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Looking For Love? Try Saint Anthony’s Ritual

Roman Catholic people in Latin America pray to Saint Anthony of Padua when they seek to leave singlehood. The saint, whose original name was Fernando Martins de Bulhoes, was born in Lisbon, Portugal, between 1191 […]

National

Riot Hit Apple Factory To Reopen After Two-Month Shutdown Over Pay Protests

Wistron Corporation, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer for Apple Inc. in India, is planning to resume operations in its factory in southern state Karnataka by Feb. 20, two months after violent protests lead to its closure. Apple […]

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Film Related To Tragic Incident In India Advances In Oscar Race

NEW DELHI — A tragic incident in her home country led, years later, to filmmaker Karishma Dev Dube’s poignant movie about two schoolgirls. Now the film is among 10 of 174 entries to advance on the […]

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Falklands War Flagship Facing Grim Future As Scrap 

INS Viraat, the world’s oldest aircraft carrier to have served in the UK’s Royal Navy and the Indian Army, is staring at an uncertain future. The ship was commissioned in the British Navy in 1959 as HMS […]

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Pilot-Less Program: Drone Firms Plan Test Of Anti-Collision System

Delivery drones could soon be flying over neighborhoods everywhere to drop off small packages of mail, medicine, food, medical equipment and more. But before that can happen, a method for keeping all those unmanned miniature […]

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Poll: Mississippi voters approve of Reeves, disapprove of Biden, don’t want Trump convicted

A Mason-Dixon Polling survey released Thursday shows that Gov. Tate Reeves’ approval has risen among Mississippi voters, while President Biden’s has flagged.

And a large majority opposes Trump’s conviction in the U.S. Senate in the ongoing trial on an inciting insurrection charge.

The survey found that 56% polled approve of the job Reeves is doing (up from 50% a year ago) and 36% disapprove. The poll is also in sharp contrast to one by Millsaps College/Chism Strategies last month that showed 34% approving Reeves’ performance and nearly 50% disapproving.

READ MORE: Gov. Tate Reeves’ approval rating tanked as COVID-19 pandemic worsened, poll shows.

The poll by Florida-based Mason-Dixon was conducted from Feb. 2-5, among 625 registered voters and asked only three questions: on Reeves, Biden and Trump’s trial. The poll included 46% Republicans, 32% Democrats and 22% independents. Its margin of error is +/- 4 points.

The poll found that approval for Biden, who lost the state in November with 41% of the vote, is at 35%, with 56% disapproving.

It also showed that 62% of voters oppose Trump’s conviction in the Senate trial, with 35% supporting it.

According to the poll, Biden has gained no ground with Mississippi Republicans. It showed that 87% of Democrats approve of the job he’s doing so far, but only 3% of Republicans.
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Trump’s Second Impeachment: Split Senate Votes To Proceed

“We will — stop the steal,” Donald J. Trump declares in a video clip from a Jan. 6 speech in Washington D.C. that House impeachment managers used to open the former president’s Senate trial on […]