
Disney to lay off 28,000 at its parks in California, Florida

Squeezed by limits on attendance at its theme parks and other restrictions due to the pandemic, The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it planned to lay off 28,000 workers in...

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September 29, 2020
Inter Miami to debut in FIFA 21 game. Here are the team’s highest-rated players.

Inter Miami made its MLS debut in March, and on Oct. 9 will join the gaming world as it becomes a playable team in EA Sports' wildly popular FIFA 21....

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September 29, 2020
Trump facing devastating debt load? Experts say not so fast

President Donald Trump reportedly must pay back more than $300 million in loans over the next four years, raising the possibility his lenders could face an unprecedented situation should he...

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September 29, 2020
Texas officials: No earlier concerns after microbe found

Texas officials said Tuesday that water samples taken earlier this year from a Houston-area community did not raise concerns before the detection of a deadly, microscopic parasite, which doctors believe...

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September 29, 2020
California sues US regulator in bid to deter ‘ghost guns’

Backed by the fathers of two slain children, California's attorney general sued the Trump administration on Tuesday in an effort to crack down on so-called “ghost guns” that can be...

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September 29, 2020
Judge blocks proposed joint venture of 2 big coal companies

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a proposed joint venture between two leading private coal companies. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk in St. Louis halts the proposed...

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September 29, 2020
Former ComEd vice president pleads guilty in bribery scheme

A former ComEd vice president pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in what prosecutors say was a long-running bribery conspiracy in which the energy utility sought legislative support from one...

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September 29, 2020
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $1.31 to $39.29 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil for November delivery fell $1.40 to $41.03 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for October...

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September 29, 2020
Biden releases 2019 tax returns before 1st debate with Trump

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden paid nearly $288,000 in federal income taxes last year, according to returns he released just hours before his Tuesday night debate with President Donald Trump....

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September 29, 2020
Gabrielle Union, NBC settle dispute over racism allegations

Gabrielle Union and NBC said Tuesday that they have settled their differences in their dispute over her firing as a judge on “America's Got Talent,” which she said was retaliation...

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September 29, 2020
Premier League yet to agree bailout for lower league clubs

Premier League clubs are yet to agree to a financial bailout for England's lower-division clubs, who are struggling to cope with games being played without fans. The 20 topflight club...

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September 29, 2020
GOP senators praise Trump pick ahead of confirmation fight

Key Republican senators praised President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, as the conservative judge met privately on Capitol Hill Tuesday with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and...

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September 29, 2020
Viewers’ Guide: Trump, Biden meet in Ohio for 1st debate

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will meet in their first debate Tuesday in a presidential election year marked by extraordinary turmoil. With the election 35 days away and...

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September 29, 2020
House approves bill to combat doping in horse racing

The House approved a bill Tuesday to create national medication and safety standards for the horse racing industry to discourage use of performance-enhancing drugs that can lead to horse injuries...

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September 29, 2020
Kansas governor backs new guidelines on nursing home visits

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday she supports new federal guidelines that will allow some visitations at nursing homes that accept Medicaid and Medicare if proper coronavirus-related safety measures are...

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September 29, 2020
Space station air leak forces middle-of-night crew wakeup

A small air leak at the International Space Station finally has been traced to the Russian side, following a middle-of-the-night search by astronauts. NASA said Tuesday that the two Russians...

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September 29, 2020
Regulators crack down on aggressive, dubious debt collectors

Those mysterious debt collectors who call insisting you'll be in legal peril if you don't pay them big bucks are in hot water themselves, accused in a nationwide crackdown of...

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September 29, 2020
Lawyers spar over Georgia voting machine glitch, planned fix

Georgia election officials say they're implementing a software change to fix a glitch in the state's new voting machines. But election integrity activists say the state is downplaying the problem...

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September 29, 2020
Oxford University’s ‘scholarly’ RT hit piece has no room for the mundane reality of how the world’s news organisations work

The venerable Oxford University has entered the fray and churned out some RT bashing in the name of scholarship, and when the term ‘disinformation' is in the very first line...

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September 29, 2020
Alabama considers lifting pandemic restriction on bar hours

Alabama alcohol regulators considered Tuesday whether to lift operating restrictions on bars and restaurants that were imposed in the summer to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. With cases...

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September 29, 2020
Mladenovic pins French meltdown on US Open lockdown, no-call

Kristina Mladenovic blamed her French Open meltdown on her U.S. Open lockdown — and she wasn't too pleased about a no-call on a double bounce that helped her opponent avoid...

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September 29, 2020
The new Lord Protector – Puritanical Boris Johnson channels Cromwell as he bans singing and dancing. What’s happening to Britain?

Publicans are under strict orders to prevent singing, dancing and general merriment from taking place in their establishments, as the Tories turn Britain into Bomont, the town from Footloose. If...

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September 29, 2020
Prosecutors: Georgia man sentenced for Atlanta airport bribe

A Georgia man was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for bribing an Atlanta official to win a contract to operate a restaurant at the city's airport, the U.S....

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September 29, 2020
As the US pressures Russia to renegotiate the New START Treaty, it exposes its own unreliability as a negotiating partner

The US seeks to pressure Russia by threatening to reactivate nuclear capability mothballed under the New START treaty if Moscow refuses to renegotiate. All it will accomplish by this is...

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September 29, 2020
As the US pressures Russia to renegotiate the New START Treaty, it exposes its own unreliability as a negotiating partner

The US seeks to pressure Russia by threatening to reactivate nuclear capability mothballed under the New START treaty if Moscow refuses to renegotiate. All it will accomplish by this is...

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September 29, 2020
Idaho county OKs public land ordinances amid legal warning

Commissioners in a rural Idaho county have approved three ordinances aimed at giving them them authority over federal public lands despite warnings from state attorneys that the new rules are...

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September 29, 2020
Idaho county OKs public land ordinances amid legal warning

Commissioners in a rural Idaho county have approved three ordinances aimed at giving them them authority over federal public lands despite warnings from state attorneys that the new rules are...

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September 29, 2020
Hybrid Paris Fashion Week, both physical and digital, begins

Christian Dior on Tuesday was the first major fashion house to stage a traditional ready-to-wear runway show in Paris since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. The show headlined the...

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