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They protested to oust their scandalous governor. Tuesday they'll vote to usher in a new era.

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The election on the island follows the historic protests following the scandal that led to Gov. Ricardo Rosselló's resignation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jGqLGI via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

A high school newspaper has exposed how state police quoted Adolf Hitler and advocated violence in a training manual

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The training manual quotes from Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, calling for the "perpetually constant and regular employment of violence." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HJlnFX via IFTTT

A new tropical depression formed in the Caribbean. It could become Tropical Storm Eta

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A new tropical depression has formed in the Caribbean, putting the 2020 hurricane season within reach of breaking a slew of meteorological records. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3kMPQRF via IFTTT

Trump rally organisers fire water at crowd as supporters pass out in Texas heat

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Just two days ago Trump rally left many supporters hospitalised due to freezing cold from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TGUnsN via IFTTT

China destroys domes of famous mosques as cultural whitewash continues

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China’s campaign to suppress Islam is accelerating as authorities remove Arab-style onion domes and decorative elements from mosques across the country. Stark changes have been observed at the main mosque in Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia province, where most of China’s Hui ethnic Muslim minority live. The bright green onion-shaped domes and golden minarets that used to soar into the sky atop Nanguan Mosque have all been pulled down. Golden Islamic-style filigree, decorative arches, and Arabic script that before adorned the mosque have also been stripped away. What remains is unrecognisable – a drab, gray, rectangular facility with “Nanguan Mosque” written in Chinese, as shown in photos posted online by Christina Scott, the UK’s deputy head of mission in China, on a recent trip. “TripAdvisor suggested the Nanguan Mosque in Yinchuan well worth a visit,” Ms Scott wrote on Twitter, along with ‘before and after’ photos. “Only this is what it looks now, after ‘renovations.’ Domes, minarets, a

The battle for Senate control looks more volatile than the presidential race

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First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jJ9yMT via IFTTT

‘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

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

George Shultz Speaks Out for Renewing U.S. Leadership Overseas

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By BY PETER BAKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3ecdy7r

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

Christians Worldwide Mark International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

Millions of Christians worldwide will unite on Sunday, Nov. 1 to join the global Body of Christ for the 2020 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted (IDOP). from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2TFVbhN Worldwide Mark International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

Christians Worldwide Mark International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

Millions of Christians worldwide will unite on Sunday, Nov. 1 to join the global Body of Christ for the 2020 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted (IDOP). from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/3eciyZL

New top story on Hacker News: China's Draft 'Personal Information Protection Law' (Full Translation)

China's Draft 'Personal Information Protection Law' (Full Translation) 13 by detaro | 1 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Please Share Your Thoughts

Please Share Your Thoughts 11 by thisisnew | 8 comments on Hacker News. Hello HN I am a fullstack engineer with 10+ years of experience in corporate, government, digital media agencies and two startups. A few months ago I started building a small side project to solve a problem that I found interesting. I hit a wall eventually and figured I may be able to speed up my progress if I spoke to someone with more industry knowledge. I spoke to some family who put me in contact with the CEO of a relatively successful company in this field who would be willing to lend an ear to my questions as a personal favour to my family member. Over the course of several weeks we built up a great relationship and further developed this little side-project as well as discussed some of his ideas on ways to further innovate in the industry. To cut a long story short; he offered €200k in funding to quit my job and co-found a seperate business with him and two of his existing employees. The investment is int

New top story on Hacker News: Goodbye, Native Apps

Goodbye, Native Apps 40 by delvin0 | 34 comments on Hacker News.

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 via IFTTT

Police reach breaking point amid protests, pandemic, rising crime

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Amid rising crime rates, a polarizing election and the continued high-profile police killings of Black Americans, some police veterans say they can't recall a tougher time to be an officer. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/38cjXi3 via IFTTT

U.S. fights delay in extraditing Carlos Ghosn's accused escape plotters to Japan

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The U.S. Justice Department on Friday urged a federal judge to swiftly reject a last-minute bid by two Massachusetts men to avoid being extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country. The department in a court filing said Japanese agents are slated to come to the United States in the "coming days" to transport U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, back to Japan. The U.S. State Department informed their lawyers on Wednesday it had approved turning them over. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/37XL1kU via IFTTT

Record turnout in Texas' largest county could be crucial to flipping a usually red state

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Election officials in Harris County tripled the number of early-voting sites, expanded their hours and added drive-thru voting. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/385dDZF via IFTTT

Op-Ed: The immorality of sentencing a 15-year-old to prison forever

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The Supreme Court needs to state again that a child cannot be sentenced to life without parole unless a trial court determines that child is beyond rehabilitation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31WomSi via IFTTT

Woman Beheaded in French Knife ‘Terror’ Attack at Church, 3 Dead

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Three people have been killed—including one elderly woman and another person by decapitation—and several others injured in a suspected terror attack inside the Notre-Dame basilica in the French city of Nice. The knife-wielding assailant, who was wounded by police gunfire, allegedly yelled “Allahu Akbar” several times, including while he was being detained, in what has come to be known as a battle cry for Islamic extremists in Europe.The city’s mayor, Christian Estrosi, wrote immediately after the killings that “everything suggests a terrorist attack,” and said the unnamed suspect had been arrested and taken to a hospital in the city. The Paris’ anti-terror prosecutors office said it has opened an investigation. Italian police said late Thursday that the killer is a 21-year-old Tunisian migrant who was smuggled to the Italian island of Lampedusa in September. After he completed the mandatory two-week COVID-19 quarantine, he left the migrant camp and made his way to France. Authorities h

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

Political Satire Isn’t Dead. It’s Been Turned Into Horror Stories.

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By BY ANNALEE NEWITZ from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3jGKgP9

Glimmers of Hope for a Winter With Tropical Travel

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By BY CATHERINE PORTER from NYT World https://ift.tt/2HN23qM

Freedom as the Muzzle of a Glock

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By BY ROGER COHEN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/37Wao6p

How Lincoln Survived the Worst Election Ever

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By BY TED WIDMER from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3mGo0Xw

France’s Hardening Defense of Cartoons of Muhammad Could Lead to ‘A Trap’

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By BY NORIMITSU ONISHI AND CONSTANT MÉHEUT from NYT World https://ift.tt/3kJpK1R

Cruise Ships Can Sail Again, With Strict Rules. Here’s What to Know.

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By BY CEYLAN YEGINSU from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/2JnRLhG

The U.S. breaks its record, tallying over 92,000 new cases in a day.

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By BY GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO, MITCH SMITH AND REBECCA HALLECK from NYT World https://ift.tt/35QDVvS

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Set New Record as Infections Soar

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By BY MITCH SMITH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TDYLsB

Trump and Biden campaign through Midwest states with ‘red zone’ virus outbreaks.

By BY ANNIE KARNI, THOMAS KAPLAN AND MICHAEL COOPER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2GeINCf

At End of Bitter Campaign, Joe Biden Anguishes Over ‘My Only Surviving Son’

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By BY MARK LEIBOVICH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37TJtby

In many local elections, systemic racism and police reform have become the focal points of campaigns.

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By BY JOHN ELIGON AND AUDRA D. S. BURCH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/35TkMJy

‘Goodfellas,’ the Sequel? 4 Arrested in $6 Million Heist at J.F.K. Airport

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By BY TROY CLOSSON from NYT New York https://ift.tt/35OQjwj

TikTok Gets Another Reprieve From Order That Would Ban It in U.S.

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By BY REUTERS from NYT Business https://ift.tt/35Nanz3

A.J. Hinch Hired by Tigers After Suspension for Astros Cheating

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By BY DAVID WALDSTEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/37Vwnuh

Trump Says Black Voters Aren’t Supporting Biden

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By BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3ebWpKO

New C.D.C. report shows how quickly the virus can spreads within households, even when the first case is a child.

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By BY DENISE GRADY from NYT World https://ift.tt/3oDW3BP

Greenwald resigns from The Intercept over Biden article

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald said Thursday he had resigned from The Intercept after the US investigative media outlet refused to publish his article critical of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35MG2k5 via IFTTT

Major train derailment forces schools and businesses to evacuate in Texas community

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A video shows the train derailing in front of drivers on a Texas highway. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31UgFvK via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

SCOTUS: N.C. ballots can be counted up to nine days after election

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The Supreme Court will allow absentee ballots in North Carolina to be received and counted up to nine days after Election Day. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3kGhRtV via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

Trump news – live: President cancels rally over high winds, as he threatens 'Anonymous' whistleblower with 'bad things'

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Plaintiffs appeal Virginia judge's decision to remove Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue

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The Supreme Court of Virginia has been asked to intervene in the planned removal of the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond's iconic Monument Avenue. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/386ra39 via IFTTT

Biden Can’t Repeat Gore’s Mistake and Let the Supreme Court Overrule Democracy

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Democratic senators should have refused to participate in the absurdly rushed effort to pack Amy Coney Barrett on to the Supreme Court in the midst of the election, instead of giving Republicans’ partisan power play the veneer of legitimacy.But that ship has sailed and now, with Justice Barrett officially on the court, a new potential challenge to the Constitution looms as the GOP is banking on its newly super-packed Supreme Court majority to reinstall Trump in the White House if he stands to suffer a narrow loss in one or more swing states.Now voters, and Joe Biden, may have to decide whether to accept an effort by the Supreme Court to decide who will sit in the White House in 2021 by preventing all duly cast ballots from being counted. Trump’s second Supreme Court appointee, Brett Kavanaugh, openly threatened to do just that on Monday, even as Trump’s last minute addition to the court, Amy Coney Barrett, headlined another White House superspreader event to celebrate her mid-election

Chicago sisters accused of stabbing store security guard 27 times after he asked them to wear a mask

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The incident occurred at a shoe store in Chicago. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JgtJoL via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT