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Bulgaria: Wild majesty in one of Europe's oldest countries
For more than a century, Bulgaria has had little trouble enticing people to its beach resorts scattered along the Black Sea coast. City-breakers head to its main cities -- including Sofia, the capital, and Plovdiv, the 2019 European Capital of Culture -- for an enjoyable blend of culture and hearty Bulgarian gastronomy.
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What to watch on the first night of the Republican convention
Republicans will kick off night one of the Republican National Convention Monday with a theme focused around the "Land of Promise."
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Belarus' leader helicopters over Minsk with a rifle as protesters below demand his resignation
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko responded to huge anti-government protests and calls for his resignation by posting video of himself flying over Minsk in riot gear, with a rifle hanging from his shoulder.
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At Fox News, 'the inmates are running the asylum'
This article is adapted from "Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth," published by Simon & Schuster's One Signal Publishers.
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Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned, Berlin hospital says
The hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny says tests indicate that he was poisoned.
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How much longer until the US economy is back to normal? This new index shows we have a long way to go
We're coming up on six months since Covid-19 turned the world upside down. We are adjusting, but few things feel normal. Certainly not in our daily lives. Most of us are wearing masks and social distancing, while our favorite sports teams play in empty stadiums and arenas. Our work lives are hardly typical, either. Lots of us are unemployed, and many of us fortunate to have jobs continue to work from home.
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Mayor Turner Announces Small Business Economic Relief Program
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced this week that applications for the City of Houston’s Small Business Economic Relief Program (SBERP) will open at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, August 19th.
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Steve Bannon, three others charged with fraud in border wall fundraising campaign
New York federal prosecutors on Thursday charged President Donald Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon and three others with defrauding donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of a fundraising campaign purportedly aimed at supporting Trump's border wall.
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Rocky Mountain High
Astros use a season high in runs and hits to defeat the Rockies
Sometimes all that is needed to get you going is a little fresh air. At least that’s what it took for the Houston Astros dangerous hitting lineup to get ignited. The Astros (14-10) had an offensive outburst to the tune of 13 runs and 20 hits at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado to defeat the Rockies (13-11) by a score of 13-6 for its seventh straight win and third win in as many days against Colorado.
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Texas could freeze property taxes in cities that defund police, governor warns
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced plans to freeze property taxes in cities that vote to defund their police departments. The state is particularly dependent on property taxes for revenue, so the move could be stifling.
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New Covid-19 cases are declining across the US, official says, but that could quickly change if people aren't careful
States across the US are now seeing a decline in coronavirus cases, a US top official said this week, though he warned things could quickly change again if Americans aren't careful.
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Senate intelligence report warns of repeat of Russian interference in US election
A Senate Intelligence Committee report detailing how Russia's 2016 election interference was encouraged by President Donald Trump and his campaign raises the stakes for the current campaign at a time when Trump is openly amplifying Russian disinformation.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends via video link the inauguration ceremonies for new medical centers built by Russia's Defense Ministry in Dagestan, Voronezh Region, and …
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CNN team was tracked by Russian operatives in Central African Republic, Bellingcat investigation shows
A new investigation has found evidence that CNN journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR) last year were subject to constant surveillance by a team of Russian operatives.
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CNN team was tracked by Russian operatives in Central African Republic, Bellingcat investigation shows
A new investigation has found evidence that CNN journalists in the Central African Republic (CAR) last year were subject to constant surveillance by a team of Russian operatives.
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Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump
From the Philadelphia ground where the American experiment was born, one former president -- in a stunning prime-time address to the nation he once led -- warned that his successor was on the cusp of destroying democracy itself.
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Comerica Bank Partners With Minority Depository Institutions
Locally, Unity National Bank Will Now Have The Ability To Provide Low Cost Funds Within The Houston Communities Severly Impacted By The COVID-19 Pandemic
Comerica Bank announced this week that it is. moving $10 million in deposits to Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) within its five-state footprint, as well as building a mutual mentoring relationship with these institutions. MDIs assist minority and under-served communities and foster economic viability in these communities.
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The riskiest thing about the Post Office freak-out
There is some hazard in the increasingly frantic argument Democrats are making that President Donald Trump is tearing down American democracy and the entire American experiment is at risk.
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Trump celebrates women's rights -- and attacks Michelle Obama
At an event aimed at highlighting the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote, President Donald Trump disparaged the country's most admired woman, Michelle Obama as "over her head" after she delivered a scathing, direct-to-camera speech criticizing him at the Democratic National Convention Monday.
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A Black medical student is working the front lines of the pandemic at the same hospital where he once was a security guard
Russell Ledet didn't think going to college was in the cards for him because of how much it was going to cost.
