Politics

December 15, 2020
The pandemic is hitting Florida families harder than those elsewhere. Food is scarce

Children in Florida are faring worse than the national average, according to a new report that examined the pandemic's impact on families in all 50 states. Housing stability in particular...

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December 15, 2020
4th-grader’s art patch sent to the stars on SpaceX rocket

When SpaceX's Dragon rocket launched on Dec. 6 bound for the International Space Station, it brought a piece of Lebanon County with it. A patch created by 4th-grader and Lebanon...

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December 15, 2020
4th-grader’s art patch sent to the stars on SpaceX rocket

When SpaceX's Dragon rocket launched on Dec. 6 bound for the International Space Station, it brought a piece of Lebanon County with it. A patch created by 4th-grader and Lebanon...

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December 15, 2020
K-9 team training ‘as much for the K-9’s handler’ as for dog

Tugging at the end of his lead, Freddy's nose excitedly followed Patrolman Alex Vasquez's hand as the officer tapped on surfaces where drugs might be hiding. Both members of the...

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December 15, 2020
K-9 team training ‘as much for the K-9’s handler’ as for dog

Tugging at the end of his lead, Freddy's nose excitedly followed Patrolman Alex Vasquez's hand as the officer tapped on surfaces where drugs might be hiding. Both members of the...

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December 15, 2020
Wayne Dupree: Supreme thwart – Trump’s three appointees to the nation’s top court have traitorously thrown him to the wolves

We backed Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to SCOTUS in October when liberals bleated she would throw the election for the President. So what did she and her fellow conservatives do...

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December 15, 2020
Major champion Popov overlooked for exemption to LPGA finale

Sophia Popov not playing the ANA Inspiration after her Women's British Open victory was understandable. The ANA Inspiration was postponed until September because of the pandemic and, just like the...

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December 15, 2020
US water polo players flock to Europe to prepare for Tokyo

One day, after another grueling practice with his water polo team in Italy, Ben Hallock hopped on a scooter and drove to the top of a nearby mountain. Unfurled below...

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December 15, 2020
FDA allows use of over-the-counter home test for COVID-19

The first home test for COVID-19 that doesn't require a prescription will soon be on U.S. store shelves. U.S. officials Tuesday authorized the rapid coronavirus test which can be done...

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December 15, 2020
Saddleback ski mountain reopens after a 5-year hiatus

Maine's Saddleback Mountain is reopening to skiing in the middle of a pandemic, but General Manager Andy Shepard sees a silver lining because many people who have been cooped up...

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December 15, 2020
Chicago’s 1st COVID-19 vaccines given at West Side hospital

The first COVID-19 vaccinations in Chicago were administered Tuesday at a hospital on the city's West Side. Five health care workers, including emergency room nurses, rolled up their sleeves and...

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December 15, 2020
Time for Texit? Texas talks of SECEDING from US, but progressives still don’t see the dangers of their radical, divisive plans

Enraged by the results of the presidential election, Republicans see a wave of liberalism coming their way under Joe Biden. Now Texas lawmakers, worried by unfettered Mexican immigration, want a...

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December 15, 2020
Feds to delay seeking legal protection for monarch butterfly

The monarch butterfly will have to wait several years more to receive protection under the Endangered Species Act despite its declining population. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider...

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December 15, 2020
Lee Camp: Unemployment skyrocketing? An evolved society would celebrate

Why do we still pretend crap jobs give our lives meaning? This article was originally published by ScheerPost. Leaf blowers are everything wrong with capitalism… I'll explain that in a...

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December 15, 2020
French theater, cinema workers protest against virus closure

Thousands of people working in the French theater and cinema industries demonstrated in Paris on Tuesday against the prolonged closure of entertainment facilities amid the coronavirus pandemic. France earlier Tuesday...

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December 15, 2020
Florida pastor who fought alcohol charged with child porn

A Florida pastor who crusaded against alcohol sales on Sundays is now facing child pornography charges, state investigators say. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported William Dalton Milam, 62,...

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December 15, 2020
Longtime Sumter Item publisher Hubert Osteen Jr. dies

Hubert Duvall Osteen Jr., who worked at his family newspaper The Sumter Item starting when he was 13 and rose to publisher, died Sunday. He was 84. Osteen's death was...

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December 15, 2020
Suspect in rifle fired at Chicago train station surrenders

A Chicago man who allegedly pulled a rifle out of a backpack and fired one shot at a Metra train station is facing three felony firearm charges after surrendering to...

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December 15, 2020
Suspect in rifle fired at Chicago train station surrenders

A Chicago man who allegedly pulled a rifle out of a backpack and fired one shot at a Metra train station is facing three felony firearm charges after surrendering to...

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December 15, 2020
Sensical to launch age-appropriate streamed content for kids

Common Sense Networks will launch a new streaming platform dedicated to kids with age-appropriate content. The media company announced Tuesday that the free streaming platform called Sensical is expected to...

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December 15, 2020
As the West still reels from the consequences of Covid, the clear winner looks to be China

Despite facing a host of sanctions, China is exiting a coronavirus-dominated year in better shape than many countries in the West. In time, 2020 will be seen as the year...

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December 15, 2020
Judge agrees to speed up challenge against planned casino

A federal judge has agreed to expedite a lawsuit that could stop a tribe from building a casino in North Carolina outside the city of Charlotte. The Charlotte Observer reports...

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December 15, 2020
‘Hate crime entrepreneurs’ are cashing in on taxpayers’ money while they try to kill free speech in Britain

Free speech is under assault in the UK from organisations who inflate the number of supposed ‘hate crimes' and ‘incidents' to fill their coffers with government cash and leave us...

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December 15, 2020
SpongeBob, slime, football: Nickelodeon ready for NFL game

Get ready for SpongeBob SquarePants running out of the tunnel, players being covered with digital slime after touchdowns and commentary from the cast of “All That” when Nickelodeon airs an...

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December 15, 2020
Legoland theme park in Florida plans expansion, new rides

The Legoland theme park in Florida is planning an expansion next year including new rides, according to plans filed with the city nearest the attraction. The details have not been...

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December 15, 2020
John Pilger: The most lethal virus is not Covid. It is war.

Britain's Armed Forces Memorial is a silent, haunting place. Set in the rural beauty of Staffordshire, in an arboretum of some 30,000 trees and sweeping lawns, its Homeric figures celebrate...

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December 15, 2020
Recent Kansas editorials

The Wichita Eagle, Dec. 11 Kansas AG who joined a bogus lawsuit to overturn the election is part of the circus This is getting ridiculous. It isn't enough that Kansas-congressman-turned-U.S....

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December 15, 2020
Recent Kansas editorials

The Wichita Eagle, Dec. 11 Kansas AG who joined a bogus lawsuit to overturn the election is part of the circus This is getting ridiculous. It isn't enough that Kansas-congressman-turned-U.S....

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December 15, 2020
Florida auto parts manufacturer owed workers over $13,000 back pay after investigation

A Clearwater maker of cylinder heads paid $13,133 in back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor found it didn't pay earned overtime pay, the federal agency announced. Clearwater Cylinder...

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December 15, 2020
Florida auto parts manufacturer owed workers over $13,000 back pay after investigation

A Clearwater maker of cylinder heads paid $13,133 in back wages after the U.S. Department of Labor found it didn't pay earned overtime pay, the federal agency announced. Clearwater Cylinder...

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December 15, 2020
Cyberattack on Independence systems causes bill-paying delay

A ransomware attack on the city of Independence's computer systems has left some residents unable to pay their utility bills. The cyberattack occurred last week, officials in the Kansas City...

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December 15, 2020
Cyberattack on Independence systems causes bill-paying delay

A ransomware attack on the city of Independence's computer systems has left some residents unable to pay their utility bills. The cyberattack occurred last week, officials in the Kansas City...

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December 15, 2020
Windfarm off Outer Banks expected to create nearly 200 jobs

A wind farm that is scheduled to be built off North Carolina's Outer Banks is projected to create nearly 200 full-time jobs in Virginia and North Carolina. The Virginian-Pilot reported...

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December 15, 2020
Windfarm off Outer Banks expected to create nearly 200 jobs

A wind farm that is scheduled to be built off North Carolina's Outer Banks is projected to create nearly 200 full-time jobs in Virginia and North Carolina. The Virginian-Pilot reported...

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December 15, 2020
Seattle to cover mayor’s legal costs from fighting recall

Seattle will cover the legal costs Mayor Jenny Durkan incurred while fighting a recall petition the state Supreme Court rejected. The City Council voted 9-0 Monday to pay Durkan's expenses,...

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December 15, 2020
4 rescued from burning boat on Alabama coast

Four people had to be rescued from a commercial fishing boat after it caught fire along the Alabama coast. A statement from the U.S. Coast Guard says its Mobile center...

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December 15, 2020
Yakima’s Astria Regional Medical Center purchased for $20M

A local investment group has completed its purchase of the former Astria Regional Medical Center and the neighboring Astria Medical Office Building. The $20 million acquisition, which closes Tuesday comes...

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December 15, 2020
A-Rod is getting into the hospitality industry with a new $650 million hotel venture

Alex Rodriguez, the former New York Yankees MVP turned businessman, philanthropist and full-time Miami resident, is getting into the hospitality industry. As part of a joint venture formed with Adi...

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December 15, 2020
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation forms book publisher with Random House

A decade after publishing his memoir “Decoded,” Jay-Z is forming a more lasting partnership with the book industry. Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by the rapper, is starting an...

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December 15, 2020
Marvel making Star-Lord bisexual is a vindictive dig at Chris Pratt’s Christianity from a dying comic book industry

Marvel Comics' retcon of the character Star-Lord is virtue-signaling nonsense that will sell no comics, shows how the industry has no new ideas, and is simply another woke jibe at...

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