Politics

November 6, 2020
US hiring likely slowed for a 4th month as virus resurges

U.S. employers may have slowed their hiring in October for a fourth straight month with confirmed viral cases reaching record levels and the loss of government aid deepening the hardships...

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November 6, 2020
Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street election gains

Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose amid protracted vote-counting following this week's U.S. elections. Tokyo and Sydney advanced while Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Markets...

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November 6, 2020
NBA players approve plan to start season on Dec. 22

The National Basketball Players Association voted Thursday to support the notion of starting this coming season on Dec. 22, the date that the league has been targeting in its talks...

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November 6, 2020
Alabama reaches $60 million settlement with Terminix

Alabama has reached a $60 million settlement with Terminix International for systematically overcharging customers for termite services and failing to honor service contracts, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Thursday. The...

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November 6, 2020
Republican Herrera Beutler wins a 6th term in Congress

Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has won a sixth term in Washington's 3rd Congressional District. Herrera Beutler fended off a challenge from Democratic political science professor Carolyn Long in a...

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November 6, 2020
Debut novel ‘Luster’ wins $50,000 Kirkus prize

A debut novel about a young Black woman in publishing who has an affair with a married white man has won a $50,000 award. Raven Leilani's “Luster” is this year's...

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November 6, 2020
Support growing to mail all ballots in California elections

When Henry Brown got his ballot in the mail last month, the 74-year-old California musician didn't agonize over his decision. He filled it out and mailed it back on the...

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November 5, 2020
FIFA aims to regulate soccer agents, shine light on fees

Aiming to open player agents to more scrutiny, FIFA said Thursday it wants to publish lists of their clients and how they earn fees that were worth $650 million last...

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November 5, 2020
In final days, Miami-Dade commission taking up $12M rail payment to Brightline

An outgoing Miami-Dade commission may instruct the incoming county mayor to continue pursuing a commuter-rail deal with a track access fee of $12 million a year. The non-binding Brightline resolution...

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November 5, 2020
Idaho sees record COVID-19 cases, full hospitals and now flu

A state panel of medical experts are asking Idaho's governor for a statewide mask mandate, hospitals are running out of space for COVID-19 patients and the week has been marked...

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November 5, 2020
Virgin Galactic plans 1st New Mexico space launch this month

Virgin Galactic said Thursday that it expects to launch its first manned test flight into space from New Mexico this month. The company's spacecraft, VSS Unity, conducted two previous test...

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November 5, 2020
Presidential election exposes America’s ‘perilous’ divides

Presidential elections can be revealing moments that convey the wishes of the American people to the next wave of elected officials. So far, the big reveal in the contest between...

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November 5, 2020
Shell to close Louisiana oil refinery that employs hundreds

Shell announced Thursday that it is closing one of its refineries between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, after failed attempts to sell the facility. The refinery in Convent can process...

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November 5, 2020
Wichita mayor urges caution; small hospitals under strain

The mayor of Kansas' largest city is warning the public to take the coronavirus “seriously" as case numbers soar statewide and rural hospitals struggle to find larger facilities with room...

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November 5, 2020
Pritzker says Madigan should step down as party chairman

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday said that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan should step down as chairman of the state Democratic Party, agreeing with the state's senior U.S. senator that...

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November 5, 2020
Washington Legislature to mix in-person, virtual work

When the Washington state Legislature convenes in January, the Capitol building will remain closed to the public and lobbyists due to the pandemic, and lawmakers will do their work through...

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November 5, 2020
How major US stock indexes fared Thursday

Stocks closed solidly higher Thursday, adding to the market's gains this week as Wall Street's post-election wave of buying continued. Technology stocks helped lead the broad gains, which had the...

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November 5, 2020
Uber’s food delivery business outshines core rides service

Uber's food delivery business brought in more money during the third quarter than its signature rides business , showing just how much consumer behavior has changed — and how far...

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November 5, 2020
If Republicans lose the presidency, they need to accept it or face becoming illegitimate to Americans

With the lawsuits and recounts that are going on, the current election certainly isn't over. However, if Joe Biden wins legitimately and Republicans don't accept it they will become a...

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November 5, 2020
Woke witch-finders hunt actual witches over offending the disabled in the latest adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic

Short of real world targets, the social justice mob has weighed the new Anne Hathaway film, ‘The Witches', against a woke duck and found it guilty of demonsing the bald...

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November 5, 2020
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery fell 36 cents to $38.79 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil for January delivery fell 30 cents to $40.93 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline...

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November 5, 2020
Correction: Earns-Match Group story

In a story Wednesday about Match Group Inc.'s quarterly earnings — generated by Automated Insights using data from Zacks Investment Research — The Associated Press reported erroneously that the company's...

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November 5, 2020
Washington Supreme Court: Dairy workers to get overtime pay

A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state's dairy workers are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours a week. The 5-4 ruling Thursday...

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November 5, 2020
‘Tenet’ to head to home release in Dec. after theatrical run

After several months in pandemic-altered theaters, Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” will head to home release on Dec. 15, Warner Bros. said Thursday. “Tenet” will be available digitally as well as on...

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November 5, 2020
US Postal Service found 815 ballots in Texas facility sweeps

More than 800 mail ballots were found in Texas mail processing facilities and delivered to county election officials between Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the U.S. Postal Service. A U.S....

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November 5, 2020
Gotcha! This brave stand against Rupert Murdoch’s cancerous stranglehold on the world’s anglophone media needs to be supported

Ex-Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is pushing for an inquiry to be set up into the massive influence the Australian-born tycoon has over politics there. It's the same across Britain...

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November 5, 2020
Fed signals readiness to do more for economy as virus rages

The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low near zero Thursday and signaled its readiness to do more if needed to support an economy under threat...

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November 5, 2020
2020 Latest: Arizona Dems want to join lawsuit over Sharpie

The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 2 p.m. The Arizona Democratic Party has asked a court to let it participate in a lawsuit that alleges vote tabulation...

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November 5, 2020
New, continuing unemployment claims climb slightly in Idaho

Idaho's unemployment claims climbed slightly, with 3,919 people filing for new unemployment benefits during the last week of October — about 57 more than the previous week, officials said Thursday....

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November 5, 2020
Biden’s beloved celebrity supporters have already proven his call for ‘unity’ is a sham as their HATE toward Trump voters rages on

Joe Biden has called for “unity” in a divided America awaiting election results, but celebrity supporters like Michael Moore continue the extreme rhetoric against those they disagree with, showing “unity”...

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November 5, 2020
DOJ sues to block Visa’s $5.3 billion purchase of Plaid Inc.

The Department of Justice sued payment processing giant Visa Inc. on Thursday to block the company's purchase of financial technology startup Plaid, calling it a monopolistic takeover of a potential...

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November 5, 2020
Missouri Legislature considers $1.2B for virus response

Missouri lawmakers returned to work Thursday to debate spending more than $1.1 billion in federal coronavirus aid. Republican Gov. Mike Parson called lawmakers back to the Capitol to give his...

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November 5, 2020
Fraud! Conspiracy! Russia! Our echo chambers have made us terrible losers

The reaction to the US presidential election and others shows how bad we've become at accepting defeat. There are always ‘dark forces' to blame, when in fact it's our fault...

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November 5, 2020
Is it safe to stay in hotels during the pandemic?

Is it safe to stay in hotels during the pandemic? In a recent travel update, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes it clear: Staying home is the...

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November 5, 2020
Trump’s reign has proved the US president is merely a figurehead. Does it really matter who wins the vote?

Four years of Trump slugging it out with the permanent political class he calls the “Deep State” has proven that president is at best a ceremonial post. Why are we...

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November 5, 2020
‘Even $15 an hour is a joke.’ Are Miami restaurants ready for the new minimum wage?

Zak Stern didn't flinch when he saw Floridians vote for a $15 minimum wage. Stern, who launched South Florida's artisanal bread craze at Wynwood's Zak the Baker, has been raising...

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November 5, 2020
Georgia presidential count tightens in scan of last ballots

Vote counting continued in several Georgia counties on Thursday as Americans watched to see whether the state gives Democrat Joe Biden the electoral votes he needs to become president. The...

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November 5, 2020
The race for 270-plus electoral votes is not over once the last vote is counted

The American silly season of presidential electoral politics has reached its final phase, where both sides posture as if they have won, all the while deploying legions of lawyers in...

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November 5, 2020
ESPN announces 300 layoffs, citing ‘disruption’ amid virus

ESPN announced Thursday it is laying off about 300 employees and cutting about 500 jobs from its global workforce. The cuts amount to about 10% of the employees at the...

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November 5, 2020
Grains higher, livestock higher

Grain futures were higher on Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. gained .23 cent at $6.2340 a bushel; Dec. corn rose .176 cent...

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