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• More protests planned over police shooting of Black couple in Illinois

  23-10-2020 23:59
  
  More than a hundred people marched in Waukegan on Thursday to protest the Oct. 20 shooting which left 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette dead.Waukegan is a city in Lake County about 45 miles (72 km) north of Chicago.Clyde McLemore, founder of the Lake County chapter of Black Lives Matter, estimated that 200 to 300 people would gather from 4 p.m. on Saturday, including a group of protesters he was expecting to come by bus from Minnesota.
  
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• FBI to assist probe into police shooting of Black couple in Illinois

  23-10-2020 23:59
  
  Lake County State's Attorney Michael Nerheim said he asked the Department of Justice for help reviewing the Oct. 20 shooting, which left 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette dead and has been under investigation by state police."I have been advised that they have agreed to do so," Nerheim said of the Justice Department, which oversees the FBI.
  
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• Dead Animal, Brick With a Name Left at Congressman's House

  23-10-2020 23:56
  
  An upstate New York congressman says he and his family were threatened with a dead animal and a brick bearing a family member’s name at his home in Corning.
  
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• Texas may not limit ballot drop boxes for U.S. election: appeals court

  23-10-2020 23:54
  
  The Texas 3rd Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court that limiting the number of drop boxes would increase the risk that voters could get infected with COVID-19, and would infringe on their right to vote.Trump has repeatedly criticized mail-in ballots, claiming without evidence they would lead to widespread fraud.
  
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• Texas appeals court says state may not limit ballot drop-off sites

  23-10-2020 23:54
  
  The Texas 3rd Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court that limiting the number of drop boxes would increase the risk that voters could get infected with COVID-19, and would infringe on their right to vote.Trump has repeatedly criticized mail-in ballots, claiming without evidence they would lead to widespread fraud.
  
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• Legislation to Regulate Hospital Signs Passes State Senate

  23-10-2020 23:53
  Legislation to require the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to create regulations to improve hospital signs, lighting and surveillance has passed the state Senate.
  
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• Average New Nevada COVID Cases Dips; Positivity Still Rising

  23-10-2020 23:51
  The average number of new daily cases of coronavirus in Nevada has declined through the week.
  
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• Who Will Win? Tracking Biden and Trump’s Chances of Taking the Presidency

  23-10-2020 23:50
  
  Election handicappers predict a Biden victory. We’re tracking daily fluctuations in their models.
  
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• Study Projects Up To Half a Million U.S. Coronavirus Deaths by End of February

  23-10-2020 23:46
  
  The research found that universal mask use would save almost 130,000 lives.
  
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• Fugitive priest accused of molesting teen arrested in Georgia, Louisiana cops say

  23-10-2020 23:44
  
  Rev. Patrick Wattigny was removed from public ministry in early October.
  
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• North Dakota Guard Helps Notify 800 Positive for COVID-19

  23-10-2020 23:43
  National Guard soldiers have helped to notify 800 people who tested positive for COVID-19 but initially weren’t told.
  
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• Kansas Sees Record 7-Day Spikes in COVID-19 Cases, Deaths

  23-10-2020 23:41
  Kansas has set new records for its largest seven-day increases in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
  
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• Mexico Rights Agency Says Migrants Held Without Light, Water

  23-10-2020 23:35
  Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says migrants are being held at some government facilities without proper sanitary measures, with migrants with COVID-19 mixed in with those without symptoms.
  
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• Fight for justice continues in 2004 murder of Louisiana woman

  23-10-2020 23:34
  
  Courtney Coco’s partially-clothed body was found in an abandoned building near Winnie, Texas, on October 4, 2004. It is unclear how the 19-year-old from Alexandria, Louisiana ended up 200 miles away in Texas. A week later, Courtney’s car was located in Houston, Texas. Her death was ruled a homicide but the case has gone cold and her killer has never been found. The Alexandria Police Department and the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office are investigating.
  
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• Dead Animal, Brick Left at Upstate New York Rep's Home

  23-10-2020 23:28
  An upstate New York congressman said he and his family were threatened with a dead animal and a brick bearing a family member’s name at his home in Corning.
  
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• Plot twist: Man caught ‘preparing’ to assassinate Joe Biden had wanted to ‘SAVE BERNIE,’ court docs reportedly show

  23-10-2020 23:25 via rt.com
  
  Reports that a man arrested in North Carolina plotted to kill Democratic candidate Joe Biden, announced just before the final presidential debate, left out that he wanted to ‘save’ his rival for the nomination, Bernie Sanders.The arrest of  Seattle-born Alexander Hillel Treisman, 19, made the news on Thursday night but dated back to September, when he was indicted by a federal grand jury on child pornography charges.  Police “stumbled” upon the van Treisman had
  
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• Biden Doubles Down on Virus Response, Trump Criticism in Final Days of Campaign

  23-10-2020 23:25
  
  The Democratic nominee laid out his most detailed plan to date for how he’d respond to the virus if he’s elected – and rebuked the president in the process.
  
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• USPS boosts extra trips, returns mail processing machines to service

  23-10-2020 23:21
  
  The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) told a U.S. judge on Friday it has returned 137 mail processing machines to service since August and approved thousands of daily extra delivery trips this month as it works to deliver millions of ballots.U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan had ordered the return of mail sorting machines if removals could impact timely ballot deliveries ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.The Postal Service said since Aug. 18, 137 mail processing machines have been returned to
  
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• U.S. Postal Service returns 137 mail processing machines to service

  23-10-2020 23:21
  
  The U.S. Postal Service told a U.S. judge on Friday it has returned 137 mail processing machines to service since August as it works to deliver millions of ballots.U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan had ordered the return of mail sorting machines if removals could impact timely election mail deliveries ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.The Postal Service said since Aug. 18, 137 mail processing machines have been returned to service and it has not removed any additional machines from ser
  
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• Police Accuse Maryland Man of Spraying Women in Stores

  23-10-2020 23:18
  Baltimore County police have accused a man of spraying several women in three stores with a substance believed to have induced dizziness.
  
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• U.S. Charges Ex-Editor of Kushner-Owned Newspaper With Cyberstalking

  23-10-2020 23:16
  
  By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - The former editor of a New York newspaper once owned by President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner...
  
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• The Debate, Climate Change and the Shift Toward Electric Vehicles

  23-10-2020 23:16
  
  President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden addressed climate change during the final presidential debate.
  
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• Biden's Warning on Oil Tests Voter Resolve on Climate Change

  23-10-2020 23:15
  
  Joe Biden has said the quiet part out loud on climate change.
  
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• Ex-Biden Business Partner Explodes Investigation, Announces Plans Involving FBI

  23-10-2020 23:13 via westernjournal.com
  
  Tony Bobulinski, who says he is a former business partner of Hunter Biden, announced at a news conference Thursday night in Nashville that he would be cooperating with the FBI regarding a potential investigation into alleged questionable business dealings between the Biden family and a Chinese corporation. Bobulinski, a U.S. Navy veteran, discussed an email…
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• 550 New Virus Cases, Oregon's Largest Daily Total to Date

  23-10-2020 23:13
  The Oregon Health Authority reported 550 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, the state’s largest daily total since the the start of the pandemic.
  
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• Arkansas Reports Biggest One-Day Spike in New COVID-19 Cases

  23-10-2020 23:11
  Arkansas is reporting 1,337 new probable and confirmed coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day spike since the pandemic began.
  
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• Prosecutor Says Officers Justified in Fatal April Shooting

  23-10-2020 23:10
  Officers who shot an unarmed Hispanic man to death outside his mother’s Manchester home in April were justified because they believed he had weapon, according to a prosecutors report released Friday.
  
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• Cop Accused of Driving Into Vandalism Suspect at Protest

  23-10-2020 23:08
  A Multnomah County grand jury has indicted a now retired Portland police officer on official misconduct and other charges related to a protest against police brutality in June.
  
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• AstraZeneca Resumes Coronavirus Vaccine Trial

  23-10-2020 23:02
  
  The company did not provide any details about the participant who fell ill. It also did not indicate why the pause lasted much longer in the U.S. than in other countries.
  
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• Exercise Boosts Physical, Mental Well-Being of Older Cancer Survivors

  23-10-2020 23:00
  By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Active older adults -- cancer survivors included -- are in better...
  
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• Mexico City discourages large gatherings as COVID-19 hospitalisations rise

  23-10-2020 22:59
  
  The mayor of Mexico City, the country's largest city, on Friday called on residents to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people as the capital grapples with a surge of coronavirus hospitalisations.Health authorities have been warning that large gatherings, such as the Nov. 1-2 Day of the Dead festivities that usually draw hundreds of thousands of people nationwide, could prompt another wave of infections.The pandemic has led to more than 874,000 infections and killed nearly 87,900 people in Mexic
  
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• AstraZeneca Resuming US Testing of COVID-19 Vaccine

  23-10-2020 22:59
  
  AstraZeneca is resuming late-stage testing of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the U.S.  The British drugmaker said the Food and Drug Administration gave the company the go-ahead on Friday.
  
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• Boy, 13, Is 2nd to Die After Shooting in Mississippi Town

  23-10-2020 22:58
  A 13-year-old boy is the second person to die as a result of gunfire that broke out at a Mississippi fast food restaurant.
  
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• Judge Moves Criminal Case Against Texas Attorney General

  23-10-2020 22:56
  
  A judge has ordered the criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton returned to his home county in a legal victory for the Republican.
  
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• Judge Denies Injunction Over West Virginia School Virus Map

  23-10-2020 22:56
  
  A West Virginia teachers union has lost its bid to stop the state from using its color-coded map to decide whether counties can hold in-person public school classes and athletic competitions during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Crews battling largest wildfires in Colorado history brace for high winds

  23-10-2020 22:56
  Crews battling a string of wildfires in drought-stricken Colorado braced on Friday for the return of high winds that have stoked flames in what authorities have called an unprecedented outbreak of late-season wildfires.Three of the largest wildfires in Colorado's history have raged this year and two of them are still growing.The largest, the Cameron Peak Fire, has scorched more than 206,000 acres (83,360 hectares), according to the fire-reporting site InciWeb, and as of Friday morning it was 57
  
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• Trump, Biden Take Different Paths – and Different Speeds – to Election Day

  23-10-2020 22:53
  
  Trump’s sprint to Election Day is dramatically different than Biden’s low-key campaign finale. But in 2020, does it really matter?
  
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• Legislators Consider Ways to Increase Idaho Air Travel

  23-10-2020 22:53
  Lawmakers in Idaho have considered ways to increase air travel in the state as flights have been reduced or eliminated in recent years, stunting economic growth.
  
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• Iowa Rolls Out New System to Track Sexual Assault Test Kits

  23-10-2020 22:53
  Iowa officials are rolling out a new system to test sexual assault evidence collection kits more quickly as they work to clear a backlog that once numbered in the thousands.
  
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• Itxu Díaz: Passion for Ruin

  23-10-2020 22:51 via westernjournal.com
  
  The writer H.L. Mencken had the virtue of always being in a bad mood. And when you’re unattached and angry it’s much easier to make a perceptive analysis of government and politics. “The intelligent man,” he once wrote, “when he pays taxes, certainly does not believe that he is making a prudent and productive investment of…
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• Op-Ed: It’s Called the ‘Equality Act,’ And if Democrats Win on Nov. 3, It Will Destroy Religious Freedom

  23-10-2020 22:49 via westernjournal.com
  
  A Democratic sweep (House, Senate, president) this November means Christian institutions and individuals abiding by the moral teachings of Moses or Jesus of Nazareth will face government persecution initiated by the LGBTQ+ Human Rights Campaign and the child-killing business of Planned Parenthood via their promotion of the so-called “Equality Act.” Joe Biden wants to sign…
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• Trump Administration Slams NATO Ally Turkey for Weapon Test

  23-10-2020 22:47
  
  In unusually strong language, the Pentagon is condemning Turkey's decision to test a Russian-made air defense system that has created a rift between Washington and one of its oldest NATO allies.
  
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• US Stocks Shake off a Wobbly Start and End Mostly Higher

  23-10-2020 22:46
  
  Stocks shrugged off a sluggish start and ended mostly higher on Wall Street Friday.
  
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• Mississippi Man Charged in Shooting Death of Ex-Girlfriend

  23-10-2020 22:44
  A 50-year-old Mississippi man with previous convictions has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of his former girlfriend.
  
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• Burglary Convict Walks Away From Western Indiana Prison

  23-10-2020 22:44
  The Indiana Department of Correction says an inmate walked away Friday from a prison in western Indiana.
  
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• Police Say Man Killed by California Officer Pulled Handgun

  23-10-2020 22:41
  Authorities say a California police officer shot and killed a man who pulled a gun from his pocket during a struggle.
  
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• $10.6 Million Contract for Mississippi Garment Maker

  23-10-2020 22:41
  A Mississippi apparel manufacturer has been awarded a $10.6 million contract for military clothing.
  
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• Watch: Man Learns He Won Nobel Prize When Neighbors Surprise Him on Doorbell Camera

  23-10-2020 22:40 via westernjournal.com
  
  Usually, if you hear frantic knocking at your door in the dead of night, it’s not cause for celebration. When Paul Milgrom of Stanford, California, heard his doorbell ringing and someone knocking repeatedly on the door earlier this month, though, it was for a very different reason. It was his friend and neighbor Robert B.…
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• US, North Macedonia, and Kosovo Sign 5G Deal

  23-10-2020 22:40
  North Macedonia and Kosovo have signed an agreement with the United States on high-speed wireless network security aimed at excluding Chinese hardware providers.
  
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• Probe Started After Police Officer Hits, Kills Pedestrian

  23-10-2020 22:40
  New Jersey’s Attorney General’s Office has launched an investigation after a Clifton police officer responding to a call struck and killed a pedestrian.
  
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