Politics

August 4, 2020
‘We want to delete more!’ Facebook must choose freedom of speech over censorship, if it still pretends to be ‘a platform’

Facebook's moderators have called on advertisers to keep boycotting the site, over the way it deals with “hate speech,” but they really just want to stop Trump winning again. Keen...

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August 4, 2020
Record temperatures, pending deals inflame Iraq’s power woes

In Iraq's oil-rich south, the scorching summer months pose painful new choices in the age of the coronavirus: stay at home in the sweltering heat with electricity cut off for...

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August 4, 2020
The Latest: UN says 1 billion students affected by closures

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief says the coronavirus pandemic has led to the largest disruption of education in history, with schools closed in more than 160 countries in...

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August 4, 2020
Trump nursing home plan limits supply of free COVID-19 tests

The Trump administration's plan to provide every nursing home with a fast COVID-19 testing machine comes with an asterisk: The government won't supply enough test kits to check staff and...

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August 4, 2020
Trump nursing home plan limits supply of free COVID-19 tests

The Trump administration's plan to provide every nursing home with a fast COVID-19 testing machine comes with an asterisk: The government won't supply enough test kits to check staff and...

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August 4, 2020
Progress slow on virus relief bill as negotiations continue

Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed in the Capitol, with issues like food for the poor and aid to schools struggling to reopen...

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August 4, 2020
Progress slow on virus relief bill as negotiations continue

Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed in the Capitol, with issues like food for the poor and aid to schools struggling to reopen...

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August 4, 2020
Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states

Kelyn Yanez used to clean homes during the day and wait tables at night in the Houston area before the coronavirus. But the mother of three lost both jobs in...

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August 4, 2020
Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states

Kelyn Yanez used to clean homes during the day and wait tables at night in the Houston area before the coronavirus. But the mother of three lost both jobs in...

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August 4, 2020
Pac-12 responds to football players threatening opt-outs

The Pac-12 responded Monday to football players who have threaten to opt-out of the season because of concerns related to health and safety, racial injustice and economic rights with a...

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August 4, 2020
Missouri voters to decide on health care for more adults

Missouri voters on Tuesday will decide whether to expand Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults after years of resistance from Republican lawmakers. The vote on health care,...

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August 4, 2020
Kansas Rep. Watkins battles for seat while facing charges

Freshman Rep. Steve Watkins, who is facing felony illegal voting charges, fought Tuesday to fend off a challenge in Kansas' Republican primary. Watkins was trying to survive the challenge from...

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August 4, 2020
Appeals court: NOAA can’t make rules for offshore fish farms

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a decision that throws out rules regulating fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico. The law granting authority over fisheries to...

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August 4, 2020
Appeals court: NOAA can’t make rules for offshore fish farms

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a decision that throws out rules regulating fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico. The law granting authority over fisheries to...

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August 4, 2020
Reporter sues Golden Globes organization over member rules

A Norwegian entertainment reporter on Monday sued the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization that gives out the Golden Globe Awards, alleging that it acts as a cartel that stifles...

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August 3, 2020
Mother arrested in her baby’s 1988 killing thanks to DNA

A California woman has been arrested in the death of her newborn baby boy in the San Francisco Bay Area 32 years ago in a case that was solved decades...

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August 3, 2020
California to let absent lawmakers vote during pandemic

The California Assembly changed its rules on Monday to let lawmakers at high risk for the coronavirus vote on bills without being present in the chamber, defying advice from the...

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August 3, 2020
Q&A: TikTok saga continues with Microsoft talks. Now what?

The latest twist in the TikTok saga is an especially strange turn in a tale filled with strange turns. Suddenly, Microsoft — known primarily for work software like Windows and...

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August 3, 2020
Builder pitched to Trump wins new border wall contract

A construction company whose CEO has made direct appeals on Fox News to build President Donald Trump's border wall won another major contract Monday, this time for nearly $300 million...

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August 3, 2020
FAA spells out design changes needed in grounded Boeing jet

Federal regulators on Monday outlined a list of design changes they will require in the Boeing 737 Max to fix safety issues that were discovered after two deadly crashes that...

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August 3, 2020
Instagram star Gianluca Vacchi is moving into larger Miami Beach digs. The tab: $24.5M

An Italian playboy is saying ciao to his new home. Gianluca Vacchi, Instagram sensation and board member of Industria Macchine Automatiche, bought a $24.5 million home on Sunset Islands in...

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August 3, 2020
COVID-19 infections trouble ships as companies try pandemic cruising in Europe, Tahiti

Cruising during the COVID-19 pandemic is off to a rocky start. Nearly a month after Carnival Corporation began promoting and selling tickets for its first comeback cruises on AIDA brand...

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August 3, 2020
California governor cautiously upbeat as virus numbers ease

California appears to be getting a grip on a resurgence of the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, though he warned the state is a long way from reopening some...

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August 3, 2020
Illinois launches $5M ad campaign to encourage mask wearing

Illinois launched a $5 million advertising campaign on Monday to remind people to cover their faces in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, which has had a resurgence in...

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August 3, 2020
Universal Orlando laying off undisclosed number of workers

Almost two months after reopening, Universal Orlando is laying off an undisclosed number of workers. Universal spokesman Tom Schroder said in an email Monday that the Florida theme park resort...

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August 3, 2020
Wyoming home prices increase at fastest rate since 2007

Wyoming's average home price has risen nearly 10% since early last year, the fastest rate of increase in the state's real estate valuations since 2007. Some experts said the increase...

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August 3, 2020
Google unveils budget Pixel phone as pandemic curbs spending

Google has started selling a long-delayed budget smartphone boasting the same high-quality camera and several other features available in fancier Pixel models that cost hundreds of dollars more. The Pixel...

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August 3, 2020
On Football: Opt outs should not have doubts or a deadline

What seemed like a simple enough process of players deciding whether to skip the 2020 NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic has turned into a major story. It's a...

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August 3, 2020
Andy Ansin named CEO of Sunbeam Television; brother James to serve as co-president

The Ansins will keep WSVN Channel 7-parent Sunbeam Television in the family following the recent death of patriarch Ed Ansin. Andy Ansin, formerly vice Sunbeam Properties, will assume the role...

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August 3, 2020
‘Neither Left nor Right, but a sane alternative to the duopoly’: Why Galloway’s urging Jesse Ventura to run for president

As the campaign to draft Jesse Ventura for an independent run at the US presidency gathers pace, George Galloway, who knows him well, runs a careful eye over the former...

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August 3, 2020
How major US stock indexes fared Monday

Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street and around the world Monday following several encouraging reports on the economy. The S&P 500 climbed back within 3% of the record high...

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August 3, 2020
FIFA damage ‘irreversible’ over investigation into Infantino

With Gianni Infantino's running of world football being examined by a Swiss special prosecutor, FIFA's hopes of shedding the image of scandal have been derailed by its president's secret meetings...

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August 3, 2020
Farm life has never been easy. COVID-19 adds a new layer of stress for workers, growers

In late March and early April, Manatee County tomato growers had one of their best crops in years. But the market was in in free-fall. Restaurants across the country had...

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August 3, 2020
House panel calls new postal chief to explain mail delays

The House Oversight Committee has invited the new postmaster general to appear at a hearing next month to examine operational changes to the U.S. Postal Service that are causing delays...

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August 3, 2020
Trump slams passage of Nevada bill to mail voters ballots

Nevada lawmakers passed a bill Sunday that would add the state to a growing list of U.S. states that will mail active voters ballots ahead of the November election amid...

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August 3, 2020
McGrath looks to win over supporters of primary opponent

Looking to reclaim the progressive and minority voters who didn't back her during Kentucky's U.S. Senate primary, Democrat Amy McGrath has unveiled a social justice plan and touted voter registration...

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August 3, 2020
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose 74 cents to settle at $41.01 a barrel Monday. Brent crude oil for October delivery rose 63 cents to $44.15 a barrel....

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August 3, 2020
Energy firm completes purchase of south Georgia pellet plant

A Maryland-based energy firm says it has completed its acquisition of a pellet plant in southeast Georgia. Enviva Partners of Bethesda, Maryland, previously announced that it would buy the Georgia...

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August 3, 2020
$23.8M deal awarded for New Jersey beach restoration work

Federal officials have awarded a $23.8 million contract to an Illinois firm that will handle periodic beach restoration work in southern New Jersey. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia...

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August 3, 2020
Alabama county adds property tax increase to November ballot

Commissioners in an Alabama county voted Monday to include on the November ballot a property tax increase that would add funding for the public school system, according to officials. Voters...

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