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SC's Graham, Harrison clash on criminal justice, health care

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On the Friday night before Election Day, Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison met in South Carolina's capital city of Columbia for their second and final debate, clashing over issues related to criminal justice reform, health care and political sniping in a Senate matchup that has shattered fundraising records and commanded national attention. On criminal justice reform, Harrison called for more mental health counseling needed for crisis situations and chided Graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, for not advancing Sen. Tim Scott’s “Justice Act” reform bill - legislation he said he applauded but, that he said, “doesn’t go far enough.” “If you’re serious about it, don’t just talk about it — act on it,” Harrison said of Graham's purported inaction. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TBIK6y

Op-Ed: Would a Republican Senate and a Biden presidency mean checks and balances? Or gridlock?

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A red-state Republican and a blue-state Democrat discuss the election and the future of the country from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34IH7tW

Washington cops fatally shoot Black man, leave body in street for 12 hours

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HPSLL4

Texas: All of a sudden, a two-party election in the Lone Star State.

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By BY MANNY FERNANDEZ from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2HVQrC4

‘They’re coming after our state,’ McSally warns Arizona Republicans.

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By BY JENNIFER MEDINA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/34IEQ1S

The Battlegrounds Within Battlegrounds

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By BY KEITH COLLINS, TRIP GABRIEL AND STEPHANIE SAUL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TJBvJP

Celebrities lend Biden a hand in turning out the vote in Philadelphia.

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By BY NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3jPB3US

Robot Bores: AI-powered awkward first date

Two chatbots meet and put the world to rights online in battle to see who is most human-like. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/3mIzQki via IFTTT

Picture of the day for November 1, 2020

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Old choir at St Paul's Cathedral in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Learn more .

For transgender people in the military, much hinges on presidential election

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Joe Biden has been vague about his plans for the military if he wins the election, but one specific promise he has made is to roll back the Trump administration policy that effectively bars transgender service members from serving openly in accord with their gender identity. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HG5aBj

Fact check: There is no Sen. Rob Donaldson, so posts of his speech about Barrett are fake

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A post on new Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett originated as a hypothetical. It took off, with many people assuming it was from a real senator. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3efQ4yk

2020 election results: Why Americans probably won’t find out who won on 3 November

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'There is no chance that we will know on election night the full vote total in Michigan' from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jNHRlQ

Daylight-saving time ends on Sunday, November 1 — here's why we have it and why some countries and states have gotten rid of it

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At 2 a.m. ET on November 1, Americans will "fall back" by moving their clocks an hour earlier to end seven months of daylight-saving time. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HVMBsJ

'They give me the willies': scientist who vacuumed murder hornets braces for fight

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Chris Looney helped dismantle the first nest of Asian giant hornets in the US. Now he’s preparing for the next stepThe eradication of the first nest of Asian giant hornets on US soil somewhat resembled a science fiction depiction of an alien landing site. A crew of government specialists in white, astronaut-like protective suits descended upon the hornet nexus to vanquish it with a futuristic-looking vacuum cleaner, to the relief of onlookers.The nest of the fearsome invasive insects, notoriously known as “murder hornets”, was found in a tree crevice near Blaine, in Washington state, via a tracking device attached to a previously captured worker hornet. The Washington state department of agriculture (WSDA) confirmed the nest had been successfully removed, with dozens of live captives taken back for inspection.“It was cold so they were docile, so between their slowness and the protective gear no one was hurt,” said Chris Looney, a WSDA entomologist who was tasked with vacuuming up the h

Body-camera footage released of Wallace killing; family says officers were improperly trained

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The footage from body-worn cameras that was taken as police responded to a call about Walter Wallace Jr. shows him emerging from a house with a knife as relatives shout at officers about his mental health condition, a lawyer for the man's family said Thursday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37VmH2R

Kyle Rittenhouse extradited to Wisconsin following terse ruling from Illinois judge accusing him of asking the court to 'ignore binding Illinois law'

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Rittenhouse, charged in Wisconsin with first-degree homicide over the shooting of three people at Kenosha protests, had been fighting his extradition. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34IG8Kw

Tensions between left and right-wing protesters in Vancouver, Washington, after a Black man was shot dead by police officers in a drugs bust

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Kevin E. Peterson Jr, 21, produced a handgun and was shot dead by deputies, said Clark County Sheriff's Office. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TGUlkU

'Voters are fed up': will Arizona's suburbs abandon the party of Trump?

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The president won narrowly in Maricopa county in 2016. Polls show his support is draining – and fellow Republicans are at riskIn the agonizing days after the 2018 election, Christine Marsh, a Democratic candidate for state senate in a traditionally Republican suburban Phoenix district, watched her opponent’s lead dwindle to a few hundred votes, with thousands of ballots left to be counted.In the end, just 267 votes separated them.Marsh lost. But the result was ominous for Republicans, in a corner of Phoenix’s ever-expanding suburbs where Barry Goldwater, the long-serving Arizona senator and conservative icon, launched his presidential campaign in 1964 from the patio of his famed hilltop estate in Paradise Valley.series linker embedIn the decades since, population growth and shifting demographics have transformed the cultural, political and economic complexion of the region.And the election of Donald Trump has exacerbated these trends across the country, perhaps nowhere more dramaticall

Dozens of undelivered ballots found at Miami-Dade post office with mail backlog

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Special agents with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General discovered 48 pieces of election mail sitting in a post office in South Miami-Dade County on Friday, the office announced Saturday morning. Forty-two of them were ballots that had not yet been delivered to voters, officials said, while the other six had already been filled out and were brought to the Miami-Dade supervisor of elections Friday night. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HRDZU5

Orthodox priest in 'critical condition' after shooting in Lyon, France

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French police locked down parts of Lyon on Saturday as they searched for gunmen who shot an Orthadox priest with a sorn-off shotgun before fleeing. The priest, who has Greek nationality, was closing his church when the attack happened and is now in a serious condition. The interior ministry warned people to "avoid the area" where the attack took place. A police source said the priest was of Greek nationality, and had been able to tell emergency services as they arrived that he had not recognised his assailant. The motivation for the attack was not known last night, but the shooting came in the wake of several grisly Islamist attacks on French soil and a growing tension between France and the Muslim world. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, lashed out at Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, slamming Turkey's "bellicose" stance towards Nato allies. Mr Macron said that France's wish was now that things "calm down" but for this to happen, it is

Stanford Study Seeks to Quantify Infections Stemming From Trump Rallies

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By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/35Pg9QV

Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, facing opponents from both parties, embraces Trumpism.

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By BY RICHARD FAUSSET from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3jH3O61

Police in North Carolina use a chemical spray to disperse a get-out-the-vote rally.

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By BY MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/323ZGY2

Facebook admits it 'improperly' blocked some political ads due to 'technical issues' as Joe Biden's campaign slams it for being 'wholly unprepared'

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Facebook said no ads were blocked "because of any partisan consideration," as Biden's camp accused the company of offering "no clarity" on the issue. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HRlQoQ

President Erdogan accused of fuelling the anger that led to French terror attacks

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The Turkish president’s bellicose rhetoric towards France over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed may have contributed to a climate of anger that led to the deadly terror attack in the city of Nice on Thursday, terrorism experts and EU politicians have said. A woman was decapitated, and two more people killed, in an attack in a church in Nice on Thursday that the city’s mayor described as terrorism after the alleged perpetrator reportedly chanted “Alllahu akbar” as he was arrested. Terrorism experts believe the attack – alongside a stabbing at the French consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and an incident in Avignon where police killed a man brandishing a gun – were retaliation by extremists for France’s hardening attitudes towards Muslims. French President Emmanuel Macron ordered a crackdown on Islamists this month, following the beheading of a teacher who showed his class caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, something many Muslims consider blasphemous and offensive

Las Vegas police charge driver after man pushed a cyclist to her death, fell out a minivan window, hit his head on a lamppost, and died at the scene

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Rodrigo Cruz, 22, was the driver of the minivan involved in the two deaths, the Las Vegas police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TC4sqO

The Electoral College can pick a president who got fewer votes. Here's why and how.

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The 2020 presidential election again highlights one of the most confusing and controversial parts of the U.S. elections: The Electoral College. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31BwF5O

Lawyers for Black couple shot by police outside Chicago claim officer’s body camera was turned off intentionally

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Officer claims couple tried to hit him with their car from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37SQQzP

Official: Rifle shell casings found at Breonna Taylor scene

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Two long-rifle shell casings were found in and near Breonna Taylor's Louisville apartment after a botched police drug raid that ended in Taylor's death, Kentucky's attorney general said. It's the first time these specific shell casings have been mentioned by authorities investigating Taylor's death. One of the casings was found by Taylor's sister in her bedroom and the other was found in the parking lot outside the apartment, according to a court filing this week in a criminal case against the sole Louisville police officer charged in connection with the raid. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3oDuCrP

There's even more evidence premature birth rates are dropping during the pandemic

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Research indicates that fewer preemies are being born during COVID-19. Doctors say this could lead to a better understanding about premature births. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HR3Hb8

Lawyers: Cop video of shooting of 2 suggests cover-up

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A body camera worn by a suburban Chicago police officer who shot a Black couple in their car was only turned on moments after the shooting, a fact that the lawyers representing the woman say suggests an attempt to cover up what had happened even before he fired. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HHPUDv

Fauci says first U.S. COVID-19 vaccines could ship late December or early January

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If all goes well, the first doses of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine will likely become available to some high-risk Americans in late December or early January, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases expert, said on Thursday. Based on current projections from vaccine front-runners Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc, Americans will likely know "sometime in December whether or not we have a safe and effective vaccine," Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a live chat on Twitter and Facebook. "The first interim look (at trial results) should be, we hope, within the next few weeks," he said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34H2PyJ

How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge

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A 64-page document that was later disseminated by close associates of President Donald Trump appears to be the work of a fake "intelligence firm." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3kEdm37

Popular Thai pro-democracy figure charged over flash mob rally

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One of Thailand’s most popular anti-establishment politicians has been charged for his role in an illegal flash mob protest last year, in a move that is likely to fuel the current wave of pro-democracy protests. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, 41, a charismatic billionaire and founder of the dissolved Future Forward party, is accused of five public assembly violations linked to the rally in Bangkok's central shopping district last December, Krisadung Nutcharat, his lawyer, said on Thursday. The charges include failing to notify police of a public gathering, blocking a sky train station, using a megaphone without permission and holding a rally close to a royal residence. Four other people from his Progressive Movement Group and Move Forward Party face similar charges. All five deny any wrongdoing. Mr Thanathorn has been an outspoken advocate of the protest movement that has gripped the Thai capital, Bangkok, since June, and he recently condemned a short-lived emergency order aimed at

Republican Sen. Mike Lee said fact-checking labels placed by social media companies are a form of censorship

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The comment was made in a Senate hearing where Republicans said Twitter, Facebook, and Google discriminate against conservatives on their platforms. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34DomIs

Kyle Rittenhouse extradited to Wisconsin following terse ruling from Illinois judge accusing him of asking the court to 'ignore binding Illinois law'

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Rittenhouse, charged in Wisconsin with first-degree homicide over the shooting of three people at Kenosha protests, had been fighting his extradition. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34IG8Kw

Supreme Court issues flurry of last-minute election orders

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Wisconsin, no. That’s how the Supreme Court has answered questions in recent days about an extended timeline for receiving and counting ballots in those states. At first blush, the difference in the outcomes at the Supreme Court seems odd because the high court typically takes up issues to harmonize the rules across the country. A big asterisk: These cases are being dealt with on an emergency basis in which the court issues orders that either block or keep in place a lower-court ruling. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HKZPIR

Death toll rises in Vietnam after Typhoon Molave triggers widespread flooding, landslides

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After forging a path of destruction over the northern and central Philippines and strengthening over the South China Sea, Typhoon Molave brought its deadly impacts to Vietnam from Wednesday into Thursday, inflicting more damage in a country that has been battered by numerous landfalling tropical systems since the beginning of the month. As of Thursday evening, local time, the death toll has risen to 35 and at least 50 people are still missing, according to state media. The death toll is expected to rise in the coming days as search and rescue missions continue and communications with more remote villages are restored. Soldiers and villagers dig through mud after a landslide swamps a village in Phuoc Loc district, Quang Nam province, Vietnam, on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Three separated landslides triggered by Typhoon Molave killed over a dozen villagers and left dozens more missing in the province as rescuers scramble to recover more victims. (Lai Minh Dong/VNA via AP) A dozen of those

N.E.H. Funds Restoration of Statues Toppled During Protests

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By Unknown Author from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3eaLEIK

Trump, in Minnesota, lashes out at Democrats for limiting crowd sizes.

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By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3mEgxIy

Nursing Homes, Racked by the Virus, Face a New Crisis: Isolation

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By BY JACK HEALY, DANIELLE IVORY AND SERGE F. KOVALESKI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TCEnIb

Voters suing Minnesota over a mask mandate are asking the Supreme Court to intervene.

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By BY JACEY FORTIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2JeAC9Y

Time Running Short, Trump and Biden Return to Northern Battlegrounds

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By BY THOMAS KAPLAN AND ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3eeng93

Woman Who Mailed Threat to Susan Collins Gets 30 Months in Prison

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By BY JOHN ISMAY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/31XgW0Z

¿Quién ganará Florida, Biden o Trump? Esto dicen las encuestas

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By BY GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/2JnWsbi

COLORADO SPRINGS AGREES TO IMPROVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN SETTLEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES

COLORADO SPRINGS AGREES TO IMPROVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN SETTLEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES Region 08 COLO. SPRINGS — The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act with respect to the City’s storm sewer system. Published October 29, 2020 at 09:30AM Read more

COLORADO SPRINGS AGREES TO IMPROVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN SETTLEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES

COLORADO SPRINGS AGREES TO IMPROVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN SETTLEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES Headquarters, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) Published October 29, 2020 at 09:30AM Read more

Charlie Hebdo, whose cartoons sparked terror attacks in France, published a cutting caricature of Turkish President Erdogan amid his feud with Macron

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said French President Emmanuel Macron needed mental treatment after criticizing Islam and proposing regulations on it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3e4bWfE

Lev Parnas associate David Correia pleads guilty to fraud and lying

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Correia and Parnas faced charges of campaign finance fraud and of duping investors in a company called "Fraud Guarantee" out of more than $2 million. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jLQv4A

Kavanaugh corrects controversial opinion after Vermont fact-checks false claim about mail-in voting

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Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos called out Kavanaugh's "erroneous claim" and called for a public correction from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HLCqXM

Trump rushes struggling GOP senator at rally: 'You got one minute, they don't want to hear this'

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President hurried Arizona Senator Martha McSally before calling up three politicians from other states - plus Nigel Farage - to address the crowd from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34DrW5l

Mexican president slams European coronavirus lockdown measures

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday blasted European countries for adopting strict lockdowns to stem the spread of coronavirus, suggesting they smacked of authoritarianism. Germany and France were on Wednesday preparing to announce restrictions approaching the level of spring's blanket lockdowns as COVID deaths across Europe surged. National or local authorities have already imposed nighttime curfews in several European countries, including France, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jIWpmF

Walmart is removing guns and ammo from shelves and display cases in all stores as a precaution amid 'civil unrest'

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Guns and ammo will no longer be on display at Walmart but still be available for purchase upon request in stores where they are sold. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/34GBc8R

Trump news: President repeats Biden allegations at rally after watching Fox News interview

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