Politics

November 7, 2020
Twitter and Facebook are smacking down all questioning of US election integrity. What about 4 years of Russiagate?

Social media is clamping down on posts questioning US election results' “integrity,” despite troubling anomalies. Yet questioning election integrity defined the establishment narrative for four years of relentless Russiagating. Twitter,...

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November 7, 2020
Twitter and Facebook are smacking down all questioning of US election integrity. What about 4 years of Russiagate?

Social media is clamping down on posts questioning US election results' “integrity,” despite troubling anomalies. Yet questioning election integrity defined the establishment narrative for four years of relentless Russiagating. Twitter,...

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November 7, 2020
Without Ginsburg, high court support for health law in doubt

Until six weeks ago, defenders of the Affordable Care Act could take comfort in some simple math. Five Supreme Court justices who had twice preserved the Obama-era health care law...

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November 7, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s errant assault on election integrity

The most direct attempt to undermine the integrity of the U.S. election with bad information came not from overseas sources or online liars but from a president standing behind the...

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November 7, 2020
Ex-northwest Indiana mayor faces retrial on bribery charge

A former northwestern Indiana mayor is facing a December retrial on a federal charge alleging that he solicited a bribe from two local businessmen. A federal judge in Hammond scheduled...

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November 7, 2020
Bahamas Paradise forced crew to work for months. Judge says proposed payout isn’t enough

Crew members who were forced to work aboard Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line ships for five months this year without pay are still waiting to be compensated. On Thursday a federal...

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November 7, 2020
The Latest: Texas judge upholds El Paso business shutdown

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas district judge on Friday upheld an order from El Paso County's top elected official shutting down businesses while the region fights an alarming surge in...

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November 7, 2020
Books? Hairdressers? Europeans split on lockdown essentials

In times when a pandemic unleashes death and poverty, the concept of what is essential to keep society functioning in a lockdown is gripping Europe. Beyond the obvious — food...

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November 7, 2020
Britain died for me this week. It’s become a Covid-obsessed police state, and I don’t understand what it stands for anymore

I've always been proud to say I'm British – until now. The authorities' bloody-minded determination to implement lockdown rules at the expense of people's wellbeing is not what our great...

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November 7, 2020
Gaming the System: Poor and in ICE detention

Miryam López waited her turn in line. The 55-year-old from Argentina came to the United States in 2002 on a tourist visa, fell in love, got married and in 2009...

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November 7, 2020
Georgia poll worker in hiding after false claims online

With all eyes on Georgia's razor-thin presidential vote margin, falsehoods are swirling on social media about supposed ballot counting irregularities there. Among the most widely shared examples is a video...

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November 7, 2020
Increasingly normal: Guns seen outside vote-counting centers

The most turbulent and norm-breaking presidential election of a lifetime has led to an extraordinary spectacle in the United States over the past three days: armed protesters gathering nightly outside...

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November 7, 2020
Frida Kinhult wins Symetra Tour finale to get LPGA Tour card

Frida Kinhult of Sweden won the Symetra Tour Championship on Friday for her first professional victory and spot on the LPGA Tour next season. Kinhult closed with a 2-under 70...

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November 7, 2020
Kansas budget gap mostly melts away with new fiscal forecast

Kansas saw most of a projected state budget shortfall melt away Friday with a fiscal forecast that is less pessimistic about the economy and tax collections than a dire estimate...

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November 7, 2020
Ex-financial adviser who stole from athletes gets prison

A former Southern California financial adviser who stole millions of dollars from professional athletes among his clientele was sentenced Friday to more than three years in federal prison. Ash Narayan,...

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November 6, 2020
Oregon officials announce new COVID-19 restrictions

Following a record-breaking day of COVID-19 cases in Oregon, officials on Friday announced new restrictions that will be implemented in at least five of the state's counties as part of...

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November 6, 2020
Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots rankle some military vets

President Donald Trump has held himself up as a champion of U.S. troops without rival. Now, with his presidency on the line, he's casting suspicion on a tool of participatory...

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November 6, 2020
Report: Tracking devices found on 2 Missouri officials’ cars

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's office said law enforcement authorities are investigating after tracking devices were placed on the vehicles of two administration officials. The devices were found on the vehicles...

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November 6, 2020
Report: Tracking devices found on 2 Missouri officials’ cars

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's office said law enforcement authorities are investigating after tracking devices were placed on the vehicles of two administration officials. The devices were found on the vehicles...

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November 6, 2020
North Carolina Republicans seek data to resolve top races

North Carolina Republicans pressed state election officials on Friday to make public more information about the number of outstanding ballots from this week's election that could be counted. Nearly a...

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November 6, 2020
The US political system is the last thing holding the country together; the 2020 election is about to destroy it

Having changed drastically since its founding, America's continued existence rests on the system of government created by its Constitution. If that is sacrificed on the altar of power, there will...

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November 6, 2020
New York AG: Sotheby’s helped rich art lover skirt taxes

Sotheby's helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes, the state attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Friday, accusing the prominent auction house of...

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November 6, 2020
How major US stock indexes fared Friday

Wall Street took a breather Friday after a blistering rally that gave the market its biggest weekly gain since April and indicated investors see plenty of benefits from more gridlock...

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November 6, 2020
Mets GM Van Wagenen, others out as Cohen takes over team

General manager Brodie Van Wagenen and many of his top aides left the New York Mets on Friday less than an hour after hedge fund manager Steve Cohen announced he...

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November 6, 2020
The media’s anti-Trump bias on both sides of the pond is so blatant is it any wonder the Donald is crying foul?

Donald Trump always claimed the media was against him and this week's events prove he was right, whatever one's opinion of the US president. It's probably the understatement of the...

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November 6, 2020
AP Explains: 5 key takeaways from the October jobs report

The American job market is clawing its way back — steadily if slowly — from the devastation inflicted by the coronavirus-caused recession. What no one knows is just how long...

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November 6, 2020
Demolition starts on big ship stranded 14 months off Georgia

Using a heavy anchor chain like a saw, a towering crane Friday began cutting apart a cargo ship that's been stranded on the Georgia coast since it overturned nearly 14...

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November 6, 2020
Turner will not be disciplined by MLB for return to field

Justin Turner will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for coming onto the field last week to celebrate the World Series title with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates after...

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November 6, 2020
Birmingham chamber CEO resigning after 5 months

Birmingham's regional chamber of commerce is losing its first Black chief executive after only five months on the job. The Birmingham Business Alliance announced Friday Kenneth E. Coleman has resigned...

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November 6, 2020
Turner will not be disciplined by MLB for return to field

Justin Turner will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for coming onto the field last week to celebrate the World Series title with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates after...

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November 6, 2020
Hershey’s Halloween sales up despite fewer trick-or-treaters

Hershey says its Halloween candy sales were up slightly this year despite a lower turnout of trick-or-treaters amid the pandemic. Michele Buck — chairman, president and CEO of Hershey Co....

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November 6, 2020
Wallace family calls for firing of officers, police reforms

The family of Walter Wallace Jr. called Friday for the officers who fatally shot the young Black man to be fired and asked that some of the city's more than...

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November 6, 2020
Need a staycation? This Miami Beach, Aman-inspired house hit the market for $15M

Casa Aman landed on the Miami Beach market for $14.995 million. Its design inspiration and namesake? One of the world's most prestigious hospitality brands: Aman. Michael Horvitz listed his custom-built,...

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November 6, 2020
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery fell $1.65 to $37.14 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for January delivery fell $1.48 to $39.45 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for December...

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November 6, 2020
A letter to my American Mom, who died today

I never called you ‘mama', the Russian word for mother. I couldn't call you by your name, either – or any other way, for that matter. To me, you are...

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November 6, 2020
Nobel-winning Ethiopian PM has overseen country’s descent into barbarity and madness

The Western media have hailed Ethiopia's Premier Abiy Ahmed as a “liberal reformer” ever since he rose to power in the East African country nearly two years ago. Remarkably, despite...

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November 6, 2020
Fangio not a fan of Broncos griping about boo-birds

Vic Fangio is a proponent of paying customers having the right to voice their displeasure with poor play, so he's not a fan of his players crying foul over the...

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November 6, 2020
Kansas adds record-setting 5,418 new COVID-19 cases

Kansas added a record-setting 5,418 new coronavirus cases Friday as hospitals strained under the pressure. The increases in confirmed and probable cases brought the state's total to 97,633, a 5.9%...

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November 6, 2020
WNBA champs Bird, Stewart make freezing eggs less taboo

Sue Bird says she was one of many working women intimidated by the process of freezing their eggs, nearly paralyzed by the stigma so long associated with the decision. That...

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November 6, 2020
Steve Cohen completes $2.4 billion purchase of Mets

Hedge fund manager Steve Cohen completed his $2.4 billion purchase of the New York Mets on Friday, ending the Wilpon family's control of the franchise after 34 mostly frustrating years....

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