Politics

July 18, 2020
Davis Riley wins second Korn Ferry Tour title of year

Davis Riley won the TPC San Antonio Championship at the Oaks on Saturday for his second Korn Ferry Tour title of the season. Riley birdied three of the last four...

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July 18, 2020
CNN’s latest massive White House scoop? Portraits of Bill Clinton & George W. Bush ‘moved to a less prominent room’

The mainstream media may finally have found its Trump card to ensure the ouster of Orange Man from the White House: the official portraits of two recent presidents have been...

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July 18, 2020
Tests reveal coronavirus in Yosemite National Park’s sewage

With no confirmed case of the coronavirus, Yosemite National Park appeared to be a safe haven from the pandemic. But tests of the park's raw sewage have confirmed the presence...

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July 18, 2020
New Mexico approved to use stored water under compact

New Mexico has received permission from neighboring states to access stored water after little rainfall, low runoff and high temperatures dried out some sections of the Rio Grande. The Middle...

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July 18, 2020
NFL tells teams training camps will open on time

The NFL has informed teams their training camps will open on time. League executive Troy Vincent sent a memo to general managers and head coaches on Saturday informing them rookies...

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July 18, 2020
Protesters hit with gas as locals demand feds leave Portland

Militarized federal agents deployed by the president to Portland, Oregon, fired tear gas against protesters again overnight as the city's mayor demanded that the agents be removed and as the...

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July 18, 2020
Atlanta lowering flags indefinitely to honor Rep. John Lewis

Atlanta will lower flags to half-staff indefinitely to honor Rep. John Lewis, who represented the city for more than 30 years in Congress before his death, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms...

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July 18, 2020
Florida hospitals beg feds for more drug as virus cases rise

Florida hospitals said they are in desperate need of a life-saving medication to help treat the coronavirus patients rapidly filling their beds as cases across the state continue to rise...

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July 18, 2020
Trump talks less about virus, states look inward for answers

President Donald Trump has taken an increasingly hands-off approach to the coronavirus crisis in recent days even as COVID-19 cases and deaths have surged to record highs in a huge...

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July 18, 2020
Vegas-like casino near Charlotte to have groundbreaking

A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for a new Vegas-style casino near Charlotte. The Charlotte Observer reports that Catawba Indians plan to break ground next week on a $300 million casino...

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July 18, 2020
Time Out magazine founder Tony Elliott dies of cancer at 73

Tony Elliott, founder of the Time Out city guide publishing brand, has died at 73, the publisher said. Time Out Group Chief Executive Julio Bruno said Elliott had been suffering...

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July 18, 2020
No deal in sight; EU leaders haggle over budget, virus fund

European Union leaders hunted for compromises Saturday on the second day of a summit to reach a deal on an unprecedented 1.85 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus...

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July 18, 2020
Louisiana: houseboat mooring lottery for Atchafalaya area

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is holding a houseboat mooring lottery for most of the hunting season in the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area. There's probably space for...

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July 18, 2020
Play ball? Experts send mixed signals on MLB 60-game season

Thirty baseball teams from 28 cities, trying to play 60 games each amid a coronavirus pandemic that seemingly hasn't peaked in the United States. Plausible? Worthwhile? Unconscionable? Even among experts,...

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July 18, 2020
‘We really need help’: Coronavirus overwhelms rural Oregon

Heather Griggs presses a phone to her ear in a makeshift office in the small brick courthouse that once served as a jail in rural Pendleton, a place best known...

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July 18, 2020
Staying grounded or crashing and burning? The airline industry is facing the worst crisis in its history

Airports are deserted, planes are mothballed, and the money's running out. Stuck between state aid and limbo, the Covid-19 epidemic is destroying an already reeling industry. For a long time,...

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July 18, 2020
Work nears start on new South Shore commuter rail route

Construction could start this fall on an eight-mile (12.9-kilometer) extension of northwestern Indiana's South Shore commuter rail line from Hammond into other Lake County communities. South Shore officials anticipate receiving...

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July 18, 2020
Cost, hassle of stamps questioned as mail-in voting surges

Even if it weren't for her disability and fear of catching COVID-19, Delinda Bryant said getting the necessary postage to cast a ballot this year will be a struggle. Bryant,...

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July 18, 2020
Doctor who survived COVID-19 bewildered by public disregard

Dr. Michael Saag spends much of his time treating patients fighting for their lives and working with colleagues who are overwhelmed and exhausted by the relentless battle against the COVID-19...

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July 18, 2020
Coach’s no-nonsense approach fostered by Jesuit high school

After his champagne-soaked suit finally dried and the last victory cigar burned out, Mike Sullivan had a decision: Where would the coach who turned around the Penguins' 2015-16 season spend...

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July 18, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the virus-era China ban that isn’t

President Donald Trump's “ban” on travel from China is his go-to point when defending his response to the coronavirus pandemic. The problem with his core argument starts with the fact...

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July 18, 2020
As lockdown loosens, more black men are stabbed in London. But Black Lives Matter has nothing to say

Despite a huge public profile and ongoing media attention, BLM fails to identify a role for itself in combating the appalling number of deaths of young black males in London...

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July 18, 2020
Asia Today: China battles new outbreak in far west Xinjiang

The number of confirmed cases in a new COVID-19 outbreak in China's far west has risen to 17. The National Health Commission said Saturday that 16 more cases were identified...

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July 18, 2020
Friday Sports in Brief

FOOTBALL WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington NFL owner Dan Snyder said Friday he's committed to improving the culture inside the team after allegations of sexual harassment, while the league will wait...

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July 18, 2020
Film tracks Rulon Gardner’s highs, lows in years since gold

Rulon Gardner is living a quiet life, just the way he likes it. He is 48 now, sells insurance and has a second job coaching wrestling at a Salt Lake...

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July 18, 2020
As camp approaches, how will NFL handle players opting out?

The 60-game mini-season Major League Baseball assembled this summer was still long enough that a dozen or so health-concerned players, even a few stars, decided to skip it. The NFL's...

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July 18, 2020
Reports on “recovered” COVID-19 cases reveal inconsistencies

As Covid-19 surges again in the U.S., the high percentage of “recovered” cases might be cited as a sign that a vast majority of those infected quickly rid themselves of...

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July 18, 2020
California classrooms closed for fall as virus cases surge

Most of California's 6.7 million schoolkids will be learning from home when the new school year begins in a few weeks as the state struggles with soaring rates of coronavirus...

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July 18, 2020
The Latest: Cases drop by half in Australia’s Victoria state

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia's Victoria state saw a marked drop in new COVID-19 infections -- from Friday's record high of 428 to 217 -- a total that Chief Health Officer...

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July 18, 2020
Fair housing groups slam Trump’s suburban racial rhetoric

President Donald Trump's pledge to roll back an Obama-era regulation designed to eliminate racial disparities in the suburbs is drawing harsh criticism from fair housing advocates, who label it a...

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July 18, 2020
San Francisco mayor frustrated as virus cases rise statewide

San Francisco, one of the nation's first cities to fully shut down and one of the slowest to reopen, joined California's coronavirus watch list on Friday and the mayor expressed...

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July 17, 2020
Federal felony charges against former Blue Bell CEO dropped

A judge has dismissed federal felony charges against the former CEO of a Texas ice cream company in a case arising from a 2015 listeria outbreak that killed three people....

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July 17, 2020
United gets deal with pilots, Delta seeks 1-year pay cut

Delta Air Lines is asking pilots to take a 15% cut in minimum guaranteed pay for one year, saying that could help the airline avoid layoffs when federal payroll aid...

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July 17, 2020
Navy chief: US warship’s fate uncertain; damage extensive

The USS Bonhomme Richard has extensive structural, electrical and mechanical damage, a top naval chief said Friday after walking into the bowels of the charred warship that burned for more...

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July 17, 2020
NFLPA wants players tested daily for virus when camps open

The NFL Players Association wants players tested daily for coronavirus, one of the outstanding points in discussions with the NFL over health and safety protocols as the start of training...

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July 17, 2020
Republicans eye sweeping shield from coronavirus liability

A new plan from Senate Republicans to award businesses, schools, and universities sweeping exemptions from lawsuits arising from inadequate coronavirus safeguards is putting Republicans and Democrats at loggerheads as Congress...

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July 17, 2020
New studies clarify what drugs help, hurt for COVID-19

Fresh studies give more information about what treatments do or don't work for COVID-19, with high-quality methods that give reliable results. British researchers on Friday published their research on the...

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July 17, 2020
Army outfielder Hurtubise signs $20,000 deal with Reds

Former Army outfielder and captain Jacob Hurtubise has agreed to a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds for the $20,000 maximum signing bonus allowed to players bypassed in last...

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July 17, 2020
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social...

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July 17, 2020
Setting Pompeo loose on the concept of ‘human rights’ is a warning the US is about to violate a lot more of them

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has unveiled what he calls a “moral foreign policy,” attempting to limit other nations' power to declare unalienable human rights. The aim, as usual,...

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