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Congress takes another run at airline bailout; fate unclear
House Democrats on Friday proposed a new $28.8 billion bailout for the airline industry after the carriers began furloughs of more than 32,000 workers to cut costs during a pandemic that has devastated air travel. Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged the airlines to delay those furloughs while Congress tries to approve...
Ex-mayor of Scranton sentenced to 7 years for corruption
The former mayor of Scranton was sentenced Friday to seven years in federal prison on charges that he shook down businesses for bribes and campaign contributions. Bill Courtright resigned last year as mayor of the city of 78,000 and pleaded guilty to bribery, extortion and conspiracy. Prosecutors said Courtright took...
Parkland parents create AI video of slain son to spur votersVideo
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Wearing his signature hoodie and beanie, an earbud casually hanging from one ear, passionate Parkland teen Joaquin Oliver urges his peers to vote for lawmakers who will end gun violence in a new video released Friday. Next month’s election would have been his first chance to...
Officer to grand jury: No search of Breonna Taylor’s home
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In grand jury testimony made public Friday, a law enforcement officer said police did not end up searching Breonna Taylor’s apartment on the day she was shot and killed by police who had arrived with a search warrant. Police were carrying a narcotics warrant for Taylor’s Louisville...
Joe Biden, his wife test negative for coronavirus
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, have tested negative for the coronavirus, his primary care doctor confirmed Friday. The Democratic presidential nominee and his wife were tested earlier in the day after news of President Donald Trump’s infection was announced. Dr. Kevin O’Connor released the...
U.S. signs 10-year military cooperation deal with Morocco
RABAT, Morocco — The United States and Morocco on Friday signed an accord that aims to strengthen military cooperation and the North African kingdom’s military readiness over the next decade. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper signed the 10-year agreement during a two-day visit to Morocco, his last stop on a...
Unemployment drops, but U.S. hiring slows for 3rd month in sign of struggling economy
WASHINGTON — America’s employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report before the presidential election that the economic recovery has weakened. With September’s hiring gain, the economy has recovered only slightly more than half the 22 million jobs...
Joe Biden awaiting covid test result: Democrats send well wishes to Trump, first lady
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has been tested for the coronavirus in the wake of President Donald Trump’s infection and is awaiting results. That’s according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share internal discussions. Biden was on...
Pandemic spells quieter return from Alps for Bavarian cows
SCHOENAU AM KOENIGSSEE, Germany — Each fall, the Resch family bring their cows down from Alpine pastures before the cold weather sets in, and each year the crowd of tourists coming to watch the traditional Bavarian spectacle grows bigger. Not this year. Pandemic travel restrictions meant the celebratory return of...
Airbnb blocking some rentals over Halloween to halt parties
Airbnb will prohibit one-night rentals over Halloween weekend as part of its ongoing effort to crack down on party houses. The action, announced Friday, comes nearly a year after a deadly shooting at an Airbnb in Orinda, California. Five people were killed in the shooting, which happened during an unauthorized...
Wall Street turn mixed after Trump’s positive virus test
NEW YORK — Wall Street is easing off its knee-jerk reaction to sell after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and stocks are clawing back much of their sharp losses from earlier in the morning on Friday. After slumping as much as 1.7% after trading began, the S&P...
Trump’s covid-19 diagnosis rocks final stage of presidential campaign
An election year already defined by a cascade of national crises descended further into chaos Friday with President Donald Trump declaring that he’s tested positive for the coronavirus after consistently playing down the threat. No one knows exactly what comes next. At the least, the development settles the focus of...
Trump joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders
President Donald Trump has joined a growing group of world leaders who have been infected with the coronavirus. Some, like Trump, had been accused of not taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously. A few are now sending Trump their wishes for a speedy recovery. At 74, the U.S. president is the...
Tesla sales surge as global demand picks up speed
Tesla’s third-quarter sales jumped 44% as global demand for its electric vehicles outpaced that of most other automakers. The company reported Friday that it had delivered 139,000 SUVs and sedans from July through September, compared with 97,000 deliveries during the same period a year ago. The sales topped even some...
Wall Street turn mixed after Trump’s positive virus test
NEW YORK — Wall Street is easing off its knee-jerk reaction to sell after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and stocks are clawing back much of their sharp losses from earlier in the morning on Friday. After slumping as much as 1.7% after trading began, the S&P...
Clayton Kershaw Ks 13 as Dodgers eliminate Brewers
LOS ANGELES — Beat up in the postseason over the years, Clayton Kershaw orchestrated one of his best performances against the weakened Milwaukee Brewers. Kershaw struck out 13 while delivering eight innings of three-hit ball, Mookie Betts hit a two-out, two-run double in the fifth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers...
White House: VP Mike Pence tests negative for covid-19
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence tested negative for covid-19 Friday morning, hours after President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were diagnosed with the coronavirus. Spokesman Devin O’Malley says Pence “remains in good health and wishes the Trumps well in their recovery.” Pence...
Wife of German rapper convicted of terrorism charges
BERLIN — The widow of a German-born rapper who joined the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and was killed in an airstrike was herself convicted Friday of membership in a terrorist organization. The Hamburg state court sentenced Omaima A., 36, to three years in prison, the dpa news agency...
Shock, sympathy, criticism: World reacts to Trump infection
TOKYO — News that the world’s most powerful man was infected with the world’s most notorious disease drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of course, the ever-present outrage and curiosity surrounding everything about President Donald Trump. Trump’s announcement Friday on Twitter that he and first lady Melania...
This Date in Sports History: Oct. 2
1950 — Jim Hardy throws six touchdown passes, including five to Bob Shaw, as the Chicago Cardinals pound the Baltimore Colts, 55-13. 1970 — Fourteen members of the Wichita State football team are killed in a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. 1980 — Larry Holmes registers a technical knockout...
Trump announces he, first lady have coronavirus; Trump experiencing ‘mild’ symptoms; more cases expected in White House
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is experiencing “mild symptoms” of covid-19 after revealing Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election. Trump, who has spent much of...
President Trump, first lady test positive for covid-19
WASHINGTON — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday. Trump’s positive test came just hours after the White House announced senior aide Hope Hicks came down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week. Trump...
Fernando Tatis Jr., Wil Myers homer twice, Padres outslug Cardinals to stay alive
SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers each hit two home runs and Manny Machado also connected for the San Diego Padres, who rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-9 Thursday night to force a deciding Game 3 in their NL wild-card series. San Diego’s powerful offense...
Broncos get first victory of season at expense of winless Jets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Melvin Gordon sealed the Denver Broncos’ first win of the season with a 43-yard touchdown run with 1:48 remaining, and the defense made just enough plays in the fourth quarter to beat the lowly — and still winless — New York Jets 37-28 on Thursday night....
Pfizer CEO pushes back against Trump claim on vaccine timing
The head of Pfizer, one of the drugmakers racing to develop a coronavirus vaccine, told employees on Thursday he was disappointed that its work was politicized during the presidential debate and tried to reassure U.S. staff that the company won’t bend to pressure to move more quickly. CEO Albert Bourla...
