Politics

November 28, 2020
Missouri woman found dead after being reported missing

Authorities say the death of a suburban St. Louis woman whose body was found one day after she was reported missing has been declared a homicide. The discovery of 22-year-old...

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November 28, 2020
Missouri woman found dead after being reported missing

Authorities say the death of a suburban St. Louis woman whose body was found one day after she was reported missing has been declared a homicide. The discovery of 22-year-old...

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November 28, 2020
Georgia Power: Closing plant’s ash ponds to take 15 years

The dewatering and closure of remaining coal ash ponds at a Georgia Power Co. plant in northwest Georgia will take 15 years to complete. That's what the unit of Atlanta-based...

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November 28, 2020
Georgia Power: Closing plant’s ash ponds to take 15 years

The dewatering and closure of remaining coal ash ponds at a Georgia Power Co. plant in northwest Georgia will take 15 years to complete. That's what the unit of Atlanta-based...

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November 28, 2020
Georgia Power: Closing plant’s ash ponds to take 15 years

The dewatering and closure of remaining coal ash ponds at a Georgia Power Co. plant in northwest Georgia will take 15 years to complete. That's what the unit of Atlanta-based...

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November 28, 2020
Thousands comment on proposed Mississippi pump project

The Army Corps of Engineers says thousands of people have sent comments about a proposal for huge pumps to drain floodwaters from parts of the rural Mississippi Delta. They represent...

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November 28, 2020
Thousands comment on proposed Mississippi pump project

The Army Corps of Engineers says thousands of people have sent comments about a proposal for huge pumps to drain floodwaters from parts of the rural Mississippi Delta. They represent...

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November 28, 2020
Caesars gets year extension for selling Indiana casino

Caesars Entertainment will have another year to sell its northwestern Indiana casino as required by state officials. The Indiana Gaming Commission voted this past week to give the Nevada-based company...

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November 28, 2020
Tony Hsieh, retired Zappos CEO, dies at 46

Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com who spent years working to transform the city's downtown area, has died. He was 46. Hsieh was with...

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November 28, 2020
Tony Hsieh, retired Zappos CEO, dies at 46

Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com who spent years working to transform the city's downtown area, has died. He was 46. Hsieh was with...

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November 28, 2020
With no action by Washington, states race to offer virus aid

Faulting inaction in Washington, governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods have been upended by the...

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November 28, 2020
Zappos founder Tony Hsieh once spoke in Miami about building a startup community

Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, died on Friday at the age of 46. He was the keynote speaker at the Start-Up City: Miami seminar in Miami Beach in...

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November 28, 2020
Zappos founder Tony Hsieh once spoke in Miami about building a startup community

Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, died on Friday at the age of 46. He was the keynote speaker at the Start-Up City: Miami seminar in Miami Beach in...

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November 28, 2020
Zappos founder Tony Hsieh once spoke in Miami about building a startup community

Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, died on Friday at the age of 46. He was the keynote speaker at the Start-Up City: Miami seminar in Miami Beach in...

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November 28, 2020
Black firefighters in NC allege racism amid larger reckoning

They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone...

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November 28, 2020
Black firefighters in NC allege racism amid larger reckoning

They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone...

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November 28, 2020
Black firefighters in NC allege racism amid larger reckoning

They threw her new cellphone on the roof of the station house and placed nails under the wheels of her pickup truck. As she prepared to answer a call, someone...

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November 28, 2020
UK, EU resume face-to-face trade talks with time running out

Teams from Britain and the European Union resumed face-to-face talks on a post-Brexit trade deal Saturday, with both sides sounding gloomy about striking an agreement in the little time that...

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November 28, 2020
UK, EU resume face-to-face trade talks with time running out

Teams from Britain and the European Union resumed face-to-face talks on a post-Brexit trade deal Saturday, with both sides sounding gloomy about striking an agreement in the little time that...

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November 28, 2020
Hungary and Poland are right to put traditional values before money and resist the EU’s dictatorial plan to push trans rights

It's not transphobic for Hungary and Poland to want to recognise only men and women and uphold their traditional, conservative way of life. But this puts them on a collision...

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November 28, 2020
The Latest: Speed of viral spread causes concern in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases for the third straight day, the speed of viral spread unseen since the worst wave of...

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November 28, 2020
One pandemic, two different worlds in Georgia runoff races

Across the grounds of a south Georgia courthouse, scores of masked and socially distanced voters bowed their heads in prayer for the 260,000-plus Americans who have died from the coronavirus....

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November 28, 2020
Grit, gratitude evident in lives of Mississippi residents

A woman finds herself unemployed for the first time. A man who works in the restaurant business wonders if the eatery will survive. A grandfather, who has lost most of...

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November 28, 2020
Raging pandemic prompts LA County stay-home order

The raging coronavirus pandemic has prompted Los Angeles County to impose a lockdown to prevent the caseload from spiraling into a hospital crisis but the order stops short of a...

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November 28, 2020
Asia Today: Speed of viral spread causes concern in S. Korea

South Korea has reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases for the third straight day, the speed of viral spread unseen since the worst wave of the outbreak in spring....

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November 28, 2020
‘Miracle Mile is sick.’ Coral Gables looks to redevelopment to save iconic street

Looking to rejuvenate an ailing Miracle Mile, Coral Gables commissioners say they're ready to embrace a zoning tweak that could carry big repercussions for one of South Florida's most iconic...

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November 28, 2020
‘I stayed as far away as I could.’ Shoppers try to social distance on Black Friday

COVID-19 did little to dissuade South Floridians in search of deals on Black Friday. Long lines and discounts awaited those willing to brave the malls on what traditionally is one...

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November 28, 2020
‘I stayed as far away as I could.’ Shoppers try to social distance on Black Friday

COVID-19 did little to dissuade South Floridians in search of deals on Black Friday. Long lines and discounts awaited those willing to brave the malls on what traditionally is one...

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November 27, 2020
Venezuela’s baseball season kicks off but virus takes a toll

Venezuela's storied baseball season kicked off Friday — and an economic crisis and global pandemic will make it one for the record books. Stadiums that have long been a temporary...

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November 27, 2020
82 contract COVID-19 at Northern California nursing facility

A skilled nursing facility in Capitola is reporting more than 80 cases of COVID-19 among its residents and staff. Pacific Coast Manor said Thursday that 48 residents and 34 staff...

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November 27, 2020
Pandemic-edition Miami Art Week kicks off with scaled-down events

Art Week Miami — such as it is in the COVID age — kicked off Friday with the opening of one of this season's few in-person events: a scaled-down version...

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November 27, 2020
For Big Tech, Biden brings a new era but no ease in scrutiny

The Obama-Biden administration was a charmed era for America's tech companies — a moment when they were lionized as innovators, hailed as job creators and largely left alone. Now Joe...

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November 27, 2020
For Big Tech, Biden brings a new era but no ease in scrutiny

The Obama-Biden administration was a charmed era for America's tech companies — a moment when they were lionized as innovators, hailed as job creators and largely left alone. Now Joe...

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November 27, 2020
For Big Tech, Biden brings a new era but no ease in scrutiny

The Obama-Biden administration was a charmed era for America's tech companies — a moment when they were lionized as innovators, hailed as job creators and largely left alone. Now Joe...

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November 27, 2020
Pandemic pushes Peru’s vital peasant farmers to the brink

Under a punishing Andean sun, Nazario Quispe digs his plow into the soil where he is growing dozens of different potato varieties — uncertain when he will be able to...

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November 27, 2020
Pandemic pushes Peru’s vital peasant farmers to the brink

Under a punishing Andean sun, Nazario Quispe digs his plow into the soil where he is growing dozens of different potato varieties — uncertain when he will be able to...

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November 27, 2020
Pandemic pushes Peru’s vital peasant farmers to the brink

Under a punishing Andean sun, Nazario Quispe digs his plow into the soil where he is growing dozens of different potato varieties — uncertain when he will be able to...

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November 27, 2020
Small Business Saturday brings savings for shoppers, boost for South Florida shops

In this pandemic year, shopping local can yield more than a unique gift. It's also a gift to small businesses that give flavor to the community. Brick-and-mortar retail revenues have...

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November 27, 2020
Small Business Saturday brings savings for shoppers, boost for South Florida shops

In this pandemic year, shopping local can yield more than a unique gift. It's also a gift to small businesses that give flavor to the community. Brick-and-mortar retail revenues have...

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November 27, 2020
Former MLB catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia lists South Florida home for $3.3 million

Former Major League Baseball catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, whose 12-year career included a one-year stint with the Miami Marlins, is asking $3.3 million for his home base in Wellington, located just...

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