2020 Election Live Updates: Pennsylvania Is Focus of Both Campaigns in Final Push

As the election winds to a close, President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. are converging on Pennsylvania, with both candidates holding a flurry of events in a last-minute quest for votes. Mr. Trump held four rallies in Pennsylvania on Saturday — in Newtown, Reading, Butler and Montoursville.

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Obituaries for the American Dream

We’ve been talking about “the American dream” since James Truslow Adams coined the phrase in his 1931 book, “The Epic of America.

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What Makes a Man Manly? Trump and Biden Offer Competing Answers

Amid a large gender gap among voters, one version of masculinity stresses toughness and the other a duty to protect the weak. If the 2016 election pitted feminism against machismo, this one asks voters to consider what masculinity means.

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Arrested, Tortured, Imprisoned: The U.S. Contractors Abandoned in Kuwait

To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. On the first night of the Republican National Convention, the opening video asserted that America treats all its citizens equally regardless of race.

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Final Weekend Campaigning Reflects Both Traditional Barnstorming and 2020 Chaos

President Trump predicted “bedlam” and a lack of clarity about the presidential results until weeks after Election Day as he barnstormed Pennsylvania, while former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. made his first joint appearance with former President Barack Obama at an event in Michigan.

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Forget the Polls: This Chinese Indicator Is Flashing ‘Trump’

The measure is unscientific at best. But merchants say sales of the president’s campaign merchandise at a major wholesale market are outstripping Biden’s.

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Treasury furlough scheme extended after new England lockdown - BBC News

The Treasury's furlough scheme, which has subsidised the wages of up to nine and a half million employees, was due to end in October. Now it’s been extended across the UK for another month, after the Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new lockdown in England. Reeta Chakrabarti presents BB

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A Ton of Our Favorite Headphones Are on Sale This Weekend

From the exceptional Sony WH-1000XM4 to the attractive Master & Dynamic MW65, there are discounts on cans for all your needs right now.

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Americans Surge to Polls: ‘I’m Going to Vote Like My Life Depends on It’

Anxious but determined, Americans are pushing through challenges like the pandemic and long lines to cast their ballot. The country is on course to surpass 150 million votes for the first time.

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A Frazzled World Holds Its Breath While the U.S. Chooses Its Leader

President Trump turned American foreign policy inside out, to the benefit of some nations and consternation of others. Now both groups are watching attentively to see which direction the U.S. goes next.

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Fueled by Cash, Health Care and Trump’s Woes, Democrats Aim for Senate Control

Republicans are battling to hold off losses by warning of the risks of unified Democratic power in Washington, but they concede their majority is in peril. BOZEMAN, Mont. — Voters caught up in this state’s exceedingly close Senate race could be forgiven for believing Gov.

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Some Older Voters Shift to Biden in Florida. Will It Be Enough for Him?

Polls suggest some retirees are shifting from having supported President Trump to voting for Joseph R. Biden Jr. But they are rare in Florida’s Republican heartland. FORT MYERS, Fla. — For Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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

KIRKLAND, Wash. — After months of near-isolation inside his senior care facility, Charlie no longer recognizes his wife of almost 50 years. In another nursing home, Susan’s toenails grew so long that she could not squeeze into her shoes. Ida lost 37 pounds and stopped speaking.

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The Year of Blur

For Kate Baer, a poet in Harrisburg, Pa., 2020 feels like a time warp. She compared it to when she and four friends escaped to a woodsy cabin in Maryland and tried cannabis edibles. “Time stopped,” Ms. Baer, 35, said. “And this is how time feels in this pandemic. Fluid and very confusing.

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The Best of the Kennedys?

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By the time Edward Kennedy died, in August 2009, he had represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate for nearly 47 years — longer than any of his brothers had lived.

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How US and China's break-up could affect the world - BBC News

The US and China are going through a painful break-up, in a conflict that has become a key foreign policy issue in the presidential election. Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have vowed to be tough on China - but disentangling the world’s two biggest economies is very complicated. The BBC’s Zha

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US election: A generational divide over Trump among Vietnamese-Americans - BBC News

For many Vietnamese refugees who settled in the US after the Vietnam War, the Republican Party has stood for anti-communism and freedom. Research suggests Vietnamese-Americans are more likely to support Donald Trump than any other Asian-American community. As part of the BBC's coverage of differen

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You can start a venture fund if you’re not rich; here’s how

For years — decades, even — there was little question about whether you could become a venture capitalist if you weren’t comfortable financially. You couldn’t.

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2020 Election Live Updates: In Campaign’s Final Weekend, Both Candidates Focus on Pennsylvania

President Trump will hold four rallies across Pennsylvania on Saturday and his wife, Melania, will host a fifth event in the swing state, as both the president and his Democratic challenger, Joseph R. Biden Jr., zero in on what could be a linchpin in the race for the White House. Mr.

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After Trump accuses doctors of profiteering, medical professionals push back.

At a rally in Michigan on Friday, President Trump repeated an extraordinary and unfounded claim that American doctors were profiteering from coronavirus deaths. “You know our doctors get more money if somebody dies from Covid,” Mr.

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How a not-yet-mature web covered the Florida recount in 2000

The first big U.S. story of the century was fodder for streaming video (over—ugh!—dial up), heated message-board posts, and a new medium called blogging. long ReadFor years, it seemed destined to remain the most bizarre and unfortunate presidential election any of us would see in our lifetimes.

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How to Take On the Tech Barons

In a rare bit of bipartisanship, Democratic and Republican lawmakers now agree that Big Tech has gotten too big, too powerful, too quickly.

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

The social media company’s head of cybersecurity policy on “perception hacks” and what it will take to have an authentic election. Facebook is not the entire internet. But it does reflect and account for some of the greater web’s chaos.

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TikTok stars got a judge to block Trump’s TikTok ban

TikTok has won another battle in its fight against the Trump administration’s ban of its video-sharing app in the U.S. — or, more accurately in this case, the TikTok community won a battle.

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Cough-scrutinizing AI shows major promise as an early warning system for COVID-19

Asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 is a huge contributor to the pandemic, but of course if there are no symptoms, how can anyone tell they should isolate or get a test? MIT research has found that hidden in the sound of coughs is a pattern that subtly, but reliably, marks a person as likely to be in th

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Time Running Short, Trump and Biden Return to Northern Battlegrounds

Surprise victories in the Midwest catapulted President Trump to victory four years ago, and the region again looms as the critical battleground. Both candidates are focusing on it in the final days.

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

Hunter Biden’s business dealings have provided President Trump with plenty of political ammunition, while making an already complicated father-son relationship even more so. WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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After a Summer of Racial Reckoning, Race Is on the Ballot

The coronavirus and battered economy are focal points in national campaigns. But in many local elections, systemic racism and police reform have emerged as dominant themes.

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US election: Could Florida’s retirees decide the next president? - BBC Newsnight

As the US election enters its final furlong, does the key to the White House hang on Florida’s retirees? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog With only days to go until the election, the Biden and Trump campaigns should have, by now, set out their offer to all key demographics. Of the 150

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Apple acknowledges AirPods Pro issues, will replace those that crackle and rattle

Are your AirPods Pro earbuds making weird noises? You’re not imagining it — and you’re not the only one. Just a few months after Apple started shipping AirPods Pro, some users started noticing that one or both of their earbuds were rattling or crackling.

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Biden Can Fix Latinos’ Disappointment with Democrats

MIAMI — Latinos know that Democrats are great at making promises. Now Democrats have to prove that they’re also great at keeping them.

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What if America Gets a Divorce? And Other Final Election Predictions

With Ross Douthat and Michelle Goldbergtranscriptbars0:00/0:00-0:00More episodes ofThe ArgumentOctober 30, 2020What if America Gets a Divorce? And Other Final Election PredictionsOctober 23, 2020David Leonhardt Returns for a Debate DebateOctober 16, 2020Packed Courts, Undecided Voters and ‘WAP’:

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Why India’s Muslims Reach for Liberalism

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes Hindus more equal than religious minorities, Muslims seek equality from the secular Constitution, not Shariah. The authors are writers and fellows at the Cato Institute.

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Where Cruise Ships Are Sent to Die

At a shipyard in Turkey, the boats, including some from Carnival’s Fantasy fleet, are being turned into scrap, even as the industry hopes to find a way to start sailing.

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The New York Store Where Furniture Is Theater

In this series for T, the author Reggie Nadelson revisits New York institutions that have defined cool for decades, from time-honored restaurants to unsung dives.

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How a 4-year-old startup will call the winners on election night

From mail-in ballots to disinformation to a president talking about a rigged election, a bevy of factors make calling races in 2020 a high-anxiety game. long ReadThe most dramatic moment on election night usually comes when news organizations “call” the race for the winning candidate.

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France attack: 'We will never give in', says Macron - BBC News

Three people have died in a knife attack at a church in Nice, in what French President Emmanuel Macron has called an "Islamist terrorist attack". After visiting the Notre-Dame basilica in the southern city, Mr Macron said France would not surrender its core values. Thousands of troops are being de

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A Navy SEAL, a Quadcopter, and a Quest to Save Lives in Combat

On the battlefield, any doorway can be a death trap. A special ops vet, and his businessman brother, have built an AI to solve that problem.

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Is Halloween Canceled in N.Y.C.? Not Officially, but …

It’s Friday. What are you seeing at the polls? Weather: Rainy and bone-chilling wind in the morning, with the temperature dipping into the upper 30s. Clear and cold on Saturday, then cloudy and rising to near 60 on Sunday.

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US election: 'Help! Everyone around me disagrees with my politics' - BBC News

American teenagers Paul and Kayleah live in two different political bubbles, but they've found an online community of others in the same boat. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

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AOL founder Steve Case, involved early in Section 230, says it’s time to change it

AOL founder Steve Case was there, just outside of Washington, D.C., when in 1996 the Communications Decency Act was passed as part of a major overhaul of U.S. telecommunications laws that President Bill Clinton signed into law.

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Schools Stay Open in Europe’s New Lockdowns, a Reversal From Spring

Europe’s latest wave of restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus have largely avoided closing schools. We take a look at why and how they are being kept open.

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Covid-19 Live Updates: U.S. Reports 90,000 New Daily Cases, the Equivalent of More Than One Per Second

More than 2,000 new coronavirus cases in Colorado. More than 6,400 new cases in Illinois. And more than 1,000 new cases in New Mexico. All record-breaking numbers for those states — and all on a day when the United States as a nation reached two grim new highs.

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2020 Election Live Updates: With Four Days Left, Trump and Biden Head for Swing States

With Election Day less than 100 hours away, the Trump and Biden campaigns are fanning out across the crucial swing states that are likely to decide the race. The president will campaign in Michigan and Wisconsin on Friday, while Joseph R. Biden Jr. heads for Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Mr.

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Amazon pegs COVID-19 costs at an estimated $4 billion next quarter

Amazon expects to incur $4 billion in COVID-related costs next quarter, an estimate that provides a bellwether for other businesses, large and small, trying to stay operational and control expenses amid the pandemic.

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Death Rates Have Dropped for Seriously Ill Covid Patients

Survival rates have improved with medical advances and less crowded hospitals, studies say. But the latest record-breaking surge in infections could reverse the gains. The coronavirus struck the United States earlier this year with devastating force.

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

The presidential rivals both appeared in Tampa, confronting their vulnerabilities and courting a range of voters, a clear sign that both see their political fortunes tied to the state. TAMPA, Fla.

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No Selfies or Hugs, but Biden Is Sneaking In Meet and Greets

From a distance, with an elbow tap instead of a hug, the former vice president is getting a version of the in-person campaigning he loves. Before a speech this month in Durham, N.C., Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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Five Great Things Biden Has Already Done

Many of our best presidents have been underestimated. Truman was seen as the tool of a corrupt political machine. Eisenhower was supposedly a bumbling middlebrow. Grant was thought a taciturn simpleton. Even F.D.R. was once considered a lightweight feather duster.

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WhatsApp is now delivering roughly 100 billion messages a day

WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging app owned by Facebook, is now delivering roughly 100 billion messages a day, company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said at the company’s quarterly earnings call Thursday.

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PORTL Hologram raises $3M to put a hologram machine in every home

What does a hologram-obsessed entrepreneur do for a second act after setting up a virtual Ronald Reagan in the Reagan Memorial Library, or beaming Jimmy Kimmel all the way from Hollywood to the Country Music Awards in Nashville?

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Labour and anti-Semitism: Will Corbyn’s suspension reignite the party’s civil war? - BBC Newsnight

Is this the day Labour draws a line in the sand over anti-Semitism in the party, or begins a new civil war with Jeremy Corbyn leading the charge? Please subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog The Labour Party has suspended former leader Jeremy Corbyn from the party over his reaction to a highly crit

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