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Biden Team Cancels Texas Event After Highway ‘Ambush’ by MAGA Cavalry

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Joe Biden’s presidential campaign canceled a Friday event in Austin, Texas, after harassment from a pro-Trump contingent.Texas has emerged as a battleground state in Tuesday’s presidential election, with polls showing the typically Republican stronghold now only marginally favoring President Donald Trump. The Biden campaign scheduled a Friday event in the state, in a bid to drum up last-minute support. But when the Biden campaign bus drove to Austin, it was greeted by a blockade of pro-Trump demonstrators, leading to what one Texas House representative described as an escalation “well beyond safe limits.”The cancelation comes amid national anxiety about voter intimidation, a tactic the Trump campaign has implicitly endorsed.Historian Dr. Eric Cervini was driving to help with the Biden campaign stop when he filmed a line of pickup trucks along the highway, many of them flying Trump flags. The drivers were “waiting to ambush the Biden/Harris campaign bus as it traveled from San Antonio t...

Teenager shot and killed after attacking police station in Russia in apparent echo of France attacks

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A 16-year-old has been shot and killed after trying to set fire to a police station and stabbing an officer in an attack that appeared to echo those recently carried out in France. The teenage boy threw a Molotov cocktail at the police station in the town of Kukmor in the predominantly Muslim region of Tatarstan late on Thursday and stabbed a police officer who tried to detain him, Russian investigators said on Friday. Another police officer later shot the 16-year-old, who died on spot. Authorities are treating the incident as an attempted terrorist attack but would not immediately give the teenager’s motives. Tatarstan’s Interior Ministry confirmed media reports that the teenager shouted “Allahu akbar!” and threatened to kill “enemies of Allah.” Local media identified the 16-year-old as Vitaly Antipov, who was reportedly unemployed and did not attend school. The Business Online website said Mr Antipov was a stepson of a convicted terrorist who was found guilty of blowing up a section ...

Bed Bath & Beyond is slashing the coupons that have long been synonymous with the brand after an internal study found they were partially 'ineffective'

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Bed Bath & Beyond's famous coupons will be more limited in the future, but won't completely disappear, executives told investors on Wednesday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3eeg6lo

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

Texas early voting exceeds total of all 2016 ballots cast

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Texans have already cast more ballots in the presidential election than they did during all of 2016 — an unprecedented surge of early voting in a state that was once the country's most reliably Republican, but may now be drifting toward battleground status. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3mK1YTN

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

New top story on Hacker News: Academic Substack: Open, Free, and Subject to Review

Academic Substack: Open, Free, and Subject to Review 8 by McDoof | 4 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Fact Checks and Context for Wayback Machine Pages

Fact Checks and Context for Wayback Machine Pages 21 by bjornedstrom | 11 comments on Hacker News.

US election: Don Jr told Trump supporters to ‘have some fun’ before Biden vehicles ‘rammed by armed group’

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Trump’s eldest son called on supporters ‘get out there, have some fun’ from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TJ22Xv

'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

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

Polling averages show Trump gaining on Biden in most swing states. Will it be enough?

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Trump gained on Biden in polling average in 9 of 12 swing states since Monday, continuing last week's trend. But of those, he is only ahead in Texas. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HIXmhH

Zeta's toll on a Louisiana island: 'Like a bomb was dropped'

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Mark Andollina remembers stinging rain and a howling wind that peeled the roof off part of his Cajun Tide Beach Resort on Grand Isle, the Louisiana barrier island town where residents were among the first to feel the ferocity of Hurricane Zeta. “Because we got the most damage on the island right here, basically in the middle of the island.” “The middle of the island looks like a bomb was dropped,” said Dodie Vegas, who with her husband owns Bridge Side Marina on the west side of the island. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3ozzo9H

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...

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

Air Force Moves Forward with Plan to Turn Giant Cargo Planes into Bomb Trucks

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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

Indonesia condemns France attacks, but warns against Macron's remarks

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Indonesian president Joko Widodo on Saturday condemned what he called "terrorist" attacks in France, but also warned that remarks by President Emmanuel Macron had "insulted Islam" and "hurt the unity of Muslims everywhere." Conservative Islamic organizations in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, have called for protests and boycotts against France, sharing an image of Macron as a red-eyed devilish snail. "Freedom of speech that injures the noble purity and sacred values and symbol of religion is so wrong, it shouldn’t be justified and it needs to stop," the Indonesian leader, who is known by his popular name Jokowi, said in a televised address. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TFmZ5V

Teen charged with killing 2 Kenosha protesters extradited to Wisconsin

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Lawyers for the Illinois teen have said he was acting in self-defense during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3oM3YNw

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 | 9 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 | 35 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Hate crime bill: Hate talk in homes ‘must be prosecuted’

Hate crime bill: Hate talk in homes ‘must be prosecuted’ 12 by guidovranken | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Art After the Plague: How painters through the ages have responded to contagion

Art After the Plague: How painters through the ages have responded to contagion 3 by prismatic | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Pope Francis avoided wearing a mask on Wednesday, and blamed 'this lady COVID' for why he had to social distance

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He has been photographed shaking hands and leaning in to speak privately with people not wearing masks. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31YBaY5

Hillary Clinton joins Electoral College 4 years after it cost her the presidency: 'Pretty sure I'll get to vote for Joe'

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Hillary Clinton, the former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, is one of 29 Democratic electors for New York state in 2020. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35H2v21

Illinois judge allows extradition of Kyle Rittenhouse to Wisconsin

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An Illinois judge on Friday ordered a 17-year-old accused of killing two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to be extradited across the border to stand trial on homicide charges, saying it wasn't his role to vet a case brought by Wisconsin protestors and approved by a Wisconsin judge. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jD149W

Nice stabbings: Pictured, the church worker among three killed in suspected terror attack

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Reports that Nice attacker passed through Lampedusa spark political row in Italy Leo McKinstry: The Nice attack is an appalling assault on Western civilisation Malaysian ex-PM tweets that Muslims have 'right' to kill French people after deadly attack Rakib Ehsan: The vilification of Macron by Muslim countries is disturbing A woman has been decapitated, and two others have been killed, during a knife attack inside the Notre Dame Basilica church in the French city of Nice. The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, tweeted that the incident is a "terrorist" attack. Here's what we know so far: At least three people, two women and a man, have been killed, including one woman who was decapitated. The man is reportedly the sexton of the church. The man, a sacristan at the church, has been named locally as 45-year-old, father of two Vincent L. The suspected attacker has been identified as Brahim Aoussaoui, a 21-year-old Tunisian migrant who arrived in France from the Italian ...

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

“Over 1,000 people died today”: Don Jr. falsely claims that COVID-19 deaths are “almost nothing”

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Deaths rose to 1,040 on Thursday as the number of new COVID-19 cases hit the highest number on record from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HN44TS

Mitch McConnell’s approval drops nationwide despite political win with Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination

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Only 16 per cent of respondents say they felt better about Mr McConnell’s job performance from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jGSzuy

Illinois shatters single-day COVID-19 record set a day earlier with nearly 7,000 new cases

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CHICAGO — Illinois on Friday reported nearly 7,000 newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus, eclipsing a single-day record set just 24 hours earlier and pushing the total number of known cases since the pandemic began past 400,000. "This is an extraordinarily dangerous time," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said during his daily COVID-19 briefing. "And as a result, we must do everything in our power to ... from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3mCrrhZ

New top story on Hacker News: California Property Taxes Mapped

California Property Taxes Mapped 18 by vqc | 22 comments on Hacker News.

New top story on Hacker News: Mumbai’s Iconic Art Deco Buildings Were Made to Conquer Disease

Mumbai’s Iconic Art Deco Buildings Were Made to Conquer Disease 5 by pseudolus | 0 comments on Hacker News.

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

Philadelphia police say they rescued a lost child. His family says they actually ripped him from his mother's car.

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During recent protests over the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. in Philadelphia, the U.S.'s largest police union posted what looked like a sympathetic photo. A Philadelphia police office held a Black toddler, with a caption purporting he was found "walking around barefoot in an area that was experiencing complete lawlessness," the National Fraternal Order of Police's Facebook post said.But lawyer's for the boy's family say that's not what happened. Rickia Young was driving with her toddler son to pick up her 16-year-old nephew when she accidentally drove into an area where police and protesters were facing off. She tried to turn around, but police surrounded the car, smashed its windows, and threw Young and her nephew onto the street, her lawyers tell The Washington Post. The officers then pulled the toddler from the seat, video of the incident shows.> The attacked on this boy and his mother were caught on video. @ryanjreilly has done a good job of...

The flu shot lasts for about 6 months: Here's when it starts working and why it may get less effective as time goes on

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The flu shot is effective for about six months. You should get it in October so it lasts through March and covers you through flu season. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TGmati

Michigan Senate candidate John James is proof all skinfolk ain’t kinfolk

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OPINION: James is fashioning himself as a moderate who believes in bipartisanship. The problem is when it comes to the party of Trump, you can’t play it both sides. John James is a Black man who has a shot at becoming the next U.S. Senator from the great state of Michigan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35LXntv

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

Kennedy cousin Skakel will not be retried in 1975 killing

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A prosecutor said Friday that Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel will not face a second trial in the 1975 killing of Martha Moxley, an announcement that came 45 years to the day after the teenager was bludgeoned to death in her wealthy Connecticut neighborhood. The decision ended a rollercoaster drama that included claims others could be the killer, alleged confessions by Skakel, several books based on the case and conflicting rulings by the Connecticut Supreme Court, which first upheld Skakel's murder conviction but later overturned it. Skakel, 15 at the time of Moxley's death and now 60, served more than 11 years in prison before being freed in 2013. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3mCPA88

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

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

David Perdue: Georgia senator pulls out of final debate after 'brutal' takedown by Democrat goes viral

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Video of debate where Democrat Jon Ossoff calls Republican incumbent a ‘crook’ has been viewed more than 11m times on Twitter from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/35MQU1p

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

New top story on Hacker News: How to create minimal music with code in any programming language

How to create minimal music with code in any programming language 5 by pmarin | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Neo-Nazis Who Targeted Podcaster and Terrorized Random Family Busted in MI: Cops

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Two alleged members of the white supremacist group The Base were arrested Thursday morning in connection with a harassment campaign against a Michigan family.According to the state attorney general, the two men, Justen Watkins, 25, and Alfred Gorman, 35, mistakenly believed the family home belonged to a left-leaning podcast host. The duo allegedly took pictures outside the house dressed in Nazi gear late last year, and posted pictures to the internet with captions threatening Daniel Harper, the host of the anti-fascist podcast “I Don’t Speak German.” The men are charged with gang membership, unlawful posting of a message, and using computers to commit a crime after what was described as a joint operation between state police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It comes three weeks after the FBI’s high-profile bust of members of an unrelated, Boogaloo-infused Michigan paramilitary group who are charged with plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.An affidavit by Michigan State Pol...

Toyota recalls 5.84 million vehicles for fuel pump issue

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Toyota said on Wednesday that it has expanded a worldwide fuel pump recall to a total of 5.84 million vehicles for a defect that could cause the part to fail. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3oz5qm1

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

Factbox: Key details from fifth plenum of China's Communist Party

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Central Committee, the largest of the ruling Communist Party's top decision-making bodies, have concluded a four-day meeting on China's economic and social policy goals for the next five years. Below are some key details from the communique of the plenum, the fifth meeting of the Central Committee since the once-in-five years Communist Party congress in 2017, as released by state media on Thursday. Party leadership said in the communique that the value of China's gross domestic product is expected to exceed 100 trillion yuan ($14.92 trillion) this year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jFBvFf

The Latest: Calls for voting extension in Georgia after Zeta

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A group of civil rights organizations is asking Georgia’s governor to extend early voting hours Friday after the storm disrupted voting Thursday in the battleground state. Groups including the Georgia NAACP and Fair Fight Action called on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to use emergency powers to order voting be extended through 9 p.m. Friday in affected areas. Voting was disrupted at some sites in metro Atlanta and north Georgia after the storm caused power outages. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3kDDTgU

Facebook, Twitter and Google face questions from US senators

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Heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter defend a key piece of internet law, in front of senators. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3oPiVyi

New top story on Hacker News: DeepSource (YC W20) Is hiring software engineers

DeepSource (YC W20) Is hiring software engineers 1 by dolftax | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Polls: Trump trails in Wisconsin as state's coronavirus cases surge

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Polling shows the state souring on Trump's response to the pandemic as Wisconsin breaks records for new daily cases and deaths. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/31RYKFZ

One of Georgia's largest and most diverse counties has seen a 238% increase in in-person voting compared to 2016, and that could radically shift the election

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Gwinnett County leads the state in early voting increases compared when compared to the last presidential election. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3oCf73d

A graphic shows how pumpkin pie looks when you mess up the recipe

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Our food reporter made pumpkin pie eight ways to figure out what happens when you add ingredients like condensed milk or extra eggs. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jG77dJ

Venezuela charges detained opposition activist with 'terrorist financing'

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Venezuelan chief prosecutor Tarek Saab on Thursday announced charges against Roland Carreno, the coordinator of opposition political party Popular Will, for alleged "terrorist financing" and conspiracy to destabilize the country. Carreno had been arrested earlier this week in what opposition leader Juan Guaido, a Popular Will member, called a "forced disappearance." Venezuelan authorities did not disclose Carreno's arrest for nearly 24 hours after the party first denounced that he was apprehended by unidentified individuals. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3mEg2hB

Body of missing hip-hop artist found in trunk after Miami car crash

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Robert Deupree Avery Coltrain was arrested and charged with illegal transport of human remains and second-degree murder in the death of Brian Trotter. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3kBvCKz

Politics, COVID and attacks on civil service wearing on intelligence community as election approaches

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A worsening pandemic and fears about losing their protections as civil servants amid political chaos is leading many intelligence officers in the U.S. government to consider leaving their agencies, according to current and former intelligence officers who spoke to Yahoo News. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3e8ew4g

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

Asteroid samples tucked into capsule for return to Earth

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A NASA spacecraft tucked more than 2 pounds of asteroid samples into a capsule for return to Earth after losing some of its precious loot because of a jammed lid, scientists said Thursday. “We’ve still got a lot of work to do” to get the samples back safely, said lead scientist Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona. The spacecraft Osiris-Rex won't depart Bennu’s neighborhood until March at the earliest, when the asteroid and Earth are properly aligned. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2TBn9er

Mitch McConnell’s approval drops nationwide despite political win with Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination

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Only 16 per cent of respondents say they felt better about Mr McConnell’s job performance from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3jGSzuy