Politics

November 20, 2020
Midwest health system CEO says he had virus, won’t wear mask

The head of one of the largest regional health systems in the Midwest has told his employees that he has recovered from COVID-19 and is back in the office —...

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November 20, 2020
HBCUs get funding to help develop sensors for nuclear plants

Three historically black colleges have received $3 million to use in developing devices that can find defects in nuclear facilities as they age. According to a news release from N.C....

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November 20, 2020
By vetoing €1.8tn budget and comparing Brussels enslavement to life under communism, Poles could blow up the whole EU project

After Brexit, is Polexit next? The European Union's insistence that budget funds are linked to the rule of law has incensed Poland's leaders, who want to protect their sovereignty and...

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November 20, 2020
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A look at false and misleading claims and videos circulating after the presidential election and news about COVID-19 vaccines. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely...

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November 20, 2020
Pennsylvania jobless rate falls — because labor force shrank

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate fell again in October as payrolls continued to recover from the economic hit of last spring's pandemic-driven shutdowns, according to state figures released Friday. Still, the rate...

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November 20, 2020
COVID-19 spurs Kansas Legislature to plan $3M tech upgrade

The Kansas Legislature plans to spend about $3 million on technology upgrades in hopes that people will be able to watch committee hearings and other functions even if they can't...

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November 20, 2020
How much are people willing to help during COVID-19? Give Miami Day 2020 hits new record

Give Miami Day 2020 has raised more than $18 million — breaking last year's $14 million record by a landslide despite the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the...

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November 20, 2020
France postpones ‘Black Friday’ to help locked-down shops

France's government on Friday got supermarket chains and e-commerce platforms like Amazon to agree to postpone “Black Friday” promotions, responding to concerns that shops shuttered by the nation's coronavirus lockdown...

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November 20, 2020
The Latest: Troy football coach Chip Lindsey tests positive

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Troy football coach Chip Lindsey has tested positive for COVID-19. The Trojans will still play...

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November 20, 2020
If the ‘Great Reset’ really is so good for us, let’s hold a referendum on it, so it can have a democratic mandate (or not)

The World Economic Forum's ‘Great Reset' and associated Fourth Industrial Revolution would, if implemented, mean far deeper changes to our everyday lives than Brexit, yet is being pushed through without...

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November 20, 2020
FIFA bans Haitian soccer president for life for sexual abuse

Haitian soccer federation president Yves Jean-Bart was banned from the sport for life on Friday following accusations of systematic sexual abuse of female players. The FIFA ethics committee found Jean-Bart...

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November 20, 2020
Pennsylvania House votes to impose fees on electric cars

Motorists who register an electric vehicle in Pennsylvania would have to pay an annual fee, under lame-duck session legislation approved by the state's Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday. The...

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November 20, 2020
Mnuchin denies he’s trying to hinder incoming administration

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin denied that he is attempting to limit the choices President-elect Joe Biden will have to promote an economic recovery by ending several emergency loan programs being...

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November 20, 2020
Florida’s unemployment rate fell, job gains picked up in October as pandemic pain eased

Florida's unemployment rate fell and job gains picked up in October, a sign that the state's battered economy experienced some relief during the period. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate...

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November 20, 2020
Grains mostly higher, livestock lower

Grain futures were mostly higher on Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. fell .02 cent at $5.9560 a bushel; Dec. corn rose .032...

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November 20, 2020
Pharrell tested the Wynwood market with a pop-up. And he decided to stay

The Billionaire Boys Club found a new home in Wynwood. It is one among a handful of other tenants committing to the neighborhood, despite the pandemic. Pharrell signed a 5,700-square-foot...

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November 20, 2020
Universal strikes another deal with a major theater chain

Another major movie theater chain has struck a deal with Universal Pictures to allow for shorter exclusive theatrical windows. Canada's Cineplex has agreed on a multiyear “dynamic window” agreement, the...

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November 20, 2020
Seattle to repair, not replace, the West Seattle Bridge

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said the city will repair, instead of replace, the West Seattle Bridge, a critical link between that community and the city. The city's most used bridge...

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November 20, 2020
Feminist icon Marie Stopes’ name dropped from birth control charity after 40+ years. Why do left-wingers burn their own icons?

Yet another institution has been renamed because its founder, once a feminist hero, had ‘problematic' views. But why do left-wing activists often turn against their own icons? It may be...

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November 20, 2020
American passenger recalls trying to kill train attacker

One of three Americans acclaimed as heroes for tackling an alleged Islamic State gunman aboard a Paris-bound train testified at the man's trial Friday that he tried to kill him....

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November 20, 2020
Albuquerque is among finalist locations for Space Command

The city of Albuquerque has announced that it is being considered to permanently locate the U.S. Space Command, the latest of 11 unified command under the U.S. Department of Defense....

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November 20, 2020
What does emergency use for a COVID-19 vaccine mean?

What does emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine mean? It's when regulators allow shots to be given to certain people while studies of safety and effectiveness are ongoing. Before any...

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November 20, 2020
Trump’s enduring legacy will be the fact he’s changed the Republican Party forever

If the Never Trumpers of the GOP establishment think Joe Biden's election will rid the party of Trumpism, they're in for a rude awakening. They need to embrace some of...

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November 20, 2020
You can criticise the way undercover cops have behaved, but it’s only thanks to work like theirs that we can sleep easy at night

A £30 million inquiry into how British undercover officers infiltrated left-wing groups, slept with activists and spied on campaigns for justice for the murdered makes for grim reading. But it...

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November 20, 2020
Criminal probe, legal fights await Trump after White House

A few miles south of the namesake tower where Donald Trump began his run for president, New York prosecutors are grinding away at an investigation into his business dealings that...

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November 20, 2020
Federal Way woman sentenced in aircraft fraud scheme

A Federal Way woman who falsified documents in a fraud scheme designed to steal and sell aircraft was sentenced in federal court to four years, three months in prison, according...

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November 20, 2020
Federal Way woman sentenced in aircraft fraud scheme

A Federal Way woman who falsified documents in a fraud scheme designed to steal and sell aircraft was sentenced in federal court to four years, three months in prison, according...

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November 20, 2020
Federal Way woman sentenced in aircraft fraud scheme

A Federal Way woman who falsified documents in a fraud scheme designed to steal and sell aircraft was sentenced in federal court to four years, three months in prison, according...

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November 20, 2020
Man of many talents: Twitter exec outed as UK psyops officer turns fiction writer

It's been announced Gordon MacMillan, senior Twitter staffer by day and military psyops specialist by night, has now turned his hand to commercial fiction. In a November 18 press release,...

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November 20, 2020
Man of many talents: Twitter exec outed as UK psyops officer turns fiction writer

It's been announced Gordon MacMillan, senior Twitter staffer by day and military psyops specialist by night, has now turned his hand to commercial fiction. In a November 18 press release,...

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November 20, 2020
Pfizer seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in US

Pfizer said Friday it is asking U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early...

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November 20, 2020
CEOs ponder the good and bad of another possible lockdown in South Florida

I think the opportunity to effectively execute a second lockdown has closed. Bars, businesses and restaurants have adopted positive measures, including mandatory mask wearing in their facilities, as well as...

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November 20, 2020
Drawing on brand loyalty can help ensure your company’s survival | Opinion

It's going to be a long winter. Even with a successful vaccine, normalcy may be as far away as next summer. Middle market companies can learn from a recent CBS...

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November 20, 2020
Is COVID-19 killing your business? Miami grant can help pay rent and salaries

Small businesses in Miami that have lost money because of the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible to receive up to $20,000 to help cover rent, utilities and employee salaries through...

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November 20, 2020
Not fear and greed, but surge and optimism

Companies are developing potential COVID-19 vaccines at a remarkable pace. And investors are among those cheering the hopeful results and lightning-fast research. Progress toward a vaccine or vaccines in the...

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November 20, 2020
Senior-level hires and promotions in Broward and Miami-Dade for the week of Nov. 23, 2020

LAW Patrick Martin has been named a shareholder at Ogletree Deakins and will be based in the Miami office. The labor and employment firm offers expertise in traditional labor relations,...

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November 20, 2020
Starmer vs Corbyn civil war shows EXACTLY why the working class stopped voting for the Labour Party a long time ago

I haven't voted for over 20 years, and this week's Labour turmoil shows why. Instead of being effective opposition to an incompetent Conservative government in the middle of a pandemic,...

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November 20, 2020
Why the determination to avoid a Christmas lockdown when we did nothing to ‘save’ Eid and Diwali?

The UK government is apparently considering easing lockdown for five days at Christmas, despite clamping down on other celebrations earlier this year. Why the exception for this annual festival of...

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November 20, 2020
The Latest: Hong Kong to close more schools to fight virus

HONG KONG — Hong Kong has suspended in-person classes for lower primary school students after the city's top health official said the coronavirus situation in the city was rapidly deteriorating....

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November 20, 2020
California imposes nighttime COVID-19 curfew but some resist

California is imposing a nighttime curfew as its coronavirus figures soar but it will lean heavily on voluntary compliance and sheriffs of some counties say they won't enforce it. What...

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