DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies, in today for Terry Gross. Earlier this month, the McClatchy Company, publisher of 30 daily newspapers, including the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and the Charlotte Observer, was sold in a bankruptcy auction to the Chatham Management Group, a […]
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A local CBS affiliate in Augusta, Ga., decided to test out how voting by mail works. “We’re less than 100 days until the November election, and many Americans are expecting to vote by mail for the first time because of the pandemic,” WRDW-TV wrote. One thing is clear: You need […]
Without Federal Aid To State And Local Governments, Millions Will Lose Their Jobs By Josh Bivens and David Cooper, Economic Policy Institute. July 28, 2020 Without Federal Aid To State And Local Governments, Millions Will Lose Their Jobs2020-07-282020-07-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/states.jpeg200px200px Above photo: People wait in line as SF-Marin Food Bank hands out 1600 […]
CNN has whipped up an army of outraged Twitter liberals after it slammed a network of local news stations for airing an interview with a disgraced scientist who blamed Dr Anthony Fauci for the coronavirus. Dr Judy Mikovits is the star of ‘Plandemic,’ a conspiracy documentary claiming that Covid-19 is […]
A tactical unit of federal agents has been placed on standby in Seattle to aid police should protests there spiral into unrest or rioting, the New York Times reported, a move that comes amid heated objections from local officials. A Special Response Team operating under the authority of Customs and […]
Joe Biden’s handlers on Wednesday interrupted a news anchor and cut off the video feed to end a local TV interview. “That’s our time” a staffer said as the screen went blank. WATCH: WATCH: Joe Biden’s handlers interrupt the anchor and CUT OFF the video feed to end a local […]
The latest announcement from Downing Street has outlined strategic plans to tackle the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, including a second wave set to hit in the winter, with sweeping new measures being launched to transfer power to local authorities and boost contact tracing protocols, among others. UK prime minister Boris Johnson […]
Georgia governor overrides all local mask orders in the state by Rebecca Klar/The Hill Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is prohibiting local municipalities across the state from mandating that masks be worn in public to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Kemp’s executive order issued Wednesday prevents local governments from enforcing mandatory face-covering orders that are more restrictive than […]
Ten days ago The Gateway Pundit organized a prayer rally at the Statue of St. Louis on Art Hill in Forest Park from noon. In response to our planned prayer rally violent leftists and Black Lives Matter organized a counter rally from 11 AM to 2 PM. The organizers of […]
U.S. sanctions in response to Hong Kong’s national security law – and Beijing’s tighter grip over the city’s financial system – could pose challenges for local crypto brokerage firms. The U.S. Senate passed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act on Thursday to penalize China for eroding Hong Kong’s autonomy. The bill […]
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo believes she knows what her county needs to fight back against COVID-19. But because of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, she says she isn’t able to follow through. “I’m at the mercy of what powers he positively gives us,” Hidalgo told The Daily Beast. “As opposed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107822/89/1078228969_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_18f0d433be1d8610750ff2b978a3f635.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007051079802581-third-level-alert-issued-in-chinas-inner-mongolia-as-herder-contracts-bubonic-plague—local-media/ The disease, which is spread mostly by rodents and infected fleas, is highly infectious and often fatal. A 14th century plague pandemic swept through Asia, Europe and Africa, killing an estimated 50 million people. The first case of bubonic plague has been confirmed […]
Medical personnel prepare to test hundreds of people for the coronavirus. They lined up in vehicles last week in a Phoenix neighborhood. Matt York/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt York/AP Medical personnel prepare to test hundreds of people for the coronavirus. They lined up in vehicles last week in a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107688/94/1076889494_0:181:1920:1261_1200x675_80_0_0_eb088751696eec7fdc158ad729053c20.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202007011079762597-us-marine-in-japan-accused-of-punching-local-man-while-violating-covid-19-restrictions-/ A US Marine based in Okinawa, Japan, was arrested by police Sunday after allegedly punching a 21-year-old local college student at a nightclub in Naha, the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture. Cpl. John William Thomas III, 24, of the 3rd Marine Logistics Group […]
UK considers first local lockdown in COVID-19 pandemic by Danika Kirka/ABC News LONDON — Britain’s government is considering a lockdown for the central English city of Leicester amid a spike of COVID-19 cases — the first time that a single U.K. area would face such an extreme measure during the […]
As the United Kingdom – England in particular – begins to loosen lockdown measures introduced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, new cases are beginning to flare up in specific areas, leaving the government to consider the reimposition of lockdown measures in a localised form. Home Secretary Priti […]
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More than a dozen businesses are taking the city of Seattle to court over its handling of the ‘autonomous’ police-free zone that sprung up two weeks ago, arguing that the city has failed to maintain basic public safety. The plaintiffs claim that the city government looked the other way as […]
Addressing a conference of the American Jewish Committee on Tuesday, the UAE’s Foreign Minister said his country could work with Israel in some areas, including technology and healthcare, while still maintaining political differences with Tel Aviv. First it was news about a synagogue opening in Abu Dhabi as part of […]
Photo by CHAZ City 206, WikiCommons, https://www.facebook.com/mance.rayder.1029/posts/735139263908049 As reported earlier the nation of CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone) in what used to be Seattle was set up by antifa earlier this week. CHAZ has its first self declared dictator/warlord. Seattle based rapper Raz Simone evidently deputized himself and his crew, […]
President Donald Trump says Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, a largely police-free community space fashioned amid protests, is run by “domestic terrorists.” Seattle’s police department made (and walked back) a claim about anarchists “extorting” businesses in the area. But actual businesses around the zone say they’re watching Ava DuVernay films, […]
Photo by CHAZ City 206, WikiCommons, https://www.facebook.com/mance.rayder.1029/posts/735139263908049 The nation of CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone) in what used to be Seattle was set up by antifa earlier this week. CHAZ has its first self declared dictator/warlord. Seattle based rapper Raz Simone evidently deputized himself and his crew, and they are […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107957/23/1079572308_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_5f3437adb258b5e04bcec6ff766dc1c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006101079572291-lebanese-protest-local-currency-devaluation-in-beirut/ BEIRUT (Sputnik) – People gathered outside the Lebanese central bank’s building in Beirut on Tuesday to protest the high cost of the dollar, which has been driving the local currency’s exchange rate downward. Demonstrators blocked traffic on the central street as they called […]