Politics

January 3, 2020
Tesla 2019 sales hit goals, rise over 50% from previous year

Tesla says its global deliveries rose more than 50% last year meaning the company surpassed the low end of its sales goals for 2019. The electric car maker said Friday...

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January 3, 2020
A Palm Beach company’s imported string cheese is recalled after state found listeria

Lake Worth-based Limena recalled at least one lot of its 1-pound/16-ounce blocks of Salvadorean String Cheese (Quesillo Cheese). Routine testing by the Florida Department of Agriculture found listeria in a...

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January 3, 2020
State: Delaware wastewater plant suffers another malfunction

A wastewater treatment plant in Delaware has experienced another malfunction causing partially-treated sewage to flow into a canal. The plant was forced to bypass some stages of treatment for about...

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January 3, 2020
Bannon protege loses case against liberal Polish newspaper

A conservative American activist and Steve Bannon protege has lost a defamation case against a Polish journalist who described him as “Trump's man” and someone who by association was indirectly...

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January 3, 2020
Industrial space is growing in South Florida, and rates are still rising. Here’s why

Warehouse supply is expected to grow at the same rate in the new year as it did in 2019. But it still won't be enough to satisfy demand in Miami-Dade...

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January 3, 2020
Since 1919, this South Florida island continues to entertain the world’s elite

After entertaining the world's elite for a century, Fisher Island continues to find ways to freshen up island life. Residents and club members of the 216-acre island desired for a...

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January 3, 2020
Workers trapped in building collapse in southern Cambodia

A building under construction in southern Cambodia collapsed Friday, trapping at least a dozen workers in the rubble, police said. The seven-story building in the coastal province of Kep collapsed...

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January 3, 2020
Russia halts oil supplies to Belarus amid economic talks

Russia has halted oil supplies to Belarus after the two countries failed to renegotiate a contract amid talks on further improving economic ties. Belarus' state-owned Belneftekhim oil company said Friday...

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January 3, 2020
Doctors rush to Indian town where children have been dying

India's health ministry on Friday rushed a team of pediatricians and other medical experts to a western Indian town where more than 100 children have reportedly died in a government-run...

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January 3, 2020
Oil price jumps on fear of Iranian retaliation against US

The price of oil surged Friday as global investors were gripped with uncertainty over the potential repercussions after the United States killed Iran's top general. News that Gen. Qassem Soleimani,...

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January 3, 2020
Turkish jet firm says employee falsified Ghosn records

A Turkish airline company whose jets were used to fly former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn from Japan to Lebanon said an employee falsified records and that Ghosn's name did not...

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January 3, 2020
Iran vows ‘harsh’ response to US killing of top general

Iran has vowed “harsh retaliation” for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared...

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January 3, 2020
AP Explains: Rising Iran, US tension after general’s killing

The U.S. airstrike that killed a prominent Iranian general in Baghdad raises tensions even higher between Tehran and Washington, after months of trading attacks and threats across the wider Middle...

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January 3, 2020
German jobless rate ticks up to 4.9% in December

Germany's unemployment rate ticked up to 4.9% in December as the labor market in Europe's biggest economy showed some signs of economic weakness, though it remained generally robust. The Federal...

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January 3, 2020
I can’t believe it’s not banned yet: 5 problematic behaviors for the woke squad to outlaw next

The forces of social justice have been tireless in banning anything offensive, hurtful or ‘problematic.' But why stop now? There's danger everywhere, and only the censor's stamp can save us....

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January 3, 2020
Reno Gazette Journal moving to new downtown headquarters

The Reno Gazette Journal has signed a lease at a high-rise in downtown Reno to house its news and advertising operations as its first new headquarters in nearly 40 years....

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January 3, 2020
3 crashes, 3 deaths raise questions about Tesla’s Autopilot

Three crashes involving Teslas that killed three people have increased scrutiny of the company's Autopilot driving system just months before CEO Elon Musk has planned to put fully self-driving cars...

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January 3, 2020
Fiat Chrysler plans to show electric Jeep Wrangler, Compass and Renegade at CES 2020

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles plans to showcase an electrified Jeep Wrangler at CES 2020 next week in Las Vegas. The Wrangler is one of three Jeep plug-in electric hybrids FCA says...

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January 3, 2020
Ford dealership gets 40 orders for Mustang Mach-E in one night

Imagine getting 40 customers in one night for a vehicle that starts at $43,895 and reaches $60,500. Steve Fuentes did. "And we're up to 100 reservations now," he said. "The...

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January 3, 2020
Tesla deliveries rise to record as car buyers rush for subsidies

Tesla Inc. delivered a record 112,000 cars in the final three months of 2019, as buyers rushed to take advantage of subsidies being dialed back or eliminated altogether in three...

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January 3, 2020
Uncharted Brexit waters: UK’s Boris Johnson faces 2020 tests

After a remarkable political turnaround, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the verge of taking Britain out of the European Union with the enthusiastic support of a strong majority in...

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January 3, 2020
Rehab in works for old Nevada hotel damaged in earthquake

The El Rancho Hotel and Casino was the place to be in Wells, a small Elko County town six hours north of Las Vegas. Originally a hotel-casino and later a...

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January 3, 2020
Stern was a big-city guy and a friend to the small markets

David Stern had been NBA commissioner for barely a year when the Knicks won the 1985 draft lottery, sending Patrick Ewing on the way to New York. Skeptics cried conspiracy,...

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January 3, 2020
Firefighters assess fire damage at abandoned Ohio factory

Firefighters continued to assess the damage after a large blaze this week at a long-abandoned Ohio factory that sent smoke into the air visible for miles. Water was poured on...

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January 3, 2020
Parents of adult children with disabilities fill housing gap

Luke Humble and Conor Gunderson have settled into a comfortable rhythm since moving into their own home in Phoenix three months ago. Humble, 26, says he likes eating breakfast with...

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January 3, 2020
Soleimani, a general who became Iran icon by targeting US

For Iranians whose icons since the Islamic Revolution have been stern-faced clergy, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani widely represented a figure of national resilience in the face of four decades of...

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January 3, 2020
What’s known and not known about Ghosn’s escape from Japan

Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn fled Japan this week while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges and appeared in Lebanon. A look at the unfolding case of the...

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January 3, 2020
Calls to loved ones reveal rough conditions before sinking

Calls to loved ones in the lead-up to the sinking of a crab boat in the cold waters off Alaska revealed the rough conditions the crew faced, including icing that...

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January 3, 2020
Report: Below-average moisture leaves soil dry in New Mexico

Federal agriculture officials say December's weather patterns brought mountain snow and rain to parts of New Mexico, but below-average accumulations have left many locations dry. The U.S. Agriculture Department's statistic...

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January 3, 2020
Roberson retiring as Utah head for Bureau of Land Management

The state director for a federal agency that manages land accounting for about two-fifths of the state of Utah is retiring. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's state office for...

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January 3, 2020
Nuclear repository oversight office gets new acting manager

A longtime U.S. Energy Department official has been appointed to lead the agency's office in New Mexico that oversees the federal government's only underground repository for nuclear waste. The Carlsbad...

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January 3, 2020
2 ramps on Loop 101 in north Phoenix will be closed

Two ramps on the Loop 101 freeway in north Phoenix will be closed Sunday as part of a freeway widening project. The westbound off-ramp and eastbound on-ramp at Seventh Avenue...

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January 3, 2020
Report: Allegiant flight in emergency landing, no injuries

An Allegiant Air flight bound from Ohio to Florida with 151 passengers and six crew made an emergency landing in North Carolina on Thursday afternoon, and there were no injuries,...

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January 3, 2020
LaMelo Ball, other athletes, aid Australian wildfire victims

Top American NBA prospect LeMelo Ball says he will donate some of the salary he receives from the National Basketball League's Illawarra Hawks to victims of the wildfires devastating eastern...

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January 3, 2020
LaMelo Bell, other athletes, aid Australian wildfire victims

Top American NBA prospect LeMelo Ball says he will donate some of the salary he receives from the National Basketball League's Illawarra Hawks to victims of the wildfires devastating eastern...

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January 3, 2020
Women win $13M in lawsuit against porn site in California

The owners and operators of a San Diego-based porn website must pay $12.7 million after a judge found them liable for fraud and breach of contract for lying to women...

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January 3, 2020
Johnson Publishing artwork going on auction block

Bankrupt Johnson Publishing Co., the former owner of Ebony and Jet magazines, will sell off art that once decorated the company's Chicago headquarters. Among the art to be auctioned Jan....

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January 3, 2020
5 crew members feared dead after Alaska fishing boat sinks

Five fishermen missing after a crab boat sank in the frigid waters off Alaska were feared dead after authorities called off a search for those working in the one of...

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January 2, 2020
5 crew members feared dead after Alaska fishing boat sinks

Five fishermen missing after a crab boat sank in the frigid waters off Alaska were feared dead after authorities called off a search for those working in the one of...

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January 2, 2020
State seeks businesses to buy electricity from power plant

New Hampshire is recruiting businesses to move onto the site of a former paper mill where a new power plant is expected to open next year. Utah-based Q Hydrogen Solutions...

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