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• Former UK PM Blair accused of breaking quarantine rules after U.S. trip: Sunday Telegraph

  17-10-2020 23:56
  
  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been accused of breaking UK COVID-19 restrictions after failing to self-isolate for two weeks following a two-day trip to the United States, the Sunday Telegraph reported.The newspaper said it had obtained pictures showing Blair, who served as prime minister from 1997 to 2007, leaving a London restaurant 10 days after his return from Washington last month.The Sunday Telegraph said it understood that Blair appealed to Whitehall officials for special di
  
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• U.S. Senate to vote this week on 'skinny' pandemic relief bill, PPP funds

  17-10-2020 23:53
  
  The U.S. Senate will vote on Wednesday on a $300 billion Senate Republican coronavirus relief bill that is far below the estimated $2 trillion that Democrats have demanded.The bill, dubbed a "skinny" relief bill for its pared-down funding, was already rejected https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-to-vote-on-republican-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-democrats-idUSL1N2G61U6 by Democrats in September and is again expected to fail.Senate Majority Leader Mitch M
  
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• Senate to vote this week on 'skinny' pandemic relief bill, PPP funds

  17-10-2020 23:53
  
  The U.S. Senate will vote on Wednesday on a $300 billion Senate Republican coronavirus relief bill that is far below the estimated $2 trillion that Democrats have demanded.The bill, dubbed a "skinny" relief bill for its pared-down funding, was already rejected https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-to-vote-on-republican-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-democrats-idUSL1N2G61U6 by Democrats in September and is again expected to fail.Senate Majority Leader Mitch M
  
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• No Saturday Night Party for Parisians as Curfews Kick Off

  17-10-2020 23:49
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - The streets and terraces of Paris and eight cities in France emptied on Saturday night as people were asked to stay home to stem...
  
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• New round of evacuations for Colorado fire

  17-10-2020 23:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  Warm temperatures and high winds have breathed new life into the Cameron Peak Fire, burning since Aug. 13.
  
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• Ex-Teacher Charged With Sexually Abusing 3 Missouri Students

  17-10-2020 23:47
  A former suburban St. Louis high school teacher accused of raping a student in the 1990s now faces charges of sexually assaulting two more students.
  
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• A Fenway First: Ballpark Becomes Voting Venue Amid Pandemic

  17-10-2020 23:43
  
  The baseball season may be over for the Boston Red Sox, but people are lining up at Fenway Park to vote.
  
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• White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany: WH looking at surge in COVID numbers

  17-10-2020 23:41
  
  White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that the White House is "routinely looking at COVID numbers" when asked what the administration is doing in response to the recent surge in cases in the United States. (Oct. 17)       
  
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• Nevada Virus Cases Creep up Again

  17-10-2020 23:40
  Nevada health authorities are reporting an additional 967 new coronavirus infection cases as infections continue to rise.
  
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• Report: Only 2% of Funds Paid in Hawaii for Housing Relief

  17-10-2020 23:33
  The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation says the state has only distributed 2% of an allotted $100 million in federal funds meant for families struggling with their rent and mortgage payments because of the pandemic.
  
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• Michigan COVID-19 Deaths Climb Above 7,000 Since March

  17-10-2020 23:32
  Deaths related to COVID-19 have crossed 7,000 in Michigan.
  
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• Race Into NASCAR's Championship Round Begins at Kansas

  17-10-2020 23:30
  
  Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin are still the two favorites to race for NASCAR's championship this season and six other drivers are vying for a slot in the finale.
  
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• Van Dijk Injury Causes Concern for Frustrated Liverpool

  17-10-2020 23:27
  
  Liverpool might have to learn how to cope without star center back Virgil van Dijk for quite some time.
  
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• Wisconsin Suspends Coronavirus Totals During Computer Work

  17-10-2020 23:25
  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has suspended the reporting of new COVID-19 totals until early next week while its computer system undergoes an upgrade.
  
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• Iran Sees No Arms Buying Spree as It Expects U.N. Embargo to End

  17-10-2020 23:23
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said it is self-dependant in defence and sees no arms buying spree as it expects the lifting of a United Nations arms...
  
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• Sen. Perdue appears to mock Kamala Harris' name at Trump rally

  17-10-2020 23:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  A representative for David Perdue claimed the Republican senator mispronounced it and "didn't mean anything by it."
  
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• Archbishop Performs Exorcism to Cleanse Protest Site

  17-10-2020 23:16
  The archbishop of San Francisco performed a short exorcism ceremony Saturday outside a church where protesters had earlier toppled a statue of Father Junipero Serra.
  
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• Pelosi, after a year of not speaking to Trump, says talks don't have to be 'person-to-person'

  17-10-2020 23:12 via foxnews.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday confirmed that she has not spoken to President Trump for more than a year -- as she negotiates with the White House on a stimulus package through Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
  
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• Women's March draws thousands to protest the Supreme Court nominee, Trump in Washington

  17-10-2020 23:10
  
  Thousands gathered for the Women's March in Washington to protest the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett and the Trump administration.       
  
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• The Latest: States See 'Fall Resurgence' as COVID Cases Rise

  17-10-2020 23:09
  
  States across the country are reporting rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations due to the coronavirus.
  
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• Two people arrested for killing pastor outside of flee market

  17-10-2020 23:08
  
  A pastor was fatally shot at The Village Flea Market & Mall in Miami-Dade County’s West Little River neighborhood last month.Latravia Charm Bell, 20, and Nathaniel Bernard Roberson, 31, were arrested for killing pastor Gregory Boyd, and the couple faces first-degree murder charges.A man named Mikal Norman is said to be the third person wanted for the crime, with police asking the community to assist in the arrests, Local 10, an ABC-affiliated television station, reported.
  
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• Two people arrested for killing pastor outside of flea market

  17-10-2020 23:08
  
  A pastor was fatally shot at The Village Flea Market & Mall in Miami-Dade County’s West Little River neighborhood last month.Latravia Charm Bell, 20, and Nathaniel Bernard Roberson, 31, were arrested for killing pastor Gregory Boyd, and the couple faces first-degree murder charges.A man named Mikal Norman is said to be the third person wanted for the crime, with police asking the community to assist in the arrests, Local 10, an ABC-affiliated television station, reported.
  
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• Thousands Protest Trump's Supreme Court Pick at Washington Women's March

  17-10-2020 23:06
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands marched to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday to commemorate the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
  
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• Thousands protest Trump's Supreme Court pick at Washington Women's March

  17-10-2020 23:06
  
  Thousands marched to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday to commemorate the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and protest President Donald Trump's rush to push through Amy Coney Barrett as her replacement.The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled an Oct. 22 vote on the nomination of Barrett, a conservative appellate judge, over objections from Democrats that the confirmation process comes too close to Nov. 3's presidential election.More than 26 million Americans have already
  
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• Construction Accident Kills 1, Injures Another

  17-10-2020 23:04
  Authorities say one person was killed and another critically injured  when a construction truck boom fell near Litchfield,.
  
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• A man was found living in the rafters of a Nevada supermarket after his foot fell through the ceiling

  17-10-2020 22:57
  
  Police told local outlets that Matthew Hammar had "made himself at home" before he was discovered in the rafters of a Raley's supermarket.
  
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• A boiling summer is now a scorching fall in the West

  17-10-2020 22:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Scorching. Blistering. Burning. There are only so many ways to describe how hot it's been in the West this year.
  
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• Hundreds gather for women's march in Denver

  17-10-2020 22:52
  
  Hundreds of women marched through Denver on Saturday with a simple message - women have the power to decide the US presidential election in November. (Oct. 17)       
  
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• Lobster Facility Fire in Nova Scotia 'Suspicious,' Canadian Minister Says

  17-10-2020 22:47
  
  (Reuters) - Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on Saturday described the fire that destroyed a lobster facility in southwest Nova Scotia as...
  
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• Georgia Dem Ossoff Receiving Twice as Much in Big-Money Donations from California as He Is from Georgia

  17-10-2020 22:47 via westernjournal.com
  
  As campaign crunch time gets underway, blue-state Democrats have once again been caught funneling massive financial contributions into the effort to flip the Senate. Out-of-state itemized contributions to Democratic senatorial nominee Jon Ossoff of Georgia dwarfed in-state big-money donations to the candidate last quarter, according to a Friday report in the Washington Free Beacon, which…
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• Debate between Colorado congressmen Ken Buck, Ike McCorkle ends as challenger shouts questions

  17-10-2020 22:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck and Democratic challenger Isaac “Ike” McCorkle held their first and only congressional debate Friday night, which ended with McCorkle shouting questions at Buck after the session was supposed to conclude.
  
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• Colorado congressmen Ken Buck, Ike McCorkle end debate in unexpected shouting match

  17-10-2020 22:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck and Democratic challenger Isaac “Ike” McCorkle held their first and only congressional debate Friday night, which ended in a shouting match that saw McCorkle firing questions at Buck, as he and the moderator left the stage.
  
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• 21 Members of White Supremacist Orgs Charged for Guns, Drugs

  17-10-2020 22:45
  Twenty-one members and associates of white supremacy organizations in Utah are facing charges after court records say they distributed guns and drugs.
  
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• Appeals court upholds Kentucky abortion restrictions

  17-10-2020 22:43 via foxnews.com
  
  A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a Kentucky law requiring abortion clinics to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic. 
  
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• Public Schools in Hawaii Report 10 New Cases of COVID-19

  17-10-2020 22:40
  Public schools in Hawaii have reported 10 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus among staff and students during the week that ended Friday.
  
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• In a Pandemic Year, Mexico's Day of the Dead Will Be More Subdued

  17-10-2020 22:34
  
  By Josue GonzalezMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Marigolds, known in Mexico as "the flower of the dead" for a scent believed be strong and sweet enough to...
  
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• Toddlers Can Be Killed Under Shocking New Euthanasia Law Proposal

  17-10-2020 22:33 via westernjournal.com
  
  In 2001, after the practice of doctor-assisted euthanasia had been a de facto legal procedure in the Netherlands, the country codified it and became the first nation to legalized what was promised to be mercy killings for the terminally ill. “This law will remove the uncertainty for patients and for doctors,” Health Minister Els Borst…
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• Hoover Schools Chief Named President of Community College

  17-10-2020 22:33
  Gadsden State Community College will have a new leader with the start of the new year.
  
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• Democratic Senator, Mainstream Media Begin Pushing Biden Laptop Bombshell as Russian Disinfo Campaign

  17-10-2020 22:28 via westernjournal.com
  
  A theory has begun to propagate in left-wing and mainstream media circles that newly surfaced private emails that allegedly incriminate Hunter Biden in a foreign influence peddling scheme are part of a Russian disinformation campaign aimed at manipulating the 2020 presidential election. The communications from a laptop allegedly owned by Hunter Biden, published starting Wednesday…
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• White supremacists across the country indicted on drug and firearm charges

  17-10-2020 22:27
  
  According to the U.S. Justice Department, 21 Utah-based white supremacists have been indicted for allegedly selling drugs and firearms.In recent days, similar charges were brought against white supremacist gang members in Texas, Kentucky, and Mississippi.
  
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• 'Log off! Log off!' teacher orders students when sexual assault livestreamed during first grader's remote learning class

  17-10-2020 22:27
  
  CHICAGO - An 18-year-old man out on bond for a gun case was held without bail after he livestreamed himself during a sexual act with a 7-year-old first grader on break from her Chicago Public Schools remote learning class on Thursday prosecutors said. Catrell A. Walls, of the West Chesterfield neighborhood on the South Side, was arrested Thursday afternoon shortly after 3:30 p.m., after he was ...
  
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• Border Patrol agents stop smuggling case where child was separated from parents

  17-10-2020 22:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Border Patrol agents in Laredo, Texas recently apprehended smugglers who had separated a child from his parents -- something authorities warned could have left him “helplessly under the control of strangers.”
  
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• Virginia's 1st Medical Cannabis Processor Opens in Bristol

  17-10-2020 22:24
  Virginia’s first medical cannabis processor has officially opened to patients.
  
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• Leddie Brown, Doege lead West Virginia over Kansas 38-17

  17-10-2020 22:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Leddie Brown broke open a close game with a long touchdown run in the third quarter and caught one of Jarret Doege’s three touchdown passes to lead West Virginia to a 38-17 victory Saturday over a winless Kansas team that was without coach Les Miles.
  
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• Mike Pence headlines rally in keystone state

  17-10-2020 22:17
  With barely two weeks left before Election Day, the battleground state of Pennsylvania is being flooded with visits by the presidential candidates and their campaign surrogates. Vice President Mike Pence headlines a rally in Reading on Saturday. (Oct. 17)       
  
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• Giuliani says shop owner who passed Biden laptop to FBI had copied data to friends in case he’s ‘KILLED’

  17-10-2020 22:17 via rt.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani is insisting that the hard drive allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden contains such explosive revelations that the shop owner who handed the data to authorities feared for his life.The repair-shop owner handed the laptop, allegedly left for repair by Biden and then abandoned, over to the FBI some time in December – but not before making four complete copies of the data as insurance, the former New York City mayor claimed, in a recent inter
  
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• Gianno Caldwell: Trump has done a lot for Blacks — don’t say I ‘ain’t Black’ because I won’t vote for Biden

  17-10-2020 22:16 via foxnews.com
  
  President Trump has a long list of accomplishments that have benefitted the Black community. Joe Biden has supported measures that have harmed us.
  
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• 2 Men Missing After Their Gold Mining Dredge Overturns

  17-10-2020 22:13
  A search is underway in Alaska for two men  who went missing after their gold mining boat overturned.
  
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• Liberty stays unbeaten and defeats struggling Syracuse 38-21

  17-10-2020 22:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Seldom-used running back Shedro Louis scored on touchdown runs of 75 and 52 yards, quarterback Malik Willis passed for one and ran for another score and Liberty stayed undefeated, downing Syracuse 38-21 Saturday.
  
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• Police: Man Upset With Mask Mandate Threatened Wichita Mayor

  17-10-2020 22:06
  Authorities say a retired firefighter who was upset with a mask ordinance in the city of Wichita, Kansas, has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to kidnap and kill the mayor.
  
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