Politics

March 10, 2020
Lawsuit seeks to require LA to provide beds for homeless

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to force Los Angeles officials to provide thousands of shelter beds in an effort to stem what it described as the unfolding “human tragedy”...

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March 10, 2020
Column: PGA Tour dealing with more attention off the course

Such is the clamor around the PGA Tour that Commissioner Jay Monahan spoke for 45 minutes Tuesday before anyone mentioned Tiger Woods. If it's not the proposed Premier Golf League,...

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March 10, 2020
Georgia House passes spending plan with some teacher raises

Yes — in part — to teacher pay raises. No to many proposed cuts to programs. The Georgia House on Tuesday passed its version of the state's 2021 budget, a...

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March 10, 2020
Economic toll of virus goes global and hits close to home

Seven weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the U.S., the spread of the virus that causes the disease has done widespread damage to critical economic sectors...

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March 10, 2020
Massachusetts governor enacts state of emergency over virus

Here's a rundown of coronavirus-related developments in Massachusetts, as the number of people in the state who have tested positive for the virus stands at 92: STATE OF EMERGENCY Gov....

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March 10, 2020
The Latest: Sanders cancels Cleveland rally over virus fears

The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries (all times local): 4:25 p.m. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is canceling a scheduled rally in Cleveland amid concerns over the spread...

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March 10, 2020
Groups: Release immigrant detainees at high coronavirus risk

Immigrant rights groups want U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release detainees at its Washington state jail who are at high risk from the coronavirus. In a letter sent to...

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March 10, 2020
Senators working fast on changes at SC state utility

South Carolina senators are wasting little time in bringing together their plan to remake state-owned utility Santee Cooper. A subcommittee spent about an hour Tuesday creating a framework of what...

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March 10, 2020
Putin backs term limit freeze allowing him to stay in office

Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed his tightly guarded political plans Tuesday and supported a constitutional amendment that would allow him to seek reelection in 2024 by restarting the term count....

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March 10, 2020
SC House rejects raises for all state workers in $10B budget

South Carolina House Democrats warned their Republican colleagues who killed proposals Tuesday to give state employees an across-the-board raise that they are going to keep losing good workers. They also...

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March 10, 2020
Former Sparks GM Penny Toler files suit against WNBA team

Former Los Angeles Sparks general manager Penny Toler is suing the WNBA team saying she was fired for raising complaints about inappropriate sexual relationships involving the team president and a...

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March 10, 2020
Beshear calls on Kentucky nursing homes to restrict visitors

Kentucky's nursing homes should severely restrict visitors to combat the new coronavirus from spreading to a vulnerable population, Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday. Those restrictions will take effect at state-run...

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March 10, 2020
Slavoj Zizek: Global communism or the jungle law, coronavirus forces us to decide

As panic over coronavirus spreads, we have to make the ultimate choice – either we enact the most brutal logic of the survival of the fittest or some kind of...

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March 10, 2020
House asks comptroller general to study minor leagues

The House of Representatives by voice vote approved legislation Tuesday to have the comptroller general of the U.S. study baseball's minor leagues, which are trying to fend off a contraction...

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March 10, 2020
Washington Legislature OKs ‘tampon tax’ exemption bill

The Legislature has approved a measure that would make Washington the 20th state to not tax feminine hygiene products. The measure passed the House Tuesday on a 95-2 vote and...

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March 10, 2020
Coronavirus stokes worry over Florida economy, state budget

The spread of the new coronavirus has stoked worries about Florida's economy, prompting lawmakers to rethink spending on big-ticket items as negotiations continue over the state budget. Legislative leaders voiced...

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March 10, 2020
USSF says hostile crowds give men different jobs than women

The U.S. Soccer Federation says facing hostile crowds in Mexico and Central America and makes playing for the U.S. men's national team a different job than competing for the American...

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March 10, 2020
Initial tests show COVID-19 infections rise to 17 in Georgia

Five more people in Georgia have tested positive for COVID-19, as disease fears spread to school districts and the Georgia Capitol. A total of 17 people in the state have...

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March 10, 2020
Oregon governor takes sweeping action to cut global warming

In an end run around Republican legislators, Oregon's Democratic governor ordered the state on Tuesday to lower greenhouse gas emissions, directing a state agency to set and enforce caps on...

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March 10, 2020
Texas patient’s wife, child test positive for new virus

The wife and 3-year-old child of a Texas man found to have the new coronavirus following a trip to California have also tested positive, health officials said Tuesday. Texas has...

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March 10, 2020
Pesticide workers walk out over wages, labor conditions

More than a dozen pesticide sprayers in Washington state have stopped working over lack of fair wages and working conditions. United Farm Workers and several Evans Fruit employees in Sunnyside...

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March 10, 2020
Time to wall ourselves off as China did? UK’s ineffective border control is weakest link in fight against Covid-19

Whilst China's draconian measures, harshly criticized by the western media, are beating the coronavirus, Britain is importing it. We can't possibly hope to defeat the virus with insecure borders. My...

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March 10, 2020
PG&E says it has settled one battle involving wildfire fund

Pacific Gas & Electric told a federal bankruptcy judge that it has settled a dispute with disaster-relief agencies that threatened to siphon money away from a $13.5 billion fund earmarked...

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March 10, 2020
Caribbean Princess cleared to dock in Florida after crew tests negative for COVID-19

Passengers on the Caribbean Princess cruise ship cheered Tuesday as the captain said over the loudspeaker that the ship has been cleared by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

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March 10, 2020
N Carolina governor declares emergency to combat virus

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state emergency Tuesday due to the coronavirus and his administration urged people over age 65 and medically fragile residents to avoid large gatherings....

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March 10, 2020
Texas player has concern about MLB opening day in Seattle

With just over two weeks until baseball's opening day, Texas Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos says he's “a little bit” concerned about traveling to Seattle with Washington state having the worst...

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March 10, 2020
Feds forge agreements for Superfund clean-up on Willamette

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced eight new agreements with parties responsible for cleaning up the Portland Harbor Superfund Site on the Willamette River. The agency said it has...

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March 10, 2020
Panda and poke: Restaurant trademarks can stir legal fights

When picking a name for their Asian-Mexican fusion restaurant in suburban Phoenix, Paul and Nicole Fan settled on “Panda Libre,” hoping the mix of China's iconic bear and the Spanish...

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March 10, 2020
Inslee: New virus policies, prep for large outbreak in WA

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday outlined a list of requirements for long-term care facilities aimed at helping to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, including placing limits on...

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March 10, 2020
NFL, union extend deadline for franchise tags to Monday

The deadline for applying franchise and transition tags to free agents has been moved from Thursday to Monday by the league and the players' union. With the NFL Players Association's...

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March 10, 2020
After halt, cruise stocks poised to rebound as Trump signals federal support

This is a developing story and will be updated. Trading in Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. was halted Tuesday after shares rose too...

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March 10, 2020
Bayer closes Missouri, NJ campuses due to virus concerns

The German agribusiness giant Bayer AG has temporarily closed two locations in Missouri and two in New Jersey due to concerns that an employee may have contracted the new coronavirus....

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March 10, 2020
Keep an eye on your local gas station. Coronavirus may cause prices to drop under $2 

Will gas prices drop to under $2 a gallon? It's possible it could happen later this week for the first time in four years. Coronavirus has led to lower global...

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March 10, 2020
Nearly 10K state government workers are paid at least $100K

The number of Pennsylvania state government employees who make at least six figures currently includes nearly 10,000 workers, according to a Pennlive.com report published Tuesday. There were 9,751 state employees...

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March 10, 2020
The Latest: Biden faces down pro-gun worker at Detroit plant

The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Joe Biden has faced down a pro-gun worker in a testy exchange over his plan to reinstate...

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March 10, 2020
New Wells Fargo CEO: Issues will not resolve until 2021

The third chief executive of Wells Fargo in four years appeared in front of Congress on Tuesday, saying that there's much the bank needs to do to fix its cultural...

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March 10, 2020
Somber event marks first anniversary of Ethiopian crash

Grim-faced, visibly grief-stricken, some crying, hundreds of family members gathered Tuesday for a memorial service at the site where one year ago an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed into the rocky...

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March 10, 2020
A Coral Gables attorney fights his Bar suspension and $50 million fraud conviction

The Florida Supreme Court's suspension of Coral Gables attorney Mark Scott, following November's fraud conviction in Manahattan federal court, began Wednesday. Neither length, Scott's suspension nor his sentence, has been...

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March 10, 2020
Missouri virus case shows 1 exposure can mean major response

The 20-something college student didn't know she had the new coronavirus as she flew home from a study abroad program in Italy, landing at one of the nation's busiest airports....

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March 10, 2020
Trump’s deal with the Afghan Taliban is Vietnam ‘peace with honor’ redux

President Nixon referred to the peace accords ending the Vietnam War as “peace with honor;” what President Trump is doing in Afghanistan is gearing up to become the same –...

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