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• US election: The big issue that could hurt Trump

  31-10-2020 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Just ahead of the election, the US is seeing what could be the largest outbreak of the pandemic so far.
  
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• Covid-19: Austria and Portugal announce restrictions

  31-10-2020 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A number of European countries are enforcing new measures as cases continue to rise.
  
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• Tensions rise outside of Kamala Harris event in Fort Worth

  31-10-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As the November 3 presidential election draws near, tensions continue to rise amongst Democrats and Republicans.Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris arrived at a campaign stop in Fort Worth, Texas at First Saint John Catherdral on Friday.A small group of Trump-Pence supporters were also present, causing discord, according to the Star Telegram.
  
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• Lincoln Project targets 3 deep red states with million-dollar ad buy as election map ‘turning against’ Trump

  31-10-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With just three days left until the election, President Trump’s enemies are seeing new opportunities in staunchly red states.
  
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• Video: Scattered showers in morning to be followed by downpours at night

  31-10-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  We could even get some more snow early in the week with a blast of cold air.
  
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• US priest who founded Knights of Columbus is beatified

  31-10-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The late Connecticut priest who founded the Knights of Columbus moved a step closer to possible sainthood with his beatification Saturday, as authorized by Pope Francis. The celebration for the Rev. Michael McGivney at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford included the reading of a letter from Francis and the unveiling of a tapestry featuring McGivney's portrait. Francis in May approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of McGivney, which is required to be beatified, the first major ste
  
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• Typhoon Goni: Philippines hit by year's most powerful storm

  31-10-2020 23:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Torrential rain and "catastrophic violent winds" are expected on the main island of Luzon on Sunday.
  
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• Barcelona now four games without a league win after Alaves draw

  31-10-2020 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barcelona fail to win for the fourth successive La Liga game after being held by 10-man Alaves.
  
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• Texas smashed early voting records. Which party will benefit?

  31-10-2020 23:09 via usatoday.com
  With a record number of ballots cast in early voting in Texas, candidates, strategists and analysts are looking for clues as to how the state will go.
  
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• England beat Italy with bonus point to win Six Nations

  31-10-2020 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's bonus-point victory against Italy proves to be enough to win the Six Nations title after France beat Ireland in Saturday's final fixture.
  
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• Ireland beaten by France as title bid comes up short

  31-10-2020 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England are crowned Six Nations champions after four-try France record a deserved 35-27 win over Ireland in Paris.
  
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• Priest shot outside French church, suspect arrested

  31-10-2020 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun seriously wounded a Greek Orthodox priest in a shooting outside a church in the French city of Lyon on Saturday, with the country still reeling from a deadly church attack days before.
  
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• 'Outhustle the other side': Obama urges Michigan voters to oust Trump in first joint appearance with Biden

  31-10-2020 22:45 via usatoday.com
  Former President Barack Obama tore into Trump, saying, "Tweeting at the TV doesn’t fix things. Making stuff up doesn’t make people’s lives better."
  
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• Daylight-saving time is literally killing us — but at least we'll get a little extra sleep this Sunday

  31-10-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Daylight-saving time ends on Sunday, November 1, 2020. Years of data tell us the bi-annual switch is deadly. Here's how it puts stress on our bodies.
  
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• All travelers to New York must test negative for COVID-19, Cuomo announces

  31-10-2020 22:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  New York is moving away from a two-week quarantine for people coming from COVID-19 hotspots and will now require that all travelers test negative for the virus.
  
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• U.S. judge to hear Republican bid to void 100,000 votes in Texas

  31-10-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a brief order, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Houston on Friday agreed to hear arguments by a Republican state legislator and others that votes already cast at drive-through voting sites in the Houston area should be rejected. The lawsuit was brought on Wednesday by plaintiffs including Steve Hotze, a conservative activist, and state Representative Steve Toth. Harris County, home to about 4.7 million people, is the third most populous county in the United States.
  
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• Cops Pepper-Spray Voters as They March to Polls in NC

  31-10-2020 22:37 via thedailybeast.com
  GRAHAM, North Carolina—On the final day of early voting in North Carolina, police in Alamance County pepper-sprayed a group of voters who were marching to the polls, leaving demonstrators injured and vomiting in the streets.At least one journalist was arrested in the chaotic showdown on Saturday in Alamance County, a red county but one that may decide which party controls the state legislature next year.About 250 people—most of them Black—were taking part in an event called I A
  
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• Two gay couples in Taiwan make history in military wedding

  31-10-2020 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  The couples tied the knot in a mass military wedding complete with a parade, balloons and the Commander of the Taiwan Army's blessing.
  
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• US man mauled by leopard after paying $150 for a 'full-contact experience'

  31-10-2020 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  A man in Florida was mauled after paying $150 for a "full-contact experience" with a black leopard.
  
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• A Florida man was mauled by a leopard after paying $150 for a 'full-contact experience'

  31-10-2020 22:35 via cnn.com
  
  A man in Florida was mauled after paying $150 for a "full-contact experience" with a black leopard.
  
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• CNN Polls: Biden leads in two key states ahead of US election

  31-10-2020 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden holds an advantage in the upper Midwest states of Wisconsin and Michigan, according to CNN Polls conducted by SSRS, but the race between Biden and President Donald Trump is tighter in the battlegrounds of Arizona and North Carolina.
  
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• Florida man mauled by leopard in 'full-contact experience'

  31-10-2020 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  A man in Florida was mauled after paying $150 for a "full-contact experience" with a black leopard. CNN affiliate WPLG reports.
  
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• Tropical depression forms in Caribbean in busy storm season

  31-10-2020 22:28 via abcnews.go.com
  A tropical depression has formed in the central Caribbean Sea and forecasters say it is expected to become a hurricane in the coming days as it approaches Central America
  
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• Record-breaking Tropical Storm Eta forms in the Caribbean. 2020 tied for most named storms

  31-10-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tropical Storm Eta has formed in the Caribbean breaking a few records in an already historic hurricane season.
  
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• Greek Orthodox priest shot with sawed-off shotgun outside a church in Lyon, France

  31-10-2020 22:13 via cnn.com
  
  A Greek Orthodox priest who was closing a church in Lyon, France, was shot Saturday by a lone assailant using a sawed-off shotgun, the France National Police said.
  
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• A new tropical depression formed in the Caribbean. It could become Tropical Storm Eta

  31-10-2020 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new tropical depression has formed in the Caribbean, putting the 2020 hurricane season within reach of breaking a slew of meteorological records.
  
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• Iowa farmers split between voting President Trump and Joe Biden

  31-10-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It’s a tight race in the key battleground state of Iowa between President Trump and Joe Biden.
  
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• An election day superspreader? In this swing state, fears democracy will come at a grave cost

  31-10-2020 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Over the last two weeks, Ohio has repeatedly broken daily records in numbers of new coronavirus cases.
  
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• CNN Polls: Biden leads in Michigan and Wisconsin as campaign ends, with tighter races in Arizona and North Carolina

  31-10-2020 22:05 via cnn.com
  
  Former Vice President Joe Biden holds an advantage in the upper Midwest states of Wisconsin and Michigan, according to CNN Polls conducted by SSRS, but the race between Biden and President Donald Trump is tighter in the battlegrounds of Arizona and North Carolina.
  
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• US election: Don Jr told Trump supporters to ‘have some fun’ before Biden vehicles ‘rammed by armed group’

  31-10-2020 22:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump’s eldest son called on supporters ‘get out there, have some fun’
  
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• Biden, Obama join forces to rally voters to polls

  31-10-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden received a little extra help on the campaign trail on Saturday from none other than former US president Barack Obama. (Oct.31)
  
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• KitchenAid's holy grail mixer is at its lowest price ever for Black Friday 2020

  31-10-2020 21:53 via usatoday.com
  Black Friday 2020 is in full swing at Best Buy, where you can pick up the KitchenAid Professional 5-quart mixer for its lowest price of all time—details.
  
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• Barack Obama: Trump cares about feeding his ego

  31-10-2020 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama joined Joe Biden on the campaign trail in Michigan to urge voters to support his one-time vice president. CNN's Arlette Saenz reports.
  
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• Trump declares 1 November to be ‘national day of remembrance for those killed by illegal aliens’

  31-10-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The presidential proclamation was designed to hammer home his message of law and order, and position himself as the candidate best placed to protect the country
  
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• Lyon attack: Orthodox priest wounded in shooting

  31-10-2020 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police detain a suspect who resembles witness descriptions of the gunman.
  
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• Liverpool go top after Jota winner against West Ham

  31-10-2020 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Substitute Diogo Jota scores for the third straight game as Liverpool come from behind to beat West Ham and go top of the Premier League table.
  
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• Ivory Coast elections: Voters go to the polls amid opposition boycott

  31-10-2020 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Alassane Ouattara is running for a third term which his opponents say is illegal.
  
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• How the second national lockdown will impact schools, shops and gyms

  31-10-2020 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Boris Johnson insisted on Saturday he had no choice but to impose a second national lockdown to save tens of thousands of lives in the second wave of coronavirus. From one minute past midnight on Thursday, the whole of England will be plunged into the harshest measures since the original lockdown in the spring, subject to a vote in Parliament on Wednesday. The new rules will apply until at least Dec 2, when the regional tiering system is expected to return. Areas will be placed into Tiers 1, 2 o
  
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• EXPLAINER: Senate majority outcome may take weeks or more

  31-10-2020 21:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thirty-five U.S. Senate seats are on the ballot Tuesday, which will determine control of the legislative chamber for the next two years.Both states require a Senate candidate to capture over 50 percent of the vote in order to win outright on Nov. 3.If not, the top two vote-getters move on to a runoff election, which Louisiana will hold Dec. 5 and Georgia has scheduled for Jan. 5.
  
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• Obama criticizes Trump in scathing, personal terms

  31-10-2020 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Barack Obama is hitting President Donald Trump right where he thinks it’ll hurt most: His ego.Campaigning for Joe Biden on Saturday, the former president painted Trump as insecure and self-absorbed, describing him as a failed president who cares more about himself than the country.In a scathing speech, Obama mocked and belittled Trump for everything from the president’s criticism of the media coverage of the coronavirus pandemic — Trump, he said, was “jealous of COVID&rsq
  
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• EXPLAINER: Pandemic to factor into inauguration planning

  31-10-2020 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Every four years at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20, the president-elect or the reelected president of the United States takes the oath of office for a four-year term.The inaugural ceremony at the U.S. Capitol also includes a luncheon.
  
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• Buttigieg calls Trump Jr. 'so out of touch that you just don't care anymore' for saying coronavirus deaths are down to 'almost nothing'

  31-10-2020 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US has recorded a total of 9 million cases and over 220,000 deaths from coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University.
  
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• Clashes in Rome as Italy weighs new lockdowns

  31-10-2020 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  New skirmishes between police and protestors broke out in Rome on Saturday following clashes in Florence a night earlier that Italy's interior minister blamed on "violent fringe elements".
  
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• What the new 'League of Legends' champions have in common with other elite athletes

  31-10-2020 21:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Whether playing rugby, soccer or “League of Legends,” the best athletes all share similar psychological characteristics. And they're all "real" athletes.
  
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• Johnson announces new lockdown as UK passes one million cases

  31-10-2020 21:09 via cnn.com
  
  England will enter a second national lockdown in the coming days, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced. The decision came hours after the UK passed the grim milestone of one million coronavirus cases.
  
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• Trump has cast doubt on a peaceful transfer of power, but the preparation for one is well underway

  31-10-2020 21:07 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has cast doubt on whether he will commit to a peaceful transfer of power should Democrat Joe Biden win the election, but the secretive process to prepare a would-be Biden administration has been underway for months with help from top Trump officials.
  
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• Pennsylvania's small-town Trump defectors: Rare — but possibly decisive

  31-10-2020 21:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Analysis: In one of the most hotly contested 2020 battlegrounds, some Democrats worry that Trump will win. But it wouldn't take many Trump crossover votes to tip the state to Biden.
  
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• Pennsylvania's small-town Trump defectors: Rare — but possibly decisive

  31-10-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Analysis: In one of the most hotly contested 2020 battlegrounds, some Democrats worry that Trump will win. But it wouldn't take many Trump crossover votes to tip the state to Biden.
  
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• 'I am only dating in-state residents': NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo responds to Chelsea Handler's public crush on him

  31-10-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thanks to the hosts of "The View," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo got a chance to respond to claims that he "ghosted" comedian Chelsea Handler.
  
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• Priest shot at church in France

  31-10-2020 20:39 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Greek Orthodox priest was shot at a church in Lyon, France.
  
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