Angela Merkel's party set to decide on her successor in January

The party’s three leadership candidates - Merz, Armin Laschet and Norbert Roettgen - have agreed to hold the congress in mid-January, CDU general secretary Paul Ziemiak announced on Twitter.

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Trump gets his best poll of the cycle. Here’s how to put it in perspective.

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Listen to the Globe

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Learn the Etiquette of Virtual Weddings

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Got Worries? Make Newspaper Dolls to Catch Them

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Kids’ Graphic Novels That Turn the Superhero Genre on Its Head

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Biden leads in two key states ahead of US election

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Police use pepper spray to break up North Carolina march to polling place

Law enforcement officers used pepper spray on Saturday to break up a march to a polling place in Graham, North Carolina.

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Shanghai could be the world's biggest IPO market this year. Holding the title will be tough

Shanghai is on track to steal the global IPO crown this year, bolstering a drive by Beijing to reduce its reliance on foreign financial markets and giving China a powerful one-two fundraising punch with regional powerhouse Hong Kong.

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A Florida man was mauled by a leopard after paying $150 for a 'full-contact experience'

A man in Florida was mauled after paying $150 for a "full-contact experience" with a black leopard.

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Barack Obama: Trump cares about feeding his ego

Former President Barack Obama joined Joe Biden on the campaign trail in Michigan to urge voters to support his one-time vice president. CNN's Arlette Saenz reports.

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Vote Donald Trump out of presidency; has divided, failed America: Joe Biden

Asserting that when America votes, America will be heard, Joe Biden said that when America is heard, he believes the message is going to be loud and clear.

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President Trump protected US Constitution; can revive economy after pandemic, say...

Many of the supporters, including a large number of women and small business owners, on Saturday argued that Trump is not influenced by anyone and has taken a strong stand against countries like China and Mexico to save America’s interest.

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

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

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The Battlegrounds Within Battlegrounds

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

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Biden goes all in on rebuilding 'blue wall' in campaign's closing stretch

Joe Biden is making his final stand on the "blue wall" that President Donald Trump toppled four years ago.

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Donald Trump is a warrior; needs four more years as president: Ivanka

Addressing a large crowd on Saturday in Ohio, which is a battleground State for the November 3 presidential election, Ivanka said Trump has taken the US in the right direction in the last four years, including undoing the wrongs of his predecessors and political leadership for the past several decades.

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Super Typhoon Goni makes landfall in Philippines

Goni -- which intensified into a “super” typhoon as it neared the Philippines -- comes a week after Typhoon Molave hit the same region of the natural disaster-prone archipelago.

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Stanford Study Seeks to Quantify Infections Stemming From Trump Rallies

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

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

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Terrapin Topper

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The U.S. breaks its record, tallying over 98,000 new cases in a day.

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'Haunted' New York castle auction ending on Halloween

'Haunted' New York castle auction ending on Halloween



This cheap old house up for auction in Auburn, N.Y., comes with one catch: It may be haunted.

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Johnson & Johnson plans to test its Covid-19 vaccine in ages 12-18 soon

J&J started testing the vaccine in adults in a 60,000-volunteer Phase III study in late September. It had to pause the trial earlier this month because of a serious medical event in one participant. The study resumed last week.

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The puzzle isn’t complete. Pennsylvania is the last piece for Biden.

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What Keeps Facebook’s Election Security Chief Up at Night?

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Do Dunkin’ and Arby’s Go Together? Private Equity Group Bets $11 Billion They Do

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How to Take On the Tech Barons

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A judge orders the Postal Service to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to deliver ballots on time in 22 districts.

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How China's Xi Jinping blew a golden opportunity with US President Donald Trump

At the first meeting between Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, held over chocolate cake and sorbet at the US President's vast Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida, the two leaders seemed on the brink of establishing an unlikely and potentially special relationship.

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What to watch on the 2020 campaign's last weekend

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San Francisco pauses planned reopening due to increase in Covid-19 cases

Rising Covid-19 cases have put a halt in San Francisco's reopening plans.

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Kamala Harris urges voters to vote in large numbers; bring change at White House

The Democratic Party under the leadership of Joe Biden, she asserted, is a plan to fight coronavirus, and is committed to not raising taxes ever on anyone making less than USD 400,000 a year, and is also committed in investing in working people in America.

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UN defeats Russia resolution promoting women at peace tables

The email vote on the resolution was 5-0, with 10 countries abstaining, far less than the minimum nine “yes” votes required for adoption.

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Donald Trump pitches 'back to normal' as Joe Biden warns of tough days

The Minnesota Department of Health has linked 28 coronavirus cases to other recent Trump campaign events in the state.

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WHO closely following situation in Greece, Turkey after deadly earthquake

Earlier in the day, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit Turkey’s western Izmir province and parts of the Greek islands in the vicinity. Greek seismologists said the magnitude reached 6.9. Multiple casualties and fatalities are being reported by the two countries as crisis control works continue.

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

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

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

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

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Time Running Short, Trump and Biden Return to Northern Battlegrounds

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

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

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Brazil will have a Covid-19 vaccine by June 2021, says regulator

With the world’s worst outbreak of coronavirus after the United States and India, Brazil has become a key testing ground and has approved late stage clinical trials for four vaccines that are under development.

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Citing 'civil unrest', Walmart removes guns on display at US stores

“We have seen some isolated civil unrest and as we have done on several occasions over the last few years, we have moved our firearms and ammunition off the sales floor as a precaution for the safety of our associates and customers,” Walmart said.

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In battleground Florida, Donald Trump and Joe Biden offer contrasting messages on...

Opinion polls show Biden with a significant edge nationally, but with a tighter lead in the battleground states that play a decisive role in the final result.

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US tops 90,000 coronavirus cases in 24 hours for first time

The United States, which has seen a resurgence of its Covid-19 outbreak since mid-October, saw 91,295 new cases in the 24 hours up to 8:30 pm Thursday

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Donald Trump fights headwinds as he and Joe Biden battle over Florida

Campaigning hours apart in Florida, a state all but essential to the Republican’s pathway to another term, both candidates urged supporters to get to polling places in person, even as a tropical storm interrupted early voting in the Southeast.

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A vote-counting official in Florida who gave money to Trump’s campaign resigns.

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Five Great Things Biden Has Already Done

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Trump’s Hard-Line Immigration Policies Go Before Voters

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Trump and Biden Converge in Florida, an Elusive Prize Still Up for Grabs

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A Californian is battling both influenza and Covid-19 in an early case of ‘co-infection.’

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Appeals court rules Minnesota must segregate ballots received after 8 p.m. on Election Day.

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Jimmy Orr, a Favorite Target of the Colts’ Unitas, Dies at 85

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Dems Mess With Texas

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NHL team severs ties with top draft pick who admitted to bullying Black classmate

The Arizona Coyotes announced Thursday that they have renounced their rights to their 2020 top NHL draft pick Mitchell Miller after a recent report revealed he had bullied a Black classmate with disabilities.

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Official: There's an electrified Ram pickup in the works

Official: There's an electrified Ram pickup in the works



Fiat Chrysler CEO Mike Manley says an electrified Ram pickup is in the works. More details on the battery-powered truck will be revealed in "a little while."

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Chevy's electric 1977 K5 Blazer is the classic truck of the future

Chevy's electric 1977 K5 Blazer is the classic truck of the future



GM built an electric 1977 Chevy K5 Blazer to show off a new conversion kit it will start selling next year. The Electric Connect and Cruise uses the motor from a Chevy Bolt EV.

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GPS tracker leads Michigan police to semi full of stolen cars

GPS tracker leads Michigan police to semi full of stolen cars



A stolen car's GPS tracker led Michigan State Police to a hauler filled with stolen vehicles. Cash and cars were found on the truck.

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Kyle Larson returning to NASCAR with Hendrick Motorsports for 2021

Kyle Larson returning to NASCAR with Hendrick Motorsports for 2021



Kyle Larson will drive the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro for Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series in 2021. Larson was suspended earlier this year for using a racial slur during an online simulation race.

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Cadillac Super Cruise beats Tesla Autopilot in Consumer Reports test

Cadillac Super Cruise beats Tesla Autopilot in Consumer Reports test



A Consumer Reports test of highway driver assistance systems found Cadillac's Super Cruise to be better than Tesla's Autopilot. The feature will be available on 22 GM models by 2023.

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After 20 years, no equality for women in peace talks: UN

UN Women’s Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka told the Security Council that in peace negotiations from 1992 to 2019 only 13 percent of negotiators, 6 percent of mediators, and 6 percent of signatories to peace agreements were women.

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Biden campaign pushes drop boxes in new ads with the slogan ‘Silence him.’

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What Europe fears most about the US election

Europe, but particularly France and Germany -- the two motor nations of the continent -- are holding their collective breath for the outcome of Tuesday's American presidential election. They recognize that the future of the trans-Atlantic relationship, the very nature of the Atlantic alliance, which has preserved the peace in Europe for three-quarters of a century, hangs in the balance.

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Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are married

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are officially married.

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US Elections 2020: It's going to take lot of hard work to end Covid-19, says Joe...

However, campaigning in Wimington, Delaware, Biden did promise “we will start on day one doing the right things.” President Donald Trump, on the other hand, has pledged to “vanquish the virus.”

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First a Sweet 16 party, now a wedding and a birthday: Long Island has more superspreading events.

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‘Perception Hacks’ and Other Potential Threats to the Election

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M.L.B. says the Dodgers’ Justin Turner insisted on celebrating with teammates despite his positive coronavirus test.

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$300 Million Telemarketing Scheme Preyed on Older People, U.S. Says

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Cuba Says U.S. Restrictions Will Force Western Union Offices to Close

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A Black YouTuber's video of a racist confrontation led to an Arizona man's arrest and firing

Andre Abram and his roommate were getting ready to shoot a video for his YouTube channel last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, when they were confronted by a man who used racial slurs after asking them what they were doing.

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Covid-19 antibody therapies show promising early results in separate trials

Days after Eli Lilly and Company said it would stop a trial of its Covid-19 antibody therapy in hospitalized patients because it was not effective, the company on Wednesday published promising interim results from a trial involving patients with mild and moderate Covid-19.

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Hurricane Zeta hits Louisiana with flooding, power outages

Roads were flooded near the coast, where forecasters said Zeta made landfall around Terrebone Bay near Cocodrie, an unincorporated fishing village at the end of a highway with few if any full-time residents and a marine laboratory where a building was inundated.

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EU leaders seek common ground on Covid-19 tests as virus spreads

Appeals for better coordination have become louder amid a resurgence of the epidemic in Europe after a relative lull in the summer months.

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'COAS Bajwa's legs were shaking': Pakistan MP recalls why IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman...

Speaking in the National Assembly, PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq said foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had pointed out “India would attack Pakistan by 9pm” if Abhinandan Varthaman was not released.

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UK under pressure as Covid-19 epidemic doubling every 9 days

Mark Walport, a former chief scientific officer, said Britain only needs to look across the English Channel to see what’s coming. Britain’s current measures are similar to those in France and Spain, where authorities are struggling to control the virus and daily cases have already far outstripped those in the U.K.

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A Privacy Measure That’s Hard to Like

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Take This Trump Election Day Quiz Before It’s Too Late

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Two conservative operatives charged with election fraud for a Midwest robocall scam are ordered to call 85,000 people back.

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Who Is Miles Taylor?

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