Politics

March 24, 2020
Here are the five biggest residential sales in Miami-Dade for the week of March 15-21

Here are the biggest five residential sales in Miami-Dade for the week of March 15-21. The data was compiled by Condo.com and does not include off-market or new construction pre-sales....

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March 24, 2020
Virtual tours showcase Miami’s rental units. Still, leasing is slow after COVID-19

South Florida residential leasing teams have replaced in-person tours with virtual ones as the number of COVID-19 cases rises. Still, the number of leases signed is drying up. The Coconut...

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March 24, 2020
10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ‘IT MAKES YOUR HEART WARM' People are banding together to sew face...

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March 24, 2020
Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages

Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric...

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March 24, 2020
Teams, toddlers and cabinets: The joys of working from home

In the early days of working from home to prevent spread of the COVID-19 disease, some Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers talking strategy on a video chat couldn't help but...

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March 24, 2020
Yes, mobile technology can help solve the Covid-19 crisis – but can also fuel the authoritarian virus sweeping across the world

When it comes to technology innovation, the saying that if you are not solving a real problem you are creating one, could not be truer with regard to the use...

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March 24, 2020
What a Nobel Prize-winning economist advises to ease the economic fallout of the coronavirus

As coronavirus in the United States spreads, the magnitude of the economic impact is starting to appear. The number of unemployment claims is skyrocketing – Goldman Sachs predicts an eightfold...

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March 24, 2020
Bunker with a bowling alley: How the rich are running from coronavirus

Hand sanitizer? Sure. Face masks? Fine. But as the coronavirus spreads, the rich are investing in a much more extreme way to ward off the disease: bunkers. Inquiries and sales...

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March 24, 2020
Buddy, can you spare a dime? Echoes of ’30s in viral crisis?

The imagery floats in sepia-colored photographs, faintly recalled images of bedraggled people lined up for bread or soup. Shacks in Appalachian hollows. Ruined investors taking their lives in the face...

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March 24, 2020
Olympic torch relay: No torch, no torchbearers, no public

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start Thursday as planned in northeastern Fukushima prefecture — but with no torch, no torchbearers, no public, and little ceremony. There will be an...

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March 24, 2020
Olympic torch relay: No torch, no torchbearers, no public

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start Thursday as planned in northeastern Fukushima prefecture — but with no torch, no torchbearers, no public, and little ceremony. There will be an...

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March 24, 2020
Asian stocks rise after US Fed promises economic support

Asian stock markets gained Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve promised support to the struggling economy as Congress delayed action on a $2 trillion coronavirus aid package. Market benchmarks in...

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March 24, 2020
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province

Chinese authorities are lifting a lockdown in most of its virus-hit Hubei province. People who are cleared will be able to leave the province after midnight Tuesday. Restrictions on the...

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March 24, 2020
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province

Chinese authorities are lifting a lockdown in most of its virus-hit Hubei province. People who are cleared will be able to leave the province after midnight Tuesday. Restrictions on the...

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March 24, 2020
The Latest: Pakistani official says he has coronavirus

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 381,000 people and killed over 16,500. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe...

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March 24, 2020
Iconic plant’s end spells doom for struggling coal industry

President Donald Trump tried to stop it from happening. The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, did too. Despite their best efforts to make good on Trump's campaign promise...

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March 24, 2020
Doctors plead for supplies, while nations seek to slow virus

Doctors and nurses pleaded for supplies such as masks and ventilators that are critical in their battle to treat a surging number of coronavirus patients, while governments on Tuesday continued...

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March 24, 2020
California scrambling to obtain virus protection gear

California is scrambling to obtain protective gear for healthcare workers and first responders, reaching out worldwide and working with locals to ratchet up production as the coronavirus pandemic continues to...

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March 24, 2020
Excerpts from Woody Allen memoir ‘Apropos of Nothing’

Excerpts from Woody Allen's new memoir, “Apropos of Nothing,” which was released Monday after a delay because the original publisher backed out of releasing the book. ___ THE BOOK'S DEDICATION:...

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March 24, 2020
Coronavirus suddenly upends campaign themes for both parties

The coronavirus pandemic and the nation's crashing economy are scrambling the themes both political parties thought would carry them to victory in November for control of the White House and...

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March 24, 2020
Networks face decision: How long to stick with Trump?

Six television networks began showing President Donald Trump's briefing on the coronavirus outbreak late Monday, but only Fox News Channel stuck it out to the end nearly two hours later....

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March 24, 2020
Unions: “Essential” workers need more coronavirus protection

Union leaders representing workers that have been deemed ``essential" as Illinois battles the coronavirus called Monday for more protective gear to guard members against infection. Kenneth Franklin, head of the...

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March 23, 2020
Kansas stricter on gatherings; 1M people told to stay home

Shelter-in-place orders are about to take effect for about a third of Kansas' population to slow the spread of coronavirus, and Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday that she will tighten...

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March 23, 2020
Sheriff: Assistant living employee fatally shot by resident

An Alabama man living at a residential facility was arrested and accused of fatally shooting the house supervisor, authorities said. Devonta Wayaire Brown, 22, was arrested Monday and charged with...

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March 23, 2020
CVS and Walgreens say they’re hiring during the coronavirus pandemic

As unemployment soars during the coronavirus pandemic, the nation's two largest pharmacy chains said they were hiring and trumpeted what they're doing for current employees forced to interact inside social...

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March 23, 2020
Need a job? Here are the companies hiring amid the coronavirus outbreak

In late February, RecruitMilitary executives had a decision to make. The number of positive coronavirus cases were mounting in the U.S. yet they had a career fair in Miami on...

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March 23, 2020
Europe eyes smartphone location data to stem virus spread

Britain, Germany and Italy are evaluating powerful and invasive tools for what epidemiologists call contact-tracing, the mapping of personal interactions that could spread the virus. These apps would use real-time...

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March 23, 2020
4th coronavirus death in Kentucky, cases surpass 120

Gov. Andy Beshear urged Kentucky residents to donate to a new fund to assist people suffering financial setbacks from the coronavirus and to report instances when social distancing practices needed...

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March 23, 2020
USA Gymnastics among growing chorus asking for Olympic delay

Add USA Gymnastics to the growing chorus of high-profile organizations asking for the 2020 Olympics to be delayed. President Li Li Leung said Monday that a majority of senior national...

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March 23, 2020
Trump weighs economic impact of shutdown as backlash grows

President Donald Trump put it bluntly: “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF." Trump, who tweeted his declaration overnight, is caught in the middle as tensions...

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March 23, 2020
More than 5 dozen Idaho residents confirmed to have COVID-19

With more than five dozen confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Idaho Monday, agencies, businesses and schools continued to work to slow the spread of the illness. Boise State University...

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March 23, 2020
Snow, much colder weather moving into Sierra, western Nevada

The National Weather Service has issued winter weather and high wind advisories for much of the Sierra and western Nevada through Thursday as snow and much colder weather moves into...

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March 23, 2020
Virus takes toll on Nevada newspapers, online visits soar

The virus outbreak is taking its toll on media in Nevada, with closures of rural weekly and alternative urban weekly publications and curtailment of sections published in the state's largest...

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March 23, 2020
A new study shows we’re already in a coronavirus recession — and it has hit S. Florida hard

A new study by the StratoDem Analytics data firm in Cambridge, Mass., suggests economists' fear was spot-on. The coronavirus isn't putting us at risk of a recession. The COVID-19 recession...

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March 23, 2020
Native Americans put digital spin on traditions amid virus

Native Americans across the U.S. are organizing online and social-distancing powwows and posting videos of dances as a way to offer hope and spiritual support during the coronavirus pandemic. Over...

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March 23, 2020
Trump National Doral to close citing coronvirus order from Miami-Dade County

Trump National Doral will close the resort and golf club at 11:00 p.m. Monday to comply with an order from Miami-Dade County. The order, released by Mayor Carlos Gimenez Saturday,...

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March 23, 2020
Mexico border referendum cancels massive Corona brewery

The company that brews Corona beer took another blow on Monday when the federal government said it would not allow a massive, partly-built $1.5 billion brewery on the border after...

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March 23, 2020
Feds release results of inspection at virus-hit nursing home

Federal inspectors say they found three serious problems during their check of a Seattle-area nursing home hard-hit by the new coronavirus. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, along with...

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March 23, 2020
NY Philharmonic cancels season, cuts orchestra salaries

The New York Philharmonic canceled the rest of its season and a 10-concert European tour due to the new coronavirus, estimating it will have $10 million in operating losses to...

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March 23, 2020
Texas moves to ban most abortions due to virus outbreak

The governor and attorney general of Texas are moving to ban most abortions in the state during the coronavirus outbreak, declaring they don't qualify as essential surgeries. Attorney General Ken...

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