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Nov
24
2021
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By Troy Warren
Subway sandwich chain co-founder Peter Buck dies at 90

Subway sandwich chain co-founder Peter Buck dies at 90

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By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie DANBURY, Conn. — Peter Buck, whose $1,000 investment in a family friend’s Connecticut sandwich shop in 1965 provided the genesis for what is now the world’s largest restaurant chain — Subway — has died. He was 90. Buck, a nuclear physicist who was born in Portland, Maine, in 1930, died at a hospital in Danbury, Connecticut, on Nov. 18, Subway said in a statement. The cause of his death was not disclosed. At 17, family friend Fred DeLuca had asked Buck how he could make some money to help pay for college.…
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Nov
24
2021
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By Troy Warren
U.S. jobless claims plunge to 199,000, lowest in 52 years

U.S. jobless claims plunge to 199,000, lowest in 52 years

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By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Business WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims dropped by 71,000 to 199,000, the lowest since mid-November 1969. The drop was much bigger than economists expected. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out weekly ups and downs, also dropped — by 21,000 to just over 252,000, the lowest since mid-March 2020 when the pandemic slammed the economy. Since topping…
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Nov
24
2021
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President, VP and spouses assist food kitchen for holiday

President, VP and spouses assist food kitchen for holiday

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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks NANTUCKET, Mass. — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, helped a Washington food kitchen prepare Thanksgiving meals for the needy before they left town — like millions of other Americans — to resume their family tradition of spending the holiday on tiny Nantucket island in Massachusetts. The first family, including children and grandchildren, arrived on the island Tuesday night and were staying at the home of billionaire businessman David Rubenstein, a family friend, as they have previously. The president was expected to return to the White House on Sunday.  …
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Nov
24
2021
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By Troy Warren
Vaccines making Thanksgiving easier, but hot spots remain

Vaccines making Thanksgiving easier, but hot spots remain

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By ED WHITE, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #COVID-19  #Health The U.S. is facing its second Thanksgiving of the pandemic in better shape than the first time around, thanks to the vaccine, though some regions are seeing surges of COVID-19 cases that could get worse as families travel the country for gatherings that were impossible a year ago. Nearly 200 million Americans are fully vaccinated. That leaves tens of millions who have yet to get a shot in the arm, some of them out of defiance. Hospitals in the cold Upper Midwest, especially Michigan and Minnesota, are filled with COVID-19…
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Nov
23
2021
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By Troy Warren
Malikah Shabazz, daughter of the late Malcolm X, found dead: sources

Malikah Shabazz, daughter of the late Malcolm X, found dead: sources

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By Kerry Burke, New York Daily News (TNS) Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle   The daughter of the late Malcolm X was found dead in her Brooklyn home Monday night, police sources said. Malikah Shabazz, 56, who with twin Malaak were the youngest of six daughters of Malcolm X and wife Betty Shabazz, was found by her daughter Bettih-Bahiyah Shabazz, 23, in the home they shared, sources said. The death was ruled not suspicious. Malaak and Malikah were born seven months after their human rights and civil rights activist father was assassinated Feb. 21, 1965. In Other NEWS    
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Nov
23
2021
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Airport gun discharge occurred despite TSA safety protocols

Airport gun discharge occurred despite TSA safety protocols

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By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks  The Transportation Security Administration has procedures in place at airport checkpoints to prevent accidental weapon discharges like the one that sent passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson International scrambling on Saturday. But that protocol wasn’t followed because it wasn’t immediately clear from X-ray images that TSA officers were dealing with a firearm. TSA officers who detect a gun in an X-ray machine should close down the lane, leave the bag where it is and alertpolice. “Actually, the police remove the carry-on bag from the X-ray machines, because we don’t even want our TSA officers to…
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Nov
22
2021
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By Troy Warren
Target to keep stores closed on Thanksgiving for good

Target to keep stores closed on Thanksgiving for good

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By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #Business  NEW YORK — Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended during the pandemic. To limit crowds in stores, retailers last year were forced to turn what had become a weekend shopping blitz into an extended event, with holiday sales beginning as early as October. That forced shift appears to have been fortuitous. U.S. holiday sales last November and December rose 8.2% in 2020 from the previous year, according to The National Retail Federation,…
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Nov
21
2021
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IOC says Peng Shuai has told Olympic officials she is safe

IOC says Peng Shuai has told Olympic officials she is safe

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NATIONAL & WORLD NEWS Troy Warren for CNT  The IOC says Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has taken part in a 30-minute video call from Beijing with Olympic officials and told them she was safe and well LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has taken part in a 30-minute video call from Beijing with IOC officials and told them she was safe and well, the Olympic body said on Sunday. The call came amid growing global alarm over Peng. Her appearance at a youth tennis event Sunday in Beijing and social media posts on her behalf did not fully…
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Nov
21
2021
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Lawyer who wants to ban Black pastors no stranger to controversy

Lawyer who wants to ban Black pastors no stranger to controversy

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By Bill Rankin - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Asia Simone Burns - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Shaddi Abusaid - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks BRUNSWICK - The lawyer whose request to bar Black pastors engulfed a murder trial with turmoil both inside and outside the Glynn County courthouse is known for saying the unexpected. But Kevin Gough’s repeated, inflammatory comments during the trial of three men accused of murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery brought condemnation from onlookers in this coastal community and from legal commentators and civil rights activists nationwide. Gough, 59, represents William “Roddie” Bryan, who is on trial with Travis…
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Nov
20
2021
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By Troy Warren
Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted of All Charges in Deadly Kenosha Shootings

Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted of All Charges in Deadly Kenosha Shootings

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BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks   The 18-year-old had been charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering after killing two men and wounding a third with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle in Wisconsin amid police brutality protests last summer. Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S. Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell forward toward the defense table and then hugged one of his attorneys as he heard a court clerk recite “not…
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