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• Fact Check: Location of Computer Shop Where Alleged Biden Laptop Surfaced Doesn’t Disprove Bombshell, but Backs It Up

  21-10-2020 23:58 via westernjournal.com
  
  In the days following the bombshell reports about the discovery of a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden that contained damaging files, some attempted to undermine the treasure trove of documents by claiming the very location where the computer surfaced was suspicious. After all, the laptop was discovered at The Mac Shop, a Wilmington, Delaware,…
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• Trump Rape Accuser 'Stunned' at DOJ No-Show at Court Hearing

  21-10-2020 23:56
  
  A woman who has accused President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s says she's stunned that the Department of Justice turned down a chance to argue to a judge that the United States can be substituted for Trump in a defamation lawsuit.
  
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• Wright Leads Villanova Through COVID-19, Early Injuries

  21-10-2020 23:55
  
  Villanova coach Jay Wright says it's 50-50 the college basketball season can make it without cancellations or severe disruptions.
  
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• Police: 43 Bank Hostages Freed in Ex-Soviet Republic Georgia

  21-10-2020 23:54
  
  Police in the ex-Soviet nation of Georgia say 43 people have been freed after an armed assailant took them hostage in a bank.
  
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• Judge Denies AG Request to Expedite Lawsuit Against GOP

  21-10-2020 23:54
  A California judge has denied Attorney General Xavier Becerra's request to expedite his lawsuit against the state Republican Party.
  
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• McConnell Lays Into Democrats, Media: ACB’s Faith Is Not ‘Some Secret Scandal’

  21-10-2020 23:50 via westernjournal.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell condemned attacks on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday, saying that “anti-religious bigotry needs to stop.” “It is so revealing to watch elite society keep stumbling upon mainstream religious beliefs and practices that are shared by huge numbers of Christian Americans and thinking they’ve discovered some secret scandal,”…
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• Jordan announces record daily new COVID-19 cases

  21-10-2020 23:50
  
  Jordan on Wednesday reported 2,648 new COVID-19 cases, its highest daily number since the start of the pandemic as the country faces a major outbreak with a tripling of deaths in just the last two weeks.The surge in the last month has put Jordan's infection numbers above those of most of its Middle East neighbours and reverses months of success in containing the outbreak.Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh said although the country had entered a "difficult phase" after widespread community transm
  
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• Illinois Starts Planning for COVID-19 Vaccine as Cases Surge

  21-10-2020 23:49
  As Illinois is battles a resurgence of the coronavirus, the governor is laying groundwork for distributing a vaccine when it becomes available.
  
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• 2 Charged With Tearing Down Wisconsin Capitol Statutes

  21-10-2020 23:49
  Prosecutors have charged two more men with damaging property for allegedly helping tear down two statues on the Wisconsin Capitol grounds during a June protest over police brutality.
  
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• Biden swamps Trump on the airwaves ahead of final debate

  21-10-2020 23:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Joe Biden is off the campaign trail as he prepares for Thursday night's debate, but his campaign is pressing its advantage on the airwaves, where he is vastly outspending President Donald Trump across the map in the presidential race's final two weeks.
  
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• Obama, in Pitch for Biden, Urges Black Men Not to Sit Out

  21-10-2020 23:46
  
  Former President Barack Obama is making his first in-person campaign pitch for his former vice president, Joe Biden, urging voters in Philadelphia — particularly Black men — not to sit out the election and risk reelecting President Donald Trump.
  
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• US Approves $1 Billion in New Arms Sales to Taiwan

  21-10-2020 23:45
  
  The Trump administration has approved the sale of more than a billion dollars worth of advanced weaponry to Taiwan.
  
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• Trump Says He Doesn't See Agreement With Democrats on Stimulus

  21-10-2020 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he did not see any way House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader...
  
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• Man Gets 10 Years for Arson in Fire West of Eugene

  21-10-2020 23:45
  A man who started a fire west of Eugene near Mapleton in August will serve 10 years in prison.
  
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• Senate Democrats Dig In Heels, Still Can’t Stop Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation

  21-10-2020 23:44 via westernjournal.com
  
  Senate Democrats are set to boycott voting on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, but there is little they can do to prevent Republicans from confirming President Donald Trump’s pick before Election Day. Democrats on the panel are refusing to participate in the scheduled session and vote, according…
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• Democrats to Boycott Barrett Vote at Senate Judiciary

  21-10-2020 23:44
  
  Senate Democrats are set to boycott voting on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett at the Senate Judiciary Committee.
  
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• Videos Unclear on Whether Cruiser Led Moped Rider to Crash

  21-10-2020 23:42
  Police have released two videos showing events before a crash that seriously injured a Black man on a moped being followed by a police cruiser in Providence, Rhode Island.
  
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• Santa Monica Police Chief Leaving Under Criticism

  21-10-2020 23:42
  The police chief of Santa Monica is retiring following intense criticism of her department’s response to looting and arson of businesses while officers were busy with a huge racial injustice protest march last May.
  
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• Police: 3 Killed, 1 Badly Wounded in Houston Club Shooting

  21-10-2020 23:42
  
  Authorities are searching for two men suspected of gunning down three people and wounding a fourth at a Houston nightclub.
  
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• Montana Nursing Home Sued for Negligence in COVID-19 Deaths

  21-10-2020 23:42
  A long-term care facility in Montana has been sued after health officials said its staff was negligent and allowed the coronavirus to spread through the facility in Whitefish earlier this year.
  
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• Clerk Charged in Fatal Shooting of Man Inside Gas Station

  21-10-2020 23:42
  A clerk has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man inside a Detroit gas station.
  
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• UK Unveils New Rules to Bar Entry to EU Criminals

  21-10-2020 23:41
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said it would introduce new rules from January to bar entry to people from the European Union with a criminal record,...
  
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• Video Shows the Moment Trump Is Moved by Retiring Officer Offering His Badge

  21-10-2020 23:37 via westernjournal.com
  
  It is no question that President Donald Trump has had our law enforcement’s back in the face of anti-police rhetoric from the radical left. The extreme cynicism toward police officers peddled by the mainstream media, alongside movements like Black Lives Matter, and the incessant call for defunding the police have resulted in countless riots and…
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• Joe Biden breaks silence on Hunter emails scandal, calls it ‘last-ditch’ smear job as VIDEO shows staffer trying to end interview

  21-10-2020 23:37 via rt.com
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said the story of his son Hunter using the family name to make business deals overseas is a “desperate campaign to smear me and my family,” as an aide tried to stop the TV interview.Though Biden had called a 'lid' on press appearances through Thursday, on Wednesday he accepted a remote interview with WISN-12, an ABC affiliate in Milwaukee. WISN reporter Adrienne Pedersen asked the candidate about Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, the Republica
  
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• Fiat Chrysler Hires 4,100 Detroit Residents for New Plant

  21-10-2020 23:36
  Fiat Chrysler has hired about 4,100 Detroit residents, and most if not all of them will be employed at a new auto plant on the city’s east side.
  
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• Raiders Send Starting O-Line Home After Brown's COVID Test

  21-10-2020 23:31
  
  The Las Vegas Raiders sent all five starting offensive linemen home as part of coronavirus contact tracing after right tackle Trent Brown was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list with a positive test.
  
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• Maryland Corrections Officers Charged in Smuggling Case

  21-10-2020 23:30
  Three corrections officers and four detainees at Baltimore’s state-run, federal jail have been indicted by a federal grand jury after prosecutors say an investigation revealed ongoing smuggling of drugs, cellphones and other contraband.
  
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• GOP's Romney, Long a Trump Critic, Voted — but Not for Trump

  21-10-2020 23:30
  
  Republican Sen. Mitt Romney says he's voted in the Nov. 3 election but not for President Donald Trump.
  
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• GOP's Romney, long a Trump critic, voted — but not for Trump

  21-10-2020 23:30
  
  Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he's voted in the Nov. 3 election — but not for the leader of his party."I did not vote for President Trump,” the Utah senator told CNN.It was the latest chapter in the bitter history between the two men, who represent two wings of the modern Republican Party.
  
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• Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking Tulsa Mayor

  21-10-2020 23:27
  Federal prosecutors say a Virginia man who sent dozens of harassing emails and phone messages to Tulsa Mayor G.
  
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• Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That Benefited from 2005 Bill Pushed by Dad

  21-10-2020 23:27 via westernjournal.com
  
  One of the shortcomings when it comes to the reporting on the Hunter Biden scandal is that the emails recovered from his laptop are definitive proof that Joe Biden’s son was trading on his father’s name during and after the elder Biden’s tenure as vice president. This manages to be accurate while at the same…
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• Turkey Extends Exploration in Disputed Mediterranean Waters to Oct. 27

  21-10-2020 23:26
  
  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Wednesday it extended the stay of its Oruc Reis survey vessel and two other ships in a disputed area of the...
  
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• Trump Grants Clemency to Five People Mostly Convicted of Drug-Related Crimes

  21-10-2020 23:24
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had granted clemency to five Americans serving sentences ranging from 14...
  
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• Republican senators ask EPA not to boost refinery biofuel obligations in 2021

  21-10-2020 23:24
  
  A group of U.S. Republican senators asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to consider a general waiver that would prevent an increase in biofuel blending obligations next year for oil refiners hit by a collapse in fuel demand because of the coronavirus pandemic.Senators including Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Ted Cruz from Texas said the waiver for 2021 would help refiners cope with the pandemic, which has pushed gasoline demand down more than 10% from year-ago level
  
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• Judge Dismisses Las Vegas Hotel's Lawsuit Against Blogger

  21-10-2020 23:22
  A Nevada judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against a blogger by a Las Vegas hotel and casino for reporting a rumor that the property would close.
  
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• Streaming Service Quibi to Wind Down Operations Six Months After Launch

  21-10-2020 23:20
  
  (Reuters) - Streaming service Quibi said on Wednesday it intends to wind down its operations and start a process to sell its assets, just six...
  
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• Streaming Service Quibi to Shut Down: WSJ

  21-10-2020 23:20
  
  (Reuters) - Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg told investors that the streaming service is shutting down, the Wall Street Journal reported on...
  
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• CSX Profit Falls 14% but Railroad Announces $5B Buyback

  21-10-2020 23:19
  CSX’s third-quarter profit fell 14% but the railroad says it handled nearly as many shipments as last year, as volume recovered from the depths of the shutdowns earlier this year.
  
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• U.S. Democrats to Boycott Senate Judiciary Vote on Barrett to Supreme Court: Source

  21-10-2020 23:18
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will boycott a vote scheduled for Thursday on Amy Coney Barrett's...
  
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• Republicans to push ahead with U.S. Supreme Court pick despite Democrats' boycott

  21-10-2020 23:18
  
  U.S. Senate Republicans pledged to go ahead with a vote on Thursday on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, despite Judiciary Committee Democrats pledging to boycott a proceeding that they called "a sham."Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said in a statement on Wednesday that "Judge Barrett deserves a vote and she will receive a vote."
  
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• NJ Man Who Brought Explosives to Bar Avoids Jail Time

  21-10-2020 23:18
  A man accused of bringing explosives to a Jersey Shore bar will not see jail time after pleading guilty.
  
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• Democrats to boycott Senate panel vote on Trump Supreme Court pick, source says

  21-10-2020 23:18
  
  Democrats will boycott a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee vote scheduled for Thursday on President Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, a Senate Democratic aide said on Wednesday.There are 12 Republicans and 10 Democrats on the Judiciary Committee.Republican Chairman Lindsey Graham has signaled that even with Democrats boycotting Thursday's vote he will be able to move the nomination forward, according to a panel spokeswoman.
  
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• Democrats to boycott Senate panel vote on Trump Supreme Court pick

  21-10-2020 23:18
  
  Democrats said on Wednesday they will boycott a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee vote scheduled for Thursday on President Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, calling the confirmation process "a sham."The committee has 12 Republicans and 10 Democrats.Its Republican chairman, Lindsey Graham, has signaled that even with Democrats boycotting he will be able to move the nomination forward, according to a panel spokeswoman.
  
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• Kentucky Posts Near-Record Number of COVID-19 Cases, Deaths

  21-10-2020 23:16
  Kentucky has reported its second-highest daily number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
  
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• Oxycontin maker pleads guilty to criminal charge over opioid sales

  21-10-2020 23:15
  
  The manufacturer of OxyContin faces $8.3 billion in penalties, and the owning family could owe $225 million
  
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• Hurricane Epsilon Rapidly Strengthens Into Category 3 Storm

  21-10-2020 23:15
  Hurricane Epsilon has rapidly intensified into a major hurricane.
  
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• State to Audit 2 School Districts; 22 New COVID-19 Deaths

  21-10-2020 23:13
  Massachusetts education officials have made good on a promise to audit school districts that have not updated their timeline for bringing students back for in-person instruction despite community coronavirus transmission rates considered safe.
  
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• Mitt Romney Reveals He Has Already Voted in 2020 Election and It Wasn’t for Trump

  21-10-2020 23:10 via westernjournal.com
  
  Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah has already voted in the 2020 election, and like in 2016, the former GOP presidential nominee did not vote for President Donald Trump, according to a report. CNN’s Manu Raju posted on Twitter that he had a brief conversation with Romney on Wednesday in which the former Massachusetts governor disclosed…
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• A Return to Sherwood for Tiger, Mickelson but Few Others

  21-10-2020 23:10
  
  Sherwood Country Club once again is hosting some of the world's best players.
  
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• US Surgeon General to Plead Not Guilty in Hawaii Virus Case

  21-10-2020 23:08
  
  A lawyer for U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Wednesday that his client will plead not guilty to illegally entering a Hawaii public park that was closed because of the coronavirus.
  
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