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• Trump ally Lindsey Graham in close re-election race as Democratic group ramps up spending against him

  29-09-2020 23:58
  
  Donald Trump ally gripes on Fox News: 'I'm being killed financially’
  
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• Byron York: Pelosi's impeachment threat to 'distract' Senate is 'way out there'

  29-09-2020 23:57
  
  "Obsession" author examines the Democrats' attempts to remove President Trump from office.
  
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• Wife of Smallville star Allison Mack defends convicted Nxivm cult leader

  29-09-2020 23:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>Actress Mack faces prison sentence for role when sentenced later this year</p>
  
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• Nearly 3 Years Since The Me Too Reckoning, Progress Has Been Slow, Reports Find

  29-09-2020 23:56
  
  Just 35% of respondents in a study from a commission chaired by Anita Hill believe "a powerful individual" would face accountability for sexual harassment.
  
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• Gutfeld on Trump's third Nobel nomination

  29-09-2020 23:56
  
  Australian law professors praise president for keeping America out of endless wars.
  
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• Disney To Lay Off 28,000 Workers From Theme Parks, Cruise Lines

  29-09-2020 23:55
  
  The company announced widespread layoffs at Disney World and Disneyland, citing the coronavirus pandemic's disastrous economic impact.
  
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• Disney To Lay Off 28,000 Workers From Disneyland, Disney World

  29-09-2020 23:55
  
  The company announced widespread layoffs as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on its theme park business.
  
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• Zalatoris getting a PGA Tour card a question of when and how

  29-09-2020 23:53
  
  Will Zalatoris will have a PGA Tour card, the goal he set for himself at the start of the year.Zalatoris had a pair of top-10 finishes to start the Korn Ferry Tour season when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down golf for three months.Because of the shortened season, the PGA Tour decided to extend the Korn Ferry season into 2021, meaning no one would get a PGA card until next fall.
  
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• Presidential debate winner: These signs will tell you who is winning out of Trump and Biden

  29-09-2020 23:53
  
  Debate experts weigh in on how to tell who is winning
  
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• Presidential debate: When and how to watch first Trump vs Biden showdown

  29-09-2020 23:51
  
  All major networks will broadcast the debate, as well as a number of streaming services
  
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• Top chefs mourn loss of famed Napa Valley restaurant in California wildfire

  29-09-2020 23:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>Celebrated eatery lost as Glass Incident fire rages across state</p>
  
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• Julian Assange would be sent to America's most notorious prison if extradited, court hears

  29-09-2020 23:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>WikiLeaks founder faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted in the US</p>
  
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• Julian Assange would be sent to America's most notorious prison if extradited, court hears

  29-09-2020 23:50
  
  WikiLeaks founder faces up to 175 years in prison if convicted in the US
  
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• Rishi Sunak harking back to ‘worst days of Thatcher’ with economic response to coronavirus, Labour says

  29-09-2020 23:47
  
  Chancellor Rishi Sunak's latest economic policies are a throwback "to the worst days of Thatcher," Labour has claimed.Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds highlighted a number of ways she says the Government is failing with plans announced last week in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• 'The Five' preview first presidential debate between Biden, Trump

  29-09-2020 23:46
  
  Democrat, Republican camps spar over debate ground rules ahead of Cleveland confrontation
  
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• Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho reveals what he told Chelsea's Frank Lampard during heated touchline row

  29-09-2020 23:45
  
  Jose Mourinho has revealed the advice he gave to old friend Frank Lampard during a heated touchline exchange that occurred in the first half of Tottenham's Carabao Cup win over Chelsea on Tuesday.The Blues led the fourth-round tie at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 1-0 courtesy of Timo Werner's first goal for the club when the television cameras picked up the respective managers engaging in a frank verbal altercation from across their respective technical areas in the 26th minute.
  
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• California's wine country residents facing fire fatigue

  29-09-2020 23:44
  
  Will Abrams and his family packed their pickup truck with laptops, clothes, sleeping bags and a tent and quickly left their rental home in California's wine country after seeing flames on a hill about a quarter-mile away Monday morning.In 2017, Abrams woke up to find their Santa Rosa home on fire and cleared burning branches from the driveway so he could get his wife, 12-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter to safety.Then last year, the family evacuated as another wildfire bore down on Sonoma Co
  
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• California's wine country residents face fire fatigue

  29-09-2020 23:44
  
  Will Abrams and his family packed their pickup truck with laptops, clothes, sleeping bags and a tent and quickly left their rental home in California's wine country after seeing flames on a hill about a quarter-mile away Monday morning.In 2017, Abrams woke up to find their Santa Rosa home on fire, clearing burning branches out of the driveway so he could get his wife, 12-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter to safety.Then last year, the family evacuated as another wildfire bore down on Sonoma Co
  
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• Liberty disputes reports about Falwell severance payment

  29-09-2020 23:42
  
  Liberty University said it paid its recently resigned president, Jerry Falwell Jr., the two years' base salary owed under his employment contract Tuesday.The Lynchburg, Virginia-based Christian university issued a brief statement about the compensation that did not provide an exact figure but said previous “media reports regarding the size and terms" of Falwell's severance were incorrect.
  
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• Prosecutor: Huawei defense turning US extradition into trial

  29-09-2020 23:41
  
  A Canadian prosecutor says by requesting the inclusion of additional evidence the defense team for a Chinese executive wanted in the United States is coming close to turning an extradition hearing into a trial.Canada arrested the chief financial officer of Huawei at Vancouver’s airport in late 2018.The U.S. wants Meng Manzhou, the daughter of Huawei’s founder, extradited to face fraud charges.
  
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• Jamie Laing says he is ‘proud’ after his company donates over £83,000 to charity

  29-09-2020 23:40
  
  The Made In Chelsea star founded the gourmet sweet company Candy Kittens in 2012.
  
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• Donald Trump arrives in Ohio ahead of first election debate

  29-09-2020 23:38
  
  President Donald Trump arrives in Cleveland, Ohio ahead of the first election debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden.
  
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• Britain to be battered by 'turbulent' weather as heavy rain and strong winds sweep in

  29-09-2020 23:38
  
  Brits have been told to prepare for "turbulent" weather as heavy showers and strong winds are due to sweep across the country.Warmer spots in the south east of England saw highs of 21C on Tuesday but the sunshine is due to give way for more unsettled weather for the rest of this week.
  
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• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg laid to rest Arlington National Cemetery

  29-09-2020 23:37
  
  The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery beside her husband, Martin, who died in2010.
  
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• North Korea on virus threat: 'Under safe and stable control'

  29-09-2020 23:36
  
  Kim Song, the country's U.N. ambassador, said a tightly administered anti-pandemic effort in his nation had been working.“A series of state measures are now being taken to block the virus inflow into the country, and all people adhere strictly to anti-epidemic regulations while maintaining the highest alert,” he said.Until Tuesday, all speeches at the U.N. General Assembly over the past week were virtual, delivered by world leaders in prerecorded videos from their home nations.
  
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• Disney to lay off 28,000 employees as theme parks take hit from coronavirus

  29-09-2020 23:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Disney is expected to lay off 28,000 of its employees across its parks, experiences and consumer products divisions, citing difficulties operating the company’s theme parks with prolonged coronavirus-related closures and limited openings.
  
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• 6,000 sheep stranded in the French Alps after snowfall

  29-09-2020 23:32
  
  At least 6,000 sheep and six shepherds have been stranded in the French Alps since Saturday after a surprise snowfall.More snowfall, however, is expected on Thursday.The hundred stranded Charolais cows have a better chance of surviving, according to Christian Frasson-Botton, an official in the town of Saint-Colomban-des-Villards.
  
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• Bret Baier tells viewers to 'expect fireworks early' in debate

  29-09-2020 23:31
  
  'Special Report' host and Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier joins 'Your World' to preview Trump-Biden confrontation.
  
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• Boris Johnson pledges to keep natural world at ‘top of global agenda’

  29-09-2020 23:30
  
  Boris Johnson is pledging to keep the natural world at “the top of the global agenda”, with a warning of the “catastrophic” consequences if the delicate balance built over millions of years is destroyed.
  
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• ‘You got me, the gig’s up’: Alleged killer on trial after human flesh found clogging drain

  29-09-2020 23:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>Adam Strong allegedly killed two young women previously thought missing</p>
  
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• Cubs, Marlins set to meet after bumpy paths to postseason

  29-09-2020 23:22
  
  Cubs manager David Ross had to remind himself Monday night that Chicago was still two days away from opening a best-of-three wild-card series against the Miami Marlins.Game 1 is Wednesday at Wrigley Field, and Ross can't wait.The Cubs won the NL Central at 34-26 in Ross' first season, reaching the playoffs for the fifth time in six years.
  
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• Stars' Bowness still has 'passion' to coach run to Cup Final

  29-09-2020 23:21
  
  Dallas Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin felt empty.Jamie Benn, their longtime captain, was almost speechless.Like head coach Rick Bowness, who likely soon will shed the interim tag, they were disappointed and drained after more than two months inside the NHL bubble, where this most unusual season ended with a loss in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
  
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• Palestinians test custom-built pedal boat in northern Gaza Strip

  29-09-2020 23:21
  
  SHOTLISTBEIT LAHIA, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIESSEPTEMBER 29, 2020SOURCE: AFPTV
  1. Mid shot man walking by a horse on an empty beach by Beit Lahia2. Mid shot Saher Al-Radee and Muhamed Al-Radee moving a custom-built pedal boat made from recycled materials at a beach by Beit Lahia3. Mid shot Saher Al-Radee riding a custom-built pedal boat made from recycled materials at a beach by Beit Lahia4. Mid shot Saher Al-Radee riding a custom-built pedal boat made from recycled materials at a beach by Beit Lahi
  
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• Dallas Stars' Rick Bowness still has 'passion' to coach

  29-09-2020 23:21
  
  Dallas Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin felt empty.Jamie Benn, their longtime captain, was almost speechless.Like head coach Rick Bowness, who likely soon will shed the interim tag, they were disappointed and drained after more than two months inside the NHL bubble, where this most unusual season ended with a loss in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
  
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• Essex captain Tom Westley apologises for team's Lord's celebrations

  29-09-2020 23:20
  
  Essex captain Tom Westley apologises for team's Lord's celebrations* Alcohol poured over Muslim player on pavilion balcony* Westley says ‘we are disappointed we let this happen’
  
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• Essex captain issues apology for team over Lord's celebrations

  29-09-2020 23:20
  
  Essex captain issues apology for team over Lord's celebrations* Alcohol poured over Muslim player on pavilion balcony* Tom Westley says ‘we are disappointed we let this happen’
  
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• St Helens crush Wigan after Adrian Lam fields youngsters to keep cup side sharp

  29-09-2020 23:16
  
  St Helens crush Wigan after Adrian Lam fields youngsters to keep cup side sharp
  
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• Disney to lay off about 28,000 parks employees due to coronavirus hit

  29-09-2020 23:14
  
  Walt Disney Cowill lay off roughly 28,000 U.S. employees in its theme parks division, the company said on Tuesday, as its resorts struggled with limited attendance and the continued closure of California's Disneyland due to the coronavirus pandemic.Disney shut its theme parks around the world when the novel coronavirus began spreading earlier this year.All but Disneyland gradually reopened, though the company was forced to limit the number of visitors to allow for physical distancing.
  
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• Trump, Biden battle for undecided voters

  29-09-2020 23:07
  
  Inez Stepman of Independent Women's Forum, Democratic strategist Kristen Hawn and Fox Business correspondent Kennedy weigh in on what will connect with undecided voters during the first 2020 presidential debate.
  
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• White Sox ace Giolito pitching perfect game thru 6 vs A's

  29-09-2020 23:05
  
  Chicago White Sox ace Lucas Giolito is pitching a perfect game through six innings against the Oakland Athletics in their playoff opener.Giolito has thrown 73 pitches Tuesday at the Coliseum in his postseason debut.Giolito pitched a no-hitter against Pittsburgh on Aug. 25.
  
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• Chisox ace Giolito loses bid for perfect game in 7th vs A's

  29-09-2020 23:05
  
  Chicago White Sox ace Lucas Giolito allowed a clean single up the middle to start the seventh inning, ending his bid for a perfect game against the Oakland Athletics in their playoff opener.Tommy La Stella hit a single to become the first runner for the A's on Tuesday.Giolito pitched a no-hitter against Pittsburgh on Aug. 25.
  
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• Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appears safe, shows signs of working in older adults - study

  29-09-2020 23:03
  
  Results from an early safety study of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine candidate in older adults showed that it produced virus-neutralizing antibodies at levels similar to those seen in younger adults, with side effects roughly on par with high-dose flu shots, researchers said on Tuesday.The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, offers a more complete picture of the vaccine's safety in older adults, a group at increased risk of severe complications from COVID-19.The findings
  
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• Presidential debate live: Trump and Biden prepare to face off amid rows over tax returns and earpieces

  29-09-2020 23:01
  
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• Morning Mail: Trump-Biden debate, audit office plea, Costa frees the leaves

  29-09-2020 23:01
  
  Morning Mail: Trump-Biden debate, audit office plea, Costa frees the leaves. Wednesday: Rivals face off in the first presidential TV debate. Plus: the Gardening Australia host on the things that help him get through the day
  
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• Bauer leads Reds rotation against Braves' powerful lineup

  29-09-2020 23:01
  
  Trevor Bauer threw his first pitch — high and tight — well before the start of the Cincinnati Reds' wild-card series against the Atlanta Braves.Asked to compare the challenges of facing Braves MVP candidates Freddie Freeman and Marcell Ozuna, Bauer just shrugged.“I don’t know,” Bauer said Monday.
  
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• Life review – hopes and heartaches behind closed doors

  29-09-2020 23:00
  
  Life review – hopes and heartaches behind closed doorsMike Bartlett’s latest drama, set in the same world as his smash-hit Doctor Foster, is a smart exploration of the human condition – with just the right amount of sentimentality
  
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• Disney to lay off 28,000 at its parks in California, Florida

  29-09-2020 22:59
  
  Squeezed by limits on attendance at its theme parks and other restrictions due to the pandemic, The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it planned to lay off 28,000 workers in its parks division in California and Florida.Two-thirds of the planned layoffs involve part-time workers but they ranged from salaried employees to nonunion hourly workers, Disney officials said.Disney’s parks closed last spring as the pandemic started spreading in the U.S. The Florida parks reopened this summer, but the Ca
  
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• Trump facing devastating debt load? Experts say not so fast

  29-09-2020 22:56
  
  President Donald Trump reportedly must pay back more than $300 million in loans over the next four years, raising the possibility his lenders could face an unprecedented situation should he win a second term and not be able to raise the money: foreclosing on the leader of the free world.Based on Forbes magazine estimates of the value of his buildings, for instance, selling his partial interests in just two properties— an office complex in San Francisco and a Las Vegas tower that houses a h
  
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• LeBron and the Heat, together again at the NBA Finals

  29-09-2020 22:53
  
  LeBron James wants to beat the Miami Heat.The Miami Heat want to beat LeBron James.The NBA Finals start Wednesday night and the James vs. Miami story line is shaping up as little more than a meeting of the mutual admiration society, albeit with a championship at stake.
  
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• Fire at Albuquerque Recycling Yard Leads to Air-Quality Warning

  29-09-2020 22:53
  
  A fire at a recycling yard in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on September 29 led the city to issue an air-quality health alert, according to local officials.Local media reported that 20 units from the Albuquerque Fire Rescue and Bernalillo County Fire Department were responding to the blaze. Footage taken in the Albuquerque area showed heavy plumes of black smokerising into the air.According to the local government, the fire could potentially be “burning plastics and other substances that emit h
  
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