Politics

July 13, 2020
Editorial Roundup:

The Dallas Morning News. July 8, 2020. Coronavirus exposes the weak underbelly of the child care system When Gov. Greg Abbott recently paused the reopening of Texas to slow the...

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July 13, 2020
Retired Alabama newspaper publisher Barrett Shelton dies

Retired Alabama newspaper executive Barrett Shelton Jr., who helped promote the Tennessee Valley region during in time in journalism, has died. The Decatur Daily, where Shelton worked as editor and...

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July 13, 2020
Outer Banks island ravaged by storms and virus restrictions

When Hurricane Dorian pounded the wisp of earth that is Ocracoke Island, a wall of Atlantic seawater flooded Bob Chestnut's home, surf shop and four vehicles. Seven months later, his...

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July 13, 2020
The woke philistines taking over Hollywood hate white men considerably more than they love cinema

Hollywood's suffocating new wave of identity politics targets white men, and movies and TV will suffer significantly as a result Hollywood, despite its reputation as a liberal bastion, has long...

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July 13, 2020
Shelter in places apart and unequal: Topple all the monuments you want, but the real racism’s going unaddressed

America pulls down monuments to racist oppressors, renames streets and paints Black Lives Matter all over them. But the real inequalities of cities like Chicago – rooted in class as...

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July 13, 2020
Analog Devices buying Maxim Integrated in all-stock deal

Computer chip maker Analog Devices is buying Maxim Integrated in an all-stock deal that will create a company worth about $68 billion, and strengthen's its position in the analog semiconductor...

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July 13, 2020
Home ownership among Blacks, Latinos slides in South Florida

Kevin Rutledge Jr. grew up in the four-bedroom home in Miami Gardens where his parents still live today. He has siblings spent long hours in the den, watching moves and...

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July 13, 2020
Miami’s flexible office spaces are set to thrive, says Pipeline CEO

The global pandemic has hit close to home for many businesses across South Florida. Those who have found opportunity amid the chaos include locally owned Pipeline Workspaces, Miami-Dade's original shared...

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July 13, 2020
Real estate calendar for the week of July 13

This week's real estate-related events delve into the future, murky though it may be. July 14 ▪ The DC-based National Rental Home Council, a nonprofit focused on single-family home rentals,...

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July 13, 2020
South Florida’s self-storage market takes a hit despite new market drivers. Here’s why

Self-storage developers say the market is driven by five d's: Death, disaster, dislocation, divorce and downsizing. Some of those factors, and others, are on overdrive since the pandemic. Still, South...

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July 13, 2020
2020 Watch: How many more Americans will die from COVID-19?

Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: 113 ___ THE NARRATIVE These are among the darkest days...

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July 13, 2020
City’s court win intensifies top-4 race in Premier League

Manchester City's success in overturning its Champions League ban on Monday has huge ramifications on the Premier League and the remaining two teams that will qualify for Europe's top club...

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July 13, 2020
Depp in witness box for 5th day at lawsuit over abuse claims

Johnny Depp is expected to wrap up his evidence Monday at his libel trial against a tabloid newspaper that accused him of abusing ex-wife Amber Heard. The Hollywood star is...

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July 13, 2020
Manchester City overturns 2-year ban from Champions League

Manchester City successfully overturned its two-year ban from the Champions League on Monday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld City's appeal against the UEFA ban, but imposed a 10...

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July 13, 2020
University of Kentucky to cap tuition, fees in fall

The University of Kentucky plans to cap tuition and mandatory fees in the fall for all full-time students. The move was announced last week by UK President Eli Capilouto as...

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July 13, 2020
The Latest: Judge overturns Catalan confinement order

MADRID — A judge has overturned a decision by the Catalan regional government to confine over 140,000 people to only leaving their homes for work and other essential activities, arguing...

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July 13, 2020
Factory jobs catch bounce from PPE manufacturing

As factories start bringing back workers laid off at the beginning of the pandemic, some are retooling to meet coronavirus-related demands. Designetics, a firm near Toledo, Ohio, that makes windshield...

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July 13, 2020
Apple taps first $400 million of $2.5 billion California housing pledge

Making a down payment on its housing pledge, Apple announced Monday it has committed $400 million to affordable housing projects this year across California, including immediate assistance for struggling Bay...

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July 13, 2020
Millennials and boomers: Pandemic pain, by the generation

Millennials, you're taking a big hit — again. And you're not OK, either, boomers. Sometimes at odds, America's two largest generations now have something to agree on: The coronavirus pandemic...

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July 13, 2020
Asian shares gain on hopes for recovery, despite outbreaks

Shares rose in Asia on Monday, cheered by upbeat projections for a global economic rebound that were tempered by worries over expanding coronavirus outbreaks. Investors were looking ahead to the...

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July 13, 2020
Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft

Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth — big time. Three countries — the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates — are sending unmanned spacecraft to...

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July 13, 2020
Union drive could inspire organized labor beyond Asheville

On a clear morning in early March, nurses stood shoulder-to-shoulder in Asheville's Pack Square Park and demanded a union. The crowd of a hundred chanted and cheered, hoisting signs and...

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July 13, 2020
The Latest: India adds over 28,000 new coronavirus cases

NEW DELHI — India reported another record surge of coronavirus infections on Monday, adding 28,701 new cases over the previous 24 hours. Authorities in several cities are reinstating strict lockdowns...

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July 13, 2020
Ready or not: Election costs soar in prep for virus voting

The demand for mail-in ballots is surging. Election workers need training. And polling booths might have to be outfitted with protective shields during the COVID-19 pandemic. As officials prepare for...

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July 13, 2020
Undaunted, US global media chief plows ahead with changes

Despite a barrage of criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, the new chief of U.S. global media is plowing ahead with changes to the Voice of America and other international...

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July 13, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump team’s false comfort on schools, virus

President Donald Trump's administration is providing misguided assurances on the safety of kids in school during a coronavirus epidemic. In remarks Sunday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urged schools to provide...

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July 13, 2020
Housing construction steady in New Mexico’s oil region

The crash of the oil business and the economic decline that has followed the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't stopped construction for the housing shortage in the heart of New Mexico's oil...

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July 13, 2020
Asian shares gain on hopes for recovery, despite outbreaks,

Shares rose in Asia on Monday, cheered by upbeat projections for a global economic rebound that were tempered by worries over expanding coronavirus outbreaks. Investors were looking ahead to the...

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July 13, 2020
California CEO resigns over video showing racist outburst

The chief executive of a California technology company resigned after the release of a video showing him using vulgar and racist language toward an Asian family at a restaurant. Solid8...

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July 12, 2020
The Latest: Bidwill released from Rhode Island hospital

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Arizona Cardinals say that owner Michael Bidwill has been released from a Rhode Island...

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July 12, 2020
MATCHDAY: Man United’s CL bid could rest on City ban verdict

A look at what's happening around European soccer on Monday: MANCHESTER CITY VERDICT Manchester City will discover if it is to be banned from European competitions for the next two...

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July 12, 2020
Analysis: Session brings wide range of new Mississippi laws

Mississippi is enacting a wide range of laws based on bills passed during this year's legislative session, including some that separately regulate wine, school buses and scooters. Mississippi residents who...

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July 12, 2020
Vetoed petrochemical tax break bill revived in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania state lawmakers could vote on legislation this week that provides millions of dollars in tax breaks to turn natural gas into fertilizer and other chemicals, emerging from closed-door negotiations...

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July 12, 2020
Chatham announces plan to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy

Hedge fund Chatham Asset Management said it plans to buy newspaper publisher McClatchy out of bankruptcy, ending 163 years of family control. The hedge fund did not put a price...

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July 12, 2020
Yankees’ Judge out 2nd straight day with stiff neck

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was held out of action for a second straight day Sunday due to a stiff neck. The 2017 AL Rookie of the Year was scratched from...

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July 12, 2020
UK Sport says welfare not risked with athlete substance test

The UK Sport government agency said athletes' welfare was not put at risk with the use of an experimental substance ahead of the 2012 London Olympics that was disclosed for...

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July 12, 2020
Kentucky’s former Democratic Party chief to be sentenced

Federal prosecutors are seeking prison time for Kentucky's former Democratic Party chief when he is sentenced this week, but attorneys for Jerry Lundergan are seeking probation. Lundergan and a codefendant...

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July 12, 2020
Average US gas price up 2 cents over 2 weeks to $2.24/gallon

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline increased by 2 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.24 per gallon. That's 59 cents below the average pump price from a...

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July 12, 2020
Panel puts off decision on demolition of closed church

The Philadelphia Historical Commission officials say they need more time to decide the fate of a shuttered 19th-century church after the New Jersey developer who bought it earlier this year...

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July 12, 2020
Old fight flares as work begins on new hospital in Georgia

Leaders of a southwest Georgia county say the region's largest hospital system has tried to obstruct plans for a new competitor hospital in their county, but Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital...

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