Politics

August 12, 2020
Home prices headed up across US

Dallas-Fort Worth home prices were just 2% higher in the latest national comparison. But more recent surveys show that D-FW housing costs are rising at a much greater rate. The...

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August 12, 2020
WeChat is a lifeline for the Chinese diaspora. What happens now that Trump banned it?

Cindy Wang's whole life is on WeChat. Through the Chinese everything app, the 24-year-old shops for clothing and sends photos and audio messages to her grandma and uncle in Guangzhou....

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August 12, 2020
Ford recalls include some F-150s because of fire risk

Ford is warning that a number of 2020 F-150 pickups could catch fire because of a battery connection issue. At the same time, the company announced a recall of more...

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August 12, 2020
NHLPA’s Fehr buoyed by 0 positive tests; `So far so good’

Zero players testing positive for COVID-19 in the two weeks since NHL teams arrived at their two respective playoff hub cities. And a powerful opening night statement on social and...

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August 12, 2020
Shares mostly lower in Asia after retreat on Wall Street

Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday after Wall Street pumped the brakes on its recent rally. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index edged higher, while the Shanghai Composite sank 1.6%....

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August 12, 2020
The Latest: India’s cases top 2.3M, fatality rate drops

NEW DELHI — India's coronavirus caseload has topped 2.3 million after adding 60,963 in the last 24 hours. India also reported 834 deaths on Wednesday for a total of 46,091....

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August 12, 2020
Interest in homeschooling has ‘exploded’ amid pandemic

As parents nationwide prepare to help their children with more distance learning, a small but quickly growing number are deciding to take matters entirely into their own hands and begin...

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August 12, 2020
Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19

With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing: drugs that deliver antibodies to fight the virus right away, without...

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August 12, 2020
Science and politics tied up in global race for a vaccine

No, Russia is not having a Sputnik moment. The announcement Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country was the first to approve a coronavirus vaccine did not provoke...

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August 12, 2020
He set out to mobilize Latino voters. Then the virus hit.

Like many Americans, Ricky Hurtado had different plans for his summer. He formally announced his first bid for public office in March and expected to spend sweltering days knocking on...

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August 12, 2020
What’s keeping Washington from a virus deal, explained

Hopes that talks on a huge COVID-19 relief deal would generate an agreement soon are fizzling, with both the Trump administration negotiating team and top congressional Democrats adopting hard lines...

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August 12, 2020
Willis beats longtime DA in county that includes Atlanta

Challenger Fani Willis on Tuesday defeated her former boss in the Democratic primary runoff for district attorney of Georgia's most populous county. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard was the...

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August 12, 2020
Why India’s new ban on military imports will see it become a major manufacturer – and supplier – of weapons

India has long been one of the world's biggest military spenders, investing $71.1 billion annually. But a new ban on some imports means it will now be building – and...

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August 12, 2020
Greene, who made racist videos, wins GOP nod in Georgia

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a businesswoman who has expressed support for the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon and been criticized for a series of racist comments, has won the Republican nomination for...

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August 12, 2020
The Latest: Jason Lewis wins Minnesota GOP Senate primary

The Latest on Tuesday's elections (all times local): 9:37 p.m. Former Rep. Jason Lewis has won Minnesota's five-way Republican primary for Senate. Lewis, a one-term congressman and former conservative radio...

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August 12, 2020
1000s of Korean laborers still lost after WWII, Cold War end

Shin Yun-sun describes her life as a maze of dead ends. The South Korean has spent many of her 75 years pestering government officials, digging into records and searching burial...

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August 12, 2020
Android phones to track quakes; California gets alert system

Android phones will be used to sense earthquakes around the world and may one day be able to provide global warnings, with the first mass alert system unveiled Tuesday in...

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August 12, 2020
Clintons & Obamas headline DNC speaker list, showing Democrats gazing backward not forward

The announced roster of speakers at the Democratic National Convention is in line with the party's choice of Joe Biden as the 2020 nominee: doubling down on the establishment past...

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August 12, 2020
Vote nears on resuming eviction proceedings in California

Eviction and foreclosure proceedings in California could resume Sept. 1, California's chief justice announced Tuesday, putting pressure on the state Legislature to pass a law by the end of the...

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August 11, 2020
State sets aside $40M in relief for undocumented residents

Seattle residents and Washingtonians applied for relief funds as the coronavirus pandemic diminished their incomes and savings. But for the state's undocumented workers, that wasn't an option. After months of...

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August 11, 2020
Tesla boosts turbocharged stock with plan for 5-for-1 split

Tesla will split its stock for the first time in its history so more investors can afford to buy a stake in the electric car pioneer following a meteoric rise...

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August 11, 2020
Illinois Editorial Roundup:

Here are editorials from newspapers published around Illinois. August 9, 2020 The (Champaign) News-Gazette Buddy, can you spare a dime? News of the physical consequences of the coronavirus pandemic continues...

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August 11, 2020
NC lawmakers want Cooper to seek Trump’s extended benefits

North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders asked Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday to get on board with extending unemployment benefits for workers displaced by the coronavirus pandemic that President Donald...

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August 11, 2020
BSA victims committee targets Tennessee property transfers

The official committee representing sexual abuse survivors in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy is asking a judge to void real estate transfers by a local Boy Scouts council in...

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August 11, 2020
Idaho projected to see $405 million surplus amid pandemic

Idaho could finish the fiscal year with $405 million in surplus tax revenue in spite of the pandemic's economic toll, according to a new revenue forecast. The state's legislative budget...

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August 11, 2020
Cooper wins key ruling in COVID-19 legal fight with Forest

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper won another legal victory defending his COVID-19 executive orders on Tuesday, this time when a judge rejected Lt. Gov. Dan Forest's demand that they be...

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August 11, 2020
DeSantis unhappy with vendor pick, but says hands are tied

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn't happy that a state agency awarded a huge contract to a company that he says bungled the state's unemployment filing system, but he said Tuesday...

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August 11, 2020
GOP, Rep. Marshall likely to stress farm ties in Senate race

Republicans are likely to stress Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall's service on the House Agriculture Committee as he runs for the Senate. The two-term GOP congressman for western and central Kansas...

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August 11, 2020
How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday

A late slide in big technology companies left indexes broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday, erasing an early gain and breaking a seven-day winning streak for the S&P 500. The...

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August 11, 2020
Judge: Postage requirement for mail ballots isn’t a poll tax

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected an argument that requiring voters to provide their own stamps for mail-in ballots and ballot applications amounts to an unconstitutional poll tax. A lawsuit...

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August 11, 2020
California could give newspapers a 2-year labor law reprieve

California newspaper companies would have two more years to comply with a state law requiring them to treat newspaper delivery people like employees instead of contractors, under a bill that...

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August 11, 2020
North Miami workers face more uncertainty amidst unemployment

North Miami-area workers already can't find a job and face prolonged unemployment. Now they wonder what they'll do without extra $600 in federal assistance … Click to Continue »

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August 11, 2020
Fox news, business cable channels to stream internationally

The Fox News and Fox Business channels are going international. A digital streaming service with the pair will launch in Mexico on Aug. 20, expanding to Spain, Germany and the...

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August 11, 2020
Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket and...

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August 11, 2020
Did CNN forget which side won at Gettysburg? Media flips out over possibility Trump may accept nomination at Civil War battle site

In a world where the mainstream media tells us that just about everything from math to Christmas is racist, the idea of a president giving a speech at the Gettysburg...

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August 11, 2020
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell 33 cents to settle at $41.61 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil for October delivery fell 49 cents to $44.50 a barrel....

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August 11, 2020
Editorial Roundup: Idaho

Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Idaho newspapers: If the warning light flashes, don't turn it off The Lewiston Tribune Aug 9 You wouldn't override a circuit breaker...

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August 11, 2020
What’s keeping Washington from a virus deal, explained

Hopes that talks on a huge COVID-19 relief deal would generate an agreement soon are fizzling, with both the Trump administration negotiating team and top congressional Democrats adopting hard lines...

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August 11, 2020
NC egg supplier faces price gouging lawsuit in West Virginia

West Virginia's attorney general has filed a second lawsuit against an egg supplier for alleged price gouging during the coronavirus pandemic. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Tuesday that Merchants Distributors...

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August 11, 2020
Greece & Cyprus call for EU help over Mediterranean resource row with Turkey, but Brussels shows a lack of spine – as always

A dispute over the right to exploit territorial waters in the Mediterranean has turned nasty after Turkey rebuffed German-led efforts aimed at rebuilding trust. Now Greece and Cyprus are calling...

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