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Texas resumes executions after pandemic hiatus

by JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press July 8, 2020July 9, 2020

A Texas inmate was put to death Wednesday for fatally shooting an 82-year-old man nearly three decades ago.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

Biden-Sanders task forces unveil joint goals for party unity

by WILL WEISSERT and BILL BARROW Associated Press July 8, 2020July 9, 2020

To solidify support among the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, they are recommending that the former vice president embrace proposals to combat climate change and institutional racism.

Business, Uncategorized

Wall Street’s rally gets back on track as tech leads the way

by STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA Associated Press July 8, 2020July 9, 2020

More gains for big technology stocks helped pull the S&P 500 to its sixth gain in seven days.

Arts & Entertainment, Uncategorized

Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate to adapt slavery series ‘1619 Project’ for TV and film

by Dessi Gomez Tribune News Service July 8, 2020July 9, 2020

“1619 Project,” the New York Times’ award-winning, multimedia series that examines slavery’s lingering effects on contemporary life, is about to go widescreen with the help of Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate. Creator Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the New York Times Magazine, and NYT will work with Winfrey and Lionsgate to adapt “The 1619 […]

Business, Nation & World, Uncategorized

United sending layoff notices to nearly half of U.S. employees

by DAVID KOENIG Associated Press July 8, 2020July 8, 2020

The airline says that it will offer early retirement benefits and that furloughing 36,000 employees in October is a worst-case scenario.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

Supreme Court sides with Trump in birth control opt-out, job discrimination cases

by JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press July 8, 2020July 8, 2020

The ruling in 2 cases could leave more than 70,000 women without free contraception and tens of thousands of people with no way to sue for job discrimination.

Nation & World, Uncategorized

The Latest: ‘A hot mess’: Americans face testing delays as virus surges

by Associated Press July 8, 2020July 8, 2020

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world. AUSTIN, Texas — With a cough and shortness of breath, Sam Lee of Austin, Texas, made three attempts to get a COVID-19 test last month. The first time, he showed up an hour before the public testing site was set to close […]