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• Georgia nearing completion of statewide ballot audit, official says

  19-11-2020 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  Georgia elections officials said Thursday that plans to release results of a statewide ballot audit have been delayed while one county completes its review, but are expected shortly.
  
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• Next White House chief of staff: Trump just thrashing around

  19-11-2020 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Wolf Blitzer speaks with incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain about President Trump's attempt to stop President-elect Joe Biden's transition efforts.
  
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• Biden discusses mask mandate and vaccine distribution with bipartisan group of governors

  19-11-2020 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  • Hundreds of millions are living under lockdowns, but WHO says they could be avoided
  • LIVE: CDC urges Americans to cancel travel for Thanksgiving
  
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• Giuliani and the Trump legal team's wild press conference

  19-11-2020 23:25 via cnn.com
  
  • Live updates: Biden begins transition plans as Trump refuses to concede
  • Inside Giuliani's attempt to sow chaos on behalf of Trump and steal the election
  
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• Fact checking Giuliani's wild, fact-free press conference

  19-11-2020 23:25 via cnn.com
  
  In a wild, tangent-filled and often contentious press briefing led by President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, the Trump campaign's legal team laid out its case for widespread voter fraud in the election. The roughly 90-minute briefing was overflowing with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
  
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• UNICEF: 'No consistent association’ between school openings and COVID-19 infection rates

  19-11-2020 23:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The United Nations agency responsible for aiding children is warning that the costs of coronavirus-related school closures outweight the benefits, and that the pandemic poses substantial threats to children and their countries' long-term well-being.
  
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• Major coronavirus outbreak hits crew of US Navy warship

  19-11-2020 23:11 via cnn.com
  
  There has been a major coronavirus outbreak aboard a US Navy guided missile destroyer, the USS Michael Murphy, which has spread to nearly one-quarter of the ship's 300 strong-crew, according to two US Navy officials.
  
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• Trump tries to overturn the election he lost

  19-11-2020 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  The two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers want to "rescind" their votes to certify the presidential results from the county, the largest in Michigan and home to the city of Detroit, even though the board has already certified the results.
  
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• Coronavirus: Europe faces 'six tough months' of pandemic, WHO says

  19-11-2020 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Current mortality rates in Europe are seeing a person die every 17 seconds, an official says.
  
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• IMF director: Virus could disrupt global recovery

  19-11-2020 22:16 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The head of the International Monetary Fund said Thursday that while the United States and other major economies turned in better-than-expected economic performances in the third quarter, the world now faces slower momentum with a resurgence in coronavirus cases.
  
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• Lori Loughlin's husband reports to prison for college admissions scandal

  19-11-2020 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, the husband of actress Lori Loughlin, reported to prison Thursday to begin his five-month sentence at the Federal Correctional Complex Lompoc, according to prison spokeswoman Suzanne Scott.
  
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• Fact checking Rudy Giuliani's wild, fact-free press conference

  19-11-2020 22:01 via cnn.com
  
  In a wild, tangent-filled and often contentious press briefing led by President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, the Trump campaign's legal team laid out its case for widespread voter fraud in the election. The roughly 90-minute briefing was overflowing with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
  
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• Pep Guardiola: Manchester City boss was 'not close at all' to leaving, says Guillem Balague

  19-11-2020 21:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was "not close at all" to leaving the Premier League club, says BBC Radio 5 Live's Guillem Balague.
  
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• The surprising reason why Apple was so gung-ho about its 5G iPhone

  19-11-2020 21:24 via cnn.com
  
  Verizon and Apple are teaming up on another sales pitch for the 5G iPhone 12 — and this time, they're aiming at business customers.
  
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• Trump team's focus: 'Iran, Iran, Iran'

  19-11-2020 21:20 via cnn.com
  
  New York Times reporter Ronen Bergman says the White House is using the time it has left to exercise a tougher Iran policy than they expect from Joe Biden.
  
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• 'Fresh Prince' reunion squashes Will Smith's decades-old rivalry

  19-11-2020 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" costar Janet Hubert, known for the role of Aunt Viv, sits down with Will Smith to discuss tensions on set which led to her release from the show.
  
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• The President has invited GOP lawmakers from Michigan to the White House after calling two officials who voted to certify Detroit's election results

  19-11-2020 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  The two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers want to "rescind" their votes to certify the presidential results from the county, the largest in Michigan and home to the city of Detroit, even though the board has already certified the results.
  
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• Premier League & EFL near to rescue deal, says UK culture secretary

  19-11-2020 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Premier League is very close to agreeing a bailout deal with English Football League clubs, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.
  
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• Obama memoir: What he really thought of Putin and other leaders

  19-11-2020 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former US president's record-selling memoir contains some candid portraits of world leaders.
  
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• Buzzfeed to take over Huffington Post

  19-11-2020 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deal will bring together two of the world's most high-profile digital media firms.
  
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• Brexit: Top-level talks suspended after positive Covid test

  19-11-2020 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier says a member of his team has tested positive for the virus.
  
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• Meat plant managers 'bet on workers getting Covid'

  19-11-2020 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As infection spread, plant managers organised a "winner-take-all betting pool", a lawsuit alleges.
  
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• Anchor explains why CNN didn't air Giuliani's 'bananas' briefing

  19-11-2020 20:49 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brianna Keilar breaks down who is on the Trump campaign's legal team as they file a mounting number of election fraud lawsuits.
  
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• WHO boss Dr Tedros denies supporting Tigray leaders

  19-11-2020 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ethiopia's army chief had accused Dr Tedros of helping source weapons for the conflict.
  
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• BuzzFeed is buying HuffPost

  19-11-2020 20:22 via cnn.com
  
  BuzzFeed is acquiring HuffPost as part of a larger deal with Verizon Media Group, the companies announced Thursday.
  
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• The end is near for famed 'GoldenEye' telescope

  19-11-2020 20:20 via cnn.com
  
  After decades of aiding astronomical discoveries, one of the most powerful telescopes on Earth will cease its observation of the universe after sustaining irreparable damage.
  
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• See dogs react to a Christmas song created just for them

  19-11-2020 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  "Raise the Woof," a Christmas song for dogs has been released. The canine jingle was created based on scientific research into the ways dogs interact with sound.
  
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• 'Raise the Woof': Dogs react to a Christmas song created just for them

  19-11-2020 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  "Raise the Woof," a Christmas song for dogs has been released. The canine jingle was created based on scientific research into the ways dogs interact with sound.
  
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• Legacy of socialism? State violence continues in Belarus

  19-11-2020 20:05 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  In Belarus, government security forces continue to abuse, arrest and torture pro-democracy protesters since mass demonstrations became an almost-daily feature of life in the country after authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko won his sixth term in a widely disputed election more than 100 days ago. 
  
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• Pompeo in unprecedented West Bank settlement visit

  19-11-2020 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the first time a top US official visiting Israel makes such a trip, seen as controversial.
  
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• Analysis: A stunning exchange on Trump's voter fraud claims

  19-11-2020 19:42 via cnn.com
  
  Here's a real exchange this week between House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and The New York Times' Jonathan Martin about President Donald Trump's ongoing falsehoods regarding the outcome of the 2020 election:
  
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• Biden nears record 80m votes as Trump persists in trying to overturn result

  19-11-2020 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Rising Biden tally and his popular vote lead overshadowed by Trump escalating his false insistence that he actually wonJoe Biden is approaching a record 80m votes, with ballots still being counted and having already recorded the highest number of votes for a US presidential election winner, as Donald Trump persisted on Thursday in denying the result and trying to overturn it. Continue reading...
  
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• Bobi Wine: Presidential rival's arrest sparks deadly Uganda protests

  19-11-2020 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sixteen people are killed in protests in Uganda over the arrest of presidential candidate Bobi Wine.
  
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• Michael J. Fox retiring again because of health

  19-11-2020 19:25 via cnn.com
  
  Michael J. Fox is reportedly retiring again because of health concerns.
  
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• Brexit negotiations suspended after official tests positive for coronavirus

  19-11-2020 19:24 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  As if the Brexit trade negotiations were not tortuous enough, the coronavirus added a twist at a crucial stage on Thursday when top-level talks had to be suspended because an EU negotiator tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Trump spoke to at least one Michigan GOP official, the Washington Post reports. Certification is still set to move forward and affirm Biden's win in Detroit.

  19-11-2020 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  The two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers want to "rescind" their votes to certify the presidential results from the county, the largest in Michigan and home to the city of Detroit, even though the board has already certified the results.
  
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• 16 dead in protests over Bobi Wine's arrest

  19-11-2020 19:15 via cnn.com
  
  Sixteen people have been killed in Kampala in two days of protest over the arrest of presidential opposition candidate Bobi Wine.
  
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• Why the BBC's pop music station won't play the original 'Fairytale of New York'

  19-11-2020 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  BBC pop music channel Radio 1 won't play the original version of the popular Christmas song "Fairytale of New York" this year because it includes derogatory lyrics.
  
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• Actor Michael J Fox on his 'acceptance' of Parkinson's disease

  19-11-2020 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Back to the Future star on his battle with the disease and how he initially tried to hide his diagnosis.
  
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• How election certification works, and why it matters this year

  19-11-2020 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  Though states finalize and certify their results after every election, the process of confirming the winner of the general election has taken on new significance this year, as President Donald Trump continues to contest his loss.
  
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• Van Jones explains the various ways a contested election can unfold

  19-11-2020 18:43 via cnn.com
  
  Certifying election results is typically a formality, but the process has become a battleground as President Trump's campaign tries to block or delay certification in key states in hopes of overturning Joe Biden's victory through the Electoral College. CNN political commentator Van Jones explains the various ways a contested election can unfold.
  
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• Trump spoke to GOP official who now wants to 'rescind' vote to certify Detroit's results, WaPo reports

  19-11-2020 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  The two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers want to "rescind" their votes to certify the presidential results from the county, the largest in Michigan and home to the city of Detroit, even though the board has already certified the results.
  
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• Tocilizumab: Arthritis drug may treat severe Covid

  19-11-2020 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Early signs suggest it may help patients with severe breathing difficulties who are on ventilators.
  
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• France's Macron issues 'republican values' ultimatum to Muslim leaders

  19-11-2020 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Macron gives Muslim leaders an ultimatum to accept a "charter of republican values".
  
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• Plastics an 'unfolding disaster' for US marine life

  19-11-2020 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  For the first time, advocates have tracked how animals in US waters are harmed by plastic pollution.
  
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• Apple to pay $113 million over deliberately slowing down iPhones

  19-11-2020 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Apple has agreed to pay millions of dollars to 34 states over its controversial previous practice of deliberately slowing down older iPhones to extend their battery life.
  
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• Pompeo's West Bank trip would be unthinkable for any other US Secretary of State. But not him

  19-11-2020 17:58 via cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Psagot on Thursday marked the first time a top American diplomat has visited a settlement in the West Bank, considered illegal under international law. For any other Secretary of State, this move would have been unprecedented, breaking with decades of US foreign policy and ignoring UN Security Council resolutions. But not from Pompeo, who has been moving American policy in this direction since virtually the beginning of his time as the Trump administrati
  
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• Watch CNN's original investigation that revealed truth of brutality at Lekki toll gate

  19-11-2020 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  In Nigeria thousands of young people have been protesting against police brutality as part of a largely peaceful movement called EndSARS. But on October 20, these protests turned deadly as the army and police moved in on unarmed civilians. The Nigerian army has called allegations that it fired into the crowd "fake news" and told a judicial panel of inquiry that it did not shoot at any civilian but a new CNN investigation can reveal this is not true. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports. Some of the images
  
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• Trump is fixated on his electoral failing as Americans get sick and die

  19-11-2020 17:39 via cnn.com
  
  • Hundreds of millions are living under lockdowns, but WHO says they could be avoided
  • LIVE: CDC urges Americans to cancel travel for Thanksgiving
  
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• Kremlin denies Putin suffered coughing fit during coronavirus conference

  19-11-2020 17:39 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly had a coughing fit during a coronavirus videoconference with top officials, though the Kremlin denied the episode. 
  
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