Politics

December 21, 2020
UK travel ban over new strain of Covid-19 is the start of vindictive EU’s Brexit backlash against Britain

Shocked Brits are panicked as the country has become a pariah state, sealed off from Europe, because of a new strain of Covid. It feels like political point-scoring by nations...

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December 21, 2020
UK travel ban over new strain of Covid-19 is the start of vindictive EU’s Brexit backlash against Britain

Shocked Brits are panicked as the country has become a pariah state, sealed off from Europe, because of a new strain of Covid. It feels like political point-scoring by nations...

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December 21, 2020
UK travel ban over new strain of Covid-19 is the start of vindictive EU’s Brexit backlash against Britain

Shocked Brits are panicked as the country has become a pariah state, sealed off from Europe, because of a new strain of Covid. It feels like political point-scoring by nations...

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December 21, 2020
‘Project Fear’ is here: Perfect storm of the new Covid variant and looming Brexit deadline exposes Boris the buffoon’s empty hand

With lorries lining the roads, food shortages & the UK cut adrift by its former EU allies to suffer its fate, the prime minister is in a pickle he won't...

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December 21, 2020
‘Project Fear’ is here: Perfect storm of the new Covid variant and looming Brexit deadline exposes Boris the buffoon’s empty hand

With lorries lining the roads, food shortages & the UK cut adrift by its former EU allies to suffer its fate, the prime minister is in a pickle he won't...

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December 21, 2020
‘Project Fear’ is here: Perfect storm of the new Covid variant and looming Brexit deadline exposes Boris the buffoon’s empty hand

With lorries lining the roads, food shortages & the UK cut adrift by its former EU allies to suffer its fate, the prime minister is in a pickle he won't...

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December 21, 2020
Oscar-worthy Chadwick Boseman saves his best for last in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, but it’s a muddled misfire of a movie

Establishment critics are pandering over racial politics when they fawn over this sub-par study of the famous blues singer. But the fact the film is so weak makes Chadwick Boseman's...

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December 21, 2020
Oscar-worthy Chadwick Boseman saves his best for last in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, but it’s a muddled misfire of a movie

Establishment critics are pandering over racial politics when they fawn over this sub-par study of the famous blues singer. But the fact the film is so weak makes Chadwick Boseman's...

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December 21, 2020
Oscar-worthy Chadwick Boseman saves his best for last in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, but it’s a muddled misfire of a movie

Establishment critics are pandering over racial politics when they fawn over this sub-par study of the famous blues singer. But the fact the film is so weak makes Chadwick Boseman's...

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December 21, 2020
Thou shall not forgive! Is ‘cancel culture’ stunting our growth as a species?

As the debate around cancel culture rages on, is the mere idea of it doing more damage than just upsetting a few celebrities and commentators? Is it, in fact, stunting...

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December 21, 2020
Thou shall not forgive! Is ‘cancel culture’ stunting our growth as a species?

As the debate around cancel culture rages on, is the mere idea of it doing more damage than just upsetting a few celebrities and commentators? Is it, in fact, stunting...

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December 21, 2020
Thou shall not forgive! Is ‘cancel culture’ stunting our growth as a species?

As the debate around cancel culture rages on, is the mere idea of it doing more damage than just upsetting a few celebrities and commentators? Is it, in fact, stunting...

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December 20, 2020
Hospital staffs stretched thin during California virus surge

Medical staffing is stretched increasingly thin as California hospitals scramble to find beds for patients amid an explosion of coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm the state's emergency care system....

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December 20, 2020
Real Madrid president backs soccer changes post-COVID

Long linked to the creation of a more lucrative competition, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez wants financial disruption caused to soccer by the coronavirus pandemic to spur deep changes to...

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December 20, 2020
9,856 in Texas hospitals with COVID-19, more vaccines on way

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Texas continues to increase, as more doses of the vaccine are expected this week for front-line health care workers and residents of...

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December 20, 2020
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ grabs $38.5 million overseas

The superhero sequel “Wonder Woman 1984” has earned an estimated $38.5 million in ticket sales from international theaters, Warner Bros. said Sunday. The film starring Gal Gadot started its rollout...

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December 20, 2020
Group attacks city leaders with now-removed billboard

A new political group is aiming harsh criticism at the leaders of a northeast Mississippi city, but city leaders say the criticism is rooted in a personal dispute that the...

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December 20, 2020
Ko wins LPGA’s season-ending CME Group title in a flourish

Jin Young Ko missed most of the LPGA Tour season and still won the yearlong money title. That's what a $1.1 million check does. Ko, the No. 1 player in...

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December 20, 2020
Report: gov’t spyware targets phones of Al-Jazeera reporters

Dozens of journalists at Al-Jazeera, the Qatari state-owned media company, have been targeted by advanced spyware in an attack likely linked to the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United...

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December 20, 2020
US airport traffic rising despite holiday travel warnings

More than 1 million people have passed through U.S. airport security checkpoints in each of the past two days in a sign that public health pleas to avoid holiday travel...

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December 20, 2020
Groups want water board members who will stop shutoffs

A group of civic organizations is asking Birmingham-area leaders to appoint new board members to the city's water utility who will stop shutting off water for customers behind on their...

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December 20, 2020
Groups want water board members who will stop shutoffs

A group of civic organizations is asking Birmingham-area leaders to appoint new board members to the city's water utility who will stop shutting off water for customers behind on their...

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December 20, 2020
Lawsuit over false ad in Kansas mayor’s race moving forward

A lawsuit filed by Wichita's mayor against three GOP officials who were behind a smear campaign against the mayor will be allowed to move forward. The lawsuit is related to...

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December 20, 2020
Racial wealth gap impedes Black business ownership

It wasn't easy for Nichelle Thurston to save $20,000. She was working as a front desk clerk at the Louisville Water Co., raising four kids with her husband and attending...

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December 20, 2020
Synovus taps Blair as new CEO in planned transition

The largest bank based in Georgia is getting a new CEO. Columbus-based Synovus Financial Corp. announced Thursday that current President and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Blair will become the bank's...

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December 20, 2020
Mostly virus-free Kauai hit by pandemic after travel resumes

On Hawaii's rural island of Kauai, where sprawling white sand beaches and dramatic seaside mountains attract visitors from around the world, local residents spent the first seven months of the...

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December 20, 2020
Average US price of gas up 4 cents a gallon to $2.26

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 4 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.26. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that...

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December 20, 2020
Miami Herald’s ‘Covid Cruises’ series wins top honor in Florida journalism contest

The Miami Herald's “Covid Cruises” series was recognized Saturday night with the top honor, the public service award, at the Florida Press Club's Excellence in Journalism awards. The public service...

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December 20, 2020
Gobert signs $205 million, five-year extension with Jazz

Rudy Gobert arrived in Utah seven years ago as a relative unknown, without a lot of fanfare and with some serious questions about his potential. Those days are long forgotten....

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December 20, 2020
Businesses, lacking legal immunity, fear COVID-19 lawsuits

Plans for a lawsuit against a Maine venue that hosted what became a “superspreader” wedding reception underscore the liability risks to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uphill...

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December 20, 2020
Racism targets Asian food, business during COVID-19 pandemic

As the coronavirus spread throughout the U.S., bigotry toward Asian Americans was not far behind, fueled by the news that COVID-19 first appeared in China. Some initial evidence suggested the...

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December 20, 2020
In Georgia, Warnock brings faith and activism to the arena

In 2008, when Barack Obama was under fire for a sermon his former pastor delivered years earlier, the aspiring president distanced himself from the preacher's fiery words that channeled Black...

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December 20, 2020
In Georgia, Warnock brings faith and activism to the arena

In 2008, when Barack Obama was under fire for a sermon his former pastor delivered years earlier, the aspiring president distanced himself from the preacher's fiery words that channeled Black...

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December 20, 2020
In Georgia, Warnock brings faith and activism to the arena

In 2008, when Barack Obama was under fire for a sermon his former pastor delivered years earlier, the aspiring president distanced himself from the preacher's fiery words that channeled Black...

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December 20, 2020
AP PHOTOS: Beirut blast led litany of Mideast crises in 2020

As countries across the Middle East grappled with the coronavirus pandemic, many also had to contend with long-running conflicts, economic crises and mass protests in another chaotic year for the...

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December 20, 2020
AP PHOTOS: Beirut blast led litany of Mideast crises in 2020

As countries across the Middle East grappled with the coronavirus pandemic, many also had to contend with long-running conflicts, economic crises and mass protests in another chaotic year for the...

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December 20, 2020
AP PHOTOS: Beirut blast led litany of Mideast crises in 2020

As countries across the Middle East grappled with the coronavirus pandemic, many also had to contend with long-running conflicts, economic crises and mass protests in another chaotic year for the...

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December 20, 2020
Belgians, Dutch halt UK flights, fearing virus variant

The Netherlands and Belgium on Sunday banned flights from the U.K. and Germany considered limiting such flights in attempt to ensure that a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern...

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December 20, 2020
There’s no great ‘American democracy’ to be restored after Trump, and nothing will fundamentally change under Biden

In his latest victory speech, Joe Biden claimed that his election marks a great victory for “democracy.” The claim has some merit. Donald Trump is an authoritarian menace who has...

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December 20, 2020
There’s no great ‘American democracy’ to be restored after Trump, and nothing will fundamentally change under Biden

In his latest victory speech, Joe Biden claimed that his election marks a great victory for “democracy.” The claim has some merit. Donald Trump is an authoritarian menace who has...

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