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• Trump and Biden may be in limbo for days

  03-11-2020 23:58 via politico.com
  
  The former vice president and Trump are locked in a closer-than-expected fight as returns came in.
  
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• Fact check: Poll watcher turned away at Philadelphia polling station in misunderstanding

  03-11-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A viral video shows a man refused entry to a Philadelphia polling station. Upon realization of the mistake, he was permitted inside.
  
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• Kentucky State Police Commissioner resigned days after a high school newspaper uncovered officers had once been trained using material that quoted Hitler

  03-11-2020 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The resignation came just days after student journalists reported that police training materials had used quotes from Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" manifesto.
  
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• YouTube channels made money off of fake election results livestreams with thousands of viewers

  03-11-2020 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One hip-hop YouTube channel streamed a fake still results image to more than 26,000 people with advertisements before being taken down.
  
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• Fact check: Clip altered to make Barack Obama look confused at Joe Biden campaign event

  03-11-2020 23:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An altered clip displays a confused Obama waiting for Biden to take the stage at a Flint, Michigan, event. The original audio tells a different story.
  
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• How undocumented Asian Americans who can't vote are getting people to polls

  03-11-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “I may not ever have a vote, my voice may not matter at the ballot box. But there are other ways and other avenues for me to have a voice and to have some sort of an influence,” activist Jose Antonio Vargas said.
  
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• Massive turnout in Houston is making Texas a top state to watch tonight

  03-11-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More people have already voted in Harris County than the population of 11 states, and the numbers are getting Democrats hopeful about flipping Texas.
  
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• Jeannie Mai quit Dancing with the Stars to have emergency surgery for epiglottitis. Here's what you need to know about the throat condition.

  03-11-2020 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Epiglottitis is a potentially life-threatening complication when the epiglottis, a cartilage flap that covers the windpipe, blocks the airway.
  
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• Videos show a humpback whale nearly gulping down 2 kayakers off the coast of California

  03-11-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Julie McSorley and Liz Cottriel were whale-watching and filming in a kayak near the shore of Avila Beach when a humpback swam up from underneath them.
  
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• Lizzo posed in a daring American flag jumpsuit that was cut in half to represent the percentage of people who didn't vote in 2016

  03-11-2020 23:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lizzo encouraged people to vote on Election Day in a custom Rey Ortiz jumpsuit that her stylist, Marko Monroe, cut in half to create a semi-nude look.
  
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• Vermont's Phil Scott becomes first incumbent GOP governor to vote for Biden

  03-11-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) on Tuesday became the first incumbent Republican governor in the U.S. to vote for the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, for president. Scott, who said he has never backed a Democrat for the White House before, apparently reached the decision after "some soul searching."> Some news: Vermont @GovPhilScott tells reporters he voted for @JoeBiden just now, making him the first incumbent Republican gov to publicly support the Democratic nominee.> > — Paul Heintz
  
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• Noem: Biden policies would 'destroy our economy,' 'way of life'

  03-11-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  South Dakota Republican governor tells 'Your World' voters must remove the 'emotion' from the race
  
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• Influencer and former 'Dance Moms' star Kalani Hilliker faces backlash for Trump endorsement

  03-11-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Kalani Hilliker, an influencer and former "Dance Moms" star, expressed support for President Donald Trump, leading to criticism from some followers.
  
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• Biden: 'We have to restore decency and honesty in our system'

  03-11-2020 22:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden said that he believes "we have to restore decency and honesty in our system" on Election Day.
  
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• Disney World restaurants appeared to suddenly increase their indoor dining capacity, but representatives say it was just a technical issue with online reservations

  03-11-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Disney-goers noticed an increase in reservation availability at restaurants across the Florida parks this morning, but Disney said it was a glitch.
  
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• South Jersey voters choosing between Van Drew, Kennedy for 2nd District seat

  03-11-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Voters in South Jersey are deciding between incumbent Rep. Jeff Van Drew and Democrat Amy Kennedy in the race for the 2nd District House seat.
  
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• Trump privately told a released American prisoner that 'Obama failed' and he deserved credit for her release, former captive says

  03-11-2020 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I was honestly torn and disappointed," Aya Hijazi told Insider, adding that she was voting for Joe Biden.
  
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• Federal judge orders U.S. Postal Service to do final sweep for ballots in battleground states

  03-11-2020 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A judge ordered the Postal Service to sweep some mail processing facilities on Tuesday afternoon for delayed ballots and immediately dispatch them for delivery in election battlegrounds such Pennsylvania and Florida among other places.
  
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• Alassane Ouattara, I. Coast leader who 'didn't want' third term

  03-11-2020 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, re-elected to a contested third term on Tuesday, is a US-educated economist who campaigned on stability and growth but whose critics portray as another African leader who took the path of authoritarianism.
  
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• ‘A Miami witch’: Check out Camila Cabello’s most awesome Halloween costume

  03-11-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Camila Cabello is all about traditions.
  
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• Securing Data-in-Use With Confidential Computing

  03-11-2020 22:12
  Confidential Computing Capabilities and Services Will be a Competitive Differentiator for Cloud Providers
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• Diets rich in coffee, red wine, and yellow vegetables reduce inflammation and heart disease risk, a study found

  03-11-2020 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A new study finds that, while processed meat and refined carbohydrates raise heart disease risk, antioxidant-rich foods like coffee and wine may help.
  
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• Rival leaders back UN bid to relaunch Cyprus peace talks

  03-11-2020 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have signaled their willingness to support a request from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to explore the possibility of reviving dormant reunification talks, the U.N. said Tuesday.The two leaders agreed to “positively respond” to the U.N. chief's call for an informal meeting that would “in a conducive climate” and “at an appropriate stage” test the waters for a possible return to talks after a 3
  
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• Hurricane Eta blasts Nicaraguan coast as Category 4 storm

  03-11-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Nicaraguan officials said there were reports of swollen rivers, corrugated metal roofs flying off homes and fallen trees, poles and power lines.
  
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• Editorial: California needs standards for when schools must reopen

  03-11-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Once it's safe to do so, schools should open for at least some in-person learning. Unions will resist this, so the state must intervene.
  
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• An armed gang crawled through a sewer network to rob a bank in Milan

  03-11-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When two robbers walked into the bank and pointed guns at staff, two more emerged from a manhole inside the building, The Guardian reported.
  
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• EXPLAINER: When do Electoral College votes need to be in?

  03-11-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  IS THERE A DEADLINE BY WHICH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MUST OFFICIALLY HAVE ALL ITS VOTES IN?Election Day is only one point in the process of the Electoral College, which decides who wins a U.S. presidential race.After the polls close, states begin to count and certify popular vote results according to their respective rules.
  
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• Here's why Republicans are 'red' and Democrats are 'blue': USA TODAY may have contributed to it

  03-11-2020 21:23 via usatoday.com
  Prior to 2000, red and blue did not always respectively denote Republicans and Democrats.
  
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• Prince William reportedly hid his COVID-19 diagnosis, but it may have been to prevent alarm over the line of succession

  03-11-2020 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In the event that Prince George succeeds to the throne before he turns 18, Prince Harry could temporarily take his place.
  
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• ‘Ravenous’ cannibal fish found washed ashore in Texas likes luring prey to their death

  03-11-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One specimen was found with 16 of its own kind in its stomach
  
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• Map shows biggest Trump, Biden donors in SF Bay Area

  03-11-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It's no surprise that there are mostly Democratic donations here in the Bay Area, but a map shows small pockets where Trump outperformed Biden.
  
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• Migrant Families Were Confused When U.S. Expelled Children Into Mexico

  03-11-2020 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Eva Acuña spoke with her teenage sister Esther by phone early on the morning of Aug. 15, about an hour before Esther planned to enter the United States near the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez and ask for asylum -- the end of a long journey from Esther's home in El Salvador.Acuña, a legal permanent resident in the United States, expected to hear next from U.S. immigration authorities about her sister's status. But instead, about eight hours later, she received a call from authorities
  
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• Here's the legislative tactic Democrats could use to get $1,200 stimulus checks out early next year without GOP support

  03-11-2020 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democrats could employ reconciliation if they gain a slim Senate majority. Republicans used it to pass tax cuts, while Democrats approved Obamacare.
  
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• Ukrainian fighter acquitted over killing of Italian photographer

  03-11-2020 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  An Italian appeals court on Tuesday acquitted a Ukrainian man who was sentenced to 24 years in jail last year over his alleged role in the 2014 killing of an Italian photographer covering fighting in eastern Ukraine.Journalist Andrea Rocchelli and his Russian colleague Andrey Mironov died after they were hit by mortar fire near the town of Slaviansk as they were covering fighting between pro-Russian separatist forces and Ukrainian troops.Italian prosecutors said Vitaliy Markiv, a volunteer fight
  
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• Man kills teen McDonald's worker in 'random' shooting at drive-thru, police say

  03-11-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  According to police, the 24-year-old suspect walked up to the drive-thru window of the Nevada restaurant and opened fire, killing a 16-year-old girl.
  
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• Cyprus leaders, in first encounter, back five-way U.N. meeting

  03-11-2020 20:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The leaders of Cyprus's estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities on Tuesday agreed to support the possibility of a five-party meeting under the auspices of the United Nations to resolve the island's decades-old division.Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, who is the Greek Cypriot leader, met with newly-elected Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar late Tuesday at a United Nations compound in the capital Nicosia.It was their first encounter since Tatar was elected head of breakaway northern
  
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• Fort Lauderdale attorney suspended after posing online as opposing attorney’s client

  03-11-2020 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Much of the six-month suspension Fort Lauderdale attorney Tracy Newmark began serving Sunday comes down to lying, according to the referee’s reports of Newmark’s Florida Bar discipline cases. Lying about:
  
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• Louis Vuitton is painting boarded up windows its signature orange shade, revealing a dystopian new reality prior to a historic election

  03-11-2020 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The dedication to aesthetic sends an unnerving message — that no amount of changes, protests, or riots will even temporarily stop brands like Louis Vuitton from trying to sell things.
  
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• Judge orders Election Day sweep for missing mail ballots, including in South Florida

  03-11-2020 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service to sweep mail facilities for undelivered ballots on Election Day in areas nationwide, including South Florida.
  
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• Police unions enable abuse and spread destructive propaganda. It's time we take them head on.

  03-11-2020 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The US' biggest police union used a two-year-old boy — whose mother had just been unjustly assaulted by Philadelphia police — as a political prop.
  
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• Congress is ready to decide the election if there is no clear winner by electoral vote

  03-11-2020 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News contributor Juan Williams discuss the electoral process on 'America's Newsroom.'
  
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• U.S. FDA warns about false positive results from COVID-19 antigen tests

  03-11-2020 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The decision was made following reports of false positive results associated with the tests used in nursing homes.The U.S. agency said false positive results may occur when users do not follow the instructions for the use of antigen tests for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2.Antigen tests detect proteins on the surface of the virus.
  
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• Mexico attorney general sought arrest of ex-minister, president says

  03-11-2020 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico's attorney general sought an arrest warrant for former Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray in a case involving scandal-plagued Brazil construction firm Odebrecht, but was blocked by a judge, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday.Videgaray and other high-ranking politicians under Lopez Obrador's predecessor were accused of corruption in the deposition, leaked in August, of a former chief executive officer of Mexican national oil company Petroleos Mexicanos.The deposition, whose
  
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• I moved from the US to Canada — here's why I'll never go back

  03-11-2020 20:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  From legalized marijuana to great healthcare, here are some of the reasons this writer thinks Canada is better than the US and why she plans to stay.
  
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• Velvet found on antlers of whitetail buck, Oklahoma officials say. What causes it?

  03-11-2020 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The buck had a birth defect called cryptorchidism, officials said.
  
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• Whitey Bulger’s family: Prison system did not protect him

  03-11-2020 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Family members of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees of the prison system for failing to protect Bulger, who was beaten to death at a West Virginia prison.The family filed the lawsuit against the prison system last week, two years after Bulger, 89, was killed at United States Penitentiary, Hazelton, a federal prison in West Virginia's Preston County.
  
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• Republicans in battleground Pennsylvania sue over balloting near Philadelphia

  03-11-2020 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The lawsuit against Montgomery County officials was filed by Kathy Barnette, who is seeking a House seat in Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional district, and Clay Breece, chairman of the Republican Committee in neighboring Berks County.Pennsylvania state law forbids votes from being tabulated before 7 a.m. on Election Day.The lawsuit in Philadelphia federal court also accuses Montgomery County officials of making it harder for the plaintiffs' representatives to monitor vote counting, and leaving ba
  
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• Can Republicans hold on to the Senate majority? Here's how Democrats could win control from the GOP.

  03-11-2020 19:55 via usatoday.com
  It might not be clear Tuesday which party won a Senate majority because vote tallies could take days to finalize because of mail-in ballots volume.
  
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• Sophisticated Threat Actor Exploited Oracle Solaris Zero-Day

  03-11-2020 19:53
  A threat actor has been observed targeting Oracle Solaris operating systems for over two years, including with an exploit for a recently addressed zero-day vulnerability, FireEye reported on Monday.
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• Hurricane Eta strikes Nicaragua as one of 2020's strongest storms

  03-11-2020 19:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Is the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season saving its most intense storm for last?
  Hurricane season is winding down in fewer than four weeks, but that didn't deter Hurricane Eta from becoming one of the strongest tropical cyclones of 2020. Nearly 25 weeks after Tropical Storm Arthur began the elongated 2020 tropical season, Eta's eyewall began pushing ashore just after noon on Tuesday, and the storm had been blamed for at least one fatality.
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