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• McMoney McManus: Broncos kicker nice safety net for offense

  20-10-2020 23:59
  
  Brandon McManus and his powerful right leg were benched for the New England game -- in quite a few fantasy football leagues, anyway.The Denver Broncos kicker took notice, too.From about midfield in, the Broncos (2-3) certainly have total confidence in “ McMoney" McManus, which he was jokingly called after recently inking a new deal.
  
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• Trump’s skilled immigrant visa ban cost firms $100 billion new report claims

  20-10-2020 23:52
  
  Figures based on corporate valuations before executive order introduced
  
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• Rashford returns to punish PSG in Champions League

  20-10-2020 23:52
  
  It was a case of déjà vu at the Parc des Princes as Marcus Rashford emerged to inflict defeat on Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night with another late winner for Manchester United. In March 2019 Rashford scored a stoppage-time penalty at the same venue to send Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men into the quarter-finals.Nearly 18 months on from those heroics, Rashford settled the opening game in the 2020/21 tournament with a rasping drive in the 87th minute."It’s
  
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• Ex-Mexican defense secretary is denied bail on drug charges

  20-10-2020 23:50
  
  A judge denied bail to Mexico's former defense secretary on Tuesday on charges of helping a Mexican cartel smuggle drugs to the United States in exchange for bribes, casting aside an argument that the retired general wouldn't flee because he was determined to exonerate himself.“My client has every intention of wanting to clear his name,” said Duane Lyons, attorney for Salvador Cienfuegos.U.S. District Judge Alexander MacKinnon in Los Angeles was unconvinced, saying the prospect that
  
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• All Residents Of A Kansas Nursing Home Test Positive For COVID-19

  20-10-2020 23:50
  
  Of the 62 residents, 10 have died. The news comes as nursing homes across the country report an increase in cases.
  
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• UK History Channel Under Fire for Featuring Guy with Suspected Neo-Nazi Tattoos

  20-10-2020 23:46
  
  The UK’s History channel is getting taken to school.On Monday, Sky HISTORY—the History channel’s counterpart across the pond—posted a promotional clip for its competition series The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker on Twitter. Featured contestant Darren Lumsden, a heavily-tattooed joiner from Bristol, was portrayed as good-natured and folksy; contemplating the competition ahead, he described himself as “patient, to a degree.” But Twitter users quickly noti
  
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• The Latest: Cash appreciative of past interview with Rangers

  20-10-2020 23:44
  
  Before Kevin Cash was hired as a first-time manager with the Tampa Bay Rays in December 2014, he had also been interviewed by the Texas Rangers for their vacancy that offseason.Now Cash is leading the Rays in their first World Series since 2008, which is being played in the Rangers’ new $1.2 billion stadium with a retractable roof.Cash said he is still “extremely appreciative” of the opportunity the Rangers presented in that interview process, and said there was a time then tha
  
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• Spillane's shot: Steelers LB primed to replace injured Bush

  20-10-2020 23:32
  
  Robert Spillane doesn't have Devin Bush's pedigree.From the moment Spillane ran onto the field in the second quarter against the Browns while Bush slowly made his way to the sideline and ultimately to injured reserve, the message Spillane received from his teammates was simple: don't worry about trying to be Bush-light.
  
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• Out of Her Mind review – intricate comedy gets into Sara Pascoe's head

  20-10-2020 23:30
  
  Out of Her Mind review – intricate comedy gets into Sara Pascoe's head. Continuing the recent surge of strong, female-led series, this six-parter highlights the distressing side of long-term singledom, via sharp, fourth wall-shattering observations
  
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• Failure to act on Covid 'circuit breaker' will cost billions – Labour

  20-10-2020 23:30
  
  Failure to act on Covid 'circuit breaker' will cost billions – Labour. Anneliese Dodds says delaying England-wide shutdown will damage economy further
  
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• DC debuts smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure alert system

  20-10-2020 23:30
  
  The nation’s capital has become one of the first jurisdictions in the country to employ a new COVID-19 notification system, a joint Google-Apple venture that delivers alerts to people’s phones, notifying them that they may have been exposed to the coronavirus.Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday urged all residents with Apple or Android smartphones to opt in to the new DC COVID Alert Notice system, or DC CAN.The new Exposure Notification Express model is a major tweak to existing Google-Ap
  
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• Berlin: vandalism of museum artefacts 'linked to conspiracy theorists'

  20-10-2020 23:28
  
  Berlin: vandalism of museum artefacts 'linked to conspiracy theorists'Use of oily substance across three galleries reportedly related to claims they are centre of ‘global satanism’
  
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• Feds say US colleges 'massively' underreport foreign funding

  20-10-2020 23:23
  
  A scathing report from the Trump administration on Tuesday concluded that top U.S. universities have “massively underreported” funding they accept from China, Russia and other nations described as “foreign adversaries.”The Education Department released the report amid its effort to enforce a 1986 law requiring U.S. universities to disclose gifts and contracts of $250,000 or more from foreign sources.The department’s findings are primarily based on investigationsit h
  
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• Scots to face five levels of lockdown under Sturgeon's 'more severe' alert system

  20-10-2020 23:22
  
  Scots in areas with severe Covid outbreaks will face being placed into near-full lockdowns under a new five-tier system to be unveiled by Nicola Sturgeon this week. The Daily Telegraph understands that the First Minister’s version of Boris Johnson’s “traffic light” system will include two more alert levels than in England, including an upper “extreme” tier as well as a lower “tier zero”, under which life would resemble pre-pandemic normality. Those
  
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• NYPD says union's Trump endorsement won't affect enforcement

  20-10-2020 23:21
  
  The New York Police Department said Tuesday that a police union's endorsement of President Donald Trump shouldn't sway how officers treat people who protest or vote against the president.“When we put on this uniform, we are apolitical,” Chief of Department Terence Monahan said.The Police Benevolent Association, the city's largest police union, broke with a longstanding tradition of not endorsing presidential candidates and threw its support behind Trump in August.
  
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• Big Tech CEOs under pressure to voluntarily appear before Congress

  20-10-2020 23:20
  
  Senate panel considering subpoenas; Judiciary Committee member Thom Tillis joins 'Your World' to discuss
  
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• Macron ramps up anti-extremism campaign in wake of beheading

  20-10-2020 23:18
  
  IMAGESMarlène Schiappa, Deputy Minister for Citizenship meets French bosses from major social networks and platforms (Facebook Twitter, Google, Tiktok and Snapchat) as part of the "fight against cyber-Islamism", four days after the savage murder of a professor in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
  
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• Coronavirus: Belgium was cited as a model for the UK to follow, now its hospitals face being overrun

  20-10-2020 23:18
  
  An intensive care specialist in Belgium's worst-hit COVID-19 region has told Sky News he fears the moment when the hospital is full and he has to choose who will live and who will die."What I fear is the moment when the hospital is full of patients and we have to choose which patient is able to survive and which patient is not," he told Sky News.On glass door after glass door in the corridor where we talk, there are large orange signs saying "COVID Confirmed".
  
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• Man City v Porto: Champions League match preview

  20-10-2020 23:17
  
  Pep Guardiola's Manchester City will be hoping to put the ghosts of their last Champions League campaign to rest as they face Porto in their first match of the new season.
  
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• Trump environmental rollback spurs mining near Okefenokee

  20-10-2020 23:16
  
  A mining company said Tuesday that it plans to dig for minerals without a federal permit at the edge of the vast wildlife refuge in the Okefenokee Swamp, a big step for a once-embattled project that's now benefiting from the Trump administration's rollback of environmental rules.For more than a year, Twin Pines Minerals pursued a permit under the federal Clean Water Act to mine less than 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) from the home of the largest U.S. wildlife refuge east of the Mississippi River.The
  
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• 'Kamala' becomes a rally call against GOP senator in Georgia

  20-10-2020 23:14
  
  Democrats are seizing on Republican Sen. David Perdue’s comments at a recent rally in which he made a spectacle of struggling to pronounce the name of Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, with critics accusing Georgia’s senior senator of mocking her and being out of touch with the rapidly diversifying state.Blowback to Perdue's comments has provided a late boost to Perdue's Democratic challenger, Jon Ossoff, as he seeks to score an upset by winning one of Geo
  
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• 2020 US election: When will the results be announced and when will the winner be known?

  20-10-2020 23:14
  
  Academics are warning not to expect results of the US election immediately after the 3 November vote
  
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• Nigerian security forces open fire on protesters in Lagos

  20-10-2020 23:11
  
  Nigerian security forces open fire on protesters in LagosCrackdown as rallies against police brutality continue in defiance of government curfew
  
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• Nigerian security forces open fire in Lagos as protesters fight police brutality – video

  20-10-2020 23:09
  
  Nigerian security forces have opened fire on hundreds of protesters in Lagos, as rallies against police brutality continued in defiance of a 24-hour curfew. Footage shared on social media shows shots being fired in the Lekki district of Africa's largest city. Demonstrators continued their protest against the notorious Sars police unit, now dissolved but long-accused of extra-judicial killings, torture and extortion. The government has adopted measures including judicial panels to investigat
  
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• Leaked strategy paper 'shows Tory panic' over the union

  20-10-2020 23:09
  
  Continuing to dismiss calls for a new independence referendum could be counterproductive but the campaign to save the union is “rudderless”, senior Tories have been secretly warned. A leaked strategy document prepared by a political consultancy firm with links to the Conservatives, and circulated to figures including Michael Gove, put forward a series of possible tactics for dealing with a surge in support for the SNP and independence. The memo, which was obtained by the Bloomberg ne
  
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• Pumpkin Tossed Through Windshield on Indiana Interstate

  20-10-2020 23:06
  
  A pumpkin thrown from an overpass above Interstate 70 near Danville, Indiana, smashed through the windshield of a 20-year-old driver’s vehicle on Sunday, October 18, local media reported.Caleb Needham posted a series of photos from the incident to his Instagram page, writing: “Not all pumpkins are bad pumpkins, but on a real note blessed to have come out of the incident alive and with no injuries.”According to reports, Needham was on the highway early Sunday morning, traveling
  
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• 2020 election: How many days until the US presidential election? Key dates, debates and results timeline

  20-10-2020 23:06
  
  A guide to primary states, conventions and debates
  
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• Human remains found in search for Tulsa massacre victims

  20-10-2020 23:05
  
  One set of human remains, and perhaps a second, have been found in a Tulsa cemetery where investigators are searching for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Tuesday.“We do have one confirmed individual and the possibility of a second” body found, Stackelbeck said.The confirmed human remains were found little more than 3 feet (90 centimeters) underground in an area known as the “Original 18,” where funeral home recor
  
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• Netflix reports a summer slump in subscriber growth

  20-10-2020 23:04
  
  Netflix’s subscriber growth slowed dramatically during the summer months after a surge in the spring fueled by pandemic lockdowns that corralled millions of people in their homes.The summer slump came as more people sought distraction from the pandemic outdoors and major U.S. professional sports resumed play, offering other entertainment alternatives to the world’s most popular video streaming service.The drop-off disclosed Tuesday in Netflix’s latest earnings report was more d
  
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• Senate Republicans try to ignore Trump's attacks on Fauci

  20-10-2020 23:03
  
  President Donald Trump’s pre-election broadsides against Dr. Anthony Faucidrew mild rebuke and little buy-in Tuesday from Capitol Hill, as Senate Republicans tried to avoid linking themselves too closely to the president's name-calling and the White House's overall COVID-19response.With the coronavirus surging nationwide, in record-setting new caseloads and a worrisome rising death toll, the president's allies see little use in attacking Fauci, the government's top infectious disease speci
  
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• Cardinals rising in NFC thanks to much-improved defense

  20-10-2020 23:03
  
  Kyler Murray had some big moments in his return to Texas, throwing a couple of touchdown passes and running for another score.“They played great,” Murray said.Arizona (4-2) looks like a legitimate factor in the NFC's playoff race and one huge reason is the improvement of the defense.
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell deposition should be unsealed quickly, judge rules

  20-10-2020 23:02
  
  Lawyers had argued that the transcripts should remain sealed in part to protect her right to a fair trialTranscripts of interviews lawyers conducted with Ghislaine Maxwell involving her former boyfriend, the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, should be released as soon as possible, a New York judge ordered on Tuesday. Related: Coronavirus economic relief deal beckons as Pelosi, Mnuchin resume talks - liveContinue reading...
  
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• Hong Kong banks told to report potential breaches of security law

  20-10-2020 23:01
  
  Hong Kong banks told to report potential breaches of security law. Transactions that could violate Beijing-imposed law should be treated the same as if financing terrorism, says guidance
  
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• Optimism for COVID-19 stimulus deal wanes as Election Day nears

  20-10-2020 22:59
  
  Robert Wolf and Kathryn Rooney Vera join 'Your World' to discuss the impact of a potential deal on markets
  
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• ‘Wrong issues' and 'wrong message': Top GOP pollster attacks Trump campaign as worst he's ever seen

  20-10-2020 22:59
  
  ‘Hunter Biden does not help put food on the table … help anyone get a job … provide health care or solve Covid,' says Frank Luntz
  
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• More than 35 million votes already cast in 2020 presidential election

  20-10-2020 22:58
  
  University of Florida Professor Michael McDonald breaks down the numbers on 'Bill Hemmer Reports'
  
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• Junior MasterChef weekly recap: 'I'm about to cry!'

  20-10-2020 22:58
  
  Junior MasterChef weekly recap: 'I'm about to cry!'. In the second week of the series, the tiny cooks are confronted with tough challenges and the spectre of their own mortality
  
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• Florida smashes opening day record for early voting numbers

  20-10-2020 22:58
  
  Bill Hemmer gives his analysis at the big board on 'The Daily Briefing'
  
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• Trump Finally Slaps Google, and Protects Democracy

  20-10-2020 22:57
  
  Sometimes Donald Trump does the right thing, even if it may be for the wrong reasons. His Justice Department’s late-term assault on Google for its monopolistic tyranny over search and digital advertising in precisely what is needed. Some may paint this as the last desperate act of a fading tyrant, but in reality it may be the most important move to protect democracy in recent years.The anti-trust suit, filed just weeks before the election, is just the latest example of the growing gap betw
  
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• Ivanka Trump mocked for saying she's been using pandemic to learn guitar, as eight million fall into poverty

  20-10-2020 22:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>‘Lucky she doesn’t have to worry about rent or food,’ says one Twitter user</p>
  
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• Ivanka Trump mocked for saying she's been using pandemic to learn guitar, as eight million fall into poverty

  20-10-2020 22:54
  
  ‘Lucky she doesn’t have to worry about rent or food,’ says one Twitter user
  
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• Debate commission announces new rules muting candidate microphones

  20-10-2020 22:47
  
  Former deputy White House chief of staff Karl Rove joins 'Bill Hemmer Reports' with reaction.
  
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• Bill Cosby, now 83, grins in newly released prison mug shot

  20-10-2020 22:43
  
  A newly released prison mug shot shows Bill Cosby smiling with a disposable mask hanging off his face.The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recently updated Cosby’s mug shot, something routinely done to document changes to inmates' appearance as they age.Cosby's new photo was taken Sept. 4.
  
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• Pastry week sees fifth contestant leave the Bake Off tent

  20-10-2020 22:40
  
  Another star baker was crowned.
  
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• CNN’s Keilar Slams Fox’s Bartiromo for Peddling B.S. ‘That Can Only Be Described as Propaganda’

  20-10-2020 22:35
  
  CNN anchor Brianna Keilar tore into Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday over the pro-Trump host’s penchant for using “conspiracy theories” and “propaganda” to boost the president.In recent weeks, Bartiromo—who has evolved from respected financial reporter to “conspiratorial and occasionally alt-right-assisted Trump” cheerleader—has gone out of her way to amplify some of the more sordid conspiracies in Trumpworld, including
  
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• Plantwatch: Australia's giant stinging trees – 35m tall with a poison that can last for months

  20-10-2020 22:30
  
  Plantwatch: Australia's giant stinging trees – 35m tall with a poison that can last for months. Scientists are hoping that research into Dendrocnide excelsa could lead to new painkillers
  
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• Left-wing, right-wing protest groups clash in major US cities

  20-10-2020 22:29
  
  Fox News reporter Alex Hogan has the latest on 'Fox News @ Night.'
  
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• Less carbon, more electric vehicles: automakers prepare for potential Biden win

  20-10-2020 22:27
  
  Automakers are gearing up for tough new vehicle emissions rules and policies favoring electric vehicles if Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wins the White House.Biden and U.S. President Donald Trump both need the votes of auto workers in Midwestern swing states such as Michigan and Ohio, and both say they want automakers to create more auto jobs in the United States, rather than Mexico or China.From there, Trump's and Biden's policies for autos and transportation diverge, presenting a
  
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• Bystanders rescue elderly couple from sinking car

  20-10-2020 22:25
  
  Bystanders helped rescue an elderly couple from a sinking car after it careered into a New York state canal.
  
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• 'I’ve had a long and serious talk with her': Schumer sidesteps chatter over booting Feinstein after Supreme Court hearings

  20-10-2020 22:25
  
  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer declined to shed light on the internal party dynamics surrounding Senator Dianne Feinstein’s leadership of Democrats on the Judiciary Committee after liberals skewered her for being too deferential to Republicans at the Amy Coney Barrett hearings.Ms Feinstein, a California Democrat who has served in the Senate since 1992, was outwardly cordial with Ms Barrett last week, and even commended the Judiciary Committee’s Republican chairman, Lindsey Grah
  
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