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May 25 2020
News
Photos: Crowds Flock To Beaches And Lakes For Memorial Day Weekend
From Venice Beach, California to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and from South Padre Island, Texas, to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, people are flocking to the water to enjoy the long holiday weekend, albeit with varying degrees of social distancing and face-mask wearing during the coronavirus pandemic.
In the opening photo, above, the beach town of Ocean City lifted its COVID-19 related
ForbesDec 03 2020
News
U.S. Jobless Claims Drop, Offering Ray of Hope for Labor Market
Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by the most in almost two months, offering some hope that the gradual recovery in the job market will continue despite a spike in Covid-19 infections and renewed business restrictions.
Initial jobless claims in regular state programs decreased by 75,000 to 712,000 in the week ended Nov. 28, the first drop in three weeks, Labor
BloombergJul 09 2020
Opinion
No, ‘Gun Violence’ Is Not To Blame For The Spike In Violent Crime
With violent crime skyrocketing in American cities, local officials and mediahave blamed the deaths of innocent children and mostly African-American victims on “gun violence,” a term that obfuscates who is responsible for these tragic crimes.
The term “gun violence” has long been used by gun control groups, politicians, and the media to refer to the criminal misuse of firearms, in an
The FederalistJan 27 2020
News
Hallmark Channel CEO who hinted at openness to gay Christmas movies resigns
The Hallmark Channel executive who recently said that the company would be "open" to doing movies with gay characters and lead actors has resigned from his position.
Bill Abbott, the former CEO and president of Crown Media Family Networks — which encompasses the popular family-friendly Hallmark Channel — stepped down last Wednesday, according to a statement on the company website.
The BlazeNov 30 2020
News
Trump's claims of fraud aim to 'scare people', says ex-head of US election security
Donald Trump and his allies are “undermining democracy” with evidence-free claims of fraud and conspiracy, the former head of US election security said on Sunday, discussing the effort he led before he was fired by the president.
“What I saw was an apparent attempt to undermine confidence in the election, to confuse people, to scare people,” Chris Krebs told CBS 60 Minutes.
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The GuardianJul 07 2020
Analysis
A Shattered Nation Isn’t Buying Trump’s Angry Nationalism
Donald Trump is a merchant of anger, a grievance-monger who bonds with his political base over shared resentments. This makes it difficult for him to handle celebratory holidays like Independence Day, which are normally meant to be joyous and unifying events. In the hands of other politicians, Independence Day can be an occasion for somber reflection or for uplifting messages about national
The NationMar 17 2020
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: St. Patrick's Day 2020
On St. Patrick's Day, media voices throughout the spectrum focused on the unique U.S. celebration this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some concentrated on the holiday's history, business implications of a somber St. Patrick's Day and U.S.-Ireland immigration policy; others examined how the virus altered holiday celebrations in Ireland itself.
NBC News Digital Reuters Washington ExaminerMay 05 2019
News
Trump Administration Backs Plan for More H-2B Visas, Irking Critics of Immigrant Labor Rules
The Trump administration is moving ahead to allow an additional 30,000 seasonal workers to return to the U.S. this summer, a higher-than-expected number that reflects internal tensions in the White House’s approach to legal immigration. A rule to issue the extra visas, known as H-2Bs, to foreign workers who have held them in the past was cleared last week by the White House Office of
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 13 2015
News
Ben Carson Sidesteps Confrontation With Donald Trump
Ben Carson’s approach to handling Donald Trump’s insults is different from every other 2016 Republican presidential candidate’s: He apologizes for provoking them.
“I said something that sounded like I was questioning his faith,” Mr. Carson said in an interview at a Holiday Inn Express here. “I really wasn’t. I was really talking more about mine. But it was said in an inappropriate way,
Wall Street Journal (News)Jan 19 2014
News
Reports: Russian teen sold Target breach software
The malware behind data breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus during the holiday shopping season came from a 17-year-old Russian national, according to published reports over the weekend.
MarketWatch, a financial news and commentary website, and the websites of the New York Daily News and The Washington Post said Intelcrawler, a California-based Internet security firm, identified the
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