Politics

July 10, 2020
After Goya Foods’ CEO praises Trump, boycott tells brand to #goyaway

For Hialeah native Alex Muriel, Goya products are a symbol of his abuela. He grew up eating Goya. So he was heartbroken when he found out company CEO Robert Unanue...

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July 10, 2020
Liberal media alarmed US propaganda arm Voice of America may ‘become propaganda’ (the wrong kind) under Trump nominee CEO

Mainstream media and Democrats are howling in protest that the new head of the US propaganda agency might make it a… propaganda agency. Also literally kill people by denying them...

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July 10, 2020
Alabama’s US attorney submits resignation

The federal government's top prosecutor for Alabama's Northern District is resigning. U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town on Friday announced his resignation, effective Wednesday, July 15. “After much thoughtful prayer and...

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July 10, 2020
Forecast: Kansas farmers harvesting fewer bushels of wheat

Kansas farmers are harvesting fewer bushels of winter wheat this year, a government report released Friday shows. The latest forecast, based on crop conditions July 1, revises the government's earlier...

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July 10, 2020
U.S. drops injunction request in dispute over trail project

The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped a request asking a federal judge to prohibit an Idaho man from flying his helicopter near work crews building a public trail on...

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July 10, 2020
Kansas City sharply divided over police chief’s performance

After several nights of protest at the Country Club Plaza ended with tear gas and arrests, Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith waded into a crowd that was demanding reform....

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July 10, 2020
Giants star catcher Posey out this year over virus concerns

Giants star catcher Buster Posey decided to opt out of the 2020 season Friday out of health concerns for his newly adopted twin baby girls during the coronavirus pandemic. The...

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July 10, 2020
Turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque will harm Christian-Muslim trust, hit tourism & turn West against Erdogan

It may win President Erdogan a few Islamist friends, but turning Istanbul's former Orthodox Christian cathedral, Hagia Sophia, into a mosque shows total disregard for a fragile religious balance and...

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July 10, 2020
Man admits damaging computer, causing PPE delivery delay

A former employee of a medical device packaging company has pleaded guilty to damaging a computer belonging to his former employer, which prosecutors said caused a delay in the delivery...

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July 10, 2020
American Airlines threatens to cancel some Boeing Max orders

American Airlines is warning Boeing that it could cancel some overdue orders for the grounded 737 Max unless the plane maker helps line up new financing for the jets, which...

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July 10, 2020
Carnival to sell 13 ships, resume cruises in Germany amid COVID-19 pandemic

After record-breaking second quarter losses, Carnival Corporation will begin cruising again during the COVID-19 pandemic in August and shed 13 of its ships by the end of the year. The...

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July 10, 2020
Tailgating tradition takes on new form as opera goes virtual

Tech executive Peter Batty has been making the trip to New Mexico's high desert almost every summer since 1996 to get his opera fix at one of the most famous...

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July 10, 2020
And the Nobel Prize for medicine goes to… Bill de Blasio, who has discovered Covid-19 spreads everywhere except at BLM protests

New York City's mayor has banned all large gatherings this summer - apart from Black Lives Matter rallies. In a crowded field, this just might be the most nakedly political...

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July 10, 2020
Bacteria found in water at Washington psychiatric hospital

Bacteria found in the water at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital means no one can take showers or wash hands, at a time when COVID-19 is on the rise. At...

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July 10, 2020
Manchester City to get Monday verdict in UEFA ban case

Manchester City will get the verdict on Monday in its appeal against a two-year ban from UEFA competitions. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday set the date to...

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July 10, 2020
Thomas spoke, Roberts ruled in unusual Supreme Court term

Justice Clarence Thomas spoke and Chief Justice John Roberts ruled. The Supreme Court's most unusual term featured victories for undocumented immigrants, abortion rights, LGBTQ workers and religious freedoms. The usually...

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July 10, 2020
Wyoming sides with Arch, Peabody in coal joint venture case

The state of Wyoming is siding with two major coal companies as U.S. regulators try to block their efforts to merge operations in the nation's top coal-producing region. The benefits...

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July 10, 2020
US bets on small, untested company to deliver COVID vaccine

When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, jabbing the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections. As part of its strategy...

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July 10, 2020
Former ref says VAR decisions in Premier League were wrong

A former referee who is assigned to provide guidance to the media on video reviews in the Premier League said Friday the technology got it mostly wrong a day earlier....

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July 10, 2020
London animation studio adapts to finish Disney film

Hanging under blankets for audio soundproofing and working around patchy home Wi-Fi, a London animation studio is following the British motto of “keep calm and carry on” during the coronavirus...

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July 10, 2020
Hutchinson prison reports staffer as 1st coronavirus case

A staffer at a south-central Kansas prison has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, promoting it to place an entire housing unit there under quarantine. The case announced Friday by...

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July 10, 2020
Comet streaking past Earth, providing spectacular show

A newly discovered comet is streaking past Earth, providing a stunning nighttime show after buzzing the sun and expanding its tail. Comet Neowise swept within Mercury's orbit a week ago....

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July 10, 2020
With half the state now deemed a Native reservation, is a crime wave coming to Oklahoma?

The Supreme Court's recognition of half of Oklahoma as Native land appears to right centuries of historic injustice. It could also make the state a chaotic mess of overlapping jurisdictions...

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July 10, 2020
Apple growers qualify for aid after challenging criteria

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that apple growers are now eligible for relief aid through a coronavirus food assistance program. The department revised its criteria so apple growers...

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July 10, 2020
Florida’s curve no longer flat amid new surge of virus cases

Fighting a surge in coronavirus cases in the spring, Florida appeared to be “flattening the curve” as theme parks shuttered, sugar sand beaches closed and residents heeded orders to stay...

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July 10, 2020
Pennsylvania man sentenced to 10 years in office firebombing

A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to charges that he firebombed a child welfare office during a custody dispute has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Philip Finn...

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July 10, 2020
4 children die when semi slams into car on Indiana highway

Four young siblings were killed when a semitrailer slammed into their car that had slowed down for a construction zone on Interstate 70 in eastern Indiana, state police said. The...

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July 10, 2020
Goya CEO, praising Trump, sparks online culture clash

The supercharged political landscape in the U.S. has grown even more perilous for companies with the 2020 presidential election looming as Goya, a food company with a tremendously loyal following,...

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July 10, 2020
Electric vehicle startup Rivian gets $2.5B in added funding

Electric vehicle startup Rivian says it has raised another $2.5 billion in funding from accounts advised by investment firm T. Rowe Price. The company has a contract with Amazon to...

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July 10, 2020
Judge rejects Dakota Access pipeline request to stop closure

A federal judge rejected a request from the operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline to halt an order to shut down the oil pipeline during a lengthy environmental review. U.S....

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July 10, 2020
‘All who don’t kowtow to BLM must be destroyed’ – this new Inquisition wants to dismantle the America we know

The real purpose of Black Lives Matter has become apparent. They are not a social movement about racial equality, but rather a secular, fundamentalist dogma devoted to subjugation and destruction....

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July 10, 2020
California firm to buy assets of Alaska’s RavnAir for $8M

Large airplanes and regional service certificates owned by Alaska's RavnAir Group are expected to be purchased by a Southern California firm for $8 million. Float Shuttle plans to take over...

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July 10, 2020
Goya CEO praises Trump at White House, backlash is swift

Goya Foods is facing a swift backlash after its CEO praised President Donald Trump at White House event. Goya was founded in Manhattan in 1936 by Don Prudencio Unanue and...

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July 10, 2020
Iran explosions: Did Israel and the US just start a cyber war?

Explosions rocked a pair of Iranian factories involved in the manufacture of centrifuges for its nuclear program, and the development of advanced ballistic missiles. Iran suspects a cyberattack by either...

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July 10, 2020
Miami-Dade OK’s Naranja site sale; could be home to Amazon’s biggest South Florida warehouse

Miami-Dade County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to sell a vacant lot at 13200 S.W. 272nd St. in South Miami-Dade to Amazon. The site could be the e-commerce giant's biggest warehouse...

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July 10, 2020
The continued shutdown of Latin America and Caribbean is hurting regional airlines

With COVID-19 infections accelerating, the majority of Latin America and Caribbean countries still closed to commercial travel, and Europe imposing travel restrictions, the tourism and aviation industry risks losing millions...

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July 10, 2020
Depp due to wrap up evidence at libel trial against tabloid

Johnny Depp is set to wrap up his evidence Friday in his libel case against a British tabloid newspaper that accused him of physically abusing his ex-wife, Amber Heard. In...

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July 10, 2020
AP Was There: Murray ends Britain’s 77-year Wimbledon wait

EDITOR'S NOTE — Tennis history is filled with wonderful rivalries, and so many are remembered because of matchups in Wimbledon finals. The Associated Press is republishing stories about a handful...

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July 10, 2020
Panel to address racial bias in N.C. justice system begins

Judges, law enforcement, elected officials, civil rights advocates and others brought together to examine ways to eliminate racial disparities in North Carolina's criminal justice and court systems are holding their...

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July 10, 2020
North Carolina county sets alcohol, food cutoff for virus

A North Carolina county has set a cutoff for restaurant dining and alcohol sales in hopes of limiting the spread of COVID-19. Officials in Orange County announced in a news...

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