Politics

September 18, 2020
Drug shows promise in 1st largely minority COVID-19 study

A drug company said Friday that a medicine it sells to tamp down inflammation has helped prevent the need for breathing machines in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the first large...

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September 18, 2020
AP-NORC poll: Majority plan to vote before Election Day

A majority of President Donald Trump's supporters plan to cast their ballot on Election Day, while about half of Joe Biden's backers plan to vote by mail, a sign of...

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September 18, 2020
Pennsylvania sees big drop in jobless rate in August

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate took a steep drop in August, as the labor force shrank and payrolls shot up again in a continuing rebound from shutdowns and the worst economic effects...

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September 18, 2020
Building janitor’s union holds protest in downtown Miami

Building janitor's union holds protest in downtown Miami for better pay and benefits, June 16, 2020. … Click to Continue »

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September 18, 2020
Immoral French are blatantly putting migrants’ lives at risk by not doing enough to prevent Channel crossings

With new footage making clear that France is more concerned with getting migrants out of its territory than protecting lives, it's time for Britain to act. It needs to hold...

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September 18, 2020
Caitlin Johnstone: Exposing war crimes should always be legal. Committing and hiding them should not

Amid Julian Assange's ongoing legal battle, we are losing sight of the bigger picture: this is a trial that should never have happened in the first place. The fact it...

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September 18, 2020
US banning use of WeChat, TikTok for national security

The Commerce Department will roll out a ban of transactions in the U.S. using TikTok and WeChat starting Sunday. The order Friday was put into place, according to Commerce Secretary...

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September 18, 2020
End of the runway? Fashion world mulls post-COVID future

It's the September fashion week season, and in any other year London would be abuzz with fashionistas zipping across town in Mercedes Benzes, hobnobbing with celebrities at glittering catwalk shows...

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September 18, 2020
It’s all S**T! American politics has literally turned crap, with fights over November’s election descending into defecation wars

As if the rioting and burning of businesses weren't bad enough, now bowel movements are being used as a symbol of protest. It's a perfect metaphor for today's toxic political...

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September 18, 2020
US-based Krause Group takes control of Parma soccer club

Parma became the latest Serie A team with foreign ownership Friday when the U.S.-based Krause Group purchased a 90% stake in the club. “The acquisition of Parma Calcio 1913 is...

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September 18, 2020
Shopping centers stay strong in South Florida. One county has a 92.9% occupancy rate

Density is helping sustain occupancy rates in Miami-Dade County's shopping centers, making it the healthiest market in South Florida. Miami-Dade has a 92.9% occupancy rate among its shopping centers, according...

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September 18, 2020
The hospitality market is dicey. Still, a new Miami Beach hotel is in the pipeline.

A real estate investor is moving forward with a $22 million hotel development in Miami Beach during a time when few are investing in the hospitality market. José Fernandez, president...

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September 18, 2020
Cleaning is a high-risk job. These Miami janitors say they haven’t been getting enough PPE

Rosario Gomez, a janitor from Nicaragua, was working in a Coral Gables building when she caught COVID-19. She passed it on to her entire family. Part of the problem, said...

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September 18, 2020
Eviction moratorium keeps Miami illegal Airbnb in business despite court order

Before the summer of 2019, city of Miami's Southwest 24th Street in the residential neighborhood of The Roads was mostly quiet. Neighbors helped each other out when one of them...

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September 18, 2020
COVID-19 eviction moratorium keeps illegal Airbnb business booming

The state COVID-19 moratorium and Miami-Dade County emergency order are preventing the City of Miami from shutting down an illegal Airbnb in The Roads. … Click to Continue »

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September 18, 2020
Despite sales volume slowdown, there’s good news for Miami condos | Opinion

In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated need for social distancing, some have questioned the appeal of condominium living. And while it's true that Miami condominium...

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September 18, 2020
Legislator opens door for regulators to weaken rule that helps rooftop solar market

A freshman Republican legislator from the Tampa area has come to the aid of Florida's powerful utility industry in its prolonged battle against the rooftop solar industry in Florida. Rep....

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September 18, 2020
The Fed’s careful fiscal stimulus diplomacy

Jerome Powell needs to be an ambassador as much as he is a central banker when he appears on Capitol Hill in the week ahead. He is scheduled to testify...

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September 18, 2020
Tennessee sending telecommunication support to Alabama

Tennessee officials announced Thursday that the state had deployed two teams of 911 emergency response personnel to Alabama to support local responders managing the aftermath of Hurricane Sally. “We are...

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September 18, 2020
Asia mostly higher despite Wall Street slump, virus fears

Asian shares were mostly higher Friday despite some investor attention shifting again to the uncertainties in global economies amid the coronavirus pandemic, as reflected in the overnight fall on Wall...

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September 18, 2020
Trump and Biden hit unlikely battleground state of Minnesota

Minnesota has backed Democratic presidential candidates for nearly half a century and rarely receives much attention during the final stages of the race, when campaigns typically focus their resources on...

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September 18, 2020
The Latest: India’s virus surge continues with 96,000 cases

NEW DELHI — India's coronavirus cases have jumped by another 96,424 infections in the past 24 hours, showing little signs of slowing down. The Health Ministry on Friday raised the...

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September 18, 2020
Asia Today: India’s coronavirus cases jump by another 96K

India's coronavirus cases jumped by another 96,424 infections in the past 24 hours, showing little sign of leveling. The Health Ministry on Friday raised the nation's total past 5.21 million,...

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September 18, 2020
Asia Today: India’s coronavirus cases jump by another 96K

India's coronavirus cases jumped by another 96,424 infections in the past 24 hours, showing little sign of leveling. The Health Ministry on Friday raised the nation's total past 5.21 million,...

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September 18, 2020
Senior-level hires and promotions for the week of Sept. 21, 2020

HEALTHCARE David Was has been named chief operating officer of Aventura Hospital and Medical Center. He will be responsible for the oversight of surgical services, emergency services, ancillary and support...

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September 18, 2020
Charges dropped against couple after 3 children die in fire

An Indiana couple will no longer face neglect charges in the deaths of their three children during a fire in an apartment which had no gas, electricity or water service....

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September 18, 2020
Fraud arrests made over California’s unemployment benefits

Investigators unraveling an identity fraud scheme targeting California's unemployment system have arrested 44 people in Beverly Hills this month alone, officials said Thursday. More arrests are expected as the California...

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September 18, 2020
Going West: Move toward fall football ramps up in Pac-12, MW

The Pac-12 university presidents and chancellors will meet Friday and be presented options for staging a fall football season, but Commissioner Larry Scott says a vote by the CEO Group...

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September 17, 2020
California paid leave law among nation’s broadest

A new law in California lets more people than almost anywhere else in the country take up to three months off from work to care for a family member thanks...

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September 17, 2020
County exec pitches diversion program, sheriff’s office cuts

King County Executive Dow Constantine in Seattle this week proposed several initiatives that would reduce funding to the county Sheriff's Office, shift resources from the traditional criminal system toward community-based...

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September 17, 2020
AT&T will provide records after a government subpoena

Major telecommunications conglomerate AT&T has agreed to provide the state of Mississippi records detailing how it used the almost $284 million it was paid by the federal government to expand...

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September 17, 2020
Loons coach Adrian Heath confronting challenging season

Adrian Heath says this is easily the most challenging season of his career. The coronavirus shutdown, the MLS is Back tournament in a bubble, and now a spate of injuries...

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September 17, 2020
Pennsylvania Democrats notch key election-related court wins

Pennsylvania's highest court gave the Democratic Party a series of victories Thursday in the presidential battleground state, relaxing deadlines in its fledgling mail-in voting law, approving more ballot collection sites...

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September 17, 2020
How major US stock indexes fared Thursday

Stocks closed lower Thursday after another slide in technology companies led a broad sell-off on Wall Street. The sell-off, which lost some of its strength toward the late afternoon, came...

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September 17, 2020
How major US stock indexes fared Thursday

Stocks closed lower Thursday after another slide in technology companies led a broad sell-off on Wall Street. The sell-off, which lost some of its strength toward the late afternoon, came...

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September 17, 2020
Judge tosses US lawsuit over fire at London’s Grenfell Tower

A U.S. judge in Philadelphia has dismissed a lawsuit filed over the 2017 fire at London's Grenfell Tower that killed 72 people, concluding the case should be litigated there. The...

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September 17, 2020
Judge tosses US lawsuit over fire at London’s Grenfell Tower

A U.S. judge in Philadelphia has dismissed a lawsuit filed over the 2017 fire at London's Grenfell Tower that killed 72 people, concluding the case should be litigated there. The...

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September 17, 2020
Lawyers: Trump son won’t testify in NY probe before election

President Donald Trump's son Eric is willing to comply with a subpoena to testify in a New York investigation into the family's business practice, but only after the Nov. 3...

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September 17, 2020
Are Western attacks on the Russian Covid-19 vaccine a cold war against humanity?

Sputnik V, the Russian vaccine against Covid-19, has been under relentless attacks by Western corporate media. Instead of rallying behind a potentially life-saving shot, some are willing to put the...

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September 17, 2020
Fish in Oregon hatcheries die, released early as fires rage

As wildfires raged through Oregon, staff at fish hatcheries around the state raced to try to save – or prematurely release – millions of chinook salmon, steelhead and trout being...

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