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• Developer tied to Texas AG says feds tampered with warrants

  29-10-2020 23:56
  
  On a summer morning last year, FBI agents arrived at the home of a prominent real estate developer in Austin and began scouring the palatial French-style chateau for documents, videos and photographs as part of an investigation that remains under wraps.Nate Paul alleges in a criminal complaint obtained by The Associated Press that the agents detained him during their hours-long search and repeatedly refused to show him their warrant.Meanwhile, details of the FBI probe remain undisclosed.
  
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• Songbird first look: Film described as ‘Romeo and Juliet, but in the pandemic’ revealed

  29-10-2020 23:54
  
  ‘Songbird’ is set in the year 2024, where the virus has mutated and is known as ‘Covid-23’
  
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• Two armed Metropolitan police officers charged in shooting of suspected robber

  29-10-2020 23:52
  
  Police officer who shot suspect charged with wounding with intent
  
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• How important are issues of crime, law and order to American voters?

  29-10-2020 23:51
  
  Fox News national correspondent William La Jeunesse joins 'Special Report' from Los Angeles
  
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• Hackers stole $2m from Trump reelection fund, claims Wisconsin GOP

  29-10-2020 23:50
  
  Hackers redirected payments to vendors providing direct mail services and hats
  
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• Surging Lions face a tougher test against rested Colts

  29-10-2020 23:49
  
  The Detroit Lions have changed the conversation about their team by beating bad teams, the one-win Atlanta Falcons and Jacksonville Jaguars.“We've just got to keep doing what we do and get this city and this team and this organization what they want, which is wins,” Lions linebacker Reggie Ragland said.The Lions (3-3) have won consecutive games for the first time in more than a year.
  
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• Robodebt scandal: more than 3,000 deceased estates owed refunds by Australian government

  29-10-2020 23:49
  
  Robodebt scandal: more than 3,000 deceased estates owed refunds by Australian governmentServices Australia says it has paid $697m of the $721m it agreed to repay after conceding Centrelink program unlawful
  
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• Iowa Senate race heats up as Biden clings to small polling lead

  29-10-2020 23:49
  
  Fox News correspondent Garrett Tenney joins 'Special Report' with the latest from Des Moines
  
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• Mayfield, better Browns back home to face Raiders before bye

  29-10-2020 23:48
  
  Back when he was a TV commentator and dubbed a quarterbacks guru, Raiders coach Jon Gruden dissected Baker Mayfield's game and decided he loved it.“The guy is an excellent quarterback,” Gruden said.Mayfield shook off an 0 for 5 start and the loss of wide receiver Odell Beckham to a season-ending knee injury last week by completing 21 straight passes and throwing five touchdown passes — the last with 11 seconds left — as the Browns outslugged the Cincinnati Bengals 37-34.
  
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• Trump says US allies are 'in many ways worse than the enemy' and claims Germany preferred Obama

  29-10-2020 23:46
  
  US president was speaking at campaign rally in Florida
  
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• Trump news – live: President cancels rally over high winds, as he threatens 'Anonymous' whistleblower with 'bad things'

  29-10-2020 23:40
  
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• Osiris-Rex: Nasa asteroid probe ready to return to Earth after leak

  29-10-2020 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Osiris-Rex probe is now safely carrying rock from an asteroid several million kilometres from Earth.
  
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• Evacuation orders lifted as crews make headway on Southern California wildfires

  29-10-2020 23:40
  
  The last of several mandatory evacuation orders were lifted on Thursday, though voluntary evacuations were still recommended in some areas, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said at a briefing.In Lake Forest, where the last of 11,000 evacuees were allowed back into their homes on Thursday, smoke continued to linger, city management services Director Brett Channing said.The neighboring city of Irvine, where evacuation orders were lifted on Wednesday, declared its air quality unhealthy downwind fro
  
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• Blue Ridge Fire Nears Highway in Chino Hills, California

  29-10-2020 23:39
  
  The Blue Ridge Fire burning in California’s Orange County had spread to over 14,000 acres and was at 30 percent containment on Thursday, October 29, officials reported.This footage was posted to Instagram by Stevenimich A Archangel, who said he captured it as he drove along Route 71 on the way to Pasadena on Tuesday, the day after the fire started.More than 8,000 homes in the path of the fire had been evacuated by October 27, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.All evacuation ord
  
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• Reed & React: Broncos OLB steps in again, makes most of shot

  29-10-2020 23:36
  
  Malik Reed isn’t trying to be Von Miller.Same sort of thing as last year, too, when the Denver Broncos outside linebacker took over for a sidelined Bradley Chubb.Lately, Reed's been quite a handful.
  
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• Bills don't miss Brady in preparing to face Newton-led Pats

  29-10-2020 23:36
  
  Buffalo Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White was happy to bid Tom Brady good riddance once he departed New England and the AFC East for Tampa Bay this offseason — with but one slight regret.Difficult as it was to spend his first three seasons facing the Patriots' Brady-led offense twice a year, White lamented how he never beat Brady.“Yeah, that’s something that’s bothering me,” White acknowledged as the Bills (5-2) prepare to host the Patriots (2-4) on Sunday.
  
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• Coronavirus forces Mexicans to celebrate Day of the Dead early

  29-10-2020 23:30
  
  Mexicans this year paid their respects early to departed loved-ones in the capital city, where the coronavirus pandemic will cast a pall over cemeteries usually resplendent with color and light during the Nov. 1-2 Day of the Dead celebrations.The festive tradition typically draws thousands of people to burial grounds and public plazas across Mexico, many dressed as skeletons, to picnic at gravesides and decorate altars with sugar skulls and photos of dead friends and relatives.At the Xilotepec P
  
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• Biden accuses Trump of using Supreme Court to destroy ObamaCare

  29-10-2020 23:27
  
  The Democratic nominee puts pressure on the president in Florida; Peter Doocy has the latest on 'Special Report'
  
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• Trump touts record-shattering GDP growth amid surging COVID numbers

  29-10-2020 23:26
  
  Fox News chief White House correspondent John Roberts has the latest on 'Special Report'
  
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• US election 2020: What to look out for on election night

  29-10-2020 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Americans will pick their next president on 3 November. Here's what to look for as results roll in.
  
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• Brady and Bucs rolling coming to NJ to face Judge and Giants

  29-10-2020 23:22
  
  Before getting the New York Giants job, Joe Judge was mentored by two of the football's best active coaches: Nick Saban of Alabama and Bill Belichick of the Patriots.It probably wouldn't be wrong to add a third name to the group: Tom Brady.Judge and Brady will be on different sidelines Monday night when the NFC South-leading Bucs (5-2) face Judge and his struggling Giants (1-6) at MetLife Stadium.
  
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• Travis Roy, BU player paralyzed in first game, dies at 45

  29-10-2020 23:20
  
  Travis Roy, the Boston University hockey player who was paralyzed 11 seconds into his first college shift and went on to be a motivational speaker and advocate for spinal chord injury survivors, has died.“It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of Travis Roy,” the school said in a post on Facebook.Roy was a 20-year-old freshman making his debut for the reigning NCAA champions in the 1995-96 season opener when he crashed headfirst into the boards after checking a North Dakot
  
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• BBC teases return of Holby City with new trailer

  29-10-2020 23:13
  
  The programme will air next month.
  
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• Walmart pulls firearms, ammunition from U.S. store floors as civil unrest flares

  29-10-2020 23:11
  
  Walmart Inc removed firearms and ammunition from U.S. store floors this week to protect customers and employees as tensions across the country have been rising, the world's largest retailer said on Thursday.The move comes days before the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3, with many worried that the result could be contested or spark violence."We have seen some isolated civil unrest and as we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we have moved our firearms and ammunition off
  
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• Seahawks host 49ers in another key NFC West showdown

  29-10-2020 23:07
  
  While running out to the best start in franchise history and becoming the last unbeaten team in the NFC, the Seattle Seahawks knew the reality of where they stood wouldn’t come until they started division play.It took one week for that reality to slap Seattle with a reminder how tough it will be to navigate the NFC West.“That last game helped us out a lot with just being able to get a perspective back right,” Seattle wide receiver Tyler Lockett said.
  
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• Barbarians cancellation reduces rugby to 'laughing stock', says Eddie Jones

  29-10-2020 23:04
  
  Barbarians cancellation reduces rugby to 'laughing stock', says Eddie Jones* England v Barbarians was cancelled after Baa Baas left hotel* England to hand Jonny Hill a debut against Italy
  
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• Wandsworth: Stab victim dies in hospital after street fight

  29-10-2020 23:03
  
  Officers saw large number of males fighting on street just before 5pm
  
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• ‘No legal case’ to try sheikh over alleged sex attack

  29-10-2020 23:02
  
  A sheikh and Emirati cabinet minister will not be prosecuted for the alleged sexual assault and torture of a Hay Festival curator, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on Thursday. Caitlin McNamara, 32, had claimed Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, 69, had kissed and groped her when she went to visit him at his private island villa in February to discuss Hay’s first literary festival in Abu Dhabi. Her lawyers had hoped the CPS would be able to prosecute the Gulf royal under the
  
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• Mo Farah's Olympic hopes could be hit by I'm a Celebrity, says UKA chief

  29-10-2020 23:00
  
  Mo Farah's Olympic hopes could be hit by I'm a Celebrity, says UKA chief
  
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• Mike Tyson, Roy Jones promise a fight in "exhibition" return

  29-10-2020 23:00
  
  Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. got permission from California's athletic commission to return to the boxing ring next month because their fight would be strictly an exhibition of their once-unparalleled skills.Promoters of the pay-per-view spectacle announced that Los Angeles' Staples Center will be the site of the 54-year-old Tyson's return to boxing on Nov. 28 for an eight-round main event against the 51-year-old Jones.
  
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• Chiefs' Bell to face former team as Jets visit Arrowhead

  29-10-2020 22:58
  
  Chiefs coach Andy Reid doesn't subscribe to the notion of payback in the business of professional football.As the Chiefs prepare to play the New York Jets on Sunday, Reid knows one of the intriguing subplots will be running back Le'Veon Bell's first shot at his former team.The two-time All-Pro joined the Chiefs after a rather acrimonious split with the Jets a couple weeks ago.
  
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• Faraimo and Naulago at the double to give Hull derby victory over Hull KR

  29-10-2020 22:52
  
  Faraimo and Naulago at the double to give Hull derby victory over Hull KR
  
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• 'The Five' react to Trump, Biden holding dueling Florida rallies

  29-10-2020 22:44
  
  Presidential candidates descend on key swing state five days before polls close
  
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• Trump, Biden campaign in Florida with five days to go until election

  29-10-2020 22:42
  
  RealClearPolitics president and co-founder Tom Bevan weighs in 'Your World with Neil Cavuto'
  
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• Senator Mike Lee says fact-checking is form of censorship

  29-10-2020 22:42
  
  Republicans argue that liberal voices are ‘censored’ more than liberal ones
  
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• Pennsylvania could decide the election. This is what’s happening on the ground

  29-10-2020 22:40
  
  In 2016, I lined up to join Hillary Clinton’s victory party in Independence Park. This time round, I’m trying not to be so optimistic
  
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• Feds wrongly tell new US citizens they missed chance to vote

  29-10-2020 22:40
  
  Federal immigration officials acknowledged Thursday that they erroneously told some new U.S. citizens in Massachusetts that they could not vote in next week's election because they had missed the state's voter registration deadline.U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which oversees the citizenship process, said officials at some recent naturalization ceremonies mistakenly told new citizens they were ineligible to vote because the Oct. 24 registration deadline had passed.State law, however
  
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• Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes in Las Vegas

  29-10-2020 22:36
  
  At least two people were killed after a small plane crashed in south Las Vegas on Thursday morning, October 29, according to local media, citing officials.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that a twin-engine Cessna 310 had taken off from North Las Vegas Airport and was en route to San Diego when it crashed into an under-construction home and burst into flames, reports said.Footage from the scene, shot by Treyy Johnson, shows fire engulfing the remains of the aircraft immediatel
  
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• Dr. Siegel: 'Probable' Europe's new coronavirus wave comes to US

  29-10-2020 22:33
  
  Fox News medical contributor explains why virus has become more transmissible, but less deadly on 'Bill Hemmer Reports'
  
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• NorthStar satellite system to monitor threat of space debris

  29-10-2020 22:30
  
  NorthStar satellite system to monitor threat of space debrisSpace-based service will alert users to potential collisions between satellites and orbital junk
  
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• US election 2020: The 750,000 people you didn’t know could vote

  29-10-2020 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of thousands of people in US jails are entitled to vote in 2020 - but most have no idea.
  
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• Jack Nicklaus backs Donald Trump to prevent a 'socialist America'

  29-10-2020 22:28
  
  Jack Nicklaus, the golfer, has urged Americans to vote for Donald Trump in a ringing public endorsement. Nicklaus, 80, said he had already cast his vote for the president, and urged others to do the same to prevent a "socialist America". He said Mr Trump had already delivered on his promises and had been "more diverse than any other president". In a statement he said: "You might not like the way our president says or tweets some things – and trust me, I have told him that! – but I ha
  
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• Penn State's goal: Trying to stop Fields from having a day

  29-10-2020 22:23
  
  Penn State defensive tackle Antonio Shelton saw something new this week as he watched recent film of Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields.It’s an attribute that could make it even tougher for the 18th-ranked Nittany Lions to contain one of the country’s most mobile and accurate quarterbacks on Saturday when Fields and the third-ranked Buckeyes visit Beaver Stadium.“He’s not going down on first contact,” Shelton said.
  
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• Biden-supporting former Republican governor slams Trump

  29-10-2020 22:22
  
  Rick Snyder speaks out against Trump's fiscal policy, COVID response on 'Your World'
  
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• Titans defense hopes to shore things up against Bengals

  29-10-2020 22:20
  
  Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel sees an opportunity to change directions Sunday in Cincinnati.“We have to focus on taking care of the Titans and dealing with our own issues as they work through the week."Tennessee (5-1) has allowed opponents to convert third downs at a rate of 61%, the worst in the league.
  
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• AP PHOTOS: Teachers improvise to make hybrid learning work

  29-10-2020 22:20
  
  With state guidelines for social distancing making it impossible for all students to attend classes in person at the same time, educators prepared for a hybrid model of instruction.Educators now deliver their lessons to half empty classrooms as well as computer screens filled with faces of children logged in from home.As they move from desk to desk helping students with their lessons, they also remind those at home to unmute their computers so they can be heard responding to questions.
  
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• Donald Trump hails 'biggest and best' economic recovery in history ahead of US election

  29-10-2020 22:17
  
  Donald Trump hailed the "biggest and best" economic recovery in the history of the United States as he sought to convince voters that his policy of reopening the country was vindicated. With only days until the election newly released figures showed America's gross domestic product grew at an annualised rate of 33.1 per cent in the three months to September 30, obliterating all previous records. Mr Trump said he was "so glad this great GDP number came out before November 3rd." He added: "Biggest
  
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• Harris target of more misinformation than Pence, data shows

  29-10-2020 22:16
  
  Long before Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced her as his running mate, Kamala Harris was the target of widespread online misinformation.Since being named to the presidential ticket, Harris has been at the center of online misinformation campaigns far more often — four times as much — than the white men who campaigned for the same job, according to a report from media intelligence firm Zignal Labs shared exclusively with The Associated Press.“The narratives rel
  
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• US election 2020: How many Americans have voted early so far?

  29-10-2020 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A record number of people have already cast their votes - and that will have an impact on the results process.
  
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• Facebook, Google, Amazon: Tech giants report higher profits despite economic downturn

  29-10-2020 22:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Five technology giants are reporting earnings Thursday, providing the latest indication of whether they are rebounding from an economic slowdown earlier this year
  
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