Politics

January 21, 2020
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

App Store Official Charts for the week ending January 19, 2020: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. TouchRetouch, Adva-Soft 2. Minecraft, Mojang 3. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 4. Heads Up!,...

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January 21, 2020
Business groups back Nebraska public benefit bills

Nebraska's top business groups endorsed two bills Tuesday designed to help low-income people transition from part-time to full-time jobs. The bills seek to eliminate the so-called cliff effect in public...

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January 21, 2020
Hawaiian Electric says solar power capacity grew in 2019

Hawaiian Electric Co. had a 21% increase in solar energy production capacity in 2019, the company said. The company said its solar capacity increased to 902 cumulative installed megawatts in...

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January 21, 2020
Nonprofit funds lawyers to defend news media in 5 states

A nonprofit press freedom group announced on Tuesday that it would provide pro bono legal services in five states to help local news organizations defend their right to gather and...

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January 21, 2020
Lilly to build North Carolina plant, create over 460 jobs

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. will build a new manufacturing facility in North Carolina, generating over 460 new jobs, officials announced on Tuesday. Gov. Roy Cooper and company CEO...

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January 21, 2020
US Indian bureau violates Crow Agency water repairs order

Federal environmental regulators say the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs violated an order to repair a public water supply system serving about 1,300 people on the Crow Indian Reservation in...

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January 21, 2020
Boeing doesn’t expect Max jet to be cleared until summer

Boeing doesn't expect federal regulators to approve its changes to the grounded 737 Max until this summer, according to two people familiar with the matter. That timetable would be five...

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January 21, 2020
Iowa wants expert review of Dakota Access Pipeline expansion

Iowa regulators want owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline to provide expert analysis to back up the company's claim that doubling the line's capacity won't increase the likelihood of a...

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January 21, 2020
Tesla settles suit, will open stores in Michigan

Tesla will be able to sell and service its vehicles in the back yard of Detroit's three automakers under a lawsuit settlement, a person briefed on the matter says. The...

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January 21, 2020
Deputies: Worker fatally stabs Trump-loving boss in fight

A worker with anti-government views fatally stabbed his Trump-supporting boss at a highway construction site and placed an American flag next to the body after they got into a political...

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January 21, 2020
Wyoming, Montana seek Supreme Court ruling on coal exports

Wyoming and Montana asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule on Washington State's denial of a permit for a port facility that could boost U.S. coal exports. The...

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January 21, 2020
Ohio court to hear appeal over video of judge being shot

The Ohio Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will hear an appeal of a ruling that surveillance video showing a judge being shot and wounded at a courthouse is a...

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January 21, 2020
Gold-medalist Allison Schmitt seeks 4th Olympic swim berth

Going back to school and training with Arizona State's swimmers occasionally reminds four-time Olympic gold medalist Allison Schmitt of her relatively advanced age by her sport's standards. “I almost feel...

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January 21, 2020
Allegations bite into business of ‘Africa’s richest woman’

Portuguese bank EuroBic said it will stop doing business with companies and people linked to its main shareholder Isabel dos Santos after an investigation accused the billionaire daughter of Angola's...

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January 21, 2020
New Mexico regulators open hearing on PNM replacement power

New Mexico regulators heard from dozens of people Tuesday as they began considering proposals by the state's largest electric utility to replace the power that will be lost with the...

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January 21, 2020
Brazilian prosecutors accuse Glenn Greenwald in hacking case

Brazilian prosecutors on Tuesday accused U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald of involvement in hacking the phones of officials involved in a corruption investigation, but said court rulings protecting free speech prevent...

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January 21, 2020
New Jersey taxpayers have $8M tab for tax break task force

The taxpayer tab for Gov. Phil Murphy's task force investigating corporate tax breaks has reached $8 million, according to invoices obtained by The Associated Press. Murphy, a Democrat, set up...

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January 21, 2020
Washington lawmakers look to reduce hospital closure impact

A group of Washington state lawmakers are exploring ways to assist residents impacted by the closure of a regional medical center. Astria Regional Medical Center in Yakima announced its closure...

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January 21, 2020
Company says it’s closing compressor factory in Arkansas

Danfoss announced Tuesday it's closing its manufacturing facility in Arkansas and furloughing 170 employees by the end of the year. The company makes compressors for air-conditioning units and commercial freezers....

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January 21, 2020
Alaska Legislature convenes with familiar issues to face

Alaska lawmakers begin a new legislative session Tuesday in which they'll resume debates that have dominated recent sessions amid middling oil prices, including the size of the check to pay...

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January 21, 2020
No more drinking wine while you shop. All Lucky’s Markets closing in Florida — except one

All Lucky's Market in Florida — except for one in Melbourne — will reportedly be closing next month. The closures were first reported by the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Lucky's...

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January 21, 2020
Miami New Times and Phoenix New Times staffs announce union formation

The staff of the Miami New Times, Miami's alt-weekly, and the Phoenix New Times announced Tuesday their desire to be union shops, joining a nationwide unionization wave across print-digital news...

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January 21, 2020
Maine governor to deliver first State of the State address

Maine Gov. Janet Mills is scheduled to deliver her first State of the State speech on Tuesday. Mills, a Democrat, is heading into a year in which her party hopes...

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January 21, 2020
Airline stocks swoon on fear about virus outbreak in China

Shares of the three U.S. airlines that fly to China fell on Tuesday as fear grew about a virus that authorities say has killed six people and sickened 300 more....

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January 21, 2020
Southern burger chain Krystal files for bankruptcy

Krystal Co., the Georgia-based restaurant chain known for tiny hamburgers and late-night service across the Southeast, has filed for bankruptcy. Federal court documents showed Krystal sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection...

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January 21, 2020
Illinois healthcare company closes briefly to meet state law

An Illinois healthcare manufacturing company has temporarily closed because it couldn't meet new state standards for ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Medline Industries in Waukegan is in the process of...

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January 21, 2020
Tennessee panel OKs $3.3M more for financial firm to expand

A state panel approved another $3.3 million in incentives Tuesday for a financial firm to create 200 more jobs than first announced for the relocation of its global headquarters from...

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January 21, 2020
MSM has new ridiculous scare story & it’s worse than ‘racist’ OK sign: ‘Boogaloo’ is alt-right code for 2nd American Civil War

In the excitable minds of respected journalists, this very moment white supremacists and gun owners are arming for a new war with the feds, an epic confrontation they'll call the...

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January 21, 2020
Tennessee sheriff on the lookout for a cattle rustler

Authorities in northeastern Tennessee are looking for a cattle rustler. Sheriff's deputies were investigating the theft of 36 head of cattle from a farm in Greene County, news outlets reported....

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January 21, 2020
New Jersey law bans sale of flavored vaping products

The sale of flavored vaping products is banned in New Jersey under legislation Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed Tuesday. Murphy signed the measure that moved to his desk amid a...

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January 21, 2020
Washington state bill proposes stricter crane regulations

Washington state lawmakers are considering more regulations and bigger fines around the disassembly of tower cranes at construction sites. The effort comes in response to an April 2019 crane collapse...

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January 21, 2020
Florida lawmakers weigh raising age for smoking, vaping

Raising alarm over the boom in e-cigarettes among young people, Florida lawmakers Tuesday moved to raise the age limit on tobacco products from 18 to 21. At least 18 other...

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January 21, 2020
Idaho legislation would limit rerunning failed bond votes

Bond elections that fail won't be allowed before voters again for a minimum of 11 months under proposed legislation introduced Tuesday. The House State Affairs Committee voted to hold a...

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January 21, 2020
Putin names new Cabinet as key members of Russian govt stay

Russian President Vladimir Putin formed his new Cabinet Tuesday, replacing many of its members but keeping his foreign, defense and finance ministers in place. The Cabinet shake-up comes as Putin...

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January 21, 2020
Deputy who detained farmworker acted properly, sheriff says

A Vermont sheriff determined that one of his deputies did not violate the department's fair and impartial policing policy when he detained a farmworker and called federal immigration authorities. Chittenden...

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January 21, 2020
South Fla. hospital chains and insurers are getting bigger. Is that good for patients?

South Florida insurance companies and large hospital chains recorded healthy profits and acquired rival companies in an attempt to grow bigger in 2018, a new analysis found, accelerating a race...

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January 21, 2020
House passes bill that could lower prescription drug costs

Prescription drugs in West Virginia could soon become less expensive under a bill passed in the House of Delegates on Tuesday. Lawmakers in the GOP-controlled chamber unanimously approved a measure...

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January 21, 2020
Canada to approve new NAFTA free trade deal next week

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday Canada will move next week to formally approve the new North American trade agreement. Trudeau said the government will introduce a motion when Parliament...

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January 21, 2020
Electronic poll books soon to be distributed to ND counties

Hundreds of electronic devices aimed at adding speed and security at the voting polls in North Dakota will be distributed to the state's 53 counties in the coming weeks. The...

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January 21, 2020
UK’s Lords slam government’s Brexit bill over child migrants

Britain's Parliament has Prime Minister Boris Johnson to rethink part of his key Brexit bill and restore a promise to reunite child refugees with family members in the U.K. Parliament's...

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