Parts of the Flathead Valley north of here have had a reputation for being a haven for white nationalists. A dispute between a local real estate agent and the mother of the white nationalist Richard Spencer in nearby Whitefish prompted a white supremacist website to rally attacks on the area’s Jewish residents and call for […]
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lower interest rates on Wednesday for a third, and potentially final, time this year. What comes next is less clear. Fed officials lowered borrowing costs in July and September in an effort to guard against mounting risks, including President Trump’s uncertainty-inspiring trade war and a global
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A teenager on a school trip to New York had the surprise of her life when she met actor Lin-Manuel Miranda in the street and he broke into an impromptu rap about his time in Cardiff. Eleanor Garvey, 15, was on a trip from Vale of Glamorgan and captured the moment on her phone. Her
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Facebook’s chief executive has repeatedly declined to answer questions from UK MPs about the scandal Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine imposed by the UK’s data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It had originally appealed the penalty, causing the Information Commissioner’s Office
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If you want a side of chills to go along with your entree this Halloween, you’ve come to the right place. The following establishments remind us that it’s not just the food and service that make for a great dining experience; it’s the story behind the restaurant. Sometimes a clever starter or impeccable main isn’t
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Teen activist Greta Thunberg, who has inspired millions across the world to stage protests urging leaders to tackle global warming, has declined an environmental prize, saying “the climate movement does not need any more prizes.” Two fellow climate activists spoke on Thunberg’s behalf Tuesday evening at an award ceremony in Stockholm for the regional inter-parliamentary
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Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has told powerful IOC members she wants the Olympic marathon held in Tokyo and lashed out at what she called an “unprecedented” move to switch the race to the northern city of Sapporo. Koike spoke at a meeting Wednesday in which IOC officials opened three days of talks in Tokyo to
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The company has destroyed Tracker emails from before Aug. 18, 2015 because it had “failed to disable its automatic ‘file sweep’ deletion program” for the Tracker account even though the emails were subject to subpoena, the state said in its memorandum about the emails. According to a legal filing from the state: “ExxonMobil chose not
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn were set to trade barbs over Brexit and public spending Wednesday when they face off in Parliament for the last time before a Dec. 12 general election. The House of Commons on Tuesday approved an early election in hopes of breaking the deadlock over Britain’s
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The Trump administration has unveiled a website aimed at helping millions of Americans with substance abuse issues learn about and locate treatment options. FindTreatment.gov is the latest development in the administration’s effort to address the nation’s opioid crisis. The White House said it believes the site, which went up Wednesday, will enable the tens of
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