Politics

June 22, 2020
Serving up tastes of home helps laid-off immigrants make ends meet

At 3 a.m. on Friday, Eddy Llamas stood in the middle of his Miami apartment's small kitchen, elbow-deep in the sweet, buttery dough that's typical of bread from Guatemala. About...

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June 22, 2020
EU, China look to ease tensions, push on with business

Top European Union officials are holding talks Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang at a time of rising tensions between two major trading partners over the...

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June 22, 2020
COVID-19 widens racial wealth gap, hitting Black businesses especially hard

DETROIT – Amina Daniels has just that kind of get-to-it, high-energy personality you'd expect from the owner of a contemporary fitness studio on Agnes Street in Detroit's rapidly revitalizing West...

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June 22, 2020
Beijing’s Latest Virus Outbreak Disrupts Tyson Foods and PepsiCo

PepsiCo Inc. and Tyson Foods are among the global consumer companies facing disruption as Beijing tries to contain a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus. On Sunday, PepsiCo China said it...

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June 22, 2020
Not so fast, boss: As COVID-19 cases spike in Texas, more delay their return to the office

Now surging in Texas, COVID-19 is interrupting our plans again, prompting many businesses to slow their return to a new normal. A month after Texas announced Phase 2 of reopening...

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June 22, 2020
Luxury fashion challenged to confront racist attitudes

When luxury fashion lined up social media posts to show solidarity with Black Lives Matters protests, brands got a whole lot of blowback. Transgender model and actress Munroe Bergdorf jumped...

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June 22, 2020
Asian shares mixed as US reports surging virus cases

Shares were mixed Monday in Asia as China and South Korea reported lower numbers of new coronavirus cases, while new infections in the U.S. and worldwide surged sharply. Tokyo, Hong...

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June 22, 2020
As virus surges, Pakistan says there’s no choice but to open

The coronavirus is spreading in Pakistan at one of the fastest rates in the world, and overwhelmed hospitals are turning away patients. But the government is pushing ahead with opening...

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June 22, 2020
As virus surges, Pakistan says there’s no choice but to open

The coronavirus is spreading in Pakistan at one of the fastest rates in the world, and overwhelmed hospitals are turning away patients. But the government is pushing ahead with opening...

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June 22, 2020
Virus cases surge in US, worldwide, but slow in China, Korea

The world saw the largest daily increases yet in coronavirus cases over the weekend, while infections slowed in China and South Korea, suggesting progress in stemming their newest outbreaks. Despite...

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June 22, 2020
Virus cases surge in US, worldwide, but slow in China, Korea

The world saw the largest daily increases yet in coronavirus cases over the weekend, while infections slowed in China and South Korea, suggesting progress in stemming their newest outbreaks. Despite...

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June 22, 2020
The Latest: India’s infections soaring in rural areas

NEW DELHI — India's coronavirus caseload has risen to 425,282 as infections soar in rural areas to which migrant workers fleeing major cities have returned in recent weeks. India's health...

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June 22, 2020
From shops to dining out, NYC reopening hits ‘biggest piece’

From Macy's “Miracle on 34th Street” store to the World Trade Center's office towers, New York City hits a key point Monday in trying to rebound from the nation's deadliest...

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June 22, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump tries to pin low turnout on protesters

President Donald Trump falsely said at his rally Saturday night that Democratic rival Joe Biden apologized for opposing his restrictions on travel from China early in the coronavirus pandemic. Scrambling...

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June 22, 2020
Coronavirus lockdowns increase poaching in Asia, Africa

A camera trap photo of an injured tigress and a forensic examination of its carcass revealed why the creature died: a poacher's wire snare punctured its windpipe and sapped its...

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June 22, 2020
Asian shares mostly higher as US reports surging virus cases

Shares were mostly higher Monday in Asia despite reports that the number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. and worldwide has surged sharply. Tokyo, Sydney and Shanghai logged modest gains...

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June 21, 2020
The Latest: NY Museum to remove Theodore Roosevelt statue

TOP OF THE HOUR: — No arrests in shooting in Seattle protest zone that killed 1. — A statue of a Spanish missionary in downtown Los Angeles has been toppled...

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June 21, 2020
Balk in baseball coronavirus talks as negotiations drag on

An email from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to union head Tony Clark led to a balk in the drawn-out talks to start the pandemic-delayed season. The executive committee of the...

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June 21, 2020
Publix recalls some of its salad products in several states

One of the South's largest grocery store chains is announcing a recall of some salads sold in its stores. Publix announced that Fresh Express is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity...

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June 21, 2020
Did TikTok teens, K-Pop fans punk Trump’s comeback rally?

Did teens, TikTok users and Korean pop music fans troll the president of the United States? For more than a week before Donald Trump's first campaign rally in Tulsa on...

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June 21, 2020
AP Sources: Bundesliga TV cash drops with Sky, DAZN deals

The growth in the value of Bundesliga TV rights has ended under a new four-year deal secured as the broadcasting industry grapples with the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic....

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June 21, 2020
FedEx swaps NASCAR logos to spotlight Civil Rights Museum

Denny Hamlin's longtime sponsor FedEx replaced its logos for NASCAR's race at Talladega Superspeedway to instead feature the National Civil Rights Museum. The company also donated $500,000 “in support of...

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June 21, 2020
With no students, small college town worries over future

What happens to a college town when the students disappear? Ithaca, a small upstate New York city nearby gorges and vineyards, is finding out. Most of the 24,000 students at...

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June 21, 2020
Minority officers allege discrimination over Chauvin booking

Eight minority corrections officers who work at the jail holding a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd allege that they were barred from...

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June 21, 2020
Hundreds test positive at Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas

Tyson Foods is looking into reports that China's customs agency has suspended poultry imports from a Tyson facility in the United States after coronavirus cases were confirmed among its employees....

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June 21, 2020
The Latest: Three men arrested after BLM sign is vandalized

TOP OF THE HOUR: — Three men in California arrested in investigation of Black Lives Matter sign. — North Carolina spectators cheer removal of Confederate statue. — San Francisco religious...

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June 21, 2020
Pirated editions of John Bolton memoir have appeared online

John Bolton's memoir officially comes out Tuesday after surviving a security review and a legal challenge from the Justice Department. But over the weekend, it was available in ways even...

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June 21, 2020
Watchdogs: Treasury too secretive on small business loans

The Trump administration has relented to public pressure and pledged to provide more details about which small businesses received loans from a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program. But government watchdogs...

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June 21, 2020
Hit hard by virus, fine dining finds new ways to serve

San Francisco chef Dominique Crenn was huddled with staff one day in mid-March when she learned that coronavirus restrictions would close the dining room at her celebrated restaurant, Atelier Crenn....

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June 21, 2020
George Soros conspiracy theories surge as protests sweep US

They say he hires protesters and rents buses to transport them. Some say he has people stash piles of bricks to be hurled into glass storefronts or at police. George...

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June 21, 2020
Report: Yellowstone National Park supported 7K jobs in 2019

Tourist spending in and around Yellowstone National Park supported about 7,000 jobs in 2019, according to a National Park Service report released this week. The roughly 4 million people who...

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June 21, 2020
How much do we REALLY know about Kim Yo-jong, the outspoken sister of Kim Jong-un who’s now North Korea’s No. 2?

Kim Yo-jong has been in the news lately, calling defectors in South Korea ‘human scum' and blowing up buildings. But what is her background and is she being groomed for...

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June 21, 2020
‘I used to push for working class kids to go to university, but no longer: they are toxic institutions of prejudice’

I've spent the last 20 years of my life working with and supporting working class people to get into higher education. Today I'm wondering whether I've been right to do...

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June 21, 2020
The Latest: 25 new cases in China, 2.3M tested in Beijing

BEIJING — Chinese authorities reported 25 new confirmed cases — 22 in Beijing and three in neighboring Hebei province. They say 2.3 million people have been tested in an effort...

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June 21, 2020
From Little Richard to BLM, art activism impacts Macon

Before Craig Coleman taught at Mercer University, he had a frustrated student ask him during a class why Coleman always showed examples of political art. “I said, ‘Since when has...

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June 21, 2020
Former Citadel students look to make 3D printing accessible

Ethan Warner and Benjamin Scott founded Evolve 3D to streamline 3D printing and make an otherwise expensive printer more affordable and accessible. “A lot of people right now don't think...

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June 21, 2020
Owner of Eskimo Pie to change its ‘derogatory’ name

The owner of Eskimo Pie is changing its name and marketing of the nearly century-old chocolate-covered ice cream bar, the latest brand to reckon with racially charged logos and marketing....

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June 21, 2020
Asia Today: S Korea records 48 new cases, some outside Seoul

South Korea has reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 as health authorities struggle to contain a resurgence that's erasing some of the country's hard-won gains against the virus. Figures released...

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June 21, 2020
Miami Seaquarium has reopened after a three-month closure due to COVID-19

Joining its land-based competitor Zoo Miami, the Miami Seaquarium has reopened to the public after being closed for more than three months. On Saturday, the Seaquarium, 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, opened...

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June 20, 2020
Volunteer sleuths track down Hawaii’s quarantine scofflaws

Former longtime television reporter Angela Keen knows how to track people down. During the coronavirus pandemic, she's putting her skills to use finding tourists who defy Hawaii's mandatory two-week quarantine...

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