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Airbnb, resilient in pandemic, goes forward with IPO
Airbnb proved its resilience in a year that has upended global travel. Now it needs to prove to investors that it sees more growth ahead. The San Francisco-based home sharing company makes its long-aw...
Dec 09, 2020
Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller US cities
MISSION, Kan. - Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the deadly coronavirus surge across the U.S. engulfs small and medium-size cities that once s...
Dec 09, 2020
UN chief warns `vaccine nationalism' is moving at full speed
TANZANIA, Tanzania - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that "vaccine nationalism" is moving "at full speed," leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculatio...
Dec 09, 2020
Hundreds sign up to speak on Minneapolis plan to cut police
MINNEAPOLIS - More than 300 Minneapolis residents signed up to speak Wednesday night on a plan to shrink the city's police department, with some pleading for City Council members to deliver the reform...
Dec 09, 2020
Oregon eviction protest fueled by history of gentrification
PORTLAND, Ore. - Protesters barricaded streets in a Portland, Oregon, neighbourhood and set booby traps for police after officers arrested about a dozen people in a clash over gentrification and the e...
Dec 09, 2020
Pompeo unloads on US universities for China ties
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused U.S. universities of caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. The attack, which included id...
Dec 09, 2020
Trump's election fight puts embattled Texas AG in spotlight
AUSTIN, Texas - A lawsuit that President Donald Trump is now calling "the big one" in his effort to overturn the outcome of the presidential election is helmed by an embattled Texas ally who is likewi...
Dec 09, 2020
Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III says greed hinders aid to poor
WASHINGTON - Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III used his farewell speech from Congress on Wednesday to deride the "great lie of our times" that the government lacks the resources and will to help people in...
Dec 09, 2020
ASIRT investigating officer involved fatal shooting in Grande Prairie
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has been called into investigate an officer involved shooting on the city's north end Tuesday night that has left one person dead.Officers were calle...
Dec 09, 2020
City of Red Deer shares municipal impacts of new provincial health measures
The City of Red Deer has announced adjustments to its operations over the next several weeks due to the mandatory province-wide health restrictions announced by the Alberta government on Tuesday. At 4...
Dec 09, 2020