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• SC Councilman Arrested, Accused of Child Molestation

  26-09-2020 23:58
  A South Carolina county councilman is in custody, accused of molesting a child, state authorities said.
  
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• AP Sources: Senate to Hold Confirmation Hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Starting Oct. 12

  26-09-2020 23:58
  AP sources: Senate to hold confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett starting Oct. 12.
  
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• Fargo Police Cite 30, Arrest 3 for Large Party Near Campus

  26-09-2020 23:57
  Police in North Dakota have arrested three people and cited 30 more in connection to a raucous party in Fargo.
  
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• Survey: Majority of Teen Students Believe Online Learning ‘Worse’ Than In-Person

  26-09-2020 23:56
  
  Most teens have significant concerns about online learning, according to a new Common Sense Media/SurveyMonkey Poll. Common Sense Media asked 890 teenage students in the United States questions pertaining to online learning and the reopening of schools. “A majority of teens (59%) say that online learning is worse than in-person schooling, with 19 percent characterizing…
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• Factbox: Noteworthy Legal Opinions From Trump's Supreme Court Pick Barrett

  26-09-2020 23:52
  
  By Jan Wolfe(Reuters) - Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, has served as a federal...
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett has staked out conservative positions

  26-09-2020 23:51
  
  In nominating Amy Coney Barrett for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, President Donald Trump has selected a federal appeals court judge who has staked out conservative legal positions on key hot-button issues in three years on the bench.Trump on Saturday at the White House introduced Barrett, a favorite of religious conservatives, as his nominee to replace liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18.Barrett, 48, was appointed by Trump to the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit C
  
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• Kansas City Police Officer Shoots Man After Pursuit

  26-09-2020 23:50
  Authorities say a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer shot and wounded a man.
  
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• Breonna Taylor Protests Continue as Louisville Under Curfew

  26-09-2020 23:48
  
  Police kept up barricades and a curfew remains in effect as Louisville, Kentucky, prepares for a fourth night of protests after a grand jury declined to charge the officers who shot Breonna Taylor.
  
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• Missing Off-Duty Firefighter Sought in Southern California

  26-09-2020 23:47
  Searchers are combing a section of the San Bernardino Mountains for signs of a missing off-duty firefighter.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. share producer Devon in talks to acquire peer WPX - sources

  26-09-2020 23:46
  
  U.S. shale producer Devon Energy Corp is in talks to acquire rival WPX Energy Inc in an all-stock transaction that would create a company worth around $6 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.The deal talks show how consolidation in the oil and gas industry is picking up, as low energy prices drive some independent producers to seek scale through mergers.In July, Noble Energy Inc agreed to be acquired by Chevron Corp for $5 billion in stock.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. Shale Producers Devon, WPX Energy in Merger Talks

  26-09-2020 23:46
  
  By David FrenchNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. shale producer Devon Energy Corp is in talks to acquire rival WPX Energy Inc in an all-stock transaction...
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. shale producer Devon in talks to acquire peer WPX - sources

  26-09-2020 23:46
  
  U.S. shale producer Devon Energy Corp is in talks to acquire rival WPX Energy Inc in an all-stock transaction that would create a company worth around $6 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.The deal talks show how consolidation in the oil and gas industry is picking up, as low energy prices drive some independent producers to seek scale through mergers.In July, Noble Energy Inc agreed to be acquired by Chevron Corp for $5 billion in stock.
  
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• Exclusive: U.S. shale producer Devon in talks to acquire peer WPX

  26-09-2020 23:46
  
  U.S. shale producer Devon Energy Corp is in talks to acquire rival WPX Energy Inc in an all-stock transaction that would create a company worth around $6 billion, people familiar with the matter said on Saturday.The deal talks show how consolidation in the oil and gas industry is picking up, as low energy prices drive some independent producers to seek scale through mergers.In July, Noble Energy Inc agreed to be acquired by Chevron Corp for $5 billion in stock.
  
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• Colombia passes grim milestone of 800,000 coronavirus cases, more than 25,000 deaths

  26-09-2020 23:42
  
  Coronavirus cases in Colombia, which is nearly a month into a national reopening after a long quarantine, surpassed 800,000 on Saturday, a day after deaths from COVID-19 climbed above 25,000.The Andean country has 806,038 confirmed cases of the virus according to the health ministry, with 25,296 reported deaths.Colombia began more than five months of lockdown in March.
  
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• Prince William, Wife Kate Join Attenborough After Film Screening

  26-09-2020 23:34
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's royal family have released pictures of Prince William, wife Kate and their three children joining the naturalist David...
  
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• Quinnipiac Sends Home, Suspends 23 Students Over COVID Rules

  26-09-2020 23:32
  Quinnipiac University has sent home or suspended more than 20 student in recent days for violating visitor and other policies, both on- and off-campus, that are aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth to Honour UK Health Workers During the Pandemic

  26-09-2020 23:32
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth will recognise the work of hundreds of doctors, nurses, fundraisers and volunteers during the COVID...
  
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• North Dakota Sees All-Time High for Active Coronavirus Cases

  26-09-2020 23:30
  North Dakota has reported 497 people who have tested positive for the coronavirus, contributing to an all-time high for active coronavirus cases statewide at 3,672.
  
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• GOP Invests $10M in Boosting Trump With Barrett Confirmation

  26-09-2020 23:29
  
  The Republican National Committee is putting Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation fight front and center with voters just weeks before Election Day.
  
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• Man Dies After Car Veers off Highway Exit Ramp in Bangor

  26-09-2020 23:28
  A driver was killed Saturday after his car veered off an Interstate 95 exit ramp and crashed into a tree in Bangor, according to police.
  
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• UK's Johnson Should Rip up Brexit Divorce Deal, Think-Tank Says

  26-09-2020 23:26
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - An influential pro-hard Brexit think-tank urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to tear up his divorce deal with the European Union...
  
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• Oregon environmentalist George Atiyeh confirmed dead in Beachie Creek Fire, family says

  26-09-2020 23:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The remains of missing environmentalist George Atiyeh were found after the Beachie Creek Fire consumed his property and the area around his home, his daughter confirmed on Facebook Friday.
  
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• The Latest: McConnell Says Senate Will Vote on Barrett

  26-09-2020 23:18
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote “in the weeks ahead” on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
  
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• Amy Coney Barrett, High Court Pick, Is Scalia's Heir

  26-09-2020 23:17
  
  Although Amy Coney Barrett is the president’s choice to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she is more aptly described as heir to another departed Supreme Court justice: conservative hero Antonin Scalia.
  
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• GOP Invests in Boosting Trump With Barrett Confirmation

  26-09-2020 23:16
  
  The Republican National Committee is putting Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation fight front and center with voters just weeks before Election Day.
  
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• Trump Picks Conservative Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court

  26-09-2020 23:13
  
  President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
  
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• Dems Should Heed JFK’s Counsel and Reject Any Anti-Catholic Bigotry Toward Amy Coney Barrett

  26-09-2020 23:13
  
  With what is promising to be a bruising nomination battle around President Donald Trump’s pick of Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Democrats would do well to heed the counsel of the nation’s only Catholic president, John F. Kennedy. During Barrett’s confirmation hearing after she was nominated to the…
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• Man Gets Prison for Graffiti During Community Service

  26-09-2020 23:11
  A Virginia man accused of spray-painting property with graffiti while he was supposed to be performing community service for a vandalism conviction has been sentenced to three years in jail.
  
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• Saudi Arabia Plans to Resume Tourist Visas by Early 2021 -Minister

  26-09-2020 23:10
  By Marwa RashadRIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia plans to resume tourist visas by early 2021 after months of suspension amid strict government...
  
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• President Trump Calls Amy Coney Barrett a 'Woman of Unparalleled Achievement' as He Nominates Her to Supreme Court

  26-09-2020 23:10
  President Trump calls Amy Coney Barrett a 'woman of unparalleled achievement' as he nominates her to Supreme Court.
  
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• Her Words: Amy Coney Barrett on Faith, Precedent, Abortion

  26-09-2020 23:10
  
  Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a former Notre Dame law professor and current judge on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, says she is a firm supporter of the Constitutrio.
  
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• Conservatives Cheer Amy Coney Barrett’s Nomination as Democrats Sound the Alarm

  26-09-2020 23:09
  
  President Donald Trump’s choice for the Supreme Court is a favorite among social conservatives.
  
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• Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court Nomination Fight Could Galvanize Democratic Voters

  26-09-2020 23:09
  
  The Supreme Court is typically a motivator for conservative voters. This year’s battle could bring Democrats to the polls.
  
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• A Look at Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Opinions in Hot-Button Cases

  26-09-2020 23:08
  
  Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, has been on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since 2017. Here are summaries of some of her notable opinions: ABORTION Barrett has twice joined dissenting opinions asking for decisions blocking pro-life laws to be thrown out and reheard by the full…
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• A Look at Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Notable Opinions, Votes

  26-09-2020 23:08
  
  Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, has been on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since 2017.
  
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• Trump Taps Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court

  26-09-2020 23:07
  The president’s announcement sets off a high-stakes scramble to confirm Barrett, a federal appellate court judge, prior to the November election.
  
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• President Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Fill Supreme Court Seat Vacated by Death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  26-09-2020 23:07
  President Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to fill Supreme Court seat vacated by death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
  
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• Breaking: Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court

  26-09-2020 23:07
  
  President Donald Trump announced Saturday he was nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to the Supreme Court. The announcement came during an address from the White House Rose Garden, little more than one week after the unexpected passing of Democrat-nominated Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “Today it…
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• Donald Trump officially nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court

  26-09-2020 23:06 via rt.com
  
  Donald Trump has selected Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the US Supreme Court to fill the seat left vacant following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.Trump vowed last week that he would nominate a woman for the vacancy within a week, saying he had an “obligation” to act without delay.
  Barrett, 48, currently serves on the 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. If confirmed, she'll be the only Supreme Court justice who didn't attend Harvard or Yale University &m
  
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• Donald Trump officially nominates 'eminently qualified' Judge Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court

  26-09-2020 23:06 via rt.com
  
  Donald Trump has selected Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the US Supreme Court to fill the seat left vacant following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.Trump vowed last week that he would nominate a woman for the vacancy within a week, saying he had an “obligation” to act without delay.
  The president made the announcement with Barrett at his side in a Rose Garden ceremony on Saturday. He praised her legal background, saying she is "eminently qualified for the job." B
  
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• Bio Highlights of Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's High Court Pick

  26-09-2020 23:06
  
  Here are some biographical details on Amy Coney Barrett, nominated by President Donald Trump for the U.S. Supreme Court.
  
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• Armani, Ferragamo Premiere Short Films at Milan Fashion Week

  26-09-2020 23:04
  
  To show or not to show.
  
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• Democrat activists attack Trump's Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett, suggesting her kids were ABUSED or KIDNAPPED from Haiti

  26-09-2020 23:02 via rt.com
  
  It appears attacking the political positions and Catholic faith of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett isn’t enough for some Democrat activists, who have taken to making wild accusations about her adopted kids instead.Democratic activist John Lee Brougher, managing director of billionaire Tom Steyer's NextGen America super PAC, said Friday that as an adoptee, he personally needs to “know more” about how Barrett adopted and treated her two children from Haiti. “Transra
  
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• Democrat activists attack potential Trump Supreme Court pick Barrett, suggesting her kids were ABUSED or KIDNAPPED from Haiti

  26-09-2020 23:02 via rt.com
  
  It appears attacking the political positions and Catholic faith of possible Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett isn’t enough for some Democrat activists, who have taken to making wild accusations about her adopted kids instead.Democratic activist John Lee Brougher, managing director of billionaire Tom Steyer's NextGen America super PAC, said Friday that as an adoptee, he personally needs to “know more” about how Barrett adopted and treated her two children from Haiti. “T
  
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• Thousands March in Washington To Pray for America, Amy Coney Barrett

  26-09-2020 23:00
  
  Thousands of people packed the National Mall in downtown Washington on Saturday to pray for the nation. The march, which stretched from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol, was held just hours before President Donald Trump announced he was nominating Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Vice President Mike Pence, speaking from the…
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• Thousands March in Washington to Pray and Show Trump Support

  26-09-2020 23:00
  
  Thousands of people have packed the National Mall in downtown Washington to pray and show their support for President Donald Trump.
  
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• The Latest: Wisconsin Sees Record Number of Daily New Cases

  26-09-2020 22:57
  
  Wisconsin has hit a record for coronavirus cases reported in a single day as the Department of Health reported that 2,817 people have tested positive for the virus.
  
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• The U.S. Reckoning on Race, Seen Through Other Nations' Eyes

  26-09-2020 22:56
  
  It’s not only in the United States where protests against racial injustice are part of the national conversation.
  
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• ‘Peaceful Transferal’ Fiasco Is Nothing More Than Mainstream Media’s Latest Boogeyman

  26-09-2020 22:55
  
  This just in: The sky is falling and President Donald Trump is finally making the fascist power grab we all knew was coming. At least, that was the narrative this week in left-wing la la land after Trump spoke around a White House media corps question Wednesday regarding whether he would “commit to making sure…
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• White Sox P Cordero Suspended 3 Games for Hitting Contreras

  26-09-2020 22:54
  
  Major League Baseball has suspended Chicago White Sox reliever Jimmy Cordero for three games and fined him an undisclosed amount for hitting the Cubs’ Willson Contreras with a pitch.
  
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