Politics

June 3, 2020
AP source: MLB rejects 114-game plan, tells union no counter

Major League Baseball rejected the players' offer for a 114-game regular season in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to...

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June 3, 2020
AP source: MLB rejects 114-game plan, tells union no counter

Major League Baseball rejected the players' offer for a 114-game regular season in the pandemic-delayed season with no additional salary cuts and told the union it did not plan to...

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June 3, 2020
US job losses in May could raise 3-month total to 30 million

The epic damage to America's job market from the viral outbreak will come into sharper focus Friday when the government releases the May employment report: Eight million more jobs are...

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June 3, 2020
State police to probe Joliet mayor’s scuffle with protester

Illinois State Police will conduct an investigation after video posted online shows the mayor of Joliet, Illinois, forcibly grab a protester during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd....

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June 3, 2020
US gun nuts said they needed firearms to resist tyranny. When it came, they cheered

A prevailing argument made by ardent pro-gun conservatives in the United States is that a heavily armed citizenry is imperative lest the need arise to fight government tyranny – but...

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June 3, 2020
Cinema chain AMC warns it may not survive the pandemic

Movie theater chain AMC warned Wednesday that it may not survive the coronavirus pandemic, which has shuttered its theaters and led film studios to explore releasing more movies directly to...

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June 3, 2020
Universal Studios opens in Orlando to guests — but they had to follow coronavirus rules

Universal Studios Orlando opened to invited guests on Wednesday to became the first major Florida theme park to reopen, according to Spectrum News. The attraction's official opening is on Friday,...

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June 3, 2020
Cannes announces lineup for a festival canceled by COVID

From an empty movie theater in Paris, organizers of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday announced the films that would have played at there in May had it not been...

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June 3, 2020
Chicken industry executives indicted for price fixing

A federal grand jury has indicted four current and former chicken company executives for price fixing. The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday that the executives from Colorado-based Pilgrim's Pride...

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June 3, 2020
Nation’s streets calmest in days; police credit curfews

Protesters marched on Wednesday in peaceful pleas to end police brutality, after a calmer night in cities across America void of the violence of recent days, as demonstrators heightened calls...

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June 3, 2020
Disgraced UK Covid-19 czar Ferguson reveals he’s clueless, admitting Sweden did as well as UK WITHOUT a crippling lockdown

The British scientist known as Professor Lockdown has undermined the draconian policy he unleashed on the world by confessing that Britain hasn't fared any better in tackling the disease than...

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June 3, 2020
Why are Miami-Dade beaches that were to open still closed and tied to the curfew?

When Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Giménez set a countwide curfew after Saturday's protests, he tied the reopening of the beaches to the lifting of the curfew. But the beaches, which have...

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June 3, 2020
Yes Black Lives Matter, but we mustn’t allow being white to become the new original sin

Watching white people appease their racial guilt by begging for forgiveness from their black neighbours is unedifying. These quasi-religious shows of contrition will do little to solve injustice. Why do...

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June 3, 2020
MLS, players reach new labor deal, resume with tournament.

Major League Soccer and its players' union reached an agreement that allows play to resume with a summer tournament in Florida following the break caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The...

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June 3, 2020
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

One of Sweden's top health officials is defending his country's response to the coronavirus outbreak after first showing some contrition about its actions. “We still believe that our strategy is...

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June 3, 2020
UEFA bans Turkish leader Trabzonspor in financial case

Turkish league leader Trabzonspor was banned from one season of European soccer competitions on Wednesday for breaking financial monitoring rules. UEFA said the club missed targets in its latest accounts...

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June 3, 2020
Trump administration moves to block Chinese airlines from US

The Trump administration moved Wednesday to block Chinese airlines from flying to the U.S. in an escalation of trade and travel tensions between the two countries. The Transportation Department said...

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June 3, 2020
AP source: NBA presents players with plan for season restart

A person with knowledge of the situation says the NBA has told the National Basketball Players Association that it will present a 22-team plan for restarting the season to the...

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June 3, 2020
Jaret Davis, power lawyer and ‘large black man:’ Admitting mutual pain is first step

While many of us felt soul-shredding pain as we watched the video of George Floyd having the life choked out of him by a knee of authority, for myself and...

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June 3, 2020
Spirit Airlines announces comeback: 47 FLL flights planned by July as demand increases

Spirit Airlines plans to more than triple its current service out of South Florida by July, the company announced Wednesday. The return of many of the low-cost airline's pre-pandmic flights...

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June 3, 2020
Tourist towns balance fear, survival in make-or-break summer

As the coronavirus raced across America, this quaint seaside town did what would normally be unthinkable for a tourist destination. Spooked by a deluge of visitors, the tiny Oregon community...

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June 3, 2020
Grains mostly higher,livestock lower.

Grain futures were mostly higher on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery gained 4.40 cents at $5.1460 a bushel; July corn fell...

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June 3, 2020
The Latest: PGA Tour teams with Sanford Health for testing

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The PGA Tour has announced a deal with Sanford Health to conduct COVID-19 testing of...

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June 3, 2020
Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall on Mexico Gulf coast

Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Campeche Wednesday, dumping heavy rain on the already soaked region, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm had...

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June 3, 2020
The Latest: DC National Guard probes low-flying helicopters

The Latest on the May 25 death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his...

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June 3, 2020
Bill earmarks $300M more COVID-19 funds for N.C. government

North Carolina legislators want to make available another $300 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to Gov. Roy Cooper's administration to cover additional government expenses incurred due to the virus....

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June 3, 2020
Bill earmarks $300M more COVID-19 funds for N.C. government

North Carolina legislators want to make available another $300 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to Gov. Roy Cooper's administration to cover additional government expenses incurred due to the virus....

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June 3, 2020
Late night clashes in Tampa Bay end day of peaceful protests

Mostly peaceful rallies in Tampa and St. Petersburg took a turn late Tuesday when police used smoke grenades, nonlethal rounds, pepper canisters and other measures to disperse crowds. Protesters fled,...

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June 3, 2020
Late night clashes in Tampa Bay end day of peaceful protests

Mostly peaceful rallies in Tampa and St. Petersburg took a turn late Tuesday when police used smoke grenades, nonlethal rounds, pepper canisters and other measures to disperse crowds. Protesters fled,...

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June 3, 2020
Forget the Covid-19 threat, this is an ideological street war between left and right that lays bare the US’ deep divisions

Over the space of a month, America's polarized extremes, galvanized by differing narratives of outrage, have created the conditions for a second wave of coronavirus infections and fatalities. The scale...

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June 3, 2020
Officials: Blaze that destroyed business intentionally set

A blaze that destroyed an unoccupied business on the south side of Topeka was intentionally set, fire officials said Wednesday. The fire at the payday loan business was reported around...

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June 3, 2020
City in North Carolina votes to remove confederate monument

The Rocky Mount City Council in North Carolina has voted to remove a Confederate monument from a city park. The 6-1 vote during Tuesday night's budget meeting was prompted by...

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June 3, 2020
Italy opens borders ahead of neighbors, beckoning tourists

Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport sprang back to life Wednesday as Italy opened regional and international borders in the final phase of easing its long coronavirus lockdown, but it was...

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June 3, 2020
Call for $14 trillion in slavery reparations while riots rage in US is extortion, not justice

After George Floyd's death, Black Entertainment Television (BET) co-founder Robert Johnson called for massive reparations for slavery. He floated $14 trillion in “wealth distribution” to “create growth,” but it's just...

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June 3, 2020
Here are the five biggest residential sales in Miami-Dade for the week of May 24-May 30

Here are the biggest five residential sales in Miami-Dade for the week of May 24-May 30. The data was compiled by Condo.com and does not include off-market or new construction...

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June 3, 2020
Miami rents still among the highest in country. Just be glad we’re not San Francisco

Good news: Rents have dropped. Bad news: South Florida rents are still among the highest in the United States. The Miami area ranked No. 10 out of 100 U.S. metros...

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June 3, 2020
Scientist admits Sweden could have battled virus better

Sweden's chief epidemiologist showed contrition Wednesday as criticism mounted over the Scandinavian country's hotly debated method of fighting the coronavirus, which has resulted in one of the highest death rates...

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June 3, 2020
Asia Today: S Korea reopening schools despite spike in cases

South Korea on Wednesday reported 49 new cases of COVID-19, continuing a weekslong resurgence of the virus as the government defended its decision to reopen schools despite health risks. The...

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June 3, 2020
The Caribbean starts to reopen. Along with swimsuits and face masks, COVID test required

After more than two months of watching their tourism-dependent economies get decimated by the coronavirus amid airport, beach and hotel closures, Caribbean nations are starting to reopen their borders to...

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June 3, 2020
Bojo’s decision to throw Huawei 5G deal on the scrapheap shows UK poodle still obeys its US master

The British prime minister's hasty U-turn on a deal with China's Huawei will cost tech firms and the taxpayer a fortune, and means Donald Trump has got his way again....

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