Politics

December 9, 2020
Pompeo unloads on US universities for China ties

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. The attack, which included identifying...

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December 9, 2020
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery fell 8 cents to $45.52 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude oil for February delivery rose 2 cents to $48.86 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...

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December 9, 2020
Editorial Roundup: Florida

Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Dec. 9 The Dayton Beach News-Journal on keeping Florida's “drinks to go” allowance past the pandemic: During the coronavirus pandemic, Florida restaurants took it...

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December 9, 2020
Tribes sue to stop Idaho land swap amid pollution concerns

A land exchange between the U.S. and an Idaho agribusiness will expand a giant toxic waste pile next to tribal land and harm tribal members, an eastern Idaho tribe said...

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December 9, 2020
US govt, states bring antitrust action against Facebook

Federal regulators asked Wednesday for Facebook to be ordered to divest its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services as the U.S. government and 48 states and districts accused the company of...

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December 9, 2020
Royal Caribbean cuts cruise short after elderly passenger tests positive for COVID-19

Royal Caribbean International is cutting short one of its first cruises since the pandemic hit after a passenger on board tested positive for COVID-19. Following a nine-month cruising hiatus, the...

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December 9, 2020
Jobless Kansans go weeks without benefits as problems linger

Kansans who have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic say they are going weeks or months without unemployment benefits they are due, and some lawmakers say they can't get...

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December 9, 2020
Anti-corruption bill requiring shell companies to disclose owners poised to become law

An anti-corruption bill drafted in response to Miami Herald reporting on anonymous shell companies and their negative effects on the South Florida real estate market and illicit gold trade is...

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December 9, 2020
Study: NFL league office ahead of teams in diversity hiring

A diversity report in the NFL assigned high grades for the league office but lagging scores at team levels for racial and gender hiring. Wednesday's report card from The Institute...

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December 9, 2020
Weeks after election, YouTube cracks down on misinformation

More than a month after the U.S. presidential election, YouTube says it will start removing newly uploaded material that claims widespread voter fraud or errors changed the outcome. The Google-owned...

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December 9, 2020
9th Circuit sympathetic to Nevada churches in COVID-19 fight

A three-member U.S. appeals court panel appeared sympathetic Tuesday to arguments by lawyers for two Nevada churches that say state COVID-19 restrictions treating churches differently than casinos and other secular...

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December 9, 2020
Tanker truck crash closes Interstate 5 in Mount Vernon

A tanker truck struck a barrier on the Skagit River Bridge early Wednesday, leading to the shutdown of all lanes of Interstate 5. KOMO reports the crash happened just before...

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December 9, 2020
Flawed paper behind Covid-19 testing faces being retracted, after scientists expose its ten fatal problems

A publisher admitted it is urgently re-investigating research, following revelations that the PCR test it extols is defective, giving too many false-positives. The news comes as a new group plans...

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December 9, 2020
Court again nixes SC gov’s private school pandemic aid plan

South Carolina's highest court again rejected Gov. Henry McMaster's plan to use $32 million in federal coronavirus relief to provide tuition grants for private schools, ruling Wednesday that spending public...

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December 9, 2020
Butterball to cut operations in Carthage, costing 450 jobs

Butterball plans to cut about 450 jobs from is processing plant in Carthage next spring, the company announced Wednesday. The reductions, which won't take effect until March 1, are needed...

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December 9, 2020
GM’s Cruise to deploy fully driverless cars in San Francisco

General Motors' self-driving car company is sending vehicles without anybody behind the wheel in San Francisco as it navigates its way toward launching a robotic taxi service that would compete...

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December 9, 2020
DoorDash shares soar 78% in stock market debut

DoorDash shares soared 78% as the meal delivery service made its debut Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange. The shares opened at $182 after the San Francisco-based company priced...

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December 9, 2020
Britain’s new plan to scrap gas boilers to hit zero emissions target will plunge MILLIONS into fuel poverty

UK climate change hardliners obsessed with eliminating carbon emissions want gas boilers replaced by 2033. But how will millions of Brits on the poverty line be able to pay for...

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December 9, 2020
MDOC: Chicken wings, pot thrown into prison in footballs

Corrections officials at a South Mississippi prison say they confiscated dozens of illegal cell phones and pounds of marijuana and barbequed chicken wings, some of which were concealed inside footballs...

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December 9, 2020
Alabama school system issuing $1K COVID-19 bonuses

Full-time employees of an Alabama school system are getting a $1,000 bonus except for its superintendent. The funds will be issued to employees of Baldwin County Schools on Dec, 18,...

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December 9, 2020
Nicky Jam is selling his Miami Beach mansion

Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam is buying a new house and selling his Miami Beach mansion for $3.3 million. … Click to Continue »

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December 9, 2020
Nicky Jam is selling his Miami Beach mansion

Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam is buying a new house and selling his Miami Beach mansion for $3.3 million. … Click to Continue »

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December 9, 2020
Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ Dec. 9 The News-Enterprise on how students at a community college in Kentucky are learning to operate tractor trailers: The nation's roadways are one...

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December 9, 2020
Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ Dec. 9 The News-Enterprise on how students at a community college in Kentucky are learning to operate tractor trailers: The nation's roadways are one...

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December 9, 2020
Boeing 737 Max back in air 2 years after grounded by crashes

Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago. Brazil's Gol Airlines became...

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December 9, 2020
Boeing 737 Max back in air 2 years after grounded by crashes

Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago. Brazil's Gol Airlines became...

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December 9, 2020
Boeing 737 Max back in air 2 years after grounded by crashes

Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago. Brazil's Gol Airlines became...

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December 9, 2020
Boeing 737 Max back in air 2 years after grounded by crashes

Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago. Brazil's Gol Airlines became...

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December 9, 2020
Boeing 737 Max back in air 2 years after grounded by crashes

Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago. Brazil's Gol Airlines became...

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December 9, 2020
Gas pipeline project in New Mexico halted amid pandemic

A natural gas pipeline that would have connected an oil field in New Mexico and Texas to markets in the Gulf Coast has been halted as the fossil fuel industry...

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December 9, 2020
Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed

Grain futures were mostly higher on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. was up .028 cents at $5.73 a bushel; Dec. corn rose...

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December 9, 2020
Continuance granted in case against Mississippi city’s mayor

The trial date for a Mississippi city's mayor accused of embezzlement has been pushed to next year. Aberdeen Mayor Maurice Howard was indicted in October 2019 on five counts of...

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December 9, 2020
Continuance granted in case against Mississippi city’s mayor

The trial date for a Mississippi city's mayor accused of embezzlement has been pushed to next year. Aberdeen Mayor Maurice Howard was indicted in October 2019 on five counts of...

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December 9, 2020
Pandemic, loss unite 2 rural Missouri pastors around faith

Thirty miles of rural Missouri separate the two churches, and so much else. One is mostly white; the other hosts services in five languages for a flock that spans the...

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December 9, 2020
Pandemic, loss unite 2 rural Missouri pastors around faith

Thirty miles of rural Missouri separate the two churches, and so much else. One is mostly white; the other hosts services in five languages for a flock that spans the...

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December 9, 2020
EU split on Greece’s calls for arms embargo on Turkey. Apparently principles aren’t so important when there are PROFITS to lose

It would seem to be a straightforward proposition: two member states of the European Union – Greece and Cyprus – are protesting breaches of territorial waters by Turkey. So how...

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December 9, 2020
EU split on Greece’s calls for arms embargo on Turkey. Apparently principles aren’t so important when there are PROFITS to lose

It would seem to be a straightforward proposition: two member states of the European Union – Greece and Cyprus – are protesting breaches of territorial waters by Turkey. So how...

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December 9, 2020
EU split on Greece’s calls for arms embargo on Turkey. Apparently principles aren’t so important when there are PROFITS to lose

It would seem to be a straightforward proposition: two member states of the European Union – Greece and Cyprus – are protesting breaches of territorial waters by Turkey. So how...

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December 9, 2020
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery fell 16 cents to $45.60 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil for February delivery rose 5 cents to $48.84 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...

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December 9, 2020
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery fell 16 cents to $45.60 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil for February delivery rose 5 cents to $48.84 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...

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