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• Chargers' defense looks to get back on track vs. Jaguars

  23-10-2020 23:58
  
  Gus Bradley has tried to be more aggressive in his strategy as Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator, but it has come at a cost.Injuries and coverage breakdowns have led to the Chargers becoming the first team in 17 years to blow 17-point leads in consecutive games.The second-half collapses and four-game losing streak have Los Angeles with a bigger chip on its shoulder going into Sunday's game against Jacksonville.
  
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• Too many countries in 'exponential' virus surge: WHO

  23-10-2020 23:56
  
  The northern hemisphere is facing a crucial moment in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization says, with too many countries witnessing an exponential increase in coronavirus cases.
  
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• Mixed-reality Mario Karts race around the home

  23-10-2020 23:55
  
  While rivals Microsoft and Sony race to be crowned champion in the next-generation console war, Nintendo has turned its attention to augmented reality with a new Mario Kart game.Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit lets players race around their own homes using remote-controlled cars, streaming live camera footage to the Switch console.BBC Click's Chris Fox went hands-on with the new game to see what it could add to the gaming experience.
  
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• 49ers will be without starting safeties vs. Patriots

  23-10-2020 23:55
  
  The San Francisco 49ers will be without starting safeties Jaquiski Tartt and Jimmie Ward for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots.Tartt injured his groin last week against the Rams and Ward strained his quadriceps in practice Thursday, and both were ruled out by coach Kyle Shanahan on Friday.The Niners will also be without running back Raheem Mostert and linebacker Kwon Alexander with ankle injuries.
  
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• Congressman mocked for saying crying wife had premonition ‘federal squads' coming to seize food and water

  23-10-2020 23:51
  
  Louisiana politician gets classified intelligence briefings as congressman
  
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• US election 2020: How many days until the presidential election? Timeline of key dates and election results

  23-10-2020 23:47
  
  A guide to primary states, conventions and debates
  
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• What time do the election night polls close?

  23-10-2020 23:39
  
  Closing times vary from state to state
  
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• Hundreds of thousands sign petition against using public money for MPs’ food after free school meals vote

  23-10-2020 23:35
  
  Creator says she ‘wanted to point out clear hypocrisy’
  
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• He Got Threatened and ‘Doxxed’—for Appearing in a Biden Ad

  23-10-2020 23:32
  
  The subject of a recent Joe Biden campaign ad says he and his family have faced vicious and disturbing harassment since the one-minute television spot debuted and sparked backlash from President Donald Trump’s campaign and his conservative media allies.“All I did was speak up for my employees and community, and yet this is the price my family and I have to pay?” Joe Malcoun said in an email shared with The Daily Beast.Earlier this week, Biden’s campaign released the natio
  
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• U.S. charges ex-editor of Kushner-owned newspaper with cyberstalking

  23-10-2020 23:31
  
  The former editor of a New York newspaper once owned by President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner was charged on Friday by federal prosecutors with cyberstalking three people in connection with his divorce.Prosecutors in Brooklyn said Ken Kurson, who is also a political consultant and former speechwriter for Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, sent threatening messages and used aliases to file false complaints against his victims in late 2015 amid the divorce proceedings.Kushner was n
  
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• Rennes fluff chance to top Ligue 1

  23-10-2020 23:30
  
  Rennes squandered a chance to go top of Ligue 1 on Friday night with a 2-1 reverse at home to Angers. Three days after making their debut in the Uefa Champions League, Julien Stephan’s men slumped to their first defeat of the Ligue 1 season.It started promisingly for the hosts. Adrien Hunou gave them the lead after 18 minutes at the Roazhon Park.But the Morocco international Sofiane Boufal levelled for the visitors nine minutes later and Angelo Fulgini hit the winner early in the seco
  
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• 'Left in lurch': Sunak under fire for lack of self-employed support

  23-10-2020 23:30
  
  Labour says hundreds of thousands of people will be left struggling under new schemeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAlmost half a million self-employed workers have been “left in the lurch” by government support covering just two-fifths of their normal income despite the launch of tougher coronavirus restrictions, Labour has warned.In an attack on the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, for offering thousands of people less support than was available during the
  
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• Anfield boss puts rivalry aside to praise Marcus Rashford for school meals drive

  23-10-2020 23:30
  
  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has praised Marcus Rashford for showing the kind of leadership the Government is failing to provide with his campaign for free school meals.
  
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• England fury as Barbarians' Covid-19 breaches force match cancellation

  23-10-2020 23:28
  
  England fury as Barbarians' Covid-19 breaches force match cancellation* Barbarians players discovered to have had second night out* Scrapped game could cost the RFU up to £1m
  
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• Doctor in patriotic Trump virus advert on Facebook was actually a Russian actress

  23-10-2020 23:28
  
  This is just the latest example of president’s team using foreign-made footage
  
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• Dead animal, brick with a name left at congressman's house

  23-10-2020 23:28
  
  An upstate New York congressman said he and his family were threatened with a dead animal and a brick bearing a family member’s name at his home Friday.The brick and the animal were found at Republican Rep. Tom Reed's house after 10:30 a.m., according to the Corning Police Department, which said it was working with state police and federal agencies to investigate, according to WIVB-TV.Neither Reed nor police specified what kind of animal it was or provided other details.
  
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• Giants trade LB Markus Golden to Arizona for draft picks

  23-10-2020 23:25
  
  The New York Giants have traded linebacker Markus Golden to the Arizona Cardinals for a sixth-round draft pick in 2021.The Giants announced the deal on Friday, less than 24 hours after losing a heart-breaker to Philadelphia to fall to 1-6.The NFL trading deadline is Nov. 3 and the Giants may be a seller with their chances of making the playoffs slipping.
  
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• Saints' Sanders on COVID reserve, Thomas out with hamstring

  23-10-2020 23:24
  
  New Orleans Saints receiver Emmanuel Sanders has tested positive for COVID-19 and Michael Thomas remained unable to practice on Friday because of a recent hamstring injury.Thomas, the 2019 AP Offensive Player of the Year after setting an NFL record with 149 catches in a season, was listed as out on the Saints' final injury report of the week.
  
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• Brexit news: EU talks resume as Andy Burnham and councils support Marcus Rashford free school meals campaign

  23-10-2020 23:24
  
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• Sources: Biden would immediately push for tax hikes if elected

  23-10-2020 23:22
  
  Fox Business Network senior correspondent Charlie Gasparino has the scoop on 'Your World'
  
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• President of Azerbaijan on the potential of a cease-fire with Armenia

  23-10-2020 23:12
  
  Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, spoke to Fox News about conditions for a cease-fire with Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory.
  
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• Borat says pro-Trump channel OAN took his ‘daughter’ inside the White House

  23-10-2020 23:05
  
  Unreleased footage also shows Tutar meeting Donald Trump Jr
  
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• £2.5m vase  stolen in 2019 Swiss burglary found in Mayfair

  23-10-2020 23:03
  
  A 15th century vase worth £2.5 million which was stolen during a burglary in Switzerland in 2019 has been recovered by police in Mayfair. The antique, described as "a one-off", is believed to have been taken in a burglary by an organised crime group based in London in June last year. Two men, aged 44 and 42, were arrested in Mayfair, west London, in connection with the theft of the vase, which dates back to the Chinese Ming Dynasty. Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Jimi Tele s
  
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• Donald Trump ploy backfires as Benjamin Netanyahu swerves invitation to criticise Joe Biden

  23-10-2020 23:01
  
  An attempt by Donald Trump to secure an election endorsement from the Israeli prime minister has backfired during a White House photo call.With reporters gathered in the Oval Office to mark the signing of a historic US-brokered peace deal between Israel and Sudan, the US president asked Benjamin Netanyahu, who was on speakerphone, if Joe Biden could have secured such a deal.
  
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• Wasps' Jack Willis: 'I’d trade all my awards to win the Premiership'

  23-10-2020 23:00
  
  Wasps' Jack Willis: 'I’d trade all my awards to win the Premiership'. Flanker has won all the individual honours this season to put himself firmly in England contention and with a title in sight
  
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• Rob Baxter seeks 'big Exeter-type' display against Wasps to seal double

  23-10-2020 23:00
  
  Rob Baxter seeks 'big Exeter-type' display against Wasps to seal double
  
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• Biden's warning on oil tests voter resolve on climate change

  23-10-2020 23:00
  
  Joe Biden is confronting the harsh political realities of combating climate change.The Democratic presidential nominee has spent months touting a $2 trillion plan to boost investment in clean energy and stop all climate-damaging emissions from the U.S. economy by 2050.The plan implied that he would wean the U.S. off oil and gas, but Biden wasn't so explicit about the industry's fate — until Thursday night.
  
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• AstraZeneca resuming US testing of COVID-19 vaccine

  23-10-2020 22:59
  
  AstraZeneca Inc. announced Friday that regulators are letting it resume testing of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the U.S.Testing of the vaccine was halted worldwide early last month because of a British study volunteer’s illness.Studies have already resumed in other countries, and the British drugmaker said the Food and Drug Administration gave the company the go-ahead Friday to resume U.S. testing.
  
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• AstraZeneca, J&J resuming US tests of COVID-19 vaccines

  23-10-2020 22:59
  
  Testing of AstraZeneca’s vaccine candidate had been halted since early September, while Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine study was paused at the beginning of last week.Each company had a study volunteer develop a serious health issue, requiring a review of safety data.The two coronavirus vaccines are among several candidates in final-stage testing, the last step before seeking regulatory approval.
  
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• Town on English-Welsh border vexed by differing virus rules

  23-10-2020 22:57
  
  With one part in England and one part in Wales, border town Knighton, with around 3,000 inhabitants, has to follow two different sets of Covid rules.
  
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• Paraguay authorities find at least seven bodies in fertilizer shipment

  23-10-2020 22:57
  
  Bodies, which public prosecutor said appeared to be stowaways, discovered when container opened on FridayAuthorities in Paraguay have found at least seven badly decomposed bodies inside a shipment of fertilizer that left Serbia three months ago.The container, which came via Argentina, was unloaded earlier this week at a port on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital, Asunción, and was collected by an agricultural company. Continue reading...
  
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• 'I Didn't Freak You Out, Did I?' Oklahoma Police Pull Drivers Over to Give Out Cinnamon Rolls

  23-10-2020 22:57
  
  Police gave drivers a sweet surprise in Moore, Oklahoma, on October 21, pulling them over to hand out cinnamon rolls and warnings for minor traffic infractions instead of tickets.Bodycam footage shows an officer pulling over a driver and asking for her license and insurance, before informing her she was driving 43 mph in a 40 mph zone. After taking her information and heading back to his vehicle, he returns with a paper bag.“This is a warning for your speed,” he says, handing her a p
  
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• Judge moves criminal case against Texas attorney general

  23-10-2020 22:56
  
  A judge on Friday ordered the long-running criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton returned to his home county in a legal victory for the Republican.Judge Jason Luong ruled that the securities fraud case should continue in Collin County, north of Dallas, siding with Paxton's defense attorneys who argued the case should be returned there after it was moved to Houston.Paxton pleaded not guilty in 2015 and the case has been stalled for yearsover legal challenges.
  
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• Crews battling largest wildfires in Colorado history brace for high winds

  23-10-2020 22:56
  
  Crews battling a string of wildfires in drought-stricken Colorado braced on Friday for the return of high winds that have stoked flames in what authorities have called an unprecedented outbreak of late-season wildfires.Three of the largest wildfires in Colorado's history have raged this year and two of them are still growing.The largest, the Cameron Peak Fire, has scorched more than 206,000 acres (83,360 hectares), according to the fire-reporting site InciWeb, and as of Friday morning it was 57
  
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• Josh Simm runs in hat-trick in St Helens' Super League demolition of Leeds

  23-10-2020 22:55
  
  Josh Simm runs in hat-trick in St Helens' Super League demolition of Leeds* St Helens 40-8 Leeds* Champions set for Super League play-offs after win
  
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• AP Source: Washington QB Haskins fined for breaking protocol

  23-10-2020 22:55
  
  Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins was fined by the team for breaking COVID-19 protocols, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.ESPN reported Haskins was fined $4,833 for making a reservation for a family friend at the team hotel last weekend when Washington visited the New York Giants, which is against the rules.Haskins traveled with the team last weekend after missing the previous week’s game with a stomach illness.
  
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• US election 2020 polls: Who is ahead - Trump or Biden?

  23-10-2020 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An in-depth look at the polls and what they can and can’t tell us about who will win the White House.
  
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• O'Brien: More nations could normalize ties with Israel before election

  23-10-2020 22:52
  
  National security adviser Robert O'Brien joins 'Bill Hemmer Reports' to discuss agreement between Israel, Sudan
  
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• Biden pledges free Covid vaccines for all Americans if elected president

  23-10-2020 22:51
  
  Democrat Joe Biden said Friday that if elected president he would mandate coronavirus vaccines be free for all Americans, part of a national strategy to "get ahead of this virus." "Once we have a safe and effective vaccine, it has to be free to everyone -- whether or not you're insured," Biden said in a speech laying out his pandemic response plan just 11 days before the US presidential election.President Donald Trump, who trails Biden in the polls, has also stressed that a vaccine -- which he s
  
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• Biden proposes federal mask mandate to stop Covid as Trump mocks reporter in Oval Office for wearing one

  23-10-2020 22:49
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he would press governors to mandate mask wearing if he is elected president."First, I'll go to every governor and urge them to mandate mask wearing in their states, and if they refuse, I'll go to the mayors and county executives and get local mask requirements in place nationwide," Mr Biden said."As president, I'll mandate mask wearing in all federal buildings and all interstate transportation, because masks save lives, period," he said.
  
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• Mexico City discourages large gatherings as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise

  23-10-2020 22:46
  
  The mayor of Mexico City, the country's largest city, on Friday called on residents to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people as the capital grapples with a surge of coronavirus hospitalisations.Health authorities have been warning that large gatherings, such as the Nov. 1-2 Day of the Dead festivities that usually draw hundreds of thousands of people nationwide, could prompt another wave of infections.The pandemic has led to more than 874,000 infections and killed nearly 87,900 people in Mexic
  
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• Patrick has emerged as Broncos' top target with Sutton out

  23-10-2020 22:45
  
  Tim Patrick has emerged as the NFL’s unlikeliest of go-to receivers.The 27-year-old wideout who arrived in Denver as a practice squad player in 2017 was buried on the Broncos’ depth chart behind Pro Bowler Courtland Sutton, highly touted rookies Jerry Jeudy and KJ Hamler, and 2018 fourth-rounder DaeSean Hamilton just two months ago.
  
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• Are China and the United States trying to tear the European Union apart?

  23-10-2020 22:45
  
  This week, Estonia hosted the Three Seas Summit. On paper, the initiative is aimed at improving infrastructure in 12 former Warsaw Pact states and Austria, countries that lie between the Baltic, the Black Sea and the Adriatic. But since its creation, the Three Seas Initiative has become the focus of increasing international tension.  The outcome of this year’s Three Seas Summit (TSI) in Estonia: a billion-dollar pledge of loans from Washington, a 200-million dollar investment by
  
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• US Election 2020: what's at stake?

  23-10-2020 22:43
  
  The Covid-19 pandemic, the economic crisis, continued protests against police violence and systemic racism. American voters are preparing to elect their next president in the midst of widespread division in the country. And with the candidates offering decidedly different visions about the future, the election has become about lot more than just a choice between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
  
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• Will Boris Johnson Turn From Santa Into Scrooge This Christmas?

  23-10-2020 22:40
  
  Time is running out, but he could still help children on free school meals over the festive period.
  
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• 2020 election polls – live: Biden smashes ad spend record as GOP pollster says ‘impossible’ for Trump to be re-elected after debate

  23-10-2020 22:40
  
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• Depleted Eagles get extra time to heal after comeback win

  23-10-2020 22:38
  
  The Philadelphia Eagles needed a desperate rally to beat the New York Giants.The Eagles (2-4-1) moved percentage points ahead of Dallas (2-4) in the NFC East and now have extra time to prepare for the Cowboys next week following a 22-21 comeback win over the Giants (1-6) on Thursday night.Carson Wentz threw a pair of touchdown passes in the final five minutes to lead depleted Philadelphia, which again finished the game with two healthy starters on offense.
  
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• Trump news - live: President hasn’t attended task force meeting in months, says Fauci as Biden outlines plan to beat Covid-19

  23-10-2020 22:37
  
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• In Brazil's richest city, works to clean a filthy river

  23-10-2020 22:36
  
  The Pinheiros River that runs through the heart of Sao Paulo makes its pollution known with a miasma that wafts across city streets, choking rich and poor alike.It’s an unwelcome feature of the city that is also Brazil’s wealthiest and the financial heart of Latin America.While the Pinheiros River is bordered by symbols of Brazil’s haves — gleaming glass office towers, multi-story apartments in the sky and a private school that charges the nation’s highest tuition &
  
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• Wildfire smoke may help virus spread, mouthwash helps curb it

  23-10-2020 22:34
  
  Large wildfires may be linked to increases in COVID-19 cases and deaths in the San Francisco area, according to a paper in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences.Researchers found that between March and September, increases in smoke particles, other wildfire pollutants and carbon monoxide levels corresponded to increases in daily COVID-19 diagnoses and total COVID-19 deaths.While correlation does not necessarily mean causality, coauthor Sultan Ayoub Meo of King Saud Univers
  
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