Politics

November 4, 2020
Man in Washington state charged with sex trafficking minor

A Washington state man was charged with the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl with developmental issues, the U.S. Attorney's Western Washington Office said in a statement. Al-Penyo Brooks, 26,...

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November 4, 2020
Man in Washington state charged with sex trafficking minor

A Washington state man was charged with the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl with developmental issues, the U.S. Attorney's Western Washington Office said in a statement. Al-Penyo Brooks, 26,...

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November 4, 2020
Mind Games; ACC schools ramping up mental health services

Tre Tipton felt off. Yet the Pittsburgh wide receiver spent years wrestling with his inner demons in silence, assuming it was up to him to sort things out on his...

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November 4, 2020
Mind Games; ACC schools ramping up mental health services

Tre Tipton felt off. Yet the Pittsburgh wide receiver spent years wrestling with his inner demons in silence, assuming it was up to him to sort things out on his...

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November 4, 2020
Mind Games; ACC schools ramping up mental health services

Tre Tipton felt off. Yet the Pittsburgh wide receiver spent years wrestling with his inner demons in silence, assuming it was up to him to sort things out on his...

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November 4, 2020
AP VoteCast: Florida voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Florida gave President Donald Trump the state's 29 electoral votes while holding negative views about the country's direction and the economy, according to an expansive AP survey of...

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November 4, 2020
AP VoteCast: Texas voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Texas gave President Donald Trump its 38 electoral votes while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate. The...

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November 4, 2020
AP VoteCast: Pennsylvania voters sour on state of nation

Voters in the key swing state of Pennsylvania made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American...

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November 4, 2020
AP VoteCast: Georgia voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Georgia made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate. AP VoteCast found that...

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November 4, 2020
Alabama approves bid to cut racist phrases from Constitution

Alabama voters have approved an amendment that would begin the process of deleting racist language from the state's 119-year-old constitution, which was approved to entrench white supremacy as state law...

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November 4, 2020
Karin Kneissl: Islamist attacks and the unique French secularism

Gruesome terrorist attacks have moved France deeply – attacks on a republic which has for years strived to keep church and state separate. Freedom of religion is thrown into the...

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November 4, 2020
A Florida attorney has been charged with stealing $53,000 from a senior citizen client

There's no question Starke attorney Johnie Cooper ripped off a client for $53,097, according to the Florida Bar. Now, the question is how much punishment Cooper will get. Professionally, Cooper...

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November 4, 2020
Editorial Roundup: Alabama

Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Nov. 4 The Decatur Daily and The TimesDaily on the switch to standard time: This time of year reminds Americans that they face a...

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November 4, 2020
June retrial date set for ex-CIA engineer in leak case

The retrial of a former CIA software engineer charged with leaking secrets to WikiLeaks in an espionage case will begin June 7, a judge said Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Paul...

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November 4, 2020
As the US presidential showdown hits ‘pause’, Trump’s greatest foe is no longer Joe Biden, but raging media bias

It has never been more obvious that Donald Trump, who said he may go to the Supreme Court to resolve the 2020 election standoff, needs an impartial voice in the...

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November 4, 2020
As the US presidential showdown hits ‘pause’, Trump’s greatest foe is no longer Joe Biden, but raging media bias

It has never been more obvious that Donald Trump, who said he may go to the Supreme Court to resolve the 2020 election standoff, needs an impartial voice in the...

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November 4, 2020
Experts get US election predictions wrong again, but it’s no surprise; the culture war is so toxic dissent has become demonised

The rise of the ‘shy' US voter – people who are afraid to express their true opinions for fear of retribution – shows that it is not just pollsters, pundits,...

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November 4, 2020
The world now sees that there’s no exceptionalism or grandeur in American democracy but only chaos & a sense of injustice

Even if Trump loses, the truth is that to many Americans Trumpism isn't a pathology but a new normal which is a product of a massive social divide caused by...

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November 4, 2020
George Galloway: Has Trump won? Well, as Bill Clinton might say, it depends what you mean by ‘won’…

Donald Trump has ‘won' the US presidential election because he has not lost it. A classic insurgent trope, he can rightly claim to have been a guerilla president even while...

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November 4, 2020
Stocks get Trumped then dumped, but you ain’t seen nothing yet, America

The topsy turvy US election resulted in markets soaring at one point, only to come crashing down at another. Investors face weeks or months of volatility caused by all the...

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November 4, 2020
Stocks get Trumped then dumped, but you ain’t seen nothing yet, America

The topsy turvy US election resulted in markets soaring at one point, only to come crashing down at another. Investors face weeks or months of volatility caused by all the...

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November 4, 2020
Pints poured, retail therapy: England readies for lockdown

Thirsty drinkers in England will be enjoying their final freshly poured pints in a pub for a month Wednesday while shoppers will get one last dose of retail therapy as...

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November 4, 2020
Pints poured, retail therapy: England readies for lockdown

Thirsty drinkers in England will be enjoying their final freshly poured pints in a pub for a month Wednesday while shoppers will get one last dose of retail therapy as...

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November 4, 2020
Healthcare system: 23,000 people affected by data breach

A healthcare system based in Virginia said its third-party vendor experienced a data security breach earlier this year that affected more than 23,000 patients, donors and employees of the system....

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November 4, 2020
Healthcare system: 23,000 people affected by data breach

A healthcare system based in Virginia said its third-party vendor experienced a data security breach earlier this year that affected more than 23,000 patients, donors and employees of the system....

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November 4, 2020
Even Trump’s supporters thought his ‘victory’ speech was like throwing gasoline on the embers still smoldering from the last riots

Donald Trump delivered his ‘victory' speech before any of the major networks had declared him victorious, and even while the conservative Republican-leaning Fox network was showing him losing by a...

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November 4, 2020
America almost dodged a bullet…then Biden & Trump opened their mouths. Now all hell will break loose

The 2020 election was proceeding smoothly. All the candidates had to do was be patient while the votes were counted, and the people would have a ‘clean' election. But by...

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November 4, 2020
America almost dodged a bullet…then Biden & Trump opened their mouths. Now all hell will break loose

The 2020 election was proceeding smoothly. All the candidates had to do was be patient while the votes were counted, and the people would have a ‘clean' election. But by...

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November 4, 2020
America almost dodged a bullet…then Biden & Trump opened their mouths. Now all hell will break loose

The 2020 election was proceeding smoothly. All the candidates had to do was be patient while the votes were counted, and the people would have a ‘clean' election. But by...

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November 4, 2020
America almost dodged a bullet…then Biden & Trump opened their mouths. Now all hell will break loose

The 2020 election was proceeding smoothly. All the candidates had to do was be patient while the votes were counted, and the people would have a ‘clean' election. But by...

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November 4, 2020
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Presidential race too early to call

The Associated Press is not calling the presidential race yet because neither candidate has secured the 270 electoral college votes needed to claim victory. Republican President Donald Trump spoke at...

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November 4, 2020
This election is a TRIUMPH of class over identity. That’s the most surprising and important result

Regardless of whether Trump or Biden win the 2020 US presidential election, what it has revealed is that the pollsters and expert commentators simply do not get class; for them...

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November 4, 2020
This election is a TRIUMPH of class over identity. That’s the most surprising and important result

Regardless of whether Trump or Biden win the 2020 US presidential election, what it has revealed is that the pollsters and expert commentators simply do not get class; for them...

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November 4, 2020
The Latest: WHO says COVID-19 spread in Europe accelerating

GENEVA — The World Health Organization says there has been a “further acceleration” in the speed of COVID-19's spread in Europe, which was responsible for about half of the globe's...

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November 4, 2020
The Latest: WHO says COVID-19 spread in Europe accelerating

GENEVA — The World Health Organization says there has been a “further acceleration” in the speed of COVID-19's spread in Europe, which was responsible for about half of the globe's...

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November 4, 2020
Uber, Lyft spend big, win in California vote about drivers

Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in a winning bet to circumvent California lawmakers and the courts to preserve their business model by keeping...

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November 4, 2020
Other countries honour their dead without issue, but British TV presenters can’t wear a poppy without someone getting ‘offended’

The little red flower pinned to a lapel is a simple and understated way of remembering the fallen, and we should not allow it to be turned into something controversial...

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November 4, 2020
California’s affirmative action measure is failing

A national awakening on race drove a well-funded, star-studded campaign in California to reinstate affirmative action, but the measure that would allow the nation's most populated state to grant preferential...

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November 4, 2020
California’s affirmative action measure is failing

A national awakening on race drove a well-funded, star-studded campaign in California to reinstate affirmative action, but the measure that would allow the nation's most populated state to grant preferential...

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November 4, 2020
California’s affirmative action measure is failing

A national awakening on race drove a well-funded, star-studded campaign in California to reinstate affirmative action, but the measure that would allow the nation's most populated state to grant preferential...

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