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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Cleans Up the Streets of San Francisco

At least California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco, admits it. On the eve of a visit to San Francisco by China’s Xi Jinping, the city somehow, someway cleared out downtown homeless encampments. Newsom flat-out cops to the reason why. The governor said, “Folks say, ‘Oh they’re just cleaning up this place because all those fancy leaders are coming into town.’ That’s true. Because it’s true. But it’s also true for months and months and months, prior to APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), we’ve been having different conversations.” I ...

Mountaineers Honor Nehlen, Get Big Victory Over Cincinnati, 42-21

By BOB HERTZEL WV News MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It was supposed to be a Blue and Gold Saturday at Mountaineer Field, with West Virginia finishing off its home season against Cincinnati. Instead, it turned into a Greene and White day for the Mountaineers. It was a day where 12 players would walk on Senior Day and day when Don Nehlen, the Hall of Fame coach, who turned around the direction of the West Virginia program back in 1980 and led it into national prominence, would stand there before 43,588 fans, friends and relatives — five of the grandchildren and nine great grandchildren ...

Weir Wins In A Thriller To Make State Semifinal

By ANDREW GRIMM For The Intelligencer MADISON, W.Va. — The rest of the state Is certainly paying attention to Weir High now — they have no choice because the Red Riders are in the final four. Malachi Stromile fired a strike over the middle to fellow senior Corey Lyons for the game-winning score with 33 seconds to go in the fourth quarter to propel No. 5 Weir to the Class AA state semifinals with a thrilling 35-33 victory on the road over No. 4 Scott on Saturday. “They’re all finding out. We didn’t get a whole lot of attention coming off a playoff season last year, ...

Church Helps Hundreds Put Food On Thanksgiving Table

By SHELLEY HANSON Staff Writer WHEELING — Hundreds of people lined up Saturday in North Wheeling to receive turkeys, vegetables and more to make a nice Thanksgiving dinner for their family and friends on Thursday. The 33rd annual Thanksgiving Food Basket Giveaway, conducted by Bethlehem Apostolic Temple and many volunteers, took place at the North Wheeling Dream Center. The event was held on a first-come, first-served basis. Many people arrived early in the morning to get their spot in line before the event’s start at 11 a.m. While standing in line, Tina Ray of Martins ...

Copeland Spode Platter Puts Turkey On The Table

By TERRY AND KIM KOVEL With a colorful image of a majestic turkey, this platter is ready for Thanksgiving. Despite the all-American bird (Benjamin Franklin famously praised the turkey as “a true original Native of America” and “a Bird of Courage,” although, contrary to popular belief, he did not suggest it as a national symbol), it was made in England, marked for Copeland Spode. This mark came into use about 1833, when William Copeland purchased the Spode pottery firm in Stoke-on-Trent. By this time, turkeys were known in England, but, being an exotic foreign animal, they ...

Amazon Will Allow U.S. Customers To Buy Cars On Its Site Next Year

NEW YORK (AP) — Want to buy a car on Amazon? Well, now you might get your chance. The e-commerce giant will launch vehicle sales in the U.S. next year and allow local car dealers to sell directly to customers on its site. In a joint announcement with car manufacturer Hyundai on Thursday, the two companies said Amazon will begin by offering Hyundai vehicles. In turn, Hyundai will name Amazon’s cloud computing unit AWS as its preferred cloud provider and integrate its next-generation vehicles with Alexa, Amazon’s popular voice assistant. The idea, according to Amazon, is to ...