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  Invoking noble coal miners is a mainstay of American politics

  November 21, 2018 21:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lou Martin, Chatham University(THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump recently visited West Virginia for the fourth time since taking office. He’s more popular there than in any other state, partly because of his avowed passion for coal and coal miners. As he put it at a campaign rally in Charleston, when he visited in May 2016, “I’ve just always been fascinated by the mines and

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  Sheriff supports armed teachers to stop school shooters

  November 21, 2018 21:00 IST

  The sheriff leading the state commission investigating Florida's high school massacre says he now believes trained teachers should have access to guns to stop shooters

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  BC-US--Holiday Advisory, US

  November 21, 2018 21:00 IST

  BUSINESS EDITORS:U.S. financial markets will be closed Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving. They will be open for a half-day on Friday, closing at 1 p.m. Eastern Time.The AP

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  Businesses must learn new tax law or pay the price in 2019

  November 21, 2018 21:00 IST

  Small business owners who don't take time to understand the new tax law now may have a painful filing season next spring

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  Small business tax planning looms. Tips to make it easier

  November 21, 2018 21:00 IST

  Year-end tax planning, something that should be part of a business owner's annual routine, is particularly important now because of the tax law enacted last year

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  Kosovo sets tariffs on Serbia, Bosnia as ties strain

  November 21, 2018 21:00 IST

  Kosovo's government has introduced a 100 percent import tax on all goods imported from Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina.

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  Attorney: Rapper 6ix9ine innocent of racketeering charges

  November 21, 2018 21:00 IST

  The defense attorney for Brooklyn rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine says his client is "completely innocent" of federal racketeering and firearms charges

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  Ludwig Goransson is having the best year ever. Period.

  November 21, 2018 21:00 IST

  Though he's virtually unknown to the larger public, Ludwig Goransson was part of two of the biggest pop culture moments in 2018 with "Black Panther" (he composed the score) and Childish Gambino's "This Is America" (he produced the track)

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  Markets Right Now: Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street

  November 21, 2018 20:30 IST

  Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as big technology companies like Apple clawed back some of the ground they lost in a rout over the past two days.

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  Cracks show in China's vision for model ethnic unity village

  November 21, 2018 20:30 IST

  While thousands of Uighur Muslims across China's Xinjiang region are forced into re-education camps, Beijing's vision for ethnic unity is taking shape in a village where Han Chinese work and live alongside Uighur minorities. But cracks show.

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  Prosecutor requests arrest of Peru soccer federation head

  November 21, 2018 20:00 IST

  A Peruvian prosecutor has requested the arrest of the president of the country's soccer federation in a case that links him to two murders

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  Child bride auction in South Sudan goes viral, sparks anger

  November 21, 2018 20:00 IST

  Child bride auction in South Sudan goes viral, sparks outrage; 500 cows and 2 luxury cars

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  Voters in German state approve abolishing death penalty

  November 21, 2018 20:00 IST

  Voters have approved a constitutional change abolishing the death penalty in Hesse, the last German state to have capital punishment on the books

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  Facebook shuts 20 pages claiming to be Ethiopian broadcaster

  November 21, 2018 20:00 IST

  A major Ethiopian broadcaster says Facebook has shut 20 fake pages that falsely used its name

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  Texas doctor sues to keep dinosaur skull seized by feds

  November 21, 2018 19:30 IST

  A doctor in Texas with a passion for paleontology is challenging the federal government after authorities seized a 70 million-year-old dinosaur skull that was part of his fossil collection

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  Dolce & Gabbana accused of insulting China; blames hackers

  November 21, 2018 19:30 IST

  Dolce & Gabbana has apologized for insulting remarks about China it allegedly made in conversations on Instagram but denied that it was responsible

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  Romania agrees to support EU migration reforms

  November 21, 2018 19:15 IST

  A top European Union official says Romania's government has agreed to back EU reforms to overhaul the bloc's migration system

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  Hospital gunman fired at least 30 times before killing self

  November 21, 2018 19:15 IST

  Police say the man who killed three people at a Chicago hospital fired his handgun at least 30 times before he pointed the gun at his own head and fatally shot himself

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  Vienna conference calls on combating anti-Semitism in Europe

  November 21, 2018 19:15 IST

  Jewish and European leaders have vowed at a conference in Vienna to combat the reemergence of anti-Semitism on the continent and suggested a catalogue of concrete measures against Jew hatred

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  Swiss attorney general defends his FIFA investigation

  November 21, 2018 19:00 IST

  Switzerland's attorney general has defended his team's handling of its four-year FIFA investigation after the lead prosecutor was removed from duty

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  US airstrike in Somalia against al-Shabab kills 7 extremists

  November 21, 2018 19:00 IST

  Latest US airstrike in Somalia against al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab kills 7 extremists

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  UAE sentences British academic to life in prison for spying

  November 21, 2018 18:45 IST

  A British academic jailed in the United Arab Emirates on spying allegations was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday

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  The Latest: Turkey: Saudi's slaying should not be covered up

  November 21, 2018 18:45 IST

  Turkey's foreign minister says the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi should not be covered up for the sake of maintaining trade ties with Saudi Arabia

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  Greece: Creditors approve U-turn on pension cuts

  November 21, 2018 18:45 IST

  Greece's bailout creditors approve request to scrap pension cuts planned in 2019 following strong budget performance

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  Switzerland delays final decision on UN migration pact

  November 21, 2018 18:30 IST

  The Swiss government says the country won't attend a conference next month at which a U.N.-backed agreement on migration is to be approved because it wants to wait for parliamentary debates at home before giving its final blessing

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  The Latest: May says rejecting her deal could mean no Brexit

  November 21, 2018 18:15 IST

  British Prime Minister Theresa May says that if Parliament rejects the draft divorce deal with the European Union, the U.K. could end up not leaving the bloc at all

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  Martin O'Neill out as Ireland coach, Roy Keane also goes

  November 21, 2018 18:00 IST

  Martin O'Neill has ended his five-year stint as Ireland coach, taking assistant Roy Keane with him

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  Amazon's move will gentrify neighborhoods – at what social cost?

  November 21, 2018 18:00 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexandra Staub, Pennsylvania State University(THE CONVERSATION) When large companies move into an area, politicians often proclaim how the new business will create jobs, increase tax revenues, and thus lead to economic growth. This is one reason local governments offer tax incentives to businesses willing to move in. Amazon’s decision to locate offices in Long Island City across