Opinion
Month: November 2021
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Pentagon: Chinese nuke force growing faster than predicted
WASHINGTON, D.C. — China is expanding its nuclear force much faster than U.S. officials predicted just a year ago, highlighting a broad and accelerating buildup of military muscle designed to enable Beijing to match or […]
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Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults, as the drugmaker joins the race to bring the […]
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AG Stein sues 14 companies over fire suppressant
RALEIGH — Lawsuits filed by North Carolina’s Democratic attorney general against 14 manufacturers of a fire suppressant claim the makers caused a public nuisance, created a design defect, failed to warn their customers and fraudulently […]
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BARONE: Health and education elites forced to confess error
Confessions of error are rare enough in woke America that they should be strictly construed against the speaker. Two such confessions — the legal term is “admissions against interest” — suddenly appeared last week. The […]
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Saudi crown prince’s investment forum draws back Westerners
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s annual cornerstone investment forum has drawn over 1,000 participants, with big-name U.S. financiers and business leaders back on the stage three years after many stayed away following the international […]
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McConnell backs ex-football star Walker for Georgia Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Herschel Walker for the Senate in Georgia, lending the clout of the highest-ranking elected GOP official in the country to the candidacy of a former football […]
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Pentagon rattled by Chinese military push on multiple fronts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — China’s growing military muscle and its drive to end American predominance in the Asia-Pacific is rattling the U.S. defense establishment. American officials see trouble quickly accumulating on multiple fronts — Beijing’s expanding […]
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GOP state officials push back on employer vaccine mandate
LITTLE ROCK, A.R. — Republican state officials reacted with swift rebukes Thursday to President Joe Biden’s newly detailed mandate for private employers to require workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, threatening a wave of lawsuits […]
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US mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4
Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under federal government […]