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• Michigan election results: Joe Biden wins critical midwestern state

  04-11-2020 23:59
  
  Rust belt state was one of Donald Trump’s most important victories in 2016
  
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• Gutfeld on the media and pollsters getting it wrong

  04-11-2020 23:59
  
  'The Five' co-host calls out political pundits who underestimated Trump's support
  
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• Denmark plans to cull millions of mink to prevent transmission of new strain of coronavirus to humans

  04-11-2020 23:56
  
  Denmark wants to cull all 15 million of its mink after the animals began to transmit a new strain of coronavirus to humans.Prime minister Mette Frederiksen said a report that maps coronavirus in Denmark has shown a mutation in the virus found in 12 people in the northern part of the country who got infected by mink.Health minister Magnus Heunicke said half the 783 human Covid-19 cases in northern Denmark "are related" to mink.
  
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• PSG and Rennes see red in Champions League collapses

  04-11-2020 23:55
  
  Paris Saint-Germain and Rennes both had players sent off as they suffered defeats in the Champions League on Wednesday night to complete a miserable third round of games in the group stages for French top flight outfits in European football’s most prestigious club competition. Following Marseille’s abject showing in their 3-0 defeat at Porto on Tuesday night, PSG at least started brightly at RB Leipzig and took the lead through Angel Di Maria after six minutes. The Argentina int
  
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• Four Italian regions to be put under lockdown, including Milan

  04-11-2020 23:53
  
  Four Italian regions are being put under new lockdown restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus.The “red zone” lockdown will impose severe limits on the circumstances under which people can leave home, prime minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Wednesday.What he called "very stringent" restrictions begin on Friday for Lombardy, Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta in the north, and for Calabria, which forms the southern toe of the Italian peninsula.
  
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• Which party will hold the keys to states’ legislative and congressional maps?

  04-11-2020 23:52
  
  Which party will hold the keys to states’ legislative and congressional maps?. Republicans and Democrats have a chance to gerrymander states in a way that will define the next decade
  
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• Election news - live: Trump bizarrely tweets he ‘hereby claims’ undeclared states as he sues to stop election

  04-11-2020 23:52
  
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• Cornerback crunch presents challenges for Zimmer, Vikings

  04-11-2020 23:51
  
  After Green Bay star Davante Adams caught the first of his three touchdowns against Minnesota on Sunday, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer was waiting to greet rookie cornerback Jeff Gladney when he reached the sideline.Zimmer expected the first-round draft pick to cover the outside, where Adams hadsprinted after cutting right in front of the goal line and making an easy catch in the corner of the end zone.Gladney was shaded too far inside, unable to recover in time.
  
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• Australia signs two more COVID-19 vaccine deals

  04-11-2020 23:50
  
  Australia signed two deals on Thursday to buy 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Novavax and 10 million from Pfizer and BioNTech as the country's virus hot spot reported zero cases for the sixth straight day.Thursday's agreements follow deals in September worth A$1.7 billion ($1.22 billion) with AstraZeneca and CSL Ltd for a total of nearly 85 million vaccine doses.The deals with Novax, Pfizer and BioNTech are worth about A$1.5 billion.
  
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• With a speech that was embarrassing to watch, Trump’s team just made it clear he’ll be the sorest loser of them all

  04-11-2020 23:47
  
  ‘We’re going to have a look at how many dead people have voted here,’ Giuliani said — and wouldn’t a zombie army of the Biden-supporting undead be very 2020?
  
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• Trump prematurely 'hereby claims' all remaining states despite uncounted ballots

  04-11-2020 23:47
  
  Twitter has flagged president’s tweets as content that is ‘disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process’
  
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• Election results - live: Trump ‘hereby claims’ undeclared states as he sues to block Biden win

  04-11-2020 23:46
  
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• Duke of Cambridge carries out first virtual royal duty since secret battle with Covid revealed

  04-11-2020 23:46
  
  Prince William highlighted the “unique challenge” facing emergency responders has carried out his first virtual royal duty since his secret battle with coronavirus was revealed.The Duke of Cambridge made no mention of his own experience of the disease as he delivered a pre-recorded video message to open The Fire Fighters Charity's Spirit of Fire Awards ceremony.In his message to The Fire Fighters Charity, the duke spoke of the "unique challenge" facing emergency responders during the
  
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• Wilbur The French Bulldog Declared 'Mayor' Of Tiny Kentucky Town

  04-11-2020 23:44
  
  The distinguished little fella received 13,143 votes, setting a new record in the community of Rabbit Hash, which has elected a dog as mayor since 1998.
  
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• Trump Orders Advisers to ‘Go Down Fighting’

  04-11-2020 23:42
  
  As Election Day turned into election week early Wednesday morning, Donald Trump had a simple message for his closest political and legal advisers as they began charting a plan to challenge and temporarily halt ballot counts in several key states: give them a court fight that “they’ll never forget.”The president’s remarks, relayed by two people familiar with them, came on the morning after an inconclusive election night, but one that seemed trending Joe Biden’s way.
  
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• ‘We don’t want to have a recount in any battleground states’: Trump’s 2012 tweet comes back to haunt him

  04-11-2020 23:40
  
  President’s campaign says they are seeking a recount
  
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• Sudan holds first unisex fashion shows after Bashir ouster

  04-11-2020 23:40
  
  In a move that would have been almost unthinkable under ousted Islamist president Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese designers organise a series of mixed-gender fashion shows to present their new lines.
  
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• Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter

  04-11-2020 23:40
  
  The election scrambled seats in the House and Senate but ultimately left Congress much like it began, deeply split as voters resisted big changes despite the heated raceat the top of the ticket for the White House.It’s an outcome that dampens Democratic demands for a bold new agenda, emboldens Republicans and almost ensures partisan gridlock regardless of who wins the presidency.Speaker Nancy Pelosi was on track to keep control of the Democratic House, but saw her majority shrinking and he
  
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• Biden says he's on course to win US election as Trump threatens to fight outcome

  04-11-2020 23:40
  
  Biden says he's on course to win US election as Trump threatens to fight outcomeDemocrat said ‘it’s clear that we’re winning enough states’ while president seeks to fire up supporters for bitter legal battle* US election live – follow all the latest updates
  
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• Timo Werner new no.1 penalty taker for Chelsea - and insists Jorginho ‘is cool’ with decision

  04-11-2020 23:38
  
  Timo Werner believes being Chelsea’s no.1 penalty-taker will help him score 20-plus goals this season – and insists Jorginho is “cool” with the new pecking order.Werner scored twice from the spot in Wednesday night’s 3-0 Champions League win over Rennes.Jorginho had been Chelsea’s first choice-taker heading into the season, having missed only once in his career, but he failed from 12 yards in the league meeting with Liverpool and again in the Champions League
  
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• Syria's Assad says billions locked in troubled Lebanese banks behind economic crisis

  04-11-2020 23:38
  
  Syrian President Bashar al Assad said billions of dollars ofdeposits held by his countrymen in Lebanon's financial sector that were blocked after a major financial crisis were a main cause of Syria's deepening economic crisis.Lebanese banks, fearing capital flight and grappling with an acute hard currency crunch, have since last year imposed tight controls on withdrawals and transfers abroad, drawing outrage from local and foreign depositors unable to access their savings.Assad said anywhere fro
  
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• Tate and Judge talk at length about his on-field complaints

  04-11-2020 23:34
  
  New York Giants coach Joe Judge and wide receiver Golden Tate talked at length after the wide receiver complained about not getting enough passes thrown his way and the player's wife later went on social media to echo his feelings.Judge refused to say whether Tate not being at the walk-through was punishment for Tate actions in a 25-23 loss to Tampa Bay in a nationally televised game Monday night.After catching a late 19-yard touchdown pass from Daniel Jones with 28 seconds to play in the fourth
  
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• Mikel Arteta dismisses Roy Keane’s claim that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was disrespectful to Arsenal manager

  04-11-2020 23:30
  
  Arteta responded to Keane’s claim that the Gunners captain was not showing his boss respect by calling him “Mikel”
  
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• Londoners hit the town one last time before new lockdown

  04-11-2020 23:30
  
  Londoners shrugged off a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic andflocked to pubs and restaurants on Wednesday night, hours before the introduction of a new month-long lockdown across England.While the UK's death toll from the coronavirus rose on Wednesday by 492, the most since mid-May, London's Soho entertainment district was busy with revellers seeking one last night out before lockdown.People will be ordered to stay at home from 0001 GMT on Thursday to combat a surge in new infections that scientists
  
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• Could recounts in battleground states overturn initial results?

  04-11-2020 23:29
  
  Fox News Decision Desk team member Daron Shaw and GOP pollster Lee Carter weigh in on 'Your World'
  
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• Trump hunkers down for legal fight on chaotic day that embodied his entire presidency

  04-11-2020 23:28
  
  Lawsuits, unsubstantiated tweets – and binoculars. The first post-election day was a poetic summary of Trump’s entire term
  
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• Chelsea FC player ratings and what we learned vs Rennes: Werner on the spot as Lampard shows depth of talent

  04-11-2020 23:28
  
  Timo Werner claims Chelsea’s squad is ‘abnormally’ good – and on this evidence it’s hard to dispute that assertion.Frank Lampard’s side cruised to a 3-0 win against Rennes to make it an unbeaten start in the Champions League, 10 games without defeat in all competitions and five straight clean sheets.Werner is one of those – and while he is still adjusting to life at Stamford Bridge, he struck twice from the spot to make it four goals in his last three ga
  
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• Matt Ratana funeral: Tributes paid to police officer 'with lion's heart' in live-streamed ceremony

  04-11-2020 23:27
  
  ‘It makes me very proud to see impact he has had,’ son says
  
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• Claim that Sharpie pens ruin Arizona ballots misses the mark

  04-11-2020 23:26
  
  As states across the U.S. release vote totals for the presidential election, some social media users are falsely claiming that ballots are being invalidated in Arizona.In what's come to be known as #Sharpiegate, social media posts suggest that election officials in Maricopa County provided voters with Sharpie pens, which interfered with ballots being recorded, specifically those for President Donald Trump.
  
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• US election: Joe Biden says it’s 'clear' he has enough votes to win as he inches closer to White House

  04-11-2020 23:20
  
  Joe Biden has said it is "clear" he is on track to win the US presidency as he advances in key states.The Democrat presidential candidate insisted "I'm not here to declare that we've won" but insisted he was on course to take key battlegrounds by bigger margins than Donald Trump did in 2016.At a speech in Delaware on Wednesday evening, Mr Biden said: "It is clear we are winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes”.
  
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• Kosovo war crimes suspect Krasniqi transferred to The Hague

  04-11-2020 23:19
  
  Former Kosovo Liberation Army spokesman and veteran Kosovar politician Jakup Krasniqi was arrested and transferred to The Hague on Wednesday, the Kosovo war crimes tribunal said in a statement.Krasniqi, the former speaker of parliament, will face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Kosovo Specialist Chamber added.The Specialist Chamber was set up in The Hague in 2015 to handle cases of alleged crimes by Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) guerrillas during the war that led to Kosovo'
  
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• Post-election vote tallying raises fresh security concerns

  04-11-2020 23:18
  
  Election Day came and went without any overt signs of foreign interference affecting the vote, but that doesn’t mean the risk has faded.A prolonged vote-tallying period in swing states raises the prospect of multiple security concerns, including foreign or domestic disinformation campaigns that could sow doubt in the process as well as actual digital manipulation of vote tabulation.There have been no indications, nevertheless, of any foreign activity that could alter the vote count or stop
  
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• Around the Pac-12: Top RBs look for yards in short season

  04-11-2020 23:18
  
  After thriving under coach Mike Leach and the Air Raid, Washington State running back Max Borghi has been presented with a new challenge in Nick Rolovich's run-and-shoot offense.Borghi never considered opting out.Borghi is among several gifted Pac-12 running backs who have returned for this coronavirus-shortened season, joining Oregon’s CJ Verdell and Oregon State’s Jermar Jefferson, among others.
  
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• Denmark wants to cull millions of mink to prevent transmission of new strain of coronavirus to humans

  04-11-2020 23:17
  
  Denmark wants to cull all 15 million of its mink after the animals began to transmit a new strain of coronavirus to humans.Prime minister Mette Frederiksen said a report from a government agency that maps coronavirus in Denmark has shown a mutation in the virus found in 12 people in the northern part of the country who got infected by mink.Health minister Magnus Heunicke said half the 783 human Covid-19 cases in northern Denmark "are related" to mink.
  
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• Why is Pennsylvania still counting votes after Election Day?

  04-11-2020 23:14
  
  Fox News correspondent Bryan Llenas breaks down the process live from Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
  
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• Election results - live: Giuliani leads Trump campaign attack on US democracy as they sue to stop Biden

  04-11-2020 23:14
  
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• Horse racing seeking to implement variety of safety reforms

  04-11-2020 23:13
  
  A movement is underway in horse racing to clean up the sport by enacting uniform safety standards that everyone in the industry would have to abide by.In the meantime, different states and tracks are implementing rules to address concerns about doping, medication and optics.The rules include eliminating performance-enhancing substances, restricting the use of an anti-bleeding medication and placing limits on the use of a bronchodilator that can enhance muscle development.
  
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• Joe Biden bullish but down-ballot races deliver disappointment for Democrats

  04-11-2020 23:12
  
  Joe Biden bullish but down-ballot races deliver disappointment for DemocratsEven if Democrats claim the White House the failure to win the Senate presages continued legislative gridlock* US election 2020 – live updates
  
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• Rudy Giuliani and Eric Trump launch furious attack on US democracy and promise wave of lawsuits to stop Biden

  04-11-2020 23:11
  
  Giuliani claimed at the Philadelphia press conference, ‘We’re going to win this election. We’ve actually won it.'
  
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• Mike Bloomberg spent more than $100m to help Biden in states that Trump won

  04-11-2020 23:11
  
  Mr Bloomberg spent an additional $15m on doomed efforts in Ohio and Texas.
  
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• US election 2020: 'Dicey' atmosphere as 'poll watchers' demand to be let in to Detroit count

  04-11-2020 23:10
  
  You could see the tension even before I'd entered the counting hall in Detroit.One official warned me the atmosphere was "dicey" - explaining the crowd of people trying to get in were "poll watchers" or "poll challengers" as they're known.Officials have started covering windows in the hall to try to prevent the crowd outside from disturbing the counting - some responded by banging on the windows and officials from the opposing side have been tearing the covers down.
  
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• Lions place QB Matthew Stafford on Reserve/COVID-19 list

  04-11-2020 23:10
  
  Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, the second straight day the team gave a player the designation.The Lions announced Stafford’s status on Wednesday after finishing practice.Earlier in the day, Matt Patricia said there was no requirement to shut down the team’s training facility.
  
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• Chelsea FC 3-0 Rennes LIVE! Champions League result and match action as it happened at Stamford Bridge

  04-11-2020 23:09
  
  Blues retain top spot in Group E
  
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• Poll Watchers Chant 'Stop the Count' at Michigan's TCF Center

  04-11-2020 23:07
  
  New challengers were prevented by police from entering Detroit’s TCF Center after it reached capacity on the afternoon of November 4, reports from the scene say.Both political parties hit the maximum of 134 challengers they were permitted to have in the TCF Center, where absentee votes that could decide the election were being counted, the Detroit Free Press reported.The incident took place as Biden took the lead over Trump as votes were counted in the battleground state. This footage from
  
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• Chelsea 3-0 Rennes: Timo Werner strikes twice as Blues stay top of Champions League group

  04-11-2020 23:07
  
  Timo Werner scored twice from the spot as Chelsea cruised past French side Rennes to stay top of Champions League Group E.To add insult to injury, the Rennes man was also shown a second yellow card, leaving his side a mountain to climb to rescue anything from Stamford Bridge.Any hope of doing so evaporated when Tammy Abraham added a third soon after the restart before Frank Lampard took the chance to rotate his side ahead of Saturday’s meeting with Sheffield United.
  
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• Republicans on track to dash Democratic hopes of U.S. Senate majority

  04-11-2020 23:06
  
  Republicans appeared poised to retain control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, after Senator Susan Collins defied political odds to win re-election in Maine and other Republican incumbents led Democrats in a handful of undecided races.Democrats, who had been favored to win the Senate majority heading into Tuesday's election, had a net gain of only one seat to show by Wednesday afternoon as their options for further increases dwindled, despite a huge Democratic money advantage going into the fina
  
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• Brexit news: MPs approve midnight lockdown in England and Boris Johnson to extend EU talks

  04-11-2020 23:04
  
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• Mississippi's new magnolia flag starting to fly after vote

  04-11-2020 23:02
  
  A new Mississippi flag without Confederate images was flying in parts of the state on Wednesday, one day after a majority voters approved the design that has a magnolia encircled by stars and the phrase “In God We Trust.”Officials hoisted the flag outside Hattiesburg City Hall and on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford.“Mississippi voters sent a message to the world that we are moving forward together,” former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Reuben And
  
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• Dolphins RBs Gaskin and Breida miss practice with injuries

  04-11-2020 23:01
  
  The Miami Dolphins' top two running backs missed practice with injuries Wednesday, further complicating efforts to get their ground game going.Myles Gaskin sat out with a knee injury that could sideline him for several weeks, and Matt Breida is nursing a hamstring injury.Gaskin has been the Dolphins' best backfield threat with 585 yards rushing and receiving, but they rank 28th in the NFL in rushing and next to last in yards per attempt at 3.6.
  
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• The Disordered Eye review – do you need good eyesight to make great art?

  04-11-2020 23:00
  
  The Disordered Eye review – do you need good eyesight to make great art?Disabled film-maker and artist Richard Butchins questions assumptions and expectations in his bold film, as he hears from visually impaired artists giving us new ways of seeing
  
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