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• 1 man died, 1 is recovering after getting caught in rip current near Haulover

  12-10-2020 23:57
  
  Two men had to be rescued Monday after getting caught in a rip current near the Haulover Sandbar, Miami-Dade police said.
  
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• The Latest: Senate Panel Schedules 1st Barrett Vote Thursday

  12-10-2020 23:55
  
  The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote to approve Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court — before her confirmation hearings have even ended.
  
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• Has the pandemic changed the way you spend or save money?

  12-10-2020 23:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In a time of economic and social upheaval, it's not unusual to reconsider ... well, everything.
  
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• Bill Gates says life will return to normal only after SECOND generation of Covid vaccines rolled out and virus eliminated globally

  12-10-2020 23:54 via rt.com
  
  Technology tycoon Bill Gates said life can get back to normal only when a second generation of Covid-19 vaccines is widely available and the virus is eradicated worldwide – a higher bar than was set for any disease in history."The only way we'll get completely back to normal is by having, maybe not the first generation of vaccines, but eventually a vaccine that is super-effective, and that a lot of the people take, and that we get the disease eliminated on a global basis," Gates said Sunda
  
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• Death Penalty Not Sought for 2 of 3 Men in Detective's Death

  12-10-2020 23:53
  Federal prosecutors have indicated in court documents that they don’t plan to seek the death penalty against two of the three men charged in connection with the shooting death of an Ohio police detective last fall.
  
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• Longtime Church Members Scrutinize Biden’s Claims of Being ‘Raised’ in a Black Church

  12-10-2020 23:52
  
  Members of a Delaware church are disputing a claim from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden that he was “raised in the black church,” and in particular, their house of worship. Biden, who is known for telling whoppers, misremembering important details, plagiarizing political language and appearing to embellish his political and street credentials, made a claim…
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• Southwest Airlines to Expand in Houston and Chicago in 2021

  12-10-2020 23:51
  Southwest Airlines is taking aim at competitors at big airports in Houston and Chicago.
  
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• Voters to Decide on Strengthening Facial Recognition Ban

  12-10-2020 23:50
  This year, voters will vote on a proposal to add enforcements to the ordinance that bans the use of facial recognition software by police and city agencies in Portland, Maine.
  
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• Illinois Rep. Bost Says He's Recovering From COVID-19

  12-10-2020 23:50
  
  A southern Illinois congressman says he is recovering from a coronavirus infection that’s not caused serious illness.
  
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• The Latest: Doctor Says Trump Tested Negative for COVID-19

  12-10-2020 23:49
  
  President Donald Trump’s White House doctor says Trump has tested negative for COVID-19 “on consecutive days.".
  
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• Mailman Rescues Man in Chainsaw Accident in Norwalk

  12-10-2020 23:49
  Authorities in southern California say a mailman helped another man who accidentally cut his arm with a chainsaw late last week.
  
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• Trump Tests Negative for COVID-19, Is Not Infectious: White House Physician

  12-10-2020 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has tested negative for COVID-19 and he is not infectious to others, the White House physician...
  
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• GM Had Personal Stake in Protecting Titans From COVID-19

  12-10-2020 23:45
  
  Tennessee general manager Jon Robinson says he hopes people around the NFL understand he tries to do everything the right way.
  
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• Mural Depicting Slavery at Maryland Post Office Covered Up

  12-10-2020 23:43
  A nearly 80-year-old mural inside a Maryland post office that portrays Black slaves pulling barrels of tobacco alongside white men on horses has been covered in plastic.
  
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• Lewd Conduct With Child Charge Dismissed Against Ex-Officer

  12-10-2020 23:43
  Prosecutors have dismissed a sex crimes charge against a former Burlington police officer.
  
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• Amy Coney Barrett's hearing showed how poorly the Senate's Covid protocols work

  12-10-2020 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  One Judiciary Committee member tested positive after a meeting 11 days ago. His contacts should have been isolating for 14 days.
  
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• McConnell warns Democrats are 'on fire' as GOP falls behind on fundraising and polling

  12-10-2020 23:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Republican candidates are increasingly worried about President Donald Trump's unpopularity and the drag it might be having on races down the ballot, as Democratic candidates rack up stunning fundraising numbers in the final weeks of the campaign.
  
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• After Months Without Fans, Atlanta Arena Springs to Life With Early Voters

  12-10-2020 23:42
  
  By Rich McKayATLANTA (Reuters) - Atlanta teacher Kim Franklin arrived at State Farm Arena at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, securing a spot near the front of...
  
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• Man Jailed for Rally Riots, Torch March Attends University

  12-10-2020 23:41
  
  A man who pleaded guilty to attacking counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia has been a student at a public university in California while awaiting his sentencing in federal court.
  
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• Takeda group begins manufacturing COVID-19 plasma treatment ahead of approval

  12-10-2020 23:40
  
  The Takeda Pharmaceutical Co-led group that is developing a blood plasma treatment for COVID-19 has started manufacturing while the late-stage trial to determine whether it works is ongoing, Takeda Chief Executive Christophe Weber said on Monday.The group, known as the CoVIg Plasma Alliance, enrolled its first patient in the Phase III trial on Friday after months of delays."And that's why we have launched a campaign in order to accelerate the donation of convalescent plasma to manufacture and pr
  
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• Pumpkin weighing 2,350 pounds wins California contest

  12-10-2020 23:37
  
  Being cooped up at home due to the pandemic paid handsomely for a Minnesota horticulture teacher who used the extra time to constantly water and feed a massive pumpkin that won this year’s Half Moon Bay pumpkin contest.Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, spent a lot of his free time in the pumpkin patch in his backyard, watering his plants up to 10 times a day and feeding and fertilizing them at least twice each day.Gienger, 40, then drove his gargantuan gourd for 35 hours to see his hard
  
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• Activists in New Mexico, Arizona Mark Indigenous Peoples Day

  12-10-2020 23:28
  Protesters have torn down a historical monument in Santa Fe as New Mexico, Arizona and other states marked Indigenous Peoples Day.
  
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• The Latest: Iowa Mayor Concerned Over Planned Trump Rally

  12-10-2020 23:27
  
  As Iowa surpassed 100,000 confirmed coronavirus cases Monday and remained the fourth-highest state for rate of infection, Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie expressed concern that President Donald Trump’s rally this week could become a super-spreader event.
  
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• Swab Maker to Open 3rd Plant to Meet Demand During Pandemic

  12-10-2020 23:27
  The Maine company that makes specialized swabs for coronavirus testing is ready to open a third manufacturing plant.
  
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• Barrett Vows Fair Approach as Justice, Democrats Skeptical

  12-10-2020 23:26
  
  Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has presented her conservative approach to the law at the start of a fast-tracked confirmation hearing.
  
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• California Fires Increasingly Contained but Dry Heat Returns

  12-10-2020 23:25
  Containment of California’s devastating wildfires continues to increase but weather is again turning hot and dry, and forecasts call for the kind of winds that historically have fanned conflagrations during fall.
  
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• Virus Outbreak Affects Dozens of Strawberry Harvest Workers

  12-10-2020 23:23
  Officials say nearly 60 incoming seasonal contract strawberry harvest workers for Planasa Oregon Operations LLC on Short Road in Klamath Falls tested positive for COVID-19 before they started work about two weeks ago.
  
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• Gloomy Forecasts of ‘Super-Spreader’ Schools Shot Down by Hard Data

  12-10-2020 23:23
  
  Reopening schools have not become the coronavirus super-spreaders that officials feared, according to Brown University economist Emily Oster. “It’s now October,” Oster wrote in an Atlantic Op-Ed. “We are starting to get an evidence-based picture of how school reopenings and remote learning are going … and the evidence is pointing in one direction. Schools do…
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• Mississippi Supreme Court Candidate Looks to Bring Diversity

  12-10-2020 23:22
  A challenger in a Mississippi Supreme Court election says she would bring diversity of perspective and experience.
  
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• ‘It’s Kinda Boring Out Here’: Reporter Baffled at Lack of Fanfare Outside Battleground State Biden Campaign Event

  12-10-2020 23:22
  
  It’s kind of baffling, even for those of us who have been following politics for decades. Former Vice President Joe Biden is said to be handily beating incumbent President Donald Trump in the latest 2020 presidential polls, but the crowds showing up for each candidate just don’t bear that disparity out. For example, take the…
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• Police: Woman Found Dead, Baby Removed From Womb in Texas

  12-10-2020 23:20
  Authorities are investigating after a baby was removed from the womb of a 21-year-old woman found dead in a small East Texas city.
  
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• Disney Reorg to Further Bolster Company's Focus on Streaming

  12-10-2020 23:19
  Disney is reorganizing its business units to focus even more on streaming.
  
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• Roberta McCain, Mother of Late 'Maverick' Senator John McCain, Dies at 108

  12-10-2020 23:18
  
  By Bill Trott(Reuters) - Roberta McCain, whose irrepressible spirit and energy helped shape the maverick tendencies of her older son, the late U.S....
  
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• Roberta McCain, mother of late 'maverick' Senator John McCain, dies at 108

  12-10-2020 23:18
  
  "It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my wonderful Mother In-law, Roberta McCain," Cindy McCain wrote on Twitter.McCain, who lived in Washington, was cherished by her late son, who represented Arizona as a Republican U.S. representative and senator for 35 years.Roberta McCain's vibrance, charm and penchant for speaking her mind made her a popular attraction during her son's unsuccessful 2008 campaign for the presidency.
  
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• Worcester Workers Targeted in Scam; 13 New COVID-19 Deaths

  12-10-2020 23:15
  More than 550 employees of Worcester have been targeted in a nationwide unemployment insurance benefits scam.
  
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• Man Injured in Grain Trailer Rollover Near Hankinson

  12-10-2020 23:15
  Authorities say a man towing a grain trailer loaded with corn was injured in a rollover on a rural road in southeastern North Dakota.
  
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• Video: Top GOP Senators Sound the Alarm on CIA Director Stonewalling Obama Admin ‘Collusion’ Documents

  12-10-2020 23:12
  
  ‘This cannot continue – the American public has a right to know about the rampant mistakes and biased decisions that occurred during the Obama administration.’ STORY: http://w-j.co/s/6c267
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• Tuberville dealings include failed hedge fund, charity

  12-10-2020 23:12
  
  Tommy Tuberville’s quest for a seat in the U.S. Senate is powered by the reputation he gained as Auburn University’s football coach, where he led the team to an undefeated season.A hedge fund Tuberville helped start in 2009 was the subject of a criminal investigation in which Tuberville’s business partner pleaded guilty to fraud.Tuberville, who denied wrongdoing, later settled a lawsuit filed by investors who lost millions.
  
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• Mayor of Tennessee city that hosts Bonnaroo dies of Covid-19 at 79

  12-10-2020 23:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Manchester Mayor Lonnie Norman died Monday morning “after a valiant fight against COVID-19,” the mayor’s office said.
  
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• 1619 Project faces renewed criticism — this time from within The New York Times

  12-10-2020 23:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amid all the external debate that the 1619 Project has provoked in the past year, the project led by Nikole Hannah-Jones has also prompted internal criticism at The New York Times.
  
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• Joe Biden has a history of keeping women safe from domestice violence | Opinion

  12-10-2020 23:09
  
  Many Floridians are wondering who the real Joe Biden beyond the public persona that we know well from his decades in public service. As a senior advisor to Vice President Biden in the White House from 2015-2017, I can answer that.
  
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• Joe Biden has a history of keeping women safe from domestic violence | Opinion

  12-10-2020 23:09
  
  Many Floridians are wondering who the real Joe Biden beyond the public persona that we know well from his decades in public service. As a senior advisor to Vice President Biden in the White House from 2015-2017, I can answer that.
  
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• US Judge Upholds Several Indiana Abortion Restrictions

  12-10-2020 23:06
  A federal judge has upheld several Indiana laws restricting abortion that were challenged by a group that has fought a legal battle to open an abortion clinic in South Bend.
  
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• Missing U. of South Carolina Student Found Dead Near Quarry

  12-10-2020 23:03
  Officials say a University of South Carolina student who went missing over the weekend has been found dead near a quarry after a two-day search.
  
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• Trump Ready for 1st Rally Since Contracting Coronavirus

  12-10-2020 23:00
  
  President Donald Trump is returning to the campaign trail as he tries to stage a late comeback just a week after his release from the hospital over a serious case of COVID-19.
  
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• Breonna Taylor juror slams Cameron for preventing public statements on case

  12-10-2020 22:59
  
  The anonymous grand juror in the Breonna Taylor case who brought legal action to make the proceedings public has now criticized its special prosecutor, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.The anonymous juror asked a judge for permission to speak out about the secret grand jury deliberations over whether to charge any Louisville officers in connection with Taylor’s death.
  
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• Watch the Awkward Moment Biden Seems To Forget Romney’s Name: ‘The Senator Who Was a Mormon’

  12-10-2020 22:58
  
  Gaffes are becoming all too commonplace for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. During a Monday briefing with reporters, the former vice president appears to have forgotten the name of Sen. Mitt Romney. This mistake seems to be especially noteworthy considering that Biden, alongside then-President Barack Obama, ran against the Utah Republican in the 2012 presidential…
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• Wisconsin police chief says he has no reason to fire officer who fatally shot Alvin Cole

  12-10-2020 22:57
  
  The Black teenager was the third person fatally shot in the last five years by Wauwatosa Officer Joseph Mensah, who is also Black.
  
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• Kentucky Reports Highest Number of Virus Cases for a Monday

  12-10-2020 22:56
  Kentucky's governor says the state has reported its highest number of coronavirus cases on a Monday.
  
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• 11-year-old steals, crashes school bus, police say

  12-10-2020 22:54
  
  The boy taunted officers as he took a school bus out for a joy ride Sunday morning, police said. The boy was uninjured.
  
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