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• Thousands of ballots are at stake as the Supreme Court considers Pennsylvania voting rules

  31-10-2024 23:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Pennsylvania’s mail balloting policies have been the focus of intense litigation since the 2020 election.
  
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• Soldier charged with murder after sergeant found dead in dumpster at Missouri base

  31-10-2024 23:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  A soldier stationed in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, has been charged with murder in the death of a sergeant whose body was found in a dumpster at the base, officials said.
  
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• Young Thug changes plea to guilty in Georgia's longest-running criminal trial

  31-10-2024 22:53 via nbcnews.com
  Young Thug agreed to change his plea to guilty on charges of leading a violent street gang in Atlanta. It is a surprising twist in Georgia's longest-running criminal trial. His plea comes shortly after three of his co-defendants accepted plea deals.
  
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• Jets win 21-13 against Texans in 'Thursday Night Football'

  31-10-2024 22:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Houston QB C.J. Stroud takes on New York QB Aaron Rodgers at MetLife Stadium.
  
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• Spain searches for bodies after unprecedented flooding claims at least 158 lives

  31-10-2024 22:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Crews searched for bodies in stranded cars and sodden buildings Thursday as residents salvaged what they could from their ruined homes following monstrous flash floods in Spain that claimed at least 158 lives, with 155 deaths confirmed in the eastern Valencia region alone.More horrors emerged Thursday from the debris and ubiquitous layers of mud left by the walls of water that produced Spain's deadliest natural disaster in living memory. The damage recalled the aftermath of a tsunami, with survi
  
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• Would Justice Department and FBI officials carry out Trump’s prosecutions of his rivals?

  31-10-2024 21:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former officials fear that Donald Trump, if elected, would force out DOJ and FBI officials who defy him and replace them with loyalists. Chaos, division and paralysis could ensue.
  
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• Full interview: Harris says Trump ‘devalues’ women’s ability to make their own decisions

  31-10-2024 21:43 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor interviews Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona.
  
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• US says 8,000 North Korean soldiers to begin combat operations in war with Ukraine 'in coming days'

  31-10-2024 21:28 via foxnews.com
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on Thursday that 8,000 North Korean soldiers in Russia are expected to begin combat operations against Ukrainian troops in Kursk "in the coming days."The secretary said that of the 10,000 North Korean soldiers believed to have been sent to Russia for training, 80% of that force is now in the Kursk region, where Ukraine first launched an incursion in August.Ukraine has since captured and held onto roughly 460 square miles according to reports earli
  
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• Authorities in Mexican state warn residents to avoid Halloween costumes

  31-10-2024 20:33 via theguardian.com
  
  In Sinaloa state, police have asked for security measure so revelers aren’t mistaken for criminals amid cartel violenceAuthorities in the Mexican state of Sinaloa have ordered residents not to don masks or costumes for Halloween to avoid being confused with criminals amid a worsening cycle of cartel violence.Home to the powerful Sinaloa cartel, the north-western state has been wracked by deadly infighting between factions of the group following the arrest of one of its leaders, drug traffi
  
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• US says Lebanon ceasefire talks making ‘good progress’ – as it happened

  31-10-2024 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
  US secretary of state and defence secretary express hope of ceasefire in near future as Hamas rules out short-term truce for GazaReuters reports that the Israeli military said on Thursday it had shot down a drone smuggling weapons from Egyptian territory to Israel on Wednesday.No other information was provided. We will update the blog as more details come in.Rafael and Lala Goliev … residents of Lod, were arrested after they carried out tasks on behalf of an Iranian cell that recruits Isr
  
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• A Swedish gummies craze is taking over the candy world

  31-10-2024 20:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Swedish gummies craze is taking over the candy world, fueled by TikTok, high-end ingredients, nostalgia and a rise in chocolate prices.
  
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• About 8,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US

  31-10-2024 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Antony Blinken warns that Russia is preparing to deploy the troops into combat ‘in the coming days’About 8,000 North Korean soldiers are stationed in Russia on the border with Ukraine, the US secretary of state has said, warning that Moscow is preparing to deploy those troops into combat “in the coming days”.Antony Blinken said the US believed that North Korea had sent 10,000 troops to Russia in total, deploying them first to training bases in the far east before sending
  
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• What the early voting data shows about new voters — a group that could swing the election

  31-10-2024 20:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  With nearly 60 million ballots already cast, everyone interested in the presidential election is trying to figure out where the race stands.
  
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• EU citizen who applied for pre-settled status is to be deported from Scotland

  31-10-2024 19:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Greek Cypriot Costa Koushiappis to be removed from UK even though his application is pending with Home OfficeAn EU citizen caught up in a Home Office backlog of applications for post-Brexit residency status is to be deported by Border Force officials in Scotland.Costa Koushiappis, 39, who is Greek Cypriot, has been told to show up at Edinburgh airport at 7am on Friday to be forcibly put on a flight to Amsterdam just weeks after he received an email from the Home Office to say it could take a fur
  
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• Top U.S. commander in Middle East being investigated on allegations of shoving a subordinate

  31-10-2024 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The top U.S. commander in the Middle East is under investigation for allegedly pushing a subordinate service member during a recent flight, officials say.
  
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• UN should consider suspending Israel over ‘genocide’ against Palestinians, says special rapporteur

  31-10-2024 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Francesca Albanese, who was stopped from appearing at US Congress this week, said Israel defied UN resolutionsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe UN should consider suspending Israel as a member state due to its continuing “genocide” against the Palestinians, the divisive special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories has said.Francesca Albanese was speaking to a UN committee on the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in New York the day after she published her lat
  
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• US attempts to broker ceasefire as civilians killed in Lebanon and Israel

  31-10-2024 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  IDF airstrikes kill 45 people while seven die, including four Thai workers, in rocket attack on northern IsraelSenior US officials have held talks in Israel aimed at brokering a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, on a day when more civilians in both countries were killed in the year-long war.Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, who had expressed optimism of a speedy settlement “in hours or days” earlier on Thursday, said that Israel’s “ongoing escalat
  
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• Weekly quiz: Which TV Friend lost their on-screen mum?

  31-10-2024 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Test how closely you've been paying attention to what has been going on over the past seven days.
  
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• WATCH: Cop 'attacked' by giant inflatable runaway pumpkin

  31-10-2024 17:41
  
  A police officer in Ohio was “attacked” by a giant inflatable runaway pumpkin in the middle of the street while he was trying to clear it away from traffic, police said.
  
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• 'Grate cheese robbery': Man arrested for stealing 24 tons of cheddar totaling $390,000

  31-10-2024 17:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  In the end it may have just been too much cheddar to make a clean getaway.
  
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• Canada judge halts medically assisted death of woman in rare injunction

  31-10-2024 16:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Court order blocks Vancouver physician Ellen Wiebe from euthanizing Alberta resident due to lack of physical ailmentA British Columbia judge has issued a rare, last-minute injunction barring a woman from accessing euthanasia after physicians in her home province refused to approve the request.The injunction, granted to the woman’s common law partner, blocks the Vancouver physician Ellen Wiebe, or any other medical professional, from “causing the death” of an Alberta woman withi
  
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• Iran and Russia close in on deal as Tehran threatens revenge against Israel

  31-10-2024 16:42 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran and Russia are closing in on a deal that will bolster their defensive cooperation and strengthen military ties at a time when Western nations are increasingly concerned about regional wars in Europe and the Middle East. "The treaty on a comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and Iran that is being prepared will become a serious factor in strengthening Russian-Iranian relations," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday, according to a
  
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• Rapidly rising rents squeeze millions in the middle class

  31-10-2024 16:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four in 10 middle-class renters pay 30% or more of their incomes toward housing each month, NBC News analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows.
  
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• Typhoon Kong-rey: biggest storm in decades wreaks destruction in Taiwan

  31-10-2024 16:31 via theguardian.com
  
  People warned to stay inside because of high risk of storm surges, flooding and landslides as typhoon crosses islandThe biggest typhoon to hit Taiwan in decades has crossed over the island, leaving behind a path of destruction but minimal reported deaths or injuries.Typhoon Kong-rey was the largest in size to make landfall in Taiwan since 1996, and also struck later in the typhoon season, which typically stretches from May to October, than any other typhoon since record-keeping began in the 1950
  
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• At least 155 people were killed in devastating flash floods in Spain

  31-10-2024 16:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Devastating floods have killed at least 155 people in eastern and southern Spain, local officials announced Thursday, after torrential rain fueled the worst natural disaster in the country’s modern history.
  
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• WATCH: NYC dogs show off Halloween costumes

  31-10-2024 16:21
  
  These three pups from the 34th annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade are celebrating Halloween in style.
  
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• Almost two dozen countries at high risk of acute hunger, UN report reveals

  31-10-2024 15:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Palestine and Haiti rated at level of highest concernin latest six-monthly analysisAcute food insecurity is expected to worsen in war-stricken Sudan and nearly two dozen other countries and territories in the next six months, largely as a result of conflict and violence, an analysis by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme has found.The latest edition of the twice-yearly Hunger Hotspots report, published on Thursday, provides early wa
  
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• How will the outcome of the US election affect Australia, Aukus and our region?

  31-10-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Australia’s future is closely tied to the future occupant of the White House. What impacts could a Kamala Harris or Donald Trump presidency have?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore people have gone to a ballot box in 2024 than in any other year in human history. Billions have cast votes across scores of countries, including some of the largest, most powerful democracies on Earth.But America’s remains th
  
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• 7 killed in Israel by Hezbollah airstrikes as IDF eliminates terrorist group's special forces commander

  31-10-2024 13:03 via foxnews.com
  
  Seven people have died in Hezbollah rocket attacks in northern Israel Thursday, one day after an Israel Defense Forces airstrike killed a commander within the terrorist group's special forces unit.The first Hezbollah attack in Metula – a town located along the Israel-Lebanon border – left an Israeli farmer and four foreign agricultural workers dead, while a fifth foreign worker was seriously injured, a local official told the TPS news agency. A second reported barrage of rockets from
  
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• EU launches action against shopping website Temu over illegal products

  31-10-2024 12:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Formal investigation opens amid concerns Chinese shopping website is breaching Digital Services ActThe EU has launched formal proceedings against the Chinese shopping website Temu amid concerns it is failing to halt the sale of illegal products online.A formal investigation was opened on Thursday with the European Commission citing concerns over the platform, which is a cut-price rival to Amazon. Continue reading...
  
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• North Korea missile test reaches record height and duration, says Japan

  31-10-2024 11:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Test of apparent ICBM theoretically capable of striking US mainland comes amid warnings over North Korean troops in UkraineNorth Korea has test launched a long-range missile theoretically capable of striking the US mainland in another display of defiance by the regime amid growing warnings over its troops’ participation in the war in Ukraine.US officials said they believed Thursday’s launch was that of an intercontinental ballistic missile [ICBM] but did not say how they had reached
  
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• Saudi Arabia World Cup bid report accused of ‘whitewashing’ rights abuses

  31-10-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Law firm AS&H Clifford Chance failed to include alleged abuse of migrant workers in assessment for Fifa 2034 bid, say rights groupsA report by the Saudi arm of a global law firm on Saudi Arabia’s 2034 Fifa World Cup bid has “whitewashed” the Gulf kingdom’s record of exploiting and suppressing the rights of migrant workers, rights groups have claimed.AS&H Clifford Chance was commissioned to independently assess the human rights implications of the bid, but the repo
  
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• How each of the 7 key swing states would handle a 2024 recount

  31-10-2024 10:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Some states automatically launch a recount if the results are within a certain margin, while others rely on candidates to ask for one.
  
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• Uber Eats driver accused of snacking on customer's food, spitting it in her face when confronted: police

  31-10-2024 06:18 via foxnews.com
  
  An Uber Eats driver in Florida with a hankering for a late-night snack was allegedly caught nibbling on a customer's order – in front of them – leading to the driver reportedly spitting in the customer's face.According to an affidavit, obtained by Fox News' affiliate, FOX 13, Alexsandra Del Valle Acosta Aguilar, 29, was spotted by an unidentified customer "removing food from the bag that she ordered" while outside the customer’s home in Davenport, Florida, on Sept. 12.The unide
  
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• Dodgers' Freddie Freeman wins World Series MVP with historic performance vs Yankees

  31-10-2024 05:11 via foxnews.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman won the 2024 World Series MVP with a performance that included four home runs, which extended a streak of six straight World Series games with a home run, dating back to his 2021 run with the Atlanta Braves. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMHis walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning of Game 1 against the Yankees was the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM
  
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• 102 days: Kamala Harris has yet to do formal press conference since emerging as Democratic nominee

  31-10-2024 05:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 102 days as the presumptive, and now, official Democratic nominee for president without holding an official press conference. Trump has held at least six news conferences where he took questions from the media since the beginning of August. Harris has done brief, informal press gaggles this week with the media while on the campaign trail, including on Monday when she criticized the tone and rhetoric at Trump's rally in New York City over the weekend.&nb
  
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• Dodgers win World Series after incredible Game 5 comeback over Yankees

  31-10-2024 04:53 via foxnews.com
  
  For the second time this decade, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions.The Dodgers fought back from down five runs to take Game 5 of the Fall Classic against the New York Yankees, 7-6, to win the eighth title in franchise history.Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm went back-to-back in the first inning, and by the fourth inning, it was a 5-0 lead for New York. However, their biggest issue in shoddy defense would come back to haunt them.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMIn
  
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• SEAN HANNITY: For Trump, one man's trash is another man's treasure

  31-10-2024 04:29 via foxnews.com
  
  Fox News host Sean Hannity reacts to former President Trump rolling up to the swing state of Wisconsin in a MAGA garbage truck after President Biden called Trump supporters "garbage." SEAN HANNITY: The party of unity, the party of joy and happiness, love and peace, is at it again – according to the President of the United States, Joe Biden. Half the country is, quote, garbage. According to the Democratic Party, millions of Americans just like you and me, we are a basket of irredeemabl
  
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• Trump says a second term would be different now because he knows 'the good, the strong, the weak, the stupid'

  31-10-2024 04:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump reiterated his plans to "make America great again" as the 2024 race enters its final days.Trump sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity at Mar-a-Lago and repeated the same campaign promises he’s made on the trail, vowing to secure the border, fix the economy and immigration system and utilize tariffs against foreign countries.The 2024 GOP presidential nominee said a potential second administration of his would be different because, now, he knows "everybody in Washin
  
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• Harris pledges to sign bill ‘to restore reproductive freedom’ as president in Wisconsin speech

  31-10-2024 03:46 via foxnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris suggested she would sign federal abortion protections into law during a speech in Wisconsin on Thursday evening."One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree, the government shouldn't be telling her what to do with her body," Harris said, referring to women."When Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom nationwide, as President of the United States, I will proudly sign it into law."BIDEN CALLS TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘GARBAGE&
  
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• WATCH: First lady wears panda costume as Bidens host Halloween at the White House

  31-10-2024 03:12
  
  President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, who wore a giant panda costume, hosted trick-or-treaters at the White House on Wednesday for the final time.
  
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• Joe Rogan explains the details about Harris missed 'opportunity' to appear on his podcast

  31-10-2024 03:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Joe Rogan revealed it was the Harris campaign that reached out to get their candidate on his show before declining his "open invitation" to come on at any time, even at midnight when she was in Texas last week. "The Joe Rogan Experience" host spoke with satirist and podcast host Konstantin Kisin, who brought up Rogan’s original plan to sit down with Harris. Rogan had said earlier this week it was scrapped because the campaign demanded the interview only be an hour and that he travel t
  
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• Kellyanne Conway: Donald Trump is rising from the ashes. Here's why Trump 2016 is Trump 2024

  31-10-2024 02:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Here's the deal for this week, the very last and final push to Election Day. Ladies and gentlemen, it does feel like 2016 all over again, and for many different reasons. We're talking about Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the three states that Donald Trump won by a total of 77,000 votes to become the 45th President of the United States. He's up against a female opponent who excited and enthused so many women across the country, and other folks. A woman, again, who was suppos
  
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• Donald Trump wears garbage worker vest to rally in critical swing state

  31-10-2024 02:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Just six days until Nov. 5 and the day after President Joe Biden called Trump supporters "garbage," Former President Donald Trump addressed several thousand supporters in Green Bay, Wisconsin, while wearing a garbage worker high visibility vest.Trump explained that his decision to arrive at the rally in a dump truck, dressed in a garbage vest, was made spur of the moment. He joked that the vest made him look thinner and quipped that the vest could become part of his everyday attire. "When t
  
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• North Korea launches missile toward the Sea of Japan in longest attempt so far: reports

  31-10-2024 02:54 via foxnews.com
  
  North Korea, on Wednesday night, launched a long-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, a day after South Korean officials reported the North was preparing to test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which reportedly had the longest flight time of any previous test.Reuters reported that the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the missile was launched at a sharply raised angle at 7:10 a.m. local time, from an area near North Korea’s capital of Pyongyang
  
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• Biden bites babies visiting for White House Halloween trick-or-treat celebration

  31-10-2024 02:48 via foxnews.com
  
  President Biden was photographed playfully biting at least two babies dressed in Halloween costumes at the White House trick-or-treat event on Wednesday evening.BIDEN'S PAST COMMENTS ABOUT MAGA REPUBLICANS COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM AS WHITE HOUSE SPINS 'GARBAGE' REMARKSBoth children were carried by their mothers to visit the 81-year-old commander-in-chief, who didn't seem to mind the interaction.One baby who was dressed as a chicken even giggled after Biden took a faux nibble of his or her leg. The
  
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• Brett Favre rips Joe Biden for 'garbage' comments, says 'it would be insane' to vote Kamala Harris

  31-10-2024 02:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre spoke at Donald Trump's rally in Green Bay, where he made his legacy as the Packers quarterback.The 11-time Pro Bowler said he had "never" spoken at "an event like this before," but with the election just six days away, "I decided it's time.""There’s never been a more important time in our lives than right now in this election," Favre began his speech.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"The stakes are incredibly high. Families across Wi
  
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• Browns QB Jameis Winston defends viral pregame speeches: 'This is who I am'

  31-10-2024 02:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Jameis Winston, the top pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, has one of the most outgoing and infectious personalities in the league. The Cleveland Browns quarterback's speeches to his teammates prior to kickoffs have often created viral moments.Winston was inserted into the starter role for the Browns Week 8 matchup with the Baltimore Ravens after Deshaun Watson suffered a season-ending injury on Oct. 20.  The Browns entered this past Sunday's game on a five-game losing streak. But perhaps Winston'
  
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• WaPo opinion editor tells angry staff they could resign over Bezos' endorsement decision during tense meeting

  31-10-2024 02:30 via foxnews.com
  
  The top opinion editor at The Washington Post had a frank conversation with his staff fuming over the decision to not make a presidential endorsement, telling them they could resign if they cannot come to terms with it.The Washington Free Beacon obtained a recording of a tense meeting Monday led by The Post's editorial page editor David Shipley. According to the Free Beacon, Shipley told the opinion staffers they were free to express their dissent but ultimately decide whether they are able to s
  
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• Trump gives Netanyahu deadline to end Israel-Hamas war by January if he takes office: report

  31-10-2024 02:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Former President Trump reportedly asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wrap up the Israel-Hamas war by the time he gets inaugurated, if he is elected, according to the Times of Israel.The Israeli outlet was told about the exchange by an anonymous source familiar with the situation. Either Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, depending on how voters cast their ballots on Nov. 5.The Times of Israel's source said that Trump initially gave the message t
  
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