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Trump Administration Says Vietnam and Switzerland Manipulated Currency
The New York Times - 16 Dec 2020 15:35
The decision to label the countries as currency manipulators for the first time is likely to raise tensions with two trading partners.
Trump's Mar-a-Lago neighbors don't want him to move there. They may be able to stop him, too.
The Week - 16 Dec 2020 07:56
President Trump may be refusing to concede that he's leaving the White House in January, but first lady Melania Trump and the Secret Service are reportedly busy preparing for his post-presidency life at Mar-a-Lago, his p...
Oxnard, Calif., Company to Pay $390,000 Fine for Illegally Discharging Wastewater
U.S. EPA - 16 Dec 2020 07:00
SAN FRANCISCO--Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Parker-Hannifin will pay $390,000 for violations of the Clean Water Act.
Ex-Houston cop hired by GOP megadonor arrested for aggravated assault while hunting fake ballots
The Week - 16 Dec 2020 15:33
Police in Houston arrested a former Houston Police captain on Tuesday, charging him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly running an appliance repair truck off the road and holding its driver at gunp...
Florida man dies after being strangled by falling window during attempted burglary, police say
USA Today - 16 Dec 2020 07:31
Jonathan Hernandez was attempting to break into a home when a window fell across his neck and strangled him to death, according to law enforcement.
Canada getting 168K Moderna vaccine doses before year end
ABC News - 16 Dec 2020 07:56
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is contracted to receive up to 168,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before the end of December, pending approval by Canada’s health regulator
French treasure hunter allegedly looted thousands of artifacts
New York Post - 16 Dec 2020 20:26
A French treasure hunter who allegedly amassed more than 27,000 artifacts ranging from Bronze Age bracelets to an extremely rare Roman dodecahedron -- by looting archaeological sites could spend time behind bars for the ...
Kansas mayor resigns amid threats after supporting COVID-19 mask mandate
New York Post - 16 Dec 2020 07:58
A Kansas mayor announced Tuesday she has resigned over threats she’s been receiving after publicly supporting the city’s COVID-19 mask mandate. Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw told USA Today she feared for her safety ...
The US Senate leader effectively put a lid on the Trump era and underscored how he plans to position himself as the counterbalance to the new President
CNN - 16 Dec 2020 07:25
• Fox News' Geraldo Rivera tells Trump to stand down
Ex-cop held Houston man at gunpoint, accused him of nonexistent voter fraud: police
NY Daily News - 16 Dec 2020 07:07
Mark Aguirre was very surprised to find zero fake ballots in the air conditioner repairman's truck.
Even as COVID-19 slows justice system, federal executions outnumber all states combined for the first time
USA Today - 16 Dec 2020 07:01
Though COVID-19 drove down the number of executions this year, the federal government put to death more prisoners than all states combined.
Murder suspect escapes prison transport van that stopped at McDonald's
New York Post - 16 Dec 2020 06:45
An Indiana murder suspect escaped from a prison transport van that made a pit stop at a McDonald's on Monday, authorities said. Leon Taylor, 22, was being extradited from Texas to the Hoosier State when he fled from the ...
Avlon: 'Trump derangement syndrome' taken on a new twist
CNN - 16 Dec 2020 15:40
CNN's John Avlon looks back at presidential 'derangement syndromes' and how the current one is afflicting President Trump and his supporters.
South Korea warns of first potential lockdown as coronavirus numbers rise
CNN - 16 Dec 2020 07:36
South Korean health officials have warned residents to take current restrictions seriously, as the country faces the possibility of entering into its first potential lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic amid an a...
Report: Of the hundreds of people invited to Mike Pompeo's indoor holiday party, a few dozen showed up
The Week - 16 Dec 2020 07:04
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo found out what happens when you send out 900 invitations to an indoor holiday party during a pandemic that has killed at least 300,000 Americans: not that many people show up. The Tuesday e...
California orders 5,000 body bags in response to COVID surge
NY Daily News - 16 Dec 2020 05:55
The state also activated its mass fatality program to enable easier communication between hospitals and morgues.
A Top Trump Fundraiser Asked the FBI for Help. Big Mistake.
Mother Jones - 16 Dec 2020 21:16
In October, Elliott Broidy, once a top fundraiser for Donald Trump and the Republican Party, pleaded guilty to charges that he conspired to illegally lobby the Trump administration for a fugitive financier and the presid...
The plan to disinfect the White House before Biden moves in is a 'huge waste of time and effort,' experts say
The Week - 16 Dec 2020 16:59
"Nuking" the White House "with chemicals is not needed" to protect the incoming Biden administration from COVID-19, J. David Krause, an environmental and occupational health consultant, told Stat News, yet that appears t...
Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, biggest drop in 7 months
ABC News - 16 Dec 2020 16:35
Retail sales fell 1.1% in November, the biggest drop in seven months, a sign that Americans held back on spending during the start of the holiday shopping season
Outgoing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urges career staffers to 'be the resistance'
The Week - 16 Dec 2020 14:08
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has clashed with the career employees at the department she has led for the last four years, but she had a request for them in a department-wide meeting Tuesday addressing the shift to the...
Tom Cruise shouts at 'M:I7' crew for breaking COVID-19 protocol in leaked expletive-filled audio
USA Today - 16 Dec 2020 04:23
In leaked audio from the set of "Mission: Impossible 7,' Tom Cruise can be heard dressing down crew members for breaking COVID-19 protocol.
'Empowered by knowledge': Abbott's rapid home test costs $25, delivers results in minutes
USA Today - 16 Dec 2020 23:38
Abbott said the rapid BinaxNow home test will cost $25 and be sold through a telehealth provider, eMed, which will determine whether a person is eligible. Only people with COVID-19 symptoms can get the home test. �...