2020

Democratic Candidates Celebrate Dr. King’s Legacy at South Carolina Events

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Several Democratic presidential candidates, hoping to chip away at former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s support in South Carolina, gathered in the state capital on Monday morning to make remarks honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and take part in an annual holiday march and rally that had election-year […]

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3 Horses Die In 3 Days At Notorious Santa Anita Racetrack

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Three horses died over the weekend at Santa Anita Park, a racetrack in southern California where dozens of horses have been injured and subsequently euthanized in recent years. Tikkun Olam, a 4-year-old gelding, was euthanized after colliding with another horse during a training exercise, the Los Angeles Times reported. The second horse apparently wasn’t injured.

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‘Going to Davos is probably reputational suicide’

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Image copyright Micah White Image caption Micah White wants to orchestrate “a massive climate mobilisation” that involves hundreds of millions of people and governments One of the founders of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Micah White, has said his decision to attend Davos, a conference for the ‘global elite’, is “probably reputational suicide”. “Within the

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Spacewalking astronauts wrapping up battery improvements

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Spacewalking astronauts are wrapping up battery improvements outside the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer January 20, 2020, 12:55 PM 2 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of spacewalking astronauts tackled one last round of battery improvements outside the International Space Station on Monday. NASA’s Jessica Meir and Christina Koch

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Ashworth on secret recording of Corbyn election campaign comments

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Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth has said secretly-recorded comments about the election result turned out to be accurate. Just ahead of the general election, Mr Ashworth said voters “can’t stand Corbyn” and the outlook was “abysmal” for Labour. Politics Live presenter Jo Coburn asked, now the campaign was over, would the shadow health secretary admit he

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Paris transit strike eases; commuters, tourists relieved

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Paris commuters are finding their smiles again after some striking subway workers decided to end their walkouts against a contested overhaul of France’s pension system By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press January 20, 2020, 2:50 PM 3 min read PARIS — Paris commuters who have battled through six weeks of misery-inducing transport strikes found their smiles

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