Politics

February 23, 2020
Puritan Backroom wins James Beard ‘America’s Classic’ award

A Manchester restaurant is among six recipients of a national award for regional establishments. The Puritan Backroom is being given an America's Classic Award by the James Beard Foundation. The...

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February 23, 2020
Public meeting on community broadband in Northeast Kingdom

The public is invited to attend a meeting next week on a proposal for a Northeast Kingdom community broadband project. On Town Meeting Day next month, residents in St. Johnsbury...

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February 23, 2020
‘Promises kept’ mantra doesn’t always match Trump’s reality

“It's been three years of promises made and promises kept, but we're just getting started, (insert state here)." That line from Vice President Mike Pence is a hallmark of how...

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February 23, 2020
If you will hammer, Habitat for Humanity can help you build a low-cost house in Miami

Melissa Jones, a single mom with four kids, has a good job at a major corporation. But like growing numbers of Miamians, she has struggled with rising rent — and...

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February 23, 2020
St. Johns family relishes life on a ‘Backyard Buffalo’ farm

Punita Patel keeps a pair of Muck boots handy for getting around on her four acres in Palm Valley, not far from TPC Sawgrass and some high-end shopping. She calls...

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February 23, 2020
Moscow targets Chinese with raids amid virus fears

Bus drivers in Moscow kept their WhatsApp group chat buzzing with questions this week about what to do if they spotted passengers who might be from China riding with them...

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February 23, 2020
Kathleen Kennedy’s Lucasfilm ruined Star Wars; What will she do to the new Indiana Jones?

Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy's influence is regarded by Star Wars fans as being responsible for ruining that franchise. Will her involvement in Indiana Jones lead to another beloved property being...

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February 23, 2020
Needle exchange expanded for southern Illinois drug users

From 2011 to 2015, a small pocket of rural Indiana became a hotbed for HIV. Over 200 new infections were reported in Scott County, an area of about 4,200 people,...

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February 23, 2020
Mom pushes state to require heavier duty changing tables

Adalynn Milham hears the subtle sounds that nobody else picks up on: the IV drip in a hospital or water running outside, for example. But one of the things her...

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February 23, 2020
Kearney woman turns old warehouse into event venue

Alissa Kern-Pierce loves to find things that are falling apart and put them back together. That's what she did with The Village at 1920 Avenue A in Kearney. In just...

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February 23, 2020
Community give child a hero’s homecoming

Cole Kelley grinned widely and waved Saturday (Feb. 15) as his head kept swiveling from one direction to the other to take in the amazing view surrounding him. Hundreds of...

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February 23, 2020
Indiana blacksmith shows off skills in blacksmithing classes

The mild smell of burning coal fills a warm workshop stocked with beefy equipment that dates from a century or three ago. John Latowski takes a blacksmith's hammer and whacks...

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February 23, 2020
Louisiana’s last video rental store may be in West Monroe

When Steve Chambliss and his family opened their National Video Superstore in West Monroe 20 years ago it took six employees running registers simultaneously to keep up with the traffic....

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February 23, 2020
Choctaw Indian Princess reign helps basketball player lead

Four-time state champion, All-District MVP, MAIS Player of the Year and All-District Honoree are just a few of the many accolades that Southwest Mississippi Community College freshman basketball player Sydni...

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February 23, 2020
Family-owned restaurant remains a local fine dining fave

For the 20th anniversary, Bella Fresca has brought customer favorites back to the menu for the same price they were at the time they were originally listed. “We think it's...

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February 23, 2020
Wade expresses his gratitude at jersey retirement cremony

Dwyane Wade went through a long list of thank-yous as he delivered a 20-minute speech at his jersey retirement ceremony Saturday night, mentioning everyone from his business manager and the...

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February 23, 2020
LSU ends 2-game losing streak with 86-80 win over Gamecocks

Darius Days scored 18 points off a season-high four 3-pointers and LSU ended a two-game losing streak with an 86-80 victory Saturday night. Javonte Smart also had 18 points for...

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February 22, 2020
Cell phone calls to 911 systems not working in parts of Utah

Emergency authorities in Utah say cell phone calls to 911 were connecting only intermittently on Saturday. Authorities urged people with emergencies to send texts or call alternate numbers. The problems...

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February 22, 2020
CSX: Train struck car in Ohio, killing car driver

Authorities say a train struck a car on tracks in Ohio, killing the car driver. CSX confirmed that a westbound train struck the vehicle in Barberton shortly before 2:30 p.m....

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February 22, 2020
3 Arizona students returning from car event killed in crash

Three Arizona high school students enrolled in an automotive technology program were killed when a college van went off a highway on the way back from a professional drag racing...

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February 22, 2020
Education group lawsuit accuses ex-leader of stealing $200K

An educational organization that promotes the oil, gas, mining and timber industries in Alaska has sued its former executive director, accusing her of stealing more than $200,000. Alaska Resource Education...

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February 22, 2020
Serbia offers support to China in ‘battle’ with new virus

Waving Chinese flags, several dozen people gathered Saturday in Serbia's capital to show support for China as it struggles to contain a new virus that started in the Asian country...

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February 22, 2020
US drops plan to sell leases near famed Utah bike trail

U.S. officials have dropped plans to sell energy leases in a popular Utah recreational area that's renowned for its mountain biking trails. The reversal by the U.S. Bureau of Land...

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February 22, 2020
Last smokestack demolished at former coal-fired power plant

The single remaining smokestack at Massachusetts' last coal-fired power plant has been demolished. A controlled implosion brought down the 500-foot (152-meter) smokestack in seconds at the former Brayton Point power...

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February 22, 2020
Industrial gas company reaches Clean Air Act settlement

An industrial and medical gas company in the Tri-Cities region has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations that it didn't meet some risk management standards set under the federal...

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February 22, 2020
Hawaii bill would protect workers allowed to use medical pot

Some workers in Hawaii who test positive for marijuana during drug tests would no longer face punishment if they hold a prescription for cannabis under a legislative proposal. The measure...

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February 22, 2020
Hats made with wool from friendly sheep help fund shelter

It all began with a sheep named Buster. He doesn't look any different than your average sheep, but his personality sets him apart, according to LaVonne Stucky, owner of The...

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February 22, 2020
New Mexico GOP hopefuls launch early ads for US House seat

Sitting in a small bakery in central New Mexico, oil executive Claire Chase listened to Republican voters ask her about her stances on gun control, religion and taxes. But one...

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February 22, 2020
NASCAR had paramedic in Newman’s car 35 seconds after crash

A paramedic was treating Ryan Newman inside his car 35 seconds after the ruined and flaming vehicle came to rest after a crash on the last lap of the Daytona...

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February 22, 2020
New England states to regulate group of industrial chemicals

The governors of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine say they're planning new regulations to reduce the use of a group of industrial chemicals primarily used in cooling, to ease the...

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February 22, 2020
At Paris farm fair, Macron vows to protect EU ag subsidies

French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed his support for maintaining the European Union's farm subsidies at their current level Saturday while attending an agriculture fair that a fixture in French politics....

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February 22, 2020
Oregon highway between Bend and Salem reopens

The main Oregon highway connecting Salem and Bend reopened Saturday after a tanker crash and gas spill forced a week-long closure. The double tanker trunk spilled an estimated 7,800 gallons...

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February 22, 2020
Milan Fashion Week carries on amid virus, economic concern

Runway shows continued apace on the fourth day of Milan Fashion Week as the itinerant fashion crowd took an analytical attitude toward the cases of the virus from China clustered...

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February 22, 2020
Man accused of killing highway worker in crash found guilty

A tractor trailer driver accused of killing a New York transportation worker was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide. Lawrence Faucett, 37, of Ulster, Pennsylvania was convicted by a Tioga...

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February 22, 2020
Probe finds sexual, physical abuse at school for the deaf

An investigation has revealed multiple credible allegations of sexual and physical abuse by former faculty and staff spanning decades at a school for deaf children in Connecticut, school officials said...

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February 22, 2020
Corps closes Missouri River levee break near Rock Port

Work crews have closed the final breach of a Missouri River levee in the far northwest corner of Missouri that broke open during massive flooding last year, the U.S. Army...

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February 22, 2020
Debris found in fuel tanks of 70% of inspected 737 Max jets

Debris has been found in the fuel tanks of 70% of grounded Boeing 737 Max jets that have been inspected by the company, Boeing confirmed on Saturday. Inspectors found the...

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February 22, 2020
Syria reopens highway linking largest cities after 8 years

The highway that links the Syrian capital with the northern city of Aleppo is open for public use for the first time in nearly eight years after government forces recently...

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February 22, 2020
Marchers support Assange ahead of London extradition hearing

Hundreds of supporters of Julian Assange marched through London on Saturday to pressure the U.K. government into refusing to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to the United States to face spying...

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February 22, 2020
Commuter train derails in Chicago, four passengers injured

Four people suffered minor injuries when a commuter train they were on derailed early Saturday as it entered Chicago's Millennium Station, officials said. The South Shore Line train carrying 74...

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