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- Nigerian Soldiers Open Fire on Protesters Opposing Police Brutality
- As U.S. Faces Third Coronavirus Surge, CDC Reports 300,000 Excess Deaths in 2020
- Pope Wears Mask at Public Event for First Time as EU Coronavirus Cases Surge
- Justice Department and 11 States Sue Google in Biggest Antitrust Lawsuit in Decades
- ACLU Can’t Find Hundreds of Asylum-Seeking Parents Separated from Children by Trump Admin
- L.A. Times: Just Three of 265 Reported Crimes at California ICE Jails Led to Prosecutions
- Early Voting Opens for Pretrial Prisoners in Chicago’s Cook County Jail
- Armed Poll Watchers Deploy to Democratic Precincts as Trump Jr. Calls Up “Army for Election Security”
- Joe Biden Vets Republicans for Cabinet Positions, Won’t Disclose Names of Major Fundraisers
- First Lady Skips Campaign Rally in Erie, PA, Due to “Lingering Cough” from COVID-19
- Trump Cuts Short “60 Minutes” Interview, Demands AG Barr Investigate Bidens
- Fiancée of Slain Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Files Suit Against Saudi Crown Prince
- Two Colombian Social Leaders Assassinated in Latest Politically Motivated Killings
- Venezuelan Tanker Idled by U.S. Sanctions Puts Caribbean at Risk of Massive Oil Spill
- Grand Jurors in Breonna Taylor’s Killing “Not Given the Opportunity” to Bring Homicide Charges
- SCOTUS Nominee Barrett Was Trustee of School That Bans LGBTQ Students, Faculty
- Study Finds Lead in Tap Water of 80% of U.S. Homes, with African Americans Most Affected
- Trump Continues Attack on Fauci as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Surge and Death Toll Mounts
- SCOTUS Deadlock Hands Victory to Voters in Pennsylvania as Floridians Break Early Voting Record
- Debate Commission Announces Changes Ahead of Final Presidential Face-Off
- Evo Morales Celebrates Victory of MAS Party, Says He Will Return to Bolivia
- Trump Admin to Remove Sudan from U.S. List of Terrorist States
- At Least 15 People Killed as Nigerian Protests Against Police Violence Continue
- WSJ: U.S. Held Talks with Syrian Intelligence About Missing U.S. Citizens
- Palestinian Prisoner in Critical Condition After Nearly 3 Months of Hunger Strike Against His Detention
- 10,000s Displaced, at Least 115 Dead in Vietnam and Cambodia After Intense Storms
- Indigenous Communities in Colombia Demand an End to Murders, Join in National Strike
- DOJ Announces Hacking Charges Against Russian Military Intelligence
- Tax Fraud and Evasion Probe Launched Against Euro Pacific Bank
- SCOTUS to Hear Cases on Funding of Trump’s Border Wall and “Remain in Mexico” Policy
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