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• More than 61,000 kids got Covid-19 last week, a record

  02-11-2020 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pediatric cases now account for 11 percent of all cases in the U.S., up from 2 percent in April.
  
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• Kentucky state police trainer leaned on Adolf Hitler, Robert E. Lee for class material

  02-11-2020 23:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Gov. Andy Beshear calls curriculum "absolutely unacceptable" and state vows internal probe.
  
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• Bail set at $2 million for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen accused in fatal Kenosha shootings

  02-11-2020 23:56 via usatoday.com
  Kyle Rittenhouse has been accused of killing two people during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August.
  
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• 60 percent of ‘Karens’ supporting Biden in final hours before election: report

  02-11-2020 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In 2020, the name Karen has become synonymous with racist, white women who use law enforcement to bend the rules against Black and minority communities in their favor.Data released by the New York Timesand Siena College from polls conducted in battleground states looked at popular names and their relationship to voting trends.17,000 likely voters in 18 battleground states were surveyed since September to compile the list.
  
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• Trump says Supreme Court did a 'very bad thing for this nation'

  02-11-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump said on Monday that the Supreme Court did a "very bad thing for this nation" by upholding previous decisions to extend absentee ballot deadlines.
  
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• Fact check: Post about Biden-Harris bus incident involving 'Trump Train' missing context

  02-11-2020 23:51 via usatoday.com
  A post claiming pro-Trump truckers "escorted" a Biden-Harris campaign bus to its final stop is missing context. The FBI is investigating the incident.
  
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• John Bolton: Trump trying to set up con on his own supporters

  02-11-2020 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper speaks with former national security adviser John Bolton about President Donald Trump's rhetoric around when mail-in ballots should be counted and Trump's threats of legal action after polls close on Election Day.
  
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• Bolton: Trump trying to set up con on his own supporters

  02-11-2020 23:49 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper speaks with former national security adviser John Bolton about President Donald Trump's rhetoric around when mail-in ballots should be counted and Trump's threats of legal action after polls close on Election Day.
  
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• Hot New Electric Cars Are Coming Soon

  02-11-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has slowed auto production this year, but manufacturers’ plans to introduce electric vehicles (EVs) continue unabated. A record number of almost 100 pure electric EV mode...
  
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• Several injured and 1 dead after 'terror attack' in Vienna

  02-11-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An attack by multiple gunmen in Vienna, Austria left at least one person dead and several others wounded late Monday, officials said. One attacker was killed in what security officials were calling a “terror attack.”
  
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• Citing Texas' battleground status, DNC Chair Tom Perez rallies for Latino votes

  02-11-2020 23:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  "I think people here in Texas are sick of being last in children's health insurance," Perez said, "last in so many metrics you don't want to be last in."
  
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• LSU fraternity member accused of hazing that landed student on life support, cops say

  02-11-2020 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pledges were reportedly forced to guzzle alcohol until it was gone.
  
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• The life of Dana Perino: the rare Fox News anchor who's worried about being boring

  02-11-2020 23:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dana Perino, 48, is the host of Fox News' "The Daily Briefing" a commentator on the "The Five," and a co-host of the Fox podcast "I'll Tell You What."
  
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• Ethiopia: Gunmen kill at least 32 people in Oromia state

  02-11-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dozens of civilians are rounded up and killed, houses burned and livestock stolen, officials say.
  
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• Baltimore's mayoral race heats up with several issues before Election Day

  02-11-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Baltimore’s mayoral race is heating up with negative campaigning and claims of voter fraud.
  
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• 'Trump trains' and 'MAGA drags' snarl traffic and raise tensions in multiple states

  02-11-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Caravans of Trump-supporting motorists in 'Trump trains' caused chaos in multiple states over the weekend.
  
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• Mail-in ballots are being rejected at surprisingly low rates

  02-11-2020 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Every year, absentee ballots are often flagged for errors, typically because a voter failed to sign their ballot's envelope or because their signature doesn't match one on file. If a voter doesn't fix the mistake, their ballot will end up nullified — an especially relevant outcome in a year when record numbers of Americans are voting by mail.But Jen O'Malley Dillon, Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign manager, said Monday that it seems rejection rates in critical swing states are at re
  
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• Federal judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes

  02-11-2020 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centers established during the pandemic.
  
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• Local Police Say Biden Staffer May Have Been ‘At Fault’ in ‘Trump Train’ Highway Incident

  02-11-2020 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Local police in Texas said over the weekend that the vehicle of a Joe Biden staffer may be "at fault" in a minor collision that occurred during an incident where Trump supporters in trucks surrounded and followed a Biden campaign bus.The incident occurred on I-35 in Hays County and involved a Biden staffer's white SUV making contact with a Trump supporter's black truck.The San Marcos Police Department, which is handling any potential police reports on the crash, said it has researched
  
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• National Committee of Asian American Republicans endorses Biden

  02-11-2020 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  “We need a president with empathy, integrity and broadness capable of bringing all sides to the table to find common ground ... "
  
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• Biden campaign goes all-out in Florida to convince Hispanics he's not a 'socialist'

  02-11-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Biden-Harris campaign is pushing to counter an onslaught of disinformation from pro-Trump sources aimed at Florida’s Hispanic voters — in particular the idea that Biden is a socialist who wants to make the United States like Venezuela. 
  
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• Beyond Court Packing: The Supreme Court Has Always Been Political

  02-11-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The past offers a hint about what it might be reasonable for Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress, if elected, to do about the Supreme Court
  
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• Vienna attacks that killed 3 involved at least one 'Islamist terrorist'

  02-11-2020 23:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  At least two civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured during a terror attack from several locations in Vienna, Austria, on Monday.
  
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• Vienna attacks involved at least one 'Islamist terrorist' that killed 3

  02-11-2020 23:02 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  At least two civilians were killed and more than a dozen injured during a terror attack from several locations in Vienna, Austria, on Monday.
  
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• Trump: We'll send in lawyers if Pennsylvania election is unfair

  02-11-2020 23:01 via usatoday.com
  Trump threatened legal action even though states never count all the votes by Election Day; absentee and military ballots are counted for days .
  
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• See results on ballot measures from states from around the country

  02-11-2020 22:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  See results on ballot measures from states from around the country
  
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• Royal Caribbean, Norwegian cancel cruises through the end of the year

  02-11-2020 22:57 via usatoday.com
  
  Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. announced their cruise lines would cancel most sailings through the end of 2020.
  
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• See real-time exit polling data from around the country

  02-11-2020 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  See real-time exit polling data from around the country
  
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• See full results from the race for presidency

  02-11-2020 22:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  See full results from the race for presidency
  
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• See full results from Senate races around the country

  02-11-2020 22:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  See full results from Senate races around the country
  
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• AP PHOTOS: In Mexico, a quieter Day of the Dead under COVID

  02-11-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico’s usually ebullient and colorful Day of the Dead celebration was quieter and lonelier than usual, with many cemeteries closed to visits because of fears of spreading the coronavirus.Mexican families often visit graveyards to decorate their relatives’ tombs with flowers and sing, talk and snack during the Nov. 1-2 observance.
  
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• See full results from House races around the country

  02-11-2020 22:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  See full results from House races around the country
  
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• At least one dead in ongoing Vienna 'terror attack' involving several suspects

  02-11-2020 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  Police in Vienna have launched a major operation after shots were fired in the Austrian capital.
  
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• Fight for evangelical voters could be crucial in North Carolina

  02-11-2020 22:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  In a hotly contested battleground, the Trump camp seeks to shore up voters of faith while Biden hopes to peel off enough to make a difference.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the 2020 US election

  02-11-2020 22:44 via cnn.com
  
  Delegates, conventions and recounts, oh my! The United States will vote for President this November in a nationwide election. Here's what you need to know about the US election.
  
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• These 2 congressional districts could decide the election. Biden is up in both.

  02-11-2020 22:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  The districts, one in Maine and one in Nebraska, award one electoral vote independent of their states. That could make the difference in a close race.
  
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• Kim Kardashian Shows Off Over-the-Top Halloween Decor

  02-11-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The KKW beauty founder had her entire sleek, minimalistic home covered in spiderwebs
  
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• States call in National Guard to fill poll worker shortages — and to prepare for possible election unrest

  02-11-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The National Guard is getting ready to deal with a very unusual election in some very unusual ways.As COVID-19 led to a shortage of poll workers and an influx of mail-in ballots, at least 10 states brought in their National Guard troops to deal with election tasks, and another 14 are expected to do so this week, The New York Times reports. But in Massachusetts and Oregon, governors are calling in the guard to prepare for another Election Day struggle: potential unrest.With "the electorate sharpl
  
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• Kabul University: 22 dead, more wounded as gunmen storm campus

  02-11-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack, which targeted the university on the day of a book fair.
  
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• Vienna shooting believed to be 'terror attack' involving several suspects still at large

  02-11-2020 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  Police in Vienna have launched a major operation after shots were fired in the Austrian capital.
  
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• Vienna shooting believed to be ongoing 'terror attack' involving several suspects

  02-11-2020 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  Police in Vienna have launched a major operation after shots were fired in the Austrian capital.
  
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• Covid-19 cases, deaths rising at rapid rate across U.S. ahead of Election Day

  02-11-2020 22:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  In other coronavirus news: All but two states have some kind of mask mandate, Belgium is Europe's hot spot, and Mexico mourns health workers during Day of the Dead holiday.
  
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• Teen babysitter killed while trying to stop man from stealing truck, Colorado family says

  02-11-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The man has been accused of strangling and almost killing a young girl.
  
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• America braces for election violence with shops boarded up and National Guard on standby

  02-11-2020 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cities across the United States were battening down the hatches as they prepared for potential riots in the wake of the election on Tuesday. With the country more bitterly divided than at any time since the Vietnam War in the 1970s it was feared a disputed result could set off nationwide clashes. In Washington businesses near the White House, including hotels, banks and restaurants, boarded up their windows, as did those in iconic New York locations including Times Square and Fifth Avenue. Alex
  
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• Police launch major operation in Vienna after shots fired

  02-11-2020 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  Police in Vienna have launched a major operation after shots were fired in the Austrian capital.
  
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• 'Man, that's shady': Obama slams Georgia’s GOP senators for their coronavirus response

  02-11-2020 22:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At a campaign event for Joe Biden in Atlanta on Monday, former President Barack Obama criticized Georgia’s Republican senators, Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, both of whom are up for reelection, for their response to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Bail for Illinois teen charged in Kenosha killings set at $2 million

  02-11-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It was the first court appearance in Wisconsin for Kyle Rittenhouse since he was ordered extradited from Illinois on Friday.Presiding over the hearing, Kenosha County Commissioner Loren Keating said that a "very significant cash bond is necessary to assure this defendant's appearance in court, as the court does believe that he is a flight risk."Rittenhouse's attorney, Mark Richards, argued for lower bail, saying that his client's unsuccessful attempt to turn himself in to Kenosha police during t
  
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• Fact check: No evidence Kamala Harris ever said 'looters are just feeding their hungry kids'

  02-11-2020 22:04 via usatoday.com
  While Sen. Kamala Harris has previously repeatedly condemned looting, viral posts falsely claim she said "looters are just feeding their hungry kids."
  
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• Coronavirus live news: Germany goes into 'lockdown light'; Italy accused of wasting time as infections rise

  02-11-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Germans told to prepare for ‘months of restrictions and abstinence’; scientists warn Italy needs tougher measures; global deaths pass 1.2mLatest coronavirus lockdowns spark protests across EuropeSlovakia carries out mass testing of two-thirds of populationWHO chief Tedros in isolation after contact with positive caseDonald Trump threatens to fire Anthony Fauci after US election9.00pm GMT8.44pm GMTContinue reading...
  
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• US election 2020: Biden and Trump in pivotal Pennsylvania amid tight polls – live

  02-11-2020 21:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Contenders speak on Monday afternoon in crucial swing stateFBI investigating harassment of Biden campaign busBiden holds lead over Trump in PennsylvaniaTrump threatens to fire Fauci after US electionKamala Harris campaigns in Texas in bid to flip stateSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter8.57pm GMT Nina Lakhani spoke to attendees of the president’s freezing cold campaign rally near Scranton: Donald Trump made a last-minute stop to Joe Biden’s place of bi
  
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