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• Sen. Kamala Harris presses Judge Amy Coney Barrett on climate change

  14-10-2020 23:57
  
  Supreme Court nominee responds to Democratic VP nominee during day three of confirmation hearings.
  
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• How to vote: From in-person to absentee - The three ways to vote in US election 2020

  14-10-2020 23:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  VOTING in the US election this year has become muddled by the coronavirus pandemic, with numerous alternative methods brought in by authorities to prevent people contracting the deadly disease. Express.co.uk has collated a list of potential ways to vote this year.
  
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• 2020 election explained: How many electors does it take to win?

  14-10-2020 23:53
  
  Most Americans support replacing electoral college with popular vote
  
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• US election explained: How many electors does it take to win under the electoral college?

  14-10-2020 23:50
  
  Most Americans support replacing electoral college with popular vote
  
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• 'The Five' react to day three of Barrett confirmation hearings

  14-10-2020 23:49
  
  Supreme Court nominee grilled by Democrats on ObamaCare, race, voting rights and more.
  
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• Jags acquire LB Correa from Titans for 6th-rounder in 2021

  14-10-2020 23:47
  
  The Jacksonville Jaguars acquired linebacker Kamalei Correa from the Tennessee Titans on Wednesday for a late-round pick.The Jaguars sent a sixth-round selection in 2021 to the Titans for Correa and a seventh-rounder.Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel said earlier in the day the team was preparing to release Correa, who was activated off the team's reserve/COVID-19 list before Tuesday night's game against Buffalo.
  
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• US election 2020: How many people have voted so far?

  14-10-2020 23:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ELECTION DAY is just round the corner in the US as the 50 states prepare to vote in one of history's most divisive and important elections. How many people have voted so far?
  
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• US Marine Corps fires commander of training exercise that drowned nine service members

  14-10-2020 23:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>Lieutenant Colonel Michael Regner is relieved ‘due to a loss in trust and confidence in his ability to command’</p>
  
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• The correct way to pronounce Kamala Harris’ name

  14-10-2020 23:40
  
  Senator released explanatory video on how to say her name during 2016 campaign
  
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• Mattison ready to step in for Vikings if Cook can't play

  14-10-2020 23:35
  
  When Dalvin Cook hurt his groin and left for the locker room Sunday night in Seattle, the Minnesota Vikings didn’t alter their game plan.Despite the absence of the NFL's leading rusher, Minnesota maintained its run-heavy approach with second-year back Alexander Mattison.In the Vikings’ eyes, the strategy didn’t need to change.
  
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• Judge: North Carolina must strengthen absentee witness rule

  14-10-2020 23:35
  
  A federal judge ordered North Carolina on Wednesday to ensure that absentee ballots have a witness signature in a mixed ruling that allows voters to fix other more minor problems without casting a new ballot from scratch.Judge William Osteen issued an injunction requiring state officials to revise a directive issued Sept. 22 that allowed voters to fix a lack of a witness signature by returning an affidavit and not casting a new ballot from scratch.Osteen, who was presiding over three elections-r
  
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• Soyuz rocket reaches International Space Station in record time

  14-10-2020 23:32
  
  Russia's Soyuz rocket has reached from Earth to the International Space Station in record time.The spacecraft made the trip in three hours and three minutes, half the usual journey time.
  
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• Sen. Kennedy jokingly asks Judge Amy Coney Barrett if she's a racist

  14-10-2020 23:32
  
  Senate Judiciary Committee member responds to implications made against Supreme Court nominee by Kamala Harris
  
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• Medical supplies needed to fight second wave to be hit by no-deal Brexit, think tank warns

  14-10-2020 23:32
  
  Negotiators on both sidesaccused of "not putting health first” despite pandemic
  
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• 2020 Electoral College map: These are the swing states and number of electors needed to win

  14-10-2020 23:32
  
  Donald Trump and Joe Biden are competing for crucial handful of states that could determine the presidency
  
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• Eight-year-old girl dies after being forced to jump on trampoline for hours in extreme heat

  14-10-2020 23:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>A couple, said to be her guardians, have been arrested and charged with murder</p>
  
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• Trump election win BEST for UK says Piers Morgan as he issues warning on Biden -EXCLUSIVE

  14-10-2020 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PIERS MORGAN has told Express.co.uk the best outcome for Britain in the upcoming US Presidential election would be a Donald Trump victory, despite his recent criticism of the US President.
  
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• Woman shot and killed while staging fake kidnap on TikTok

  14-10-2020 23:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>Areline Martinez’s friends flee the scene following the shooting</p>
  
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• Tennessee mayor arrested for allegedly shoplifting $300 worth of Target merchandise

  14-10-2020 23:24
  
  John Blade is accused of using self checkout and not scanning items
  
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• Gareth Southgate backs Harry Maguire to come through 'difficult period' for England and Manchester United

  14-10-2020 23:24
  
  England boss Gareth Southgate says Harry Maguire has his full support in the wake of his sending off against Denmark and he currently has no plans to omit him for his next squad.The Manchester United defender was sent off after just 31 minutes on Wednesday night as England lost 1-0 to Denmark.
  
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• Georgia's Loeffler and QAnon-supporting candidate set event

  14-10-2020 23:22
  
  U.S. Sen Kelly Loeffler will be hitting the campaign trail again Thursday with fellow Georgia Republican and congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has peddled in racist tropes and baseless QAnon conspiracy theories.The two are scheduled to appear together in Dallas, Georgia, in the northwest suburbs of Atlanta.Loeffler is locked in a multi-candidate election to keep the Senate seat that Gov. Brian Kemp appointed her to earlier this year.
  
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• Premier League rejects Project Big Picture

  14-10-2020 23:21
  
  The Premier League has rejected Project Big Picture, which was brought forward by Manchester United and Liverpool.The proposals included an immediate £250million bailout for the EFL and a 25 per cent share for the league every year in any future Premier League media revenues, they also sought to concentrate Premier League power in the hands of the so-called ‘big six’.Premier League clubs did not endorse PBP when they met on Wednesday, and they will instead continue work on a &l
  
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• Trump sexual assault allegations: How many women have accused Donald Trump and who are they?

  14-10-2020 23:20
  
  The president has been accused by dozens of women of sexual misconduct. Mr Trump has denied those allegations
  
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• Democrats are resigned to losing the supreme court battle – but set on winning the war

  14-10-2020 23:19
  
  Democrats are resigned to losing the supreme court battle – but set on winning the war. Amy Coney Barrett’s supreme court confirmation hearings bring few surprises – with occasional glimpses of truth
  
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• In unusual SEC season, defense is becoming a punchline

  14-10-2020 23:18
  
  LSU coach Ed Orgeron has lost patience with blown assignments, missed tackles and poor pursuit angles by Tigers defenders.The Crimson Tide ranks outside the top 40, allowing more than 30 points per game after outlasting Ole Miss, 63-48, in a game that saw Alabama give up the most yards (647) in school history.
  
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• France and Portugal continue dominance of Nations League pool

  14-10-2020 23:18
  
  France and Portugal maintained their battle for supremacy of Nations League Group 3 on Wednesday night with victories over Croatia and Sweden respectively. Kylian Mbappé stabbed home the winner for France in the win in Zagreb.The Paris Saint-Germain star struck 11 minutes from time slotting in Lucas Digne’s volleyed centre from the left.Antoine Griezmann scored for the visitors after eight mintues at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb.Nikola Vlasic levelled for the hosts midway thr
  
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• Ariana Grande announces she’s releasing a new album ‘this month’

  14-10-2020 23:18
  
  Her most recent album thank u, next came out in February 2019
  
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• Stevie Wonder gives health update following kidney transplant: ‘I feel great. My voice feels great’

  14-10-2020 23:17
  
  Singer has released two new songs: ‘Where Is Our Love Song’ and ‘Can’t Put It In the Hands of Fate’
  
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• 2020 US election: When will the results be announced? How will we know who wins?

  14-10-2020 23:13
  
  Academics are warning not to expect results of the US election immediately after the 3 November vote
  
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• Melania Trump reveals teenage son Barron had coronavirus and says her symptoms hit her 'all at once'

  14-10-2020 23:10
  
  Donald Trump's teenage son Barron tested positive for coronavirus but had no symptoms, according to first lady Melania Trump.Barron, 14, tested positive after both of his parents contracted the virus, Mrs Trump said in a personal post on the White House website.
  
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• Melania reveals teenage son Barron had coronavirus and says her symptoms hit her 'all at once'

  14-10-2020 23:10
  
  Donald Trump's teenage son Barron tested positive for coronavirus but had no symptoms, according to first lady Melania Trump.Barron, 14, tested positive after both of his parents contracted the virus, Mrs Trump said in a personal post on the White House website.
  
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• Judge Amy Coney Barrett reveals her favorite law school class to teach

  14-10-2020 23:08
  
  Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, asks Supreme Court nominee about her decision to move from private practice to academia
  
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• Giant billboard in Iowa directs people looking for campaign rally to ‘Trump Covid superspreader event’

  14-10-2020 23:07
  
  Up to 10,000 people are expected to attend
  
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• 'No beef' between Premier League and EFL over Project Big Picture rejection, says Richard Masters

  14-10-2020 23:06
  
  Premier League chief Richard Masters insists there is “no beef” between top-flight and EFL clubs in the fallout over Project Big Picture.The proposals, developed by Liverpool and Manchester United, were endorsed by EFL chairman Rick Parry and promised a £250million coronavirus bailout for football league clubs, as well as a 25 per cent trickle down of future Premier League media revenues to the lower tiers.
  
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• Yanks' Cashman, Boone don't anticipate large-scale changes

  14-10-2020 23:04
  
  Not much is wrong with the New York Yankees in the view of manager Aaron Boone and general manager Brian Cashman.While stung by a five-game loss to Tampa Bay in the AL Division Series, the Yankees leadership does not appear to anticipate large-scale changes for 2021.Catcher Gary Sánchez’s job could be in danger after a third straight down season, but Gleyber Torres’ hold on shortstop is solid despite shaky defense.
  
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• Japan’s Dentsu lobbied for and funded campaign for Tokyo games, documents show, despite Olympics contract

  14-10-2020 23:04
  
  Dentsu Group Incdonated more than $6 million (4.6 million pounds) to Tokyo's successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, according to bank records seen by Reuters, and it lobbied members of the International Olympic Committee on behalf of the city, according to three people involved in the lobbying.To assist in its effort, Dentsu endorsed the hiring of a Singaporean consultant by the Tokyo Olympic campaign.The company’s role is laid out in transcripts of interviews company executives ga
  
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• United loses $1.8 billion, aims to shift focus to recovery

  14-10-2020 22:56
  
  United Airlines financial hole grew deeper over the summer as a modest recovery in air travel slowed down, pushing the carrier to a loss of $1.84 billion in the typically strong third quarter.The results from United, and those issued a day earlier by Delta Air Lines, reinforced the damage that the pandemic is doing to a major industry.United executives believe investors are less interested in current losses and more interested in what the airline plans to do to improve its competitive position w
  
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• Getting Bateman back could be game-changer for Gophers

  14-10-2020 22:56
  
  When Big Ten football went on hiatus, Tanner Morgan settled in with the rest of Minnesota's quarterbacks for some extra study of the details while getting up to speed on a new playbook.This summer football school of sorts featuring footwork, fronts and coverages was bound to pay off for Morgan at some point, whether or not the 2020 season was going to take place.Once the conference consented to playing this fall, Morgan and the Gophers got an even bigger boost when Rashod Bateman, the Big Ten re
  
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• Beau Biden: Who was Joe Biden’s youngest son and how did he die?

  14-10-2020 22:54
  
  2020 candidate's son — Delaware attorney general and Iraq War veteran — died in 2015
  
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• Activist suspected in Portland shooting was fired at 30 times by police, official says

  14-10-2020 22:54
  
  Activist suspected in Portland shooting was fired at 30 times by police, official says. Eyewitnesses have said that officers did not identify themselves before opening fire on Michael Reinoehl while he was in his car
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Sen. Cruz scrambles the stats on Obamacare

  14-10-2020 22:53
  
  Senators examining Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court heard a wildly inaccurate statement from one of their own Wednesday about how much health insurance premiums have risen since the inception of “Obamacare.”Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas scrambled the statistics on premium costs and took an errant swing at insurance company profits as he inveighed against the “catastrophic failure of Obamacare.”Republicans are on defense over the Affordable Care Act
  
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• Uneasy Merkel gets tougher on coronavirus, urges young not to party

  14-10-2020 22:52
  
  Germany's states agreed on Wednesday to extend measures against the spread of the coronavirus to larger parts of the country as new cases soared, but Chancellor Angela Merkel warned even tougher steps may be needed."What we do in the coming days and weeks will be decisive for how we get through this pandemic," Merkel said at a news conference after a meeting with the heads of Germany's 16 states, adding that the goal was to safeguard the economy."We are much closer to a second lockdown than we m
  
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• I’m a military wife whose father was in the World Trade Center. Let me tell you about patriotism in this election

  14-10-2020 22:51
  
  I grew up in New Jersey in the 1980s. My mom raised me on Jesus and my dad raised me on Fox News. And I’ve had a lot of time to think about the kind of patriot our country needs
  
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• Who is Barron Trump? Donald and Melania Trump's son tested positive for COVID-19

  14-10-2020 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BARRON TRUMP tested positive for COVID-19, according to US First Lady Melania Trump, who announced the news two weeks after she and her husband caught the disease this month. Who is Barron Trump?
  
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• Dodgers' Kershaw 'likely possibility' to start NLCS Game 4

  14-10-2020 22:49
  
  Clayton Kershaw is a likely possibility to start Game 4 of the National League Championship Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers if the left-hander's back continues to improve, manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday.Kershaw was scratched from the Game 2 start because of back spasms, and Roberts decided to stick with left-hander Julio Urías for Game 3 against Atlanta on Wednesday night.Game 4 of the neutral-site series in Texas is Thursday night.
  
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• Barrett responds to criticism she's 'inadequate' Ginsburg replacement

  14-10-2020 22:49
  
  Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, questions Supreme Court nominee on day three of confirmation hearings.
  
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• Electoral college: What is it, how does it work and why does the US use it?

  14-10-2020 22:48
  
  Democrats are calling to abolish the system, which has recently delivered the presidency to two Republicans who did not win the popular vote
  
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• Ariana Grande announces she’s releasing a new album ‘this month'

  14-10-2020 22:48
  
  Her most recent album thank u, next came out in February 2019
  
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• Panthers lose Short to shoulder injury; McCaffrey still out

  14-10-2020 22:47
  
  The Panthers have lost two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kawann Short to a shoulder injury for the second straight season, and 2019 All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey is not quite ready to return to action either.Panthers coach Matt Rhule said the 6-foot- 315-pound Short will need season-ending surgery on his right shoulder, but wouldn’t get into the specifics of the injury.Short missed the final 14 games of last season after tearing the rotator cuff in his left shoulder.
  
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• Malcolm Jenkins says therapy helps him cope with stress

  14-10-2020 22:43
  
  Malcolm Jenkins is passionate about many subjects, including mental health awareness.Jenkins, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Saints and Eagles, spent time Tuesday with students in New Orleans talking about the importance of mental health and psychological effects of racism.“I don’t think I have overcome (racism),” Jenkins told The Associated Press.
  
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