Politics

September 23, 2020
High court fight adds to pile of issues weighing on voters

The Republican Party headquarters in this former steel town was buzzing Saturday as supporters filed in to pick up Trump 2020 stickers and yard signs, including ones declaring: “Your pro-life...

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September 23, 2020
Judge: Eric Trump must testify in NY probe before election

Eric Trump must testify in a New York investigation into the family's businesses before the November presidential election, a judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting lawyers' claims that Trump's “extreme travel schedule”...

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September 23, 2020
Developer Avra Jain ordered to pay $2.4 million to former attorneys

Developer Avra Jain has lost a hearing against law firm Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney and former shareholder Richard Morgan, who had represented her in a former case involving a failed...

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September 23, 2020
Lebanon asks world’s help ‘trying to rise from its rubble’

Facing an economic meltdown and other crises, Lebanon's president on Wednesday asked for the world's help to rebuild the capital's main port and neighborhoods that were blown away in last...

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September 23, 2020
Budget shortfall forces deep cuts in Ohio St sports program

Ohio State's athletic department will cut 25 jobs, furlough hundreds of other employees and ask coaches and others to take 5% pay cuts to help grapple with a projected $107...

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September 23, 2020
Budget shortfall forces deep cuts in Ohio St sports program

Ohio State's athletic department will cut 25 jobs, furlough hundreds of other employees and ask coaches and others to take 5% pay cuts to help grapple with a projected $107...

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September 23, 2020
Don’t believe all the US lies on Iran. America’s sole aim is to get the country it ‘lost’ in 1979 back in its grip

Let's not pretend US actions or words on Iran have any legitimacy. The real ‘threat to the world' comes from self-righteous warmongers in Washington, not from Tehran. We've heard it...

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September 23, 2020
Don’t believe all the US lies on Iran. America’s sole aim is to get the country it ‘lost’ in 1979 back in its grip

Let's not pretend US actions or words on Iran have any legitimacy. The real ‘threat to the world' comes from self-righteous warmongers in Washington, not from Tehran. We've heard it...

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September 23, 2020
Boris’s new Covid restrictions are unscientific mumbo jumbo and an exercise in futility that will wreak havoc on millions

I accept my dissenting voice may not be heeded by the UK government, but when a former Supreme Court judge delivers a damning verdict that the rules are ‘pointless, arbitrary...

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September 23, 2020
Boris’s new Covid restrictions are unscientific mumbo jumbo and an exercise in futility that will wreak havoc on millions

I accept my dissenting voice may not be heeded by the UK government, but when a former Supreme Court judge delivers a damning verdict that the rules are ‘pointless, arbitrary...

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September 23, 2020
New Mexico objects to license for nuclear fuel storage plan

The state of New Mexico is strongly objecting to federal nuclear regulators' preliminary recommendation that a license be granted to build a multibillion-dollar storage facility for spent nuclear fuel from...

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September 23, 2020
Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Sept. 21 The Post and Courier on flood mitigation bills: It's only been within the past five or so years that Charleston and...

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September 23, 2020
Disney delays ‘Black Widow,’ Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’

The Walt Disney Co. has further postponed its next mega-movies from Marvel, including “Black Widow,” while also postponing Steven Spielberg's “West Side Story” a full year in the company's latest...

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September 23, 2020
Boris Johnson wants to make British Armed Forces untouchable by offering them immunity for war crimes

A controversial bill is passing through the House of Commons which will make it virtually impossible to prosecute soldiers but, at the same time, will strip away their own legal...

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September 23, 2020
California moves to end sales of new gas-powered cars

California will halt sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, a move he says will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% in...

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September 23, 2020
A Florida firm bribed Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador officials. Now, it’ll pay in the U.S.

A Florida asphalt seller's way of paving the road to business in South America will cost it a $16.6 million fine, and will cost a former company president some freedom...

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September 23, 2020
A Florida firm bribed Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador officials. Now, it’ll pay in the U.S.

A Florida asphalt seller's way of paving the road to business in South America will cost it a $16.6 million fine, and will cost a former company president some freedom...

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September 23, 2020
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle stick their elitist noses into US politics, preach about ‘hate speech’ & the ‘most important election’

Now living in the US, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have already started preaching to American voters, saying this presidential election is the “most important in our lifetime” and shaming...

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September 23, 2020
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle stick their elitist noses into US politics, preach about ‘hate speech’ & the ‘most important election’

Now living in the US, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have already started preaching to American voters, saying this presidential election is the “most important in our lifetime” and shaming...

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September 23, 2020
Macon court clerk accused of stealing taxpayer money

The court clerk of a small eastern Mississippi town stole thousands of dollars in fines and fees paid to the court by taxpayers, the state auditor's office announced Wednesday. Macon...

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September 23, 2020
Fendi kicks off hybrid Milan Fashion Week seeking optimism

The Italian fashion industry is moving to inject optimism into luxury's dismal year, staging 23 live runway shows and 37 presentations during a hybrid live-digital Milan Fashion Week that aims...

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September 23, 2020
S Carolina teachers stay home to advocate for pay, safety

Some South Carolina teachers took a personal day Wednesday to fight for safer classrooms amid the pandemic as well as an annual small raise that was frozen after the economy...

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September 23, 2020
‘Rock star’ appeals judge Allison Rushing in high court mix

Called both a legal “rock star” by Republican senators and an “ideological extremist” by critics, Allison Jones Rushing had already landed what most lawyers would consider a career-defining position before...

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September 23, 2020
Jackson County audit find millions in problematic contracts

Jackson County's government spent millions on no-bid contracts or did not reevaluate contracts for years in violation of the county's charter, according to a state audit released Wednesday. The audit...

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September 23, 2020
How can we trust the National Trust if they conflate Kipling and Churchill with slavers to pander to the woke mob?

The UK heritage protection charity has conducted a review into ‘colonialism and slavery' links in its property portfolio, in a pathetic and baffling attempt to curry favour with people who...

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September 23, 2020
Hanford contractors agree to pay $58 million fine for fraud

Two companies that do work at a former nuclear weapons production plant will pay fines of nearly $58 million for improperly billing the federal government for thousands of hours of...

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September 23, 2020
Wells Fargo CEO apologizes for comments about diversity

Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf is apologizing for comments he made about the difficulty of finding qualified Black executives. Scharf said in a memo released this week that “there is...

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September 23, 2020
Ill. Rep. Schakowsky backs College Athlete Bill of Rights

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, chairwoman of the House Commerce Subcommittee, is backing the College Athlete Bill of Rights crafted by a group of Democratic senators. Schakowsky, D-Ill., was set Wednesday to...

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September 23, 2020
Ill. Rep. Schakowsky backs College Athlete Bill of Rights

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, chairwoman of the House Commerce Subcommittee, is backing the College Athlete Bill of Rights crafted by a group of Democratic senators. Schakowsky, D-Ill., was set Wednesday to...

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September 23, 2020
Grains mostly lower, livestock higher

Grain futures were lower on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. was down .056 cent at $5.5360 a bushel; Dec. corn was off...

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September 23, 2020
Woodward’s ‘Rage’ sells 600,000 copies in first week

Bob Woodward's “Rage” sold more than 600,000 copies in its first week of publication, continuing a yearlong wave of blockbuster books about President Donald Trump. Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday...

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September 23, 2020
KU Medical Center part of COVID-19 clinical trial

The University of Kansas Medical Center is part of a nationwide clinical trial looking into different treatments for patients with mild to moderate symptoms of the coronavirus who do not...

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September 23, 2020
KU Medical Center part of COVID-19 clinical trial

The University of Kansas Medical Center is part of a nationwide clinical trial looking into different treatments for patients with mild to moderate symptoms of the coronavirus who do not...

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September 23, 2020
Antifa in Portland vow to kill cops, along with their families, children & friends. But it’s a ‘carnival in the dark,’ says NYT

Rioters in the Oregon capital are turning their sights on residential suburbs, demanding that homeowners pledge allegiance to their cause or have their houses burned down. Why aren't we doing...

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September 23, 2020
CEO of Minnesota Public Radio’s parent to step down

The president and CEO of the parent company of Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media plans to step down, an announcement that came the same day employees released a...

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September 23, 2020
North Carolina city votes to reduce police budget by 3%

A city in western North Carolina has voted to decrease its police budget by 3% amid calls from protestors to cut the funds in half. The Asheville City Council on...

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September 23, 2020
Trump’s aggressive anti-China rant reminds the world why the UN was first established – to prevent future wars

Trump's UN speech bristled with perceived grievances and China bashing. He also boasted of the US “fulfilling our destiny of peacemaker” with the world's greatest military. Peace, that is, down...

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September 23, 2020
The UK ditching plans to allow trans people to ‘self identify’ their gender on their birth certificates is just common sense

Activists will no doubt be enraged, but what difference would ticking another box on an old form make to gender identity anyway? Picture this: 500-years or so from now, an...

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September 23, 2020
Pilgrim’s Pride CEO, indicted on price fixing counts, is out

Pilgrim's Pride has replaced its CEO as he prepares to face price fixing charges. The company announced in June that its chief executive, Jayson Penn, was taking a leave of...

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September 23, 2020
Wayne Dupree: Our welfare state worked for a while, but no longer. It feels like America is sliding toward destruction

The Democrats have enslaved African Americans and used them as election fodder for decades. But more and more people are seeing through their dirty tricks and their plans that will...

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